Wargaming today announced the launch of World of Tanks: HEAT Season 2: Fire and Ash. The season expands the HEAT experience with a new Agent, three powerful vehicles, a volcanic battlefield, massive 20v20 Conquest battles, the new Archive Battle Pass system, and a range of gameplay improvements.
Gambit is the latest Defender-class Agent to join the fight this season, built to hold the front line and punish enemies who overcommit. His passive, Feedback Loop, applies a stacking debuff to vehicles that damage him, eventually disabling their abilities, with stronger effects at close range. His Ultimate, Iron Curtain, deploys defensive drones that temporarily boost health and provide defensive buffs to Gambit and nearby allies, helping his squad withstand heavy fire.
Agent Gambit arrives with two unique tanks, both of which can be earned for free through the Battle Pass track:
- M60A3E2 – Energized Plating temporarily boosts protection and track durability, while Blast Projectors unleashes a charged concussion blast against nearby enemies, trading greater damage for increased risk to the vehicle.
- T-72SH – Disruption Field Generator scrambles enemy targeting systems, while Tesla Discs deploys devices that deal pulse damage and jam nearby enemies.
Following her debut at launch, Agent Ember receives her second vehicle, the M1150 ABV, a flamethrower-focused tank built for close-range combat that uses Line Charges and Incendiary Launchers to inflict heavy mid-range damage.
Season 2 also introduces a new map, Inferno One, a once-thriving town in an alternate-history Iceland where a catastrophic volcanic eruption has turned the landscape into a deadly warzone. The map’s safe areas constantly change shape as rivers of molten lava invade the battlefield, forcing players to adapt as the magma encroaches.
Battles are also getting bigger with a new 20v20 Conquest format, bringing 40 players together on a single map:
- Same rules as the existing 10v10 Conquest, with twice the players
- 5 bases up for grabs at once
- Unlimited respawns to get back in there and keep fighting
- As with Plant/Defuse, these battles will run during peak weekend hours only at the start, and will be expanded over the course of the season
The Fire and Ash Battle Pass runs for the duration of the season. As with all seasons in HEAT, all rewards can be earned for free through regular play. An optional Premium Battle Pass is also available for 1000 HEAT-Coins, allowing rewards to be unlocked in any order.
Additionally, from Season 2 onward, each unfinished Battle Pass stays playable after its season ends, and every reward on it stays obtainable. This is called the Archive, and will remain active for future seasons, with Premium status remaining on a specific Battle Pass whenever it is purchased.
For more information, please visit: https://wotheat.com
