Season Update 1.18: “Totems of War”

In this update, you can expect to see the following:

• New aviation map – “Rocky Canyon”.
• New mechanics in the ship campaign – guided shells.
• New common Japanese platoon at Rank XI.
• New top-tier vehicles in the ship and aircraft campaigns' trophies.
• New season of the long-term event with unique vehicles in trophies.
• New season of the Battle Pass.

Read more about the changes in the Freedom Fighters major update in the article below.

New vehicles

Tanks

• TKX (P) Platoon (Rank XI)
  • TKX (P)
  • Type 90
  • Type 16
  • Type 87
• Premium T-72M2 Moderna Platoon (Rank X)
  (can be obtained from the Big Trophy container during the Totems of War event)
  • T-72M2 Moderna
  • T-80B
  • BMP-2M
  • ZSU-23-4V
• Premium CA Lorraine Platoon (Rank V)
  (can be obtained from the Medium Trophy container during the Totems of War event)
  • CA Lorraine
  • Panther “Dauphiné”
  • ELC bis
  • AMX-10P

Ships

• German missile frigate Baden-Württemberg (Rank VI)
  (standard or premium versions can be obtained from the trophies during the Totems of War event)
• Japanese missile submarine JDS Yūshio (Rank VI)
  (standard or premium versions can be obtained from the trophies during the Totems of War event)

Aviation

• German Ta 152 C-3 fighter (Rank VIII)
  (standard and premium versions can be obtained from the trophies during the Totems of War event)
• Japanese Ki-84 hei fighter (Rank VIII)
  (standard and premium versions can be obtained from the trophies during the Totems of War event)

Locations

• The new aviation location "Rocky Canyon".

• Updated tank location “Japan”:
  • The natural landscape outside the ground vehicle play areas has been changed – mountains have been detailed and optimized.
  • Collisions with mountains and flying objects have been fixed.

Naval guided shells

For the first time in the game, a modern frigate with guided shells has been introduced. The German missile ship Baden-Württemberg (Rank IV) is armed with shells that adjust their trajectory to hit a specified module of an enemy ship.

Before firing, aim at the enemy ship, find the shell guidance marker, and move the camera to select the target – an ammunition storage, bridge, torpedo tubes, or other valuable module. After launching the shell, do not move the crosshairs away from the module – the guided shell will adjust its flight path and hit the target accurately. While the shell is in flight, you can select another module and try to hit it.

Guided shells are not affected by countermeasures or ECM. The only way to avoid an attack is to hide behind an obstacle or smoke screen.

Changes to the Aviation Campaign

As part of the previously announced global interface redesign, the following changes have been made to the battle window interface in the Aviation Campaign:

• Icons for allied and enemy bases have been added, displaying the real-time progress of base destruction.
• The progress bar now displays the current points for each team.

• When an object is destroyed, an icon for the destroyed object and the number of points lost by the team are displayed next to the progress bar.

Please note that in technical update 1.18, some changes have been made to the scoring and deduction system. This was done to ensure a fairer distribution of points and a more balanced gameplay.

Season “Totems of War”

Complete the Totems of War Season combat missions, earn War Bonds and Keys as rewards and unlock trophy containers with valuable prizes for them.

The “Totems of War” season will last from July 31st to Augus 28th, 2025.

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 August 28th 2025.

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 August 21st, 2025 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.

Battle Pass

Complete special tasks, level up your Battle Pass and receive rewards for your completed steps.

New:

• Tasks from other campaigns are hidden in the Battle Pass task list (for example, Tank and Ship tasks are not visible in the Aviation Campaign now).
• Tasks to destroy enemy vehicles using vehicles of a certain nation have been added.

There are no changes to rewards, progress points, or the maximum number of BP points per day.

When you purchase the VIP pass, you instantly receive premium camouflages on vehicles from the Medium Trophies of the tank and ship campaigns, for one of the aircraft, 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.

Other

• A bug that caused ship reflections on water to disappear in the ship Hangar has been fixed. Reflections are now only missing in battle on low graphic settings for optimization reasons.
• A bug that caused Upgrade Points in the Tank Campaign to go under zero has been fixed.
• The Bf 109 K4 and Yak-9UT aircraft have been returned to the Aircraft research tech tree.
• A number of bugs that caused the game to crash have been fixed.

Announcement

During season 1.18, War Thunder Mobile players can look forward to a variety of in-game activities. Here are the key events for August:

• A celebration event dedicated to the 2nd Anniversary of the game (no earlier than August 14th, 2025).
• Platinum Marathon with the most interesting vehicles from personal offers.
• Activities with gifts on our official social media pages.
• Mini-event to increase discounts in Personal Offers.
• Collectible Trophies Week.

⚠️ The move to ground vehicle tech trees and the blueprint system will take place no earlier than Seasonal Update 1.19. Please wait for the official announcement.

Known issues

• A visual bug in the Tank Campaign where text about the possibility of getting a second Jackpot after 20 attempts disappears when you get a Jackpot after 40 attempts. Actually, the second Jackpot is given, only the text disappears.
• A bug that caused it to be impossible to upgrade the crew for a certain slot in the Airplane Campaign if there is no aircraft in that slot.

This will be fixed in upcoming updates.

We wish you victory and a great experience playing War Thunder Mobile (WTM)!