Update 1.21.1: Common Test 1 Has Arrived!

The first iteration of the Update 1.21.1 Common Test has arrived, Commanders!

Join epic 30v30 Frontline battles with updated Combat Reserves and other balance changes. You can also experience the new Overwhelming Fire event, featuring unusual vehicles with automatic cannons, and test an additional time-limited Battle Pass Chapter.

Scenario With Unusual Combat Rules and Balance Changes in Frontline

This August, your favorite game mode will return to World of Tanks with epic 30v30 tank clashes and enjoyable rewards! Its core rules and mechanics remain unchanged, so you’ll feel right at home. However, for this launch, we’ve updated the Combat Reserves system, introduced a scenario with unusual combat rules (Random Combat Reserves), and made a few other minor balance adjustments. Check them out.

Addition of a Fourth Level to Combat Reserves

The maximum level of Combat Reserves is now 4. To activate the fourth level, you need to purchase this Reserve before entering battle using Combat Reserve Points. After doing this, when you open this Reserve in battle, you will already have it at Level 2, and the maximum upgrade level for it will be 4. All default Combat Reserves (Artillery Strike, Recon Flight, and Inspire) will be considered purchased and can be upgraded to Level 4.

The additional Combat Reserve Level opens up new tactical opportunities for every Frontline player. Take the chance to overpower your opponents at critical moments and turn the tide on the battlefield!

Scenario With Unusual Combat Rules: Random Combat Reserves

Random Reserves is a new Combat Reserve selection system. Now, when you enter battle and reach the Ranks where Reserves are unlocked, you will be offered a choice of two Random Reserves. This choice will be repeated until all three Reserve slots are filled. The ability to choose will be available until you make your selection. When your vehicle is destroyed, it becomes available again after respawning.

During the battle, you will have three opportunities to choose which Reserve you want from two options. You may be offered to re‑select an already applied Reserve, for example Airstrike. You can use them independently, and each of them will have its own cooldown.

An exception is the passive Engineering Reserve. When re-selected, your Engineering Reserves merge into one slot and gain enhanced parameters.

Join the Common Test and rock the vast Frontline battlefields again!

Overwhelming Fire: Try Out Vehicles With Automatic Cannons!

Heating things up this summer is the new Overwhelming Fire event! It will feature eight modified vehicles of the same tier but different types, equipped with fast-firing automatic cannons.

Each vehicle has its own strengths and features unique gameplay, so every Commander will find a formidable tank that best suits their individual playstyle. Each of the eight modified vehicles will have its own firing sub-mechanics based on the mechanics of automatic cannons. All these unusual vehicles will only be available in the Overwhelming Fire event.

During the Common Test, you can try out three of these unusual vehicles:

How to Access Overwhelming Fire on the Common Test

• In your Common Test Garage, click the event banner in the lower-right corner.
• Or choose the Overwhelming Fire mode in the drop-down menu to the right of the Battle! button.

Battle Pass Season XI: Test an Additional Time-Limited Chapter!

An additional time-limited Chapter of Battle Pass Season XI will be available for preliminary testing the day after the start of the Common Test. This Chapter features two reward tracks: Base Rewards and Improved Rewards.

The main test reward for this extra Chapter serves a purely technical role—when the additional Chapter hits the live servers, you will receive a brand-new mystery Premium vehicle as your main reward instead. It will be available in the Base Rewards Track.

Join the test and share your impressions of the Overwhelming Fire event and other features!