Major economy overhaul transitioning to a rank-based system, adjusting mission rewards and reorganizing various vehicles across research trees.
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▲Buffs2
- Mission Rewards
- Silver Lions reward for defeat has been increased from 0% to 20%.0%→20% %
- Research points earned per second for defeat increased from 0.6 to 0.8.0.6→0.8 RP/sec
▼Nerfs2
- Mission Rewards
- Silver Lions reward for victory has been reduced from 67% to 47%.67%→47% %
- Research points earned per second for victory decreased from 1.4 to 1.2.1.4→1.2 RP/sec
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- Vehicles (General)
- Repair costs and reward multipliers have been transitioned to a rank-based system.→Rank-based
- Research and purchase costs for specific vehicles have been updated.→Adjusted
- Research Trees
- Pz.IV H and Pz.IV J have been moved to rank II in the research tree.→II
- Ikv 103 has been moved to rank III.→III
- F-104G has been moved to rank VII.→VII
- Ju 88 C-6 has been moved to rank II.→II
- Tu-4 and Tu-4 (China) have been moved to rank V.→V
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Patch history
- →Update 2.57.0.35Jul 3, 2026 · 4d
- Update 2.57.0.32 — Sound Mods AvailableJul 2, 2026 · 5d+6→
- Update 2.57.0.30Jul 1, 2026 · 6d+7−9→
- Update 2.57.0.27Jun 30, 2026 · 1w+5−1→
- Update 2.57.0.25Jun 29, 2026 · 1w+14−2→
- Update 2.57.0.17Jun 26, 2026 · 1w+5−2→
- Update 2.57.0.13Jun 25, 2026 · 1w+6→
- →Update 2.55.1.165Jun 17, 2026 · 2w
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