Winter 2016 Event/Info

English	Sortie! Operation Rei-Gō[Edit]
Japanese	【出撃！礼号作戦】
Romaji	Shutsugeki! Rei-Gō Sakusen
Start	10th February 2016	End	^New!26th February, 2016 (for now; noted about Kure instability)
Scale	Small scale	New Content	3 ships, 2 equipment, 2 abyssals, 1 abyssal update
Maps	2 main, 1 extra (3 maps)	Duration	16 days

New Ships

DD	Okinami	E-2,E-3 Boss Drop
DD	Hatsuzuki	E-2 Reward
CA	Zara	E-3 Reward

New Equipments

	203mm/53 Twin Gun Mount	Medium-Caliber Main Gun	Zara, Zara Kai stock equipment, RG02 quest reward
	Ro.43 Reconnaissance Seaplane	Reconnaissance Seaplane	Zara Kai stock equipment, E3 mid/hard clear reward

Maps



E-1	E-2	E-3
Regular Fleet	Regular Fleet	Combined Fleet
Boss gauge	Boss gauge	TP Gauge + Boss Gauge

What are the differences between a single fleet versus a combined fleet?

Event-related Quests

Event Quests

ID	Requirements		Reward	Note
RG01	水上反撃作戦【礼号作戦】を完遂せよ！
RG01	Clear E-2.	500 / 500 / 0 / 0	x5 x1	Requires : ???
RG02	親善艦参加観艦式
RG02	Send 6XX ships (Flagship Lv.6+) to event expedition 175 (15 mins)	100 / 100 / 300 / 100	Unlocks E-3 & 203mm/53 Twin Gun Mount	Require: RG01

After completing the quest/expedition, you will see your six ships and Zara return together despite not actually having her.
JPN　提督、Grazie。ザラ、光栄です。これからも宜しくね！

Quick Notes

General

According to the Devs' Twitter, the Final Map of the Event will be slightly more difficult if the player chooses Hard Mode (甲)

Drop Table

If the table cell shows hard+, that means the ship has only been recorded to drop in hard so far. It might also drop in medium or easy but just they have not been recorded. Similarly, the other labels are sorted this way as well.

Participation requirements

Check if you fulfilled these requirements if not you can't sortie event maps!

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 in combined fleet map (see above)

Preparation

Shinhwalee's Major Event Preparation Guide for Admirals
IS MY FLEET READY? WANNA SEE MY SHIPLIST? Forum board
[Winter 2016 Pre-Event]: Some FAQS, Tips and Q&A

Event-specific FAQ

Why I can't enter E3 after completing E2?: You have to finish the event-special quests to enter E-3. RG01 will clear itself when you complete E-2. As for RG02, you need to complete expedition #175 while the quest is active.; The expedition #175 can be done with 6XX ship (Any 6 ships of your choice). Flagship must be Level 6 or higher.

What is this new aerial-node like thingy in E1 outer route and E2?: The new type of aerial node is a bombing raid from land-based planes, where battle rank is determined by damage taken. It's not possible to damage the enemy airfields, presumably due to their very long bombing range. These nodes consume 5% of fuel and ammo.

Can I go back to the Transport Escort Area in E-3 after depleting the TP Gauge?: Yes, even after depleting the TP Gauge, you can go back to the Northwestern Route in E-3 using the Transport Escort Combined Fleet.
What ships would be required for ship-specific routing, or being extremely helpful, in different maps?: Specific map information will be updated later, but ships suspected to be involved in ship specific routings are:

Which event-only ships can we get in this event?: Apart from this event with the following:

DD	Okinami	E-2,E-3 Boss Drop
DD	Hatsuzuki	E-2 Reward
CA	Zara	E-3 Reward

See the table below for previous event only specific drops.

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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^{[EDT 1]}															N	N	D	N	N	D	N	N
Fukae^{[EDT 2]}															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. ↑ Samuel B. Roberts introduced as a quest reward from 5A05 during the Kancolle 5th Anniversary ↑ Fukae introduced as drop in (Phase 1) 2-4 & 6-3 during Spring 2018 Mini-Event

Do ships get new seasonal voice lines in this event?: Yes, see Seasonal/Valentines 2016

Are there any ship locking?: No ship locks.

Any armor breaking debuff mechanisms?: No armor breaking but other gimmicks exist.

Will Iowa-class appear as this event's rewards? The devs have promised these 'Murican ships for the upcoming event, right?: Well, yes and no. Yes; they'll come eventually, but during this spring at its earliest. However, they're not guaranteed to arrive during the Spring 2016 Event, nor are they specified to be introduced as event rewards for the matter.; This also means the Iowa-class certainly won't be showing up as the event's reward just yet, so please wait patiently for their arrival and make do with this event's reward (which includes one of the Akizuki-class destroyers) until then.; ※The Intelligence Division and the High Command shall not be held liable for any disappointment, damage of reputation, crushed American dreams, divorces and/or break-ups, financial losses, and being forced to sleep on the streets due to any perceived expectations of the hype caused by the 16inch Triple Gun Mount Mk.7 or its fairies.

Special Mechanics

Difficulty Selection

For more information about the mechanic, see Events#Difficulty Selection.

Starting from Winter 2015 Event, players can choose from the difficulty they want to play on each event map among three available difficulties: Easy (丙), Medium (乙), and Hard (甲).

You need to have a HQ level of 35 for Medium and 80 for hard. Different difficulties yield different rewards with harder ones either giving more items or a better version of the same item. However, ship rewards are always given regardless of difficulty. Drops also differ with some ships available only on medium to hard maps, and drop rates for some ships are statistically better. Enemy compositions also differ with bosses and their escorts are usually weaker on easier difficulties. To finish the next map on Hard, you will need to finish the previous map on Medium or Hard.

Clearing the last map on Hard (甲) mode will reward a First Class Medal. It is not required to clear all maps on hard but to gain access to last map's hard difficulty, you'll need to clear the pre-final map with Medium or above.

Map HP dependent on HQ level

Red gauge HP is known to be different for different HQ levels as shown in the following table. This was also the case for last Summer and Fall events, however, the exact mechanics is still unknown, the level brackets are assumed, consider adding your HQ level in a tooltip or wikitext comment.

	E1	E2	E3	E1	E3	E1	E2	E3
	Easy			Medium		Hard
(1 -> 35)	390			Locked
(35 -> 80)	490		1300	590*		Locked
(80 -> 100)		2800			1700	800	2800	2150
(100 -> 120)	550	3000	1700	650	1800	800	3000	2250

*Level 79 when first started but leveled up to 80.

Abyssal land-based aerial attack

See FAQ above for further info

Multi-routing map

Starting from Winter 2016 Event, the event maps may have multiple starting points which leads to different routes, or even a completely separate routing altogether, and these fleets may encounter entirely different enemies on the way. The starting point of the fleet are dependent on type and composition of the fleet chosen to enter the maps.

Transport Loadoff

See previous event discussion or just click on the link above.

Note that on E3, the transport loadoff has its own dedicated route and boss node, so players can keep farming here without resetting the difficulty as the boss gauge will not be reduced after TP bar is depleted.

PT Imp Packs

Right before the event start, there's an interview on Comptiq which mentioned slightly more about how to kill them.

Destroyer's main guns gains an accuracy bonus against PT Imp Packs.
Secondary guns on on all other ships give an accuracy bonus against PT Imp Packs.

[1] Samuel B. Roberts introduced as a quest reward from 5A05 during the Kancolle 5th Anniversary

[2] Fukae introduced as drop in (Phase 1) 2-4 & 6-3 during Spring 2018 Mini-Event

[EDT 1]

[EDT 2]