Expeditions

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Unlocking Expeditions

You must complete Quest A4 (Have 1 light cruiser as your flagship, 6 ships total in your fleet) to unlock expedition mode. Usually, completing an expedition will unlock the next one in numerical order, but there are some expeditions which will also unlock others.

• Clearing Expedition 5 unlocks Expedition 9.
• Clearing Expedition 18 unlocks Expeditions 22, 25 and 33.
• Clearing Expedition 20 unlocks Expedition 27.
• Clearing Expedition 26 unlocks Expeditions 34 and 35.
• Clearing Expedition 1-8 unlocks Expedition 32.

Unlocking Expedition 30 and 31 for Quests D5 to D8: Clear 1-5, 9-20, 27-29

Unlocking Expeditions 37 to 39 for Quests D9, 11, 13, 14: Clear 1-5, 9-18, 25-26, 35-36

Unlocking Expedition 23 for Quests D10 and D12: Clear 1-5, 9-18, 22

Notes

• You must meet the minimum flagship level, fleet size and combination requirement as specified in the conditions section in order to complete the expedition.
• After meeting the fleet composition requirements, you may add ships as you please. This can be useful to meet flagship level or combined fleet level requirements.
• Always resupply before embarking on an expedition otherwise you will likely fail.
• You will not be able to use your main fleet for any expeditions. Only Fleets 2-4 can be used for expeditions.
• If any ships have 50 or higher morale (i.e. they are sparkling), then it is possible to achieve great success, which grants 50% more resources, double the experience, and great success item reward if applicable. 
  

  Great Success
  • Chance of great success increases approximately 16% per sparkled ship, or 8% per sparkled ship when doing expeditions that require Drum Canisters.
  • Expeditions that require ships with Drum Canister equipped have a chance of great success without sparkling (50% chance with 0 sparkling ships).  This can be combined with sparkling a few ships to increase chances of great success.
  • Sufficiently high morale can persist for multiple expeditions; see the Morale/Fatigue for tips on how to sparkle effectively.
  • It can be useful to assign or prepare ships for expedition duties.  You can consider low consumption ships as mentioned below and/or ships you sparkle ahead of time to be ready for expedition duties.
• For expeditions that give one type of item (Devkit/Bucket/etc), you have a 50% chance of getting it.
  • For ones that give two types of items, the item listed on the left of the game screen will have 50% chance. The item on the right will always be rewarded if you achieve great success, and low reward chance with normal success.
• Equipping ships with a Daihatsu-class Landing Craft (comes with Akitsu Maru after large ship construction) adds a 5% resource gather bonus, which stacks as more boats are equipped (e.g. 2 equipped boats result in a 10% bonus) up to a maximum of 20% (4 utility boats).
  • This is calculated multiplicatively with the great success 50% bonus, so each utility boat gives a 7.5% increase when great success is achieved. 
• Remodeled DDs (other than Hibiki/Верный) have the same fuel/ammo consumption as before remodel. Remodeling and modernizing your DDs makes getting high morale for them much easier.
• Mutsuki class and Tenryuu class (unremodeled) have the lowest consumption for DD/CL.  They can save a lot of resources when used in highly draining expedtions that deplete most of your ammo.  Maruyu (unremodeled) is the lowest consumption ship in the game.  SS have the lowest fuel consumption and can be great for expeditions as well.
• Expeditions will automatically complete if you enter the main screen with less than a minute remaining on the timer.
• While the amount of Admiral EXP gained is significantly reduced to 30% upon failing an expedition, the amount of Ship EXP gained remains unaffected.

Reward Chart

An adaptation of this chart can be found on the Kancolle Collection Online Spreadsheet .

ID	Name	Time (h:mm)	Admiral EXP	Ship EXP	Reward								Consumption
								Template:Buax
Page 1: 鎮守府海域
1	練習航海	0:15	10	10	-	30	-	-					3	-
2	長距離練習航海	0:30	20	15	-	100	30	-	0-1				5	-
3	警備任務	0:20	30	30	30	30	40	-					3	2
4	対潜警戒任務	0:50	30	40	-	60	-	-	0-1			Small 0-1	5	-
5	海上護衛任務	1:30	40	40	200	200	20	20					5	-
6	防空射撃演習	0:40	30	50	-	-	-	80				Small 0-1	3	2
7	観艦式予行	1:00	60	120	-	-	50	30		0-1			5	-
8	観艦式	3:00	120	140	50	100	50	50		0-2	0-1		5	2
Page 2: 南西諸島海域
9	タンカー護衛任務	4:00	60	60	350	-	-	-	0-2			Small 0-1	5	-
10	強行偵察任務	1:30	40	50	-	50	-	30	0-1	0-1			3	-
11	ボーキサイト輸送任務	5:00	40	40	-	-	-	250	0-1			Small 0-1	5	-
12	資源輸送任務	8:00	60	50	50	250	200	50			0-1	Medium 0-1	5	-
13	鼠輸送作戦	4:00	70	60	240	300	-	-	0-2			Small 0-1	5	4
14	包囲陸戦隊撤収作戦	6:00	90	100	-	240	200	-	0-1		0-1		5	-
15	囮機動部隊支援作戦	12:00	100	160	-	-	300	400			0-1	Large 0-1	5	4
16	艦隊決戦援護作戦	15:00	120	200	500	500	200	200		0-2	0-2		5	4
Page 3: 北方海域
17	敵地偵察作戦	0:45	30	40	70	70	50	-					3	4
18	航空機輸送作戦	5:00	60	60	-	-	300	100	0-1				5	2
19	北号作戦	6:00	60	70	400	-	50	30			0-1	Small 0-1	5	4
20	潜水艦哨戒任務	2:00	40	50	-	-	150	-			0-1	Small 0-1	5	4
21	北方鼠輸送作戦	2:20	45	55	320	270	-	-				Small 0-1	8	7
22	艦隊演習	3:00	45	400	-	10	-	-					8	7
23	航空戦艦運用演習	4:00	70	420	-	20	-	100					8	8
Page 4: 西方海域
25	通商破壊作戦	40:00	80	180	900	-	500	-					5	8
26	敵母港空襲作戦	80:00	150	200	-	-	-	900	0-3				8	8
27	潜水艦通商破壊作戦	20:00	80	60	-	-	800	-			0-1	Small 0-2	8	8
28	西方海域封鎖作戦	25:00	100	140	-	-	900	350			0-2	Medium 0-2	8	8
29	潜水艦派遣演習	24:00	100	100	-	-	-	100			0-1	Small 0-1	9	4
30	潜水艦派遣作戦	48:00	100	150	-	-	-	100			1-3		9	7
31	海外艦との接触	2:00	50	50	-	30	-	-				Small 0-1	5	-
32	遠洋練習航海	24:00	300	??	50	50	50	50			0-3	Large 0-1	9	3
Page 5: 南方海域
33	前衛支援任務	0:15			Sortie Support Expedition								5	4 or 8
34	艦隊決戦支援任務	0:30			Sortie Support Expedition								5	4 or 8
35	ＭＯ作戦	7:00	100	100	-	-	240	280			0-1	Small 0-2	8	8
36	水上機基地建設	9:00	100	100	480	-	200	200	0-1			Medium 0-2	8	8
37	東京急行	2:45	50	65	-	380	270	-				Small 0-1	8	8
38	東京急行(弐)	2:55	100	70	420	-	200	-				Small 0-1	8	8
39	遠洋潜水艦作戦	30:00	130	320	-	-	300	-	0-2			Medium 0-1	9	9

Hourly Rate

ID	Name	Time (h:mm)	Admiral EXP	Ship EXP	Reward				Consumption
								Template:Buax
Page 1: 鎮守府海域
1	練習航海	0:15	40	40	-	120	-	-	12	-
2	長距離練習航海	0:30	40	30	-	200	60	-	10	-
3	警備任務	0:20	90	90	90	90	120	-	9	6
4	対潜警戒任務	0:50	36	48	-	72	-	-	6	-
5	海上護衛任務	1:30	26	26	133	133	13	13	3.33	-
6	防空射撃演習	0:40	45	75	-	-	-	120	4.5	3
7	観艦式予行	1:00	60	120	-	-	50	30	5	-
8	観艦式	3:00	40	46	16	33	16	16	1.66	0.66
Page 2: 南西諸島海域
9	タンカー護衛任務	4:00	15	15	87	-	-	-	1.25	-
10	強行偵察任務	1:30	26	33	-	33	-	19	2	-
11	ボーキサイト輸送任務	5:00	8	8	-	-	-	50	1	-
12	資源輸送任務	8:00	7	6	6	31	25	6	0.62	-
13	鼠輸送作戦	4:00	17	15	60	75	-	-	1.25	1
14	包囲陸戦隊撤収作戦	6:00	15	16	-	40	33	-	0.83	-
15	囮機動部隊支援作戦	12:00	8	13	-	-	25	33	0.41	0.33
16	艦隊決戦援護作戦	15:00	8	13	33	33	13	13	0.33	0.26
Page 3: 北方海域
17	敵地偵察作戦	0:45	40	53	93	93	67	-	4	5.33
18	航空機輸送作戦	5:00	12	12	-	-	60	20	1	0.4
19	北号作戦	6:00	10	11	67	-	8	5	0.83	0.66
20	潜水艦哨戒任務	2:00	20	25	-	-	75	-	2.5	2
21	北方鼠輸送作戦	2:20	19	23	137	116	-	-	3.43	3
22	艦隊演習	3:00	15	133	-	3	-	-	2.66	2.33
23	航空戦艦運用演習	4:00	17	105	-	5	-	25	2	2
Page 4: 西方海域
25	通商破壊作戦	40:00	2	4	23	-	13	-	0.12	0.2
26	敵母港空襲作戦	80:00	2	2	-	-	-	11	0.1	0.1
27	潜水艦通商破壊作戦	20:00	4	3	-	-	40	-	0.4	0.4
28	西方海域封鎖作戦	25:00	4	5	-	-	36	14	0.32	0.32
29	潜水艦派遣演習	24:00	4	4	-	-	-	4	0.38	0.17
30	潜水艦派遣作戦	48:00	2	3	-	-	-	2	0.19	0.15
31	海外艦との接触	2:00	25	25	-	15	-	-	2.5	-
Page 5: 南方海域
35	ＭＯ作戦	7:00	14	14	-	-	34	40	1.14	1.14
36	水上機基地建設	9:00	11	11	53	-	22	22	0.89	0.89
37	東京急行	2:45	18	23	-	138	98	-	2.91	2.91
38	東京急行(弐)	2:55	34	24	144	-	69	-	2.7	2.7
39	遠洋潜水艦作戦	30:00	4	11	-	-	10	-	0,3	0,3

Conditions

• You can use light carriers (CVL), seaplane tenders (AV) instead of standard carriers (CV) for carrier expeditions unless explicitly stated that you need to use a certain type.
• You can use Aviation SS (SSV) for submarine (SS) expeditions, unless stated otherwise.
• Aviation CA (remodeled Mogami-class and Tone-class) will NOT count as CAs for requirements.
• Torpedo CL (remodeled Ooi, Kitakami and Kiso) and Training CL (Katori) will NOT count as CLs for requirements.
• Aviation BB (BBV, remodeled Ise-class and Fusou-class) will NOT count as BBs for requirements. Likewise, normal BB class (Kongou-class, Nagato-class, Bismarck-class and Yamato-class) cannot finish an expedition that requires BBV.
• Drum Canister can be obtained through quests F11 and F12 or through development.
• Please see the Glossary for additional information on letter abbreviations.
• Any ship in the minimum ship requirements can be used as the flagship as long as it is high enough level. Expedition 32 (which requires Katori as flagship) is currently the only exception from this rule.

ID	Time (h:mm)	Difficulty		Minimum Requirements
		Flagship Level		Possible Compositions
Page 1: 鎮守府海域
1	0:15	E Lv 1		At least 2 ships 「CLx1 DDx1」「DDx2」「CLx2」 「DDx1 SSx1」
2	0:30	E Lv 2		At least 4 ships 「CLx1 DDx3」 「CLx2 DDx2」 「CLx3 DDx1」 「CLx4」「DDx4」「DDx2 SSx2」 「DDx1 SSx3」「SSx4」
3	0:20	D Lv 3		At least 3 ships 「CLx1 DDx2」「CLx2 DDx1」「DDx3」「DDx2 SSx1」「DDx1 SSx2」「SSx3」
4	0:50	D Lv 3		At least 3 ships including 1 CL and 2 DD 「CLx1 DDx2」
5	1:30	C Lv 3		At least 4 ships including 1 CL and 2 DD 「CLx1 DDx3」「CLx2 DDx2」「CAx1 CLx1 DDx2」「SSx1 CLx1 DDx2」
6	0:40	C Lv 4		At least 4 ships 「CLx1 DDx3」「CLx2 DDx2」「DDx4」「CAx1 CLx1 DDx2」「DDx1 SSx3」[ SSx4 ]
7	1:00	C Lv 5		All 6 ships 「CLx1 DDx5」「CLx2 DDx4」「CLx3 DDx3」「CLx4 DDx2」「DDx6」
8	3:00	B Lv 6		All 6 ships 「CLx1 DDx5」「CLx3 DDx3」「CLx2 DDx4」「CAx1 CLx5」「DDx6」
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9	4:00	C Lv 3		At least 4 ships including 1 CL and 2 DD 「CLx1 DDx3」「CLx2 DDx2」「CAx1 CLx1 DDx2」
10	1:30	C Lv 3		At least 3 ships including 2 CL 「CLx2 DDx1」
11	5:00	B Lv 6		At least 4 ships including 2 DD 「CLx1 DDx3」「CLx2 DDx2」「DDx4」
12	8:00	B Lv 4		At least 4 ships including 2 DD 「CLx1 DDx3」「CLx2 DDx2」「SSx1 DDx3」「SSx2 DDx2」「DDx4」
13	4:00	A Lv 5		All 6 ships including 1 CL and 4 DD 「CLx1 DDx5」「CLx2 DDx4」「CLx1 DDx4 SSx1」
14	6:00	A Lv 6		All 6 ships including 1 CL and 3 DD 「CLx1 DDx5」「CLx2 DDx4」「CLx3 DDx3」「CL(T)x2 CLx1 DDx3」「CLx1 DDx3 SSx2」
15	12:00	S Lv 8		All 6 ships including 2 CVL and 2 DD 「CVLx2 DDx4」「CVLx2 CLx2 DDx2」「CVLx2 CLx1 CAx1 DDx2」
16	15:00	S Lv 10		All 6 ships including 1 CL and 2 DD 「CLx1 DDx5」「CLx2 DDx4」「CAx1 CLx3 DDx2」「CAx2 CLx2 DDx2」「CLx2 DDx2 CVLx2」
Page 3: 北方海域
17	0:45	A Lv 20		All 6 ships including 1 CL and 3 DD 「CLx1 DDx5」「CLx2 DDx4」「CAx1 CLx1 DDx4」「CLx1 DDx3 SSx2」
18	5:00	S Lv 15		All 6 ships including 3 CV and 2 DD 「CVLx2 CVx1 CLx1 DDx2」「AVx2 CVLx1 CAx1 DDx2」「CVLx3 DDx3」
19	6:00	S Lv 20		All 6 ships needed including 2 BBV and 2 DD 「BBVx2 CLx1 DDx3」「BBVx2 CLx2 DDx2」「BBVx4 DDx2」「BBVx2 DDx4」
20	2:00	S Lv 1		At least 2 ships including 1 SS and 1 CL 「CLx1 SSx1」「CLx1 SSVx1」
21	2:20	S Lv 15		At least 5 ships including 1 CL and 4 DD with at least 3 ships equipped with a Drum Canister 「CLx1 DDx4」「CLx1 DDx5」「CLx1 SSx1 DDx4」「CLx1 SSVx1 DDx4」「CLx1 AVx1 DDx4」 Ships minimum combined level must be 30 or higher.
22	3:00	S Lv 30		All 6 ships including 1 CA, 1 CL and 2 DD 「CAx1 CLx1 DDx4」「CAx1 CLx1 DDx2 SSx2」「CAx1 CLx1 DDx2 AVx1 SSx1」 Ships minimum combined level must be 45 or higher.
23	4:00	S Lv 50		All 6 ships including 2 BBV and 2 DD 「BBVx2 DDx4] Ships minimum combined level must be 200 or higher.
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25	40:00	S Lv 25		At least 4 ships including 2 CA and 2 DD 「CAx2 CLx1 CVLx1 DDx2」「CAx2 DDx2」
26	80:00	S Lv 30		At least 4 ships including 1 CV, 1 CL and 2 DD 「CVx1 CLx1 DDx2」「CVx2 CLx2 DDx2」「CVx1 CLx1 DDx3」「CVx1 CVLx1 CLx2 DDx2」
27	20:00	S Lv 1		At least 2 SS 「SSx2」「SSx1 SSVx1」
28	25:00	S Lv 30		At least 3 SS 「SSx3」「SSx2 SSVx1」
29	24:00	S Lv 50		At least 3 SS 「SSx3」「SSx2 SSVx1」「SSx1 SSVx2」
30	48:00	S Lv 55		At least 4 SS 「SSx4」「SSx3 SSVx1」「SSx2 SSVx2」「SSx1 SSVx3」
31	2:00	S Lv 60		At least 4 SS 「SSx4」「SSx3 SSVx1」「SSx2 SSVx2」「SSx1 SSVx3」 Ships minimum combined level must be 200 or higher.
32	24:00	D Lv 5		At least 3 ships including 2 DD [1 Katori 2 DD 3xx] xx = any ship class Katori MUST be the Flagship
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35	7:00	S Lv 40		All 6 ships including 2 CV, 1 CA and 1 DD 「CVLx2 CAx1 DDx3」「CVx2 CAx1 DDx3」
36	9:00	S Lv 30		All 6 ships including 2 AV, 1 CL and 1 DD 「AVx2 CLx1 DDx3」「AVx2 CLx1 DDx2 SSx1」
37	2:45	S Lv 50		All 6 ships including 1 CL, 5 DD with at least 4 ships equipped with Drum Canister At least 4 drum canisters in total is required. Ships minimum combined level must be 200 or higher.
38	2:55	S Lv 65		All 6 ships including 5 DD with at least 4 ships equipped with Drum Canister At least 8 drum canisters in total is required. (Around 2 per ship is recommended) Ships minimum combined level must be 240 or higher.
39	30:00	S Lv 3		At least 5 ships including 1 AS and 4 SS Ships minimum combined level must be 180 or higher.

Theoretical Hourly Net Earnings

Best possible income using ships with the lowest resource consumption possible.

Outstanding	Above Average	Average	Terrible

ID	Expedition	Time	Required Ships			Rewards					Item Drops
			Flagship Lv.	#Ships	Composition	ADMIRAL EXP				Template:Buax
Page 1: 鎮守府海域
1	練習航海	0:15	1	2	Any	40	-32	120
2	長距離練習航海	0:30	2	4	Any	40	-56	200	60		0-1
3	警備任務	0:20	3	3	Any	90	57	63	120
4	対潜警戒任務	0:50	3	3	1CL 2DD	36	-31.2	72			0-1			Small 0-1
5	海上護衛任務	1:30	3	4	1CL 2DD	27	111	133	13	13
6	防空射撃演習	0:40	4	4	Any	45	-24	-18		120				Small 0-1
7	観艦式予行	1:00	5	6	Any	60	-42		50	30		0-1
8	観艦式	3:00	6	6	Any	40	2.67	27.33	17	17		0-2	0-1
Page 2: 南西諸島海域
9	タンカー護衛任務	4:00	3	4	1CL 2DD	15	79				0-2			Small 0-1
10	強行偵察任務	1:30	3	3	2CL	27	-12	33		20	0-1	0-1
11	ボーキサイト輸送任務	5:00	6	4	2DD	8	-6			50	0-1			Small 0-1
12	資源輸送任務	8:00	4	4	2DD	7.5	2.75	31	25	6.25			0-1	Medium 0-1
13	鼠輸送作戦	4:00	5	6	1CL 4DD	18	48.25	65.5			0-2			Small 0-1
14	包囲陸戦隊撤収作戦	6:00	6	6	1CL 3DD	15	-7.83	40	33		0-1		0-1
15	囮機動部隊支援作戦	12:00	8	6	2CV 2DD	8.3	-5.17	-4	25	33			0-1	Large 0-1
16	艦隊決戦援護作戦	15:00	10	6	1CL 2DD	8	30.2	30.8	13	13		0-2	0-2
Page 3: 北方海域
17	敵地偵察作戦	0:45	20	6	1CL 3DD	40	57.33	42.67	67
18	航空機輸送作戦	5:00	15	6	3CV 2DD	12	-14	-6.6	60	20	0-1
19	北号作戦	6:00	20	6	2BBV 2DD	10	46	-19	8.33	5			0-1	Small 0-1
20	潜水艦哨戒任務	2:00	1	2	1SS(V) 1CL	20	-8.5	-9	75				0-1	Small 0-1
21	北方鼠輸送作戦	2:20	15 (≥30 sum)	5	1CL 4DD 3 Drums min.	19.29	108	92.57						Small 0-1
22	艦隊演習	3:00	30 (≥45 sum)	6	1CA 1CL 2DD	15		3.33
23	航空戦艦運用演習	4:00	50 (≥200 sum)	6	2BBV 2DD	17.5		5		25
Page 4: 西方海域
25	通商破壊作戦	40:00	25	4	2CA 2DD	2	16.15	-3.4	7.5
26	敵母港空襲作戦	80:00	30	4	1CV 1CL 2DD	1.9	-0.9	-1		11	0-3
27	潜水艦通商破壊作戦	20:00	1	2	2SS(V)	4	-0.8	-1.6	40				0-1	Small 0-2
28	西方海域封鎖作戦	25:00	30	3	3SS(V)	4	-0.96	-1.92	36	14			0-2	Medium 0-2
29	潜水艦派遣演習	24:00	50	3	3SS(V)	4.16	-1.50	-1.33		4.16			0-1	Small 0-1
30	潜水艦派遣作戦	48:00	55	4	4SS(V)	2.08	-0.75	-1.17		2.08			0-3
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35	ＭＯ作戦	7:00	40	6	2CV(L) 1CA 1DD 2AV 1CA 1DD	14.2	-18	-22	34	40			0-1	Small 0-2
36	水上機基地建設	9:00	30	6	2AV 1CL 1DD	11.11	40.4	-14	22	22	0-1			Medium 0-2
37	東京急行	2:45	50 (≥200 sum)	6	1CL 5DD 4 Drums min.	18.18	-29	111	98.18					Small 0-1
38	東京急行(弐)	2:55	65 (≥240 sum)	6	5DD 8 Drums min.	34.28	119.31	-24.69	68.57					Small 0-1
39	遠洋潜水艦作戦	30:00	3 (≥180 sum)	5	1AS 4SS	10,66	-2.25	-2.70	10	-	0-2			Medium 0-1

Support Expeditions

Support expeditions involve sending a fleet into an expedition, which will then provide additional bombardment during the first phase. For the November 2013 event and Spring 2014, there were two support expeditions (109/117 and 110/118), and for more veteran admirals, expeditions 33 and 34. You will need to successfully finish expedition 18 to unlock expedition 33, and expedition 26 to unlock expedition 34. Currently, expeditions 33 and 34 work only in world 5.

Note that support expeditions do not work for night battle nodes!

There are two major differences between 109/33/117/125 and 110/34/118/126:

• 109/33/117/125 is for support at the standard nodes with roughly 50% chance to trigger, it can trigger on every node you go through (except the boss) even if it already triggered once. Sparkling slightly raises the chances of it triggering (~5% per ship?)
• 110/34/118/126 is for support at the boss node with ~80% chance to trigger, appears to be 100% if the flagship is sparkled.

To start a support expedition, you will need to bring a minimum of two DDs (Destroyers) with the other 4 slots comprised of whatever you like, however the composition will affect what type of firepower support is provided.

1. Aerial Support

Sends a number of planes to carry out bombardment and torpedo attacks.

• Condition: 3 or more CV, CVL or seaplane tenders.
• Resources: Bauxite and 4 units of Ammunition

Advantages:

• Damage is spread out, and likely to hit the flagship (good for events)
• Low cost since the only bauxite needed is for planes which were shot down by enemy AA.

Disadvantages:

• Spread out damage is unlikely to sink any particular ship.
• Planes sent are affected by enemy AA, so will be less effective against high AA enemy fleets.

2. Long distance Torpedo Attack

High miss chance and low damage. Currently, no practical use (stated in wikiwiki). Damage is lower than even normal torpedo attacks.

• Condition: At least 4CL, CLT or DD. And has total Torpedo stats above 250.
• Resources: 4 units of Ammunition

3. Support Shelling

If none of the aforementioned conditions are met, support fleet will use their main guns to shell the enemies. Damage depends on the ship's firepower. CVs and CVL are counted slightly differently, and use the following formula to calculate their firepower. (Referenced from wikiwiki)

55 + (1.5 × firepower) + (1.5 × torpedo) x slots + (2.0 × divebomb) x slots

e.g. Kaga Kai with 4 slots of Suisei 12A Divebombers:

55 + (1.5 x 49) + (1.5 x 0) x 4 + (2.0 x 10) x 4 = 208, i.e. Kaga will effectively have 208 firepower.

Hence it is advisable to go 2DD 2CV 2BB for the strongest firepower (any more CVs/CVLs will change it to aerial support). CVLs have great cost-performance ratio here (no. of planes don't count, only slots).

• Condition: Not meeting any of the two conditions above.
• Resources: 8 units of Ammunition

Advantages:

• High damage if hit, and likely to sink an enemy ship or badly damage it.

Disadvantages:

• High cost, even if the support wasn't activated during sortie.

Support expeditions will end if either of these two conditions are fulfilled:

1. You finish a sortie.
2. The timer runs out.

Please make sure you run the sortie you wish to do the moment you start the expedition!

Additional information can be found here: Wikiwiki Link for support fleet