- Steam App
- War Thunder (236390)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 27 August 2026 - 08:04:22 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
Naval VesselsChanges to “Enduring Confrontation” mode:Battle Rating-based matchmaking has been enabled, just like in Naval Arcade and Realistic battlesThe requirement to have a ship with a specific Battle Rating (4.7–5.0) to participate in the mode has been removed. Participation is now permitted with any ship with a Battle Rating of 3.3 or higherThe number of players required in the queue to start a mission has been reducedThe spawn cost in Spawn Points for ships has been removedArcade difficulty level now uses the difficulty settings from Naval Arcade BattlesA spawn timer for spawning with the same vehicle at the same spawn point has been addedEnemies detected by allies are now displayed regardless of the distance to them GraphicsAn issue where the reference images in the “Water Effects Quality” setting were swapped has been fixed. (Report).Patch notes reflect only key changes, meaning...