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.

Normal Construction
Ship Type Name
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 · Kasumi · Arare · Kagerou · Shiranui · Kuroshio · Akigumo · Shimakaze · Z1 · Z3
Light Cruiser Tenryuu · Tatsuta · Kuma · Tama · Kitakami · Ooi · Kiso · Nagara · Isuzu · Natori · Yura · Kinu · Abukuma · Yuubari · Sendai · Jintsuu · Naka
Heavy Cruiser Furutaka · Kako · Aoba · Kinugasa · Myoukou · Nachi · Ashigara · Haguro · Takao · Atago · Maya · Choukai · Mogami · Suzuya · Kumano · Tone · Chikuma
Battleship Kongou · Hiei · Haruna · Kirishima · Fusou · Yamashiro · Ise · Hyuuga · Nagato · Mutsu
Light Carrier Houshou · Ryuujou · Hiyou · Junyou · Zuihou · Shouhou
Carrier Akagi · Kaga · Souryuu · Hiryuu · Shoukaku · Zuikaku
Submarine I-168 · I-8 · I-58
Seaplane Tender Chitose · Chiyoda
Auxiliary Katori

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).


LSC Only
Ship Type Name
Light Cruiser Agano · Noshiro · Yahagi
Heavy Cruiser Mikuma · Zara
Battleship Yamato · Musashi · Bismarck
Carrier Taihou · Saratoga
Submarine Maruyu · I-400
Seaplane Tender Mizuho
Auxiliary Akitsu Maru · Kamoi

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

Drops
Ship Type Name
Destroyer Kamikaze · Asakaze · 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 · Okinami · Kishinami · Asashimo · Hayashimo · Kiyoshimo · Libeccio · Z1
Destroyer Escort Etorofu · Matsuwa · Sado · Tsushima · Fukae
Light Cruiser Sakawa · Ooyodo
Carrier Unryuu
Submarine I-19
Seaplane Tender Akitsushima
Auxiliary Akashi · Hayasui · Kashima · Taigei
Event Only
Ship Type Name
Destroyer Harukaze · Matsukaze · Hatakaze · Minegumo · Fujinami · Hayanami · Hamanami · Kishinami · Akishimo · Akizuki · Teruzuki · Hatsuzuki · Suzutsuki · Maestrale · Grecale · Jervis · Janus · Tashkent · Samuel B. Roberts · Fletcher · Johnston
Destroyer Escort Shimushu · Kunashiri · Ishigaki · Hachijou · Hirato · Mikura · Hiburi · Daitou
Light Cruiser Gotland · Duca degli Abruzzi · Giuseppe Garibaldi · Perth · De Ruyter · Atlanta
Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen · Pola · Houston
Battleship Littorio · Roma · Iowa · Warspite · Gangut · Richelieu · Nelson · Colorado
Light Carrier Taiyou · Shinyou · Gambier Bay
Carrier Amagi · Katsuragi · Graf Zeppelin · Aquila · Ark Royal · Intrepid
Submarine I-26 · I-13 · I-14 · I-400 · U-511 · Luigi Torelli
Seaplane Tender Commandant Teste · Nisshin
Auxiliary Shinshuu Maru

These ships may become buildable in future updates.

See Also

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