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Also known as P. Rupprecht

Prinz Rupprecht

Also called: 鲁普雷希特亲王 Beta

Germany · Tier VIII · Battleship · Tech Tree: Breakthrough Battlecruisers

Secondary battleshipPush into secondary range so the auto-battery adds to your main-gun damage.

Playstyle

Push to within secondary range (~7.5 km) so the secondary battery starts contributing damage
Avoid: Spending damage control on the first fire

Key characteristics

Strong secondaries (7.5 km)Improved HE penSonarTight turning circleFast for the classFragile

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Community Data

Prinz Rupprecht Community Stats

Across 6,400+ Standard battles from 150+ players, Prinz Rupprecht averages a 60% win rate, 83,100 damage and 1.0 kills per battle, and survives 25% of them.

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Playstyle

Overview

Prinz Rupprecht is a Tier VIII German secondary battleship with top-decile secondary reach out to 7.5 km: the kit rewards closing inside secondary range and letting the auto-fire battery work alongside the mains, not holding mid-range AP lines. 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: secondary dispersion in T8 BBs (277.5 m, 5th of 33) and tight turning circle in T8 BBs (840 m, 7th of 33). The trade is AP DPM in T8 BBs (172,500, 33rd of 33).

Positioning

Push to within secondary range (~7.5 km) so the secondary battery starts contributing damage. A secondary BB at mid range is wasting half her kit; the geometry that pays out is close enough that the secondaries DPM peer BBs instead of the main battery alone. She is genuinely evasive in both phases of a turn, answering the helm in 15.5 s and carving a 840 m circle, so you can break a salvo and still be where you meant to go.

Potato Avoidance

Spending damage control on the first fire

Almost every ship in the game repairs indefinitely, so the habit is to press it the moment anything catches; she carries 3 charges and no more. Ride a single fire when your health allows and save the charge for a flood or a multi-fire stack, because the salvo after the one you repaired is the one that sinks you.

Signature Traits

ELITE SECONDARIES ↗

Tighter secondary dispersion · 277.5 m
Extended secondary range · 7.5 km
Punch-through secondaries · 38 mm

ELITE MOBILITY ↗

Tight turning circle · 840 m
Fast for the class · 32 kt

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 9/33 T8 BBs.

Long-duration sonar ↗

120 s Sonar duration, best of T8 BBs.

WEAK MAIN BATTERY ↗

Low AP DPM · 172500 AP
Low HE DPM · 72000 HE

Acquisition

How to get Prinz Rupprecht

Prinz Rupprecht is available in the Breakthrough Battlecruisers branch of the Germany Tech Tree for 25,000,000 credits after researching it in the branch. Known module upgrades cost up to 6,250,000 credits. Official source cards below may also show its temporary Early Access window before it became a normal Tech Tree unlock.

History: Early Access Aug 2022 – Sep 2022 (temporary crate drops, now ended).

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Germany Tech Tree

Prinz Rupprecht sits in the Breakthrough Battlecruisers branch. The highlighted path shows the local branch context inside the full Germany tree.

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Official WG availability sources

Eagles Take-off: German Battleships in Early Access Tech tree line Start: 2022-08-31 · End: 2022-09-28
- The arrival of Tier VIII Prinz Rupprecht in the next update will signal the branch becoming researchable.
Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes Tech tree line Start: 2022-09-29
- German alternate battleships become researchable, with Tier VIII Prinz Rupprecht leading the way.

Builds

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Commanders frequently paired with this ship AL Bismarck AL Prinz Heinrich AL Scharnhorst

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Cohort position

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Where Prinz Rupprecht sits among Tier VIII BBs (32 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.

BestSecondary HE pen38 mm (1 of 3 tied) BestDisplacement45,000 t (1 of 2 tied) BestSecondary range7.5 km (1 of 3 tied) Top 10%Air detection12.26 km (4/33) Top 10%Main dispersion190.9 m (2/33) Top 10%Secondary dispersion bracket33 (3/33) Top 25%Max speed32 kt (7/33) Top 25%Concealment15.38 km (6/33) Top 25%Rudder shift15.5 s (7/33) Top 25%Turning circle840 m (7/33) Bottom 25%Fires per minute5.7 (26/31) Bottom 25%AP pen at 10 km578 mm (27/33) Bottom 25%AA DPS400 (29/33) Bottom 25%AA range4.5 km (27/33) Bottom 25%AA threat1,425 (26/33) Bottom 25%Max armor350 mm (29/33) Bottom 10%Bow armor30 mm (30/31) Bottom 10%Stern armor27 mm (30/31) WorstHit points63,900 HP (1 of 2 tied) WorstHE DPM72,000 (31/31) WorstAP DPM172,500 (33/33) WorstSecondary HE alpha1,700 (1 of 4 tied) WorstEffective HE DPM (incl. fire)118,724 (31/31) WorstTorpedo speed56 kt (7/7)

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Not standouts for Prinz Rupprecht -- 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.

Smoke fire bloom14.82 km(13/33) Main battery caliber406 mm(19/33) Main battery range17.01 km(25/33) Main battery reload32 s(21/33) Sigma1.7(23/33) HE fire chance38%(11/31) Secondary DPM (per side)251,400(17/33) Secondary fire chance8%(19/31) AP velocity810 m/s(19/33) HE velocity810 m/s(21/31) Time to 90% speed34.8 s(17/33) Acceleration (0-12 kt)13.1 s(11/33) AP arming threshold68 mm(17/33) Engine power152,000 hp(20/33) Power / turn radius181 hp/m(15/33) Power-to-weight3.38 hp/t(11/33) Flak damage per salvo (expected)1,650(14/33) Torpedo range7.5 km(6/7) Torpedo damage≈15,533(4/7) Torpedo reaction time8 s(4/7) Torpedo reload140 s(5/7) Repair charges3(14/33) Citadel belt300 mm(23/31) NormAP fuse timer0.033 s(30 of 33 tied at this value) NormAP ricochet start45°(29 of 33 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(29 of 33 tied at this value) NormTurn speed retained81%(32 of 33 tied at this value) NormRepair heal rate0.5 %/s(24 of 33 tied at this value)

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit PointsInitial: 59,200 → 63,900

Displacement45,000 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.

246 x 33.42 m

Armor range19–350 mm

Plate armor thicknesses19, 20, 27, 30, 32, 40, 50, 60, 90, 100, 150, 200, 220, 235, 250, 300, 350 mm

Armor material/layer entries75

Fire resistance

top hull: 1 − 0.6004 fire coefficient = 40%. 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.

40%

Fire duration60 s

Fire damage

One unattended fire: 0.003 of max HP per second (0.3%) × 60 s = 0.18 of the pool; 0.18 × 63,900 HP = 11,502 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: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 40 s = 0.2 of the pool; 0.2 × 63,900 HP = 12,780 HP on this ship.

0.5% of HP per second

Torp Reduction

1 − 0.25 hull torpedo-damage coefficient / 0.333 unprotected baseline = 25%. Reduces torpedo hit damage. It does not affect flooding: floods start as often and tick at the full rate.

25%

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.

32,000

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.

19,200

Effective HP

Base 63,900 HP plus everything Repair Party can restore: 0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s × 63,900 HP = 8,946 HP per charge, × 3 charges = 26,838 HP. Ceiling, not a prediction: a charge only restores damage actually taken, and only the regeneratable share of it. In practice ships realize about half of this, mostly because half the charges go unspent; a charge that is used returns about 97% of the per-charge figure above.

71,000–90,738

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 × 2,600 = 5,200), 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.

2,600

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 × 11,000 = 22,000), 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.

11,000

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 × 47,900 = 95,800), 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.

47,900

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 × 3,200 = 6,400), 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 ×. 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.

3,200

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 × 2,400 = 4,800), 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.

2,400

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: 406 mm/52 SK L/52

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time32 s

Firing range (base)15.5 km

Firing range (top fire control)17 km

Turret traverse6 °/s

Turret armor380 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.

±150°, 2x ±149°

Guns to bear

180° − 150° (the most restricted aft-facing mount's arc) = 30° off bow; 180° − 149° (the most restricted forward-facing mount's arc) = 31° 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.

30° off bow / 31° off stern

See the firing-arcs diagram ↓

Shell Grouping (σ)1.7

Dispersion type

In practice: 17% tighter (better) horizontal dispersion and 17% less vertical spread at max range (17.0 km) than a standard battleship: about 191 m wide × 115 m tall, against 230 m × 138 m. Also on this curve (56): Al Ägir, Alaska, Alaska B, Anhalt, BA Utnapishtim's Ship, Borodino, Brest, Carnot, Champagne, Cherbourg, Congress, Ägir and 44 more.

Improved battleship & large 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{17011.5}{30} \cdot \frac{10 - 1.6}{1000} + 1.6) \cdot 30 = 190.9 m

190.9 m at 17 km

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 190.9 \cdot 0.6 = 114.5 m

114.5 m at 17 km

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 190.9 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.7} = 67.4 m

67.4 m at 17 km

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot \frac{0.6}{σ}

= 114.5 \cdot \frac{0.6}{1.7} = 40.4 m

40.4 m at 17 km

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 6 deg/s traverse speed = 30 s.

30 s

Shells/min

Zero upgrades: 8 broadside guns x 60 / 32 s base reload = 15. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 8 broadside guns x 60 / 28.857 s (28.8 s = 202 ticks) all-upgrades reload (32 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 28.8 s) = 16.6.

Initial: 15 → 16.6

HE shells

HE alpha4,800

HE Velocity810 m/s

Fire Chance38%

HE fire DPM vs T8 BB46724

Effective HE DPM vs T8 BB118724

HE penetration

101 mm ≈ 406 mm caliber / 4 (improved HE penetration: German BBs, Yamato-class, and a handful of others).

101 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

4,800 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 38,400.

38,400

HE DPM

Zero upgrades: 38,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 72,000. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 38,400 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.857 s (28.8 s = 202 ticks) all-upgrades reload (32 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 28.8 s) = 79,842.

Initial: 72,000 → 79,842

Fires/min

Zero upgrades: 15 shells/min × 0.38 (38% fire chance) = 5.7. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 16.6 shells/min × 0.38 (38% fire chance) = 6.32.

Initial: 5.7 → 6.32

AP shells

AP alpha11,500

AP Velocity810 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.033 s

Fuse Threshold68 mm

AP pen max range477 mm

AP overmatch

floor(406 mm caliber / 14.3) = 28 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

28 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 2800 \cdot 840^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot 810^{1.38} = 789.8 mm

789.8 mm point-blank

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (17 km), where the shell has slowed to 561.3 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2800 \cdot 840^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {561.3}^{1.38} = 476.1 mm

476.1 mm at 17 km

AP full-salvo alpha

11,500 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 92,000.

92,000

AP DPM

Zero upgrades: 92,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 32 s base reload = 172,500. All upgrades (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10% reload): 92,000 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 28.857 s (28.8 s = 202 ticks) all-upgrades reload (32 s × 0.9 Main Battery Mod. 3 = 28.8 s) = 191,287.

Initial: 172,500 → 191,287

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.

250

Torpedoes

ModuleTorpedoes: 533 mm Vierling

Launchers / tubes4 launchers × 4 tubes = 16 tubes

Reload time140 s

Projectile speed56.0 kt

Range7.5 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 = 46, 600 \cdot 0.333 = 15, 533

. 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.

≈ 15,533

Maximum damage (ammunition)

46,600 warhead alpha / 3 + 1,000 blast = 16,533. 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.

16,533

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 detectability1.2 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{1.2 km}{56 kt \times 2.6855} = 8 s

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

8 s

Flooding chance

This torpedo carries a flooding-chance value of 2.79 per hit, shown as

2.79 \times 100 = 279 %

. 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.

279%

Torpedo launcher traverse25 °/s

Launch arcswing 150°, 151° (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 Arming180 m

Per-side salvo damage

One side firing, all torpedoes hitting: per-side tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 8 x 15,533 = 124,264. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

124,264

AA Defense

AA mount points12

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching family on the in-game AA card. Base AirDefense aura max range is 3 km; dual-purpose mount auras extend it.

4.5 km

30 mm Flak 38Initial: 30 mm Flak 103/38 (12×2) → 30 mm Flak 38 (12×4)

105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (DP)

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

10×2 105mm

Guns105 mm L/65 Dop. L. C/31 (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 150 from dual-purpose secondaries firing as AA in this range band.

150

Range4.5 km

Guns30 mm Flak 38

Continuous DPS

Initial: 74 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 181 → 102 × 3.5 × 0.7 = 250. Raw aura damage × 3.5 × hit probability, the same in-game units as the Close-range AA DPS headline.

Initial: 181 → 250

Range3 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 150 + Near 250 = 400

400

AA explosions

Each ~2 s salvo fires 2 AA explosions in quick succession, each leaving 4 clouds ahead of the attacking squadron, plus 2 stray clouds farther out that appear off-beat between salvos - up to 10 clouds per salvo × 220 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, 4 clouds each + 2 outer clouds

Cloud damage

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

220

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.

75%

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

Mounts16

Firing range7.5 km

Shell Grouping (σ)1

Total secondary fires/min (per side)

Sum of each gun family's fires/min (per side): 7.5 + 3.4 = 10.9. 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.

10.9

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: 10×2 105 mm (10/side) × 60/4 s × 1200 = 180,000 + 6×2 150 mm (6/side) × 60/8.571 s (8.5 s = 60 ticks) × 1700 = 71,400. Assumes every shell hits (real hit rate is lower; the Brawl matchup tool on the Compare page folds in dispersion + target armor).

251,400

Secondary fire DPM vs T8 BB (per side)

Fires/min (per side) 10.9 × (1 − 0.4 fire resistance) × 60 s × 0.003 of max HP per second × 75,900 HP = 89,022. 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.

89,022

Total secondary DPM vs T8 BB (per side)

Secondary DPM (per side) 251,400 + secondary fire DPM 89,022 = 340,422: shell damage plus fire damage against one T8 battleship, every shell hitting.

340,422

Secondary dispersion type

Max dispersion = range (km) × 33 + 30. Each dispersion type sets its own slope; this is not a percentage applied to a standard baseline.

Improved (40%, German battlecruiser type)

Max secondary dispersion @ 7.5 km

7.5 km × 33 + 30 = 277.5 m.

277.5 m

Caliber105 mm

Reload time4 s

HE alpha1,200

Muzzle Velocity900 m/s

Fire Chance5%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

10×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 4 s × 0.05 (5% fire chance) = 7.5. 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.

7.5

HE Pen20 mm

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Caliber150 mm

Reload time8.5 s

HE alpha1,700

Muzzle Velocity875 m/s

Fire Chance8%

Secondary fires/min (per side)

6×2 barrels / 2 sides × 60 / 8.571 s (8.5 s = 60 ticks) × 0.08 (8% fire chance) = 3.4. 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.

3.4

HE Pen38 mm

Maneuverability

Engine power152,000 hp

Maximum speed32.0 kt

Turning circle radius840 m

Rudder shift timeInitial: 21.6 s → 15.5 s

Engine power-boost threshold7.0 kt

Engine spool-up time23 s

Reverse spool-up time11.5 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.

46.2 s

Engine boost threshold (reverse)

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

9.6 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

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

34.8 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.

55 s

Guns in a full turn

With the rudder hard over the hull turns 4.3°/s, so a target drifts across the bow at that rate. Turret traverse minus hull turn: 6 − 4.3 = +1.7°/s, so the guns hold the target through the turn. Main Battery Mod. 2 (+20% traverse) and Mod. 3 (−15%) move this line.

hold target (+1.7°/s spare)

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Concealment

Detectability by sea

Base value, no camouflage. With a Grade IV permanent camo (or any disposable camo): 15.38 km x 0.955 = 14.69 km. Camouflage does not change detectability by air.

15.38 km

With Grade IV camouflage (sea)

Detectability by sea 15.38 km x 0.955 (Grade IV permanent camo or any disposable camo) = 14.69 km.

14.69 km

Detectability by air12.26 km

Smoke firing penalty14.82 km

Detect when firing (sea)

max(main battery range, sea detectability 15.38 km) = 17.01 km. Equal to the ship's main battery range (never below base detectability): firing makes you visible to everyone you can reach.

17.01 km

Detect when firing (air)

Air detectability 12.26 km + gun-firing bloom 8.12 km = 20.38 km. The bloom tracks main-battery caliber 406 mm × 0.020 = 8.12 km.

20.38 km

Detect when on fire (sea)

Sea detectability 15.38 km + 2.0 km while burning = 17.38 km.

17.38 km

Detect when on fire (air)

Air detectability 12.26 km + 3.0 km while burning = 15.26 km.

15.26 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

Damage Control Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 10 s active

Repair Party3 charges · 80 s reload · 28 s active · 8,946 HP (14% of max HP) total heal (per charge)
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0.005 of max HP per second (0.5%) × 28 s effective active time = 0.14 of max HP × 63,900 HP = 8,946 HP: up to 14% of max HP restored per charge.
· 26,838 HP (42% of max HP) total heal (all charges)
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0.14 of max HP per charge × 3 charges = 0.42 × 63,900 HP = 26,838 HP: up to 42% of max HP if the whole Repair Party loadout is used.
· 320 HP/s (0.5% of max HP) heal per second
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0.005 (0.5% of max HP) × 63,900 HP = 320 HP/s. WoWS heals a flat percent of MAX HP each second, so this rate holds at any health level.

Enhanced Secondary Targeting3 charges · 160 s reload · 30 s active · +100% grouping · -50% dispersion

Sonar2 charges · 180 s reload · 120 s active · 5.73 km ship detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{191 \times 30}{1000} = 5.73 km$
· 3.93 km torpedo detect
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Derived from the consumable's 30 m grid-unit range (km = grid units x 30 / 1000): $\frac{131 \times 30}{1000} = 3.93 km$

Module options (3)

Stats above use the fully-upgraded modules. These are the research-tree alternatives; trade-offs are flagged.

HullUpgrade

Hit points59,200 → 63,900
Rudder shift21.6 → 15.5 s
Close-range AA DPS74 → 102

Fire controlUpgrade

Main battery range15,465 → 17011.5 m

EngineUpgrade

Time to 12 kt14.6 → 13.1 s

Under the hood

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All values are ship base stats with modifications and upgrade changes denoted inline.

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 BB17% tighter H · 17% shorter V

H = horizontal, V = vertical spread. This ship's curve against the standard battleship curve, both evaluated at this ship's max range (17.0 km) with the same model as Max Horiz/Vert Disp: horizontal 191 / 230 m − 1 = -17%, vertical 115 / 138 m − 1 = -17%. Shell grouping (σ) is separate: it sets how shells bunch toward the centre of this ellipse.

Shell scatter width @ 5 km90 m

(166.7 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 90 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 km132 m

(333.3 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 132 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 width @ 15 km174 m

(500 × (10 − 1.6) / 1000 + 1.6) × 30 = 174 m. Horizontal scatter at a fixed 15 km, from the same dispersion model - the long-range anchor. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km.

Shell scatter height @ 5 km33.9 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17011.5 = 8506$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17011.5 m. Below the kink:  $k = 0.2 + (0.5 - 0.2) \cdot \frac{5000}{8506} = 0.3764$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 90 \cdot 0.3764 = 33.9 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 10 km68.3 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17011.5 = 8506$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17011.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{10000 - 8506}{17011.5 - 8506} = 0.5176$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 132 \cdot 0.5176 = 68.3 m$ .

Shell scatter height @ 15 km100.3 m

How tall the scatter ellipse is at a fixed 15 km, from the same model. Only shown when the ship's guns reach 15 km. 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  $delim \cdot R_{m a x} = 0.5 \cdot 17011.5 = 8506$  m, and  $radiusOnMax = 0.6$  at 17011.5 m. Above the kink:  $k = 0.5 + (0.6 - 0.5) \cdot \frac{15000 - 8506}{17011.5 - 8506} = 0.5764$ , so  $σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot k = 174 \cdot 0.5764 = 100.3 m$ .

AP pen 5 km673 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2800 \cdot 840^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {721.7}^{1.38} = 673 mm$ , where 721.7 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 5 km (from 810 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 km578 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  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2800 \cdot 840^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {645.6}^{1.38} = 578 mm$ , where 645.6 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 10 km (from 810 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 15 km501 mm

AP penetration at a fixed 15 km, from the same ballistic curve as AP Pen Close/Far: the shell's impact velocity at that range fed through the AP formula  $P = 10^{- 7} \cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{- 1.07} \cdot v^{1.38}$   $= 10^{- 7} \cdot 2800 \cdot 840^{0.69} \cdot {0.406}^{- 1.07} \cdot {582.9}^{1.38} = 501 mm$ , where 582.9 m/s is the shell's speed when it arrives at 15 km (from 810 m/s at the muzzle). Fixed anchors make ships directly comparable at the same fighting distance; the Charts card plots the full curve.

HE flight time @ 10 km5.02 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.2994 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 1030} = 1.88 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 810 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.

AP flight time @ 10 km5.02 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:  $k = \frac{π C_{d} d^{2}}{8 m} = \frac{π \cdot 0.245 \cdot {0.406}^{2}}{8 \cdot 840} = 1.89 \times 10^{- 5}$ . That runs from a 810 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) - 0.249 in this case. Lets HE pen ~101mm armor instead of ~67mm. 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)2,800

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 mass840 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 coefficient0.245

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

AP muzzle velocity810 m/s

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

HE muzzle velocity810 m/s

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

idealRadius10

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

minRadius1.6

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 time8 s

1200 m / (56.0 kt × 2.6855) = 8 s. detectability / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Torpedo speed56.0 kt

Travel time to max range49.9 s

7500 m / (56.0 kt × 2.6855) = 49.9 s. range / (speed kt x 2.6855 m/s per knot on the game clock).

Tube count16

4 launchers × 4 tubes.

Per-side salvo8 torpedoes

16 wing tubes / 2 = 8: 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 damage248,528

All tubes hitting one target: tubes x per-torpedo simulated damage = 16 x 15,533 = 248,528. Each hit on the target's torpedo belt is reduced by its torpedo protection %.

AA defense

AA DPS at max range150

Only families that reach 4.5 km contribute at the outer edge of the AA bubble. In-game families: 30mm Flak 38 12x4 -> 250 DPS @ 3 km; 105 mm SKC 33 10x2 -> 150 DPS @ 4.5 km.

AA DPS layered by range150 DPS @ 4.5 km, 400 DPS @ 3 km

@ 4.5 km: 150 from one family; @ 3 km: 250 + 150 = 400. 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-blank400

250 + 150 = 400 DPS: the sum of every family's average DPS, achievable only inside the closest-range family (3 km).

AA threat index1425

250 × 3 + 150 × 4.5 = 1425. 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 range3 km

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary dispersion @ 5 km195 m

Same per-type line evaluated at a fixed 5 km: 5 km × 33 + 30 = 195 m.

Secondary battery firepower

Max HE alpha1700

max(1200 (105 mm), 1700 (150 mm)) = 1700. Maximum HE damage per shell across secondary HE families. Best on this ship: 1700 from the 150 mm family.

Max HE fire chance8%

max(5% (105 mm), 8% (150 mm)) = 8%. Maximum per-shell fire chance across secondary HE families (before target fire resistance is applied). Best on this ship: 8% from the 150 mm family.

Max HE pen38 mm

max(20 mm (105 mm), 38 mm (150 mm)) = 38 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: 38 mm from the 150 mm family.

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Ship Charts

Background

A high-speed battleship project with eight 406 mm guns. She embodied the development of battlecruiser projects of the World War I period.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 59,200 → 63,900 with hull upgrade, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds.

Bow & stern30 mm

Overmatched by 18+ AP guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel300 mm

Citadels come from a flat broadside at close range; held past ~30° of angle, AP shatters or bounces.

Farming19 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 40%, fires burn 60s. Range-by-range in the Compare tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	30 mm primary (range 30–350 mm)	2,600 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 460mm+ AP (Aki, Musashi)Angle bounces 410mm30 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Bow-tank fits behind this exterior plate. Saturation is FAST here; the cap is often only a few thousand HP.
Hull (midship)	150 mm primary (range 20–350 mm)	47,900 (75% of HP)	No common AP caliber overmatches150 mm: no common HE pens	Largest HP pool. Citadel sits behind these plates; thinner deck and side plating absorb the rest.
Stern	27 mm primary (range 27–100 mm)	2,400 (4% of HP)	Overmatched by 406mm+ AP (Hawke, Iowa)Angle bounces 380mm27 mm: HE pens from 203mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	300 mm primary (range 27–300 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	19 mm	3,200 (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	32,000 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 (150 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 (30 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.
Engine (module, research)	engine coefficient (unconfirmed)	-0.090 research estimate	Largest on BB/BC; zero on destroyers	Engine durability isn't a per-ship value. This small negative coefficient is non-zero only on battleships, battlecruisers, and the heaviest cruisers, and is exactly zero on every destroyer, so it scales with hull displacement rather than any commander skill. Most likely an engine drag or power term in the same family as the deceleration stats; its exact meaning is not yet confirmed.
Rudder (module)	separate HP pool, does not drain ship HP	19,200 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 Prinz Rupprecht. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×4Buff ×2Main Battery ×4

2026-09-03

September Update: Full Progress Ahead

Armor model has been slightly updated. This change doesn't affect gameplay.

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2026-07-30

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

Prinz Rupprecht: credit earnings increased by 5.56%.

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2023-11-02

MINISTRY OF BALANCE REPORTS: A FLURRY OF CHANGES

Like Schlieffen, Prinz Rupprecht has exceptional burst damage potential and battle impact, so we're toning down her secondary damage output.
Secondary battery 150 mm gun reload time increased from 8.2 to 8.5 s.
Secondary battery 105 mm gun reload time increased from 3.5 to 4.0 s.

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2023-03-02

Ministry of Balance Reports: Buffs, Nerfs, and Commanders

Main battery reload time increased from 30 to 32 s.
Secondary battery reload time increased:
4.1-inch (105 mm) guns from 3.4 to 3.5 s.
5.9-inch (150 mm) guns from 7.5 to 8 s.

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2023-01-26

February Update: The Dragon Strikes Back

Multiple ships that suffered from hindered shooting abilities due to turret elevation at particular turn angles had those shooting angles improved: Mackensen, Zieten, Prinz Heinrich, Prinz Rupprecht, Ibuki, Ibuki B.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Prinz Rupprecht can equip.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior
German Eagle (Prinz Rupprecht)Decorative

Primary official WG sources

Filtered to official World of Warships: Legends pages where this ship is a focus, reward, line member, or high-context variant mention.

2022-08-31 · Early access / tech tree line Eagles Take-off: German Battleships in Early Access Line source 2022-09-29 · Patch notes Halloween Update: New Friends, Old Foes Patch notes 2023-01-26 · Patch notes February Update: The Dragon Strikes Back Patch notes 2026-07-30 · Patch notes Anniversary Update: Tides of Adventure Patch notes 2026-09-03 · Patch notes September Update: Full Progress Ahead Patch notes

Prinz Rupprecht

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Overview

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Peers in this cohort

Stats & specs

Under the hood

Main battery formulas

Model inputs

Torpedoes

AA defense

Secondary battery dispersion

Secondary battery firepower

Ship Charts

Background

Armor Beta

Balance History

September Update: Full Progress Ahead

Ministry of Balance: Anniversary Tune-Up

MINISTRY OF BALANCE REPORTS: A FLURRY OF CHANGES

Ministry of Balance Reports: Buffs, Nerfs, and Commanders

February Update: The Dragon Strikes Back

Skins & permanent camouflages

Primary official WG sources

Signature Traits