Naval District Saury Festival
The Naval District Saury Festival (鎮守府秋刀魚祭り) is an annually held mini-event that started back in October 9th, 2015 and lasted till October 30th, 2015. The main theme of the campaign centers around collecting Pacific Saury from various parts of the Ocean Waters which can be collected to exchanged for various resources and for completing quests that are tied to the annually held campaign which can reward various rewards and ultimately a "Big Catch Flag" which can be placed up as a decoration in your main base to signify that you've completed the quests for the season.
The mini event has return on October 21st, 2016 with the same theme, but a whole new set of quests along with a brand new "Big Catch Flag" for the year and will last till November 4th, 2016.
The Third Annual Naval District Saury Festival began on September 29th, 2017 and ran for 2 weeks and ran in collaboration with the Naval District Saury Festival in Yokohama
The 4th Annual Naval District Saury Festival is set to begin on October 10th, 2018 and will serve as a tie-in Collaboration to the Second Naval District Saury Festival (Live Event) which was launched on October 5th, 2018 across Japan.
The 5th Annual Festival has been renamed to the Naval District Saury & Sardine Festival and is set to begin on October 25th, 2019. This event was renamed and changed due to current events taking place in Japan where Saury fishing has been poor this year but Sardine sails has been quite high. As such, the theme of this event will be to catch both Saury and Sardines
How to Obtain
Pacific Saury can be obtained from several maps during the event. They drop more frequently than the Hishimochi, but will require appropriate equipment to do so.
Fish can only be found in certain sortie maps; when your fleet go to certain sortie maps and enters battle, Special Saury Festvial themed music will cue.
Within the fishing zones, your fleet must battle the abyssal fleet and score an S rank (or an A rank in World 3). Upon completion, you will have a chance for saury to drop. After the battle, you might receive a notification that you have fished some saury and will then receive it prior to any ship drops.
The Pacific saury cannot be used for anything by itself; you must collect several of them in order to "cook" them to make them into resources or a new seasonal item.
In order to raise your chance of obtaining Pacific saury, you will need to use specific equipment (note that multiple pieces synergize). According to the Dev's Tweet [1] they mention that you need to use equipment in order to "Search", "Gather", and "Locate" the Pacific Saury. Based on that information alone, it suggests that it hints that in order to find the fish you'll need to "Search" with a 
Sonar, "Gather" the fish with a 
Searchlight, "Locate" them with 
Skilled Lookouts, and you can use "explosive" Depth Charges 
. (Be advised: Depth Charges can cause overfishing to occur faster)
With 2017, they added in a Scout and Sweep for fish using a variety if planes which includes, 
Seaplane Scouts (Only the ones with 2 floats), 
Carrier based Scouting planes, 
Flying Boats, 
Swordfish and 
GyroCopters.
You can also stack equipment to improve your success rate with scoring a Pacific Saury.
In addition, Destroyer Escorts such as Shimushu, Kunashiri, Etorofu, and Matsuwa can be used to help boost the chances of scoring fish as well.
You can hold up to a maximum of 99 Raw Pacific Saury at a time without cooking them.
Overfishing
Overfishing can result if a player fishes a map for too long result in the Saury drop rate to drastically decrease. The exact cause of overfishing is not exactly determined as of this point but it is recommended that if the Saury drop rate decreases on a map to take a break from it and fish in another map that has Saury. Saury drop rates should recover in due time.
In additon, using Depth Charges can also speed up the effects of overfishing if used too much. So please be careful how much you use them.
Fishing Zones
Saury have higher chances of dropping in the fishing zones within 1-5 and 1-6, all of world 3, and in 6-1 and 6-5.
- 1-1 : Node B , Node C (Boss Node)
- 1-2 (Limited to October 23rd - 26th) : Node C , Node G (Boss Node)
- 1-3 (Limited to October 23rd - 26th) : Node J (Boss Node)
- 1-4 (Limited to October 23rd - 26th) : Node H , Node I , Node L (Boss Node)
- 1-5 : Node H, Node I, Node J (Boss Node) (Boss Node)
- 1-6: Node I, Node J
- 3-1 : Node G (Boss Node)
- 3-2 : Node J, Node K, Node L (Boss Node)
- 3-3 : Node G, Node K, Node M (Boss Node)
- 3-4 : Node M, Node P (Boss Node)
- 3-5 : Node E, Node K (boss Node)
This guide shows the locations where saury can be found along with some basic tips for procuring and exchanging saury.
Area 1 Fishing Locations
Area 3 Fishing Locations
Area 6 Fishing Locations + Exchange Guide
Limited-Time Ship Drops
2018 Limited-Time Ship Drops
During this event, you can obtain Destroyer Escorts from these maps at the Boss Node (unless otherwise stated)
In addition to this, the destroyer Isokaze drop in the following locaitions:
2017 Limited-Time Ship Drops
During this event, you can obtain Destroyer Escorts from these maps at the Boss Node (unless otherwise stated)
- Matsuwa - 1-5, 6-1, 6-5
- Etorofu - 1-6 (Node B), 3-5, 6-1
- Kunashiri - 3-2 , 3-5, 6-5
- Shimushu - 3-3, 3-4, 3-5
Matsuwa will only drop from 1-5 if you do not already have her
Cooking Pacific Saury
When you have obtained enough Pacific Saury, you can use a specific amount to cook up a saury-based meal and then trade it in for resources.
When you reach the item menu section you can choose between the following methods of cooking the Pacific Saury.
The three options for preparation are Sashimi, Grilled and Salted or Kabayaki
| Cooking Method | Exchange Rate | Reward |
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Sashimi |
File:Saury Trade 1.png | x300 ammo x150 steel |
Grilled and Salted |
File:Saury Trade 2.png | x1 Improvement Material x3 Construction Material |
Kabayaki |
File:Saury Trade 3.png | x1 Canned Saury x3 Instant Repairs |
Remember that once the event is over all saury will expire and will be destroyed upon maintenance. So before the event ends, be sure to use your saury for cooking or preserve it as canned saury.
Saury Quests
During the time of the Saury Mini Event, there will be a list of limited time quests that you can complete while the event is active. The following quests are as followed based on the year the event was held:
Pacific Saury 2019 Quests
This year, we will be fishing for both Saury and Sardines to collect over the course of the event. So there will be a series of quest that will involve collecting both.
| ID | Prereq. | Quest Name (Original) Quest Name (Translated) |
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| SB30 | 秋刀魚漁：今年は不漁？でも…上々ね！ Saury Fishing: This year's catch is bad? But... Let's do our best, ok? |
Saury Fishing Support: So... We're expanding fleet activities to the waters off Chinjufu, northern seas and central area's sanma fishing grounds to support the fishing activities, right? This year's catch is bad? Don't worry, leave it to us! Support the fishers, catch three sauries.
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300 | 300 | 0 | 0 | Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Fruniture Fairy or x5 Development Materials and Choose one of the following Rewards x2 Type 3 SONAR or x2 Searchlight or x3 Improvement Materials |
Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Akagi One time only.
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| SB31 | SB30 | 秋刀魚漁：今年は気分が高揚します！ Saury Fishing: This year feels amazing! |
Saury Fishing Support: Akagi-san... This year's fishing is pretty hard, huh... Next we're supposed to catch 8 sauries? I see... We should probably let the fishing ground rest for a bit... If I'm with Akagi-san... Even despite the bad catch, this year is amazing as well!
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800 | 800 | 0 | 0 | Choose one of the following Rewards x2 Daihatsu-class Landing Craft or x3 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher or x4 Battle Rations and Choose one of the following Rewards x2 New Type Artillery Aremament Materials or x2 x2 New Type Aviation Aremament Materials or x1 Ryuusei Kai (CarDiv 1) |
Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Kaga One time only.
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| SB32 | SB30 | 【特別任務】大丈夫、鰯があるじゃない！ [Special Mission] Don't worry, sardines are still there! |
So it's true... This year's saury catch is really poor. But don't worry! We still have the sardines, don't we? Support sardine fishing in nearby waters and catch 25 fish.
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1500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Choose betweem one of the following DEs Etorofu Matsuwa Sado Tsushima Fukae and Choose one of the following Rewards x2 Type 2 Depth Charge or x1 Reinforcement Expansion or x5 Improvement Materials |
One time only.
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| SB33 | SB31 | 秋刀魚漁：大漁旗、ここは・・・譲れません！の攻略 Saury Fishing: Big Catch Flag... I won't give it up! |
Saury Fishing Support: Understood. This year a CarDiv1 Big Catch Flag with me and Akagi-san was prepared? Well then... We'll secure the fishing grounds and catch 18 more! Bad year? I don't care. I'm not giving it up!
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1800 | 1800 | 1800 | 0 | x1 Type 19 Big Catch Flag and Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Type 144/147 ASDIC or x2 Action Report or x1 Type 18 Big Catch Flag |
One time only.
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Pacific Saury 2018 Quests
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| SB27 | 秋刀魚漁：今秋の「秋刀魚」も上々ね！ Saury Fishing: This autumn's saury is exciting too, right? |
Expand the fishing grounds and catch three sauries, ok? Let's sortie! Waters adjacent to the Base as well as Northern Sea Area and Central Sea Area are all great for saury fishing!
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600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Choose one of the following Rewards x6 Development Materials or x2 Searchlight or x3 Battle Rations and Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Type 3 SONAR or x1 Skilled Lookouts or x3 Improvement Materials |
Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Akagi One time only.
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| SB28 | SB27 | 秋刀魚漁任務：大切な漁場、ここは譲れません！ Pacific Saury Fishing: I will not yield these important fishing grounds! |
Saury Fishing: I see... We should secure the fishing grounds and ensure a catch of ten sauries, huh? Roger. Huh? Fishing in the same area for a while will cause overfishing effect? Heh, it's not a problem. We'll just switch the grounds.
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1000 | 1000 | 0 | 0 | Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Type 95 Depth Charge or x2 Daihatsu-class Landing Craft or x1 Action Report and Choose one of the following Rewards x2 WG42 or x2 Reinforcement Expansion or x1 Night Operation Aviation Personnel |
Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Kaga One time only.
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| SB29 | SB28 | 秋刀魚漁：大量ですね…助かります。 Pacific Saury Fishing: Big Catch, huh? We'll help. |
Saury Fishing: Thanks to everybody's hard work, we've managed to secure such a large amount of sauries this Autumn as well. We're really grateful. Could you find strength for one more time? Please bear with us a little longer.
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3000 | 3000 | 3000 | 1000 | x1 Type 18 Big Catch Flag and Choose one of the following Rewards x1 GFCS Mk.37 or x1 Type 17 Big Catch Flag or x1 Type 16 Big Catch Flag |
Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Houshou One time only.
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Pacific Saury 2017 Quests
| ID | Prereq. | Quest Name (Original) Quest Name (Translated) |
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| SB24 | B6 | 秋刀魚漁：「秋刀魚」を収穫する所存です！ Pacific Saury Fishing: I will try to gather sauries! |
Support Fishing Operation: Spread out and begin fishing through the fall season in the Coastal Waters, Northern Waters, and Central Waters? I understand! Defeat the enemy fleet, secure the fishing ground and obtain a total of 4 Raw Saury! I'll leave to food preparations to someone else!
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800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Furniture Fairy or x4 Improvement Materials and Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Type 3 SONAR or x1 Searchlight or x4 Battle Rations |
Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Asashio One time only.
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| SB25 | SB24 | 秋刀魚漁：漁を全力で支援する覚悟です！ Pacific Saury Fishing: All hands on deck, provide fishing support! |
Secure the Fishing Ground and Collect a total of 12 Pacific Saury? That sound a bit tough, but it's alright! It's going to look bad if we overfish too much. Let's change waters so we can let the fishing grounds have a rest.
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1200 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Daihatsu-class Landing Craft or x1 WG42 or x1 New Aviation Armament Materials and Choose one of the following Rewards x2 Swordfish or x2 Shiden Kai 2 or x1 Skilled Pilot |
Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Michishio One time only.
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| SB26 | SB25 | 秋刀魚漁：どーんっ！揚げ揚げで大漁です！ KABOOM! It's a big catch! Fried and grilled even! |
KABOOM! Alrighty everyone, get pumped and wrap this saury fishing season up! That's right, we're gonna fry and grill these fishes! Let's suppress the Abyssal ships at the fishing grounds, secure the areas, and ditch any bad catch you get! Get cracking!
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3000 | 3000 | 3000 | 1000 | x1 Type 17 Big Catch Flag and Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Type124 ASDIC or x1 TBF or x1 Type 16 Big Catch Flag |
Quest details is spoken as if it was said by Ooshio One time only.
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Pacific Saury 2016 Quests
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| SB12 | 秋刀魚漁：きらりーん！秋刀魚漁支援！ Saury Fishing: Kararin~! Saury Fishing Support! |
Deploy into the fishing ground and eliminate the enemy forces in route and collect a total of at least 3 Saury! Coastal Waters, such as the Northern Waters and somewhere in the Central Waters can be great locations to go Saury fishing!
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500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x1 Type 3 SONAR x1 Furniture fairy |
One time only.
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| SB13 | SB12 | 秋刀魚漁：もっともーっと秋刀魚漁！ Saury Fishing: Even More Saury Fishing! |
It may be very hard work to catch Saury at times on some fishing grounds! The may be because your over fishing in the same waters which is making it hard to catch fish there! Let's change to other parts of the sea!
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1000 | 1000 | 0 | 0 | Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Daihatsu x1 Searchlight x1 WG42 |
You can only choose one reward from the three items presented One time only.
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| SB14 | SB13 | 秋刀魚漁：最新鋭の秋刀魚！もっとぉ！ Saury Fishing: State of the Art Saury! Keep em Coming! |
It's been a real struggle, but see, we're a state-of-the-art saury fishing support fleet, yeah? Let's go all out with the new, improved, state-of-the-art saury fishing! Here we go!
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3000 | 3000 | 3000 | 1000 | Choose one of the following Rewards x1 Type 96 150cm Searchlight x1 Big Catch Flag (2015 Edition) x1 Big Catch Flag (2016 Edition) |
You can only choose one reward from the three items presented One time only.
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Pacific Saury 2015 Quests
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| SB3 | 秋刀魚漁：「秋刀魚」を収穫しよう！ Saury Fishing! Let's go harvest some "Saury"! |
As you defeat the enemy fleet to expand along the fishing grounds around the Coastal waters and the Northern Waters, gather 3 Saury!
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300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x1 Type 93 SONAR x1 furniture fairy |
One time only.
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| SB4 | SB3 | 秋刀魚漁：「秋刀魚」をもっと収穫しなきゃ！ Saury Fishing! You must harvest more "Saury"! |
If that wasn't hard enough, now let's harvest a total of 10 saury to ensure the safety of the fishing grounds!
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550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x1 Type 3 SONAR x3 Irako |
Saury from the previous quest are carried over One time only.
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| SB5 | SB4 | 秋刀魚漁：もっと頑張ってもいいのよ！ Saury Fishing! There's no need to hold back! |
I know Saury fishing is difficult, but keep up the good work!
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800 | 300 | 300 | 300 | x1 Type 4 SONAR x1 Good Catch Flag |
Saury from the previous quest are carried over One time only.
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These quest will only be available for the duration of the Saury Fishing Event; once the event is over, these quests will no longer be accessible.
Music
The following songs have been used for the Naval District Saury Festival Mini Event :
| Song Title | Location it plays | Notes |
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| Naval District Suary Festival (鎮守府秋刀魚祭り) Play |
In fishing locations in Areas 1, 3 and 6 (execption: 1-1) | From Naval District Saury Festival 2015 |
| Naval District Suary Festival Kai (鎮守府秋刀魚祭り改) Play |
In fishing locations in Areas 1, 3 and 6 | From Naval District Saury Festival 2016 |
| Kanmusu Ondo (艦娘音頭) Play |
Boss nodes in fishing locations of Areas 1, 3 and 6 | From Naval District Saury Festival 2016 Sung by Tanibe Yumi and also played at the Naval District Saury Festival in Yokohama and has an official dance |
Notes
- While Depth Charges can help you score fish quickly, it will also make the location become depleted from fish much faster causing the overfishing effect to occur sooner. Avoid using them if possible unless you really need to.
- Pacific Saury and ship drops can be obtained at the same time.
- Pacific Saury can drop even when your ship capacity is full.
- Raw Pacific Saury will not stay after the event. Remember to can or cook your fish if you do not want them to go to waste!