Regarding the mentioned above repetetiveness and making creative events, I'd like to point out one certain thing - contests. Shortage of contests. I don't mean here those events like mini-games, Sakura Blossoms, Team Contracts, funds etc. Real contests, where creativity and imagination counts or to do a small task (not paid one) to participate in a draw or to get a small prize. And what's imporant, for fun. How many contests there were since 2023 excluding the V-LOG ones? I've counted a few of them only, for example Masters of Parkour 2023 and Parkour Survival in 2025. What happened with all the Mine Art contests, what happened with all the card contests, tank painting and Gold Boxes selfies?! I'm negatively suprised that no one mentions this. Like, no one really want that back?! Recently on Jumper's Discord server there was a small contest for the Valentines called "Valentine mission", where to get a 1 day of Premium we had to get exactly 14 kills with Isida and have Valentine-themed paint equipped (or to do 14 kills and change into Isida and sum valentine-themed paint and pray to not get caught hahah) and take screenshot of it and post it into specific channel. He claim that he sent "a total of 90 premium days". Huge W and respect for him for deciding to organize such "mission" and to sacrifise all of his YT TO points to send prizes for participants, moreover, he even had to "borrow" some points from Taspens to give the prize for several participants. Of course there were complaints how it's so easy and such mission should be harder. So what? Many players decided to participate, even though for many, 90 participants might be seen as not much, but imagine if game itself organize it. I'd guarantee if Tanki itself hold a contest similar to that (small prize for everyone who take part in it or a task to complete to participate in a draw with bigger prizes) hundreds or even thousands of players would take part in them and enjoy participating and playing TO a bit more. And that’s my point! Well, if I have any ideas of contests to hold, yes, have sum ideas: 1. Team mine art contest In a pair or group of max 3 players create mine artwork related to the event which is currently taken place (If in Valentine then something Valentine-themed, if it takes place in Christmas then something Christmas-related etc.) when having equipped event-themed paint (all participants have to have such paint equipped). TOP 5 best artworks get grand prizes, and rest of groups participate in draw, which picks like 10 winning groups. Example of prizes for each player in group: 1st place get like 100.000 crystals, 1200 Rubies and 100 Epic Keys, 2nd receive 80.000 crystals, 1000 Rubies and 80 Epic Keys, 3rd place get 60.000 crystals, 800 Rubies and 60 Epic Keys, 4th place - 40.000 crystals, 600 Rubies and 40 Epic Keys, 5th place - 30.000 crystals, 500 Rubies and 30 Epic Keys, Prize from draw: 15.000 crystals and 200 Rubies + 15 Epic Keys Of course prizes are debatable thing, but that above is just an example. It may be different. But something like that might be really interesting. Alternatively, there can be also an art contest for those who prefer to do it alone, without anybody's help with similar prizes. 2. "Gold Box Catch Of The *event name*" In this contest to participate you need to record a video of you catching a Gold Box in a creative way and post it in a form which requires you to put your in-game name, link to the video uploaded on YT (Unlisted or Public). It can have a paint requirement or not, that is up to organizer. Here maybe like TOP 10 most creative video entries sent get grand prizes (Crystals and Epic Keys) and the rest of entries participate in a draw. Example: 1st place - 30.000 crystals, 30 Epic Keys 2nd place - 28.000 crystals, 28 Epic Keys 3rd place - 26.000 crystals, 26 Epic Keys 4th place - 23.000 crystals, 23 Epic Keys 5th place - 20.000 crystals, 20 Epic Keys 6th-10 place - 10.000 crystals, 10 Epic Keys Prize from draw - 5.000 crystals and 5 Epic Keys It doesn't have to be each new event (Lunar New Year, Valentines, Tanki Birthday, Halloween, Day Of The Dead etc.), it can be only for big events like for example Halloween or Christmas. Something like this as new ideas of contests in the fututre. I’m pretty sure players gonna like it and many would like to participate in them. And please, spare me the comments that "AI work will win and ruin fun", I think there is software that detects the use of AI in work and if really Tanki Online can't afford it, then that's shameful and pure comedy.

I don't really believe that will get a nerf. Unless veeery, veeery long time passes and developers come up with something stronger than them.

Good luck to the participants!

Alright. Time to note down current and outstanding information regarding Tanki Classic from V-LOGs V-LOG Episode 540 - Updates on Classic Test server was launched and Early Access page began to be available. Special offers began to be available once again. Below them there are project development with details. Roadmap is a tool which allows everyone to see with what developers are working on now. V-LOG Episode 542 - Roadmap Update and Premium Completed several more important milestones: 25.12.2025 Closed Testing, Juggernaut, Lobby Interface remake, Battle HUD, 16.01.2026 (That date shown in V-LOG and on that website 2025 year is a small mistake) Protection Modules Everything related to battle fields got fixed. Issues with Vulcan got resolved, brought back the Railgun shot effect, adjusted equipment balance and costs. To make them work correctly, developers need to deploy the update along with the test server wipe. You were warned about the account wipes multiple times in advance! Premium mechanic will be introduced with the updated test server. Without Premium, you won't be able to chat in-game or create battles. Access to that will be granted based on purchased special offers: All players who have purchased Bronze Special Offer "Personalized" will receive access to Classic test server with that update, but without Premium. Players who have purchased 'Silver' Special Offer "Nostalgia" will enter test server with Premium account. "Veteran" paint will be in your Garage there. For those who have purchased 'Gold' Special Offer "Old School" will get Premium, paint, and unlocked Containers on their accounts. All 200 containers can be freely opened on test server. Containers will be refreshed and added back to inventory in a closed state after each account wipe. That's how first wipe will work. Next one will contain few suprises. You can check roadmap any time to check to see what developers work on and what will be next.

Wher balance changes? Wher Stellarator nerf? Wher Excalibur nerf? Wher Missle Launcher "Tornado" nerf? When any balance changes?

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I'm really suprised they even nerfed Crusader. But it seems it ain't hurting it that much. But where are rest of the balance changes? What about nerf of Stellerator augment? Dreams, bro. Dreams. No way Hazel gonna agree to that. A pipe dream bruv. I'd sooner retire than see that happen

Tomorrow. At the time of the premiere.

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First of all, those aren't "powers", those are called Augments. The augment for Shaft you described is Healing Emitters. You can get this augment from containers via using keys from Legendary category (both Epic and Common Containers). The augment that keeps mines from being destroyed after tank dies is called Miner. You can also get that from containers from Legendary Category (also from Epic and Common Containers), It's for a certain turret (1 augment for one of the available hulls which doesn't have it yet). Remember: NOT ALL mines stay after you die (70% according to T.O Wiki) Feel free to check it in this page in Tanki Online EN Wiki: https://en.tankiwiki.com/Augments

It seems that those Snowman turret modes will be another "great" tradition in Tanki, just like those "Zombies" in Halloween event and "La tomatina" thing during Summer Festival events (but that's basically same thing as those Snowman turret, just different appearance). Meh, time to get used to them for next few years... Not gonna lie, TDM Snowman mode ("Snowballs") was pretty good to get some kills and earn a lot of reputation points for the current mini-game. Those 5k reputation points contracts are really tiring. But they're way cheaper, so why bother about that 5k? Back to topic, those snowmans might be pretty helpful for someone who doesn't have a good equipment to get some points. Also, was it possible to check colour of own snowball before shooting it, except for using mouse (if that shows it)? Not gonna lie, that would be really helpful to know what kind of snowball is ready to be fired and which one is going to be next (after shooting 1st reloading 2nd one), whether it's a normal, white snowball or yellow, "Pulsar" one. Enemies and teammates can easily see snowball which is ready to fire. Unless there is way to find out about which fireball we ourselves can see without using mouse controls. Hope the critical shot for snowballs (Pulsar ones) will appear way less frequently, cause that's more annoying than fun. It's very nice to see a brand new special mode for this Festive Season - "Frostbite". Similar idea which Reviced has written like 2 years ago during Festive Season in December 2023, but there's Hornet instead of Wasp. That's more like it, matching the theme of Festive season and any winter season events here. Hope next year we'll see a Wasp/Freeze mode, guess that would be also fun. Mode is also good to reach some reputation and experience points. And once again that paid one Advent Calendar. Why there can't be another "f2p free stage" advent calendar with for example 2k or 1k crystals for like 7 days and for a supermission prize like 5-10 epic keys. Turns out that "upgraded" Calendar during Black Friday was just it's huge occasion. And now it contains same prizes like before BF with same, reused Recruit paint. Not sure if there will be added new paint or something, but what about adding there week or two of Premium? That might encourage to buy that paid one AC. Still miss old AC [*] Also really like the changes with missions for special mode, removing the "Earn X reputation points" to put in their place "Finish 2 battles in festive mode". Although for current modes it shouldn't be such a problem to reach that much RP, but still a nice change. Big W change.

Happy New Year!

Another mini-game and of course another 5k reputations points contracts... But hey, Golden Contracts cost only 290 Rubies and no longer 990. Literally opportunity of a lifetime. "Thank you so much tanki online developers for this amazing mini-game" Hope you all enjoy this mini-game, disregarding the fact that these particular skins were chosen as prizes.

Where is excalibur nerf? Where is stellerator nerf? Where balance changes?

Good the mass test for Tanki Classic finally appeared, so that all those who bought "Nostalgia" and "Old-school" special offers can take part in those tests. Also good that people can buy such offers again. Big W, especially that many waited with unpatience for some more news about it. I've seen few screenshots from this game and not gonna lie, interface of Lobby and game are really impressive, identical to old, but gold Flash interface. I like it. Many complain that it looks ugly, terrible etc. but like, it's not possible to recreate 1 : 1 Flash interface + fact servers are runned on different technologies. Prove me wrong. I guess it will be further improved to make it more and more similar to old interface which was before HTML5 era. Good there's so many feedback about the current state of TC by now from testers. Hope it will make a huge impact on game. And also I hope people will accept the fact that Tanki Classic will not be 1 : 1 how it used to be in old days of TO and old Tanki can't be fully replaced. Those days are gone, but at least there are memories of it (Old videos, old screenshots). And more thing - don't be suprised your account will reset and complain how "after grinding so many hours it all got removed, nooo" etc., because it was clearly said that progress will get reset, "During the test, we will restart the game several times and even temporarily pause the testing process. We will also wipe the test server database several times, which will reset all your progress." But I guess there will be still complaints about it. Anyway, wish you patience during tests.

Congratulations to the all Helpers Of The Year 2025 and Best Helpers of December 2025!

Merry Christmas! Wish you health, luck, happiness, wealth, peace, and spending some time with family and/or friends.

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Not gonna lie, Hazel got us in the first half hahah Good to finally see some information regarding Tanki Classic. Better tell news than not tell at all. Guess now there's no more spoilers about new things added in TC. Maybe except those who hadn't bought those "Old School" and "Nostalgia" special offers.

Then don't buy any Tanki Fund bundles anymore, because that's how you join such draws. And no, it's not possible to buy one of the bundles to get prizes from TankFund (I mean here that Tsar grenades, Snowball grenade, epic keys etc.) and NOT participate in that draw. Well, not winning happens. I also didn't win. Only won once (bought 1 bundle with saved Tankoins in Summer eSports TankiFund 2024, I always buy just 1, cheapest bundle). That's just bad luck. Imagine that yes, there are. I mean 700 Rubies events like Freezer Games or any other events which may give Excelsior augments or another prize (for example Augment[s]) of own choice. Maybe mini-games which have pretty interesting prizes (not requiring buying some pass to enter, but with contracts you may reach certain prizes). And I guess so many Rubies might be used to participate in another Tanki Fund and even buy more than 1 bundle (if Rubies are saved and fund itself has really good prizes). So yeah, there are many things to do with 8k Rubies won from this fund. It's up to you what would you like to do with them.

Congratulations to the Winners!

Tanki Online V-LOG Episode 539 - finally some news about Tanki Classic I think we can clearly call it an Early Access - in some way On December 26th expect announcement about Tanki Classic server launch All those who purchased "Nostalgia" and "Old School" special offer bundles, will be able to take part into the test server of Tanki Classic via this website https://pages.tankionline.com/tanki-classic/early-access?lang=en and by clicking "Early Access" button. You'll be logged via your in-game account. Haven't purchased it? Offers are available to purchase them again I think in next week you may be able to buy bundles which guarantee access to Early Access A new classic server is launched, runned on different technologies. It might crash, be unstable, but that's normal at that stage. Be patient and understaning! Who bought such offers, participate actively to test mechanics, interface and gameplay, server load and numbers of simultaneous players. Accounts will be periodically reset. That is removing progress, upgrades, earned crystals. In shop there's no possibility to buy Crystals Premium and Battle Passes Bonuses from Early Access special offers will be delivered after releasing final version. Not credited automatically now. The option to test some items like for example containers will be discussed. There will be dedicaded page alongside test launch to see what developers are working on, what is completed, what are in "work-in-progress" mode. Dates appear "post-factum" - after work is in 100% completed and added to game to test. Items on roadmap Juggernaut - only Solo version of this mode (Solo Juggernaut), can create it on any map and play when you want. No restrictions. Battle HUD Tank explosion effects Twins shot effect Legacy map versions Containers Vote: Striker or Gauss Roadmap will be updated, based on feedback. New items are added only when mechanic is fully "formulated and confirmed" (I think when work on 1st item is completed before moving into 2nd one etc.) Check roadmap before reporting issueses. Page can be opened any time to check current state of project. No longer "run ahead of development train" (announcing something before it is shown to early access participants I guess). There will be posted news about items which are already released and what has been done.

I've mentioned similar or few times literally same things regarding compensations for "duplicates" or when getting something you can't get more of it (Augments, Skins, +1 slot for protection modules, mentioned Crisis drone and Armadillo protection module). And not just TankiFunds, but also when it comes to mini-games. Where? For example there: May 18th 2023, Tanki Birthday TankiFund June 15th 2023, Summer eSports TankiFund October 30th 2023, "Trick-or-treat" mini-Game November 17th 2023, Winter eSports TankiFund December 28th 2023, The "Tanki and The Snow Trap" mini-game January 3rd 2025, "Tanki and The Snow Trap" mini-game 2024 July 27th 2025 "Cybertank 2025" mini-game I don't understand at all what's so bad about those compensations. It will be a benefit for literally every player (both Buyers and Non-Buyers) who reaches such level to get those prizes; those who don't have it yet will unlock it, and those who already have it will get compensation prize for "duplicate" or "having it on maximum level upgraded already" in form of Rubies or Crystals or Supplies, like you wrote. That feeling of "waste" really discourages from taking part in those funds or mini-games (not much, but still has an impact). If the problem is "How much should the compensations be?" then it's good to create a discussion about it. For example: Crisis drone - 150k crystals compensation and Armadillo module - 150 rubies compensation. Hope such thing as compensations will finally appear in game.

Fund completed, let's go!

One of the questions asked in blitz Q&A from 4th of December 2025 regarding Tanki Classic. "Q: Will there be holiday events in Classic, and if so, how will they be implemented? (asked by I_King_Of_Skils_I) A: We haven't made a final decision on how and in what form to run events in Classic. At the very least, we are not planning any discounts at the moment."