Changes

#* Some improvements on equipment can add some additional [[#Visible Fit Bonuses|Visible Fit Bonuses]].

#* Some improvements on equipment can add some additional [[#Visible Fit Bonuses|Visible Fit Bonuses]].

#** This works on an equipment-to-equipment and ship-to-ship basis with no general rule.

#** This works on an equipment-to-equipment and ship-to-ship basis with no general rule.

# Equipped equipment cannot be improved.

# Most conversion quests (e.g. {{Q|F62}}), allow to use improved equipment, but any {{Star}} are lost during conversion.

#* There is an option to unequip the equipment from the improvement list.

# Certain conversion quests that do not require improved equipment, will carry over any {{Star}} from the required equipment to the upgraded equipment.

#*So far, this is only applicable to quests {{Q|F13}}, {{Q|F14}}, {{Q|F15}}, {{Q|F19}}, {{Q|F24}}, {{Q|F26}}, {{Q|F28}}, {{Q|F29}}, {{Q|F30}}, {{Q|Fm1}}, and {{Q|Fm2}}.

#* This is currently the '''only''' way to obtain improved versions of the {{Equipment/Link|Tenzan Model 12 (Tomonaga Squadron)}}, {{Equipment/Link|Suisei (Egusa Squadron)}} & {{Equipment/Link|Reppuu (601 Air Group)}} (through F13-14-15 respectively, unimprovable otherwise).

#* '''Materials ({{DM}}{{IM}}) and any fodder equipment are still lost on failure.'''

#** [[Item]]s are not lost.

#* The equipment being improved is never lost.

#* It is '''recommended''' to use the guaranteed improvement toggle when dealing with expensive improvements and/or rare fodder at {{Star}}'''+6''' and beyond.

#* [[Akashi Kai]] has a higher success rate than her base version.

# Certain conversion quests like '''{{Q|F13}}''', '''{{Q|F14}}''', '''{{Q|F15}}''', '''{{Q|F19}}''', {{Q|Fm1}}, and {{Q|F24}} to {{Q|F30}}, that do not require improved equipment, will carry over any {{Star}} to the upgraded equipment.

#* This is currently the '''only''' way to obtain improved versions of the {{Equipment/Link|Tenzan Model 12 (Tomonaga Squadron)}}, {{Equipment/Link|Suisei (Egusa Squadron)}} & {{Equipment/Link|Reppuu (601 Air Group)}} (unimprovable otherwise).

# Certain conversion quests like {{Q|F62}}, {{Q|F89}}, {{Q|F70}}, and {{Q|F107}}, allow to use improved equipment, but any {{Star}} are lost during conversion.

=Improvement Success Rates=

=Improvement Success Rates=