Construction

Introduction

Construction Menu as shown

Large Ship Construction Menu as shown

Construction is accessible from the Arsenal menu. It allows you to build new ship girls. Note that not all ship girls are available from construction. Some are drops from normal maps, others are event exclusive. See below for details.

For a more comprehensive list of construction recipes and rates, please see PoiDB's construction page.

Construction Types

Normal Construction

This is the basic construction method. Recipes range from 30-999 Fuel , Ammo , Steel and Bauxite . Each attempt costs 1 development material . Speeding up construction costs 1 instant construction .

Construction results are independent of HQ level or flagship, and are solely determined by the amount of resources and devmats used. It is sometimes more resource efficient to find your desired ship in sorties as a drop rather than building them, farming ships through sorties also has the added benefit of training your ships.

Large Ship Construction

Large Ship Construction (LSC) allows you to build rarer ships in exchange for more resource inputs. Recipes range from 1500-700 Fuel and Ammo ; 2000-7000 Steel and 1000-7000 Bauxite . Each attempt costs either 1, 10 or 20 development materials . Speeding up construction costs 10 instant construction .

LSC is unlocked by completing two quests:

1. Complete Modernization Quest: You will be required to successfully modernize a ship 4 times.
2. Complete Crafting Quest: You will be required to scrap equipment four times (i.e. perform the scrap action four times, **not** scrap four pieces of equipment)

According to the official Twitter, having empty construction docks very slightly increases the chances of obtaining rarer ships. This statement has not been fully tested yet.

Unlike normal construction, certain ships require specific flagships in order to be built. For example, constructing Saratoga requires either Kamoi or Iowa (both american-made ships).

LSC Only

Ship Type	Name
Light Cruiser	Agano · Noshiro · Yahagi
Heavy Cruiser	Mikuma · Zara
Battleship	Yamato · Musashi · Bismarck
Carrier	Taihou · Saratoga
Submarine	Maruyu · I-400
Seaplane Tender	Mizuho
Auxiliary	Akitsu Maru · Kamoi

Construction Timers

The times below reflect the type of ship or specific ship you will obtain after hitting the build button.

Time	Ship Class	Result	Note
00:17:00	Transport Submarine	Maruyu	Maruyu can only be built through large-scale construction.
00:18:00	Destroyer	Mutsuki class	Uzuki is unbuildable.
00:20:00		Fubuki class, Ayanami class, Akatsuki class, Hatsuharu class
00:22:00		Shiratsuyu class, Asashio class	Harusame, Asagumo and Yamagumo are unbuildable.
	Submarine	I-168, I-58, I-8
00:24:00	Destroyer	Kagerou class, Type 1934 Class	Yukikaze is included with the Kagerou-class.
00:30:00		Shimakaze
01:00:00	Light Cruiser	Tenryuu class, Kuma class, Nagara class, Sendai class	Kinu and Abukuma of the Nagara-class take longer to build.
		Agano class	Agano, Noshiro and Yahagi can only be built through large-scale construction. Sakawa is entirely unbuildable.
	Heavy Cruiser	Furutaka class, Aoba class
01:10:00	Training Cruiser	Katori
01:10:00	Heavy Cruiser	Zara	Can only be built through large-scale construction.
01:15:00	Light Cruiser	Kinu, Abukuma
01:20:00	Heavy Cruiser	Myoukou class
01:22:00	Light Cruiser	Yuubari
01:25:00	Heavy Cruiser	Takao class
01:30:00		Tone class, Mogami class	Mikuma can only be built through large-scale construction.
02:00:00	Light Aircraft Carrier	Houshou
02:20:00	Seaplane Tender	Chitose, Chiyoda, Mizuho	Mizuho LSC only ?
	Fleet Oiler	Kamoi	Can only be built through large-scale construction.
02:30:00	Amphibious Assault Ship	Akitsu Maru	Can only be built through large-scale construction.
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	Can only be built through large-scale construction.
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	Bismarck can only be built through large-scale construction.
06:00:00	Regular Aircraft Carrier	Shoukaku, Zuikaku
06:40:00	Armored Aircraft Carrier	Taihou	Can only be built through large-scale construction.
08:00:00	Heavy Battleship	Yamato, Musashi	Can only be built through large-scale construction.

Unbuildable Ships

These ships may become buildable in future updates.

See Also

PoiDB Construction Database - https://db.kcwiki.org/construction/
Common Recipes