Camouflage & Spotting Mechanics Guide ♦ World of Tanks

Everything you need to know to get started with the spotting, view range and concealment mechanics within World of Tanks. I go through the camo rating percentage as well as how view range and camo rating comes into effect with each other in World of Tanks.

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[Scootertin]

This is a highly underrated video and one that WG need to use for tutorials. You explained it flawlessly.

[playerone]

This was actually incredibly helpful and I've been playing the game for over 10 years, cheers dude 👍

[markhoeppner]

Great video. Short but still told us everything we needed to know.

[mrredacted]

Ive been trying to figure what all the terminology & numbers meant and this explained it clearly, thank you

[MaxGamingFPS]

Yes, I messed up. The bushes modes are transparent and solid / opaque. Not opaque and solid, since opaque means light can't pass through it and is a solid object. I know... I'm a special sausage sometimes :D

[Scootertin]

Why did it take so long for me to find this video 😂 this is the kind of stats I have been looking for!

[Chuddling]

thank you. with bushes, didn't quite understand how I could shoot and then be spotted while others did the same and not be spotted, now i know.

[baileyduke]

Excellent video. I was really struggling to understand it, but you have done a great job :) My only question about it is how many seconds do you stay spotted for when you go back into concealment?

[t_t]

So what you are saying iiis:
445 meters is the base value of spotting and if you have 25% concealment, it drops down to --> 445m/4=111, 25 445m-111, 25m=333, 75m. Right?
So if the spotting range and the view range are a different thing, how do they work with eachother again? How does concealment rate interact with them?
I am a little confused. :(

[PeterKJRichterIMHO]

Latest I heard is sometimes to shoot, while bushed, then pull back, wait 10s so you're not lit...

[jackhousego-woolgar]

Great video and explanation. I assume movement also decreases camo rating but I have heard that light tanks do no decrease camo when moving. Could somebody clear this up thanks.

[benedictromalius]

His explanation is better than WG's explanation

[Bread_tost]

I think well am kinda new but view range is what you see only your self spot range assists you team

[ziginaigra]

some players like orzanel have optics on every tank:)never enough view range in wot

[lucasjensen]

I cant see if i am spotte can you help

[clarencekavanaugh]

If it was actually true. I have an ELC Even 90 with a 60% rating without sitting in a bush. Yet, while sitting in a bush, not moving, I was spotted by a heavy that was more than 200 meters away. So either this is BS or Wargaming is interfering with the game play, deciding the game outcome...

[valkorn]

Such a cool game and this 1 mechanic turns it into a pile of dog shit. I'll see a spotted guy, i go to shoot, he disappears and my round does nothing, then 5 people on the enemy team instantly know where i am somehow and collectively 1 shot me. I never find anyone and they all see me miles away, you have to buy a $100 tank and buy an additional $100 in gold to be able to play this game efficiently.

[thtimeaccountdeleted.]

Doesn't work. I get spotted from behind mountains. Enemy team enjoys wonderful invisibility magic. What a heap of crap this game is. Total steaming pile of crap that'd broken. My position is revealed constantly.