Equipment

"Equipment" are gears meant to be fitted on girls to enhance their combat capacity, adding several sets of Stats and unlocking certain Mechanics.

• There are 529 equipent as of the 2024-06-27, with only 425 being genuinely obtainable.

Equipment come in multiple categories & types using different icons (sometimes overlapping between categories), and bringing most mechanics, each with its own behaviors and equipability.

The ways to acquire equipment are:

• Development (crafting),
• Ships' stock gears,
• Improvement upgrades,
• Quests rewards,
• Ranking rewards,
• Event rewards,
• Shop purchases (some "Consumables Equipment" only).

Equipment Categories, Types, Icons, and Mechanics

Every piece of equipment in the game has an icon, regrouping them by type, giving a quick visual indicator of what a given equipment is.

• One icon can be shared with different equipment types.
• Some icons are used for a single equipment.
• Some equipment icons on the wiki will be displayed with "text" Text, indicating special notes like stats or sub-types of equipment.
  • Categories labeled as Sp are for "special subtypes", types of equipment with the same mechanics as their normal main type, but corresponding to "larger variants", equipable on respectively larger or more capable ships.

All icons here and on the rest of the wiki are clickable.

Aircraft

Aircraft
Equipment Types			Mechanics
For a better understanding of plane-related mechanics, see Aerial Combat
Carriers-Bassed			Those planes are mainly equipable on Carriers (CV/CVB/CVL).
Fighters	Fighters		Fighters/ are one of the main types of plane used by CV(B/L). Their main role is to bring Air Power during the 1st Aerial Stage, with their "Fighter Power" stat being the most important factor in this regard. Fighters are additionally needed for Aircraft Carrier Cut-Ins (CVCI) during the day Shelling. They can be used in Land Bases to serve the same role as Interceptors.
	Night Fighters
Dive Bombers	Dive Bombers		Dive Bombers are one of the main types of plane used by CV(B/L). Their main role is to do damage during the Airstrike, with their "Dive Bombing" stat being the most important factor in this regard. Dive Bombers are additionally needed for dealing damage during day Shelling, especially for Aircraft Carrier Cut-Ins (CVCI). They are vulnerable to shoot down during most Aerial Combat phases. They bring some accuracy bonus against PT boats. They cannot attack Installations unless they are Anti-Installation Dive Bombers.
	Fighter-Bombers		"Fighter-Bombers" are "Dive Bombers", both behaving the exact same way, with the only notable difference being the Improvement effects given by .
Torpedo Bombers	Torpedo Bombers		Torpedo Bombers/ are one of the main types of plane used by CV(B/L). Their main role is to do damage during the Airstrike, with their "Torpedo" stat being the most important factor in this regard. Torpedo Bombers are additionally needed for dealing damage during day Shelling, especially for Aircraft Carrier Cut-Ins (CVCI). They can trigger Contact. They are vulnerable to shoot down during most Aerial Combat phases.
	Night Torpedo Bombers
Jet-powered Fighter-Bombers			Jets are a special type of carrier-based bombers that follow the same damage calculation as regular Dive Bombers using the "dive bombing" stat, while providing great additional "air power" , as well as "Long Range" . They will notably carry out an additional exclusive attack called "Jet Assault" (JA) before the beginning of any battle. They cannot trigger the CVCI. They bring some accuracy bonus against PT boats. See Jets for more details.
Reconnaissance Aircraft	Reconnaissance Aircraft		Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that: Can trigger Contact. Does not contribute Fighter Power in Aerial Combat, and so cannot be shot down during it (can be shot down during Detection). When equipped to a Land Base: Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode. Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.
	Sp Large Reconnaissance Aircraft
Land-Based			For a better understanding of land-base mechanics, see Land-Based Air Squadron.
Bombers	Attackers	Attackers	Land-Based Attackersbomber are the main type of bomber used on LBAS. Their most important stats are "torpedo" against regular ship, and "dive bombing" against Installations, as well as their "combat radius" . See Land-Based Air Squadron for more details
		bomber Army Attackers
		Assault Aircraft (Army Attackers)
		Patrol Aircraft	Land-Based Patrol Aircraft are counted as regular Land-Based Attackers on every aspect. Additionally, Patrol Aircraft are ASW Aircraft, and so are mainly used for ASW (see here).
	Large Aircraft	Heavy Bombers	Land-Based Heavy Bombers mostly work like other Land-Based Attackers, but unlike them, they have only 9 planes in LBAS slots, instead of 18, as well as slightly worse damage modifiers, dividing their base attack power by about half.
Interceptors/Fighters	Fighter Jet		Land-Based Fighters/Interceptors are LBAS exclusive fighters, that are used to either: Provide Sortie Fighter-Power, where the "fighter Power" , "interception" , and "combat radius" stats are the most important, Intercept enemy bombers, where the "fighter Power" , "interception" , and especially the "anti-bomber" stats are the most important.
	Army Fighters
	Navy Fighters	Navy Fighters
		Rocket Interceptors	High Altitude Interceptors multiply the total air power of all land bases in Air Defense mode, when defending against enemy High-Altitude Bombers. The multiplier depends on the number of high altitude interceptors equipped and which difficulty the event map is played on: High Altitude Interceptors Me 163B Prototype Shuusui Shuusui Airpower modifier against high altitude raids: Event Map Difficulty Number of High Altitude Interceptors Defending 0 1 2 3+ Casual/Easy: 1x 1.1x 1.2x Medium/Hard: 0.5x 0.8x
LB Reconnaissance Aircraft			Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that: Can trigger Contact. When equipped to a Land Base: Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode. LB Land-based Recons will additionally: Add a bonus damage multiplier to all Aircraft in the base. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Sortie Fighter-Power of the base. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode. Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.
Seaplanes			Planes only compatible with ships having the appropriate catapult (mainly battleships, cruisers, and auxiliaries)
"Multi-Role Seaplanes"	Recon Reconnaissance Seaplanes	Recon Reconnaissance Seaplanes	Seaplanes are the main aircraft type used by non-carrier ships (mainly battleships, cruisers, and auxiliaries). They are notably required to trigger Artillery Spotting. Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that: Can trigger Contact. Does not contribute Fighter Power in Aerial Combat, and so cannot be shot down during it (can be shot down during Detection). When equipped to a Land Base: Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode. Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.
		Night Reconnaissance Seaplanes	In addition to all Seaplane Recon mechanics: Night Recons are normal Seaplane Recon with the extra ability to trigger "Night Contact". The scouting phase animation will not show up like day battles; instead, the night recon plane's animation is played in the enemy fleet's radar. [Bug] In a Combined Fleet situation, if a ship in the fleet equipped with a night scout is evacuated from the combined fleet using the Fleet Command Facility, the night recon can still trigger and activate as the fleet proceeds onward and enters a night battle.
	Bomber Seaplane Bombers	Bomber Seaplane Bombers	Seaplanes are the main aircraft type used by non-carrier ships (mainly battleships, cruisers, and auxiliaries). They are notably required to trigger Artillery Spotting. Bomber Seaplane Bombers additionally act like Dive Bombers, taking part in the same air phases and sharing the same damage formulas. Additionally, they: Play some minor Anti-Installation role. Bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
		Night Seaplane Bombers	In addition to all Seaplane Bomber mechanics: Night Seaplane Bombers are required to trigger a special Night Cut-In on certain ships. This cut-in also triggers the Star Shell effect and bonuses.
Seaplane Fighters			Seaplane Fighters share all the regular Fighters mechanics, with a different set of ship equippability. Additionally, they: Play some minor Anti-Installation role. Bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
Large Flying Boats			Large Flying Boats notably: Can trigger Contact and Detection. Allow AV to perform ASW attacks. Increase the minimum Range of Land Bases, from +1 to +3 range depending on the base's unmodified range. Can be used in the Air Reconnaissance nodes mechanic. When equipped in any slot size, the plane count is dropped down to 1, refunding any bauxite. Although it is a scout which does not actually participate in Aerial Combat mechanics-wise, it is still included in the launching animation if other planes are launched.
Misc			Some auxiliary aircraft, mainly used for ASW.
Rotorcraft	Autogyros		Rotorcraft are ASW Aircraft, being used to trigger some OASW and Land-based ASW attacks. As they do not have any Dive Bombing stat, they do not participate to Phases 2 & 3 of Aerial Combat and are immune to shootdown. They: Will launch during aerial battle if other planes are launched, but cannot start an aerial battle on their own. Allow BBV, CAV, AV, and LHA to perform ASW attacks. CVL and Kaga Kai Ni Go equipped with them will still require a Dive Bomber or a Torpedo Bomber to attack submarines, as they are unable to attack anything without a bomber. AS, AR, and some CVB can equip them, but the former cannot attack SS, and the latter has a carrying capacity of 0 so they do not function. AO can equip them, but their attack animation will still be a depth charge animation. Their LBAS Combat Radius cannot be extended.
	Helicopters
Liaison Aircraft			Liaison Aircraft are ASW Aircraft, being used to trigger some OASW and Land-based ASW attacks. Command Liaison Aircraft do not have any Dive Bombing stat, and so do not participate to Phases 2 & 3 of Aerial Combat and are immune to shootdown. They: Will launch during aerial battle if other planes are launched, but cannot start an aerial battle on their own. CV/L equipped with it will still require a Dive Bomber or a Torpedo Bomber to attack submarines, as it is unable to attack anything without a bomber. Cannot have their LBAS Combat Radius extended. Hayabusa ASW Hayabusa have some Dive Bombing stat that counts toward Shelling and allow them to take part in regular Aerial Combat. They cannot trigger any CVCI. Only a random amount of this stat will be counted against Installations. In LBAS anti-ship strikes, their is used, and they are counted as regular Land-Based Attackers. Proficiency gives them increased Fighter Power like fighters. Planes Aerial Combat LBAS Stage 1 (air-to-air) Stage 2 (air-to-ship) ❱❱ Air Power Surface ASW Extendable Combat Radius Command Liaison Aircraft/Kai ❌ ❌ 0 ❌ ✔️ ❌ Command Liaison Aircraft Kai 2 ❌ ❌ 0 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ASW Hayabusa ✔️ ⭐counted as 0 25 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Special categories
SpLBRecon Reconnaissance Aircraft			Reconnaissance AircraftSpLBRecon are planes that: Can trigger Contact. Does not contribute Fighter Power in Aerial Combat, and so cannot be shot down during it (can be shot down during Detection). When equipped to a Land Base: Can extend the minimum Combat Radius in Sortie Mode. Add a bonus multiplier to the total Defense Fighter-Power of the base in Air Defense Mode. Can contribute Fighter Power (if it has any Proficiency or ), and can be shot down.
Planes with Anti-Air Resistance			Specific planes may present a special AA resistance property. AA resistance is presented in form of "Ship AA Resistance/Fleet AA Resistance", with each value being used in the respective formulas seen on the Aerial Combat page.
ASW Aircraft			Aircraft with at least 7 ASW , can be used to trigger special OASW and are required to perform Land-based ASW attacks. ASW Aircraft Rotorcraft Autogyros Ka Type Observation Autogyro O Type Observation Autogyro Kai O Type Observation Autogyro Kai Ni Helicopters S-51J S-51J Kai Liaison Aircraft Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft (ASW) Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft Kai Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model II Kai (20th Squadron) Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (Skilled/20th Squadron) Type 3 Command Liaison Aircraft Kai 2 Land-based Patrol Aircraft Prototype Toukai Toukai (901 Air Group) +7 ASW Torpedo Bombers Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (931 Air Group) Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (931 Air Group/Skilled) Tenzan (931 Air Group) Prototype Type 97 Torpedo Bomber Kai (Skilled) No. 3 Model E (w/ Type 6 Airborne Radar Kai) Tenzan Model 12A Kai (Skilled w/ Type 6 Airborne Radar Kai) Ryuusei Kai (CarDiv 1/Skilled) Swordfish Mk.III (Skilled) Barracuda Mk.III TBM-3D TBM-3W+3S Tenzan Model 12A Kai 2 (Murata Squadron w/ Radar) +7 ASW Dive Bombers Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX) Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX/Skilled) Type 0 Fighter Model 64 (Two-seat w/ KMX) +7 ASW Seaplanes Recons Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11B Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11B (Skilled) Bombers Swordfish Mk.III Kai (Seaplane Model) Swordfish Mk.III Kai (Seaplane Model/Skilled) Zuiun Kai Ni (634 Air Group/Skilled)
Anti-Installation Dive Bombers			Dive-Bombers that can attack installations This is a segment from a bigger article. See Combat/Anti-Installation for details on Installation mechanics. Carriers will only attack installations in the shelling phase if equipped with Torpedo Bombers or Anti-Installation Dive Bombers. Additionally, carriers will attack installations if equipped with non-special dive bombers AND one of the special dive bombers below. Any other dive bomber will completely disable shelling against installations even if the carrier has a torpedo bomber equipped. This can be very useful to manipulate the targeting mechanic so the carriers attack important targets. Ju 87C Kai Prototype Nanzan F4U-1D FM-2 Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX) Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX/Skilled) Suisei Model 12 (634 Air Group w/ Type 3 Cluster Bombs) AAR Suisei Model 12 (w/ Type 31 Photoelectric Fuze Bombs) AAR Type 99 Dive Bomber Model 22 Type 99 Dive Bomber Model 22 (Skilled) SB2C-3 SB2C-5 F4U-4 AAR
Night Planes	= Night Torpedo Bombers		Night Aircraft are planes that contribute to Carrier Night Air Attack damage. Only Night Fighters and Night Torpedo Bombers are capable of actually enabling the Carrier Night Attacks.
	= Suisei Model 12 (w/ Type 31 Photoelectric Fuze Bombs)
	= Night Fighters

Main Armament

Main Armament
Equipment Types			Mechanics
Naval Guns			Main Guns are the main armament used by surface ships. Their main stats are the "firepower" and "accuracy" . They are notably required to trigger all Artillery Spotting attacks as well as some Night Cut-Ins, notably the "Double Attack" (DA). Most main guns come with "Hidden Fit Bonuses/Penalties", especially larger ones.
Main Guns	Small Small Caliber Main Guns	Small Caliber Main Guns	Small Caliber Main Guns are mostly used on smaller ships like Destroyers. They bring some accuracy bonus against PT Imp.
		Small Small Caliber Main High-Angle Guns
	Medium Medium Caliber Main Guns	Medium Caliber Main Guns	Medium Caliber Main Guns are mostly used on medium ships like Cruisers.
		Medium Main High-Angle Guns
	Large Caliber Main Guns	Large Caliber Main Guns	Large Caliber Main Guns are used on Battleships.
		Sp Very Large Caliber Main Guns
Secondary Guns	Sec Secondary Guns	Secondary Guns (surface)	Secondary GunsSecSp_Sec serve a similar role to Main Guns. Their main stats are the "firepower" and "accuracy" . They are notably required to trigger some weaker Artillery Spotting attacks as well as some Night Cut-Ins, notably the "Double Attack" (DA). They do not have any "Hidden Penalties" on any ships. They bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
		Sec Secondary High-Angle Guns
	Sp_Sec Large Secondary (High-Angle) Guns
High-Angle Guns (dual-purpose)	Main Main High-Angle Guns	Small Small Caliber Main High-Angle Guns	High-Angle Guns (sometimes "dual-purpose guns"), are anti-air focused guns, that can serve their main surface role, in addition to having extra AA stats. They are notably required in most AACI.
		Medium Medium Main High-Angle Guns
	Sec Secondary High-Angle Guns	Sec Secondary High-Angle Guns
		Sp_Sec Large Secondary (High-Angle) Guns
Anti-Aircraft Guns			AA Guns are equippable in RE. They are mainly used to provide "Anti-Air", notably via their AA stat. They: Are notably required in most AACI. Trigger a tracer-fire effect during air combat. Bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
Torpedo Weaponry			Equipment with "torpedo" as their primary stat.
Torpedoes	Torpedoes (surface)		Torpedoes are almost exlusively used to trigger Night Cut-Ins, especially the Torpedo Cut-In (TCI). Their main stat is the "torpedo" stat. This stat is also used to calculate damages during the Opening Torpedo Salvo and Closing Torpedo Salvo.
	Sub Submarine Torpedoes	Sub Submarine Torpedoes
		Sub_LM Late Model Submarine Torpedoes	Late Model Submarine Torpedoes are needed to trigger special Night Cut-Ins.
Minisub Midget Submarines			Minisub Midget Submarine allow any ship equipping one to perform an Opening Torpedo Salvo. Their main stat is the "torpedo" stat, being used to calculate damages in all torpedo phases. They do not count as "Torpedoes" for Night Cut-Ins, despite having a torpedo icon.
Anti-Submarine Warfare			Equipment with "ASW" as their primary stat.
Sonars	Small Small Sonars		Sonars are the main equipment used for ASW, being required to trigger most OASW, and greatly enhancing ASW Damage Synergy. Their main stat is "ASW" .
	Large Large Sonars
Depth Charges	DCP Depth Charge Projectors		Depth Charges are one of the main equipment used for ASW, greatly enhancing ASW Damage Synergy. Their main stat is "ASW" .
	DCR Depth Charge (Racks)
	Other ASW Mortars		Other ASW Mortars have additional Anti-Installation bonuses similar to Anti-Ground Rockets.

Other Equipment

Other Equipment
Equipment Types			Mechanics
Radars	Small Small Radars		Radars are used to provide boosts to LoS and accuracy . They are additionally used for: Certain Artillery Spotting, Certain Night Cut-Ins, Maelstrom resource loss mitigation, "Dual Purpose Radars" are radars that are both Surface Radars and Air Radars. SurfaceSurface Radars are radars that: Must have 5 or more LoS , Are required for some Routings, Metigate the accuracy penalty of Smoke Screens, Increase the damage potential of most Special Attacks. Air Air Radars are radars that: Must have 2 or more AA , Increase the Anti-Air of the fleet, Are required to trigger most AACI.
	Large Large Radars	Large Large Radars
		Sp Very Large Radars
Surface Surface Radars
Air Air Radars
Submarine Equipment			Submarine Equipment are mainly used to trigger special Night Cut-Ins exlusiv to submarines. Can be equipped in the RE.
Searchlights	Small Small Searchlight		Searchlights are used to trigger a special Night Battle mechanic when equipped, playing a special animation and applying the following effects: Attack accuracy and cut-in rates of the fleet are increased. Cut-in rates of the enemy fleet are decreased. The enemy fleet will target and hit the ship that triggered the searchlight more often, see here. The activation rate is 100% on ships with 2 or more HP, 0% otherwise. Multiple ships equipped with searchlights do not have stacking effects.
	Large Large Searchlight
Star Shell			Star Shells are used to trigger a special Night Battle mechanic when equipped, playing a special animation and applying the following effects: Attack accuracy and cut-in rates of the fleet are increased. Cut-in rates of the enemy fleet are decreased. The activation rate is 70% on ships with 5 or more HP, 0% otherwise. Multiple ships equipped with star shells do not have stacking effects. There is no side effect, unlike Searchlights.
Skilled Lookouts			Surface Ship Personnel are equippable in RE. They: Increase cut-in rates in Night Battles for the ship equipping it, Are required to trigger some "New Type" Cut-ins, Play an animation right before cut-in animations, Bring an accuracy bonus against PT boats.
Landing Craft	TP Transport DLC		Landing Craft can serve in several roles: "Transport Craft" (type 1) are best at increasing the resources gained from expeditions, "Landing Tanks" (type 2 & 3) deal more damage to installations, being an essential component of "nuke set-ups" (see Anti-Installation), "Armed Boats" (type 4) act mostly like Landing Tanks, and have some additional bonus, against PT Imp notably. Each Landing Craft equipped will increase "TP Gauge" drain by 8 during Transport Operations. Each Landing Craft equipped (except for "Landing Tanks type 3") will increase resource gain on Resource Nodes and Expeditions.
	Tank Landing Tanks
	Armed Armed Boats
Amphibious Vehicles			Amphibious Vehicles behave similarly to Landing Craft. They: Deal great damage to installation, being an essential component of the "nuke" (see Anti-Installation). Increase expedition resources gain. Greatly increase Resource Nodes resources gain. Slightly increase TP gauge drain during Transport Operations. Allow Submarines to participate in the shelling phase against Installations, by launching the tank in battle.
Landing Forces			Landing Forces behave similarly to other "Landing Equipment" against Installations. They: Are only used against Installations. Can only be equipped on "LST" type ships (a subcategory of LHA). Provide great damage boost against all installation types. Can be a component of a "nuke" setup. Additionally, when attacking an installation, the attack animation makes the ship physically move across the screen like other Landing Equipment, as it is a "landing craft" itself.
Drum Canisters			Drum Canisters are not "combat equipment", and so are mostly used for non-combat mechanics. They: Increase resource gains on Resource Nodes in sorties. Can affect Routing on certain maps. Slightly increase TP gauge drain during Transport Operations. Are required to trigger a "New Type" Cut-in. Are required for expeditions 21, 37, 38, 44, & E2. Can also increase the chance of Great Success for those expeditions as well as 24 & 40. They do NOT increase resource gains from expeditions.
Anti-Aircraft Fire Directors			Anti-Aircraft Fire Directors (AAFD) are quipable in RE. They provide a good Anti-Air boost, and are required to trigger some AACI. They are notably used to provide AA and accuracy when improved .
Shells	Anti-Aircraft Shells		AA Shells are mainly used for an Anti-Installation role, notably dealing great damages to "Soft-Skinned Installations". They also provide some minor Anti-Air boost, and are required to trigger some AACI. The can be equipped in the RE of FBB, BB, BBV, CA, and CAV.
	Armor Piercing Shells		AP Shells are mainly used for increasing the general damage potential of batleships, with further bonuses for Artillery Spotting and Special Attacks. They also play some Anti-Installation role, notably against "Hard-Skinned Installations".
Anti-Ground Rockets			Anti-Ground Rockets are only used against Installations. They provide both great multiplicative and flat damages boost against all installation types.
Extra Armors	Medium Medium Extra Armors		Extra Armors are equippable in RE and give some extra Armor stat.
	Large Large Extra Armors
Engine Improvements			Ship Speed can be increased to Fast, Fast+, or Fastest by using a combination of "Turbine" and "Boilers".
Ship Repair Facility			Ship Repair Facilities are required for Anchorage Repairs and Emergency Anchorage Repairs.
Aviation Personnels	SCAMP SCAMP		Aviation Personnels are used to bring various buff and/or mechanics, notably enhancing the performances of Carriers. See each individual pages for more details.
	NOAP NOAP
	AGDP AGDP
	SDP SDP
Command Facilities			Depending on the type, Command Facilities provide different fleet support roles, such as: "Evacuation" of ships that are Heavily Damaged (大破) during a sortie, Increased trigger rate for Support Expeditions.
Surface Ship Equipment	Smoke Generators		Smoke Generators can be used in combat to deploy a smoke screen. Example of a large smoke deployed. There are 3 smoke screen sizes, being Small < Medium < Large. The maximum smoke size that can be generated is dependent on the number of smoke generators, being respectively 1/2/3. Note that improvements also affect the maximum smoke level possible. It sharply reduces the accuracy of all fleets, proportionally to the smoke screen size (the hit rate is still capped at 11%). This effect can be partially bypassed by using radars (both sides). The effect will last for the day battle, even so the animation will fade before the battle's end. Smoke activation button next to the Formation ones. If equipped, it can be activated with a specific button when selecting the formation. It can be activated multiple times per sortie until it triggers, being triggerable once, in day battle only. It cannot be activated in Exercises in the current implementation. The trigger rate is not 100% and depends on the fleet's flagship's luck , as well as the amount and type of Smoke Generators used. For combined fleets, it is the luck of the main flagship. The size of the triggered smoke screen depends on how many smoke generators are used. It will only trigger at the beginning of the Shelling phase. The 3 different smoke size The trigger rate depends on: The number of "Smoke Generators" in the fleet, The flagship Level and Luck (secretary for Combined Fleets), improvements of the generator. Regarding the equipment: Each Smoke Generator (Smoke Screen) counts as 1, Each Smoke Generator Kai (Smoke Screen) counts as 2, improvements of the generator can also count as 1 ([1][2]). Two formulas have been determined to approximate the trigger rate of smoke screens. The 2nd formula is based on the 1st one with additional hypothesis, A measurement of the trigger rate can be found here, Both formulas can be directly compared here. It is possible to have a total trigger rate for all 3 sizes of 100%, giving the FS has enough luck & enough generators are used. Trigger Rate Formula 1 [3] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{P}_\text{0} = 3.2 - 0.2 \times \text{K} - \text{N}_\text{Generator} }[/math] If [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} ≥ 1 \text{ & } \text{N}_\text{Generator} ≥ 3 }[/math], then [math]\displaystyle{ \text{P}_\text{0} = 0 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{K} = \bigg\lceil \sqrt{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} } + 0.3 \times \bigstar_\text{base} + 0.5 \times \bigstar_\text{Kai} \bigg\rceil }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} = 1 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} = 2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} ≥ 3 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{P}_\text{1} &= 1 - \text{P}_\text{0} \\ \text{P}_\text{2} &= 0 \\ \text{P}_\text{3} &= 0 \end{align} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{P}_\text{1} &= 1 - \text{P}_\text{0} - \text{P}_\text{2} \\ \text{P}_\text{2} &= 0.05 \times ( 1 - \text{P}_\text{0} ) \times ( \text{K} + 2 ) \\ \text{P}_\text{3} &= 0 \end{align} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{P}_\text{1} &= 1 - \text{P}_\text{2} - \text{P}_\text{3} \\ \text{P}_\text{2} &= \min ( 0.3 ; 1 - \text{P}_\text{3}) \\ \text{P}_\text{3} &= X \times \text{K} + 0.15 \times ( \text{N}_\text{Generator} - 3 ) \end{align} }[/math] The X coefficient is unclear yet, being about 0.04~0.045. With [math]\displaystyle{ \text{P}_\text{0}, \text{P}_\text{1}, \text{P}_\text{2}, \text{P}_\text{3} }[/math] the respective rates for the trigger of smokes levels 0 to 3, [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} }[/math] the amount of Smoke Generators: Each base generator count as 1, Each Kai generator count as 2, A very high improvement level (~ ≥ 17) counts as 1. [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} }[/math] the flagship's luck, [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar_\text{base} }[/math] the total improvement level of the base generators, [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar_\text{Kai} }[/math] the total improvement level of the Kai generators, Trigger Rate Formula 2 [4] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} = \max \big( 0 ; \min ( 100 ; 3.2 - 0.2 \times \text{K} - \text{N}_\text{Generator} ) \big) }[/math] If [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} ≥ 1 \text{ & } \text{N}_\text{Generator} ≥ 3 }[/math], then [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} = 0 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{K} = 5 \times \text{N}_\text{Generator} + 1.5 \times \sqrt{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} } + 0.3 \times \bigstar_\text{base} + 0.5 \times \bigstar_\text{Kai} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} = 1 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} = 2 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} ≥ 3 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{Level 1}_\text{Rate %} &= 100 - \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} \\ \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} &= 0 \\ \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %} &= 0 \end{align} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{Level 1}_\text{Rate %} &= ( 100 - \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} ) \times ( 1 - \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} ) \\ \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} &= ( 3 \times \big\lceil \text{K} - 5 \big\rceil + 1 ) \times ( 1 - \text{Level 0}_\text{Rate %} ) \\ \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %} &= 0 \end{align} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \text{Level 1}_\text{Rate %} &= \min ( 0 ; 100 - \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} - \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %}) \\ \text{Level 2}_\text{Rate %} &= \min ( 30 ; 100 - \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %} ) \\ \text{Level 3}_\text{Rate %} &= 3 \times \big\lceil \text{K} - 15 \big\rceil + 1 \end{align} }[/math] With [math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{Generator} }[/math] the amount of Smoke Generators: Each base generator count as 1, Each Kai generator count as 2, A very high improvement level (~ ≥ 17) counts as 1. [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{flag} }[/math] the flagship's luck, [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar_\text{base} }[/math] the total improvement level of the base generators, [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar_\text{Kai} }[/math] the total improvement level of the Kai generators, The smoke gives an Accuracy malus to both fleets when used: Please note that these are initial estimations and are subject to change. It is currently unknown if the airstrike accuracy is affected by the smoke. Some modifiers are near impossible to determine because the fleet hit the lower bound hit rate (11% hard cap). There are some inconsistencies between "old" and "new" enemies. Having a (surface ?) radar equipped reduces the smoke effect for both fleets, but only for the shelling phase. [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{smoke} }[/math] Day Shelling Fleet Radar Equipped Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Allied No < 0.3 < 0.33 < 0.37 Yes 0.35 0.25 < 0.37 Enemy No < 0.69 < 0.7 < 0.7 Yes 0.91 0.83 0.75 Special Attacks Allied 1 Torpedo Phases Fleet Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Allied 0.45 0.42 0.42 Enemy 0.7 0.6 0.5 ASW Allied 0.25 Enemy 1 AA effects: The smoke affects the allied shootdown but not the enemy shootdown. No fixed shootdown above 2 has been observed under a smoke. The guaranteed shootdown does not seem to be affected. A modifier to the Adjusted AA is suspected but there is not enough data to confirm it. The Smoke reduce the Anti-Air Rocket Barrage trigger rate either directly or by reducing the Adjusted AA.
	Barrage BalloonsBarrage Balloons		Example of a balloon deployed. Barrage Balloons can be deployed in certain situations during day battles. Barrage Balloons can only be deployed on certain combat nodes with Installations Compatible Nodes Map Node Notes 3-5 H 4-3 N Boss 4-5 T Boss 6-4 N Boss Events Refers to the current event page references [5][6][7][8] Once deployed For every ship with a balloon equipped will boost the damage of the fleet and the LBAS (post-cap): Balloon Effects 1 2 3 Allied Day Shelling Damage Allied balloons [9] 1.02 1.04 1.06 Allied LBAS Damage Allied balloons [10] 1.02 1.04 1.06 Enemy balloons [11] 0.95 0.90 0.85 The effect stacks up to 3 balloons, and up to 1 balloon per ship, The effect applies to LBAS and day shelling, with the enemy balloons also negatively affecting allied LBAS, The effect does not apply to torpedo phases or night battles, If the ship deploying it is sunk, the balloon is then removed, as well as its effects.
Saiun (Disassembled for Transport)			A removed legacy equipment.
Consumables	Underway Replenishment		Example of Underway Replenishment translated. Underway Replenishments are consumable items that are used to restore fuel and ammo mid-sortie when consumed. As "consumables", they do not take any equipment slot and appear in the Inventory. Only Fleet Oilers (AO) and Kumano Maru can carry them, including in their RE. When entering a boss node, a prompt will appear giving a choice to use the Underway Replenishment(s) or not. The cost of the resupply will be deducted from the stockpile. The resupply cannot be activated when having insufficient fuel or ammo. The amount of fuel and ammo resupplied depends on The fleet type (single or combined) How many Resupplies are carried. The resupply rates are as follow: Used Single Fleet Combined Fleet 1 25 % 15 % 2 36 % 27.5 % 3 47 % 40 % This mechanic should only be used to avoid Fuel penalty or/and Ammo penalty.
	Emergency Repair Personnel		Selection of which type of Emergency Repair Personnel to consume to advance (left buttons), or to retreat (right button). "Emergency Repair Personnel " are consumable items: As "consumables", they do not take any equipment slot and appear in the Inventory and are equippable in RE. Ships entering a battle whilst Heavily Damaged (大破) have a chance to be Sunk (撃沈) . In the case of the flagship, being Heavily Damaged (大破) will force a retreat after that node. Equipping at least one Emergency Repair Personnel can prevent the equipped ship from sinking, by reviving it after being sunk. If this is equipped on a flagship, the player can use this before heading to another node. If both Personnel & Goddess are equipped, then it is possible to choose which one to use (see the picture). Emergency Repair Personnel can only repair the ship they are equipped on. Once repaired, a ship becomes unsinkable for the rest of the battle, including night battle. The item is consumed upon activation. The restored ships will be as followed: Emergency Repair Personnel HP recovered when sunk HP recovered on flagship Fuel/Ammo restored Emergency Repair Personnel 20% 50% 0% Emergency Repair Goddess 100% 100% 100% Planes are not resupplied.
	Combat Rations		Selection of whether to use a ration or not, before a boss node. "Rations" are consumable items: As "consumables", they do not take any equipment slot and appear in the Inventory and are equippable in RE. When equipped on a ship, they are consumed during a Sortie when either: The boss node is reached, a prompt appearing to ask whether to consume or not the rations, The sortie reaches 3 battles, having a random chance to trigger onward (probably linked to ship's morale dropping below a certain level). When rations are consumed: The morale of the carrying ship is greatly increased, The morale of both adjacent ships is moderately increased, If several different rations are equipped, all are consumed, the moral boost synergizing. Additionally: They slightly increase TP gauge drain during Transport Operations. Rations consumed by a girl give a post-cap bonus against all Installations.
Special categories
Anti-Ground Equipment			See Anti-Installation for a better understanding.

Notes

• Some equipment have unique mechanics within their categories.
• Certain mechanics like AACI and ASW will differentiate equipment within their category depending on their raw stats.

Custom icons made up for wiki usage:

• = Empty
• = WildCard
• = High-Angle Gun + AA Fire Director Built-In
• = Powerfull AA (concentrated)
  
  (CDMG)
• = Zuiuns
• = Either or
• Night Planes:
  • = Night Torpedo Bombers
  • = Suisei Model 12 (w/ Type 31 Photoelectric Fuze Bombs)
  • = Night Fighters

Equipment Obtainability

Buildable Equipment

List of equipment that can be crafted in Development.

• Equipment demanding special flagships to be crafted are in Bold.

Unbuildable Equipment

Note that some equipment can appear on more than one list. The lists below do not include buildable equipment. Note that buildable equipment can also be obtained as stock equipment, quests, or improvement upgrades. Please refer to the individual equipment pages to find a more detailed list of where/how to obtain them.

Equipment obtainable as ship girl's stock gears.

• Equipment from event-only ships are in bold

Equipment obtainable through Quests.

• Equipment available from "repeatable" quests are in bold.

Equipment available by upgrading other equipment through Akashi's Improvement Arsenal.

• Equipment only obtainable via Akashi Improvements are in Bold.
• Equipment requiring limited ones to be obtained are in Italic

Equipment currently unobtainable in-game. They were event rewards, ranking rewards, or limited-time quest rewards. They may return as stock equipment, improvement upgrades, event rewards, or quest rewards in the future.

• Equipment obtainable via improvement from "unobtainable equipment" are in Bold.
• This list does not include equipment from event-only ships.

Note that the equipment IDs 321, 448, & 462 were never added to the game.

• The Reppuu Kai 2 (CarDiv 1/Skilled) (ID 337) was added to game files, but never given away.

Equipment Rarity

The equipment have two rarities:

1. The system rarity, written in the equipment list
   • There are 7 rarities from common to SS++
2. The card or visual rarity found in the equipment card design in 3 different ways:
   • The star ★ number in the bottom left corner from 1 to 7,
   • The 5 different card backgrounds,
   • The 4 different petals around the icon.

The system rarity determines the HQ level needed to craft any given equipment. Meanwhile, the card rarity is purely cosmetic.

• Note that the rarity is highly unreliable to judge an equipment's worth.

Distribution

Star	Background	Icon Petals	Current System		Old System
			Rarity		Rarity
★	Gray	"Iron cross"	Rare (レア)		Common (コモン)	Rare (レア)	-	-	-
★★	Silver	"12 petals"	Holo (ホロ)				Holo (ホロ)
★★★	Rainbow	"16 Petals"	S Holo (Sホロ)		-			S Holo (Sホロ)	SS Holo (SSホロ)
★★★★	"Rising Sun Cross"	SS Holo (SSホロ)	-			-
★★ ★★★							Shinning Rainbow	-
★★★ ★★★		★ ★Shinning Rainbow★ + ★Stars★ ★	SS Holo+ (SSホロ+)		-
★★★ ★★★★		SS++

Old System Notes

At the beginning of the game, there was another less consistent distribution for rarity, but it was abandoned in 2014. Because of this, equipment released in 2013 and 2014 are not considered exceptions despite not following the current rules.

• The S Holo rarity seems to be an anomaly because it follows the current rule right from the beginning of the game. This could indicate that either the rarity of some old equipment has been updated (but no evidence so far) or there were two competing systems from the beginning and at the end one was chosen.
• The "Common" rarity has disappeared in the current system as the last common equipment was added on the 06/06/2014.
• The old system being "messy" and old it is more difficult to identify exceptions so none will be listed.
  • Notably with the "Rising Sun Cross" having been changed to the "16 Petals" with updated CGs, that could be either corrections of exceptions or just following the new system.

Exceptions

The following equipment do not respect the current system:

Rarity

• The 2 stars equipment 25mm Single Autocannon Mount is Rare instead of Holo.
• The 3 stars equipment Submarine Radar & Waterproof Telescope is Holo instead of S Holo.
• The 4 stars equipment SG Radar (Initial Model) is S Holo instead of SS Holo.

Background

• The following equipment have the Shinning Rainbow instead of the Rainbow background of 4 stars rarity:
  • Prototype 41cm Triple Gun Mount, Reppuu (601 Air Group), Ryuusei (601 Air Group), Prototype 46cm Twin Gun Mount, Shiun, Saiun (Eastern Caroline Air Group), Skilled Sonar Personnel + Late Model Bow Torpedo Mount (6 tubes), Ro.44 Seaplane Fighter bis, Type 2 Seaplane Fighter Kai (Skilled).
• The HF/DF + Type144/147 ASDIC has the Shinning Rainbow + Stars instead of the Shinning Rainbow background of 5 stars rarity,
• The Daihatsu Landing Craft and Type A Kouhyouteki have a unique light blue background.
• The Emergency Repair Personnel has a unique blue background.
• The Prototype Night Zuiun (Attack Equipment) has a unique black and fire background.

Icon petals

• The 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.7 have 16 petals instead of the "Rising Sun Cross".
• The Type 0 Fighter Model 62 (Fighter-bomber) have "Rising Sun Cross" instead of the 16 petals.

Border

The following equipment are missing the card border: Night Operation Aviation Personnel, Type124 ASDIC, Type144/147 ASDIC, HF/DF + Type144/147 ASDIC

Equipment Cosmetics

Each equipment in the game comes with at least one "Fairy" (just like the other NPC ones).

• Those fairies are mostly alone, but can come in groups or followed by some animals,
• Most fairies are "original characters", being only linked to an equipment.
  • Some fairies are seen on several equipment, mostly equipment of the same family,
  • Many fairies also represent specific ship girls, often on equipment historically tied to them.

Some gears can also have some historical details on them, especially advanced ones. Those details can be:

• Paintings, like for specific squadron planes,
• Fairy scenery, where the fairies are playing an historical scene,
• The fairies themselves, where the fairies represent some historical element, like a ship's insignia.

Additionally, some equipment can be "glowing", with either the gear, part of the gear, the fairy, part of the fairy, or part of the text, having a glowing halo around them.

• The equipment glowing, the part of the equipment glowing, and the color of the glowing are arbitrary.

See Also

• Equipment List
• Equipment List (Image)
• Equipment Ranking
• Equipment Equipability
• Fit Bonuses
• Development
• Equipment Setup