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World of Tanks Update 1.20.1 Patch Notes

The MMO WWII simulator, World of Tanks, has a new update, 1.20.1, which is currently active on the game introducing vast adjustments. This latest release…

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World of Tanks Update 1.20.1 Patch Notes
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The MMO WWII simulator, World of Tanks, has a new update, 1.20.1, which is currently active on the game introducing vast adjustments. This latest release will present a new Recon Mission, changes to skills, and map changes, among others. Here are patch notes for the changes effective with the May 1st, 2023 World of Tanks update 1.20.1

World of Tanks Update 1.20.1 Patch Notes

Crew Perks

  • All skills are now perks.
  • All perks come into effect from the start of training (at 1%).
  • The effectiveness of the perk increases by level.
  • There are changes to how some perks work.
    • Mentor: The bonus to XP now applies to the Commander of the crew as well.
    • Sound Detection: The alert delay decreases as the perk is trained.
    • Eagle Eye: The delay in the display of critically damaged modules/crew members decreases as the perk is trained.
  • Major qualification levels now affect all perks (excluding Brothers in Arms):
    • The higher the level, the stronger the perk’s effect.
  • If two crew members have the same perk, the one with the higher level will take effect.
    • Exception: The Intuition perk takes the average value for all Loaders.
  • Perks lose effect after the injury of a corresponding crew member.
  • Perks will conditionally divide into the following three categories:
    • group perks,
    • individual perks,
    • and perks with situational effects.
  • Crew members will not have to fully train the Brothers in Arms perk.
  • There will no longer be an XP penalty when a player finishes a battle with crew members on injuries.

Garage

  • The effects of all perks will now display in the vehicle characteristics widget in the Garage.
  • There’s an update on the design, and information will display in the tooltips when hovering over the vehicle parameters.
  • The formula for calculating average damage and average damage per minute changes to account for the potential impact of the new perks.
    • There’s no change in the current values of these characteristics.
  • The exact values of the bonus to perks from crew directives are now on display.

Battle

  • There’s an addition of the situational perk panel to the battle interface.
    • Notifications can be enabled/disabled in the game settings.
  • The notifications for situational skills work both in Spectator Mode and when watching replays.

WoT Plus: Update 1.20.1 Patch Notes:

  • World of Tanks Plus subscriptions are now available to players for a limited time.
  • WoT Plus subscriptions will require a recurring payment using real money.
  • Subscribers will have access to the exclusive
    • TS-54 heavy tank,
    • Gold Reserve,
    • Intensive Crew Regimen,
    • and an additional excluded map.

Warm-Up: Back in Action

  • The following has been added for players who have fought more than 1,000 battles but have not logged into the game for over six months:
    • The special Warm-Up mode, in which players can fight their first 7 battles against AI-controlled enemy vehicles on a limited number of maps.
    • A set of rewards for completing the Back in Action daily missions.
    • The “What’s New?” page in the Notification Center displays information about the most important game updates from the past year.
  • In the Warm-Up mode, the nicknames of AI-controlled vehicles have been changed to ххх_yyy, where xxx and yyy are the first and last names of the crew Commander.

Recon Mission

  • There’s an update on the mode format.
    • The maps have new mechanics:
      • Random events: A new feature that triggers various events to take place on the battlefield.
      • Dynamic cover: Players can move, flip or use Interactive environment objects in a battle to attack or defend.

Onslaught

  • Addition: The Season of the Crimson Griffin.
  • Reworkon the mode progression.
  • Additions of the following rental vehicles: WZ-111 5A 7х7, E 50 Ausf. M 7х7, T110E4 7х7.
  • There’s an addition to the Battle-Hardened combat modifier, which increases the HP pools of vehicles and decreases the cooldown time of the consumables in the mode.
  • The Pre-Battle Preparation time decreases from 60 to 45 seconds.
  • There’s a change to the Prestige Points system.

New Content:

  • The progressive “Wing and Claw (Crimson)” style with a new set of decals, emblems, inscriptions, and camouflage patterns.
  • This style can now be applied to any vehicle in your Garage.
  • The “Victories of the Crimson Griffin” Engravings for Dog Tags.
  • Dog Tag Backgrounds: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Champion, and Legend.
  • The Last of the Griffins nickname stripe.
  • The “Through the Thorns” and “To the Stars” badges.
  • The Soaring Wings medal.

Rework on Role Skills:

  • Field Repairs
    • The amount of restored HP has decreased from 75/115/160 to 65/105/150.
  • One for All
    • The bonus to the major qualification level for each allied vehicle in other roles in battle decreases from 4/7.5/11% to 3/6.5/10%.
    • The number of Prestige Points required to receive the first skill charge level has been increased by 20%.
    • The number of Prestige Points required to receive the second and third skill charge levels has decreased by 8.3% and 15.7%, respectively.
  • Bounty Hunter
    • The amount of restored HP for each enemy vehicle damaged decreases from 25/40/55 to 15/25/35.
Other Role Skills Reworks
  • Focus on the Target
    • The bonus that improves gun dispersion during movement, on hull and turret traverse, and after firing has been decreased from 35/55/75 to 30/52.5/70%.
    • The reduction in reload time between shots has been changed from 0.6/0.75/0.9 to 0.45/0.6/0.75 seconds.
    • The number of Prestige Points required to level up the skill charge has been increased by 22.2/14.8/11.1%.
  • Fury
    • The reduction in gun reload time has been changed from 10/20/30 to 15/27.5/40%.
    • The bonus that improves gun dispersion during movement, on hull and turret traverse, and after firing has been increased from 10/20/30 to 15/30/45%.
    • The skill duration has been decreased from 20 to 15 seconds.
    • The maximum distance for causing damage and resetting the skill duration timer has been decreased from 200 to 150 m.
  • Inspiring
    • The bonus to the major qualification level and all skills of your crew and allied crews has been increased from 10/17/25 to 15/25/35%.
  • Fire Cover
    • The inflicted damage has been decreased from 75/150/225 to 50/130/225 HP.
    • Stun duration has been decreased from 8/10/12 to 7/9/11 seconds.
    • The skill effect radius has been decreased from 8/12/16 to 8/11/15 m.
  • Sleight of Hand
    • The reduction in reload time has been changed from 20/32/44 to 27/40/55%.
  • Straight Ahead
    • The bonus for engine power has been increased from 20 to 25%.
    • The repair speed of damaged modules has been increased from 10 to 15%.
  • Recon Flight
    • The cooldown time has been decreased from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.

Other changes:

  • The Glacier and Airfield maps have been added.
  • The locations of the bases and Points of Interest on some maps have been changed.
  • We have removed the limits on the difference between the highest and lowest Rating Points value when creating Super Platoons.
  • Now, Super Platoons will not be matched against Platoons and solo players.
  • The limit of available pings on the minimap has been changed for solo and Platoon players.
  • We have removed the limits on the number of pings on the minimap for players in Super Platoons.
  • The voice chats now preserve their state from the previous battle.

Collections: World of Tanks Update 1.20.1

Battle Pass Collections: A new system of storing customization elements and crew members from the same theme.

The first Collection is dedicated to Battle Pass Season X.

Economy

The in-game currency for purchasing Garage slots has been changed from gold to credits. The cost of one slot is 250,000 credits.

Map Changes on World of Tanks Patch Notes

Pilsen

  • It is no longer possible to drive into non-playable areas in squares C4, D6, E1, and G4–H4.

El Halluf

  • It is no longer possible to drive into the non-playable area in square F1.
  • It is no longer possible to take high damage or crash when driving down the hill in square C3.
  • Some “hovering” and flooded objects have been removed.

Sand River

  • It is no longer possible to get stuck in squares C2, D2, E0, F4, H4, and H9.

Airfield

  • It is no longer possible to get stuck in square E6.

Redshire

  • In Onslaught, the time that the airship shows up in the sky has been changed.

 Changes in the Technical characteristics of these Vehicles:

U.S.S.R.

  • The damage models have been improved for the following vehicles: SU-5, T-80

Germany

  • The damage models have been improved for the following vehicles: M48A2 Räumpanzer and Durchbruchswagen 2
  • The following vehicle has been added for testing by Supertest players: LKpz.70 K

U.S.A.

  • The damage models have been improved for the following vehicles: T6 Medium
  • The following vehicle has been added for testing by Supertest players: TS-60

U.K.

  • The damage models have been improved for the following vehicles: Centurion Mk. 5/1 RAAC

Poland

Fixed Issues and Improvements: World of Tanks Update 1.20.1 Patch Notes

  • Fixed the incorrect color indication in the parameters window for double-barreled guns.
  • Fixed the incorrectly displayed or unavailable decals for the T28 vehicle.
  • Fixed the issue of the reticle indicator not matching the gun axis for the Kunze Panzer tank.
  • Fixed the issue of the M48A2 Räumpanzer’s bulldozer blade not being “attached” to the vehicle when the simplified outlining is enabled.
  • Fixed the issue of the box on the stern of the Centurion Mk. 5/1 RAAC is not being “attached” to the vehicle when the simplified outlining is enabled.
  • Fixed the issue of the Panther II’s suspension parts being displayed incorrectly.
  • The progressive decals on the TS-5 now look brighter.
  • The attached element of the Jupiter Fulgur 3D style on the Super Conqueror’s gun has been centered.
  • The Harrier Trio decal from The Waffenträger: Legacy mode has been reworked.
  • Vehicle names that go beyond the minimap are now only displayed within its borders upon pressing Alt.
  • The description of the Ralph Saldern and Victor Safronov crew skins has been corrected.

More Fixes: World of Tanks Patch Notes

  • Optimizations on the images of Commanders Ermelinda Jung and Villanelle Rapiere.
  • Fixed the issue of crew members’ portraits not displaying in some cases after applying a crew skin.
  • In the battle interface, the parameter “Damage caused upon your stun” now only displays for SPGs.
  • Fixed the issue of vehicles destroyed by overturning being displayed on the damage log as receiving damage by ramming.
  • Fixed the issue of mounted equipment items sometimes being unable to be swapped in the equipment window of the vehicle.
  • Fixed the issues of visual object models not matching their damage models on some maps.
  • Fixed the occasional issue of vehicles present on the Fisherman’s Bay map for no reason.

The game’s updates and patch notes are available on its official website here.

World of Tanks is playable on Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, macOS, Nintendo Switch PlayStation 5.

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