WoT Anniversary – Act II. Honk for Glory!

We’re continuing the 10th Anniversary celebration of World of Tanks by launching Act II: Conquering the World on May 18. It offers you a fresh set of Anniversary Missions to earn Anniversary Coins, more cool bundles with legendary vehicles and exclusive 2D styles, and a very special Time Warp. In honor of our game’s 10th Anniversary, we’re bringing back the unreleased feature, Horn, for one week of the Active Phase.

The Horn

The horn is a feature that was briefly tested in the first iteration of the Update 0.7.0 Common Test in 2011. Players could have their tanks make a loud sound in battle that resembled the powerful blare of a steamship’s foghorn.

Although the horn was fun, it was useless in battle. In addition, at the time, we were concerned that it might distract players from what was happening on the battlefield. After the first iteration of the Common Test, we removed it from Update 0.7.0. The horn remained an amusing, yet unrealized, idea that only our veterans will remember.

Beep Beep! Give Way to My Tank!

For our 10th Anniversary, this wacky feature will be available for one week in all game modes, including the Global Map, during the Active Phase of Act II, from May 18, 05:00 UTC through May 25, 05:00 UTC. Its functionality will be familiar to Commanders who have played in Italian autoreloaders.

• You can use the horn 3 times in a row or at any time interval. With each subsequent honk, the volume of the horn is reduced.
• After several honks in a row, a cooldown occurs and the horn starts to “reload”.
• The reloading time depends on how many times you’ve hit the horn and it will last for between 30 and 60 seconds.
• When the reloading time is over, you can resume using the horn.

The horn sound changes depending on the weight of your vehicle. There are 3 different versions of the horn:

• for light vehicles weighing up to 18 tons
• for vehicles weighing from 18 to 40 tons
• for heavy vehicles weighing more than 40 tons

What You Need to Know

Please be aware of the following features of the horn, and honk responsibly!

• Both enemies and allies can hear your horn.
• The honk length is fixed.
• You can only hear the horns of spotted tanks within 200 meters of you (both enemies and allies).
• To honk, press the «K» key. You can reassign the key in the “Disable horn” option in the Settings menu.
• The horn will be enabled by default for all players. You can disable it in your game client settings. Once you do this, you won’t be able to hear either the horns from other Commanders or your own vehicle’s horn.