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Vrijheid

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Netherlands · Tier VII · Cruiser · Premium

Airstrike cruiserStrike from cover with airstrikes; screen the fleet and zone with planes.

Playstyle

Use islands, concealment, and mid-range kiting lanes to stack pressure without becoming the easiest tar…
Avoid: Do not sit still waiting for gimmick damage

Key characteristics

2 sigma accuracyStrong AAStealthy (11.5 km)Lobs over islandsFragile

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Playstyle
How to get Vrijheid
Builds
Cohort position
Stats and specs
Armor
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Balance history
Exteriors

Community Data

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Playstyle

Overview

Dutch cruiser area denial and fire support is the core job. Use islands, concealment, and mid-range kiting lanes to stack pressure without becoming the easiest target. Look for clustered ships where Dutch airstrike-style pressure and cruiser fire can force movement.

Positioning

Use islands, concealment, and mid-range kiting lanes to stack pressure without becoming the easiest target. Look for clustered ships where Dutch airstrike-style pressure and cruiser fire can force movement.

Potato Avoidance

Sit still waiting for gimmick damage

Vrijheid should keep guns active, preserve escape routes, and use area denial to shape enemy movement.

Signature Traits

Airstrike alt-armament

Right-trigger fires a bomber line in place of torpedoes. Rewards behind-cover positioning with the cap in range.

Engine Boost

+20% speed, 60 s duration. Engine Boost consumable temporarily raises top speed. Mobility on demand to reposition, chase a kill, or break contact, uncommon in T7 CAs.

Extra heal charges

3.0 Repair Party charges, best of T7 CAs. More total HP available across a match.

High-arc AP shells

54.0° impact angle at max range, best of T7 CAs. Lobs over island cover.

High-arc HE shells

54.0° HE impact angle at max range, best of T7 CAs. Lobs over cover.

Fast reload

4.2 s reload, top decile of T7 CAs. Top-tier salvo cycle.

Acquisition

How to get Vrijheid

Vrijheid is a Premium ship and not available to unlock in the Tech Tree. Acquisition path: Global XP.

Global XP750,000 GXP in the Legends Store (Mar 2026).

Official WG availability sources

Age of Discovery: New Ships and the Spirit of Adventure 750,000 Global XP 2026-03-02 Tier VII default; exact price not in source

Builds Beta

Build for cruiser concealment, survivability, reload, and consumable/airstrike tempo where available. Inspirations that help you stay dark or disengage are valuable.

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Cohort position

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Where Vrijheid sits among Tier VII CAs (54 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.

BestMain battery reload4.2 s (1/54) BestRepair charges3 (1 of 6 tied) Top 10%Stealth profile11.46 km / 6.88 km (3/54 / 3/54) Top 10%Displacement11,850 t (6/54) Top 10%AA DPS529 (6/54) Top 10%AA threat2,029 (5/54) Top 25%Traverse-to-turn ratio8.88 × (7/54) Top 25%AP velocity940 m/s (11/54) Top 25%HE velocity940 m/s (10/47) Top 25%AP arming threshold20 mm (7/54) Top 25%AA range5.2 km (7/54) Top 25%Deck armor75 mm (9/44) Bottom 25%HE shell damage1,850 (43/47) Bottom 25%HE fire chance8% (42/47) Bottom 25%AP fuse timer0.01 s (47/54) Bottom 25%Engine power85,000 hp (41/53) Bottom 25%Turn-speed retention118.1 hp/m (45/53) Bottom 10%Hit points33,400 HP (52/54) Bottom 10%Main battery range15.15 km (51/54) Bottom 10%Max armor100 mm (50/54) WorstMain battery caliber127 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstAP shell damage2,100 (1 of 2 tied) WorstNo secondaries (7 of 54 in cohort) WorstNo torpedoes (14 of 54 in cohort) WorstRepair heal rate0.5 %/s (1 of 16 tied) WorstCitadel belt75 mm (1 of 2 tied) WorstEnd plates16 mm (1 of 6 tied / 1 of 6 tied)

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Not standouts for Vrijheid -- 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.

Max speed33 kt(27/54) Rudder shift9 s(27/54) Sigma2(29/54) Fires per minute9.14(17/47) HE DPM211,429(16/47) AP DPM240,000(37/54) Main dispersion137.5 m(18/54) Acceleration26.5 s(33/53) Power-to-weight7.17 hp/t(25/53) NormAP ricochet start45°(38 of 54 tied at this value) NormAP auto-bounce angle60°(38 of 54 tied at this value)

Peers in this cohort

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Stats & specs

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Survivability

Hit Points33,400

Displacement11,850 t

Armor range13–100 mm

Plate armor thicknesses13, 15, 16, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 75, 80, 100 mm

Armor material/layer entries69

Fire resistance36.6%

Fire duration30 s

Torp Reduction19%

Magazine HP

The magazine is the module a detonation comes from. Penetrating hits to it raise the detonation chance from 1% toward 30% as its HP is worn down, so a larger magazine pool rides out citadel hits longer before a detonation becomes likely.

16,700

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.

10,000

Main Battery

ModuleArtillery: 8×127 mm

Mounts / barrels4 mounts / 8 barrels

Reload time4.7 s

Firing range15.2 km

Turret traverse12 °/s

Shell Grouping (σ)

Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

Max Horiz Disp

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

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

= (\frac{15150}{30} \cdot \frac{8 - 1.1}{1000} + 1.1) \cdot 30 = 137.5 m

137.5 m

Max Vert Disp

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range:

σ_{V} = σ_{H} \cdot radiusOnMax

= 137.5 \cdot 0.6 = 82.5 m

82.5 m

Med Horiz Disp

50%-hit horizontal radius:

σ_{H, 50} = σ_{H} \cdot GetHalfHitsRatio (σ)

= 137.5 \cdot 0.32 (σ = 2) = 44 m

44 m

Med Vert Disp

50%-hit vertical radius:

σ_{V, 50} = σ_{V} \cdot GetHalfHitsRatio (σ)

= 82.5 \cdot 0.32 (σ = 2) = 26.4 m

26.4 m

Turret turn time

180 degrees / 12 deg/s traverse speed = 15 s.

15 s

Base shells/min

8 broadside guns x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 102.1.

102.1

HE shells

HE Damage1,850

HE Velocity940 m/s

Fire Chance8%

HE penetration

In-game data: 20 mm = 127 mm caliber / 6.35 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

20 mm

HE full-salvo alpha

1,850 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 14,800.

14,800

Base HE DPM

14,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 188,936.

188,936

Installed HE DPM

14,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.2 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 211,429.

211,429

Base fires/min

8 HE shells x 60 / 4.7 s reload x 8% fire chance = 8.17.

8.17

AP shells

AP Damage2,100

AP Velocity940 m/s

Min Ricochet45 deg

Guaranteed Ricochet60 deg

Fuse Timer0.01 s

Fuse Threshold20 mm

AP overmatch

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

8 mm

AP Pen Close

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), 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 2400 \cdot {23.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot 940^{1.38} = 259.7 mm

. Matches the in-game spec card.

259.7 mm

AP Pen Far

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (18.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 274.6 m/s:

P = 10^{- 7} \cdot 2400 \cdot {23.5}^{0.69} \cdot {0.12}^{- 1.07} \cdot {274.6}^{1.38} = 47.5 mm

47.5 mm

AP full-salvo alpha

2,100 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 16,800.

16,800

Base AP DPM

16,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 214,468.

214,468

Installed AP DPM

16,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.2 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 240,000.

240,000

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.

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Squadrons

Plane HP2,000

Plane max speed180 kn

Planes per strike4

OrdnanceHE bomb, 6,300 dmg

Fire chance38%

Bomb penetration36.5 mm

Bomb velocity300 m/s

Charges2

Range10.5 km

Reload54 s

Launch arc-124° to 124°

AA Defense

AA mount points17

Close-range AA DPS

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (135×3.5×0.9) + (33×3.5×0.9) = 529. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

529

Maximum AA range

Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

5.2 km

40 mm/56 Bofors Model 193610×2 40mm

40 mm/56 Bofors7×1 40mm

DPS

Includes 33 continuous AA damage from dual-purpose main battery firing as AA in this range band.

Range5.2 km

DPS135

Range3.5 km

Total DPS in Aura

Far 33 + Medium 135 = 168

168

Maneuverability

Engine moduleEngine: 85,000 hp

Engine power85,000 hp

Maximum speed33 kt

Turning circle radius720 m

Engine power-boost threshold7 kt

Acceleration 0-90%

Time to accelerate from 0 kt to 90% of top speed (29.7 kt of 33). Numerical integration of the WoWS engine model with the inputs decoded for this ship:

maxPower = {(\frac{P}{m})}^{0.42} = {(\frac{85, 000}{11, 850})}^{0.42} = 2.2877

;

d r a g (v) = - \frac{v | v |}{V_{max}^{2}} \cdot maxPower

; piecewise acceleration

a (v) = {\begin{matrix} maxPower \cdot 2 + d r a g (v) & v < 7 kt \\ P (t) + d r a g (v) & v \geq 7 kt \end{matrix}

; the engine ramps over

τ = \frac{T_{up}}{2.61} = \frac{40}{2.61} = 15.3 s

. Euler step

v_{n + 1} = v_{n} + a (v_{n}) Δ t, Δ t = 0.01 s

until

t_{90} = min {t : v (t) \geq 0.9 V_{max}} = 26.5 s

. The 0.42 exponent, quadratic drag and the TimeScale 2.61 are the calibrated game constants (New York's 60/2.61 = 23.0 s spool-up matches in-game); no closed form.

26.5 s

Acceleration 0-99%

Time to accelerate from 0 kt to 99% of top speed (32.7 kt of 33). Same integration as the 0-90% row, read where

t_{99} = min {t : v (t) \geq 0.99 V_{max}} = 43.4 s

. 99% (not 100%) because exact top speed is asymptotic - thrust equals drag at

V_{max}

, so the last fraction of a knot is never quite gained.

43.4 s

Traverse-to-turn ratio

How many degrees the turret can swing for each degree the hull turns. Turn rate

ω_{hull} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{V_{max} (m/s)}{R_{turn}} = \frac{180}{π} \cdot \frac{33.0 \cdot 0.5144}{720} = 1.35 ° / s

, so

ratio = \frac{ω_{turret}}{ω_{hull}} = \frac{12}{1.35} = 8.9 \times

. Below 5 the turrets drag in a turning fight; 25+ keeps up with any rudder.

8.9× ok

Concealment

Detectability by sea11.46 km

Detectability by air6.88 km

Smoke firing penalty5.37 km

Detect after firing main guns

max(base sea detectability, gun-firing bloom range). Firing never pulls your detection closer than base concealment.

11.46 km

Detect Fire Sea13.46 km

Detect Fire Air9.88 km

Guaranteed Detect2 km

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Consumables

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

Choose one

Engine Boost4 charges · 100 s reload · 60 s active · +20% speed bonus

Defensive AA Fire3 charges · 140 s reload · 25 s active · +100% flak burst boost

Smoke Generator3 charges · 160 s reload · 15 s emit / 90 s cloud active

Repair Party3 charges · 40 s reload · 28 s active · 0.5% heal per second · 14% of max HP total heal
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Heal per second (0.5%) x active time (28 s) = up to 14% of max HP restored per charge if the consumable runs its full duration.

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Numbers the spec table cannot show directly: alpha-strike math, DPM, dispersion, AP penetration. Click the formula chip on any row to reveal how it is calculated.

Main battery formulas

Shell Grouping (σ)2

Shell grouping (sigma); shown in-game as Shell Grouping.

Max Horiz Disp137.5 m

Horizontal dispersion ellipse width at max range, from the verified WoWS dispersion model: $\sigma_H = \left(\dfrac{R}{30}\cdot\dfrac{\text{idealRadius}-\text{minRadius}}{\text{idealDistance}} + \text{minRadius}\right)\cdot 30$ $= \left(\dfrac{15150}{30}\cdot\dfrac{8-1.1}{1000} + 1.1\right)\cdot 30 = 137.5\,\text{m}$

Max Vert Disp82.5 m

Vertical dispersion ellipse height at max range: $\sigma_V = \sigma_H \cdot \text{radiusOnMax}$ $= 137.5 \cdot 0.6 = 82.5\,\text{m}$

Med Horiz Disp44 m

50%-hit horizontal radius: $\sigma_{H,50} = \sigma_H \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 137.5 \cdot 0.32\;(\sigma = 2) = 44\,\text{m}$

Med Vert Disp26.4 m

50%-hit vertical radius: $\sigma_{V,50} = \sigma_V \cdot \text{GetHalfHitsRatio}(\sigma)$ $= 82.5 \cdot 0.32\;(\sigma = 2) = 26.4\,\text{m}$

AP Pen Close259.7 mm

Canonical community AP formula (jcw780/wows_shell), evaluated at muzzle velocity: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot K \cdot m^{0.69} \cdot d^{-1.07} \cdot v_0^{1.38}$ $= 10^{-7}\cdot 2400 \cdot 23.5^{0.69} \cdot 0.12^{-1.07} \cdot 940^{1.38} = 259.7\,\text{mm}$. Matches the in-game spec card.

AP Pen Far47.5 mm

Same formula at the ship's max firing range (18.9 km), where the shell has slowed to 274.6 m/s: $P = 10^{-7}\cdot 2400 \cdot 23.5^{0.69} \cdot 0.12^{-1.07} \cdot 274.6^{1.38} = 47.5\,\text{mm}$.

HE penetration20 mm

In-game data: 20 mm = 127 mm caliber / 6.35 (non-standard HE penetration ratio).

AP overmatch8 mm

floor(127 mm caliber / 14.3) = 8 mm (AP auto-penetrates plating this thick or less).

AP AOE Radius10

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.

Broadside guns used for alpha8

All 8 barrels bear on the broadside.

Turret turn time15 s

180 degrees / 12 deg/s traverse speed = 15 s.

HE full-salvo alpha14,800

1,850 HE damage x 8 broadside guns = 14,800.

AP full-salvo alpha16,800

2,100 AP damage x 8 broadside guns = 16,800.

Base HE DPM188,936

14,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 188,936.

Base AP DPM214,468

16,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 214,468.

Installed HE DPM211,429

14,800 HE full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.2 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 211,429.

Installed AP DPM240,000

16,800 AP full-salvo alpha x 60 / 4.2 s installed reload (Main Battery Mod. 3 = -10%) = 240,000.

Base shells/min102.1

8 broadside guns x 60 / 4.7 s base reload = 102.1.

Installed shells/min114.3

8 broadside guns x 60 / 4.2 s installed Artillery reload = 114.3.

Base fires/min8.17

8 HE shells x 60 / 4.7 s reload x 8% fire chance = 8.17.

Installed fires/min9.14

8 HE shells x 60 / 4.2 s installed reload x 8% fire chance = 9.14.

AA defense

Close-range AA DPS529

Sum across every AA aura on this ship of (aura.continuous_damage x 3.5 x aura.hit_probability). Here: (135×3.5×0.9) + (33×3.5×0.9) = 529. Covers AA-only mounts plus dual-purpose secondaries (Bismarck 105mm, USN 5"/38 cruiser secondaries) and dual-purpose main batteries (Sumner-class 5"/38, Akizuki-line 100mm). Formula validated against in-game captures on California, Sumner, Manfred von Richthofen, Dante Alighieri (exact) and within +/-17% on the remaining verified ships.

Maximum AA range5.2 km

Longest-reaching aura across AA-only + dual-purpose auras.

AA threat index2029

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.

Armor Beta

Hull HP 33,400, distributed across 5 hull zones, each with its own plate thicknesses, saturation cap, and pen thresholds. HP caps are the exact in-game values, not estimated.

Bow & stern16 mm

Overmatched by 136+ guns across the bracket. Can’t reliably bow-tank; gets bow-citadelled and overpenned.

Belt / citadel75 mm

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

Farming13 mm

Superstructure and extremities take HE pens and AP overpens from nearly any gun: steady chip damage. Fire resistance 37%, fires burn 30s. Range-by-range in the ballistics tool →

Section	Plates	HP cap	Threats	Tactic
Bow	16 mm primary (range 16–40 mm)	600 (2% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)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 16–100 mm)	25,100 (75% of HP)	No common 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 16–75 mm)	500 (1% of HP)	Overmatched by 283mm+ (Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst '43)Angle bounces 203mm16 mm: HE pens from 127mm+	Mirror of bow. Same fast saturation.
Citadel	75 mm primary (range 15–75 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	13 mm primary (range 13–75 mm)	3,100 (9% 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	16,700 magazine HP	Magazine detonation1–30% chance · below ~75% HP	Per-turret powder-magazine HP. Detonation chance scales from 1% (no mag damage) to 30% (full mag damage); this range is the in-game value. Detonation can't roll while the ship is above ~75% HP (the standard detonation-protection threshold, not a per-ship stat). Smaller magazines saturate to the 30% ceiling faster.
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	10,000 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.

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Balance History

Balance updates affecting Vrijheid. Cards are condensed; use each source link for full context.

Nerf ×1Commander Skill ×1

2026-04-30

Ministry of Balance: Viva la Marina!

Nerf affecting Dutch cruisers above Tier IV: Air Support special-effect activation distance reduced from 7.5/8/8.5/9 km to 7/7.4/7.7/8 km.

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Exteriors

Skins & permanent camouflages

Every custom exterior Vrijheid can equip, from in-game data.

DefaultThe ship’s standard exterior

Primary official WG sources

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2026-02-19 · Patch notes March Update: Echoes at Sea Patch notes