Tutorial: How to Register

Registration

Future admirals must create an account on DMM. You will need a Japanese IP.

Entry Lottery

Currently, the entry of new admirals is limited by lottery. The time of the entrance lottery is announced on the official Twitter account and takes place almost daily.

Finding Lottery Info

You are looking for a message on Twitter that looks like this:

本日の新規サーバ開放、実施中です！
開放日時：9/20(金)【12:00】※現在順次開放中です！
着任方式：【抽選】による多段階着任方式
着任規模：新規【8,000名】規模予定
開放サーバ：
主力【ブイン基地サーバ】
支援【ショートランド泊地サーバ】
#艦これ

There's only two things you care about in this message:

• 9/20(金)【12:00】
  • The lottery will take place on September 20 at 12:00 Japan Standard Time
  • This time is given using the 24-hour clock convention
• 【8,000名】
  • There will be 8000 slots in the lottery

Entering the Lottery

Navigate to the game website at the specified time of the lottery.

Here are tips from the staff to ensure you have a successful lottery:

• Before connecting, clear your browser cache.
  

  You did not make it into the lottery. Please try again tomorrow.
• Make sure you have at least 1024mb of free cache space.
• Once you reach the cat waiting screen, refresh every 5~10 minutes.
• Do not under any circumstances reload the page repeatedly, It lowers your chances.
  

  You made it into the lottery. Keep refreshing every 5~10 minutes
• Those who do not make it into the lottery have a increased chance on the next day.

A network error has occurred

FAQ

Help! I'm getting a B-001 error when attempting to register!

• Clear your cache

When I connected to the game all the servers were full, what do I do?

• You need to participate in the lottery in order to actually play the game

Why is it so hard to get in? I have been trying for a few days!

• You are competing with thousands of other users for spots, keep trying don't give up hope.