Summer 2016 Event

Introduction

The Summer 2016 Event is planned to start on sometime in the middle of August, 2016. As of current, information regarding the event is note fully known and is expected to be revealed during the 3rd Kantai Collection Naval Review Meeting set for August 7th at Yokohama Naval Base. Currently, what information is known is that the event is planned to be a little over 2 weeks in length, and will feature a mixture of surface combat, Anti-Submarine Warfare, and the useage of Land-Based Air Squadrons.

Information

New Ships

Currently, only a few ships have been confirmed to appeared based on tweets from the dev which include:

1. The missing members of the Mutsuki-Class Destroyers (which suggest Yuuzuki, and Minazuki)
2. A Large Foreign Ship Girl (Which is speculated to be the Italian Carrier Aquila due to the recent release of the Re. 2001 OR Kai Fighter Plane

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).