This holiday season, we’re turning the temperature down and the excitement up with intense winter action alongside Jason Statham, who is here to welcome you to an all-new festive game mode! Jason will greet you as you charge into Winter Raid—a showdown where three teams of five collect gifts across a snow-covered wonderland!
Take on the Winter Raid mode, collect Gift Coins, claim valuable rewards, and complete each Chapter to earn exclusive customization items!
Rewards
Winter Raid offers a broad mix of exciting rewards—here is the complete list of cumulative items that are up for grabs:
6 days of World of Tanks Premium Account- 1,125,000 Credits
- 22,500 Free EXP
- 2,250 Bonds
1 exclusive 2D style: “Cosmic Significance”
5 brand-new 3D attachments: the Antique Oddities set will add mysterious details to vehicles with 3D attachment slots
Rules
Winter Raid brings a fun and unusual dynamic to World of Tanks. Instead of a clash between two adversaries, the new mode sees three teams of five players and a mix of three distinct vehicle classes to choose from.
The goal is simple: collect gifts and return them to your home base to fill the progress bar faster than the other teams. But be wary! Opponents can sneak in and take gifts that you have already secured.
- The battle ends when one team has collected 50 gifts or the 10-minute timer runs out, so quick decisions and coordinated attacks are key.
- Gifts spawn in multiple waves throughout the battle.
- AI-controlled bots protect the first wave and drop four additional gifts when destroyed.
- Enemy vehicles will also drop one extra gift when destroyed.
- The last wave of gifts is protected by mighty snowstorms blowing across the battlefield that will freeze and damage you. Watch out!
- If you escape an especially excruciating fight, you can repair your vehicle in your home base. But be careful; taking more damage stops the repair progress for 30 seconds.
Availability
Winter Raid will be live on three action-packed weekends during Holiday Ops 2025, each bringing a new Chapter with fresh rewards and challenges!
Keep an eye on the Winter Raid truck next to the Christmas tree in your Winter Village. The game mode is available when the curtains are open.
Winter Raid TruckRaids and Chapters
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Winter Raid Weekends
The new game mode introduces three unique vehicle classes, each with distinct roles and abilities. Choose wisely and coordinate with your teammates to take full advantage of your class’s strengths:
Carrier
Swift and sneaky, the Carrier excels at grabbing gifts and executing daring hit-and-run attacks. Armed with a small magazine loaded with paper bullets, the Carrier can become invisible using its Stealth ability, causing +50% extra damage from a surprise strike. To counter the chaos, it can deploy a Flare to reveal enemies within a certain radius, marking them for an additional +50% damage for all other teams.
Support
The defensive backbone of your team, the Support vehicle specializes in territory defense and assisting the Assault class. Equipped with a “Paper Spikes Machine Gun” and two deployable AI-controlled Turrets, the Support vehicle can create ambushes and cover key points. It also features a Heal Aura that repairs and buffs all allied vehicles and turrets within its range.
Assault
The Assault vehicle is the ultimate breakthrough tank, designed to capture central points and wreak havoc on enemy positions. It fires a powerful exploding paper ball with splash damage and has the ability to trigger a “Freeze” that freezes and damages enemies caught in the radius. For a final push, activate Rage mode to boost reload and rotation speed while becoming temporarily indestructible, at the cost of health over time.
Game Mode Progression
The festive Winter Raid event will unfold over three weekends. Each Friday, starting on December 13, 2024 at 09:00 (CET), the mode becomes available, and a new Winter Raid Chapter begins. Complete all three Chapters in order to climb the reward ladder and claim exclusive prizes until January 13, 2025 at 07:00 (CET).
Get ready to raid the winter battlefield with three teams, unique vehicles, and a festive map. Join the action, dominate the snow-covered terrain, and claim your share of exclusive rewards before the event ends on January 13, 2025 at 07:00 (CET).
Roll out and let the Winter Raid begin!
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