War Thunder – Sea Defender event runs Dec 3 – 17 and offers the AK-225 patrol gunboat
Gaijin Entertainment’s final naval event of the year, Sea Defender, runs from December 3rd (11:00 GMT) until December 17th (11:00 GMT) and puts the Soviet AK-225 patrol gunboat on the table as the top reward for players who finish seven stages of Naval Battles.
The AK-225 sits at Rank V as an event vehicle for the USSR and comes equipped with an automatic 57 mm bow cannon with AP and HE-Frag rounds plus a six-barrel AK-630 mount on the stern, making it well suited to hunt other boats and low-flying aircraft.
Each event stage is worth 35,000 mission points and must be earned in Naval Battles at Rank III or higher in Arcade and Realistic modes; event vehicles from earlier events that are Rank I or II also count if their stat card shows the event name. Players need to manually collect rewards after finishing a stage by clicking their name in-game, opening the Sea Defender window and pressing the Get Reward button.
Stages rotate every two days at 11:00 GMT on December 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th and 15th, and rewards unlock in tiers: finishing 1 stage grants a trophy with a random reward, 2 stages grants a decal, and so on until the AK-225 coupon is awarded after 7 stages. The event also includes a chest that can drop Silver Lions, boosters, wagers and orders, Universal Backups, a random obtainable camouflage, or 1 day of Premium Account.
- For 1 Stage: trophy with a random reward
- For 2 Stages: one of the reward decals
- For 3 Stages: trophy with a random reward
- For 4 Stages: one of the reward decals
- For 5 Stages: trophy with a random reward
- For 6 Stages: “Flag of the naval units of the Border Troops of the USSR” ship flag
- For 7 Stages: non-tradable coupon for the AK-225
If you don’t want to grind every stage, incomplete stages can be purchased with Golden Eagles and the price scales with progress: at 85% completion the purchase price is halved and at 95% completion the price is reduced five times. The announcement gives concrete examples: 30,000 mission points would make the buyout cost 499 Golden Eagles, while 33,500 mission points reduces it to 199 Golden Eagles.
Claiming the AK-225 coupon as non-tradable is one route; to make it tradable you need the “Upgrade for coupon” item, which can be earned during the event for 600,000 mission points and is available until December 22nd (11:00 GMT). After converting the coupon into a tradable one, it becomes sellable on the Market six days after creation.
Players can track progress by opening Nickname > Achievements > Sea Defender in-game, and stages remain purchasable from that Achievements window until December 22nd if you miss the active stage window.
Gaijin has kept a steady flow of vehicle event rewards this season; consolepcgaming.com previously wrote about the R400 wheeled combat vehicle being handed out in the Fast and Dangerous ground event, which is worth a look for players tracking event-era rewards our coverage of the Fast and Dangerous event’s R400 reward.
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War Thunder
Developed by Gaijin Entertainment
War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armored vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.
- Genre: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Release: 2013-01-28
- Publisher: Gaijin Entertainment
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Age Rating:
PEGI 12 / USK 12 / CERO B / ACB PG / GRAC 12+ / ESRB T
- IGDB Rating: 74.2/100
