Winter 2017 Event/Info

English	Operation 'Hikari', the Emergency Deployment of the Reconnaissance Force![Edit]
Japanese	偵察戦力緊急展開！「光」作戦
Romaji	Teisatsu senryoku kinkyū tenkai! 'Hikari' sakusen
Start	11th February 2017	End	28th February 2017
Scale	Small	New Content	4 ships, 4 equipment, 1 abyssal
Maps	3 (2 MO + 1 EO)	Duration	16 days

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Information Update

According to information extracted by Japanese bloggers from interview on Tanaka as printed on the latest Comptiq magazine:

• The winter event will have 3 maps.
• Winter event is based on Operation Hikari which is a transportation operation done by I-class subs to Truk Islands.
• It will also have reconnaissance mission before launching an attack on the enemy's Ulithi Atoll Base.
• The follow-up in history is the Operation Arashi, but it will be unfolded differently in Kancolle.
• The Operation preparation near Nanao-kita Bay, strengthening your defense and patrol near Chichijima, Ogasawara Island will be the motif before the Main Operation. (Related to Matsukaze?)
• Both new submarine equipment and the I-class submarine which have successfully completed Operation Hikari will be implemented in the final map.
• And there will have certain type of twins that's involved in the Operation Hikari (I-13?)

Difficulty Selection

Each map in this event has four (4) difficulty levels (a.k.a. operation ranks) the player can choose from:

• Casual (丁) (Unlocks at HQ level 1)
• Easy (丙) (Unlocks at HQ level 1)
• Medium/Normal (乙) (Unlocks at HQ level 35)
• Hard (甲) (Unlocks at HQ level 80)

The operation rank affects enemy patterns, boss health and strength, the number of times the player has to sink the boss in order to clear the map and the drop rates of ships. Different ranks reward different medals, pieces of equipment and/or materials upon clearing a map. The higher the operation rank, the better the reward.

However, new ship rewards are available on all difficulty levels, and you only have to clear the final event map on Hard to get the exclusive First-class medal.

Click that option circled in as shown in red to change difficulty

You can choose the difficulty level for each individual map separately. However, you will NOT be able to select Hard for a map if you cleared the previous map on Casual/Easy. You must clear the previous map at least on Medium/Normal.

• 【NOT POSSIBLE】Casual/Easy > Hard
• 【POSSIBLE】(Medium/Normal)/Hard > Hard
• 【POSSIBLE】Casual/Easy/(Medium/Normal)/Hard > (Medium/Normal)
• 【POSSIBLE】Casual/Easy/(Medium/Normal)/Hard > Casual/Easy

Un-highlighted words indicate Current Difficulty

It is also possible to change the difficulty level afterwards, however:

• If you drop to a lower difficulty (e.g. from Hard to Normal/Easy), the current HP/TP bar value (the one you have the moment you drop down) will increase by 25% of the new maximum and you will retain ALL unlocking/phases done on the previous difficulty level.
• However, if you change to a higher difficulty (e.g. from Easy to Hard), the boss's HP/TP bar will be reset upon doing so and ALL unlocking/debuffs/phases will be reset as well. In short, you will lose your entire map progress!

Once the map is cleared (boss HP bar is depleted, boss is defeated, and the HP bar is no longer visible in the map):

• You CAN NO LONGER re-adjust the difficulty level, but can still farm the map on the difficulty you have chosen to clear the map with.
• The enemy patterns revert back to pre-final patterns.

New

Ships

	DD	Matsukaze	E-2 Reward
	DD	Fujinami	E-2 Drop
	SSV	I-14	E-3 Reward
	SSV	I-13	E-3 Drop

Equipment

	Submarine Radar & Waterproof Telescope	Submarine Equipment	E-2 reward (Normal and Hard)
	Saiun (Disassembled for Transport)	Transportation Material	Event quest reward (×2)
	Saiun (Eastern Caroline Air Group)	Carrier-based Reconnaissance Aircraft	E-3 reward (Normal and Hard)
	Submarine Radar & Passive Radiolocator (E27)	Submarine Equipment	I-13 Kai stock equipment
	Seiran (631 Air Group)	Seaplane Bomber	Unimplemented in the event, but available through quests after the event, in which Zuiun (631 Air Group) (E-1 Hard and Normal reward) is a prerequisite.

Abyssal

Units

Abyssal Twin Princesses

Aviation Battleship

E-3 Boss

Equipment

Abyssal Submarine Floatplane

Seaplane Bomber

Maps

E-1	E-2	E-3
Blue Tag	Green Tag	Blue Tag
Single	Combined	Single + Combined
TP Gauge	TP Gauge	TP + HP Gauge

Quests

ID	Requirements				Rewards		Note
KO01	【丙】作戦「彩雲」調達＆輸送分解 Disassemble and Transport "Saiun"
	Scrap a Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane and have 10 development materials as well as a Type 97 Torpedo Bomber in inventory.		0 / 0 / 0 / 0		Saiun (Disassembled for Transport) x1		The development materials and the Type 97 are consumed upon completion of the Quest.
KO02	「彩雲」輸送分解 Disassemble and Transport "Saiun"
	Scrap a Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane and have 20 development materials as well as a Saiun in inventory.		0 / 0 / 0 / 0		Saiun (Disassembled for Transport) x1		The development materials and the Saiun are consumed upon completion of the Quest.
KO03	敵大規模泊地の後方兵站線を分断せよ！ Break down the rear logistic line of enemy large scale anchorage!
	A-Rank Isolated Island Demon node (E-3-J) twice		650 / 650 / 0 / 0		X 3		Available when E-3 Last Dance phase is reached. Clearing the quest will reduce the defensive power of the E-3 boss.

Quick Notes

Event 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															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.