‼️Fair Play: April 2026

We keep fighting cheaters using your reports and the BattlEye anti-cheat system, and as usual, today we’re sharing a bit of info on bans that we’ve distributed over the past month. If you’d like to help keep War Thunder free from cheating, you can find out how to file a report and how our anti-cheat system works on our Wiki.

🤕Banned accounts

Since our last fair play update, we have banned 5,320 accounts that were found to have violated the rules, specifically paragraph 3.2.3 of the EULA, namely the automation of gameplay (use of bots) and cheat software.

Additionally, 210 temporary bans (up to four months) and 19 permanent bans were issued for breaching paragraph 3.2.4 of the EULA. These violations involved collusion with the opposing team to facilitate repetitive zone capturing and/or benefiting from mutual damage without the intent to engage in combat. These cases were identified in Tank Simulator Battles (in some instances involving the use of multiple accounts) and among Xbox accounts with cross-platform play disabled.

Furthermore, 287 accounts have been banned for a week or longer for intentional teamkilling and griefing, including 32 permanent bans.

We have also issued 18 bans (16 permanent) for abuse of the referral system, including creating and progressing multiple referral accounts through automation, staging sessions to gain unfair advantages, and/or sharing accounts with players involved in such activities. In addition, 33,749 accounts involved in referral system fraud have been permanently banned, the majority of which were preemptively identified.

Finally, a total of 1,405,060,000 Silver Lions has been deducted from 950 accounts as a result of fraudulent referral activity.

📜For complete transparency, we’re publishing the full list of these banned players. This list will be available for two weeks after the publication of this article.

⭐️Recommendations
We recommend that you set a strong password for your account and enable two-step authentication in your profile security settings. We have the following 2FA options available: email, SMS, TOTP (Gaijin Pass/Google Authenticator), and Telegram bot, which we suggest trying if SMS 2FA messages are not reaching you.

We’d also suggest that you turn on 2FA for the email that is linked to your Gaijin account for additional security, as this will protect your account from fraudsters. And remember, don’t use prohibited client modifications and never share your account information with anyone.

🛠Update 2.55.1.84

Battle Ratings
‼️The Planned Battle Rating changes have come into effect.

Ground Vehicle
▪️A bug where switching from a UAV back to a tank would disable cruise control has been fixed.

Interface
▪️A bug that caused an extra cell element to display in the skill progress bars in the crew training window when on 67% interface scale has been fixed.

⭐️Pages of History (May): To Berlin!

In Pages of History this month, you will find yourself at the center of events that took place in various theaters of war. From Berlin to Tunisia, Madagascar to Crete: participate in battles while using vehicles linked to these historic battles and get some prizes!

🏪From May 1st until May 31st, you will be able to participate in 8 tasks consecutively. Completing each task will grant you a trophy with a reward, completing all of the tasks will earn you a unique profile icon!

👨🏻‍🦰Ivan Konev started as a Lieutenant General in the Second World War. He participated in the defense of Moscow and the Battle of Kursk, and in 1944, he was promoted to marshal. In 1945, troops under his command liberated Auschwitz and Silesia, and participated in the assault on Berlin alongside Marshal Zhukov’s forces.

❗️You can purchase this profile background for Golden Eagles until June 3rd (11:30 GMT) without completing tasks. To find it, go to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.

🎁Trophy reward for each task

Completing each individual task will give you a trophy with one of the following rewards:
▪️20-50% RP booster for 3-10 battles;
▪️20-50% SL booster for 3-10 battles;
▪️3-5 universal backups;
▪️Premium account for 1 day;
▪️A random camouflage for ground vehicles (out of the selection of camouflages currently obtainable in game for completing tasks, or purchasing with Golden Eagles).

Other terms
▪️Tasks are available from 11:00 GMT until 11:30 GMT on the final day of each task.
▪️Tasks can be completed in random battles except for “Assault” mode.

You can read a detailed description of which task is for which day and your overall progress by going to your Nickname → Achievements → Pages of History.

🔤🔤🪷🔤War Thunder’s May Sale Is Here!

As per tradition, we’re holding a big sale at the beginning of May, featuring vehicles, upgrades, consumables, and Premium Account time. It’s time to find great deals! After this sale ends, new discounts will be available in the Gaijin.Net store.

📆When: From April 30th (11:00 GMT) until May 7th (11:00 GMT)

🛍Discounts on vehicles

▪️30% discount when purchasing vehicles from all nations with Golden Eagles and Silver lions. The discount is valid on all vehicles throughout the entire sale period.
▪️Discounts don’t apply to the purchase and upgrade of Squadron vehicles and vehicles that were released in the Ninth Wave and Line of Contact major updates.

⭐️Discounts on upgrades

▪️30% discount on modifications
▪️30% discount on talismans
▪️30% discount on backups

🛍Discounts on Premium Accounts

▪️50% discount on Premium accounts for 90 and 365 days for Golden Eagles in the hangar.
▪️50% discount on Premium accounts for 180 days in the Gaijin.net Store.

🛍Discounts in the Gaijin.net store

🏪When: From May 7th until May 14th

Get bundles with rare vehicles at attractive prices! We’ll be sharing more details about the bundle contents and discounts soon. Stay tuned!

🔥KV-8: Lord of Fire

Meet the KV-8, a variant of the KV-1 with a flamethrower and a 45 mm cannon, with excellent protection!

🚩KV-8: A Premium Heavy Tank for the USSR at Rank II

At a glance:
▪️Excellent protection
▪️45 mm cannon
▪️Flamethrower!
▪️Average mobility

👋Introducing the KV-8!
Today we’re taking a look at the KV-8, which is the vehicle reward in the Legend of Victory event that started today! The KV-8 features a flamethrower alongside a rapid-fire 45 mm cannon, plus good armor, allowing it to close in on enemies at very close range. Right, let’s get all the hot details!

➡️Click here to find out more details about the Legend of Victory event