Events/Main

An Event is a special time-limited operation in which the players are given a chance to participate in order to obtain valuable rewards (such as new shipgirls, equipment, etc...) on some new maps. These maps are designed specifically for each event and are usually themed around World War 2 battles.

Events are held once per season (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall). The duration of the events varies, usually lasting 2-4 weeks. When an event has concluded, it's no longer possible to sortie to those maps nor obtain the rewards. However, those rewards may become available at a later date (from as early as the next Seasonal event to a year after the initial introduction) via different methods.

On these event maps, some special Abyssal bosses may be encountered. These enemies are very strong and require a certain amount of planning (and luck) to defeat them.

Event List

Event	Name	Theme	Start	Expected End	Actual End	Clear Reward
Spring 2013 Event	Break into the enemy anchorage!	N/A	2013.05.17	2013.05.31	2013.06.05	Shinden Kai
Summer 2013 Event	Southern Waters Assault Reconnaissance	Naval Battle off Malaya ? Prepare for World 5	2013.08.01	2013.08.15	2013.08.26	Yamato
Fall 2013 Event	Decisive Battle! Escape from Ironbottom Sound!	Operation Watchtower	2013.11.01	2013.11.20	2013.11.27	Musashi
Christmas 2013 Event	Intercept! Fleet of Fog	Arpeggio collaboration	2013.12.24	2014.01.08		I-401
Spring 2014 Event	Recon planes, launching!	Air raids on Australia Battle of Wake Island, First assault	2014.04.23	2014.05.06	2014.05.09	Sakawa
Summer 2014 Event	Commence Operation AL/MI!	Battle of Dutch Harbor Battle of Midway	2014.08.08	2014.08.29		Isokaze
Fall 2014 Event	Commence Operation Kon!	Operation Kon	2014.11.14	2014.11.28	2014.12.01	Nowaki
Winter 2015 Event	Counter-attack! Assault on Truk Anchorage	Operation Hailstone	2015.02.06	2015.02.23		Amagi
Spring 2015 Event	Order! 11th Battle Operation	Operation #11	2015.04.28	2015.05.18		Akitsushima
Summer 2015 Event	Counterattack! The Second Operation SN	Operation Watchtower Operation FS	2015.08.10	2015.09.02	2015.09.07	Teruzuki
Fall 2015 Event	Charge! Maritime Transport Operation!	Battle of Kolombangara Battle of Vella Gulf	2015.11.18	2015.12.05-06	2015.12.08	Hagikaze
Winter 2016 Event	Sortie! Operation Rei-Gō	Operation Rei-Gō Operation Shō-Yongō	2016.02.10	2016.02.26	2016.02.29	Zara
Spring 2016 Event	Establish! The Land Base Air Corps	Battle for Henderson Field Attack on Pearl Harbor	2016.05.03	2016.05.27	2016.06.01	Iowa
Summer 2016 Event	Intercept! The 2nd Naval Battle of Malaya	Naval Battle of Malaya	2016.08.12	2016.08.31		Warspite
Fall 2016 Event	Proclamation! Fleet Strategy Plan #3!	Doolittle Raid Operation Crossroads	2016.11.18	2016.12.07	2016.12.09	Saratoga
Winter 2017 Event	Operation 'Hikari', the Emergency Deployment of the Reconnaissance Force!	Operation Hikari	2017.02.11	2017.02.28		I-14
Spring 2017 Event	Sortie! 5th Fleet to the Northeast	Battle of Shumshu	2017.05.02	2017.05.22		Gangut
Summer 2017 Event	Recross-through the West! Europe Rescue Operation	Rescue of European Countries from Abyssal domination	2017.08.10	2017.09.11	2017.09.12	Ark Royal
Fall 2017 Event	Showdown at Operation Shō-Gō! Battle of Leyte Gulf (Part 1)	Battle of Leyte Gulf (Part 1)	2017.11.17	2017.12.11		Suzutsuki
Winter 2018 Event	Showdown at Operation Shō-Gō! Battle of Leyte Gulf (Part 2)	Battle of Leyte Gulf (Part 2) Battle of the Philippine Sea	2018.02.16	2018.03.23		Intrepid
Early Fall 2018 Event	Weigh Anchor! Combined Fleet, to the West!	Raid on Alexandria Operation Rheinübung	2018.09.08	2018.10.05	2018.10.10	Nelson
Winter 2019 Event	Assault! Buin Defense Operation	Battle of Blackett Strait Bombing of Rabaul Buin Transport Operation	2018.12.27	2019.01.18	2019.01.22	Nisshin
Spring 2019 Event	Commence! Allies Rescue: The 2nd Hawaii Operation	Operation Ten-Gō Attack on Pearl Harbor	2019.05.21	2019.06.25		Colorado
Summer 2019 Event	European Area Counterattack Operation Commence! : Operation Shingle	Operation Shingle	2019.08.31	2019.09.30		Janus
Fall 2019 Event	Advance! The 2nd Strategy “Southern Operation”	Battle of Badung Strait Battle of Makassar Strait Battle of the Java Sea Battle of Sunda Strait Naval Battle of Guadalcanal	2019.11.30	2020.01.08	2019.01.14	Atlanta
Hinamatsuri 2020 Mini-Event	The Doll's Festival! Waves in the Offing	Air Raid on Manila, 2nd Air Raid	2020.03.03	2020.03.27		-
Rainy-Summer 2020 Event	Stop the Invasion! Island Defense Reinforcement Operation	???? Operation Scavenger Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands	2020.06.27	2020.08.26	2020.08.27	Hornet

Usual Requirements

In order to sortie to the event maps, players must fulfill the following requirements:

• Must have a 75% sortie win ratio
• Must have 5 empty ship slots for new ships
• Must have 20 free equipment slots
• Have a Combined Fleet for certain maps (see below)

Apart from the aforementioned hard-lined requirements, the players are recommended to prepare their fleet and resources for the upcoming events. See the tips for preparations below

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Event-Exclusive Rewards

Ships

The following table contains all ships that are unobtainable outside of the events. Once they are obtainable, such as Sakawa in 6-2 as drop or available in Construction, they will be removed from the list.

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Legend: R = Reward, D = Drop, Empty = not implemented yet/not yet know, N = not found (after implement)
Exclusive Ships	2014	2015 Events				2016 Events				2017 Events				2018 Events		2019 Events				2020 Events
Portrait Name	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall	Hinamatsuri	Rainy-Summer	Fall
Akizuki	R	N	N	N	D	D	D	D	D	N	D	D	D	D	N	N	D	N	D	N	D	N
Prinz Eugen	R	N	N	N	D	D	N	D	D	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	N	N	N	N	D
U-511		R	D	D	D	N	D	N	N	D	N	D	N	N	N	N	N	D	N	N	D	D
Amagi		R	N	N	N	D	D	D	D	N	D	D	N	N	N	N	N	N	D	N	N	N
Katsuragi			R	N	N	N	N	D	N	N	N	N	D	D	N	N	D	N	N	N	N	N
Littorio			R	N	N	N	D	N	N	N	D	D	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	N	D
Roma			D	D	D	N	D	N	N	N	D	D	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	N	N
Teruzuki				R	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	D	D	N	N	D	D	N	D	N	D	N
Graf Zeppelin					D	D	D	N	N	N	N	D	N	D	D	N	N	N	N	N	D	D
Hatsuzuki						R	N	N	D	N	N	N	N	N	D	N	N	N	D	N	D	D
Iowa							R	N	N	N	N	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	N	N	N
Pola							R	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	N	N
Harukaze							D	N	D	D	D	D	D	D	N	N	N	N	D	N	N	D
Aquila								D	N	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	N	D
I-26								D	N	D	N	N	N	N	D	N	N	D	D	N	D	N
Commandant Teste									R	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	D	D	N	N	N	D
Matsukaze										R	N	N	N	D	D	N	N	N	D	N	D	D
I-14										R	N	N	N	N	D	N	N	N	N	N	D	N
I-13										D	D	N	N	N	D	N	N	N	D	N	D	N
Kasuga Maru											R	N	D	D	D	D	D	N	D	N	D	D
Gangut											R	N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N	N	D	D
Shimushu											D	N	D	D	D	D	D	N	N	N	D	D
Kunashiri											D	N	D	D	D	D	D	N	D	N	D	N
Etorofu											D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	N
Hatakaze												R	N	D	N	N	N	N	D	N	D	D
Richelieu												R	N	D	D	N	N	D	N	D	N	D
Luigi Torelli												D	N	D	D	N	D	D	N	N	D	D
Matsuwa												D	D	D	D	N	D	N	D	D	D	D
Suzutsuki													R	N	N	D	D	N	N	N	D	N
Sado													R	D	D	N	D	D	D	D	D	D
Tsushima													D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
I-400													D	N	D	N	D	N	N	N	D	N
Gambier Bay														R	N	N	D	N	N	D	D	D
Intrepid														R	N	N	D	N	N	N	N	N
Hiburi														R	D	D	D	D	D	N	D	D
Daitou														D	D	D	D	D	D	N	D	D
Jervis														D	N	N	N	D	N	N	N	D
Hamanami														D	N	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Tashkent														D	N	N	D	D	N	N	D	D
Samuel B. Roberts															N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N
Fukae															D	D	D	D	D	D	D	N
Shinyou															R	N	D	D	D	N	D	D
Maestrale															R	N	N	D	N	N	N	N
Nelson															R	N	N	D	N	N	N	D
Gotland															D	D	D	D	N	D	N	D
Minegumo																R	N	D	D	D	D	N
Nisshin																R	N	N	N	N	D	N
Hayanami																D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Johnston																D	D	D	N	N	D	N
Giuseppe Garibaldi																	R	N	N	N	N	D
Colorado																	R	N	N	N	N	D
Hachijou																	R	N	D	N	D	N
Ishigaki																	D	N	D	N	D	N
Fletcher																	D	N	D	N	D	N
Duca degli Abruzzi																		R	N	N	N	N
Janus																		R	N	N	N	D
Mikura																		D	D	N	D	N
Grecale																		D	N	N	N	D
Perth																			R	N	D	D
Shinshuu Maru																			R	N	N	D
Atlanta																			R	N	N	N
De Ruyter																			D	N	D	N
Houston																			D	N	D	N
Hirato																			D	D	D	N
Akishimo																			D	N	D	N
Usugumo																					R	N
I-47																					R	N
Matsu																					R	N
South Dakota																					R	N
Hornet																					R	N
Jingei																					D	D
Kaiboukan No.4																					D	D
Ariake																					D	N
Helena																					D	N
Yashiro																					D	N
Washington																						R
Take																						R
Scirocco																						D
Sheffield																						D
Portrait Name	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter	Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall	Hinamatsuri	Rainy-Summer	Fall
Exclusive Ships	2014	2015 Events				2016 Events				2017 Events				2018 Events		2019 Events				2020 Events
This table includes all ships that are currently unavailable outside of events.

Equipment

The following equipment cannot be obtained outside of certain event(s), with the exception of some Ranking Rewards:

List of equipment
Equipment	Information
	Shinden Kai Spring 2013 Event E-4 reward.
	53cm Bow (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Fall 2013 Event E-3 reward. January 2014 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-3.
	Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft (Nonaka Squadron) Spring 2016 Event E-6 Hard reward. September 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5. October 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-500.
	Type 3 Fighter Hien (244th Air Combat Group) Spring 2016 Event E-5 Hard reward. September 2016 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-20. November 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-20.
	Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft Model 34 Summer 2016 Event E-1 Hard reward. Fall 2016 Event E-4 Hard reward. Summer 2017 Event E-5 Hard reward.
	Ginga Summer 2016 Event E-3 Hard reward. August 2016 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5. October 2016 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-20. December 2016 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-20. November 2017 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-20. February 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5. September 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5. Setsubun 2019 Mini-event reward. August 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5.
	Re.2005 Kai Summer 2017 Event E-4 Medium/Hard reward.
	Saiun (Disassembled for Transport) Winter 2017 Event Quests KO01 and KO02 reward.
	Submarine Radar & Waterproof Telescope Winter 2017 Event E-2 Medium/Hard reward. April 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 21-500.
	Saiun (Eastern Caroline Air Group) Winter 2017 Event E-3 Medium/Hard reward.
	Type 4 Fighter Hayate Fall 2017 Event E-3 reward (all difficulties). Winter 2018 Event E-3 Hard reward.
	Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III A (54th Squadron) Spring 2017 Event E-3 Hard and E-5 Medium reward. March 2017 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-20.
	Bomb-carrying Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (65th Squadron) Spring 2017 Event E-4 Hard reward.
	Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model II (64th Squadron) Spring 2017 Event E-5 Hard reward. March 2017 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5.
	Toku Daihatsu Landing Craft + 11th Tank Regiment Spring 2017 Event E-3 Medium/Hard reward.
	Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11B (Skilled) Fall 2017 Event E-1 Medium/Hard reward. Early Fall 2018 Event E-2 Medium/Hard reward.
	Type 22 Surface Radar Kai 4 (Calibrated Late Model) September 2017 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-500. Early Fall 2018 Event E-1 Hard reward.
	Swordfish Mk.II (Skilled) Summer 2017 Event E-3 Hard and E-7 Medium reward. June 2017 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-100.
	Swordfish Mk.III (Skilled) Summer 2017 Event E-7 Hard reward.
	Seafire Mk.III Kai Summer 2017 Event E-6 Hard reward.
	Spitfire Mk.IX (Skilled) Summer 2017 Event E-5 Hard reward.
	HF/DF + Type144/147 ASDIC Fall 2019 Event E-2 Hard reward.
	Shiden Kai (343 Air Group) 301st Fighter Squadron Winter 2018 Event E-7 Hard reward.
	Toukai (901 Air Group) Fall 2017 Event E-3 Hard reward.
	Shiden Kai 4 Fall 2017 Event E-4 Medium/Hard reward. Winter 2018 Event E-6 Medium/Hard reward. September 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-500.
	SK Radar Winter 2018 Event E-6 Easy/Medium reward. September 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-100. April 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 21-500.
	SK + SG Radar Winter 2018 Event E-6 Hard reward. January 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5. April 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5.
	51cm Twin Gun Mount Winter 2018 Event E-7 Medium/Hard reward.
	61cm Triple (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount Late Model March 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-100. Spring 2018 Mini-Event quest Su02 reward (one of three options). October 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 21-100.
	Type 3 Depth Charge Projector (Concentrated Deployment) Spring 2018 Mini-Event quest Su06 reward (one of two options).
	Prototype 15cm 9-tube ASW Rocket Launcher Spring 2018 Mini-Event quest Su09 reward.
	16inch Mk.I Triple Gun Mount Kai + FCR Type 284 Early Fall 2018 Event E-5 Medium/Hard reward. June 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-20. July 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5.
	Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (931 Air Group/Skilled) Early Fall 2018 Event E-3 Medium/Hard reward.
	Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX/Skilled) Early Fall 2018 Event E-5 Hard reward. January 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-20.
	GFCS Mk.37 August 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-100. Saury Event 2018 quest SB32 reward (one of three options). Winter 2019 Event E-2 Medium/Hard reward. Spring 2019 Event E-4 Easy/Medium/Hard reward. Fall 2019 Event E-6 Medium/Hard reward.
	5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37 August 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-500. Winter 2019 Event E-2 Medium/Hard reward.
	Type C Kouhyouteki September 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-500. November 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5. Winter 2019 Event E-3 Easy/Medium/Hard reward.
	Type 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft October 2018 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-500. Winter 2019 Event E-1 Medium/Hard and E-2 Casual/Easy reward.
	Type 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft (Skilled) Winter 2019 Event E-2 Medium/Hard reward.
	Reppuu Kai Spring 2019 Event E-1 Easy/Medium/Hard reward.
	Reppuu Kai (352 Air Group/Skilled) Spring 2019 Event E-2 Hard reward.
	Reppuu Kai (Prototype Carrier-based Model) Spring 2019 Event E-3 Easy/Medium/Hard reward.
	Reppuu Kai Ni Spring 2019 Event E-3 Hard reward.
	Reppuu Kai Ni Model E Spring 2019 Event E-4 Hard and E-5 Easy/Medium reward.
	Reppuu Kai Ni Model E (CarDiv 1/Skilled) Spring 2019 Event E-5 Hard reward.
	Me 163B July 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-5, 21-100. Summer 2019 Event E-2 Medium/Hard and E-3 Easy reward.
	Prototype Shuusui July 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-500. Summer 2019 Event E-1 reward (all difficulties).
	Shuusui July 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-20. Summer 2019 Event E-3 Hard reward.
	Fw 190 A-5 Kai (Skilled) Summer 2019 Event E-3 Medium/Hard reward.
	Fw 190 D-9 Summer 2019 Event E-3 Medium/Hard reward.
	M4A1 DD Summer 2019 Event E-2 Hard reward.
	8inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.9 mod.2 September 2019 Ranking Reward for ranks 1-500. Fall 2019 Event E-4 Hard reward.
	GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment) Fall 2019 Event E-6 Hard reward.

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Tips

Since Events are a limited-time action, and they consist of difficult enemy compositions and maps, it is advised to be prepared for an event before it begins.

• Stockpile ,,,, and buckets . It is recommended to stock over the auto-regeneration limit (softcap) before the event.
  • Buckets are easily obtainable through Daily Quests and Expedition. Use buckets sparingly before Events to save up.
• Don't rush. If you are new or low on resources, continue to stock up and wait for information on the Event to come to avoid wasting resources on failed attempts.
• Thanks to the ship locking mechanics and branching rules requiring certain ships (Fulfilling it may lead to you easier nodes and/or routes), it's wise to have important historical ships prepared and plan your fleets carefully in advance to make sure they aren't locked prematurely to avoid putting you into a difficult situation.
• For new players, please read the Tutorial pages first for basic knowledge and refer to the Glossary and combat mechanics pages for ship class abbreviations and understanding of the mechanics used in this game.

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Preparation Guides

see main article: Guides

Make sure to read the preparation guides below to get ready for an event.

• [Spring 2015 Pre-Event]: Some FAQS, Tips and Q&A

References

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