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Cross of Dorn

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Germany · Tier VI · CB Cruiser · Premium

Heavy cruiserAP into broadside cruisers and chip pressure on battleships; not a brawler.

Playstyle

Hold angles with islands close enough to break line of sight when focus comes; pick broadsides as they rotate rather than baiting them
The AP kit pays best when you choose your salvo target, not when you chase one
Avoid: Launching the fighter and forgetting it points back at you

Key characteristics

Improved HE penEngine BoostDefensive AAThickest plateBig torpedo salvoEasily spotted

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Community Data

Cross of Dorn Community Stats

Across 650+ Standard battles from 53 players, Cross of Dorn averages a 52% win rate, 40,900 damage and 0.8 kills per battle, and survives 26% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Cross of Dorn is a Tier VI German heavy cruiser carrying 210mm guns at 14.5 km, 10-second reload. The guns earn citadels on broadside cruisers and chip pressure on battleships; she is not a brawler. HE pen sits at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6, so HE damages angled targets her AP can't, but her HE volume is low: a tool for bow-on targets, not a damage plan. Standout traits: AP overmatch threshold in T6 CAs (14.6 mm, 5th of 44) and armor plate in T6 CAs (150 mm, 9th of 44). The trade is surface detection in T6 CAs (13 km, 37th of 44).

Positioning

Hold angles with islands close enough to break line of sight when focus comes; pick broadsides as they rotate rather than baiting them. The AP kit pays best when you choose your salvo target, not when you chase one.

Potato Avoidance

Launching the fighter and forgetting it points back at you

It circles your ship, so anyone who sees it knows roughly where you are even if nothing has spotted you yet, which is a bad trade in the middle of repositioning unseen. It earns its slot against carrier and airstrike attention rather than as something to burn the moment it comes off cooldown. Its strongest use is not defensive at all: Arthas The Cold raises your ship's damage while the fighter is up, in exchange for a shorter consumable, which turns it into an attack window.

Signature Traits

Improved HE penetration

HE pen at the 1/4 caliber ratio instead of the standard 1/6. HE-spam is a real damage option here, not just a fire-starter, shared by 5/44 T6 CAs.

Engine Boost

+15% speed (about +4.8 kt), 180 s duration. Engine Boost consumable lifts top speed enough to open or close a gap deliberately, though not to outrun a committed chase. Uncommon in T6 CAs.

ELITE MAIN BATTERY ↗

Big-caliber AP overmatch · 14.6 mm
AP overmatch specialist

Thickest plate ↗

150 mm on her single heaviest plate, top decile of T6 CAs. Its thickest plate is beyond any HE or AP overmatch in the game, though that is one belt rather than the ship as a whole.

Easily spotted ↗

13 km surface detect, bottom quartile of T6 CAs. Visible before you can react; position early.

Stiff AP fuse ↗

35 mm AP arming threshold, bottom decile of T6 CAs. Over-pens thin plates; the trade-off pays off when most targets are battleship belt armor.

Acquisition

How to get Cross of Dorn

Cross of Dorn is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Containers. Container chances are shown as the listed odds of receiving this exact ship, dividing grouped ship-pool odds across the resolved ships and including nested container paths when a crate can drop another crate.

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Best listed chance for this ship

Warhammer 40,000 2.5% VI Cross of Dorn Archived · Warhammer 40,000

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Warhammer 40,000 2.5% · VI Cross of Dorn

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Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Graf Spee AL Hipper AL Roon

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Cohort position

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Where Cross of Dorn sits among Tier VI CAs (43 ships). Notable standouts are shown first; the rest of the cohort-ranked stats are in the expand below. Acquisition variants (Black Friday, Founders Edition) are counted once with their base ship, not as separate peers.

LongestAP fuse timer0.033 s (1 of 21 tied) Top 10%Main battery caliber210 mm (5/44) Top 10%Torpedo reload68 s (3/34) Top 25%Rudder shift8.1 s (11/44) Top 25%Main dispersion133 m (10/44) Top 25%Displacement10,000 t (7/44) Top 25%Torpedo speed64 kt (9/34) Top 25%Max armor150 mm (9/44) Bottom 25%Max speed32 kt (37/44) Bottom 25%Stealth profile12.98 km / 7.79 km (37/44 / 39/44) Bottom 25%Main battery range14.49 km (38/44) Bottom 25%Fires per minute4.8 (34/37) Bottom 25%Secondary fire chance5% (35/39) Bottom 25%AP arming threshold35 mm (39/43) Bottom 25%Engine power80,000 hp (35/44) Bottom 25%Power / turn radius123.1 hp/m (35/44) Bottom 25%Torpedo range6 km (28/34) Bottom 25%Torpedo damage≈12,700 (30/34) Bottom 25%Citadel belt80 mm (37/44) Bottom 10%Smoke fire bloom7.62 km (43/44) Bottom 10%Secondary HE alpha1,200 (37/39)

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Not standouts for Cross of Dorn -- here's where she sits on every other ranked stat in the cohort. Stats tagged NORM are tied across more than half the cohort, so the value is the cohort default rather than a standout.

Hit points32,600 HP(29/44) Turning circle650 m(15/44) Main battery reload10 s(19/44) Sigma2(24/44) HE shell damage2,900(15/37) HE fire chance10%(27/37) HE DPM139,200(21/37) AP shell damage4,500(21/43) AP DPM216,000(21/43) Secondary DPM (per side)84,000(27/39) Secondary HE pen20 mm(17/39) AP velocity900 m/s(13/43) HE velocity900 m/s(12/37) Time to 90% speed23.9 s(17/44) Acceleration (0-12 kt)8.9 s(27/44) Power-to-weight8 hp/t(25/44) AP pen at 10 km166 mm(23/43) Effective HE DPM (incl. fire)175,095(22/37) AA DPS307(17/44) AA range4.5 km(31/44) AA threat950(25/44) Flak damage per salvo (expected)900(16/43) Torpedo reaction time7.6 s(14/34) Bow armor16 mm(25/44) Stern armor16 mm(25/44) NormSecondary dispersion bracket57(38 of 39 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(33 of 43 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(32 of 43 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(39 of 44 tied at this value) NormSecondary range4.5 km(26 of 39 tied at this value)

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Survivability

Hit Points32,600

Displacement10,000 t

Hull dimensions

Length x beam at the waterline, plus draft. Length matters when dodging torpedoes; beam and draft shape how hard the ship is to hit.

178.1 x 21.5 m (ship-model figure)

Armor range13–150 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 16, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 51, 80, 100, 150 mm

Armor material/layer entries56

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.7003 fire coefficient = 30%. Lowers how often hits set you on fire. It does not reduce the damage a burning fire does per second; fires burn at the full rate on every ship.

30%

Fire duration30 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 30 s = 0.09 of the pool; 0.09 × 32,600 HP = 2,934 HP on this ship. 4 fire points can burn at once.

0.3% of HP per second

Flood duration40 s

Flood damage

One unattended flood: 0.0025 of max HP per second (0.25%) × 40 s = 0.1 of the pool; 0.1 × 32,600 HP = 3,260 HP on this ship.

0.25% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.3 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 10%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

10%

Magazine HP

Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool from the ship's. Penetrating hits wear it down and the turret is likelier to be knocked out as it falls, so a larger pool keeps the guns firing through punishment that silences a peer's.

16,300

Steering gear HP

Durability of the steering gears. As this pool drops, hits are likelier to jam the rudder; unlike most modules the steering can be knocked out and repaired but is never permanently destroyed.

9,800

Repairable: penetration50%

Repairable: citadel10%

Repairable: steering gear50%

Bow section HP

Damage saturation pool for the bow: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,100 = 2,200), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,100

Casemate section HP

Damage saturation pool for the casemate: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 6,200 = 12,400), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

6,200

Hull section HP

Damage saturation pool for the hull: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 24,500 = 49,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

24,500

Superstructure section HP

Damage saturation pool for the superstructure: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 1,500 = 3,000), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. The superstructure is not exempt: it saturates exactly like the bow and stern, so shells aimed at it stop dealing full damage once this pool is used up. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

1,500

Stern section HP

Damage saturation pool for the stern: penetrations here deal their normal share until twice this much penetration damage has landed on the section (2 × 900 = 1,800), then further hits on it deal half damage. A penetration deals 0.33 × the shell's max damage; once the section is saturated it deals exactly half of that (0.5 × 0.33 = 0.165 × max damage), so a 3,000-damage shell's pen goes from 990 to 495. Overpens (0.1 × max damage) and citadels (1.0 ×) ignore saturation. Pens on the ship's other, unsaturated sections still deal the normal 0.33 ×. A larger pool keeps that part of the ship taking full damage for longer; a small one saturates fast and protects the ship's HP.

900

Citadel section HP

This section has no practical saturation cap: every hit here keeps dealing its normal share of damage (on most ships the citadel; on many destroyers the casemate).

No saturation cap

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 210 mm L/45 SK L/45

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time10 s

Firing range14.5 km

Turret traverse5.2 °/s

Turret armor180 mm

Turret traverse arcs

How far each mount can train, in degrees to either side of the mount's own facing. A rear turret with ±150° leaves a 60° blind wedge over the bow; one-sided arcs are wing mounts that cover a single side. The data does not say which way each mount faces, so the arcs are listed per mount without bow/stern angles.

±147°, ±150°, ±148°, ±146°

Guns to bear

180° − 147° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 33° off bow; 180° − 146° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 34° off stern. How far off the bow (or stern) the ship must angle before every main turret can fire: the widest blind wedge among the rear-facing (or forward-facing) mounts, from each mount's trainable arc.

33° off bow / 34° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Dispersion type

In practice: the baseline curve for a standard cruiser -- at max range (14.5 km) shells land in an ellipse about 133 m wide and 80 m tall. Also on this curve (215): AL Baltimore, AL Chapayev, AL Cheshire, AL Harbin, AL Montpelier, AL Tallinn, AL Zara, Aberdeen, Accord, Agano, Albemarle, Algérie and 203 more.

Standard cruiser

Max Horiz Disp

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the dispersion model:

σ_{H} = (\frac{R}{30} \cdot \frac{idealRadius - minRadius}{idealDistance} + minRadius) \cdot 30

= (\frac{14490}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 133 m

133 m at 14.5 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 133 \cdot 0.6 = 79.8 m

79.8 m at 14.5 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 133 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 39.9 m

39.9 m at 14.5 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 79.8 \cdot \frac{0.6}{2} = 23.9 m

23.9 m at 14.5 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 5.2 deg/s traverse speed = 34.6 s.

34.6 s

Shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 10 s base reload = 48.

HE shells

HE alpha2,900

HE Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance10%

HE fire DPM vs T6 BB35895

Effective HE DPM vs T6 BB175095

HE penetration

53 mm ≈ 210 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

53 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

2,900 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 23,200.

23,200

HE DPM

23,200 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 139,200.

139,200

Fires/min

48 shells/min × 0.1 (10% fire chance) = 4.8.

4.8

AP shells

AP alpha4,500

AP Velocity900 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold35 mm

AP overmatch

floor(210 mm caliber / 14.3) = 14 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

14 mm

AP Pen Close

AP formula evaluated at muzzle velocity:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v_{0}^{1.38}

= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2495 \cdot 108^{0.69} \cdot {0.21}^{- 1.07} \cdot 900^{1.38} = 400.1 mm

400.1 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (14.5 km), where the shell has slowed to 376.4 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2495 \cdot 108^{0.69} \cdot {0.21}^{- 1.07} \cdot {376.4}^{1.38} = 120.2 mm

120.2 mm at 14.5 km

AP full-salvo alpha

4,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 36,000.

36,000

AP DPM

36,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 10 s base reload = 216,000.

216,000

AP AOE Radius

AP shell over-penetration splash radius; scales with shell mass. Wickes 102mm = 3, standard 152mm CL ~ 20, Iowa 406mm ~ 270, Yamato 460mm = 400, Incomparable 650mm = 550 (max). Larger value = bigger splash damage area when AP over-pens.

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Drilling

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 3 tubes = 12 tubes

Reload time68 s

Projectile speed64.0 kt

Range6 km

Maximum simulated damage

Most targets only intersect one hull section, so a hit transfers about 1/3 of the warhead alpha (2/3 when the warhead blast >= 5000 and the burst reaches a second section). For this ship:

D_{sim} = α \cdot c = 38, 100 \cdot 0.333 = 12, 700

. In battle, a hit on the torpedo belt deals the per-hit figure × (1 − the target's torpedo protection %), a bow or stern hit deals it in full, and a torpedo never counts as a citadel hit.

≈ 12,700

Maximum damage (ammunition)

38,100 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,000 blast = 13,700. Warhead alpha / 3 plus the blast addend: the per-torpedo damage figure. The 'Maximum simulated damage' row above applies target geometry to the same warhead.

13,700

Torpedo module damage

Per-torpedo module/blast damage parameter. Most torpedoes carry 500 to 2,000; ships announced by WG as dealing increased module damage carry 9,000 to 12,000, so their hits knock out engines, rudders, and turrets far more often. Comparative figure.

1,000

Torpedo detectability1.3 km

Reaction time

How long a target has to dodge after your torpedo is spotted at its detectability range (lower means less warning):

t_{react} = \frac{1.3 km}{64 kt \times 2.6855} = 7.6 s

. 2.6855 converts knots to m/s on the game clock. Base value; commander torpedo-concealment skills lower it further.

7.6 s

Flooding chance

This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.27 per hit, shown as

2.27 \times 100 = 227 %

. Values above 100% are normal: in battle the base chance is scaled down by the target's torpedo protection (the Torp Reduction stat on its Survivability card) and any flood-resistance modifiers, so a value above 100% keeps flooding likely even through partial protection.

227%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcswing 142° (one launcher per beam)

Torp Turn

Time to rotate the launchers 180 deg:

t_{turn} = \frac{180 °}{25 ° / s} = 7.2 s

7.2 s

Torp Arming202 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 6 x 12,700 = 76,200. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

76,200

AA Defense

AA mount points22

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3.5 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

40 mm L/56 Flak 286×1 40mm

20 mm Flakvierling 384×4 20mm

20 mm Flakzwilling 388×2 20mm

20 mm Flak 384×1 20mm

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/37 (DP)

Dual-purpose: your secondaries doing double duty against aircraft. The same mounts appear on the Secondary Battery card - shared guns, not extra hardware.

4×2 105mm

Guns105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/37 (DP)

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS in in-game units (raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, summed per contributing aura) - matches the Close-range AA DPS headline's currency. Includes 85 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

Range4.5 km

Guns40 mm L/56 Flak 28

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 26 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.9 hit probability = 82 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 85 + Medium 82 = 167

167

Guns20 mm Flak 38 + 20 mm Flakvierling 38 + 20 mm Flakzwilling 38

Continuous DPS

Effective DPS: 47 raw aura damage × 3.5 × 0.85 hit probability = 140 - the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

140

Range2 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 85 + Medium 82 + Near 140 = 307

307

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 2 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 1 stray cloud farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 5 clouds per salvo × 200 damage each. Planes that fly into a cloud take its damage; clouds dissipate before the next salvo lands. Defensive AA Fire, where fitted, multiplies the AA explosions within each salvo, and commander skills that raise the Number of AA explosions add to it.

2 per salvo, 2 clouds each + 1 outer cloud

Cloud damage

Damage a plane takes for flying into one flak cloud, before any reductions.

200

Cloud spawn chance

Each cloud in the pattern rolls this chance to spawn, so salvos average fewer clouds than the maximum. Often called flak 'hit chance', but spawned clouds always damage planes that fly into them - the roll is on spawning.

90%

Salvo interval

A new flak salvo (the AA explosions above) fires roughly every 2 s.

every ~2 s

Fired by

Flak keeps firing while at least one secondary battery mount is operational - even losing every dedicated AA mount does not stop it.

Secondary battery

Flak zone

The activation band: flak fires while attacking planes are inside it. Clouds are placed ahead of the planes' path, so clouds can land short of 2.5 km or past 4.5 km - once planes get inside the band, new salvos stop. AA range bonuses push the outer edge out; the 2.5 km inner edge does not move.

2.5-4.5 km

See the AA layers diagram ↓

Secondary Battery

Mounts4

Firing range4.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Secondary DPM (per side)

Sum across all secondary families of (per-side barrels × 60 / reload_s × alpha), with each reload counted in whole 1/7 s ticks (guns fire on the first tick after the reload), where per-side barrels = mounts × barrels-per-mount / 2 (the guns that bear on one broadside target). Per-family: 4×2 105 mm (4/side) × 60/3.429 s (3.35 s = 24 ticks) × 1200 = 84,000. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

84,000

Secondary fire DPM vs T6 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 3.5 × (1 − 0.3 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 59,350 HP = 26,173. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

26,173

Total secondary DPM vs T6 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 84,000 + secondary fire DPM 26,173 = 110,173: shell damage plus fire damage against one T6 battleship, every shell hitting.

110,173

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/37 (DP)

Dual-purpose: the same mounts also fire at aircraft, so they appear on the AA Defense card too - shared guns, not extra hardware.

4×2 105mm

Caliber105 mm

Reload time3.35 s

HE alpha1,200

Muzzle Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

4×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 3.429 s (3.35 s = 24 ticks) × 0.05 (5% fire chance) = 3.5. Per side: the barrels that bear on one broadside target (mounts × barrels / 2). A ceiling: assumes every shell hits and ignores the four-fire cap and Fire Prevention.

3.5

HE Pen20 mm

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 57 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Standard

Max secondary dispersion @ 4.5 km

4.5 km × 57 + 30 = 286.5 m.

286.5 m

Maneuverability

Engine power80,000 hp

Maximum speed32.0 kt

Turning circle radius650 m

Rudder shift time8.1 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time15.3 s

Reverse spool-up time7.7 s

Reverse speed

top speed / 4 + 4.9 = 32 / 4 + 4.9 = 12.9 kt. Base value; speed modifiers scale it.

12.9 kt

Crash stop

Seconds from top speed to a dead stop after ordering full reverse: reverse power winds in over the reverse spool-up while water drag does most of the braking, using the ship's own reverse-power ratio. The full curve is on the acceleration chart. Full reverse stops about a quarter faster than a plain Stop order from top speed.

26.5 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

Speed below which the engine's built-in power boost applies in reverse.

9.1 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to reach 90% of top speed (28.8 kt of 32.0 kt).

23.9 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to reach 99% of top speed (31.7 kt of 32.0 kt). 99% rather than 100% because true top speed is asymptotic (thrust meets drag), so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

37.9 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 6.0°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 5.2 − 6.0 = -0.8°/s, so the guns fall behind and catch up once the turn eases. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

fall behind by 0.8°/s

See the full acceleration curve ↓

Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 12.98 km x 0.955 = 12.4 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

12.98 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 12.98 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 12.4 km.

12.4 km

Detectability by air7.79 km

Smoke firing penalty7.62 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 12.98 km) = 14.49 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

14.49 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 7.79 km + gun-firing bloom 4.2 km = 11.99 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 210 mm × 0.020 = 4.2 km.

11.99 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 12.98 km + 2.0 km while burning = 14.98 km.

14.98 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 7.79 km + 3.0 km while burning = 10.79 km.

10.79 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party∞ charges · 60 s reload · 5 s active

Choose one

Engine Boost2 charges · 120 s reload · 180 s active · +15% speed bonus

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · ×2 flak burst boost
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Repeats the flak burst pattern ×2 within each salvo - more clouds in the air over the salvo, at the same spots.

Catapult Fighter2 charges · 80 s reload · 70 s active · 5 km patrol radius
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{167 \times 30}{1000} = 5 km$
· 1 squadron size

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The constants behind the formulas and the long tail: shell and dispersion inputs, fixed-range anchors, salvo math, layered AA. Click the formula chip on any row to see how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

vs standard cruiserStandard

The standard cruiser dispersion curve.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km67.5 m

(166.7 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 67.5 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 5 km, from the same dispersion model as the rows below - a knife-fight-range anchor comparable across ships.

Shell scatter width @ 10 km102 m

(333.3 × (8 − 1.1) / 1000 + 1.1) × 30 = 102 m. How wide your shells scatter at 10 km, from the same dispersion model as the max-range figure above. Picking a fixed range makes this number directly comparable from ship to ship: max-range dispersion makes a longer-range gun look worse even when it's tighter at any common range. The interactive Dispersion tab on the Charts card plots the full curve from 0 to max range.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km27.5 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 5 km, from the same model, comparable from ship to ship. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14490 = 7245$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14490 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{7245} = 0.407$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 67.5 \cdot 0.407 = 27.5 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km54.9 m

How tall the same scatter ellipse is at 10 km. Comparable from ship to ship for the same reason as the width value above. The height/width ratio is a piecewise-linear curve through three points from the ship's own dispersion data:  $radiusOnZero = 0.2$  at 0 m,  $radiusOnDelim = 0.5$  at  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 14490 = 7245$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 14490 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 7245}{14490 - 7245} = 0.538$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 102 \cdot 0.538 = 54.9 m$ .

AP pen 5 km255 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 5 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2495 \cdot 108^{0.69} \cdot {0.21}^{- 1.07} \cdot {649.3}^{1.38} = 255 mm$ , where 649.3 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 900 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP pen 10 km166 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 10 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2495 \cdot 108^{0.69} \cdot {0.21}^{- 1.07} \cdot {475.9}^{1.38} = 166 mm$ , where 475.9 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 900 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.66 s

How long an AP shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3331 \cdot {0.21}^{2}}{8 \cdot 108} = 5.34 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 900 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.56 s

How long an HE shell takes to reach a target at a fixed 10 km, from the same numerically integrated trajectory the Charts card plots. The shell slows under quadratic air drag,  $a_{drag} = k ρ v^{2}$ , where  $ρ$  is air density from a standard-atmosphere profile and  $k$  bundles the shell's drag coefficient, caliber and mass:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.3331 \cdot {0.21}^{2}}{8 \cdot 113.5} = 5.08 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 900 m/s muzzle velocity in 0.02 s steps under gravity 9.8 m/s² until the shell lands, then divides by 2.77 because the game clock runs faster than real time. Lower is better, since a faster shell is harder to dodge and needs less lead.

Improved HE PenYes

This ship's HE shells use a 1/4 (~0.25) caliber-to-pen ratio instead of the standard 1/6 (~0.167) - 0.252 in this case. Lets HE pen ~52mm armor instead of ~35mm. Hits every German cruiser (150mm CL, 203mm CA) and BB (350mm+), British heavy cruisers / Lion / Nelson, a handful of other premiums.

Guns per full salvo (alpha, DPM)8

4 mounts × 2 barrels = 8; all 8 bear on the broadside.

Model inputs

Krupp (AP)2,495

Armor-penetration constant of the AP shell; penetration scales straight with it, so a 10% higher Krupp is 10% more penetration at every range.

AP shell mass108 kg

Enters penetration as mass^0.69 and slows the shell's drag deceleration, so a heavier shell keeps more velocity at range.

AP drag coefficient0.3331

Air drag on the AP shell in flight; lower keeps velocity, and with it penetration, at long range.

AP muzzle velocity900 m/s

Starting speed of the AP shell; penetration scales with velocity^1.38.

HE muzzle velocity900 m/s

Starting speed of the HE shell; sets its flight time and lead.

idealRadius8

Horizontal dispersion growth per idealDistance of range, in 30 m units; the slope of the scatter-width line.

minRadius1.1

Horizontal dispersion at zero range, in 30 m units; the intercept of the scatter-width line.

idealDistance1,000 m

Range step over which horizontal dispersion grows by idealRadius.

taperDist4,000 m

Inside this range the scatter width tapers toward minRadius instead of following the line.

radiusOnZero0.2

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at zero range.

radiusOnDelim0.5

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at the delim point.

radiusOnMax0.6

Vertical scatter as a share of horizontal at maximum range.

delim0.5

Where the vertical-scatter curve bends, as a share of maximum range.

Torpedoes

Estimated torpedo reaction time7.6 s

1300 m / (64.0 kt × 2.6855) = 7.6 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Torpedo speed64.0 kt

Travel time to max range34.9 s

6000 m / (64.0 kt × 2.6855) = 34.9 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Tube count12

4 launchers × 3 tubes.

Per-side salvo6 torpedoes

12 wing tubes / 2 = 6: the launchers sit one per beam, so only half of them reach any one side. Each launcher reloads on its own, so she can fire one beam, turn, and fire the other without waiting.

Full-salvo damage152,400

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 12 x 12,700 = 152,400. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range85

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 40mm flak 28 6x1 -> 82 DPS @ 3.5 km; 20mm Flack 38 quad 4x4 -> 35 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Flak 38 M43U 8x2 -> 70 DPS @ 2 km; 20mm Flak 38 4x1 -> 35 DPS @ 2 km; 105 mm SKC 37 4x2 -> 85 DPS @ 4.5 km.

AA DPS layered by range85 DPS @ 4.5 km, 167 DPS @ 3.5 km, 307 DPS @ 2 km

@ 4.5 km: 85 from one family; @ 3.5 km: 82 + 85 = 167; @ 2 km: 82 + 35 + 70 + 35 + 85 = 307. Cumulative AA DPS at each family range threshold. Inner ranges stack the outer families, so a target closing the distance hits stronger AA bubbles as it crosses each band.

AA DPS at point-blank307

82 + 35 + 70 + 35 + 85 = 307 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (2 km).

AA threat index950

82 × 3.5 + 35 × 2 + 70 × 2 + 35 × 2 + 85 × 4.5 = 950. SUM over AA auras of (aura DPS x aura range km). A plane crossing the AA bubble is exposed to each aura for a time proportional to that aura's range, so long-reach DPS is worth more than the same DPS in a short bubble. Units: DPS*km; used to rank overall AA threat across the cohort.

Near aura range2 km

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha1200

The only family (105 mm): 1200. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1200 from the 105 mm family.

Max HE fire chance5%

The only family (105 mm): 5%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 5% from the 105 mm family.

Max HE pen20 mm

The only family (105 mm): 20 mm. Maximum HE armor penetration across secondary HE families (caliber × 1/6 for most nations; 1/4 for German/UK BBs). Shells whose pen falls under a plate's armor thickness shatter for 0 hull damage though fire chance still applies. Best on this ship: 20 mm from the 105 mm family.

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Background

This warship is one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Black Templars. Only a few chosen Brothers know of its very existence. This ship was the gift, reward, and blessing given by Rogal Dorn to the newborn Chapter and its first High Marshal Sigismund. It is ancient like the time itself, dating back to the early days of the Dark Age of Technology. Looking deceptively small compared to the gargantuan vessels of Chapter’s fleets, it holds the mysterious and now forbidden powers of that long-forgotten era.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 32,600, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 126+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel80 mm

Thin belt: battleship AP citadels straight through it broadside. Rely on angle, speed and concealment, never sit flat.

Farming16 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 30%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	16 mm primary (range 16–30 mm)	1,100 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	80 mm primary (range 20–80 mm)	24,500 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches80 mm: standard HE shatters; improved HE (DE / FR BB) pens from 356mm+	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	16 mm primary (range 16–51 mm)	900 (3% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ AP (Graf Spee, Scharnhorst)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	80 mm primary (range 13–80 mm)	≈ 165,500 (effectively no cap)	Citadel pen: full damageOver-pen: ×0.10 damage	Effectively no cap; citadel pool sits at ~165k HP on every ship. An AP citadel penetration deals the shell's full damage, the biggest single hit available; only over-penetrations are damped, to ×0.10.
Superstructure	20 mm primary (range 20–150 mm)	1,500 (5% of HP)	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage	Any HE ≥16 mm pens at full damage. HE-spam target, and the section saturates fast (often only a few thousand HP).
Turret (module, per magazine)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	16,300 magazine HP	Turret knocked out	Per-turret powder-magazine HP, a separate pool that does not drain ship HP. As it is worn down the turret is likelier to be knocked out, and a smaller pool gets there faster.
Secondary mount (105 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	800 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest secondary on this ship. A mount destroyed at 0 HP is out for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. Smaller (lighter-caliber) secondaries typically share the same HP value.
AA mount (40 mm mount)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	200 per-mount HP	Destroyed at 0 HP	Per-mount HP for the heaviest AA on this ship. An AA mount destroyed at 0 HP stops shooting down planes for the rest of the battle; DCP does not repair destroyed mounts. HE shells specifically target AA mounts since the small-caliber HP pool falls fast.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	9,800 module HP	Incapacitated at 0 HP	When module HP reaches 0 the rudder locks at its current angle until DCP repairs it. Repair via Damage Control Party.

Saturation cap = HP a section can absorb before further damage to it is reduced (the "bow-tank" effect). Citadel pool is ~165k on every ship (effectively no cap); damage is gated by pen/over-pen multipliers instead. Superstructure saturates fast but HE always pens regardless of the plate thickness. Rudder (and other module HPs) are a separate pool from ship HP: damaging a module doesn't drain ship HP. Incapacitated modules like the rudder and engine are restored by DCP, but secondary and AA mounts destroyed at 0 HP stay out for the rest of the battle.

Balance History

Balance updates affecting Cross of Dorn. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Rework ×2

2025-10-30

Ministry of Balance: Preparing for Winter

Slightly changed the geometry of the superstructure, casemate, and main guns.

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2025-05-15

Ministry of Balance: New Horizons, Greater Heights

The ship traits Long Reach and Reloader have been replaced with Agile and Area Denial. This change does not affect the ship's performance.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Cross of Dorn can equip.

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2021-11-05 · Official ship feature / stats Fury, WAAAGH! and Legends: Warhammer 40,000 collaboration in detail Official source 2021-11-04 · Patch notes November update: Fury on the wings of wisdom Patch notes

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Under the hood

Main battery formulas

Model inputs

Torpedoes

AA defense

Secondary battery firepower

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Background

Armor Beta

Balance History

Ministry of Balance: Preparing for Winter

Ministry of Balance: New Horizons, Greater Heights

Skins & permanent camouflages

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