Introduction
This article aims to provide a rough guide to help you decide on what to spend your screws on. Because of the way most improvement bonuses are square rooted, the first upgrade provides you with the largest gain. Therefore it is critical to get important equipment to ★+1 before working on others.
Please refer to Akashi-List or Improvement for more details on the process.
The Breakpoint Myth
Breakpoints refer to points where upgrade bonuses reach whole numbers. These points are stressed because of the way the game rounds down the results of most formulas. The misconception is that a 1.99 bonus is just as good as a 1.00 bonus because of rounding. While there is a slight grain of truth to the myth, things get a little complex in practice. Due to how many multipliers and other bonuses are involved, trying to hit equipment upgrade breakpoints doesn't affect very much in the grand scheme of things.
The most important thing to do is to upgrade your equipment to certain critical points:
- ★+1 - Provides the biggest power increase. Only applies to equipment with square rooted bonus curves.
- ★+6 - The point when failures start to kick in and costs take a large jump.
- ★MAX - The final step to maximise upgrade bonuses.
Upgrade Priority
Very High
| Equipment Type | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Main Gun | Small | 10cm Twin High-angle Mount + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director |
| Medium | 20.3cm(no.3) Twin Gun Mount | |
| Large | Prototype 35.6cm Triple Gun Mount · Prototype 41cm Triple Gun Mount | |
| Anti-Air Gun | 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher[1] | |
| Torpedo | 61cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount · 61cm Quint (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount · Prototype 61cm Sextuple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount | |
| Carrier Plane | Fighter | Zero Fighter Type 52 Model A (Iwamoto Squadron) |
| Seaplane | Recon | Type 0 Recon Seaplane[2] |
| SONAR | Type 4 SONAR | |
| Shell | Type 91 Armor-Piercing (AP) Shell · Type 1 Armor-Piercing (AP) Shell | |
| Landing Craft | Type 2 Ka-Mi Tank | |
| Misc Equipment | Searchlight | |
- ↑ To upgrade into 12cm 30 Tube Rocket Launcher Kai 2.
- ↑ To upgrade into Type 2 Seaplane Fighter Kai
High
| Equipment Type | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Main Gun | Small | 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-C Kai 2 · 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-B Kai 4 (Wartime Modifications) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director |
| Medium | 8inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.9 · 8inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.9 mod.2 | |
| Large | 46cm Triple Gun Mount[1] · 16in Triple Gun Mount Mk.7 · 41cm Triple Gun Mount Kai Ni · 46cm Triple Gun Mount Kai | |
| Torpedo | 61cm Triple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model · 61cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model | |
| Carrier Plane | Fighter | Zero Fighter Type 52 Model C (601 Air Group)[2] · F4F-3[3] · F4F-4[3] · F6F-3[3] · F6F-5[3] |
| Dive Bomber | Zero Fighter Type 62 (Fighter-bomber/Iwai Squadron) | |
| Seaplane | Recon | Type 98 Recon Seaplane (Night Scout) |
| Fighter | Type 2 Seaplane Fighter Kai · Kyoufuu Kai | |
| Other Aircraft | Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III A | |
| Landing Craft | Daihatsu-class Landing Craft (Type 89 Medium Tanks & Marines) | |
| Misc Equipment | Type 96 150cm Searchlight | |
- ↑ To upgrade to 46cm Triple Gun Mount Kai.
- ↑ For conversion into Reppuu (601 Air Group).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 For night fighter quest chain.
Medium
| Equipment Type | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Main Gun | Small | 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-D Kai 2 · 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-A Kai 3 (Wartime Modifications) + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director |
| Shell | Type 3 Shell[1] | |
| Misc Equipment | Shipborne Model Type 4 20cm Anti-ground Rocket Launcher[2] | |
- ↑ To upgrade to Type 3 Shell Kai.
- ↑ To upgrade to Type 4 20cm Anti-ground Rocket Launcher (Concentrated Deployment).
Low
| Equipment Type | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Main Gun | Large | 16in Triple Gun Mount Mk.7 + GFCS · Prototype 51cm Twin Gun Mount · 51cm Twin Gun Mount |
| Carrier Plane | Torpedo Bomber | Type 97 Torpedo Bomber · Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (931 Air Group) · Prototype Type 97 Torpedo Bomber Kai No. 3 Model E (w/ Type 6 Airborne Radar Kai) |
| Seaplane | Bomber | Zuiun Model 12 (634 Air Group)[1] · Zuiun Kai Ni (634 Air Group)[1] |
| Other Aircraft | Prototype Keiun[2] | |
| Depth Charge | Type 3 Depth Charge | |
Very Low
| Equipment Type | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Main Gun | Small | · |
| Medium | ||
| large | ||
| Anti-Air Gun | ||
| Torpedo | ||
| Carrier Plane | Fighter | |
| Torpedo Bomber | ||
| Dive Bomber | ||
| Seaplane | Recon | |
| Bomber | ||
| Fighter | ||
| Other Aircraft | ||
| SONAR | ||
| Depth Charge | ||
| Shell | ||
| Landing Craft | ||
| Misc Equipment | ||
See Also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 For conversion into skilled version.
- ↑ To convert into Jet Keiun Kai.