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).

Ships buildable only via large construction

  • 大和 Yamato 2013 August event E4 complete reward
  • 三隈 Mikuma 4-3, 5-2 boss drop
  • 能代 Noshiro 2013 November event E2 complete reward
  • 武蔵 Musashi 2013 November event E5 complete reward
  • 阿賀野 Agano 5-4 boss drop
  • 矢矧 Yahagi
  • 大鳳 Taihou
  • あきつ丸 Akitsu Maru
  • まるゆ Maruyu
  • ビスマルク Bismarck
  • 伊401 I-401 2013 Christmas event complete reward
  • Zara Zara Winter 2016 Event Reward
  • 瑞穂 Mizuho Summer 2015 Event Reward, 5-3 Boss Drop, 6-4 Boss Drop
  • 神威 Kamoi
  • Saratoga Saratoga Fall 2016 Event Reward

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

Available from Sortie
  • 舞風 Maikaze 3-3 random drop, 5-2 boss drop, 5-5 random drop
  • 初風 Hatsukaze 3-4 and 5-5 (all from bosses)
  • 夕雲 Yuugumo 2-5, 4-2, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4 drop (all from bosses), 6-2 random drop
  • 巻雲 Makigumo 1-4, 2-3, 2-5, 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, 6-2 drop (all from bosses), 2-4, 5-4, 5-5 random drop
  • 長波 Naganami 3-2, 3-5, 4-4, 5-1, 5-3, 6-1 drop (all from bosses), 5-4 random drop
  • 酒匂 Sakawa 6-2 Boss Drop
  • 卯月 Uzuki 2-5, 3-4, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-1 drop (all from bosses)
  • 浦風 Urakaze 2-4, 2-5, 4-2, 4-3 Boss Drop
  • 谷風 Tanikaze 3-5 drop
  • 浜風 Hamakaze 2-2, 3-3, 4-2, 4-4, 5-2, 5-4, 5-5, 6-2 drop (all from bosses), 2-5, 6-1 random drop
  • 伊19 I-19 2-5, 3-5, 5-4, 5-5 drop (all from bosses), 1-5, 6-1 random drop
  • 天津風 Amatsukaze 3-5 boss node drop
  • 明石 Akashi 1,5 Boss Drop (for those who don't have her), 2-5 Boss Drop (for those who don't have her), 3-5, 6-2 Random Drop
  • 大淀 Ooyodo 1-6 random drop
  • 大鯨 Taigei 2-4, 2-5, 3-4, 3-5, 4-4, 5-2, 5-5, 6-1 drop (all from bosses)
  • 朝雲 Asagumo 1-6 random drop
  • 山雲 Yamagumo 2-4, 3-3, 3-5 Boss Node drop
  • 清霜 Kiyoshimo 4-5 Boss Node Drop
  • 早霜 Hayashimo 4-5 Boss Node Drop
  • 朝霜 Asashimo 4-5, 6-5 Boss Node Drop
  • 時津風 Tokitsukaze 6-4 Boss Node Drop
  • 野分 Nowaki 4-5, 6-5 Boss node Drop
  • 春雨 Harusame 6-2 and 6-5 Boss node Drop
  • 雲龍 Unryuu 6-2 Boss Node Drop
  • 江風 Kawakaze 2-5 boss node drop
  • 秋津洲 Akitsushima, 6-4 node drop
  • 鹿島 Kashima 6-5 Boss Drop
  • 風雲 Kazagumo 3-5 Boss Node Drop
  • 海風 Umikaze 6-5 Boss Node Drop
  • 高波 Takanami 6-5 Boss Node Drop
  • 沖波 Okinami 6-5 Boss Node Drop
  • 浦波 Uranami 2-4 Drop, 4-1 Boss Node, 5-1 Boss Node, 6-2 Boss Node
  • リベッチオ Libeccio 4-5 Drop
Event Only
  • プリンツ・オイゲン Prinz Eugen 2014 Fall event E-3 Completion reward
  • 天城 Amagi 2015 Winter Event E-5 Completion reward
  • 磯風 Isokaze 2014 Summer event E-6 completion reward, 2015 Winter event E-5 drop
  • 秋月 Akizuki 2014 Fall event E-2 Completion reward
  • U-511, 2015 Winter event E-3 completion reward.
  • Katsuragi, 2015 Spring event E-2 completion reward.
  • Littorio 2015 Spring event E-4 completion reward.
  • Roma, initially a random drop from E-6 of the 2015 Spring event.
  • Takanami, initially a random drop from numerous maps in the 2015 Spring event.
  • Teruzuki
  • Akizuki
  • Hatsuzuki
  • Arashi
  • Hagikaze
  • Jervis
  • Graf Zeppelin
  • Suzutsuki
  • Iowa, 2016 Summer Event E-7 Completion reward, returned as a drop from E-7 of the Winter 2018 event.
  • Tashkent
  • Gambier Bay 2018 Winter Event E-4 completion reward.
  • Intrepid, 2018 Winter Event E-7 completion reward.

These ships may become buildable in future updates.

See Also

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

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