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Spring 2018 Food Collection Mini-Event

The Spring 2018 Food Collection Mini-Event has started
- Compose a special search fleet to gather food ingredients
  - Rice
  - Pickled plum
  - Seaweed
  - Tea
  - The obtainable ingredients differ depending on the map
- Cooking
  - By combining certain quantities of ingredients, food items can be made
    - Onigiri
    - High grade onigiri
    - Chazuke
    - Seaweed rolls
  - Japanese set menu
    - Made by combining other food items
    - Locked or equipped food items cannot be used to make this item
  - Additional item rewards can be obtained when cooking
    - Houshou's Dinner Coupon
      - Can be obtained by making the Japanese set menu
      - Numbers of this item obtainable are limited for each player
- Tips
  - Fleet composition
    - More effective with more destroyers and destroyer escorts
    - Seaplane tenders excel at searching
    - A light cruiser or training cruiser will be effective at leading the fleet
  - Equipment
    - Skilled Lookouts are effective
    - Night battle equipment that provides light is effective
    - Food items may be effective
  - Farming
    - Grinding a map too often will result in a lowered ingredient drop rate
    - It is recommended to sortie to as many maps as possible
- Logistics Quest Chain
  - Make some onigiri!
  - A gift! High-grade onigiri
  - Chazuke, for a midnight snack!
  - Make seaweed rolls!
  - Extension logistics quest
- New equipment
  - 61cm Triple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model
  - 61cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model
  - Type 3 Depth Charge Launcher (Concentrated Deployment)
  - Prototype 15cm Nonuple ASW Rocket Launcher
    - Can be obtained from the Logistics Quest chain
    - Type 3 Depth Charge Launcher - Concentrated Deployment and Prototype 15cm Nonuple ASW Rocket Launcher can be obtainable later on as well
- Drops
  - Various maps will drop destroyer escorts, with higher drop rates in later worlds
  - New destroyer escort Fukae
    - Drops in multiple locations during this event
    - Will drop again later this year
Remodel
- Shiranui Kai Ni
  - Blueprint is required
  - Further buffs when equipped with:
    - 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-C Kai 2
    - 12.7cm Twin Mount Type-D Kai 2
    - 61cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount
    - 61cm Triple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model
    - 61cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model
  - New voice lines for Shiranui Kai Ni
Akashi's Improvement Arsenal
- 61cm Triple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model
- 61cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model
New CG
- "Zuiun" mode CG for Commandant Teste
BGM
- New BGM for certain maps and battles for the 6th year of the game
Other
- Fit mechanics
  - 61cm Triple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model
  - 61cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model
  - Improved stats when equipped on certain remodeled destroyers
- Uzuki's increased drop rate will return to normal
- Homeport Expansion
  - Maximum ship slots is now 370