Construction
Introduction
Construction is a feature that enables admirals to build new ships. Building ships consumes resources and one development material 
for each attempt. Development materials can be earned by completing quests, expeditions, and some sorties.
The chance of obtaining a rare ship is not affected by headquarters level, but by the amount of resources you put in. New admirals can definitely obtain rare ships, but these are small odds.
The recipes below list the types of ships you may obtain; however, all recipes always have a chance to make more than one type of ship. Keep in mind that the type of ship and the exact ship you will obtain are totally random, so the chances of obtaining the ship you desire may be fairly low. There are also some ships that are currently unbuildable; this list can be found below.
Please refrain from asking "why didn't I get xxx ship with xxx recipe?" Chances are that you simply had bad luck or used the wrong recipe. Take note that sometimes it is easier and more resource efficient to find your desired ship in sorties as a drop rather than building them (i.e. 4 Kongou sisters are quite common drops at world 3-2 node A).
Large Ship Construction
Large Ship Construction (also abbreviated: LSC) involves the input of a larger quantity of resources (2,000-7,000 for steel, 1,000-7,000 for bauxite, 1,500-7,000 for other resources), either 1, 20, or 100 development materials , and 10 instant construction 
to immediately finish the construction of a ship. LSC allows the construction of ships like Yamato that cannot be constructed via normal construction, and is unlocked by completing two quests:
- Complete Modernization Quest: You will be required to successfully modernize a ship 4 times.
- Complete Crafting Quest: You will be required to scrap 4 pieces of equipment. Do it one by one as the game will consider discarding multiplies at once, as one time
According to the official Twitter , having more empty construction docks very slightly increases the chances of better ships appearing.
Construction Time
The times below reflect the type of ship or specific ship you will obtain after hitting the build button.
| Time | Ship Class | Result | Note |
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| 00:17:00 | Transport Submarine | Maruyu | LSC |
| 00:18:00 | Destroyer | Mutsuki class | |
| 00:20:00 | Fubuki class, Ayanami class, Akatsuki class, Hatsuharu class | ||
| 00:22:00 | Shiratsuyu class, Asashio class | ||
| Submarine | I-168, I-58, I-8 | ||
| 00:24:00 | Destroyer | Kagerou class, Yukikaze, Type 1934 Class | |
| 00:30:00 | Shimakaze | ||
| 01:00:00 | Light Cruiser | Tenryuu class, Kuma class, Nagara class, Sendai class | |
| Agano class | LSC | ||
| Heavy Cruiser | Furutaka class, Aoba class | ||
| 01:15:00 | Light Cruiser | Kinu, Abukuma | |
| 01:20:00 | Heavy Cruiser | Myoukou class, Takao class | |
| 01:22:00 | Light Cruiser | Yuubari | |
| 01:25:00 | Heavy Cruiser | Takao class | |
| 01:30:00 | Mogami class, Tone class | ||
| Mikuma | LSC | ||
| 02:00:00 | Light Aircraft Carrier | Houshou | |
| 02:20:00 | Seaplane Tender | Chitose, Chiyoda | |
| 02:30:00 | Amphibious Assault Ship | Akitsu Maru | LSC |
| 02:40:00 | Light Aircraft Carrier | Shouhou, Zuihou | |
| 02:50:00 | Ryuujou | ||
| 03:00:00 | Hiyou, Junyou | ||
| 03:20:00 | Aircraft Carrying Submarine | I-401 | LSC |
| 04:00:00 | Fast Battleship | Kongou class | |
| 04:10:00 | Regular Aircraft Carrier | Souryuu, Hiryuu | |
| 04:20:00 | Battleship | Fusou, Yamashiro | |
| Regular Aircraft Carrier | Kaga | ||
| 04:30:00 | Battleship | Ise, Hyuuga | |
| Regular Aircraft Carrier | Akagi | ||
| 05:00:00 | Battleship | Nagato, Mutsu | |
| Bismarck | LSC | ||
| 06:00:00 | Regular Aircraft Carrier | Shoukaku, Zuikaku | |
| 06:40:00 | Armored Aircraft Carrier | Taihou | LSC |
| 08:00:00 | Heavy Battleship | Yamato, Musashi | LSC |
Ships currently not buildable
- Available from Sortie:
- 舞風 Maikaze 3-3 random drop
- 初風 Hatsukaze 3-4 boss drop
- 秋雲 Akigumo 5-1 boss, 5-2 certain nodes, 5-3 boss drop
- 夕雲 Yuugumo 2-5, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 drop (all from bosses)
- 巻雲 Makigumo 2-5, 1-4, 2-3, 5-2 drop (all from bosses)
- 長波 Naganami 3-2, 3-5, 4-4, 5-1, 5-4 drop (all from bosses)
- 卯月 Uzuki 2-5, 3-4, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-4 drop (all from bosses)
- 浜風 Hamakaze 2-5, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-4 drop (all from bosses)
- 伊19 I-19 1-5, 2-5, and 5-4 boss node drop
- 明石 Akashi 2-5 boss drop (for those who don't have her), 3-5 drop (Hoppo node)
- 天津風 Amatsukaze 3-5 boss node drop
- 酒匂 Sakawa 6-2 boss drop
- 谷風 Tanikaze 3-5 drop
- 山雲 Yamagumo 3-3 and 3-5 boss node drop
- 浦風 Urakaze 2-4, 2-5, 4-2 boss drop
- 大鯨 Taigei 2-4, 2-5, 3-4, 4-4, 5-2 boss drop
- Event only
- 春雨 Harusame 2014 Summer event E-1 Complete reward, 2014 Fall Event E-1, E-2, E-3 boss node drop E-3 H node drop, 2015 Winter Event E-3 drop
- 大淀 Ooyodo 2014 Summer event E-2 Complete reward, 2014 Fall Event E-2 G node and boss node, E-4 boss node drop, 2015 Winter Event E-2 drop
- 時津風 Tokitsukaze 2014 Summer event E-4 Complete reward, 2014 Fall Event E-3 boss node drop, 2015 Winter Event E-1, E-3 drop
- 雲龍 Unryuu 2014 Summer event E-5 Complete reward, 2015 Winter Event E-4 drop
- 磯風 Isokaze 2014 Summer event E-6 Complete reward, 2015 Winter Event E-5 drop
- 清霜 Kiyoshimo 2014 Summer event E3, E6 boss node drop, 2014 Fall event all maps boss node drop, 2015 Winter event E-4 drop
- 早霜 Hayashimo 2014 Summer event E2, E4, E5, E6 boss node drop, 2014 Fall Event E-2 and E-4 boss node drop, 2015 Winter Event E-3 and E5 boss node drop
- 秋月 Akizuki 2014 Fall Event E-2 Completion reward
- プリンツ・オイゲン Prinz Eugen 2014 Fall Event E-3 Completion reward
- 野分 Nowaki 2014 Fall Event E-4 Completion reward
- 朝雲 Asagumo 2014 Fall Event E-2 boss E-3 boss E-3 J E-4 boss node drop
- U-511 2015 Winter Event E-3 Completion reward
- 香取 Katori 2015 Winter Event E-4 Completion reward
- 天城 Amagi 2015 Winter Event E-5 Completion reward
- 朝霜 Asashimo 2015 Winter Event E-4, E-5 drop
These ships may become buildable in future updates.
Ships buildable only via large construction
- 大和 Yamato 2013 August event E4 complete reward
- 三隈 Mikuma 4-3, 5-2 boss drop
- 能代 Noshiro 2013 November event E2 complete reward
- 武蔵 Musashi 2013 November event E5 complete reward
- 阿賀野 Agano 5-4 boss drop
- 矢矧 Yahagi
- 大鳳 Taihou
- あきつ丸 Akitsu Maru
- まるゆ Maruyu
- ビスマルク Bismarck
- 伊401 I-401 2013 Christmas event complete reward
Building recipes
DISCLAIMER: THESE RECIPES ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO GIVE YOU THE SHIP YOU WANT IN THE NUMBER OF CRAFTING ATTEMPTS THAT YOU CAN AFFORD. PERCENTAGES LISTED ON SOME RECIPES ARE SOURCED FROM wikiwiki.jp/kancolle AND ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF ACTUAL IN-GAME CHANCES.
PLEASE ADD NEW RECIPES YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE REVIEWED FOR ADDITION INTO THE SPECIAL TABLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SECTION.
Destroyer
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| 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | Mainly destroyers and light cruisers, with a small chance of heavy cruisers. No rare destroyers. Small chance of Yayoi, Yuubari. |
| 250 | 30 | 200 | 30 |
Includes chance of rare destroyers (Shimakaze, Yukikaze, Z3) and submarines (I-168, I-58, I-8). 1.22% Shimakaze, 1.71% Yukikaze, 2.6% for submarines. [1] |
| 250 | 130* | 200 | 30 | 1.47% Shimakaze, 1.24% Yukikaze. 2.87% for submarines. [3] |
- Recipe percentages don't count Z3 yet.
- It is highly likely that the Z1 unlock quest must be cleared before I-8 can construct Z3. Due to low sample size and lack of pictorial evidence other than collected construction data, avoid using her unless you've lost all your German ships after completing the quest.
Light cruiser
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| 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | Mainly destroyers and light cruisers, with a small chance of heavy cruisers. No rare destroyers. A small chance of Yuubari (1%). |
| 250 | 30 | 200 | 30 | Light cruisers, heavy cruisers, rare destroyers and submarines. |
Heavy cruiser
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| 250 | 30 | 200 | 30 | Light cruisers, heavy cruisers, rare destroyers and submarines. |
| 270 | 30 | 330 | 130 | Slightly higher chance for heavy cruisers. |
Battleship
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| 400 | 100 | 600 | 30 | BB (32.01%), CA (57.93%), CL (7.38%). |
| 500 | 30 | 600 | 30 | BB (32.01%), CA (58.63%), CL (6.87%), slim chance to result in Suzuya or Nagato-Class. |
Aircraft carrier
- See also: List of Light Carriers and List of Standard Carriers
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| 300 | 30 | 400 | 300 | Most common recipe. 7.9% chance for carrier. 32.3% light carrier [5] |
| 350 | 30 | 400 | 350 | 8.5% < 500 entries |
| 300 | 30 | 600 | 400 | 14.3% < 500 entries |
| 300 | 300 | 600 | 600 | 12% |
| 350 | 30 | 600 | 350 |
11.9% carrier, 32.7% light carrier [6] |
Submarine
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| 250 | 30 | 200 | 30 | SS (2.54%), recipe shared with rare destroyers and light cruisers. [7] >10000 entries |
| 250 | 130 | 200 | 30 | 3.03% [8] >5000 entries |
User-submitted recipes
DISCLAIMER : EVERY REMARK IS PERSONAL. RESULTS MAY VARY. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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| 300 | 30 | 400 | 401 | Aircraft carrier recipe |
| 430 | 30 | 430 | 330 | Rare Aircraft carrier recipe |
| 400 | 30 | 600 | 401 |
Battleship and Carrier recipe hybrid (Does not actually yield Battleships, Recipe requires further testing, 0 entries [0] ) |
| 350 | 130 | 400 | 350 | Light/Standard Aircraft recipe, 5.5% Kaga |
| 400 | 200 | 700 | 40 |
Battleship recipe ~8 entries, have SMALL Chance to result in Kongou Class and Yamashiro (Bauxite = 100) |
| 400 | 999 | 600 | 60 |
Battleship recipe |
| 400 | 999 | 730 | 60 |
Higher chance for Battleship |
| 300 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 19% carrier, 29.5% light carrier (Recipe requires further testing <500 entries) [9] |
| 330 | 430 | 530 | 430 | Chance for rare Light/Standard Aircraft Carriers [10] |
| 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | High chance for Standard Aircraft Carriers |
Large Ship Construction Recipe
Note: Based on Kancolle DB reports unless otherwise specified.* Results may vary.
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Ship Name | Kancolle DB Report | UnlockACGWebPro Report |
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| Any | Any | Any | Any | Any | Maruyu | 3-17% for all recipes.
Generally more common with fewer materials. |
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| 1500 | 1500 | 2000 | 1000 | 1 | Nagato-class Mogami-class Agano-class |
3.2% Nagato 6.2% Mutsu 3.2% Agano 2.1% Noshiro 1.7% Yahagi 2.1% Mikuma 3.0% Suzuya 3.2% Kumano 14.8% Maruyu (~25000 reports) |
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| 4000 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 20 | Taihou | 6.7% (1257 reports) | 5.2% (5805 reports) |
| 4000 | 2000 | 5000 | 6000 | 20 | Taihou | 6.5% (490 reports) | 5.7% (4231 reports) |
| 4000 | 2000 | 5000 | 5200 | 20 | Taihou | 5.4% (1318 reports) | 5.0% (13847 reports) |
| 3600 | 2000 | 5300 | 5200 | 20 | Taihou | 4.6% Taihou 7.0% Akitsumaru (717 reports) |
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| 1 | Akitsumaru | ||||||
| 4000 | 2000 | 5000 | 5500 | 20 | Taihou Akitsumaru |
6.0%Taihou (55 results) 8.6% Akitsumaru (78 results) (909 reports) |
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| 4000 | 6000 | 6000 | 3000 | 20 | Yamato-class Yamato Focus |
3.3% Yamato (50 results) 1.8% Musashi (28 results) 0.8% Bismarck (13 results) (1540 reports) Bismarck when using Z1, Z3, I-8 or Prinz Eugen as secretary. |
2.7% Yamato (594 results) 3.0% Musashi (681 results) (22362 reports) |
| 3.4% Bismarck (85 results) (2524 reports) | |||||||
| 4000 | 7000 | 7000 | 2000 | 20 | Yamato-class Musashi Focus |
2.8% Yamato (104 results) 5.6% Musashi (209 results) 0.4% Bismarck (16 results) (3708 reports) Bismarck when using Z1, Z3, I-8 or Prinz Eugen as secretary |
2.6% Yamato (165 results) 5.9% Musashi (380 results) (6409 reports) |
| 3.8% Bismarck (35 results) (920 reports) | |||||||
| 1 | I-401 | 3.2% Yamato (27 results) 4.1% I-401 (34 results) (839 reports) | |||||
| 6000 | 7000 | 7000 | 2000 | 20 | Yamato-class Musashi Focus |
2.7% Yamato (271 results) 7.2% Musashi (721 results) (9975 reports) | |
| 4000 | 6000 | 7000 | 2000 | 20 | Yamato-class Bismarck Focus |
1.3% Yamato (44 results) 2.1% Musashi (70 results) 6.2% Bismarck (212 results) (3407 reports) Bismarck when using Z1, Z3, I-8 or Prinz Eugen as secretary |
2.1% Yamato (295 results) 3.9% Musashi (543 results) (14091 reports) |
| 7.2% Bismarck (598 results) (8276 reports) | |||||||
| 4000 | 6000 | 6000 | 2000 | 20 | Yamato-class Most Reported |
2.2% Yamato (253 results) 1.6% Musashi (186 results) 1.8% Bismarck (208 results) 0.9% I-401 (108 results) (11760 reports) Bismarck when using Z1, Z3, I-8 or Prinz Eugen as secretary |
2.5% Yamato (1145 results) 2.9% Musashi (1301 results) 1.4% I-401 (613 results) (45344 reports) |
| 3.7% Bismarck (268 results) (7240 reports) | |||||||
| 1 | I-401 | 2.5% Yamato (465 results) 4.3% I-401 (793 results) (18440 reports) | |||||
| 4000 | 5900 | 6000 | 2000 | 1 | I-401 | 4.17% (1083 reports) | 4.98% (241 reports) |
| 4000 | 7000 | 7000 | 3000 | 1 | I-401 | 6.86% (306 reports) |
- Kancolle DB reports include all # development materials and secretary ships. This is especially noticeable for BB recipes where the number of attempts with/without Z1/Z3 skew the results towards either Bismarck or Yamato-class significantly. However, since the data sets are still significantly less biased than wikiwiki reports it still gives a better idea of what to expect.
- It is highly likely that the Z1 unlock quest must be cleared before I-8 or Prinz Eugen can construct German ships. Due to low sample size and lack of pictorial evidence other than collected construction data, avoid using her unless you've lost all your German ships after completing the quest.
- Bismarck and Musashi do not appear with 1 dev mat. Shioi chances are improved with 1 dev mat. Yamato appears with all dev mat inputs. Starting with Bismarck then Musashi construction can help save dev mats if you are aiming for all the ships in the long run.
LSC reports
The reports from the japanese wiki collected and visualized.
DO NOT TAKE THESE RESULTS WORD FOR WORD.
Note: It is far from accurate because success is more often posted than failures, avoid the ones with low sample size.
Links
Here are links to construction database. They have large data sets for popular recipes and are reliable indicators on the probabilities of getting which ship per recipe.
http://unlockacgweb.galstars.net/Kancollewiki/viewCreateShipLogList