World of Tanks Blitz

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World of Tanks Blitz

Developers
	Wargaming
Engines
	Bigworld
	DAVA Engine
Release dates
Windows	December 28, 2015
macOS (OS X)	March 24, 2016
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play
Microtransactions	Loot box
Modes	Multiplayer
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Vehicle combat, MMO
Vehicles	Tank
Art styles	Realistic
Series	World of Tanks

World of Tanks
World of Tanks	2010
World of Tanks Blitz	2015

World of Tanks Blitz is a multiplayer vehicle combat and MMO game in the World of Tanks series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store
Steam

All versions require Wargaming.net account

Monetization

Type	Notes
Ad-supported	You can watch an ad for additional Gold or a free Container.
Free-to-play	Give players access to a significant portion of their content without paying, but microtransactions are heavily promoted in-game.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	Boosters can be used for getting more currency after each battle. One way to get Boosters at any time is to buy a pack in shop using Gold or real money.
Cosmetic	Tank and profile customization can be bought by Gold.
Currency	Gold is a real money purchase. Gold can be used to convert into other currencies, to get premium or collectible tanks which usually have a bonus percentage of received Credits and XP after battle, or to buy cosmetics.
Free-to-grind	The main goal of researching all tanks available in tank tech tree is achievable without real money purchases, although players can use Boosters or Gold to skip most of the grind.
Infinite spend	No practical limit to how much real money can be spent in the game.
Loot box	There are Containers, from which players can get currencies, cosmetics, boosters or tanks. Some can only be opened at certain time intervals, others can be bought by Gold.
Time-limited	Almost all time-limited events, from where players can get boosters, cosmetics or tanks, can be closed skipping all the requirements by using Gold.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\wotblitz\DAVAProject
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\7458BE2C.WorldofTanksBlitz_x4tje2y229k00\LocalState\DAVAProject
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/444200/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\444200\
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\wotblitz\DAVAProject
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\7458BE2C.WorldofTanksBlitz_x4tje2y229k00\LocalState\DAVAProject
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/444200/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Stores up to 977 KB of files.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		UI will end up on different ends of the screen.
4K Ultra HD		UI does not scale with resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		FOV can be changed using configuration files.
Windowed		Can be toggled with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Runs in borderless fullscreen windowed mode by default.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA 2x, 4x. Higher quality anti-aliasing can be forced in the graphics card control panel.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		30, 60, or 120 FPS cap. 60 FPS and 120 FPS cap options are only displayed if the current desktop refresh rate is at least 40 Hz or 100 Hz, respectively.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		Colorblind mode is currently in testing and can be activated with a configuration file.

Input

Control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio and other settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX can be changed with sliders. No other options.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Thai
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		14	Versus, Co-op Maximum 7 players per team, co-op group (platoons) limited to 2 players in random matches and up to 3 players in fun modes matches. Co-op is not available in rating matches.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 443, 5222, 5223
UDP	53, 2010–2020, 3432, 3478, 3479, 5060, 5062, 12000-29999, 20013, 20014, 20018, 30443, 32800-32900

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Steam only has 32-bit, Windows store has 64-bit
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
Other	1 Mb/s Internet connection

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.13
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Other	1 Mb/s Internet connection