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# Ranking

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# Introduction

Ranking serves as the competitive aspect of Kantai Collection. You compete against other Admirals on your server to see who can earn the most points in a month doing various activities. Ranking rewards players with rare equipment.

• You can view your rank in the Military Records menu under the Ranking tab.
• Ranks are updated twice daily at 0300 and 1500 JST.
• Rank points stop counting for the daily update at 0200 and 1400 JST.
• This means any points earned after this cut off will count towards the next update.
• The final cut off for the month is at 2200 JST on the last day of the month.
• Any points from sorties, expeditions and exercises earned after this point count towards the next month.
• Any points from EOs and Quests will be lost.
• The ranking page will not reflect the points earned between 1400 and 2200 JST on the final day.
• Rare equipment from ranking is not necessarily useful. Please see Rank Rewards for a list of historical rewards.
• Difficulty of ranking varies from server to server. Please see Rank History for the general pattern of rank thresholds for your server.
• Note that rank history before August 2018 are not indicative of current ranking difficulty because those were from Phase 1.
• You will not be able to rank if you have reached the HQ experience cap of 300,000,000.
• Admirals who have breached the Terms of Service may be banned from ranking. They will be unable to rank for an unknown period of time.
• Admirals with the same amount of rank points will be sorted by HQ experience.
• For tips on how to rank, please see the help page.

# Reward Tiers

### Normal Tiers

The standard ranking tiers are:

• Top 5
• Top 20
• Top 100
• Top 500

Higher tiers provide more and better rewards. The rankings also get more competitive as you climb the tiers. T20 - and sometimes T100 - requires careful planning, resource management and strategy. Because of the way points are earned, it becomes marginally easier to rank throughout the year if you rank consistently. Rewards are distributed with a month lag. I.e the reward for June's ranking is distributed at the end of July. Finalised rank points are also displayed at that time.

### Special Tiers

The Special reward tiers were introduced during Phase 2. They are:

• Lucky Special Operations Fleet Group (キリ番特務艦隊群)
• Rank 600, 700, 800, 880, 888, 900, 999, and 1000.
• Choice Fleet Name & Comment Striking Force Group (艦隊名&コメント選抜遊撃部隊群)
• 8 Admirals.

Admirals who are selected will receive the same reward as the Top 500. To be eligible, you need to be within the top 501-1,000 Admirals in your server. Special reward tiers are essentially a lottery and shouldn't be relied upon for ranking rewards.

# Earning Points

### Initial Points

These points are also known as "Carry Over" points. It is based on the amount of HQ experience earned in the current year to date and the amount of bonus points earned in the previous month. These points are calculated at 0300 JST on the first day of the month.

$\text{RP}_\text{initial} = \frac{\text{RP}_\text{YTD}}{50,000} + \frac{\text{RP}_\text{prev-bonus}}{35}$

• $\text{RP}_\text{YTD}$ is the total year-to-date HQ exp earned since January.
• There is no way to check the carry over from HQ exp in game. You will need to keep records of your own to keep track.
• $\text{BonusRP}_\text{PrevMonth}$ is the total amount of EO and quest bonus points earned in the previous month.

### Monthly Points

These points are earned from sorties, exercises and expeditions. Please see HQ experience for information on HQ experience is earned. Note that HQ experience doesn't translate directly to rank points, points earned is given by the following formula:

$\text{RP}_\text{month} = \text{HQ Exp}_\text{month} \times 0.0007$

• $\text{HQ Exp}_\text{month}$ is the total HQ exp earned after 2200 JST on the last day of the previous month.

These points usually count for a majority of your rank points in a month. The most efficient way of earning points is through sorties. Expeditions and exercises do not provide enough HQ exp to rank.

Map Non-Boss Exp Boss Exp Route Points Earned Notes World 1 1-1 10 20 AC 0.021 Random branching only. 1-2 20 140 AE 0.112 1-3 40 380 ADBEFJ 0.322 Fuel farming route. CFJ 0.322 1-4 60 720 BCFILBCFHLADEHLADGJL 0.588 BDEHLBDGJL 0.630 1-5 80 1,060 ADEJADFGJ 0.910 1-6 100 - AEGFB 0.140 Unlikely to get an S rank at F. AEGKMJDCHKMJDAEGKMLIDCHKMLID 0.210 Unlikely to get an S rank at D or L. World 2 2-1 60 720 CDHCDEH 0.588 2-2 70 840 CEKCEFHK 0.637 CEGKCEGHK 0.686 2-3 90 1,180 CDGKNCDGIKN 0.889 ADGKNADGIKNCFGKNCFGIKNCFJN 0.952 BEFJNBFGKNBFGIKN 1.015 2-4 120 1,740 BGHLPBCGHLP 1.386 BGHIKLPBCGHIKLPBCFJLPBCFJMP 1.470 BCFJLMP not included because it arrives at the boss with too little fuel/ammo. 2-5 160 2,320 CEIOCEGIO 1.848 BFJOCEGLO 1.960 World 3 3-1 110 1,420 CDGCFG 1.148 3-2 120 1,740 CEFLCGFL 1.302 Recommended ranking route. CGHFL 1.386 3-3 140 2,280 ACGMABFJM 1.792 3-4 160 3,320 BHLJP 2.548 ACEGJPACFMPBHGJPBHLNP 2.660 ACEGJP is the recommended ranking route. 3-5 190 2,880 FGK 2.282 BDHKBCFGKBEHK 2.415 World 7 7-1 140 1,680 DEGHKFGHK 1.470 DEGHK is the recommended ranking route. 7-2 Phase 1 180 360 CEG 0.504 7-2 Phase 2 180 2,360 BCDIM 2.030 Recommended ranking route. World 4 4-1 110 1,520 CFHJ 1.218 ABDHJABDGJCFDHJCFDGJ 1.295 4-2 120 1,640 ACL 1.316 ACGLAEGLBDCL 1.400 BDHGL 1.484 H is a submarine node that doesn't use ammo. 4-3 140 1,880 ABGHNADHNCDHNCFHN 1.610 4-4 170 2,340 AEIK 1.995 Recommended ranking route. 4-5 200 2,900 ADHTCDHT 2.310 ADHKTCDHKTCFGHTCFJHT 2.450 ABEMRSQONT 2.730 World 5 5-1 160 2,020 BCFJ 1.638 ADEGJBEGJBCFGJ 1.750 5-2 170 2,340 BCDFOBCEFO 1.995 5-3 190 2,680 DGIOKEQDGIOKHEQDGJLOKEQ 2.142 CDGIOKEQCDGIOKHEQDGIJLOKEQ 2.275 5-4 210 3,020 BCGLPBEHIJMP 2.555 5-5 240 3,480 ACEGIMOSACEHNOSBFJPSBKPS 2.940 World 6 6-1 180 2,160 AFGHK 1.764 ADFGHKCFGHK 1.890 6-2 200 2,600 CEIKCEJK 2.100 CEFIK 2.240 6-3 180 2,760 CEGHJ 2.184 CEFHJ 2.310 6-4 230 3,160 ADCFNBDCFN 2.856 6-5 260 3,520 ACDGMBFIJM 3.192
1. Assumes S-ranks at all nodes.

### Extra Operations

Extra Operations reset at 0000JST on the 1st of every month. Clearing them will give bonus points. Note that clearing EOs after 2200JST on the last day of the month loses you the bonus points.

Map Bonus Points Extra Rewards Notes
Medal
Present Box
1-5 75 1 -
1-6 75 - 1
2-5 100 1 -
3-5 150 1 -
4-5 180 1 -
5-5 200 1 -
6-5 250 1 -

### Quests

All quests that give bonus ranking points are quarterly quests. They reset at 0500JST on the 1st of March, June, September and December. These quests are colloquially known as "Cannons".

• Any bonus points from quests earned after 1400JST on the last day of the month are carried forward to the following month.
• Any bonus points from quests earned after 2200JST on the last day of the month are lost.
Quest Name Bonus Points Extra Rewards Notes
Bq2 350 2,000
Irakox1; x4
Aka "Z Cannon".
Bq7 200 800
Choice of: x1 or x5
Aka "Mikawa Cannon"
Bq8 300 2,000 500 500
Choice of: Skilled Lookout x1 or Skilled Pilot x1 or Maritime Resupplyx4
Aka "W7 Cannon"
Bq10 400 2,000
Choice of:x4 or Irako x3 or Maritime Resupply x4
Aka "Z2 Cannon"
Bq11 80 800
Choice of:x4 or Type 94 Depth Charge Launcher x2 or Drum Canister x2
Aka "Newbie Cannon"
Bq12 330 2,400
Choice of: x1 or Daihatsu x2 or New Type Rocket Equipment Development Materials x1
Aka "W4 Cannon"
Bq13 390 1,000
Choice of: x10 or x1 or x1
Aka "Yuubari Cannon"