Overview
Ship Locking is a mechanic that forces Admirals to use a wider variety of ship girls. It was introduced during the Summer 2014 Event. It is meant to simulate the feel of a multiple-front operation where ship girls dispatched to one operation area are unavailable to be dispatched to others.
- Any untagged ship girls dispatched to an operation area will be tagged with the appropriate lock.
- This will apply immediately after the start sortie button is pressed.
- Ship girls dispatched on Support Expeditions will not be tagged.
- Ship girls will not be able to sortie to a map that does not match their tag for the duration of the event.
- This applies to both fleets in a Combined Fleet.
- Ship locking does not apply to Easy and Casual difficulties.
- Ship locking may not apply to Medium difficulty. Please refer to the current event page for more up-to-date information on this.
- Some maps may still prevent tagged ship girls from being dispatched despite not having a related locking tag.
- Ship lock tags apply individually. Untagged duplicates may be sortied.
- Ship locks do not prevent a ship girl from being dispatched to exercises, expeditions, or normal sortie maps.
- Tagged ship girls were unable to be dispatched on event support expeditions during the Summer 2014 Event. This restriction has not been implemented since that event.
- The number of tags and their associated restrictions can vary from event to event. Please refer to the current event page for up-to-date details.
Since Summer 2021 Event, a new button is available in the Fleet menu during events, when selecting a ship. On the top-right corner, it can either display :
- all the ships
- only locked ships
- only available ships (with no lock).
Tips
- It is highly recommended to wait until ship locking information for the event has been figured out before committing. This can save important ship girls to be locked on "wrong maps".
- Having dupes of good ship girls can give more leeway with planning ship locks. Please refer to the help page for advice on which girls to dupe.
Past Ship Locks
| Fall 2015 Event
|
Transport Operation
(E-1, E-2, and E-3)
Dispatched on Operation
(E-4)
|
| Summer 2017 Event
|
Western Operation Force
(E-2 and E-3)
1st Special Operations Fleet
(E-5)
2nd Special Operations Fleet
(E-6)
|
| Early Fall 2018 Event
|
Dispatched to Strait Fleet
(E-2)
Western Operations Force
(E-3)
European Special Operations Fleet
(E-4)
Operation Rheinübung Force
(E-5)
|
| Summer 2021 Event
|
1st Special Squadron
(E-1)
2nd Special Squadron
(E-2)
The 10th Submarine Squadron
(E-3)
|
| Winter 2022 Event
|
South-Western fleet
(E-1, E2, & E4)
Combined Fleet
(E-3 & E-5)
Striking Force Fleet
(E-5)
Decisive Battle Fleet
(E-5)
|
See Also
Help:Ship Priority
