Hero image: War Thunder’s The Great War event. Image: Gaijin Entertainment
The First World War event is back from Wednesday, with two new fighters at the end of each side’s stages. Clear one stage a day per side and you can finish both before it closes on 18 November.
War Thunder is rerunning The Great War from 11 November, the anniversary of the 1918 armistice. This time the final reward on each side is a new First World War fighter: the SPAD S.XIII for the Triple Entente and the Fokker D.VII for the German Empire.
Gaijin’s event post says the event runs until 18 November at 11:00 GMT. That is 10pm AEDT on Wednesday 18 November, by our conversion. You find it under Events and Tournaments, then Historical Events, then The Great War.
Each side has seven stages, and you can complete one stage per side each day. Each stage needs 5,000 mission points. Stages change once a day at 11:00 GMT on 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 November, which is 10pm AEDT each of those nights. Play both sides every day and you can clear all fourteen stages before the event ends.
The Triple Entente pays out a random vehicle from its list at stages 1, 3, 4 and 6, decals at 2 and 5, and the SPAD S.XIII at stage 7. Its list is the Mark V, St-Chamond, Garford, H.P.12 and the new SPAD. The German Empire gives decals at stages 1 and 4, random vehicles at 2, 3 and 5, a “Trench fighter” title at 6 and the Fokker D.VII at 7. Its list is the A7V, Beutepanzer Mk.IV, Garford-Beute and the Fokker.
The vehicles go into your tech tree and stay there after the event, so you can use them in regular battles. Tank mobility is boosted in the event’s own difficulty mode, but the post says they revert to their historical speed and handling in regular Ground Realistic Battles.
You claim rewards by hand. Click your nickname, go to Achievements, then “The Great War”, and press “Get Reward” after each stage. You cannot receive the same vehicle twice. If you already own every First World War vehicle from last year, you get a trophy per owned vehicle instead, with boosters, backups, a day of premium or a random ground camouflage inside.
War Thunder sat 10th on Steam’s most-played chart this morning. Gaijin has also announced cluster bombs for Air Battles in Eagle’s Shadow, and a plan to let some aircraft pick their own battle rating.
Source: War Thunder – The Great War Returns With New Obtainable Aircraft to Mark November 11th (Steam), War Thunder – The Great War Trailer (YouTube), Steam – War Thunder