​Update 15.9 | Pacific Front, Black Friday, & Halloween Treats!     ​

Here’s an overview of the major highlights introduced in Update 15.9. Be sure to check out the full details on our website:EU NA ASIAPacific FrontUpdate 15.9 launches Pacific Front, a revamped strategic event in the spirit of Dunkirk 1940—this time playable both in the game client and straight from your browser.Command your fleet through Operations: chains of battles building to a final showdown against a primary target, with some of these based on real participants in the Pacific theater.Win skirmishes to earn Fleet Supplies for new units, and clear every key point in operations to score Perfect Completion bonuses.Climb the Progress Token reward track all the way to U.S. Tier VI Premium destroyer Monaghan.Black FridayBlack Friday returns in the final week of Update 15.9 with four new ships and a brand-new tracking feature.Add Pan-Asian Tier X cruiser Incheon B, Spanish Tier IX battleship Victoria B, American Tier VIII carrier Hornet B, and French Tier VIII battleship Flandre B to your fleet.Try the experimental enemy destruction counter, which tracks your success separately across Random, Ranked, and Co-op Battles on four new ships.Pair standard and Black Friday ships through the returning Black Friday Squadron for combat missions that reward Doubloons and other resources.Halloween Treats Event PassTrick or treat your way through the Halloween Treats Event Pass for spooky-season rewards.The first line includes Jack-o’-Lantern containers and camouflages, ending in Infernal permanent camouflage for Tier IX ships.Unlock the second line for 2,500 Doubloons to immediately get the Infernal permanent camouflage for Tier VIII ships, then progress toward Tier VI battleship Warspite, Commander Max Strauss, and the Infernal camouflage for Tier X ships.Ocean Map ReworkThe Ocean map gets its first weather makeover.A map-wide Cyclone cuts visibility and detection range to 15 km for the first 7–9 minutes of battle, giving ships more room to close in or retreat.New volumetric clouds also refresh the skies over Ocean, with more weather effects planned for future updates.Matchmaker ChangesUpdate 15.9 tunes the matchmaker to cut down on short-handed battles during quieter hours.Affecting Tier VI and above, the change trims short-handed battles to roughly 0.04% of all matches daily, with only a small queue-time increase for some ship types like carriers.Quick RemindersA few more things to keep on your radar this update.The Marlborough B Dockyard is still open—combat missions run through the first 3 weeks of Update 15.9, followed by a final week to finish with Doubloons.The eight Pan-American destroyers leave Early Access and become available to everyone in the Tech Tree.Three new Brawls arrive on Halloween-inspired Transylvania maps, two of them with special recalibrations.New Ships in the ArmoryThe Armory welcomes several new arrivals this update.Italian Tier IX cruiser La Spezia joins for Research Points, packing SAP shells and a Burst Fire alternative mode