Crusader in the Garage
Hello, tankers!
Starting from January 15th 02:00 UTC the new «Crusader» hull will be available to buy in the Garage.
Crusader is a medium hovering hull. A tank of this type should be equally good in both attack, and in defense. It should have a balance of armour and speed. It has its own gun, which fires with the activation of the overdrive. The projectile fired is made out of a thick layer of ice, and is shaped like an icicle for better aerodynamics. The missile freezes the enemy, deals insane damage, and applies an “Armor-Piercing” effect.
Early Crusader was available only for those who got it from Ultra Containers.
Now, every tanker can buy it!
We remind you that you can get augments for Crusader from Ultra Containers, as well as the exclusive XT skin, which lovers of luxury and individuality will enjoy.
Enter your garage tomorrow, purchase the new hull, and discover new gameplay possibilities! Don’t forget to leave your feedback in the comments section.
January Challenge II
Details:
- Event: January 2020 Challenge Part II
- Starts: Saturday, January 16th at 02:00 UTC
- Ends: Monday, February 1st at 02:00 UTC
- Duration: 16 days
Tankers!
The new Challenge starts tomorrow (Saturday, Jan 16th).
We remind you that we have implemented some changes to our Challenge activities.
Stars
In order to let you complete challenges more easily (not faster, that’s important), we have added stars to daily, weekly, and special missions.
So, why is this better?
If you complete all the daily and weekly missions you receive during a challenge, you automatically complete the challenge.
But what if I miss some missions?
In this case, you still can earn stars in matchmaking battles. Also, don’t forget that special missions will also have stars in prizes! These will let you complete 3-4 stages of any challenge.
Have you replaced current mission prizes with stars?
No, no, and no. We haven’t replaced the prizes which you receive from missions with stars. We have simply added stars to these prizes.
You do not need to spend a lot of time during weekends now, just complete daily missions every day and weekly missions every week.
We will keep an eye on your reviews and maybe some other changes will be implemented later to make challenges even better.
Prizes
In addition to the Crystals, Supplies, Batteries and other goodies that you’ve come to expect, this month’s Challenge features the following special rewards:
Alien Skin
There is also a new regular paint to snatch up:
Gamepad
And of course, don’t forget the grand prizes in the final stage: 100 Tankoins (Silver Tier) and a Skin container (Gold Tier — requires Battle Pass).
How to complete the challenge faster
You can always snatch a Stars Bundle from the Shop and give yourself a nice boost. Don’t let those cool top tier rewards slip through your fingers!
And with Premium Pass you will receive twice more stars for each battle!
And as requested, we have returned the Premium Pass + Battle Pass bundle which will be available in the Showcase within 5 days after the start of the challenge.
So, log into the game on Saturday (January 16th) and start collecting those Stars!
Ice & Flame
Hello, tankers!
New Year’s celebrations are over, but it is too early to relax!
The Special Services Agency urgently assembles a squad to save the tankers from the January frost and heat up the activity in the game.
So, you have to gather your friends in “Tanki”, go into a battle and complete a number of special missions.
In addition, a shopping therapy will help against the past holiday’s yearning! Two special offers will be waiting for you in the Shop.
This event will start on January 15, 02:00 UTC, and end on January 25, 02:00 UTC.
And now, the details:
Special missions
Play in any matchmaking battles and get prizes!
- Supermission «Battle-Scared Warrior»
- Task: Complete «Cold and Calculating»,«Arctic Outside», «Warm Welcome» and «Scorched Earth» missions.
- Prize: 6 ultra-containers
- Mission: Cold and Calculating
- Task: Destroy 800 tanks using Freeze
- Prize: 2 days of Premium account
- Mission: Arctic Outside
- Task: Use the Viking overdrive 150 times
- Prize: 2 days of Premium account
- Mission: Warm Welcome
- Task: Destroy 800 tanks using Firebird
- Prize: 2 days of Premium account
- Mission: Scorched Earth
- Task: Use the Hornet overdrive 150 times
- Prize: 2 days of Premium account
Special offers
Some profitable sets are just what you need.
Special offer «Cerberus»
Content:
- 100 Ultra Containers
- Animated Paint «Eruption»
- Ultra skin for Hornet
- XT skin for Firebird
- Firebird Mk2
- Hornet Mk2
- «Compact Fuel Tanks» augment for Firebird
- «Cold Immunity» augment for Hornet
Special Offer «Jotun»
Content:
- 100 Ultra Containers
- Animated Paint “Touch of Chill”
- Ultra skin for Viking
- XT skin for Freeze
- Freeze Mk2
- Viking Mk2
- «Shock Freeze» augment for Freeze
- «Heat Immunity» augment for Viking
And, of course, we did not forget about ultra-containers and coin boxes.
Take a break from the intense battles, open coin boxes and ultra-containers! Get unique skins, paints, augments, tankoins and more.
Ultra-containers
You can get cool prizes, including:
- New “Crusader” hull
- Elite XT skins for Crusader, Hopper and Ares
- “Crisis” drone for those, who are in a need for speed
- Crystals, supplies, goldboxes
- Premium, common and rare paints
- Augments for turrets and hulls, which can change the gameplay drastically
- Coin boxes and skins
Ultra-containers will replace normal containers in the Shop for the whole event.
Coinboxes
You can check the content of the coin boxes in the Wiki.
Lucky tankers, who get 100 000 tankoins – share the screenshot on the Forum!
Enter the game tomorrow and melt the ice with fire!
Crusader giveaway results. Livestream.
Hello, tankers!
The festive season in Tanki Online came to an end, and we hope that you have enjoyed it and participated in all of our special activities. One of these activities was to complete a special super mission to take part in the Crusader hull giveaway. This announcement is for those who have worked hard and successfully completed the «Master of Arctic» super mission. Those players will take part in the giveaway. Read more about the giveaway here.
We will have a livestream today at 13:00 UTC and using our randomizer tool we will choose 10 lucky winners who will get the newest and the rarest fully upgraded «Crusader» hull available for their ranks. Don’t miss the livestream. We will also give away some promo codes with cool prizes!
Good luck!
Catch the Snowman
Hello, tankers!
The Festive season is finally coming to an end. Everyone has opened up all of their presents and have finished celebrating Christmas and New Year, but not us.
This weekend, on January 9th and 10th, our special secret snowmen force will be landing on Tanki maps and will take the control of the festive special DM mode in order to prolong the celebrations. Your task is to catch ‘em all!
During the event we will have 2 special missions:
From 9:00 UTC on January 9 till 21:00 UTC on January 9
- Mission: Catch the snowman: Part 1
- Task: Destroy 1 tank wearing the «Snowman» paint in the festive «DM» mode.
- Prize: 3 containers
From 9:00 UTC on January 10 till 21:00 UTC on January 10
- Mission: Catch the snowman: Part 2
- Task: Destroy 1 tank wearing the «Snowman» paint in the festive «DM» mode.
- Prize: 3 ultra containers
On January 9th and 10th, play in the special festive DM mode and destroy tank wearing the «Snowman» paint.
Be careful: it’s hard to destroy them!
Ready for snowman hunting? Let’s go!
Crusader giveaway
Hello, tankers!
Celebrate the New Year in Tanki by completing special missions, and participating in the Crusader giveaway!
Details:
From 02:00 UTC on the 4th January to 02:00 UTC on the 11th January, the game will receive daily special festive missions.
Tankers who complete them all, will participate in the Crusader giveaway!
If you skip one of the days, you will not participate in the giveaway, although you will still be able to complete the rest of the missions and get the rewards.
Supermission: Master of the Arctic
- Complete «Icebreaker», «Sparkler», «Iceberg», «Capture of the Year», «Snowball blaster», «You are my best Christmas present!» and «Fireworks show» missions.
Prize: 3 ultra containers, 10 stars and participation in the Crusader’s giveaway.
From January 4th 02:00 UTC till January 5th 02:00 UTC
- Mission: Icebreaker
- Task: Destroy 50 tanks using melee-range turrets (Firebird, Freeze, Isida) in matchmaking battles.
- Prize: 10 stars
From January 5th 02:00 UTC till January 6th 02:00 UTC
- Mission: Sparkler
- Task: Capture 5 flags in CTF mode.
- Prize: 10 stars
From January 6th 02:00 UTC till January 7th 02:00 UTC
- Mission: Iceberg
- Task: Destroy 50 tanks using short-range turrets (Twins, Ricochet, Hammer) in matchmaking battles.
- Prize: 10 stars
From January 7th 02:00 UTC till January 8th 02:00 UTC
- Mission: Capture of the Year
- Task: Capture 5 points in CP mode.
- Prize: 10 stars
From January 8th 02:00 UTC till January 9th 02:00 UTC
- Mission: Snowball blaster
- Task: Destroy 50 tanks using medium-range turrets (Smoky, Striker, Vulcan, Thunder) in matchmaking battles.
- Prize: 10 stars
From January 9th 02:00 UTC till January 10th 02:00 UTC
- Mission: You are my best Christmas present!
- Task: Destroy 5 Juggernauts in TJR mode in matchmaking battles.
- Prize: 10 stars
From January 10th 02:00 UTC till January 11th 02:00 UTC
- Mission: Fireworks show
- Task: Destroy 50 tanks using long-range turrets (Shaft, Gauss, Magnum, Railgun) in matchmaking battles.
- Prize: 10 stars
On January 12th, we will choose winners using our randomizer tool. These tankers will get the highest modification of the new fully upgraded hovering Crusader hull available at their rank.
Enjoy the game! Good luck!
January Challenge I
Details:
- Event: January 2021 Challenge Part I
- Starts: Friday, January 1st at 02:00 UTC
- Ends: Saturday, January 16th at 02:00 UTC
- Duration: 15 days
Tankers!
The new Challenge starts tomorrow (Friday, Jan 1st).
We remind you that we have implemented some changes to our Challenge activities.
Stars
In order to let you complete challenges more easily (not faster, that’s important), we have added stars to daily, weekly, and special missions.
So, why is this better?
If you complete all the daily and weekly missions you receive during a challenge, you automatically complete the challenge.
But what if I miss some missions?
In this case, you still can earn stars in matchmaking battles. Also, don’t forget that special missions will also have stars in prizes! These will let you complete 3-4 stages of any challenge.
Have you replaced current mission prizes with stars?
No, no, and no. We haven’t replaced the prizes which you receive from missions with stars. We have simply added stars to these prizes.
You do not need to spend a lot of time during weekends now, just complete daily missions every day and weekly missions every week.
We will keep an eye on your reviews and maybe some other changes will be implemented later to make challenges even better.
Prizes
In addition to the Crystals, Supplies, Batteries and other goodies that you’ve come to expect, this month’s Challenge features the following special rewards:
Blue lilac
There is also a new regular paint to snatch up:
Volcanic eruption
And of course, don’t forget the grand prizes in the final stage: 100 Tankoins (Silver Tier) and a Skin container (Gold Tier — requires Battle Pass).
How to complete the challenge faster
You can always snatch a Stars Bundle from the Shop and give yourself a nice boost. Don’t let those cool top tier rewards slip through your fingers!
And with Premium Pass you will receive twice more stars for each battle!
And as requested, we have returned the Premium Pass + Battle Pass bundle which will be available in the Showcase within 5 days after the start of the challenge.
So, log into the game on Friday (January 1st) and start collecting those Stars!
eSports in 2020
eSports 2020 Results
This year was particularly rich of eSports events in Tanki Online:
- 34 Blitz tournaments took place including 10 full-scale tournaments, half of which were clan tournaments;
- 2 000 players played 3 000 matches;
- More than 250 000 players visited the eSports portal in total.
Let us look back at what the world eSports was like this year.
- The first tournament of the year was Masters of the Sword, where the players
could win the Impulse Paint and a special module with 20% protection against all turrets and mines. In this tournament, the English-speaking Penguins clan retained their champion status having won the tournament in 2019. They won under the guidance of the notorious FinalStage, taking home their second victory in a row this year. Needless to say, this is truly a tremendous achievement!
- After MOTS, a series of ranking Blitzes was launched to determine the strongest clans that would qualify for the second league. The revival of Team Pointers began performing under the leadership of Mr.BaHbKa123. This team got into the second league without much trouble and took part in the second major clan tournament of 2020, which was held in the Setups format. Having gone the longest possible way, Team Pointers defeated Team Empire Army in the Grand Final and received the prestigious Star paint with a Spectrum B module that protects against all turrets and mines by 20%..
After these tremendous events, we took a break from big tournaments and held two smaller tournaments: Summer Light and the oldest tournament in the Tanki eSports, TOF Dream Team.
- Thirty-two teams participated in the Summer Light tournament, among which the LaWs team showed the best results and achieved the championship status.
- TOF Dream Team was held in a completely new format: overdrives and augments for hulls were allowed, and micro-upgrades were allowed. This made the tournament as close to normal matchmaking as possible. At the beginning of the tournament, Eternity were the favorites to win it, who took 2nd place at MOTS, and Team Pointers, who, after winning the Setups tournament, established themselves as one of the strongest teams.
- However, the real surprise of the tournament was Control, the clan that managed to knock out Eternity of the upper grid at the very beginning. Then, they successfully made it to the finals. However, Control gave up a bit, and Team Pointers met Eternity in the Grand Final.
- Team Pointers were the main contenders for the victory before the start of the Grand Final, however, Eternity demonstrated their determination and a strong will to win by not giving a single chance to their rivals. This was the first victory of the team in 2020. Eternity took away the prestigious Acid paint, with a module of 20% against all mines and turrets.
The main event of 2020 was of course, the Clan Championship, the main goal of all, because that’s where the Champion, Silver, and Bronze paints are drawn. Twenty-four teams participated in this tournament. Eternity, Team Pointers, Revenge, and Legacy went to Play-Offs. Then, after a two-week break, we had a total blast! After seven days of hard matches and intense battles, Revenge took the title. It was them, who made it to the upper grid, leaving no chance for Eternity and Team Pointers, and then defeated Team Pointers in the Grand Final for the second time and took the most prestigious paint of the game – Champion, with a 25% module against all turrets and mines.
Best eSports Players of 2020
Traditionally, summing up the year, we also would like to announce the best eSports player of 2020!
ServerBot1
For his achievements this year, he will be awarded with:
- 1 000 000 crystals,
- Any skin for a turret and a hull of his choice
- 4 months of premium account.
- 50 containers
- 4 kits «Batteries-750»
Congratulations!
We also want to point out players, who achieved very high results this year: Marekos1111 and lenyamal.
As a reward, they will get 500 000 crystals, 2 months of premium, 20 containers and the “Batteries-750” kit!
Preparing for next year. A survey.
Preparations for next year’s tournaments are already underway. While the organizers are working on the technical part of preparing new tournaments, we would like to know what you guys want to see in 2021.
We have already launched a survey, and every eSports player who played at least one clan match in 2020 can take part in it. We want to know your personal opinion about the format of the tournaments, the number of transfers, as well as what format, in your opinion, is the best at the moment.
Be sure to vote in the survey as every vote is important! The results of this survey will shape next year’s calendar and the format of all tournaments.
Link – https://new.tankisport.com/polls/16/
We would like to thank all the teams for the incredibly interesting matches in 2020!
We look forward to seeing you all in the next year!
The new hovering Crusader hull
Hello, tankers!
You can get the new hovering Crusader hull and its exclusive XT skin right now! Hurry up to be one of the first players who got it! Open ultra containers and be lucky!
Crusader is a medium hovering hull. It’s good both for attack and defense. It has good speed and armour. The key feature is its weapon shooting icicles, specially made for destroying and neutralization opponents on large distance.
Recently, we have released an update which made its overdrive even better and now all icicles hit the target accurately.
Right now the only way to get Crusader and its elite XT skin is by opening ultra containers which you can get by completing special missions or buy in the Shop.
As these beautiful ultra containers are a part of celebrations, they will disappear from the shop on January 11th at 02 UTC, not on January 15th as it has been announced earlier.
While you still think about buying ultra containers, others are hovering with the new hull and freezes you in battles.
Best Helpers of 2020
Tankers!
As in previous years, the Administration of EN community would like to present…
The Helpers of the Year!
Let’s start with those who are already the best helpers – administrators. Their contribution into the community is immeasurable.
- DarkOperative
- Goges.Enze
- Hexed
- SuperNick95
- ControlledChaos
- Maf
- rommeltanki
- Seilah
- Spy
- The.L-E-G-E-N-D
- Pout
- GG_reg
- NlTAlIC
- Stratosphere
- Held
- Jay
- Shy
- kaisdf
- Zackery459
- Defender (ex-admin)
- Hate (ex-admin)
adab_online is the team leader of eSport Reporters as well as a HelpSite Consultant. He does an extremely precise and timely work with coordinating the release of esports articles from the reporters, proofreading and writing texts for in game news. On the HelpSite, Adab regularly answers peoples concerns and questions as well as assists with regular maintenance of articles. His hard work is always noticed and appreciated.
classic-style-hiphop is a dedicated helper who always puts the players first and foremost. His contributions to the events team were numerous and significant and we’re happy to have him on the team. His attitude in the work environment whether it’s between colleagues or players is always that of a friendly approachable helper who’s always there to try and make things better.
Defeat is the fun factor in the world of eSports commentating, being in contact with the eSports players and fans, he knows what the audience wants to hear, making the streams more enjoying and entertaining than ever, drawing a smile on the faces of the viewers who are watching the streams, while having a huge amount of eSports knowledge and tactics, its not just a regular stream, it’s a complete show, interacting with the viewers and answering their questions, this list wouldn’t be complete without him!
Dosheg has been a vital part of the EN community for a long time. He used to be the eSports Spectators Team Leader where he was responsible for making sure all the best clips were captured in the biggest eSports matches and published for everyone to watch. Currently though, Dosheg is an extremely valuable asset to the EN community thanks to his incredible work as a Content Helper. His job is to proofread and translate all the news and announcements that you see from Russian to English. Without him, the V-log and so much other vital information that is passed down from the developers would not be accessible to our community and so for that and his extreme dedication to all his work, he is rewarded as one of the best helpers of 2020. You are really appreciated and we all hope that you keep up your fantastic work!
DRAKO523 – If you happen to be a candidate chat moderator with a question in your mind – DRAKO523 might be the first moderator you come across with. DRAKO523 has helped and mentored candidates ensuring they continue to become great chat moderators in the future. Not only that, DRAKO523 has also ensured communication in the team and often helping out with queries among helpers and keeping things in tip-top shape throughout the year.
i.Alfi – There are people to whom you can safely entrust any task. They will do everything exactly as you expect, without deviations or excuses. And of course one of these people is Alfie – a glorious Video-Editor, who is in love with editing. His skill and creativity have no limits! In addition, this is the person who had to edit the news show in a very short amount of time during the whole year, so that you guys are always up to date on esports news and don’t miss out on anything!
Levi – since the Assistant team was formed, he has done a great job. Levi also works in two positions and does very well as a translator, too. He also helped the players a lot during the year and helped the rookies of the Assistant team in everything, provided them with useful pieces of advice and guidance. When you have a problem or question, you can count on him to help and support you. Thank you for your hard work!
Like.Dead – a very honest and helpful helper you can always count on. Like.Dead has done a lot for the community this year as well, especially as a translator. Like.Dead helps players in the Turkish community and ensures that they are kept up to date with the latest news, events and developments in their native language. Thank you for your efforts this year as well!
Leur – although he is no longer a helper, Leur has been a valuable member of the eSports and forum teams for most of the year. His contributions ranged widely from spectating tournament battles to helping players and making the forum a better place. Often taking the initiative to propose new ideas or suggest changes, he was always working to get the community closer to players’ expectations and make it a place where every player was truly welcomed as at home. The dedication and perseverance he showed in the community will be truly missed.
mannybakshi – One of the oldest chat moderators and the all-seeing eye of the team. If you asked a question in the chats chances are mannybakshi might be the first to answer. With years of experience and great contributions to the chats, mannybakshi has ensured no tanker gets an undeserved ban on his watch. He is nominated Best Helper of The Year for the second time in a row.
NlTALlC did not miss a single shot this year. He achieved an astounding 11 ‘helper of the month’ nominations and that shows how much important he is. In his second year as an esports helper, he still is as tireless as day one: he assists players every day with a tremendous amount of passion and constancy. If thousands of players could take part in tournaments and play eSports battles this year, we owe it to this man. He now takes on the challenge of becoming a co-admin, and once again in this role he will surely prove what he is worth. Let’s all raise our glasses for NlTALlC and wish him best of luck for his new challenges!
Person_Random is one of the hardest working proofreaders we have on our team. She is the one who ensures that all the V-logs, News and Announcements, and in-game alerts that you enjoy reading and watching every day are written without any mistakes. Despite her commitment to two other positions as well as Proofreader, it is needless to say that she is dedicated to them all. Since the creation of the Proofreaders position, Person has been the backbone of the team from Day 1, and her tireless work and endless enthusiasm has earned her the prestigious prize of Helper of the Year. Keep up the awesome work!
Seel is one of the eSports analyzers not just a regular commentator, being in the scene of eSports for so long he almost knows all the players and the clans, listening to him is more than just hearing what is on the screen, but tactics and explanations too, following what is happening in the eSports community step by step and delivering these info for the eSports audience and fans, being dedicated for his job, this year couldn’t be better without him. This year, 2020 for all the eSports community!
StealthMasterX – For the past year, this diligent and dedicated individual took onto himself the challenge of being the brains and brawn behind the Wiki; and being as enthusiastic and professional as he is, he delivered – achieving the 5000-edit milestone in just a year. His untiring work ethic and cooperative attitude enables him to go above and beyond anyone else, rightfully winning him eleven of the past year’s twelve Helper of the Month titles. Considering his quality contributions to the EN Community, we believe Stealth’s name is most worthy of being included in this list.
Sweet.Girl – A calm and precise chat moderator. She has joined the chat moderation team early 2020 and has shown extraordinary performance through out the year. Moderators often look upto her advice in difficult situations. Sweet.Girl has been nominated Best Helper of The Month 9 times in 2020 and continues to help with your queries in the chats to her fullest.