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Remodel Blueprint

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Blueprints are items used for remodeling certain ships, usually under the rationale of these ships' unique circumstances in history.

In addition to the difficulty of obtaining blueprints, ships that are upgraded in this manner tend to carry very rare and powerful stock equipment, making prioritizing certain remodels important.

How to Obtain

The only way to obtain a blueprint is by exchanging four medals, found in your inventory (the fourth panel from the left in the overhead menu). The following are ways to obtain medals:

Extra Operations

There are currently four extra operations in the game, accessible in World 1, World 2, World 3, and World 5. Clearing an extra operation yields one medal in addition to bountiful HQ experience; take note, however, that clearing 1-6 does not yield a medal, and instead rewards a present box.

  • The boss's health gauge will reset on the first of each month for each operation.
  • Extra Operations are intended to be significantly more challenging than other sorties in their respective worlds; sortieing to 2-5 immediately after clearing 2-4 is not recommended for this reason. 5-5's outstanding difficulty and potential ship requirements limit most players from clearing it.
  • This is the only consistent way to obtain medals.

Events

Medals are often rewarded in event maps, usually in the later stages. This isn't a reliable way to obtain them, but veteran players can acquire an additional blueprint during the event's duration through these medals.

  • The 2015 Winter and Spring events each yielded 5 medals for clearing all the maps on Hard; expect future events to follow a similar trend.

Other

The only other way to obtain a medal is through quest B33.

Blueprint Requirements

The following ships require a blueprint for one or more of their remodels:

The total number of blueprints required for all of these remodels is 13. That amounts to 52 medals!

Many blueprint remodels are considered indispensable in difficult circumstances like events. For this reason, here is a list of the benefits of each remodel, and a general idea of their remodeling priorities:

Tone/Chikuma:

Fusou/Yamashiro:

  • This remodel rectifies the primary issue that confronts aviation battleships: firepower. With Nagato-tier output, slightly enhanced durability, and an incredible 23 plane slot, these two have very useful remodels.
  • Both of these battleships can be used together with a CV or 2 CVL in a Surface Task Force for dominant air-power during events.
  • Their stock equipment includes a Prototype 41cm Triple Cannon (Useful on all battleships, though it cannot be improved), Zuiun Model 12 (The highest-air-power seaplane bombers in the game), and 41cm Twin Gun Mount each. Fusou's unique gear is a 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher, which is nearly useless, while Yamashiro comes with a Searchlight, which again has little use. Their gear should be more useful than that provided by the Tone class, but the CAVs' stats probably put them ahead slightly. Their priority, then, is about tied.

Choukai:

Bismarck (Only obtainable through LSC):

Unryuu(E):

  • The first of the Unryuu-class, who all require blueprints and all come with excellent planes. She is listed separately for two reasons: one, she is needed for the Skilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel (SCAMP), and two, she is needed for a building quest that yields Reppuu (601 Air Group) at the cost of two ordinary Reppuu.
    • The SCAMP is an auxiliary item that can extend a carrier's reach to   Long and confers 10 firepower. Its true appeal, however, is not in use on CV(L), but on CAV; arming Tone with two 20.3cm(no.3), a Type 0 Recon Seaplane, and the SCAMP, you can achieve 107 firepower (Not including improvements on your main guns).
  • In terms of stats, the Unryuu class is very lackluster; their health and plane-count are the lowest among carriers, though they somewhat compensate with their low deployment cost.
  • While not accessible through normal sorties, she has been a recurring drop in events.
  • Her stock equipment includes a Zero Fighter Type 52 Type C (601 Air Group), Suisei (601 Air Group), Tenzan (601 Air Group), and Saiun (Iridescent Cloud). Out of these, the fighter is the only particularly noteworthy plane.

Amagi/Katsuragi(E):

Italia/Roma(E):

Ryuuhou:

Ships marked with (E) can not be obtained through normal sorties and must be found through event drops.

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