Due to issues encountered during the start of PT#2 0.9.2, current PT session was extended for one day. WOWS PT#2 0.9.2 will end on 3/3/2020 at 23:30 UTC+8.
Commanders, welcome to the Public Test of Update 0.9.2!
The European Destroyers event; changes to Inertia Fuse for HE Shells, as well as cruiser and battleship plating; and other improvements. Read the Developer Bulletin and join the test!
Round 2 Schedule
Commanders, thank you for participating in the Public test for Update 0.9.2! Your feedback helps us improve the upcoming version and fix errors. Check the changelog below and join the second round of the Public test!
Changes to "IFHE" and HE shell penetration
The "Inertia fuse for HE shells" skill is changed as follows:
- With the skill, The boost to HE shell armor penetration will be reduced from 30% to 25% for Tier VIII — X ships.
Due to the fact that the rule of 1/5 of the caliber was applied when calculating HE shell armor penetration on Tier VIII — X ships with 152-155 mm caliber guns, cruisers with 152 mm guns could penetrate the 38mm plating with the 30% bonus applied, which was extremely powerful. With this change, cruisers with 152 mm guns will not be able to penetrate 38mm plating.
The armor penetration of some Japanese ships' shells is changed as follows:
- Armor penetration of 100mm main caliber HE shells of
VIII Akizuki, IX Kitakaze, X Harugumo, 
VIII HSF Harekaze changed from 25 to 30 mm; - Armor penetration of 100mm secondary armament HE shells of
IX Ibuki, X Zaō, 
X Yoshino, 
IX Azuma, 
VIII Kii, 
X Hakuryū changed from 25 to 30 mm.
Now the armor penetration of these shells is aligned with the new HE shell penetration of Tier VIII — X ships with 152-155 mm caliber guns, the same as before the changes.
The armor penetration of secondary armament shells of German ships:
- Armor penetration of HE shells from the 105mm secondary armament on
VII Yorck, VI Prinz Eitel Friedrich, VII Scharnhorst, VII Scharnhorst B, 
VII Gneisenau, VI Admiral Graf Spee, and VI HSF Admiral Graf Spee increased from 18 to 26 mm.
The armor penetration of these shells became the same as that of other 105mm secondary armament shells on German ships.
Balance changes
On the second stage of the Public Test for Update 0.9.2 –having analyzed their combat performance and taken player feedback into account– we've changed the characteristics of several ships. Such changes were required in order to carefully adjust the balance of certain warships. We'll continue to introduce changes in the updates that follow if deemed necessary.
Other Changes and Improvements:
- Fixed a bug with
VII Helena's secondary guns not being coated with the "Remembrance night" camouflage; - Fixed visual errors with the "King of the Sea" camouflage;
- The reward for the 3rd task of the 5th mission of the "Honorable Service" campaign changed from the removed "Secondary Battery Modification 2" upgrade to the "Auxillary Armaments Modification 2" upgrade.
Special Features of the Test
European destroyers 
V Visby, VI Västerås, VII Skåne, VIII Öland, and IX Östergötland are not available to research in the Tech Tree on the Public Test server.
Combat Missions and Rewards
| Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||
 | |  | Play a Random or Co-op Battle. Reward on the live server: 3x signals of each type, except special signals. |
| |  | Score one victory playing an aircraft carrier and one victory playing a ship of any other type in Co-op Battles Reward on the live server: 10x Type 6 camouflage patterns |
|  | Earn 10,000 base XP in Random Battles Reward on the live server: 1x Wargaming container | |
|  | Earn 500 "Set on fire," "Incapacitation," or "Target hits" ribbons Reward on the live server: 5x each of the following special signals: Dragon, Wyvern, Red Dragon, Ouroboros, and Hydra. | |
One Wargaming container provides 1 day of Warships Premium Account.
Winter Season
Public Test 0.9.0 opened the Winter Season, which is scheduled to run across three updates.
Rewards
- Completing two personal missions will reward you with a season emblem.
- Completing three personal missions will reward you with a unique flag, patch, and Premium Tier VI Ship container.
- Those in possession of all four different season emblems will be rewarded with the unique Public Test Veteran emblem.
| Winter Season #3 |
|---|
Reward on the live server: 2x Europe containers The mission can be completed only once, playing Tier VIII–X ships in Random Battles. |
Once you complete this mission, the Winter Season #2 mission from the previous Public Test will become available to you. After completing this mission as well, you'll gain access to the Winter Season #1 mission from the Public Test 0.9.0. If you already started working your way through the Winter Season missions during Public Tests 0.9.0 or 0.9.1, your progress will be saved.
Please note: you won't receive the intermediate reward for completing the previous missions of the Winter Season, but you will obtain the final rewards.
Starting Bonuses
- At the start of the Public Test, every participant will have all researchable Tier VIII ships, helmed by Commanders with 15 skill points, credited to their PT accounts.
- The research prices for ships and ship modules will be substantially discounted.
- Players will be able to reset Commander skills free of charge.
If you're joining the Public Test for the first time since Update 0.9.0, you will be awarded the following additional bonuses:
- 500,000,000 credits; 30,000 doubloons, and 90 days of Warships Premium Account.
- A large set of signals of all types (except for special signals) will also be added to your PT account.
If you played at least one battle on the Public Test server during the 0.8.9–0.8.11 Public Tests, your account will be copied from the live server to the Public Test server.
How to Access the Public Test
All information on how to join the Public Test and obtain its rewards is available on a dedicated page of the official website.
