Akashi's Improvement Arsenal

• This system is made for Akashi and Akashi Kai. Now if you have her as your secretary ship, you will be able to use Akashi's Improvement Arsenal. (Tip: At the home screen, mouseover the factory icon and wait for the Improvement factory icon to appear)
• Using Improvement Material, development material and resources, equipment can be given improvements and upgrades.
• Equipment that can be improved depends on the day of the week and the ship in the second slot.

How to Enter

1. Set Akashi or Akashi Kai as your secretary (first ship of the first fleet).
2. At the home screen, hover your mouse cursor over the factory icon (do not click).
3. The Improvement Arsenal Icon will appear next to it as shown.
   
4. Move your cursor to that icon and click.

How to Use

• To use this new factory, you need Improvement Materials . They can be obtained through the following methods:
  • Certain quests reward Improvement Materials.
  • Medals can be exchanged for 4 Improvement Materials per medal.
  • The in-game cash shop sells them in a package of 10 Improvement Materials for 700 DMM points.
• The 2nd ship of the fleet can aid Akashi and influence the possible upgrade options.
• There is a chance to fail when doing improvements and upgrades
  • If the improvement level is low, then you will have a higher chance of success, and vice versa.
  • Akashi Kai has a higher success rate than Akashi herself.
  • On failure, resources, Development Materials, Improvement Materials and any extra equipment used will disappear. Equipment being upgraded is left unchanged.
  • There is a slider for guaranteed success that increases the required DevMats and ImproveMats.
• Equipment that has been improved will have a ★ beside them. Improvement ranges from ★+1 to ★+10. ★+10 appears as ★max.

• Starting from ★+6. you will have to spend a certain amount of equipment that have the same type (name) in order to gain ★+7 up to ★+10.
  • Equipment to be spent must be unlocked and unimproved.
  • Some equipment require different equipment. 41cm Twin Gun Mount requires spending equipment starting on the first improvement.
  • As equipment is spent even on failure, using the guaranteed success slider for difficult to obtain equipment may be considered.

• There's no visible stat difference between unimproved and improved equipment.
  • Improvements on equipment have been shown to have bonus to firepower, torpedo and anti-submarine damage.
  • Japanese sources are currently testing the effect of improvements. Preliminary results as of 2014/12/10 are:
    • 12.7cm Twin Gun Mount and similar (not specified in wikiwiki)
      • ★+1~3: +1 bonus to firepower/torpedo
      • ★+4~8: +2 bonus to firepower/torpedo
      • ★+9~10: +3 bonus to firepower/torpedo
    • 35.6cm Twin Gun Mount:
      • ★+1: +1 bonus to firepower
      • ★+2~4: +2 bonus to firepower
      • ★+5~7: +3 bonus to firepower
      • ★+8~10: +4 bonus to firepower
    • Depth Charge follows a unknown progression for bonus ASW
    • Effect on the AA Guns and AA Directors is unknown as of 2014/11/17
• If you reach the maximum improvement level ★max of your equipment, it can be possible to upgrade to a stronger variant. You must have the equipment unlocked and an upgrade must exist. However, your improvement level will be reset if you do this, and ★+10 equipment could be stronger than an unimproved upgrade.
  • If the new equipment after upgrading is something you can develop from the conventional development, the improvement level will be automatically reset to ★+3.
  • This has the highest chance of failure, so using the guaranteed success slider can be considered.
  • Equipment to be upgraded should not be locked.

Possible Improvements

Equipment that can be improved depends on the day of the week and the ship in the second slot of the first fleet. Changes midnight JST.

Type	Name	★	Resource							Day							2nd Ship
										Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
	12.7cm Twin Gun Mount	0	10	30	60	0	1/2	1/2	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-
		6					1/2	1/2	1
		10					2/3	3/6	2
	12.7cm Twin Mount Type-B Kai 2	0	10	60	100	0	2/2	2/3	-	X	O	O	O	X	X	X	Yuudachi Kai-2 Ayanami Kai-2
		6					2/2	2/4	1
		10					-	-	-
	14cm Naval Gun	0	10	50	80	0	1/2	1/2	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-
		6					1/2	1/2	1
		10					3/4	3/6	2
	14cm Twin Gun Mount	0	10	60	100	0	2/2	1/2	-	X	O	X	X	O	X	X	Yuubari
		6					2/4	2/3	1
		10					-	-	-
	15.5cm Triple Gun Mount (Main)	0	10	90	120	0	2/2	2/3	0	O	O	X	X	X	O	O	Mogami (Fr,Sa) Ooyodo (Su,Mo)
		6					2/3	2/4	1
		10					-	-	-
	20.3cm Twin Gun Mount	0	10	90	120	0	1/2	2/3	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	Aoba Kinugasa
		6					2/3	2/3	1
		10					2/5	4/10	2
	20.3cm(no.2) Twin Gun Mount	0	10	100	130	0	2/3	2/3	-	O	O	O	X	X	X	X	Myoukou
		6					2/4	2/4	1
		10					4/8	4/11	2
	20.3cm(no.3) Twin Gun Mount	0	10	110	140	0	3/4	2/3	-	X	X	O	O	X	X	X	Mikuma
		6					3/5	3/5	1
		10					-	-	-
	35.6cm Twin Gun Mount	0	20	240	300	0	2/3	1/2	-	O	X	X	X	X	O	O	Fusou
		6					3/4	2/4	1
		10					6/12	5/12	3
	41cm Twin Gun Mount	0	30	350	480	0	3/4	2/3	1	O	O	O	X	O	O	O	Nagato (Tu,F,Sa) Mutsu (Su,M,Th)
		6					4/7	3/6	2
		10					-	-	-
	25mm Twin Autocannon Mount	0	0	20	10	10	0/1	1/1	-	O	X	X	X	X	O	O	Isuzu Kai-2
		6					1/2	1/2	1
		10					2/3	1/2	1
	25mm Triple Autocannon Mount	0	0	30	20	10	1/2	1/1	-	X	O	O	O	O	X	X	Isuzu Kai-2 (M,Tu,W) Maya (Tu,W,Th)
		6					1/3	1/2	1
		10					-	-	-
	10cm Twin High-angle Mount + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director	0	10	60	150	50	6/7	3/4	-	X	O	O	O	O	X	X	Akizuki
		6					5/8	4/7	2*
		10					-	-	-
	Type 91 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director	0	0	0	60	40	3/4	1/2	-	O	O	X	X	X	O	O	Maya Akizuki
		6					3/5	2/4	1*
		10					4/9	4/7	2*
	Type 94 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director	0	0	0	80	70	4/5	2/3	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	Akizuki (All Days) Fubuki Kai-2 (Su,Fr,Sa)
		6					3/5	3/5	1*
		10					8/10	5/10	2*
	61cm Triple Torpedo Mount	0	50	70	60	20	1/2	1/1	-	O	O				O	O	Fubuki *(Fr,Sa) Murakumo (Su,Mo)
		6					2/3	1/2	1
		10					3/5	2/4	2
	61cm Triple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount	0	60	90	60	20	1/2	1/1	-	X	X				O	O	Fubuki Kai-2
		6					3/?	1/?	1*
		10					4/?	3/?	2*
	61cm Quad Torpedo Mount	0	70	100	70	20	1/2	1/2	-	O	O	O	X	X	O	O	-
		6					2/3	1/2	1
		10					3/5	3/6	2
	61cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount	0	80	120	80	20	2/3	1/2	-	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	Ooi Kitakami
		6					4/8	2/4	1
		10					5/10	5/11	3
	61cm Quint (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount	0	100	150	90	30	3/4	3/5	-	X	X	X	O	O	X	X	Shimakaze
		6					5/9	3/7	1
		10					-	-	-
	Type 93 SONAR	0	10	0	30	30	2/2	1/2	-	O	O				O	O	Isuzu Kai-2 (Mo,Fr,Sa) Yuubari (Su,Fr,Sa)
		6					3/4	2/3	1
		10					6/9	3/5	2
	Type 3 SONAR	0	10	0	30	50	4/5	2/3	-	O	X				X	X	Isuzu Kai-2
		6					5/7	3/5	1
		10					?/?	?/?	?
	Type 94 Depth Charge	0	10	60	20	20	1/2	1/2	-	X	X	X	O	O	X	X	-
		6					2/3	1/3	1
		10					3/6	3/8	2
	Type 3 Depth Charge	0	10	80	20	30	3/3	2/3	-	X	X	X	O	O	X	X	Isuzu Kai-2
		6					3/5	2/4	1
		10					-	-	-

Note

Type 91 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director use 12.7cm Twin High-angle Mount for improvement past ★+6 and use 10cm Twin High-angle Mount for upgrading.
Type 94 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director use 10cm Twin High-angle Mount for both improvement and upgrading.
10cm Twin High-angle Mount + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director use 10cm Twin High-angle Mount for improvement past ★+6.
61cm Triple Torpedo Mount requires Fubuki or Fubuki Kai as 2nd ship, Fubuki Kai-2 not valid.
61cm Triple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount use 61cm Triple Torpedo Mount for improvement past ★+6 and use 61cm Quad Torpedo Mount for upgrading.

Possible Upgrades

Type	Starting Equipment	Upgraded Equipment
Light Gun	12.7cm Twin Gun Mount	12.7cm Twin Mount Type-B Kai 2
	12.7cm Twin Mount Type-B Kai 2	Impossible to upgrade
Medium Gun	14cm Naval Gun	14cm Twin Gun Mount
	14cm Twin Gun Mount	Impossible to upgrade
	15.5cm Triple Gun Mount (Main)	Impossible to upgrade
	20.3cm Twin Gun Mount	20.3cm(no.2) Twin Gun Mount
	20.3cm(no.2) Twin Gun Mount	20.3cm(no.3) Twin Gun Mount
	20.3cm(no.3) Twin Gun Mount	Impossible to upgrade
Heavy Gun	35.6cm Twin Gun Mount	Prototype 35.6cm Triple Gun Mount
	41cm Twin Gun Mount	Impossible to upgrade
Light Gun	10cm Twin High-angle Mount + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director	Impossible to upgrade
Anti-Air Gun	25mm Twin Autocannon Mount	25mm Triple Autocannon Mount ★+3
	25mm Triple Autocannon Mount	Impossible to upgrade
Anti-Aircraft Fire Director	Type 91 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director	Type 94 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director
	Type 94 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director	10cm Twin High-angle Mount + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director
Torpedo	61cm Triple Torpedo Mount	61cm Triple O2 Torpedo Mount
	61cm Triple O2 Torpedo Mount	61cm Quad O2 Torpedo Mount ★+5
	61cm Quad Torpedo Mount	61cm Quad O2 Torpedo Mount ★+3
	61cm Quad O2 Torpedo Mount	61cm Quint O2 Torpedo Mount
	61cm Quint O2 Torpedo Mount	Impossible to upgrade
Sonar	Type 93 SONAR	Type 3 SONAR ★+3
	Type 3 SONAR	Impossible to upgrade
DepthCharge	Type 94 Depth Charge	Type 3 Depth Charge ★+3
	Type 3 Depth Charge	Impossible to upgrade

Improvement Material (Quest Rewards)

Quest Type	Quest ID	Quest Name (JP)	Description		Note
Once	A45	改修工廠を準備せよ！	Have Akashi as flagship in your main fleet.	5
	F17	はじめての「装備改修」！	Do equipment modernization 1 time	7	consumes
	A44	「西村艦隊」を再編成せよ！	Organize the Nishimura Fleet	3
	B33	「西村艦隊」南方海域へ進出せよ！	Deploy the Nishimura Fleet to 5-1 and obtain S-victory at boss node	5
Daily	F18	装備の改修強化	Do equipment modernization 1 time (failure OK)	1	Consumes
Weekly	Bw5	海上護衛戦	Sink 15 submarines.	1
	Bw7	敵北方艦隊主力を撃滅せよ！	Defeat 5 bosses in the Northern Sea (3-3, 3-4, or 3-5).	3
	Bw9	南方海域珊瑚諸島沖の制空権を握れ！	Sortie to 5-2 and get S-rank at the boss node 2 times.	2
	Bw10	海上輸送路の安全確保に努めよ！	Sortie to 1-5 and get at least A-rank at the boss node 3 times.	3
	C4	大規模演習	Get 20 victories in practice mode within the same week.	1
	D11	南方への鼠輸送を継続実施せよ!	Complete Expedition 37 or 38 a total of 7 times in a week.	1
Monthly	Bm3	「水雷戦隊」南西へ！	Deploy a Torpedo Squadron to 1-4 and win S-victory at boss node.	3
	Bm4	「水上打撃部隊」南方へ！	Deploy a Battleship Squadron to 5-1 and win S-victory at boss node.	4
	Bm5	海上護衛強化月間	Dispatch a fleet to 1-5. You must reach the boss and achieve A-rank victory or above 10 times	3
	Bm6	「空母機動部隊」西へ！	Dispatch a fleet consisting of 2 CV, 2 DD and additional 2 ships to 4-2. You must reach the boss an achieve S-rank Victory.	2
	Bm7	「水上反撃部隊」突入せよ！	Consists of 1 CA 1 CL 4 DD. You MUST deploy to World 2-5, and obtain an S-Rank victory at the boss node. Flagship MUST be DD.	2

Trivia

• Akashi is animated on the Improvement Arsenal screen, blinking her eyes and occasionally looking towards the options on the left.
  • She also has two separate sprites for her basic and Kai forms, reflecting her headband and heftier rigging. See here.