World of Warships Pearl Harbor event starts December 7 with Honolulu or Akagi

World of Warships is commemorating Pearl Harbor’s 85th anniversary with a story-driven event called Pearl Harbor: A Chronicle of War and Recovery. The developers described it in a developer diary on the game’s official Steam news page and noted that all of the details are preliminary.

When it runs

The adventure opens on December 7 and stays in the game until Update 16.0 goes live. It is split into five chapters that unlock one after another over the course of that update. The diary does not give a date for Update 16.0.

How it works

The story follows what happened after the attack, told through American eyes, and covers both service members and civilians. Some chapters offer a choice between two chains of combat missions, and each chain tells the story a little differently and plays differently.

While the event is live, players can try the two reward ships before committing. The diary lists two rental options: one week with each ship, or two weeks with just one of them.

Rewards

Clearing all five chapters lets you choose one of two ships that took part in the events at Pearl Harbor:

Ship choice	Commander included
Honolulu	Isaac C. Kidd (American)
Akagi	Chūichi Nagumo (Japanese)

Other rewards listed in the diary:

• a “Remember Pearl Harbor” flag
• Clearing Skies, a permanent camouflage
• decals, among them new wide-format designs such as “Battleships in Smoke” and “Honor The Fallen”

The team also says it plans to offer both ships again at a later point, with more details to follow.

What could still change

Developer diaries for World of Warships describe features that are still in testing, and the studio warns that announced features and tweaks can shift several times before release. The final details will be posted on the game’s official website, so the chapter schedule, rental terms and reward list above may still be adjusted before December 7.