World 1

World 1-1: 鎮守府正面海域 The Sea in front of Chinju-fu

Nodes and Enemy Encounters

Area	Pattern	Encountered vessels	Formation
A 敵偵察艦	Pattern 1	DD I-class
	Pattern 2	DD Ro-class
	Pattern 3	DD Ha-class
B 敵はぐれ艦隊	Pattern 1	DD I-class x2
	Pattern 2	DD Ro-class, DD I-class
	Pattern 3	DD Ha-class x2
C 敵主力艦隊	Pattern 1	CL Ho-class, DD I-class x2
	Pattern 2	CL Ho-class, DD Ro-class x2
	Pattern 3	CL Ho-class, DD Ha-class x2
	Pattern 4	CL Ho-class, DD Ha-class, DD Ro-class x2

World 1-2: 南西諸島沖 The sea around Nansei islands

Nodes and Enemy Encounters

Area	Pattern	Encountered vessels	Formation
A 敵前衛艦隊	Pattern 1	CL Ho-class, DD I-class x2
	Pattern 2	DD Ro-class, DD I-class
	Pattern 3	CL He-class, DD Ro-class x2
B 敵主力部隊	Pattern 1	CL He-class, CL(t) Chi-class, DD Ha-class x2, DD Ro-class
	Pattern 2	CL He-class, CL Ho-class, DD I-class x3
	Pattern 3	CL He-class, CL Ho-class, DD Ro-class, DD I-class x2
C	+ 10, 15, 20
D 敵前衛艦隊	Pattern 1	CL Ho-class, DD I-class x2
	Pattern 2	DD Ro-class, DD I-class
	Pattern 3	CL He-class, DD Ro-class x2

World 1-3: 製油所地帯沿岸 The coast of oil refinery area

Stage Guide

The route from D to C is one-way only (you can not move from C to D). All compass spins in this stage are random. Keep trying if you're getting detoured to the maelstrom. Do note that F has heavy cruisers and the boss node has a battleship.

Nodes and Enemy Encounters

Area	Pattern	Encountered vessels	Formation
A 敵前衛艦隊	Pattern 1	CL Ho-class, DD Ha-class x2
	Pattern 2	CL Ho-class, DD I-class x2
	Pattern 3	CL He-class, DD Ha-class, DD Ro-class x2
B	Maelstrom: -8, -10, -14, -15, -20
C	+ 10, 15, 30
D	+ 10, 15, 25, 30
E 敵前衛艦隊	Pattern 1	CL Ho-class, DD Ha-class x2
	Pattern 2	CL He-class, DD Ha-class, DD Ro-class x2
F 敵支援艦隊	Pattern 1	CA Ri-class, DD I-class x3
	Pattern 2	CA Ri-class x2, DD Ro-class x2
	Pattern 3	CA Ri-class, CL(t) Chi-class, DD Ro-class x2
G 敵主力艦隊	Pattern 1	BB Ru-class, CL(t) Chi-class, CL He-class, DD I-class x2

World 1-4: 南西諸島防衛線 The line of defense at Nansei islands

Stage Guide

After playing this stage once you may notice that standard aircraft carriers kind of hurt. For now your only countermeasures are to pick up a few heavy cruisers in this stage or 1-3 and train them up or just trying to craft battleships for doing the same just to push through with firepower and armor. Otherwise you can try to build your own aircraft carrier and put on fighters of your own to shoot down enemy aircraft. Note that this last suggestion will also help in completing the Akagi quest (A11 and B10).

Nodes and Enemy Encounters

Area	Pattern	Encountered vessels	Formation
A 敵偵察艦隊	Pattern 1	CA Ri-class, CL He-class, DD I-class x3
	Pattern 2	CA Ri-class, CL He-class, DD Ro-class x3
	Pattern 3	CL He-class x2, DD Ha-class x2
	Pattern 4	CA Ri-class, CL He-class, DD Ro-class x2
B 敵偵察艦隊	Pattern 1	CA Ri-class, CL He-class, DD I-class x3
	Pattern 2	CA Ri-class, CL He-class, DD Ro-class x3
	Pattern 3	CL He-class x2, DD Ha-class x2
C	+ 10, 15, 20
D	+ 10, 15, 20
E 敵前衛艦隊	Pattern 1	CVL Nu-class x2, CA Ri-class, DD Ro-class x2
	Pattern 2	CVL Nu-class x2, CL Ho-class, DD Ro-class x2
F 敵機動部隊	Pattern 1	CV Wo-class, CVL Nu-class, CA Ri-class, CL He-class, DD Ni-class x2
	Pattern 2	CV Wo-class x2, CA Ri-class x2, CL He-class, DD Ni-class
G	+ 10, 15, 20
H	+ 10, 15, 20
I 敵前衛艦隊	Pattern 1	CVL Nu-class x2, CA Ri-class, DD Ro-class x2
	Pattern 2	CVL Nu-class x2, CA Ri-class, DD Ha-class x2
J 敵支援艦隊	Pattern 1	BB Ru-class, CL(t) Chi-class, CL He-class x2, DD Ro-class x2
	Pattern 2	BB Ru-class, CL(t) Chi-class x2, CL He-class, DD Ro-class x2

World 1-5: 【Extra Operation】 鎮守府近海 Adjacent seas of the naval base

Stage Guide

This is a complete submarine map, unless your fleet composition is wrong and you go off-course. Considering the experience you can achieve per sortie *~1500 exp) and compared to the consumption (8-9 bars), this map can be a good place to level up your DDs and CLs for low level admirals. Since the composition of most of the early formations are very small (less than 3), this is a very good place to have the Quests Bd1, Bd2, Bd3, Bd8, and Bw5 completed with little to no danger to ships.

• To reach the boss , a fleet of no more than 4 ships is required.

• Having exactly 1 CVL/AV prevents being sent to node G from E, 50-50 otherwise. 
• Having more than 2 CL or a normal BB or having more than 4 ships will send you from C to F (enemy carrier)
• Node F and G consists of very strong enemies, even after being adjusted to your admiral level. If you aiming for the boss, simply leave the game (reload the game) at the moment you heading those nodes. Do not select any formations, so you won't be considered entering the battle.

• Being sent to node D requires more than 4 ships, as yet no D -> I (boss) route is known.

• At least 1 BBV is highly recommended as it can equip seaplanes to hit subs while allowing you to enter the 2nd shelling phase.

• Clearing this map gives you bonus medals and a boost to your admiral points for ranking purposes. At the beginning of each month, the boss HP bar will be reset, thus allowing you to obtain the medal and bonus points again.

• The enemies on the map is scaled to your admiral level, which means that the enemy may rank up when you hit a certain admiral level.  Nodes power up at levels 40 and 80.

Nodes and Enemy Encounters

Area	Admiral Level	Pattern	Encountered vessels	Formation
A 敵偵察潜水艦	79 and below	Pattern 1
	80 and above	Pattern 2
B 敵潜水艦隊A群	79 and below	Pattern 1
		Pattern 2
	80 and above	Pattern 3
		Pattern 4
C 敵潜水艦隊C群	39 and below	Pattern 1
	40 to 79	Pattern 2
	80 and above	Pattern 3
D 敵潜水艦隊B群	Level 49	Pattern 1
	Level 99	Pattern 2
E	"Must be my imagination" (battle avoided)
F 敵侵攻打撃艦隊A群		Pattern 1
		Pattern 2
G 敵侵攻打撃艦隊B群		Pattern 1
		Pattern 2
		Pattern 3
H	"Must be my imagination" (battle avoided)
I 敵通商破壊主力艦隊	39 and below	Pattern 1
	40 to 79	Pattern 2
	80 and above	Pattern 3

Drops

Node	Destroyers	Light Cruisers	Heavy Cruisers	Seaplane Tender	Aircraft Carrier	Submarine
A	Kisaragi, Sazanami, Hatsuyuki, Samidare, Arare, Nagatsuki, Miyuki, Murakumo, Shigure, Mochizuki, Shikinami, Hatsushimo, Yuudachi, Ooshio, Ushio, Ikazuchi, Hibiki, Inazuma, Murasame, Kikuzuki, Mikazuki, Nagatsuki, Shiranui, Akebono, Satsuki, Isonami, Nenohi, Shirayuki	Naka, Isuzu		Chitose, Chiyoda
B	Shiranui, Kuroshio, Yuudachi, Shigure, Miyuki, Kikuzuki, Fumizuki, Akebono, Hatsuyuki, Isonami, Hibiki, Samidare, Oboro, Michishio, Wakaba, Shikinami, Arare, Sazanami, Mochizuki, Ooshio, Kisaragi, Shirayuki, Mikazuki, Nenohi, Arare	Natori, Jintsuu, Naka, Kitakami, Isuzu, Yura		Chitose, Chiyoda	Houshou
C	Mochizuki, Hibiki, Kuroshio, Shiranui, Oboro, Ikazuchi, Isonami, Michishio, Mutsuki, Satsuki, Mikazuki, Nagatsuki, Arashio, Nenohi, Sazanami, Murasame, Hachishima, Kuroshio, Kikuzuki, Akebono, Shirayuki, Shigure, Ushio, Nenohi, Hatsushimo, Ooshio, Shikinami, Murakumo	Kiso, Jintsuu, Kitakami, Isuzu, Naka, Yura, Natori		Chitose, Chiyoda	Houshou	I-19, I-58, I-168, I-8
D	Inazuma, Akebono, Wakaba, Kuroshio	Naka			Houshou	I-58, I-168
F	Ikazuchi
G
I	Akatsuki, Oboro, Kikuzuki, Ayanami, Sazanami, Arashio, Kisaragi, Fubuki, Shiranui, Shiratsuyu, Ushio, Samidare, Suzukaze, Murasame, Murakumo, Mochizuki, Nagatsuki, Asashio, Shigure, Isonami. Fumizuki, Mikazuki, Shirayuki, Shikinami	Natori, Isuzu, Nagara, Yura, Sendai, Naka, Jintsuu, Kuma, Tama, Kiso	Kinugasa, Aoba, Kako, Furutaka		Houshou, Junyou, Hiyou, Ryujou	I-19, I-58, I-168, I-8