Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane (Night Recon)

[Edit] Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane (Night Recon) No.102 九八式水上偵察機(夜偵)
Reconnaissance Seaplane Effects: +1 +1 +3 Combat Radius: 6 (Deployment Cost: 8) Scrap value: 2 1 4 (Buildable)
Refittable Ship Types
Coastal Defense Ship	Destroyer
Light Cruiser	Torpedo Cruiser
Heavy Cruiser	Training Cruiser
Aviation Cruiser	Fast Battleship
Battleship	Aviation Battleship
Light Carrier	Standard Aircraft Carrier
Armored Carrier	Seaplane Tender
Submarine	Aircraft Carrying Submarine
Submarine Tender	Fleet Oiler
Repair Ship	Amphibious Assault Ship
LBAS Plane

Mechanics

Seaplanes are the main aircraft type used by non-carrier ships (mainly battleships, cruisers, and auxiliaries).

• They are notably required to trigger Artillery Spotting.

Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that:

• Can trigger Contact.

• Does not contribute Fighter Power in Aerial Combat, and so cannot be shot down during it (can be shot down during Detection).
• When equipped to a Land Base:
  • Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode.
  • Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode.
  • Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.

Night Recons have the ability to trigger Night Contact.

• The scouting phase animation will not show up like day battles; instead, the night recon plane's animation is played in the enemy fleet's radar.
• Acts as an Reconnaissance Seaplane too in day battle (with activation rates proportionally lower with the stat).

• [Bug] In a Combined Fleet situation, if a ship in the fleet equipped with a night scout is evacuated from the combined fleet using the Fleet Command Facility, the night recon can still trigger and activate as the fleet proceeds onward and enters a night battle.

Notes

How To Obtain

Buildable using Sendai Kai Ni as Secretary

Stock equipment of: of Sendai Kai Ni

Uses

Used by quest: F110, F111

Updates History

• 2014-06-20: Implemented
• 2016-04-22: Became improvable
• 2022-07-13: Became buildable, icon changed

Fit Bonuses

Seaplane Recon Type Equipment Bonuses
Ship	Extra Requirement									Note
Noshiro Kai Ni Yahagi Kai Ni /B	(1st equipped)	+2			+3				+1	One-time
Mogami Kai Ni /Toku Mikuma Kai Ni /Toku	(1st equipped)	+2								One-time

Improvement

Type 98 Reconnaissance Seaplane (Night Recon)
Improvement			Not Upgradable
★ Improvement Level	0~5	6~9
Consumed	4/7	5/9
Consumed	3/4	4/8
Equipment Consumed		x2
Items Consumed	-
Resources	100 30 0 480

Ship Helper	Conversion
Sendai Kai Ni	-
Mon		Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun

Improvement effects
	1★	2★	3★	4★	5★	6★	7★	8★	9★	Max★
	1.2	1.69	2.07	2.40	2.68	2.93	3.17	3.39	3.60	3.79

Trivia

The depicted plane is allegedly the E11A1 variant.