Naval District Saury Festival

File:Saurylogo2019.png

Sardine

Saury

The Naval District Saury Festival (鎮守府秋刀魚祭り) is an annually held mini-event that started back in October 9th, 2015 and lasted till October 30th, 2015. The main theme of the campaign centers around collecting Pacific Saury from various parts of the Ocean Waters which can be collected to exchanged for various resources and for completing quests that are tied to the annually held campaign which can reward various rewards and ultimately a "Big Catch Flag" which can be placed up as a decoration in your main base to signify that you've completed the quests for the season.

The mini event has return on October 21st, 2016 with the same theme, but a whole new set of quests along with a brand new "Big Catch Flag" for the year and will last till November 4th, 2016.

The Third Annual Naval District Saury Festival began on September 29th, 2017 and ran for 2 weeks and ran in collaboration with the Naval District Saury Festival in Yokohama

The 4th Annual Naval District Saury Festival is set to begin on October 10th, 2018 and will serve as a tie-in Collaboration to the Second Naval District Saury Festival (Live Event) which was launched on October 5th, 2018 across Japan.

The 5th Annual Festival has been renamed to the Naval District Saury & Sardine Festival and is set to begin on October 25th, 2019. This event was renamed and changed due to current events taking place in Japan where Saury fishing has been poor this year but Sardine sails has been quite high. As such, the theme of this event will be to catch both Saury and Sardines

The 6th Annual Festival known as the Return of the Saury Festival (due to the fact that last year entire festival was cancel due to poor fishing IRL and situation happening in 2020) will be launched in late October 29th, 2021. Unlike previous events, this festival will be held along with the Fall 2021 Event as part of the theme. The Main Operation Event maps in this festival will contain Saury to catch and will conclude before the extra operations are launched.

How to Obtain

Pacific Saury can be obtained from several maps during the event. They drop more frequently than the Hishimochi, but will require appropriate equipment to do so.

Pacific Saury has been successfully caught!

Fish can only be found in certain sortie maps; when your fleet go to certain sortie maps and enters battle, Special Saury Festvial themed music will cue.

Pacific Saury drop

Within the fishing zones, your fleet must battle the abyssal fleet and score an S rank (or an A rank in World 3). Upon completion, you will have a chance for saury to drop. After the battle, you might receive a notification that you have fished some saury and will then receive it prior to any ship drops.

The Pacific saury cannot be used for anything by itself; you must collect several of them in order to "cook" them to make them into resources or a new seasonal item.

In order to raise your chance of obtaining Pacific saury, you will need to use specific equipment (note that multiple pieces synergize). According to the Dev's Tweet [1] they mention that you need to use equipment in order to "Search", "Gather", and "Locate" the Pacific Saury. Based on that information alone, it suggests that it hints that in order to find the fish you'll need to "Search" with a Sonar, "Gather" the fish with a Searchlight, "Locate" them with Skilled Lookouts, and you can use "explosive" Depth Charges . (Be advised: Depth Charges can cause overfishing to occur faster)

With 2017, they added in a Scout and Sweep for fish using a variety if planes which includes, Seaplane Scouts (with 2+ seats), Carrier based Scouting planes, Flying Boats, Swordfish and GyroCopters.

You can also stack equipment to improve your success rate with scoring a Pacific Saury.

In addition, Destroyer Escorts such as Shimushu, Kunashiri, Etorofu, and Matsuwa can be used to help boost the chances of scoring fish as well.

You can hold up to a maximum of 99 Raw Pacific Saury at a time without cooking them.

Overfishing

Overfishing can result if a player fishes a map for too long result in the Saury drop rate to drastically decrease. The exact cause of overfishing is not exactly determined as of this point but it is recommended that if the Saury drop rate decreases on a map to take a break from it and fish in another map that has Saury. Saury drop rates should recover in due time.

In additon, using Depth Charges can also speed up the effects of overfishing if used too much. So please be careful how much you use them.

Fishing Ships

Special Ships
Coastal Defense Ships (DE)	Submarine Tenders (AS)	Other Auxiliaries
Shimushu-class Etorofu-class Mikura-class Hiburi-class Ukuru-class Type D Kaiboukan	Taigei-class Jingei-class Kai Hikawa Maru-class	AGB? Kai?

Other auxiliaries (AR/AO/LHA) may also work.

Fishing Equipment

Special Equipment
Equipment Type	Effective Equipment	Notes
Sonars	Active Sonars only: Type 3 Active Sonar Type 3 Active Sonar Kai Type124 ASDIC Type144/147 ASDIC HF/DF + Type144/147 ASDIC	Passive Sonars do not work: Type 93 Passive Sonar Type 4 Passive Sonar Type 0 Passive Sonar
Depth Charges	All Depth Charges	Cause overfishing to occur much faster [2]
Searchlights	All Searchlights Searchlight Type 96 150cm Searchlight
Lookouts	All Lookouts Skilled Lookouts Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts
Torpedo Bombers	Swordfishes only: Swordfish Swordfish Mk.II (Skilled) Swordfish Mk.III (Skilled)
Seaplanes	All Seaplane Recons All Seaplane Bombers	Seaplane Fighters do not work
Rotorcraft	All Rotorcraft Ka Type Observation Autogyro O Type Observation Autogyro Kai O Type Observation Autogyro Kai Ni S-51J S-51J Kai
Liaison Aircraft	All Liaison Aircraft Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft (ASW) Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft Kai Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model II Kai (20th Squadron) Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (Skilled/20th Squadron)
Large Flying Boats	All Large Flying Boats Type 2 Large Flying Boat PBY-5A Catalina
Aviation Personnel	NOAP only: Night Operation Aviation Personnel Night Operation Aviation Personnel + Skilled Deckhands	Do not work: Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Arctic Gear & Deck Personnel Skilled Deck Personnel Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands
Rations	All Rations Combat Ration Combat Ration (Special Onigiri) Canned Saury	Only slightly effective
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Fishing Zones/Ship Drops

All listed nodes drop on S ranks, red nodes are known to drop on A ranks (usually at a lower rate).

Saury Fishing Locations

World 1		World 3		World 6
1-1	B, C	3-1	G	6-1	I, J, K
1-2	C, E	3-2	J, K, L
1-3	J	3-3	G, K, M
1-4	H, I, J, L	3-4	M?, P
1-5	H, I, J	3-5	G, K	6-5	D, F, I, J, M
1-6	D, I, J

Sardine Fishing Locations

World 1		World 2		World 3		World 6
1-1	B, C	2-1	F, H	3-1	G	6-1	I, J, K
1-2	C, E	2-2	G, K	3-2	J, K, L
1-3	J	2-3	M, N	3-3	G, K, M
1-4	H, I, J, L			3-4	M?, P
1-5	H, I, J			3-5	G, K	6-5	D, F, I, J, M
1-6	D, I, J

Limited-Time Ship Drops

Ship	Drop Locations	Ship	Drop Locations
Isokaze	2-1 H	Asashimo	1-4 L
Shimushu	3-2 L	Kunashiri	3-2 L
Hachijou	1-3 J	Ishigaki	1-6 B, D, J
Daitou	6-5 M	Hiburi	6-5 M
Etorofu	3-1 G	Matsuwa	2-3 N
Sado	2-2 K	Tsushima	1-4 L
Fukae	6-1 K

Note: 1-2, 1-3 and 1-4 drops were added in the last 3 days of the event.

Fishing locations
World 1		World 3		World 6
1-1	B, C	3-1	G	6-1	I, J, K
1-2	C, E	3-2	J, K, L
1-3	J	3-3	G, K, M
1-4	H, J, L	3-4	M, N, P
1-5	H, I, J	3-5	G, K	6-5	D, F, I, J, M
1-6	D, I, J

Limited-Time Ship Drops
Ship	1-6	3-4	6-1	6-5
Isokaze*	B, D, J, K
Etorofu	B, D, J		K
Matsuwa			K	M
Fukae		P		M
Isokaze drops were not removed and are permanent.

Fishing locations
World 1		World 3		World 6
1-1	B	3-1	C, F	6-1	H, K (Boss)
		3-2	C
		3-3	D, I, G (Boss)
		3-4	D, H, I, N, E (Boss)
1-5	F, G, I (Boss)	3-5	E, K (Boss)	6-5	D, F, I, J, M (Boss)
1-6	I, J

Limited-Time Ship Drops
Ship	1-5	1-6	3-1	3-3	3-4	3-5	6-1	6-5
Shimushu			Boss	Boss		Boss
Kunashiri					Boss	Boss		Boss
Etorofu		Node B				Boss	Boss
Matsuwa	Boss*						Boss	Boss
Matsuwa will only drop from 1-5 if you do not already have her
This table is missing S/A-rank data

Fishing locations
World 1		World 3		World 6
1-1	B	3-1	C, F	6-1	H, K (Boss)
		3-2	C
		3-3	D, I, G (Boss)
		3-4	D, H, I, N, E (Boss)
1-5	F, G, I (Boss)	3-5	E, K (Boss)	6-5	D, F, I, J, M (Boss)
1-6	I, J

Fishing locations
World 1		World 3		World 6
1-1	B	3-1	C, F, E (Boss)	6-1	H, J, K (Boss)
		3-2	C, H (Boss)
		3-3	D, I, G (Boss)
		3-4	D, H, I, N, E (Boss)
1-5	F, G, I (Boss)	3-5	E, K (Boss)
1-6	D, I, J

5-1 Node I (Boss) has also been reported.

Cooking Pacific Saury

When you have obtained enough Pacific Saury, you can use a specific amount to cook up a saury-based meal and then trade it in for resources.

When you reach the item menu section you can choose between the following methods of cooking the Pacific Saury.

The Saury Cooking Options as displayed on the Item Menu

The three options for preparation are Sashimi, Grilled and Salted or Kabayaki

Cooking Method	Exchange Rate	Reward
File:Sashimi.png Sashimi	File:Saury Trade 1.png	x300 ammo x150 steel
File:Grilled Salted.png Grilled and Salted	File:Saury Trade 2.png	x1 Improvement Material x3 Construction Material
File:Kabayaki.png Kabayaki	File:Saury Trade 3.png	x1 Canned Saury x3 Instant Repairs

Remember that once the event is over all saury will expire and will be destroyed upon maintenance. So before the event ends, be sure to use your saury for cooking or preserve it as canned saury.

Cooking Pacific Sardine

As of the 2019 Fishing event, Sardine is introduced as an alternative to Saury for fishing. Ties in the real life event where Japan experienced less Saury being catches in the sea as a result of overfishing The cooking options for Sardines is located in the item menu. Once you get to the item menu, you will see the following cooking options

The Sardine Cooking Options as displayed on the Item Menu

Cooking Method	Exchange Rate	Reward
Sashimi	File:Sardine Trade 1.PNG	x100 Ammo x100 Fuel
Tsumire (Fish Ball)	File:Sardine Trade 2.PNG	x1 Improvement Material x1 Instant Repairs
Sushi	File:Sardine Trade 3.PNG	x1 Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai x3 Construction Material

Important Note: Once the event ended, similar to Saury, Sardines will be destroyed if not being cooked. Recommended to either try and cook it as Sashimi, Tsumire, or Sushi style in order to get the listed above rewards before the event ends.

Saury Quests

During the time of the Saury Mini Event, there will be a list of limited time quests that you can complete while the event is active. The following quests are as followed based on the year the event was held:

Pacific Saury 2019 Quests

This year, we will be fishing for both Saury and Sardines to collect over the course of the event. So there will be a series of quest that will involve collecting both.

Quest info		Rewards
SB47 秋刀魚漁：今年は不漁？でも…上々ね！ Saury Fishing: This year's catch is bad? But... Let's do our best, ok?		300	300	0	0
Saury Fishing Support: So... We're expanding fleet activities to the waters off Chinjufu, northern seas and central area's sanma fishing grounds to support the fishing activities, right? This year's catch is bad? Don't worry, leave it to us! Support the fishers, catch three sauries. Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 3 Saury		Choose between: Furniture Fairy Development Material 5x Then choose between: Type 3 Active Sonar 2x Searchlight 2x Improvement Material 3x
Notes	Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Akagi
SB48 秋刀魚漁：今年は気分が高揚します！ Saury Fishing: This year feels amazing!		800	800	0	0
Saury Fishing Support: Akagi-san... This year's fishing is pretty hard, huh... Next we're supposed to catch 8 sauries? I see... We should probably let the fishing ground rest for a bit... If I'm with Akagi-san... Even despite the bad catch, this year is amazing as well! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 8 Saury.		Choose between: Daihatsu Landing Craft 2x 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher 3x Combat Ration 4x Then choose between: New Model Gun Mount Improvement Material 2x New Model Aerial Armament Material 2x Ryuusei Kai (CarDiv 1)
Notes	Requires: SB47 Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Kaga
SB49 秋刀魚漁：大漁旗、ここは…譲れません！ Saury Fishing: Big Catch Flag... I won't give it up!		1800	1800	1800	0
Saury Fishing Support: Understood. This year a CarDiv1 Big Catch Flag with me and Akagi-san was prepared? Well then... We'll secure the fishing grounds and catch 18 more! Bad year? I don't care. I'm not giving it up! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 18 Sauries.		Type 19 Big Catch Flag Choose between: Type144/147 ASDIC Action Report 2x Type 18 Big Catch Flag
Notes	Requires: SB48
SB50 【特別任務】大丈夫、鰯があるじゃない！ [Special Mission] Don't worry, sardines are still there!		1500	0	0	0
So it's true... This year's saury catch is really poor. But don't worry! We still have the sardines, don't we? Support sardine fishing in nearby waters and catch 25 fish. Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 25 Sardines.		Choose between: Then choose between: Type 2 Depth Charge 2x Reinforcement Expansion Improvement Material 5x
Notes	Requires: SB47
SB51 【特別任務】今年は鰯が豊漁なのです！ [Special Mission] This year's Sardine Catch has been really good!		3000	0	0	0
[Even if sauries are scarce, ain't there sardines too? Special Mission] This year sardine catch sure was good! No matter, whether you make sashimi, sushi or kabayaki out of them, sardines are always delicious! It might be a bit tough, but let's gather 50 of these sardines!. Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 50 Sardines.		Choose between: Then choose between: Remodel Blueprint Prototype Flight Deck Catapult
Notes	Requires: SB50

Pacific Saury 2018 Quests

Quest info		Rewards
SB30 秋刀魚漁：今秋の「秋刀魚」も上々ね！ Saury Fishing: This autumn's saury is exciting too, right?		600	0	0	0
Expand the fishing grounds and catch three sauries, ok? Let's sortie! Waters adjacent to the Base as well as Northern Sea Area and Central Sea Area are all great for saury fishing! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 3 Saury		Choose between: Development Material 6x Searchlight 2x Combat Ration 3x Then choose between: Type 3 Active Sonar Skilled Lookouts Improvement Material 3x
Notes	Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Akagi
SB31 秋刀魚漁：大切な漁場、ここは譲れません！ Pacific Saury Fishing: I will not yield these important fishing grounds!		1000	1000	0	0
Saury Fishing: I see... We should secure the fishing grounds and ensure a catch of ten sauries, huh? Roger. Huh? Fishing in the same area for a while will cause overfishing effect? Heh, it's not a problem. We'll just switch the grounds. Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 10 Saury.		Choose between: Type 95 Depth Charge 2x Daihatsu Landing Craft 2x Action Report Then choose between: WG42 (Wurfgerät 42) 2x Reinforcement Expansion 2x Night Operation Aviation Personnel
Notes	Requires: SB30 Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Kaga
SB32 秋刀魚漁：大漁ですね…助かります。 Pacific Saury Fishing: Big Catch, huh? We'll help.		3000	3000	3000	1000
Saury Fishing: Thanks to everybody's hard work, we've managed to secure such a large amount of sauries this Autumn as well. We're really grateful. Could you find strength for one more time? Please bear with us a little longer. Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 30 Saury.		Type 18 Big Catch Flag Choose between: GFCS Mk.37 Type 16 Big Catch Flag Type 17 Big Catch Flag
Notes	Requires: SB31 Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Houshou

Pacific Saury 2017 Quests

Quest info		Rewards
SB23 秋刀魚漁：「秋刀魚」を収穫する所存です！ Pacific Saury Fishing: I will try to gather sauries!		800	0	0	0
Support Fishing Operation: Spread out and begin fishing through the fall season in the Coastal Waters, Northern Waters, and Central Waters? I understand! Defeat the enemy fleet, secure the fishing ground and obtain a total of 4 Raw Saury! I'll leave to food preparations to someone else! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 4 Saury		Choose between: Furniture Fairy Improvement Material 4x Then choose between: Type 3 Active Sonar Searchlight Combat Ration 4x
Notes	Requires: B6 Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Asashio
SB24 秋刀魚漁：漁を全力で支援する覚悟です！ Pacific Saury Fishing: All hands on deck, provide fishing support!		1200	1200	0	0
Secure the Fishing Ground and Collect a total of 12 Pacific Saury? That sound a bit tough, but it's alright! It's going to look bad if we overfish too much. Let's change waters so we can let the fishing grounds have a rest. Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 12 Saury.		Choose between: Daihatsu Landing Craft WG42 (Wurfgerät 42) New Model Aerial Armament Material Then choose between: Swordfish 2x Shiden Kai 2 2x Skilled Crew Member
Notes	Requires: SB23 Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Michishio
SB25 秋刀魚漁：どーんっ！揚げ揚げで大漁です！ KABOOM! It's a big catch! Fried and grilled even!		3000	3000	3000	1000
KABOOM! Alrighty everyone, get pumped and wrap this saury fishing season up! That's right, we're gonna fry and grill these fishes! Let's suppress the Abyssal ships at the fishing grounds, secure the areas, and ditch any bad catch you get! Get cracking! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 30 Saury.		Type 17 Big Catch Flag Choose between: Type124 ASDIC TBF Type 16 Big Catch Flag
Notes	Requires: SB24 Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Ooshio

Pacific Saury 2016 Quests

Quest info		Rewards
SB12 秋刀魚漁：きらりーん！秋刀魚漁支援！ Saury Fishing: Kararin~! Saury Fishing Support!		500	0	0	0
Deploy into the fishing ground and eliminate the enemy forces in route and collect a total of at least 3 Saury! Coastal Waters, such as the Northern Waters and somewhere in the Central Waters can be great locations to go Saury fishing! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 3 Saury		Type 3 Active Sonar Furniture Fairy
Notes
SB13 秋刀魚漁：もっともーっと、秋刀魚漁！ Saury Fishing: Even More Saury Fishing!		1000	1000	0	0
It may be very hard work to catch Saury at times on some fishing grounds! The may be because your over fishing in the same waters which is making it hard to catch fish there! Let's change to other parts of the sea! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 8 Saury		Choose between: Daihatsu Landing Craft Searchlight WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)
Notes	Requires: SB12 You can only choose one reward from the three items presented
SB14 秋刀魚漁：最新鋭の秋刀魚漁！もっとぉ！ Saury Fishing: State of the Art Saury! Keep em Coming!		3000	3000	3000	1000
It's been a real struggle, but see, we're a state-of-the-art saury fishing support fleet, yeah? Let's go all out with the new, improved, state-of-the-art saury fishing! Here we go! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 24 Saury		Choose between: Type 96 150cm Searchlight Fleet Big Catch Flag Type 16 Big Catch Flag
Notes	Requires: SB13 You can only choose one reward from the three items presented

Pacific Saury 2015 Quests

Quest info		Rewards
SB03 秋刀魚漁：「秋刀魚」を収獲しよう！ Saury Fishing! Let's go harvest some "Saury"!		300	0	0	0
As you defeat the enemy fleet to expand along the fishing grounds around the Coastal waters and the Northern Waters, gather 3 Saury! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 3 Saury		Type 93 Passive Sonar Furniture Fairy
Notes
SB04 秋刀魚漁：「秋刀魚」をもっと収獲しなきゃ！ Saury Fishing! You must harvest more "Saury"!		550	0	0	0
If that wasn't hard enough, now let's harvest a total of 10 saury to ensure the safety of the fishing grounds! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 10 Saury		Type 3 Active Sonar Food Supply Ship Irako 3x
Notes	Requires: SB03 Saury from the previous quest are carried over
SB05 秋刀魚漁：もっと頑張ってもいいのよ！ Saury Fishing! There's no need to hold back!		800	300	300	300
I know Saury fishing is difficult, but keep up the good work! Take a fleet and battle in the fishing grounds and collect a total of 30 Saury		Type 4 Passive Sonar Fleet Big Catch Flag
Notes	Requires: SB04 Saury from the previous quest are carried over

Music

The following songs have been used for the Naval District Saury Festival Mini Event :

2015 Fall Mini-Event
-	Japanese	Romanization	English	OST Release	Notes
Play	「鎮守府秋刀魚祭り」	Chinjufu Sanma Matsuri	Naval Base Saury Festival	OST 雨	2015: Plays in fishing locations in Worlds 1, 3 and 6 (execption: 1-1)
2016 Fall Mini-Event
-	Japanese	Romanization	English	OST Release	Notes
Play	「鎮守府秋刀魚祭り改」	Chinjufu Sanma Matsuri Kai	Naval Base Saury Festival Kai	OST 波	2016: Plays in pre-boss fishing locations in Worlds 1, 3 and 6
Play	「艦娘音頭」	Kanmusu Ondo	The Shipgirl Festival Dance	Vocal Collection Vol.4	2016: Plays in boss nodes in fishing locations of Worlds 1, 3 and 6 (execption: 1-1) Kanmusu Ondo Sung by Tanibe Yumi and also played at the Naval District Saury Festival in Yokohama and has an official dance
2017 Fall Mini-Event
-	Japanese	Romanization	English	OST Release	Notes
Play	「鎮守府秋刀魚祭り改二」	Chinjufu Sanma Matsuri Kai Ni	Naval Base Saury Festival Kai Ni	OST 雪	2017: Plays in pre-boss fishing locations in Worlds 1, 3 and 6
2018 Fall Mini-Event
-	Japanese	Romanization	English	OST Release	Notes
Play	「鎮守府秋刀魚祭り改三」	Chinjufu Sanma Matsuri Kai San	Naval Base Saury Festival Kai San	-	2018: Plays in day battle of pre-boss nodes in fishing locations of World 3 2019: Plays in day battle of pre-boss nodes in fishing locations of Worlds 2 and 3

Notes

• While Depth Charges can help you score fish quickly, it will also make the location become depleted from fish much faster causing the overfishing effect to occur sooner. Avoid using them if possible unless you really need to.
• Pacific Saury and ship drops can be obtained at the same time.
• Pacific Saury can drop even when your ship capacity is full.
• Raw Pacific Saury will not stay after the event. Remember to can or cook your fish if you do not want them to go to waste!