Recent Updates

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Here are listed updates from Kancolle game maintenance.

Latest Maintenance: 10th October, 2014

Next Maintenance:  24th October, 2014

Future updates

October 24

1. Fusou to receive Kai Ni.

TBA

1. Combined Fleet mechanic will eventually return
2. New ships will become available with the "Autumn" Season
3. Autumn 2014 Event mid-November

Last update

10th October, 2014

1. New Voices
   • Kitakami and Ooi now have new voices. The CL version of those two ladies now have new idle voice, new supply voice and a new line after wedding in CL form. Also, they fixed some voices when they are in CL form. There're new voices for the CL(t) version of them, too.
   • Both of them now have hourly notifications.
2. New Remodel
   • New Kai Ni ship: Hatsuharu
   • No blueprint is needed. The level for Kai Ni is 65. The equipment after Kai Ni is: 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-B Kai 2, Type 13 AIR RADAR Kai and 25mm Triple Autocannon Mount
   • There's also plans to add new voices in the future.
3. New mechanics for AP shells
   • After this update,when you have AP shells and Large-Caliber cannons (i.e. 41cm, 46cm etc,) on the same ship, there will be a buff applied to both Hit and Firepower when attacking [Heavily armored enemy ships] and [Bosses](such as Anchorage Demon and Airfield Princess etc.) also there will be balance to all the equipment you have on your ship. (The balance is not disclosed)
   • Also, the buff ONLY applies during the Shelling rounds(1st and 2nd).
   • The buff ONLY applies when you have a Large-Caliber cannon
   • There's buff applied to other equipment too.
4. New Quests
   • One time quest - 【主力戦艦部隊「第二戦隊」を編成せよ！】(Literally as to form a main BB fleet called 'Second Fleet') (A total of 4BBs, two from Nagato Class and two from Fusou Class)
   • One time quest -【「第二戦隊」抜錨！】(A sortie quest, need 2 S victories from 4-2 Boss)
   • Monthly quest - 【「水上打撃部隊」南方へ！】 (S rank at 5-1 with 3 slow BB, 1 CL and 2 other ships)
   • One time quest -【戦艦を主力とした水上打撃部隊を編成せよ！】(Form a fleet consisting ONLY of 1 CL and 3 BBs from either of: Yamato/Ise/Fusou/Nagato class)
   • One time quest - 【「戦艦部隊」北方海域に突入せよ！】(Requires a fleet which must consist of 2 BBs and 1 CVL and obtain S victory at 3-5 Boss)
5. New Equipments
   • Type 1 AP Shell: can be obtained from the new quests,「第二戦隊」抜錨！and 「戦艦部隊」北方海域に突入せよ！
   • 46cm Twin Gun Mount Prototype: Main Gun
   • Shiun: Seaplane
     • Both Shiun and 46cm Twin Gun Mount Prototype are the ranking rewards. However, there will be quests in the future that provide a chance to get them
6. New mechanics for equipment lock
   • Now you can lock equipment
   • The equipment can't be scrapped when locked
   • Ships that have locked equipment can't be scrapped either.
   • The 機種転換 quest can't be finished when the equipment is locked.
   • The locked equipment will disappear when the ship is destroyed. (Just....don't. Please.)
7. Misc
   • Now you can have up to 210 ships and 940 equipment.

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