New campaign coming in World of Warships: Legends Update 8.0

The World of Warships community is being spoiled. After 15.0 hit World of Warships, the Legends team is bringing more portside on their end. A new campaign and more content arrive today, check out those details below!

January 19th - Wargaming, the developer and publisher of the leading historically accurate naval multiplayer game for console and mobile, World of Warships: Legends, is sailing into 2026 with a brand new January content update. Headlining additions include the new Born of Battle Campaign, Wave 7 of Azur Lane, the French Navy Event, and Gouden Leeuw Bureau Project. A new Marathon has also started for the Soviet Legendary Tier battleship Kremlin.

Born of Battle Campaign brings new rewards to World of Warships: Legends

The first campaign of the year has arrived. Available until February 23, the Born of Battle campaign features 100 milestones for players to work through, with a plethora of awards available, from camouflages to crates and more. Waiting at the end for those that complete the entire campaign with Admiralty backing is British Tier VIII Premium destroyer Somme. This versatile vessel equipped with stealthy long-range torpedoes, and the Torpedo Reload Booster, granting unlimited charges for maximum destruction.

New limited-time Azur Lane content available from Jan 19th to Feb 23rd

Azur Lane returns to Legendary waters with Wave 7, bringing new content from the hit sidescrolling naval warfare game to World of Warships: Legends. Starting on 19 January, World of Warships: Legends players can sail into battle with five new Azur Lane Commanders, Italian Tier VII Premium battleship AL Vittorio Veneto, German Tier VIII Premium cruiser AL Ägir, Soviet Tier VI Premium cruiser AL Tallinn, and German torpedo-focused destroyer AL Z-24, plus a new Crate and a skin of the AL Massachusetts.

Vive la France! The French Navy Event has begun

A new French Navy Event makes waves on the high seas with themed rewards, including special French Battleship Crates. These crates contain skins for French battleships Normandie, Lyon, Richelieu, Alsace, Bourgogne, Strasbourg, and Flandre, alongside the chance to drop Premium battleships Strasbourg or Flandre themselves. Crates can also be obtained via the new Keeper of Liberty Calendar, which upon completion rewards players with the Marianne guise for French Commanders. In addition to the new event and Keeper of Liberty calendar, daring players can take part in the Mer de Courage mission to unlock French Commander Charles Bléry.

Legendary ships and additional updates

Two Legendary ships are also arriving: Dutch Legendary Tier cruiser Gouden Leeuw with huge damage-dealing airstrike capabilities is here as a Bureau Project, and players are able to start collecting Ship Parts to unlock the Soviet Legendary Tier battleship Kremlin as part of a 3-update marathon.

Additionally, players can look forward to new seasons of Fleet Cup, Ranked Battles, and Brawls in this update, along with the full release of Japanese hybrid battleships, and plenty of additional improvements. Closing out the update, from February 9 to 23, players can complete a special mission and enjoy discounted ships, skins, and Commander guises as part of Lunar New Year celebrations.

The full patch notes are available here.