Construction

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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 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 1500-7000 Fuel   and Ammo  ; 2000-7000 Steel   and 1000-7000 Bauxite  . Each attempt costs either 1, 20 or 100 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).

Secretary Ship

Without certain secretary ships (1st fleet flagship), foreign ships can't be crafted.

Special Construction Requirements
Required Secretary Ship Ship added to craft pool Notes
Normal Construction
 
Z1
 
Z3
Quest D8 MUST be completed first.[citation needed]
 
Z3
 
Z1
Large Ship Construction
 
Z1
 
Z3
 
Bismarck
 
Libeccio
 
Pola
 
Zara
 
Kamoi
 
Iowa
 
Saratoga
 
Kongou Kai Ni
 
Warspite
Kongou must be Kai Ni /C 
 
Warspite
 
Ark Royal

Construction Timers

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

Time Ship Type Result Note
00:17:00 Submarine Maruyu  LSC
00:18:00 Destroyer Mutsuki class 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
00:20:00 Fubuki class 
 
 
 
 
 
, Ayanami class 
 
 
 
 
 
, Akatsuki class 
 
 
 
, Hatsuharu class 
 
 
 
00:22:00 Shiratsuyu class 
 
 
 
 
 
, Asashio class 
 
 
 
 
 
Submarine I-168 , I-58 , I-8 
00:24:00 Destroyer Kagerou class 
 
 
 
 
(including Yukikaze  and Akigumo ), Type 1934 class 
 
00:30:00 Shimakaze 
01:00:00 Light Cruiser Tenryuu class 
 
, Kuma class 
 
 
 
 
, Nagara , Natori , Yura , Sendai class 
 
 
Agano , Noshiro , Yahagi , (Sakawa  is unbuildable) LSC
Heavy Cruiser Furutaka class 
 
, Aoba class 
 
01:10:00 Training Cruiser Katori 
Kashima  LSC
Heavy Cruiser Zara  LSC
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 Mogami , Suzuya , Kumano , Tone class 
 
Mikuma  LSC
02:00:00 Light Aircraft Carrier Houshou 
02:20:00 Seaplane Tender Chitose , Chiyoda 
Mizuho  LSC
Fleet Oiler Kamoi  LSC
02:30:00 Amphibious Assault Ship Akitsu Maru  LSC
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  LSC
03:40:00 Fleet Oiler Hayasui  LSC
04:00:00 Fast Battleship Kongou class 
 
 
 
04:10:00 Regular Aircraft Carrier Souryuu , Hiryuu 
Ark Royal  LSC
04:20:00 Battleship Fusou , Yamashiro 
Regular Aircraft Carrier Kaga 
04:30:00 Battleship Ise , Hyuuga 
Regular Aircraft Carrier Akagi 
04:40:00 Battleship Warspite  LSC
05:00:00 Battleship Nagato , Mutsu 
Bismarck  LSC
05:30:00 Regular Aircraft Carrier Saratoga  LSC
06:00:00 Regular Aircraft Carrier Shoukaku , Zuikaku 
06:40:00 Armored Aircraft Carrier Taihou  LSC
08:00:00 Battleship Yamato , Musashi  LSC

Ship Availability

Ship Availability
Ship Type Buidable Unbuidable
Craftable LSC only Drops Event Only
Coastal Defense Ship Hirato Kaiboukan No.22 · Shounan · Inagi · Noumi · Kurahashi · Ukuru · Shimushu · Kunashiri · Hachijou · Ishigaki · Etorofu · Matsuwa · Sado · Tsushima · Fukae · Mikura · Yashiro · Hiburi · Daitou · Kaiboukan No.4 · Kaiboukan No.30
Destroyer Mutsuki · Kisaragi · Yayoi · Satsuki · Fumizuki · Nagatsuki · Kikuzuki · Mikazuki · Mochizuki · Fubuki · Shirayuki · Hatsuyuki · Miyuki · Murakumo · Isonami · Ayanami · Shikinami · Oboro · Akebono · Sazanami · Ushio · Akatsuki · Hibiki · Ikazuchi · Inazuma · Hatsuharu · Nenohi · Wakaba · Hatsushimo · Shiratsuyu · Shigure · Murasame · Yuudachi · Samidare · Suzukaze · Asashio · Ooshio · Michishio · Arashio · Arare · Kasumi · Kagerou · Shiranui · Kuroshio · Yukikaze · Akigumo · Shimakaze · Z1 · Z3 Kamikaze · Asakaze · Hatakaze · Uzuki · Minazuki · Uranami · Amagiri · Sagiri · Harusame · Umikaze · Yamakaze · Kawakaze · Asagumo · Yamagumo · Oyashio · Hatsukaze · Amatsukaze · Tokitsukaze · Urakaze · Isokaze · Hamakaze · Tanikaze · Nowaki · Arashi · Hagikaze · Maikaze · Yuugumo · Makigumo · Kazagumo · Naganami · Takanami · Fujinami · Okinami · Kishinami · Asashimo · Hayashimo · Kiyoshimo · Libeccio Yuugure · Javelin · Hayashio · Heywood L. Edwards · Shirakumo · Natsugumo · Tamanami · Ume · Fuyutsuki · Harukaze · Matsukaze · Usugumo · Ariake · Minegumo · Makinami · Suzunami · Hayanami · Hamanami · Akishimo · Akizuki · Teruzuki · Suzutsuki · Hatsuzuki · Matsu · Take · Momo · Maestrale · Grecale · Scirocco · Fletcher · Johnston · Samuel B. Roberts · Jervis · Janus · Tashkent
Light Cruiser Tenryuu · Tatsuta · Kuma · Tama · Kitakami · Ooi · Kiso · Nagara · Isuzu · Natori · Yura · Kinu · Abukuma · Sendai · Jintsuu · Naka · Yuubari Agano · Noshiro · Yahagi Sakawa · Ooyodo Brooklyn · Duca degli Abruzzi · Giuseppe Garibaldi · Honolulu · Helena · Atlanta · Sheffield · Gotland · De Ruyter · Perth
Heavy Cruiser Furutaka · Kako · Aoba · Kinugasa · Myoukou · Nachi · Ashigara · Haguro · Takao · Atago · Maya · Choukai · Mogami · Suzuya · Kumano · Tone · Chikuma Mikuma · Zara Pola Tuscaloosa · Prinz Eugen · Northampton · Houston
Batleship Kongou · Hiei · Haruna · Kirishima · Fusou · Yamashiro · Ise · Hyuuga · Nagato · Mutsu Bismarck · Yamato · Musashi · Warspite Massachusetts · Jean Bart · Littorio · Roma · Washington · South Dakota · Iowa · Richelieu · Gangut · Rodney · Nevada · Maryland · Conte di Cavour · Colorado · Nelson
Light Carrier Houshou · Ryuujou · Shouhou · Zuihou · Hiyou · Junyou Gambier Bay Yawata Maru · Langley · Kasuga Maru · Shinyou
Standard Carrier Akagi · Kaga · Souryuu · Hiryuu · Shoukaku · Zuikaku Saratoga · Ark Royal · Taihou Unryuu Ranger · Amagi · Katsuragi · Graf Zeppelin · Aquila · Intrepid · Hornet · Victorious
Submarine I-168 · I-8 · I-58 Maruyu · I-401 I-19 · Luigi Torelli C.Cappellini · Scamp · Salmon · Drum · I-201 · I-26 · I-47 · I-203 · U-511 · I-41 · I-36 · I-13 · I-14 · I-400
Auxiliary Chitose · Chiyoda · Katori Mizuho · Akitsu Maru · Kashima · Kamoi · Hayasui Akitsushima · Akashi · Taigei Nisshin · Commandant Teste · Kumano Maru · No.101 Transport Ship · Shinshuu Maru · Heian Maru · Jingei · Chougei · Asahi · Yamashio Maru · Souya
  • Some ships are rewarded in Quests.
  • Some ships may become buildable in future updates.

Building recipes

Disclaimers
  • These recipes are not guaranteed to give the exact ship wanted in any reasonable number of crafting attempts.
  • Percentages listed are sourced from the drop databases and may not be representative of the real craft rates.
  • Some ships require special Secretary to be crafted (see here).

Destroyer / Light Cruiser / Heavy cruiser / Submarine

        Notes
30 30 30 30 Mainly common destroyers and light cruisers. No rare destroyers. Small chance of Akigumo, Yayoi, & Yuubari.
250 30 200 30 Heavy cruisers, submarines, rare light Cruisers, and rare destroyers. Small chance to yield training cruiser Katori.

Includes chance of rare destroyers (Shimakaze, Yukikaze) and submarines (I-168, I-58, I-8).
1.22 % Shimakaze, 1.71 % Yukikaze, 2.6 % for submarines. [1]
Z3 when using Z1 as Secretary.
Z1 when using Z3 as Secretary.

  • Recipe percentages do not count Z1 & Z3 yet.

Battleship

        Notes
400 100 600 30 BB (32.01 %), CA (57.93 %), CL (7.38 %).

2.98 % Suzuya, 2.53 % Mutsu, 1.49 % Nagato. [2]

Standard Carrier / Light Carrier

        Notes
300 30 400 300 Most common recipe. 7.9 % chance for carriers. 32.3 % light carrier [3]
Minimum amount needed to possibly create a CV/CVL according to KC Kai data.
350 30 400 350 8.5 % < 500 entries
300 30 600 400 14.3 % < 500 entries
350 30 600 350 11.9 % carrier, 32.7 % light carrier [4]

Large Ship Construction Recipe

Using any of the above mentioned Helper is either required or discouraged, depending on the targeted craft.

  • When crafting a ship requiring a helper, then said helper is mandatory,
  • However, when crafting any other ship, using those helpers will decrease the crafting rate of the targeted ship.
          Focused Ship Crafting rate Sample size Helper? Notes
Any Any Any Any Any Maruyu 14.9 % with 1.5/1.5/2/1
6.2 % with 4/6/6/2
- Using fewer resources increases the rate
1500 1500 2000 1000 1 Nagato-class
Mogami-class
Agano-class
3.2 % Nagato; 6.2 % Mutsu
2.1 % Mikuma; 3.0 % Suzuya; 3.2 % Kumano
3.2 % Agano; 2.1 % Noshiro; 1.7 % Yahagi
25 000
4000 2000 5000 7000 20 Taihou 5.5 % 7 062
4000 2000 5000 6000 20 Taihou 5.7 % 4 721
4000 2000 5000 5200 20 Taihou 5.0 % 15 165
3600 2000 5300 5200 20 Taihou 4.6 % 717 Lacking data
3600 2000 5300 5200 1 Akitsu Maru 7.0 % 717 Lacking data
4000 2000 5000 5500 20 Taihou
Akitsu Maru
6.0 % Taihou
8.6 % Akitsu Maru
909 Lacking data
4000 6000 6000 3000 20 Yamato-class
Yamato focus
2.7 % Yamato
2.9 % Musashi
23 902
Bismarck 2.4 % 4 064 ✔️ Yamato-class possible
4000 7000 7000 2000 20 Yamato-class
Musashi focus
2.7 % Yamato
5.8 % Musashi
10 117
Bismarck 1.1 % 4 628 ✔️ Yamato-class possible
4000 7000 7000 2000 1 I-401
Yamato
4.1 % I-401
3.2 % Yamato
4 547
6000 7000 7000 2000 20 Yamato-class
Musashi focus
2.7 % Yamato
7.2 % Musashi
9 975
4000 6000 7000 2000 20 Yamato-class
Bismarck focus
1.9 % Yamato
3.5 % Musashi
17 498 Should uses Bismarck's helpers
6.9% Bismarck 11 683 ✔️
4000 6000 6000 2000 20 Yamato-class 2.4 % Yamato
2.6 % Musashi
1.3 % I-401
57 104 Most Reported
Bismarck 2.5 % 19 000 ✔️
4000 6000 6000 2000 1 I-401
Yamato
4.3 % I-401
2.5 % Yamato
30 200
4000 5900 6000 2000 1 I-401 4.3 % 1 324 Lacking data
4000 7000 7000 3000 1 I-401 6.9 % 306 Lacking data
3000 4500 4500 2000 20 Zara 3.3 % 3627 ✔️
3500 3500 6000 6000 20 Kamoi 1.5 % 4796
4000 2000 5000 6000
7000
20 Kamoi
Saratoga
2.8 % Kamoi
2.0 % Saratoga
19 350 ✔️
7000 7000 7000 3000 20 Warspite 1.9% 161 ✔️ Lacking data
4000 2000 5000 5200 20 Ark Royal ? % N/A ✔️ Lacking data
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Kashima ? % N/A Lacking data
?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Hayasui ? % N/A Lacking data
Notes
  • Regarding the use of 1/20/100   Devmats:
    • The amount used affects the pool of craftable ships, with some ships only appearing with 20+ Devmats.
    • Using 100 Devmats does give better rates for some heavier ships, but the gain is often too marginal to justify this cost increase.
    • E.g.:
      • I-401 chances are improved with 1 dev mat.
      • Yamato appears with all dev mat inputs.
      • Bismarck and Musashi do not appear with 1 dev mat.
      • Aiming for Bismarck before Musashi can help save both resources and Devmats as Musashi can always appear from a Bismarck attempt, but not necessarily the other way around (if a German ship is not used).
Sources
  • Based on Poi-Statistics and UnlockACGWebPro reports.
  • Kancolle DB reports include all development materials and Secretary used. This is especially noticeable for BB recipes where the number of attempts with/without Z1/Z3 skew the results towards either Bismarck or Yamato-class significantly. However, since the data sets are still significantly less biased than wikiwiki reports, it gives a better idea of what to expect.
See also

See Also

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