As is tradition, the return of Holiday Ops has brought along with it a new set of Large Boxes for purchase, featuring a huge variety of potential goodies inside!

The full list of potential drops from this year’s Large Boxes is as follows:

Guaranteed in Every Box:

250 gold
150 random Holiday Ops resources
50 of the resource type corresponding to the box type

Possible Additional Drops (one from any of the following lists):

Premium, Gold, or Credits: 85.94% chance

1, 3, or 7 days of WoT Premium Account
250, 500, or 1,000 gold (on top of the default 250 )
100,000 or 500,000 credits

Festive Character/Decorations: 20% chance

Redshire Cat (with additional assignments for unique rewards)
Random decorations for your garage
NEW – Unique standard decorations that never repeat

Premium Tier VIII-IX Vehicles: 2.4% chance (+ one in every 50 boxes guaranteed, with no duplicates until all 5 vehicles are in your garage)

NEW IX Tiger-Maus
NEW IX Object 752
NEW VIII Type 63
NEW VIII XM66F
VIII GSOR 1010 FB

Premium Tier II-V Vehicles: 11.66% chance

NEW V ARMT
NEW V M24 Chaffee No. 594
NEW IV IT-3
NEW III А7Е3
NEW II Vickers 6 ton

(A new batch of 3D styles is included as well — scroll down past the image to see more!)

3D Styles: 5% chance

NEW Old Reliable for IX Cobra
NEW Hot Rod for X Panhard EBR 105
NEW Sky Sentinel for IX AE Phase I
NEW Verfall for IX E 75
NEW Týr for X G.W. E 100
Jupiter Fulgur for X Super Conqueror
Sleipnir for X Strv 103B
Asterius for X Controcarro 3 Minotauro
Levante for IX Char Futur 4
Constellation for X Bat.-Châtillon 155 58

Previews of these styles can be found further down in the article.

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Other General Info

Guaranteed Vehicle Mechanics

As has been the norm for boxes over the past few years, Holiday Ops 2024’s Large Boxes include guaranteed vehicle mechanics for Tier VIII and IX Premium vehicles:

If you open 49 boxes without one dropping any of the tier VIII-IX vehicles, then when you open the 50th box you will receive a random Tier VIII or IX Premium vehicle from the list that you don’t already own. After that, the counter is reset.

Additionally, you will not start receiving duplicate vehicles until after all five of the tier VIII-IX premiums included in the boxes are in your garage. Only after you have all five can you receive repeats of these vehicles, will be compensated in gold:

IX Tiger-Maus – 13,000 gold
IX Object 752 – 13,000 gold
VIII Type 63 – 9,800 gold
VIII XM66F – 8,600 gold
VIII GSOR 1010 FB – 8,850 gold

It should be noted that the low-tier premiums neither have guaranteed vehicle mechanics (though, keep in mind they also have a much higher drop rate), nor do they have their duplicate drops limited (meaning you can receive duplicates of them at any time). Duplicates will also be compensated in gold:

V ARMT – 1,500 gold
V M24 No. 594 – 1,400 gold
IV IT-3 – 1,000 gold
III A7E3 – 500 gold
II Vickers 6 ton – 500 gold

Unique Decorations

The unique standard decorations mentioned above comprise of five (5) tree colors, all of which are exclusive to this year’s boxes. Duplicates of these cannot be received.

Redshire Cat

The Redshire Cat may, once again, jump out of a Large Box and take up residence in your Village’s Headquarters this year!

This returning Holiday Ops character gives you three additional assignments. They can be completed with Warm Amber and Meteoric Iron for a new set of rewards:

A claw-made inscription
A feline decal
A paw-some 2D style

3D Style Previews

Here are some looks at the new 3D styles included in this year’s boxes:

“Hot Rod” 3D style for X EBR 105

“Hear that engine singing? Oh, I love that sound. Every soldier in the motorized troops probably dreams of a machine like this. When they’re rolling out onto the range, when they’re trying to bring another wreck back to life, when they’re thinking about finally going home…I know I used to think about that every damn day. Now I can finally say that I’ve built the best hot rod on the continent. I know its every detail, hear its every sound, feel its every vibration, as if I’m a part of this automobile myself. And now, buddy, I’ll show you some real speed.”

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In-game previews from WoT Express:

This style also features a number of animations,including a rumbling engine:

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“Sky Sentinel” 3D style for IX AE Phase 1

It’s a gloomy night, but the light of a single star still breaks through the clouds. The patrols’ searchlights pierce the darkness every once in a while. Wandering back and forth isn’t much fun, but it’s better than waiting in the darkness with the others for orders to advance. The star in the sky seems to shine brighter all of a sudden. The atmosphere in the camp is oppressive. Everyone is scared, but nobody is showing it. All hope lies with the Sentinels. What they need to do now is quickly and, most importantly, secretly prepare their trump card in the battle against the Scourge—plasma cannons. Destructive, but very fragile weapons. The soft light seems to start flickering. Those over on the other side can’t even imagine the consequences of such an attack. All we need is to get the right to strike first. After that, the enemy has no chance. Something has changed. The star. It was yellow, but now it’s crimson. The target marker. All this time, they had been the target…

The operator pressed the button. There were 10 seconds left until the missile strike.

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In-game previews from WoT Express:

This style also features animated jet exhausts:

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“Týr” 3D style for X G.W. E 100

– We call on thee Týr, son of Odin, god of battle! A foreign invader has set foot on our sacred soil. He is trampling our fields, burning our forests, and robbing our homes. Hear us, O formidable Týr, rise up and scatter Your enemies who encroached on Your domain. Let their armies run away and their blood water our fields and villages.

– The God of War heard your prayers and answered your call! I see your hearts flutter, and I will turn them into stone. I feel your thirst for battle, and I will quench it. And the enemies… I will send rain upon the enemies. A rain of fire.

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In-game previews from WoT Express:

“Verfall” 3D style for IX E 75

“We are in the throes of death. There’s no other way to describe it. Everyone already knows how this war is going to end for us, but we keep on building tanks. We’re just building them out of whatever we have to hand. No spare tracks on the turret? No problem, we’ll put screens on it instead, as long as they’re the same thickness. No storage boxes? No big deal, we’ll take them from other tanks. We even have machine guns! As for putting cases together now…well, it’s not like we have a choice. If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry. How can we take any of it seriously when we have nothing to paint this steel casket with? Glorious victories and conquests seem very far away when you’re this focused on just staying alive. And even if we stay alive, what kind of life awaits us after all this? We are barely twenty years old, they call us the ‘iron youth,’ but our youth is gone. We are old soldiers with neither a rich past nor a bright future. Once again, I am convinced: people learn nothing from history.”

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In-game previews from WoT Express:

“Old Reliable” 3D style for IX Cobra

What you are seeing is a truly mesmerizing piece of rifle engineering, where artistry meets functionality. This exquisite firearm blends precision and versatility, seamlessly transitioning between rifled slugs and shotshells. Its timeless elegance, topped with exquisite engravings, embodies true, uncompromising craftsmanship. This masterpiece became the most trustworthy companion of its previous owner, who, given the nature of his job, treated it with the utmost tenderness and care. The stock easily withstands even the toughest collisions. All mechanisms are oiled, well maintained, and work flawlessly.

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