Proxy for World of Tanks: a beginner's guide
New to proxies and playing World of Tanks? A proxy suits the website and forums far better than battles. Here's how to test one cheaply and honestly.
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Tanks, ping and proxies: a starter guide for World of Tanks players
In plain English, World of Tanks connects you to a game server, and a proxy would put a detour in that route. Your game talks directly to Wargaming's servers for your region, so the detour tends to lengthen the trip, and lower ping usually comes from playing on servers near you.
Check your ping before spending
During battles the game shows your ping in the top-left corner of the screen. Watch it for a few evenings on servers near you; if it stays low and steady, a proxy has nothing to fix, and if it jumps about, check your Wi-Fi first.
Picking a type for the website side
If all you want is Wargaming's site or premium shop as it appears in Poland or the US, pick datacenter, the lowest-priced type, named after the server buildings its addresses come from. Routing the game itself takes a separate program on PC and usually brings little or no ping gain.
Rule-breaking a proxy won't cover
Banned mods, bot programs and letting someone else play your account all break Wargaming's rules, whichever internet address you connect from. If you're banned, appeal through Wargaming's support rather than trying to return through a proxy.
Quick start in three steps
Nothing to install. This is the whole route, from paying to the first page you load through the proxy.
Buy a small Datacenter plan
On the order form, pick a country, a protocol and a login method, then pay. At $2.49 per GB (gigabyte of data) it costs less than our other types, so a first test is cheap.
Add it to one browser
Use the proxy in one browser for the game's website, forums or shop. The game and its launcher can keep their normal connection, which is usually quicker.
Check that it worked
With the proxy switched on, open our IP checker: it should show the proxy's address, not your own. The IP location lookup then tells you which country that address is in, and if anything looks wrong, the quick fixes further down cover the usual slips. Address right, but one site still turns you away? The last of the fixes below covers that.
Our pick for World of Tanks: Datacenter
For World of Tanks, the useful proxy jobs are on the website side: forums, news and a brief ping test. Datacenter covers all of them. Think of it as an address hosted in a professional server building, priced below our other types. Battles gain nothing from a home-style or mobile address, so paying extra would be wasted.
Latency comes first
Latency, which the game shows as ping, is how long your commands take to reach the server and get an answer. A proxy can only add to that path, so it pays off only when your normal route is unusually poor. Test across several battles before relying on it.
Reach every regional cluster
Your account's region may offer more than one server, and the game lets you choose between them. A proxy can't take an account to a different region, but if you route through one, keep it near the server you've picked so the detour stays short.
Steady sessions, no mid-match drops
If the game goes through a proxy, choose a sticky session, so the address doesn't swap between one connection and the next. When drops happen anyway, switch the proxy off for a few battles. If they stop, the proxy was the cause and you're better off without it.
Quick setup, flexible authentication
Your details appear in the dashboard straight after payment: IP, port, login and password. Browsers ask for the login when they first connect. Programs without a login box can use the IP whitelist, which lets your own internet address in without a password.
What a proxy won't do here
It won't lower your ping, the delay between you and the game server. And it won't make bots, extra accounts or account sharing acceptable to a game that forbids them.
What people use it for
- ▸Browsing Wargaming's sites privately on public Wi-Fi
- ▸Watching your ping with the proxy on, then off
- ▸Reading other regions' news and event pages
- ▸Keeping your IP out of fan-site and forum logs
Which proxy type should I pick for World of Tanks?
The usual rule is to start with the type that costs least and step up only when a site says no. Here, datacenter is enough to begin with.
| Type | Choose it when… | From, per GB |
|---|---|---|
| Datacenter Our pick for World of Tanks | Cost matters most and the site is happy with addresses from server companies. Good for public pages and first experiments. | $2.49 |
| Residential | A site turns server addresses away, or you want to see it the way a local visitor does. The address belongs to a home broadband line. | $3.98 |
| Mobile 4G/5G | The service is built around phones, or you want to see it as someone on 4G or 5G would. The address comes from a phone network. | $4.98 |
| Residential Premium | Standard residential keeps being refused on one particular site. Hand-picked home addresses, at a higher price per GB. | $6.99 |
Choosing a country: Pick one near you, or near the game's servers if you know where they are. A longer route adds delay. There are 55+ countries, and in major markets some types let you pick a city too. Browse locations
For the longer version, our proxy comparison walks through all four types.
What you need for game websites and shops
Wherever you set it up, you type in the same four details from your dashboard: the host (the proxy's address), the port (a number that tells the connection which door to use), a username and a password.
In one browser
Firefox has its own proxy settings, so only Firefox uses the proxy. On Windows and Mac, Chrome and Edge follow the computer's settings instead.
Setting it up somewhere else? Step-by-step guides:
Two ways to log in to the proxy
- ▸Username and password. The
host:port:user:passdetails that browsers, apps and scripts ask for. - ▸IP whitelist. Add your own IP address to the list in your dashboard and connections from it need no password. Handy where there's nowhere to type one, such as Android's Wi-Fi proxy screen.
Which protocol?
A protocol is the language your device uses to talk to the proxy. Every proxy works over HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5; if an app asks for SOCKS5 by name, give it SOCKS5 details, and put HTTP details in an HTTP box.
Common slip-ups, and the quick fix for each
When something feels off on a first try, it's often one of these.
Logging in on a rotating address
Rotating means a new address for every request; sticky means one address kept for 1-30 minutes. Use sticky for anything you sign in to, or the site may log you out halfway through.
A slip in the proxy details
One wrong character in the host, port, username or password and nothing connects. Copy them again from your dashboard and try them in our proxy checker. Using the IP whitelist? Home IP addresses change now and then, so check yours with the IP checker and update the list.
Expecting smoother matches
A proxy adds a stop on the way to the game server, so play rarely gets any smoother through one. If a match lags, switch the proxy off before trying anything else.
A site keeps refusing the address
Some sites turn away addresses from server companies however gently you go. Retrying won't change that, so move just that site to residential.
Proxy not working when it arrives? Tell us within 24 hours of delivery and we'll swap it, or refund that part of the order if we can't (see the refund policy). Support answers 24/7 through the contact page.
Is a proxy for World of Tanks allowed?
Using a proxy is legal in most countries (a few restrict them), so the question is what you do through it: stick to public information and your own accounts, at a sensible pace, within the service's terms and the law where you live.
Games set their own rules, and many forbid bots, account sharing or selling in-game items for real money. A proxy changes your address, not those rules or what happens to an account that breaks them.
If personal data is involved, data-protection law applies as well, and no proxy can protect an account from a platform's own decisions.
Keeping the cost down
You pay for data by the GB, never for time, so set the proxy in the one browser or app that needs it and switch it off when you're done.
Start with a small order
Buy a little Datacenter data first, at $2.49 per GB, and try it where you need it. Top up once it works.
Use it within 30 days
Each order runs for 30 days from payment, and GB you haven't used don't carry over, so buy for the weeks ahead rather than the year.
Match the type to the site
Leave easy sites on datacenter and send only the stubborn ones through residential, mobile or premium. Mixing types keeps the bill small.
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Questions beginners ask about World of Tanks
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