Summary
- A tank requires from two to six active crew members.
- All crew positions in a tank must be occupied to go into battle.
- Crew can learn skills with Experience (XP), which determine potential tank performance.
- Crew can be transferred from a tank to the Barracks and from there to other tanks. Make sure the Barracks have enough empty Bunks.
- Crew can be transferred from a standard tank to a Premium tank of the same type without penalty or retraining.
Crew vehicle handling
- Crew members are trained to handle one (1) specific tank at a time. Other tanks will be driven with a performance penalty*.
- *Premium Tanks of the same type as the crew is trained for (light, medium, heavy) can be driven at no penalty.
How to retrain Crew:
- On a selected tank in your Garage, click the Crew Operations button.
- In the menu, click the Retrain button.
- Only available when applicable.
- You can change a Crew member's qualifications in their Personal File (right mouse button).
Crew can be retrained to learn about another tank:
- 20% XP loss: FREE
- 10% XP loss: 20,000 credits
- 0% XP loss: 200 gold
How to send Crew to the Barracks
- On a selected tank, click the Crew Operations button.
- In the menu, click Send.
How to send Crew to another Tank
- Direct Crew transfer from one tank to another is not possible. To send Crew members to a tank, they must first be in the Barracks.
- Crew can drive the tank they are qualified for with no penalty.
- On a selected tank, click the Crew Operations button.
- In the menu, click the Return button. Applicable to Crew that have previously played on the tank.
- If you can't automatically return Crew to a tank, you can manually look for it:
Crew Experience (XP)
- The amount of XP required for another percent of a skill is higher than the amount required for the previous percent.
- The amount of XP needed for a second skill/perk is two times higher than that of the previous skill/perk.
- The mechanics of Crew XP distribution is similar to the distribution of tank XP. Once you reach a certain amount of XP, you can research and unlock skills.
Battle:
- When you go into battle, you automatically receive a certain amount of XP.
- Usually, the amount of XP gathered by the Crew is the same as the amount of XP received by the tank, as long as all crew members are alive at the end of the battle.
Books:
- On a selected tank in your Garage, click the Crew Operations button.
- In the menu, click the Open button
- Crew Books will appear. Select the Training Manual of your choice.
- Each Training Manual has a cost.
Crew Skills and Reset
Crew Skills affect the tank's performance.
Skills can be learned through Experience (XP) which you get from:
- Battles
- Crew Books
More information available in our wiki.
Crew Skills can be reset:
When retraining Crew from one tank to another, you may want to consider a skill reset.
- 20% XP loss: FREE
- 10% XP loss: 20,000 credits
- 0% XP loss: 200 gold