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Full World of Tanks: HEAT update
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What changed
- Balance
- Store
- Events
How it works
The Weekend Chase is a community event built around one simple idea: your damage counts for everyone. Play this weekend and every point you deal feeds a single, shared pool that unlocks rewards for the whole community. On top of that, fresh leaderboards spin up every six hours, so there is always a new race to win, and squads earn double XP for the entire event. Here is how it works.
The community damage pool
There is one damage pool for the whole player base, and every battle adds to it. As the pool fills, it clears three milestones, and each milestone pays out to every qualified player. To qualify, play at least 10 battles during the event. That is the only requirement. Hit 10 battles and you are in for every milestone the community unlocks. Milestone rewards:
Milestone 1: 10,000 Credits
Milestone 2: 15,000 Credits
Milestone 3: 20,000 Credits
The pool does not reset. It builds across the whole weekend, so the longer the community plays, the more milestones it reaches. Watch the counter climb on the event page (it refreshes about every 30 minutes) and play your part in pushing it over the line. Steam post image
A fresh leaderboard every six hours
While the pool builds in the background, the leaderboard runs in fast cycles. A new board opens every six hours and ranks players by wins, with damage dealt as the tiebreaker. When the window closes, the top 10 each earn the same prize:
The booster bundle: 3× Agent XP Booster, 3× Tech Booster, and 3× Vehicle XP Booster. Nine boosters in total.
Every player in the top 10 gets the full bundle. Only the player who finishes first takes the bragging rights for that window. When a window ends, ranks reset and a clean board opens for the next six hours. The community pool keeps its progress, but the race starts fresh. Here is the twist: every player who finishes in a window's top 10 then sits out all future windows. That is why all ten share the same reward, and it means a brand-new field competes for each new board. Every completed window's top 10 is recorded in the Hall of Fame on the event page. That cadence means you do not need to grind the whole weekend to place. Pick a six-hour window that fits your schedule, string together wins, and you can finish in the top 10. And because the board ranks on wins, a squad is your edge: the double-XP weekend rewards playing together, and a coordinated squad simply wins more, which is exactly what climbs the leaderboard. Bring a crew and chase that top 10 as a team. Note: Wargaming staff accounts add to the community pool but do not appear on the leaderboards, so the rankings stay player-only.
Double XP for squads
Play in a squad during the event and earn +100% bonus XP, up from the usual +15% squad bonus. It runs for the whole event window and stacks with everything else you earn. It stacks on top of your normal battle rewards, so there is no trade-off. Bring a squad, and you climb faster, level boosters pay off harder, and your wins carry more weight on the leaderboard. If you are coming as a group this weekend, this is the perk to plan around.
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