Fall 2016 Event

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Introduction

The Fall 2016 event Announcement! The Third Fleet Operation Act is schedule to begin on November 18th, 2016 following the November 4th Update.

Currently the theme of the event is speculated to be based upon the "Third Fleet Operation Act", an operation to attempt to eliminate the US Carrier forces. This operation begins from the aftermath of the Doolittle Raid in which the Japan made an attempt to intercept and try to take out the USS Hornet, all the way to the Battle of the Coral Sea, which was the last major attempt at the operation before the Decisive Battle at Midway.

The KanColle staff have revealed that the event will be a normal scale operation which will consist of 5 maps" (3 Main + 2 Extra Operations), will require a large expansive fleet, and will require to have multiple fleets for harder difficulties. Additionally, it has been revealed that one of the new ships will be the American Aircraft Carrier Saratoga, and the recent KanColle Festival de Beaujolais Nouveau has revealed the face and voice of the French Seaplane Tender Commandant Teste.

The details regarding the event have revealed that the event will consist of some of the following operations:

1. A Transport Operation
2. A battle which will consist of using Air Defense and battling an Enemy Carrier Task Force.
3. A Search an Destroyer Mission (Suggesting that there may be an LoS heavy map)

More information will be revealed likely through the KanColle Staff's Twitter and the KanColle Festival de Beaujolais Nouveau.

For Additional Reference to for event related subject and content related to the dev tweets please refer to the following links:

• Combined Fleet
• Armor Reduction
• Land-Based Air Squadron
• Transport Operation
• Anti-Air Cut-In
• Line of Sight

Information

New Ships

As of current, multiple ships have been confirmed to appear in the event which include:

1. Saratoga will be a reward from the the final stages of the event.
2. The French Ship Seaplane Tender Commandant Teste was revealed through an image on a wine bottle at the KanColle Festival de Beaujolais Nouveau.
3. Shiratsuyu-Class DD Yamakaze as a drop from E-2 and onward.
4. Kamikaze-Class DD

New Enemy Vessels

N/A

New Equipment

N/A

Mechanics

Participation requirements

• Must have a 75% sortie win ratio.
• Must have 5 empty ship slots for new ships.
• Must have 20 free equipment slots.

Special Mechanics

1. The difficulty system first used in Spring 2015 Event returns: you can choose between Operation A (甲, Hard), Operation B (乙, Medium) or Operation C (丙, Easy).
   • Choosing A or B requires certain HQ Level (HQ Lv 35 for B / 80 for A in Spring 2015 Event).
   • An important note to all Admirals intending to clear the event on Hard difficulty - further (new) conditions now apply:
     • When switching difficulty from any other difficulty to Hard, the map's debuff mechanism (where applicable) will be reset.
       • Switching between any other difficulties will not reset the debuff mechanism.
     • If you are playing on Hard difficulty, it is necessary to preserve the strongest elements of your fleet for the final map.
       • Based on data that has been data-mined so far, it is believed that the final map utilises a separate fleet-lock on Hard mode. Do take this into account before committing any ships to the main operation.
2. The armor-reducing system of the Summer 2015 Event's final map, where certain nodes had to be killed to reduce boss armor, is likely to return, but in a simplified version.
3. Operation A (甲, Hard) and Operation B (乙, Medium) will require you to have mutiple fleets ready, which suggests fleet locking.
4. The initial maps will focus on transport operations (Lighter ships, such as CLs and DDs likely), while the later maps will focus on heavy ships (CVs and BBs).

Event Maps

Quick Info Table

Classification	Map	Name	Combined Fleet?	Land-Based Air Squadron?	Color of Tag	Tag Condition & Deployment Restriction	Difficulty Restrictions	Notes
Main Operation	E-1	The Maritime Transport Operation	No	No	Blue	Tagging: Ships not already color-tagged will be tagged with the color associated with the map when deployed. This tag exists on all difficulties and is not reset on remodel, etc. Deployment Restriction: Normal or Hard: Must have either the same-colored tag or no tag. Easy: No restrictions.	No restrictions. All difficulties OK	Transportation Operation (?)
	E-2	The Mainland Air Defense Battle	NA	NA	NA		In order to play these maps on hard, you must complete the previous map* on either normal or hard. (e.g., to do E-4 on hard, you must complete E-3 on normal or hard.)	Surface Battling involving Anti-Air and fighting a Carrier Task force (?)
	E-3	Annoucement! The Third Fleet Operation Act!	NA	NA				Search and Destroy Mission (?)
Extra Operation	E-4	Shangri-la Search-and-Chase, Fleet Forward Placement	NA	NA	NA			Unknown
	E-5	Beyond the Shore	'NA	NA	NA

E-1

The Maritime Transport Operation 海上輸送作戦 Information Boss: Submarine Princess Transport Operation Map Hard: 420 TP Medium: 280 TP Easy: 200 TP Key Rewards: Clearing on Hard (甲): Clearing on Medium (乙): Clearing on Easy (丙):
Branching rules Show/Hide Branching Rules Branching Rules Node Split Condition A B Active Branching C Active Branching B D E C E F D E H E F H H G L I J K
Tips 4DD CL CAV is the recommended composition. This routes to A-B-E-G and the boss node. An all fast fleet is recommended to garunttee passage to the boss node. 4DD 1CL 1FBB hits node D, but does reach the Boss. Some twitter reports have reported using 3 DD 3 CL to reach the boss Some planes are needed to get enough LOS to reach the boss node. LOS33 requirement is 4. Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form
Ship drops Node Ship List A Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers C Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders E Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers G Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers I Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders Submarines Auxiliary Ships

E-2

The Mainland Air Defense Battle 本土防空戦 Information Boss: 5 kills (Hard) Key Rewards: Clearing on Hard (甲): Clearing on Medium (乙): Clearing on Easy (丙):
Branching rules Show/Hide Branching Rules Branching Rules Node Split Condition START A B B C D E G H I
Tips An AV Flagship appears to unlock the north route. Land-Based Air Support is available. Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form
Ship drops Node Ship List A Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers C Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders E Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers G Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers I Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders Submarines Auxiliary Ships

E-3

Annoucement! The Third Fleet Operation Act! 発令！艦隊作戦第三法 Information Boss: Seaplane Tender Water Princess x kills Key Rewards: Commandant Teste Clearing on Hard (甲): Clearing on Medium (乙): Clearing on Easy (丙):
Branching rules Show/Hide Branching Rules Branching Rules Node Split Condition START A B B C D E G H I
Tips So far, CTF is reccomended; this is a very early assessment. This fleet of 1CVL, 2FBB, 1CA,2CV / 1CL, 3DD, 2CA takes a path of 1-B-E-H-J-G (boss). Tentative reports indicate that Shouhou or Nowaki may be required for this branching. One CLT may also be used. Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form
Ship drops Node Ship List A Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers C Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders E Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers G Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers I Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders Submarines Auxiliary Ships

E-4

Shangri-La Search & Pursuit Deploy the Front-line Fleet シャングリラ捜索追撃 艦隊前進配備 Information Boss: Aircraft Carrier Princess x kills Key Rewards: Clearing on Hard (甲): Clearing on Medium (乙): Clearing on Easy (丙):
Branching rules Show/Hide Branching Rules Branching Rules Node Split Condition START A B B C D E G H I
Tips Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form
Ship drops Node Ship List A Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers C Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders E Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers G Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers I Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders Submarines Auxiliary Ships

E-5

Beyond the Shore 渚を越えて Information Boss: Abyssal Jellyfish Princess x kills Key Rewards: Saratoga Clearing on Hard (甲): Clearing on Medium (乙): Clearing on Easy (丙):
Branching rules Show/Hide Branching Rules Branching Rules Node Split Condition START A B B C D E G H I
Tips Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form Show/Hide Nodes and Enemy Encounters Nodes and Enemy Encounters Node Pattern Xp Node Info Form Air A Pattern 1 B Pattern 1 Pattern 2 C Pattern 1 Pattern 2 D Pattern 1 E Pattern 1 F Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 G Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 H Pattern 1 I Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Final Form
Ship drops Node Ship List A Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers C Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders E Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers G Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers I Destroyers Light Cruisers Heavy Cruisers Battleships Light Aircraft Carriers Seaplane Tenders Submarines Auxiliary Ships