Help:Ship Farming (Advanced)
This article aims to provide advice on the better ways to farm for certain ships in order to use them as Modernization fodder. Those ships notably include:
Maruyu
Maruyu Kai is the best way to reliably modernize the luck of any ship in the game.
- For more information on this topic, see Maruyu modding.
LSC
Maruyu is a reliable LSC craft
- She can be crafted by using the minimum resource amounts.
- Her crafting rate can be improved by crafting with as few "free docks" as possible.
- LSC attempts are advised only when reaching the resource caps in order to avoid wasting any resource gains.
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Sorties
Dropping Maruyu is usually the best way to farm her as it is generally cheaper than the LSC cost.
3-5
3-5 is the best place to farm Maruyu, being relatively cheap and fast. The main downsides are the morale drain resulting from ending the sortie on an "off-route node" and the low amount of ranking points awarded.
- It is important to first clear the map in order to have the proper drop rate.
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- This means it is impossible to get her here if the HQ is 84 or lower.
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Node H flagship is a soft-skin installation , requiring equipment such as  AA Shells and   Landing Equipment.
It is recommended to bring a Nelson-class to utilize her touch at node D. The CAV/AV should be preferably Mogami-class Kai Ni Toku As the final node is a resource node, it is possible to continue the sortie even when being taiha on H. The use of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4-5
4-5 has one of the cheapest comps to farm Maruyu and awards a large amount of ranking points relatively quickly. The main downside is the drop rate is reduced significantly when owning any copies of her.
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3% | 1.75% |
| All Other Enemy Compositions | 2% | 0.75% |
Therefore, it's only recommended to farm Maruyu here with 0 owned copies in the base.
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Node T flagship is a soft-skin installation Harbour Princess  , requiring equipment such as AA Shells and Landing Equipment to deal with her.
2 DDs should be capable of carrying
The last DD should be the one doing AACI duty, preferably Hatsuzuki Kai Ni
For the comp using Nelson-class, it's best to utilize her touch at node H.
All comps listed above have some upsides and downsides mainly due to the usage of Jets, so it's up to players to decide which comp is best for them:
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6-2
Drop rate: 2.0 %
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| It is advised to bring a Nelson-class to utilize her touch at node J.
The recommended CAV/AV are Mogami-class Kai Ni Toku This map is pretty simple and straight forward as you get better passing rate if your ships have higher armor, so for DDs, just stack all the bulges on them. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DE
DE are the best way to modernize the HP of any ship in the game, as well as the only way to modernize ASW and a good way to modernize Luck.
- For more information on this topic, see DE modding.
Sorties
- DE can only be obtained via drops, and only limited time drops so far. Thus, there is almost no truly reliable way to farm them.
- Unlike any other ship type in the game, DE are subject to unique drop cap behavior, similar to overfishing.
- To farm for them efficiently, knowing how their drop mechanic works is important.
- Having more than 3 duplicates of a certain DE will decrease its drop rate on all maps.
- Using an individual DE as fodder 10+ times will start decreasing its drop rate on all maps, as seen in map 1-3. It's safe to assume the same counter is applied for map 7-4.
- To farm for them efficiently, knowing how their drop mechanic works is important.
- For more information on this topic, see Overfishing Cap.
7-4
So far, only 7-4 has a constant set of DE drops, making it a reliable farming location.
- The drop rate of all DE here depends on the above-mentioned drop behaviors, as well as the current limited drop pool.
- To check their drop rate, please refer to KcNav or PoiDB.
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4 OASW (with 3 strongs) is the absolute minimum requirement to stabilize the route. Fewer than 4 will increase the retreat rate.
CVE should be either Zuihou or Ryuuhou for OASW. While not as strong as the strong OASW setup above, they can still sink some weaker submarines on the way. An AACI is recommended to disable the boss and pass node E on the way. There are a few compositions to pick from depending on who is on AACI duty (the clear rates generally do not differ much from one another).
Hyuuga Kai Ni All DE have damage, accuracy, and evasion bonuses here, so they can be a good option to bring along. One of them can be used as flagship to get as much EXP as possible, making this map one of the best options to grind them. Shigure also has great accuracy and evasion bonuses (but no damage bonus), being the only DD with any bonus here, making her a great DD pick when paired with her above mentioned RE capability. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The LBAS should have 4 fighters that will never be pulled out of this LBAS and never resupplied. Their slots will never go below 3 and can continue sortieing to keep the cost cheap.
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2-3 Farming
2-3 is also a great map to farm for several rare ships due to their equipment or great combat utility. Such ships are:
- Fletcher
, Johnston
for SG Radar (Initial Model)
and for AACI - Amatsukaze
for New Model High Temperature High Pressure Boiler
- Shinshuu Maru
for Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai
- Akizuki
, Hatsuzuki
for AACI. - Amagiri
for PT Imp Pack
targeting.
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| Highest chance to reach the boss from node F (80 % (Lower route) + 20 % x 90 % (Upper route) = 98%), making this comp the best comp for farming
Relies on opening airstrike with
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