Experience and Rank

Experience in Kantai Collection is divided into two types. Ship Girl experience and Admiral experience. The former makes your ship girls more powerful and the latter increases your HQ level and plays into Ranking.

Ship Girl Experience

Ship girls earn experience through sorties, expeditions and exercises.

• The most time and resource efficient way to earn experience is through exercises.
  • But it is only limited to 10 times a day.
  • This is the best method to level weak or expensive ship girls.
  • A downside is that your experience gain is heavily dependent on other admirals putting up good fleets.
• A vast majority of ship girl experience is earned through sorties.
  • See leveling for details.
• Expeditions are for minor passive exp gain.

Sorties

Experience earned by ship girls in sorties is:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Exp}_\text{sortie} = \lfloor \text{Exp}_\text{base} \times \text{Mod}_\text{MVP} \times \text{Mod}_\text{flag} \times \text{Mod}_\text{rank} \rfloor }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Exp}_\text{base} }[/math] is the base experience of the node.
  • This is dependent upon the map and the composition faced. Please see the individual map pages for exact base exp values.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{MVP} }[/math] is the MVP bonus. It is [math]\displaystyle{ 2 }[/math] for the MVP and [math]\displaystyle{ 1 }[/math] for all other ships.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{flag} }[/math] is the flagship bonus. It is [math]\displaystyle{ 1.5 }[/math] for the flagship and [math]\displaystyle{ 1 }[/math] for all other ships.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{rank} }[/math] is the rank bonus according to the table below.

Sortie Rank Bonus
Rank	Multiplier
S	1.2
A	1.0
B	1.0
C	0.8
D	0.7
E	0.5

Notes

• The maximum multiplier a ship girl can earn is 3.6. This would be for a flagship MVP at S-rank.
• It isn't worth it to night battle to increase your rank in sorties. It is more time-efficient to take what you get.
• Most maps heavily reward full clears.

Exercises

Experience earned in exercises is:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Exp}_\text{exercise} = \lfloor \text{Exp}_\text{post-cap} \times \text{Mod}_\text{MVP} \times \text{Mod}_\text{flag} \times \text{Mod}_\text{CT} \rfloor }[/math]

Experience earned through exercises has a cap where experience over 500 is square rooted.

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Exp}_\text{post-cap} = \lfloor 500 + \sqrt{\text{Exp}_\text{pre-cap}-500} \rfloor }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Exp}_\text{pre-cap} = \lfloor \frac{\text{Exp}_\text{Ship1}}{100} + \frac{\text{Exp}_\text{Ship2}}{300} \rfloor + \text{Rand} }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{MVP} }[/math] is the MVP bonus. It is [math]\displaystyle{ 2 }[/math] for the MVP and [math]\displaystyle{ 1 }[/math] for all other ships.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{flag} }[/math] is the flagship bonus. It is [math]\displaystyle{ 1.5 }[/math] for the flagship and [math]\displaystyle{ 1 }[/math] for all other ships.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{rank} }[/math] is the rank bonus according to the table below.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{CT} }[/math] is the training cruiser bonus according to the table below.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Exp}_\text{Ship1} }[/math] is the minimum experience value of the opponent's flagship based on exp tables below.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Exp}_\text{Ship2} }[/math]is the minimum experience value of the opponent's 2nd ship based on exp tables below.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Rand} }[/math] is a random number from 0 to 3.

Exercise Rank Bonus
Rank	Multiplier
S	1.2
A	1.0
B	1.0
C	0.64
D	0.56
E	0.4

Training Cruisers (CT) behave similarly to Light Cruisers, with the ability to increase exp earned from Exercises.

• The bonus depends on their position and number in the fleet as well as their level. See below for bonus values:

CT Experience Bonus: [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{CT} }[/math]
Fleet	Affected Ships	CT Level					Notes
		1-9	10-29	30-59	60-99	100+	The flagship's level if it is a CT, highest leveled CT otherwise.
1 Katori-class non-flagship	All	1.030	1.050	1.070	1.100	1.150	Asahi not present
2 Katori-class non-flagship		1.040	1.060	1.080	1.120	1.175
1 Katori-class flagship		1.050	1.080	1.120	1.150	1.200
1 Katori-class flagship + 1 Katori-class		1.100	1.130	1.160	1.200	1.250
1 CT non-flagship	All	1					Asahi present, but not counted as a CT
2 CT non-flagship		1.030	1.050	1.070	1.100	1.150
3 CT non-flagship		1.040	1.060	1.080	1.120	1.175
Asahi flagship	All surface	0.630	0.648	0.672	0.690	0.720	Asahi present [1][2]
	SS(V)	1.365	1.404	1.456	1.495	1.560
Katori-class flagship + 1/2CT	All surface	1.103	1.134	1.176	1.208	1.260
	SS(V)	1.523	1.566	1.624	1.668	1.740
Asahi flagship + 2CT	All surface	1.155	1.187	1.218	1.260	1.313
	SS(V)	1.595	1.639	1.682	1.740	1.813
CT list: Asahi (Base), Katori/Kai , Kashima/Kai Some level intervals have not been sampled yet. Bug: when no CT is flagship, Asahi bonuses do not work.

Notes

• Like sorties, the maximum multiplier a ship girl can earn is 3.6. This would be for a flagship MVP at S-rank.
  • With two married CT in the fleet, it is 4.23.
  • It is not recommended to have a CT flagship as a more valuable ship can use that experience.
• It is recommended to do night battle in order to attempt to get a higher rank for better exp.
  • Participation per day in exercises is limited so it is important to maximize the exp.
• Because of the way exp is calculated, even losses can yield a lot of experience.
• See Exercises for calculated experience values.

Expeditions

Please see Expeditions for the experience earned from each expedition. Note that the experience listed is multiplied by 4 on a great success.

Ship Girl Exp Tables

The base level cap for all ship girls is 99.

Lv 176-180 Lv Exp. Exp. Diff 1 0 0 2 100 100 3 300 200 4 600 300 5 1,000 400 6 1,500 500 7 2,100 600 8 2,800 700 9 3,600 800 10 4,500 900 11 5,500 1,000 12 6,600 1,100 13 7,800 1,200 14 9,100 1,300 15 10,500 1,400 16 12,000 1,500 17 13,600 1,600 18 15,300 1,700 19 17,100 1,800 20 19,000 1,900 21 21,000 2,000 22 23,100 2,100 23 25,300 2,200 24 27,600 2,300 25 30,000 2,400

Lv 176-180 Lv Exp. Exp. Diff 26 32,500 2,500 27 35,100 2,600 28 37,800 2,700 29 40,600 2,800 30 43,500 2,900 31 46,500 3,000 32 49,600 3,100 33 52,800 3,200 34 56,100 3,300 35 59,500 3,400 36 63,000 3,500 37 66,600 3,600 38 70,300 3,700 39 74,100 3,800 40 78,000 3,900 41 82,000 4,000 42 86,100 4,100 43 90,300 4,200 44 94,600 4,300 45 99,000 4,400 46 103,500 4,500 47 108,100 4,600 48 112,800 4,700 49 117,600 4,800 50 122,500 4,900

Lv 176-180 Lv Exp. Exp. Diff 51 127,500 5,000 52 132,700 5,200 53 138,100 5,400 54 143,700 5,600 55 149,500 5,800 56 155,500 6,000 57 161,700 6,200 58 168,100 6,400 59 174,700 6,600 60 181,500 6,800 61 188,500 7,000 62 195,800 7,300 63 203,400 7,600 64 211,300 7,900 65 219,500 8,200 66 228,000 8,500 67 236,800 8,800 68 245,900 9,100 69 255,300 9,400 70 265,000 9,700 71 275,000 10,000 72 285,400 10,400 73 296,200 10,800 74 307,400 11,200 75 319,000 11,600

Lv 176-180 Lv Exp. Exp. Diff 76 331,000 12,000 77 343,400 12,400 78 356,200 12,800 79 369,400 13,200 80 383,000 13,600 81 397,000 14,000 82 411,500 14,500 83 426,500 15,000 84 442,000 15,500 85 458,000 16,000 86 474,500 16,500 87 491,500 17,000 88 509,000 17,500 89 527,000 18,000 90 545,500 18,500 91 564,500 19,000 92 584,500 20,000 93 606,500 22,000 94 631,500 25,000 95 661,500 30,000 96 701,500 40,000 97 761,500 60,000 98 851,500 90,000 99 1,000,000 148,500 100 1,000,000 0

Marrying ship girls instantly raises their level to 100, and raises their level cap to 180. No experience is necessary for this level-up. Please see Marriage for more details.

Lv 101-125 Lv Exp. Exp. Diff 101 1,010,000 10,000 102 1,011,000 1,000 103 1,013,000 2,000 104 1,016,000 3,000 105 1,020,000 4,000 106 1,025,000 5,000 107 1,031,000 6,000 108 1,038,000 7,000 109 1,046,000 8,000 110 1,055,000 9,000 111 1,065,000 10,000 112 1,077,000 12,000 113 1,091,000 14,000 114 1,107,000 16,000 115 1,125,000 18,000 116 1,145,000 20,000 117 1,168,000 23,000 118 1,194,000 26,000 119 1,223,000 29,000 120 1,255,000 32,000 121 1,290,000 35,000 122 1,329,000 39,000 123 1,372,000 43,000 124 1,419,000 47,000 125 1,470,000 51,000

Lv 126-150 Lv Exp. Exp. Diff 126 1,525,000 55,000 127 1,584,000 59,000 128 1,647,000 63,000 129 1,714,000 67,000 130 1,785,000 71,000 131 1,860,000 75,000 132 1,940,000 80,000 133 2,025,000 85,000 134 2,115,000 90,000 135 2,210,000 95,000 136 2,310,000 100,000 137 2,415,000 105,000 138 2,525,000 110,000 139 2,640,000 115,000 140 2,760,000 120,000 141 2,887,000 127,000 142 3,021,000 134,000 143 3,162,000 141,000 144 3,310,000 148,000 145 3,465,000 155,000 146 3,628,000 163,000 147 3,799,000 171,000 148 3,978,000 179,000 150 4,165,000 187,000 150 4,360,000 195,000

Lv 151-175 Lv Exp. Exp. Diff 151 4,564,000 204,000 152 4,777,000 213,000 153 4,999,000 222,000 154 5,230,000 231,000 155 5,470,000 240,000 156 5,720,000 250,000 157 5,780,000 60,000 158 5,860,000 80,000 159 5,970,000 110,000 160 6,120,000 150,000 161 6,320,000 200,000 162 6,580,000 260,000 163 6,910,000 330,000 164 7,320,000 410,000 165 7,820,000 500,000 166 7,920,000 100,000 167 8,033,000 113,000 168 8,172,000 139,000 169 8,350,000 178,000 170 8,580,000 230,000 171 8,875,000 295,000 172 9,248,000 373,000 173 9,705,000 457,000 174 10,266,000 561,000 175 10,950,000 684,000

Lv 176-180 Lv Exp. Exp. Diff 176 ?? ?? 177 ?? ?? 178 ?? ?? 179 ?? ?? 180 ?? ??

HQ Experience

Like ship girls, Admirals earn HQ experience through sorties, expeditions and exercises.

• The best way to earn HQ experience is through sorties.
• Exercises and expeditions give minimial HQ experience. They are only for supplementary gain.
• The most important use of HQ experience is for Ranking.
• HQ experience is capped at 360,000,000.

Sorties

HQ experience from sorties is only affected by rank.

Sortie Experience Modifiers
Rank	Non-boss Multiplier	Boss Multiplier
S	1.0x Non-Boss Exp	1.0x Boss Exp
A	0.8	Boss Exp - (0.5 x Non-Boss Exp)
B	0.5x	Boss Exp - (0.8x Non-Boss Exp)
C	0x	Non-boss exp
D	0x	0x
E	0x	0x

The value of non-boss and boss node experience is given by the table below.

Sortie HQ EXP Table
Map	Non-Boss Exp	Boss Exp		Map	Non-Boss Exp	Boss Exp		Map	Non-Boss Exp	Boss Exp		Map	Non-Boss Exp	Boss Exp
1-1	10	20		2-1	60	720		3-1	110	1,420		7-1	140	1,680
1-2	20	140		2-2	70	840		3-2	120	1,740		7-2-1	180	360
												7-2-2		2,360
1-3	40	380		2-3	90	1,180		3-3	140	2,280		7-3-1	160	320
												7-3-2		1920
1-4	60	720		2-4	120	1,740		3-4	160	3,320		7-4	170	2140
1-5	80	1,060		2-5	160	2,320		3-5	190	2,880		-
1-6	100	-		-				-				-
-				-				-				-
4-1	110	1,520	5-1	160	2,020	6-1	180	2,160
4-2	120	1,640	5-2	170	2,340	6-2	200	2,600
4-3	140	1,880	5-3	190	2,680	6-3	180	2,760
4-4	170	2,340	5-4	210	3,020	6-4	230	3,160
4-5	200	2,900	5-5	240	3,480	6-5	260	3,520
-			-			-
-			-			-

Important Notes

• You only gain HQ exp for every combat node. Please see Nodes for more details.
• It is not worth the time to night battle in an attempt to increase your rank for more exp.

Exercises

HQ exp earned in exercises depends on the level difference between you and your opponent.

Level Difference	S	A	B	Defeat (C/D/E)
≥5	160	120	96	80
3~4	120	80	64	60
1~2	80	60	48	40
0	60	40	32	30
-1~-2	40	30	24	20
-3~-4	30	20	16	15
≤-5	20	15	12	10

Important Notes

• The closer you get to the HQ level cap, the less HQ experience you'll earn from exercises.

Expeditions

Please see Expeditions for the experience earned from each expedition. Note that the experience listed is multiplied by 2 on a great success.

Admiral Rank

These are the ranks displayed on your Military Record screen and beside your name in the server rankings.

• Ranks depend on your current position in the Rankings.
• Ranks currently serve no purpose beyond cosmetic.
• Ranks are calculated off the total number of valid admirals on the server.
  • Admirals who have registered but not started the game aren't counted.

Insignia	Rank Full Rank Name	Translation	Notes	Rank
	元帥 (Gensui, 元帥?) 元帥海軍大将 (Gensui Kaigun Taishō, 元帥海軍大将?)	Marshal Admiral	Top 1% of the server.	1
	大将 (Taishō, 大将?) 海軍大将 (Kaigun Taishō, 海軍大将?)	Admiral	Top 5% of the server.	2
	中将 (Chūjō, 中将?) 海軍中将 (Kaigun Chūjō, 海軍中将?)	Vice-Admiral	Top 10% of the server.	3
	少将 (Shōshō, 少将?) 海軍少将 (Kaigun Shōshō, 海軍少将?)	Rear-Admiral	Top 20% of the server.	4
	大佐 (Taisa, 大佐?) 海軍大佐 (Kaigun Taisa, 海軍大佐?)	Captain	Top 40% of the server.	5
	中佐 (Chūsa, 中佐?) 海軍中佐 (Kaigun Chūsa, 海軍中佐?)	Commander	Top 55% of the server.	6
	新米中佐 (Shinmai Chūsa, 新米中佐?) -	Junior Commander	Top 65% of the server. Does not officially exist in IJN rankings. Used as an intermediary rank between Lieutenant-Commander and Commander.	7
	少佐 (Shōsa, 少佐?) 海軍少佐 (Kaigun Shōsa, 海軍少佐?)	Lieutenant-Commander	Top 80% of the server.	8
	中堅少佐 (Chūken Shōsa, 中堅少佐?) -	Vice Lieutenant-Commander	Top 90% of the server. Does not officially exist in IJN rankings. Used as an intermediary rank between Lieutenant and Lieutenant-Commander. Translates literally to "Mid-level Lt-Commander".	8
	新米少佐 (Shinmai Shōsa, 新米少佐?) -	Junior Lieutenant-Commander	Rest of the server. Does not officially exist in IJN rankings. Used as an intermediary rank between Lieutenant and Lieutenant-Commander.	10

HQ Exp Table

Disclaimer: EXP list from Lv100 through Lv120 is guessed based on patterns observed from known data across several levels. Value may be off by 100000-200000 points per level.

Lv	Exp.	Exp. Diff		Lv	Exp.	Exp. Diff		Lv	Exp.	Exp. Diff		Lv	Exp.	Exp. Diff
1	0	0		31	46,500	3,000		61	188,500	7,000		91	564,500	19,000
2	100	100		32	49,600	3,100		62	195,800	7,300		92	584,500	20,000
3	300	200		33	52,800	3,200		63	203,400	7,600		93	606,500	22,000
4	600	300		34	56,100	3,300		64	211,300	7,900		94	631,500	25,000
5	1,000	400		35	59,500	3,400		65	219,500	8,200		95	661,500	30,000
6	1,500	500		36	63,000	3,500		66	228,000	8,500		96	701,500	40,000
7	2,100	600		37	66,600	3,600		67	236,800	8,800		97	761,500	60,000
8	2,800	700		38	70,300	3,700		68	245,900	9,100		98	851,500	90,000
9	3,600	800		39	74,100	3,800		69	255,300	9,400		99	1,000,000	148,500
10	4,500	900		40	78,000	3,900		70	265,000	9,700		100	1,300,000	300,000
11	5,500	1,000		41	82,000	4,000		71	275,000	10,000		101	1,600,000	300,000
12	6,600	1,100		42	86,100	4,100		72	285,400	10,400		102	1,900,000	300,000
13	7,800	1,200		43	90,300	4,200		73	296,200	10,800		103	2,200,000	300,000
14	9,100	1,300		44	94,600	4,300		74	307,400	11,200		104	2,600,000	400,000
15	10,500	1,400		45	99,000	4,400		75	319,000	11,600		105	3,000,000	400,000
16	12,000	1,500		46	103,500	4,500		76	331,000	12,000		106	3,500,000	500,000
17	13,600	1,600		47	108,100	4,600		77	343,400	12,400		107	4,000,000	500,000
18	15,300	1,700		48	112,800	4,700		78	356,200	12,800		108	4,600,000	600,000
19	17,100	1,800		49	117,600	4,800		79	369,400	13,200		109	5,200,000	600,000
20	19,000	1,900		50	122,500	4,900		80	383,000	13,600		110	5,900,000	700,000
21	21,000	2,000		51	127,500	5,000		81	397,000	14,000		111	6,600,000	700,000
22	23,100	2,100		52	132,700	5,200		82	411,500	14,500		112	7,400,000	800,000
23	25,300	2,200		53	138,100	5,400		83	426,500	15,000		113	8,200,000	800,000
24	27,600	2,300		54	143,700	5,600		84	442,000	15,500		114	9,100,000	900,000
25	30,000	2,400		55	149,500	5,800		85	458,000	16,000		115	10,000,000	900,000
26	32,500	2,500		56	155,500	6,000		86	474,500	16,500		116	11,000,000	1,000,000
27	35,100	2,600		57	161,700	6,200		87	491,500	17,000		117	12,000,000	1,000,000
28	37,800	2,700		58	168,100	6,400		88	509,000	17,500		118	13,000,000	1,000,000
29	40,600	2,800		59	174,700	6,600		89	527,000	18,000		119	14,000,000	1,000,000
30	43,500	2,900		60	181,500	6,800		90	545,500	18,500		120	15,000,000	1,000,000

Effects of HQ Level

Effective LoS

The Line of Sight formula is affected by HQ level. A higher HQ level will result in higher LoS requirements for routing.

Resource Soft Cap

A higher HQ level will result in a higher soft cap on primary resources (). Please see Resources for more information.

Development Rarity

The higher your HQ level, the higher your chance of obtaining rare equipment from Development.

Difficulty Tiers

The difficulty of events used to automatically be adjusted to HQ level. As of the Winter 2015 event, players have been able to select the difficulty level they wish to challenge. HQ level affects the difficulty levels available to be selected.

HQ level also affects the enemy compositions you can encounter in extra operations. Please see the individual extra operation pages for the difficulty tier breakdown.

Tier		HQ Level Range	Rare Drop Availability	Notes
I	Casual	1+	Very Limited
	Easy		Limited
II	Medium	35+	Most of	Easy or higher must have been selected on the previous map
III	Hard	80+	All	Medium or higher must have been selected on the previous map

Server Ranking

HQ experience earned throughout the year and the month determine your rank in the server. This differs from the Admiral Ranks detailed above. This is a numerical ranking that awards rare equipment when you achieve certain thresholds. Please see Ranking for more details and the help page for advice on how to rank.

See Also

• Ranking
• Tutorial:Leveling
• Help:Fleet Formation