Gravity Force

**Gravity Force** is the name of an event and its accompanying game mode in World of Tanks Blitz.

This mode has two special space theme maps, only **Encounter** mode.

## Overview

The Gravity Force event temporarily introduces a new game mode (also called Gravity Force), where gravity is several times lower than normal. It is only playable with tanks of Tier V and above. Because of the low gravity, many heavy tanks can travel at speeds normally achieved only by light tanks. Likewise, light tanks can reach record-breaking speeds. The low gravity also allows tanks to "fly" by speeding over a hill or ramp. Because of this, some of the faster tanks can access areas of maps that are normally blocked off, such as the walled-off hill in Copperfield (although escaping these areas poses a different challenge). Even the impact of recoil and hit can cause obvious side lift to the tank, and the lighter tank may be directly repelled or even fly. In the most recent iteration of the game mode, a new ability was added for light and medium tanks as well as tank destroyers called Thruster which, upon activation, would launch the tank into the air, allowing the player to spot distant enemies and shoot over tall obstacles. After activation it has a 20 second cooldown.

## Event History

The first Gravity Force event lasted from April 10–16, 2020. This was likely to commemorate Vostok 1, which carried cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human into space.

Gravity Force was reintroduced from July 21–25, 2020. This likely was to commemorate the Apollo 11 mission, which landed on July 20, 1961, with Neil Armstrong becoming the first person to step on the moon the next day.

## Strategies

Because of the characteristics of this mode, the three tanks of "Maus" technology line are notorious in this mode, along with several others (KV-5, T28 Defender, VK 168.01 (P)). They often appear in this mode due to their weight and the fact that their max speed is increased, allowing for strong rams, even to each other.

First, all tanks in this mode can gain great maneuverability, and also allow you to reach some strange places that can give you shooting space, such as the mountains of Fort Despair.

Secondly, the Thruster skill can make the tank lift off, which is an excellent opportunity to hit the tank from the bottom, and even some tanks have ammo racks at the bottom. The Thruster is also able to let tanks dodge incoming rams from super-heavy tanks.

Use the Thruster skills as much as possible for attack or defense. If it is used for attack, you can consider letting the tank take off and then firing at the top of the enemy's engine or turret from top to bottom, or even directly smashing the enemy. If it is used for defense, you can rise to escape at the moment when the enemy fires, or use it as an escape method, such as "long-distance flight" by using inertia or even recoil from firing backwards when moving at high speed. When someone rushes at you at high speed, you can also use the Thruster to avoid it.

Of course, you can also experience the "missile" by driving the three "Maus" technology line tanks.

## Maps in Rotation

The following maps were randomly chosen for Gravity Force battles. Battle modes could be either Encounter Battle or Supremacy.

### April 10–16, 2020:

* Dead Rail
* Desert Sands
* Mirage
* Normandy
* Oasis Palms
* Sea of Tranquility (event exclusive)
* Winter Malinovka

### July 21–25, 2020:

* Castilla
* Copperfield
* Dead Rail
* Desert Sands
* Falls Creek
* Middleburg
* Normandy
* Sea of Tranquility (event exclusive)

### December 28, 2020–January 4, 2021:

* Castilla
* Copperfield
* Dead Rail
* Desert Sands
* Everfrost (event exclusive)
* Falls Creek
* Middleburg
* Normandy
* Sea of Tranquility (event exclusive)

## Prizes

Players received prizes for the number of victories they achieved while playing in the Gravity Force game mode:

* 10 victories: One Huge Container
* 20 victories: Astronaut avatar
* 30 victories: Certificate for Starlight Night camouflage