Season Update 1.26.1: Launch Protocol
The Major Content Update – Season 38 – for War Thunder Mobile is now in the game!
In this update, you can expect to see the following:
- A new season with a new meta!
- New vehicles as a reward for completing photo archive.
- Top-tier vehicles and their blueprints in trophies.
- New researchable ship.
- A new season of the Battle Pass.
Read more about the changes in the Launch Protocol major update in the article below.
New vehicles
In this season, one new vehicle is available in each campaign:
Release Details
- Standard version: For completing the season's photo collection (reward 1000 blueprints). Blueprints may also randomly appear in the in-game store.
- Premium version:
- As a random reward when attempting to unlock the Big Trophy.
- By reaching the top-10 in the relevant Leaderboard.
- In Special Offers.
Researchable Ship (Rank VII):
- JDS Atago
Season “Launch Protocol”
Season 38, "Launch Protocol" is dedicated to the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite – Sputnik-1 – on October 4, 1957. It was the first object created by human hands to be placed into near-Earth orbit, marking the dawn of humanity's space age.
More details on how to complete the season's challenges – in this article.
Search through piles of classified military documents to find fragments of old photographs and reconstruct the full story of Sputnik-1's creation and launch. Complete daily and seasonal command tasks to receive photo fragments and restore the complete photo archive.
The new season brings not only a compelling story but also stunning custom camouflages crafted in the style of the first satellite launch era. Unlock the premium versions of the "Launch Protocol" season vehicles and take to the battlefields of War Thunder Mobile in style.
Season Trophies
Complete various tasks in the Launch Protocol Season, earn War Bonds and Keys as rewards and unlock trophy containers with valuable prizes for them.
Small Trophy:
- Requires 10 War Bonds or watching an advertisement to unlock.
- Contains a small number of War Bonds, Golden Eagles, Silver Lions, or battle consumables.
Medium Trophy:
- Requires 100 War Bonds to unlock.
- Contains a Jackpot featuring top-rank standard “gray” vehicles from previous seasons, blueprints for top-rank vehicles, keys, Golden Eagles, boosters, and decorations.
- There is no limit on the number of Jackpots.
Big Trophy:
- Requires 1 Season Key to unlock.
- Contains a Jackpot featuring top-rank premium vehicles from previous seasons, a premium version of this season’s vehicle, blueprints for top-rank vehicles, keys, Golden Eagles, boosters, and decorations.
- There is no limit to the number of Jackpots.
Ways to get bonds to the Medium Trophies:
Ways to get bonds to the Medium Trophies:
- 300 bonds are awarded as a gift with the start of the Season to players after at least 5 battles in any Campaign.
- As rewards for completing the season's photos.
- Campaign ranking awards.
- Battle Pass rewards.
- With a chance – from the Infinite Trophy in the Battle Pass.
- Reward from Small or Medium Trophies (10 to 300 items).
- Season Offers and Store.
Ways to get keys to the Big Trophies:
Ways to get keys to the Big Trophies:
- As a reward for completing season’s photo archive.
- As a Battle Pass reward.
- For being in the top 1% and top 10% of the ship, tank or aircraft leaderboards of the Season.
- From Medium and Big Trophies (2 to 4 keys per successful opening).
- As items in special event’s store.
- Through Seasonal Offers and the Store.
War Bonds and Keys cannot be used in the next season. After the end of the current season, War Bonds and Keys will be automatically used to open the relevant trophies in random campaigns. If you want to get rewards from a certain campaign, you have to use the War Bonds and Keys yourself before the end of the season, until 10:00 (GMT) on October 29th 2026.
Battle Pass
Complete special tasks, level up your Battle Pass and receive rewards for your completed steps.
When you purchase the VIP pass, you instantly receive special camouflages for one vehicle from the trophies of each campaign, as well as automatically completing 10 steps from the Battle Pass lineup. If you have already purchased an upgraded BP, the cost of the VIP pass will be reduced.
The unique camouflages are given when you purchase a VIP pass no matter if you have a vehicle.
Leaderboards
To get into the campaign leaderboard, you need to fight at least 5 battles using vehicles from the relevant campaign (tank and ship take-offs don't count for access to the Aviation Campaign).
The rating season ends on October 22nd, 2026 at 10:00 (GMT). Rewards will be distributed within a few days after the leaderboards are frozen. It’s important to note that rewards may be given out at different times for different leaderboards.
Announcements
During Season 38 War Thunder Mobile players can look forward to a variety of in-game activities.
Here are the key events:
- New special Operation Pass Event – from October 13th.
- Collectors' Pass Week.
- Halloween Event – from October 27th to November 3rd.
- Mini-events to increase the discount in Offers.
We wish you victory and a great experience playing War Thunder Mobile (WTM)!
