Today we’re presenting to you the Legend of Victory event, part of War Thunder’s new event cycle. Play air battles to earn yourself Eremin’s Yak-3 and other cool rewards!

When: From May 8th (11:00 GMT) until May 20th (11:00 GMT), earn mission points in Air Battles, unlock stages and receive rewards!

Vehicle History
This Yak-3 is a personalized aircraft with a dedicated inscription gifted to Major Boris Eremin by collective farmer Ferapont Golovatov in May 1944. During the difficult times of war, the family, relatives and neighbors of the peasant collected 100,000 rubles that were transferred to the Soviet government for the construction of the fighter. The Yak-3 was the second aircraft gifted to Eremin. In the winter of 1942, Ferapont Golovatov sponsored the construction of the Yak-1B fighter, in which Eremin scored 8 aerial victories. On his personal Yak-3, ace pilot Boris Eremin scored 6 aerial victories and celebrated victory over Germany in Prague. After the war, his plane was transferred to the exhibition of the Central House of Aviation, and after restoration in 1958 to the Yakovlev Design Bureau Museum. In 1991, the plane arrived to the United States, where it was located at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, California. It was only in 2014 when Eremin’s Yak-3 returned to his homeland in Russia, and is currently on display at the Vadim Zadorozhny Museum of Technology in Moscow.

In War Thunder, the Yak-3 is considered one of the best piston fighters for combat at low and medium altitudes. This aircraft is distinguished by excellent maneuverability characteristics, high acceleration and climb rates, and good energy retention when turning. Eremin’s Yak-3 is a modification of earlier production variants, armed with one 20 mm ShVAK cannon and a heavy machine gun, with all weapons installed in the nose, greatly helping with aiming. Due to its relatively small ammunition amount, the Yak-3 is best used for going after fighters, where it’s possible to utilize the maneuverability and speed of this aircraft successfully.


Among the rewards in the event is also this chest, where, when opened, brings the chance to receive one of the following items:

• 50,000 - 100,000 Silver Lions
  
• Silver Lion and Research Point boosters
  
• Random Wagers and Orders
  
• Universal Backups (1 - 3)
  
• A random camouflage for a vehicle you own
  
• 1 day of Premium Account

Each stage can be obtained for 35,000 mission points, where every new stage obtained will give you a new reward.

Please note: After finishing a stage, you need to collect the reward manually. To do this, click on your name in-game, go to “Legends of Victory: Eremin’s Yak-3” and click the “Get Reward” button.

You’re able to earn mission points in Air Battles at Rank III or above in Arcade, Realistic and Simulator Battles. The number of mission points to complete a stage depends on the game mode and the maximum Rank of the vehicle that you use in battle. There’s a multiplier for earning mission points, which is shown in the task description in-game.

You can also earn mission points by using event vehicles that are Rank I and II. Event vehicles that can be used have the name of the event that they were obtainable in on their stat card.

Stages change every two days at 11:00 GMT on May 10th, 12th, 14th, 16th and 18th.

• For 1 Stage: trophy with a random reward
  
• For 2 Stages: one of the decal rewards
  
• For 3 Stages: trophy with a random reward
  
• For 4 Stages: one of the decal rewards
  
• For 5 Stages: “Travel Gramophone” decoration
  
• For 6 Stages: non-tradable coupon for Eremin’s Yak-3

Unfinished stages can be purchased for Golden Eagles, but If you’re significantly close to completing a stage, its price will now be significantly reduced.

Let’s say you have earned 85% of the required mission points to complete a stage, then the price of purchasing this stage will be halved. If you’re near the finish line for a stage and are at 95% progress, then the price will be reduced by five times. For example, if you’ve scored 30,000 mission points, then the price for unlocking this stage will be 349 Golden Eagles. If you’ve scored 33,500 mission points, then you’ll only need to pay 139 Golden Eagles. Remember to keep this in mind if you cannot complete a stage on time!

When you complete 6 stages, you’ll receive a non-tradable coupon for Eremin’s Yak-3, where using it will immediately activate the vehicle onto your account. If you don’t want the vehicle and would like to sell the coupon on the Market, you’ll need the “Upgrade for coupon” item.

The “Upgrade for coupon” item can be earned in parallel with the stages throughout the event from May 8th (11:00 GMT) until May 20th (11:00 GMT) for 500,000 mission points.

After receiving the “Upgrade for coupon” item, you can convert a non-tradable coupon for the vehicle into a tradable one and sell it on the Market. The tradable coupon can be sold after 6 days from the moment it’s created.

To make a tradable coupon, select the “Coupon Eremin’s Yak-3 (USSR)” in your inventory and click the “Modify” button.

The “Upgrade for coupon” item is valid until 11:00 GMT on May 23rd. Until this time, you can use it or exchange it for War Bonds. Afterwards, it’ll disappear from your inventory.

You can track the progress of completing stages and receiving the “Upgrade for coupon” by clicking on your Nickname > Achievements > Legend of Victory. If you don’t manage to complete a stage on time or would like to purchase a stage, until May 23rd from the Achievements window, you can purchase each stage with Golden Eagles which will give you the corresponding rewards.