Azur Lane

ships?**

PR EXP is only earned through oil-consuming PvE content (& Operation Siren) with the ships specified under the EXP objectives in the Shipyard. PvP matches, Dorm EXP, Lecture EXP and commissions do not count. The EXP goals are rather large; be prepared for a long grind. Ships who are at an EXP/level cap **(i.e. 70/80/90/100\~120 depending on limit break, cognitive awakening or EXP hard cap)** will still contribute EXP to PR EXP objectives, **even if it displays +0 EXP in the combat results.**

**What types of researches are best?**

[Here is the list](https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/ed1qr2/most_efficient_researches_for_blueprints_ordered) for the best researches for earning PR blueprints. There is also a list for those who are looking to grind [gear blueprints](https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/eda3nf/most_efficient_researches_for_gear_blueprints/) specifically. Note that **PR ships are an endgame goal;** investing cubes and coins into research projects early on will greatly impede your progress with little benefit so free researches are a better option while starting out.

**What is the drop rate of X?**

The only known drop rate is for Akagi & Kaga; each have a 0.75% chance to drop after defeating the boss of 3-4. No other drop rates are currently known.

**Is X getting a rerun?**

Most major events get a single rerun per region. You can check the [Azur Lane Wiki](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Azur_Lane_Wiki) to see if an event has already reran on your server's region. Reruns generally occur at least a year after the event's first debut; after the rerun is concluded ships from that event will slowly come to permanent construction pools. The exception to this rule are collaboration events which - so far - haven't seen any reruns due to licensing deals.

**How do I get retrofit items for Sandy/Warspite/X?**

UR retrofit item are acquired through limited-time events. They will have reruns, if you missed them you will have a chance to obtain them in the future. After having a rerun these items are permanently added to the prototype shop.

**What is the next big event? Is there an event roadmap?**

There is no known roadmap for any of the regions; big events are usually announced a week or two at most before the event itself is released.

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Killing the boss fleet is what gives points (specialized cores, core data, event points, etc.); the amount of points is bound to the map, not to the amount of mobs killed.

**What should I be equipping?**

[You can try following these guides.](https://imgur.com/a/TNpH1rL) Otherwise, use what you have.

**How do I get more Oil?**

Oil in Azur Lane is equivalent to stamina in most mobile games; your Canteen generates Oil and you can get more from mission/commission rewards. If you run dry consider running less ships in your fleets, running ships with lower rarity/fewer limit breaks and taking a break.

**How do I get Coins?**

Aside from generation via the Merchant, large coin drops come from Daily Raids and the 8-10 hour commission (costs 800+ fuel). A popular method is farming map 7-2 until all the "?" nodes appear, collecting the nodes and retreating.

**What should I spend Gems on?**

Priority list:

* **Dorm slots (max 5)**
* **Dock capacity**
* 2nd Floor Upgrade for Dorm
* Promise Rings
* Skins
* 3rd Tactical Classroom slot (depends on your needs)

Spending Gems on anything not listed here isn't recommended (ESPECIALLY Oil/Gold). However, it's mostly personal preference.

**What should I spend Medals of Honor on?**

Buy the featured SSR if you want her/need a duplicate for limit breaking. Otherwise, solid purchases are gold and purple Bulins (if needed), T3 Skillbooks, T2 Retrofit Blueprints (T3 if needed), PR Blueprints and Dorm food; anything else isn't recommended though your needs may vary.

**What are Retrofit Blueprints? How do I use them?**

Retrofit Blueprints are used in retrofitting and consumed in the Retrofit tree found in ship details. Note that not all ships have a retrofit. It's recommended to save your blueprints and only retrofit ships you plan on using as higher tier blueprints can be hard to come by.

**What is the best use of Core Data?**

You'll want several [Oxytorps](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Type_93_Pure_Oxygen_Torpedo#Type_3) and [Black](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Super_Heavy_Shell)/[White](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Type_1_Armor_Piercing_Shell) shells, the [F4U Corsairs](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Vought_F4U_Corsair_(VF-17_Squadron)) are currently the best fighters in the game. Other useful items include [Fairey Swordfish 818](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Fairey_Swordfish_(818_Squadron)) which slow enemies on hit and the [Homing Beacon](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Homing_Beacon) for synchronizing airstrikes. The [Seal of the Four Gods,](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Seal_of_the_Four_Gods) improves Anshan class ships but otherwise is not worth buying.

All of the ships currently in the core shop are obtainable through war archives and/or aren't useful to a new player.

**Why can't I rank up past Captain?**

For Rear Admiral Lower Half and higher in addition to meeting the rank score requirement **you must be high enough on the player leaderboards to rank up.** For Rear Admiral Lower Half that means you need to be in the top 1000; all ranks and thresholds [can be found here.](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Exercise#Ranking_and_Merit)

**When is the daily/weekly reset?**

\[EN\] Daily reset is at midnight PDT; weekly reset is Sunday at midnight PDT.

**How to get Akashi?**

Tap on her 30 times in the shop menu to get started. And you might want to hold on to 10 purple and 5 gold Sakura tech packs.

**How do I unlock the last few memories in X event?**

After clearing B3/D3/the last of the non-EX stage of the event, try beating it a few more times.

**How do I earn Tech Points?**

Tech Points are gained by obtaining, max limit breaking and max levelling (level 120) ships. You can see how many points each ship will give you in the Lab > Fleet Tech tab. As a rule of thumb big ships such as CVs or BBs will give you more tech points than little ships regardless of rarity. MLBing a ship gives you the largest amount of points out of the 3 step process; PR1 ships requirements are generally easier to meet than PR2/PR3 ships' fleet tech thresholds.

**How do I earn experience for research

your fleet setup; you may need a tanky frontliner to soak more damage or a battleship in the backline to deal more damage.
* [Enhance](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Dockyard#Enhance_.28Reinforce.29) your ship's stats with common rarity ships.

**How should I set up my fleet?**

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| **Main Fleet (Backline)**|
|:-|
| Aircraft Carriers (CV, CVL) - Clears the screen of enemy projectiles and weaker ships; Airspace Control Value (ACV) improves damage dealt by your carriers and reduces hostile encounters.|
| Battleships, Battlecruisers (BB, BC, BBV, BM) - Concentrated damage better suited for high-value targets; secondary gun protects backline from suicide ships.|
| **Vanguard Fleet (Frontline)**|
| Destroyers (DD) - Cheap; low gun damage with high-damage torpedoes; high evasion with poor armor and HP; speeds up your fleet and helps avoid ambushes.|
| Light Cruisers (CL) - Balanced stats with high anti-air capability.|
| Heavy Cruisers (CA, CB) - Expensive; high damage and/or large HP pool; some utility.|

For the frontline position put your tankiest ship on the left and second tankiest on the right; for the backline try to have your strongest ship in the middle (flagship) position; battleships with a barrage skill should be in the center because it greatly improves their aim.

Make sure that your support (yellow) skills are useful to the rest of the fleet; most only affect certain class, nationality or weapon types and often don’t stack.

While at the beginning it doesn't matter - in fact you'd be better off using both of your fleets equally to level them up - your two fleets should eventually be split up into a mob-killer fleet and boss-killer fleet; the mob-killer fleet sacrifices firepower for sustain so use (self-)healing ships to survive the 4-7 fights needed to summon the boss for the boss-killer fleet.

**When should I Limit Break?**

This depends on your playstyle; Limit Breaking increases a ship's stats and capabilities at the price of increased Oil costs. Therefore:

* If you lean towards casual play and don't sortie much, Limit Break as soon as possible.
* If you lean towards hardcore play and sortie frequently, Limit Break only if you are struggling to progress.

These guidelines only apply to your main use fleets; farming fleets will have a different approach as explained in the next question.

**NOTE: Regardless of your playstyle, Limit Break when your ships are approaching level cap (70/80/90) to avoid losing XP.**

**What are good fleets to use for farming?**

Farming fleets are designed to clear stages with as little fuel use as possible. Therefore:

* **Use fewer ships.** The minimum is one backline and one frontline ship (1:1). Over-level your ships as [level difference](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Combat#Danger_Level) matters.
* Use ships with no/few limit breaks since LBs increase oil costs.
* Use upgraded equipment and level up skills.
* Complete the stage several times with stronger fleets to lower its threat level.
* Use ships of lower rarity since they're cheaper: Common (gray) > Rare (blue) > Elite (purple) > Super Rare (gold)
* Use cheaper ship types. For the frontline: Destroyers (DD) > Light Cruisers (CL) > Heavy Cruisers (CA, CB). For the backline: Monitors (BM) > Battlecruisers (BC) > Battleships (BB) and Light Carriers (CVL) > standard Carriers (CV)

Popular vanguard ships: Phoenix, Leander, Cassin, Downes, Fletcher DDs Popular main fleet ships: Erebus, Terror, Nelson, Rodney, Tirpitz, Duke of York, Yorktown

For high-level farming add healers (Akashi, Vestal, Unicorn, Shouhou, Ryuuhou, Arizona) and a strong boss-killer fleet.

**When farming for gear blueprints/ships/event points, is it better to full clear a stage or just clear enough mobs until the boss spawns?**

Except when getting the third star on a map, you should always go for the boss as soon as it spawns. Only the boss fleet and event elites can drop SR gear blueprints, and the boss has a chance to drop two. Only boss fleets can drop SR ships/boss-only ships, and clearing the boss fleet with an S-rank guarantees a ship drop.

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Here you can ask questions/seek advice about Azur Lane; help each other and grow together!

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|Helpful Resources|
|:-|
|[Azur Lane Wiki](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Azur_Lane_Wiki)|
|[Azur Lane Official English Twitter](https://twitter.com/AzurLane_EN)|
|[Quick Beginner's Starting Guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/7bu2vo/azur_lane_quick_beginner_starter_guide/) by [/u/Ruvicante](https://www.reddit.com/u/Ruvicante/) (Ignore "Grind stage X until level X" advice)|
|[Azur Lane Community Discord Server](https://discord.gg/FVgfdaN)|
|[Azur Lane Official English Discord Server](https://discord.gg/WYjqf7P)|

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|Other Megathreads|
|:-|
| [Littorio's Luxurious Lounge - Gacha, Dorm Screenshots and Discussions](https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/search/?q=title%3ALittorio%27s+Luxurious+Lounge&restrict_sr=1&sort=new&t=week)|

# ** IMPORTANT REMINDER TO BIND YOUR ACCOUNT **

# JP players can bind via [binding code](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Account_Binding) or Twitter account; EN players can bind via Twitter account, Facebook account or Yostar account. These options are [in Settings.](https://i.imgur.com/thwmHwZ.jpg)

**Use at least one account bind option;** use multiple if you want to be safe. **If your device is lost, damaged, or a game update breaks the app and forces you to reinstall you could permanently lose your account**. EN accounts are easiest to recover with an account bind; make sure to bind your account in [the settings](https://i.imgur.com/thwmHwZ.jpg) and only use the login screen binding buttons to reconnect your account. Using the login screen buttons without a bound account will create a new account for you and effectively erase your progress with no way of recovering it outside of contacting customer support. ***JUST DO IT.***

**NOTE:** It's also a good idea to remember your server and take a screenshot of [your resume](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Game_Menu#Player_Info) so that customer support has an easier time recovering your account.

Frequently Asked Questions

**Should I reroll? How do I do it?**

No. There are a few reasons for this:

* Names cannot be reused.
* Ships are constructed with non-premium currency that you can easily get through gameplay.
* SSR ships are **NOT** required for progression.
* High value ships are often stage drops and cannot be built.

**Is X ship good?**

Take a look at [this gallery](https://imgur.com/a/SbIZocC) that shows good, permanently available ships or [this tier list](https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/j1uf68/translated_cn_usagi_senseis_pve_ship_tier_list/) for a general indication of any ship's power. For research ships there's also [a list showing off how useful they are depending on their development level.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/j41v36/cn_tier_list_for_incomplete_pr_ships_v2_now/)

**All ships are usable with proper development;** just know that some ships/compositions are far less viable in later Worlds.

**Should I be spamming Construction or saving cubes?**

Saving cubes is crucial as you'll want a large stockpile of them to attempt limited constructions that appear during events. Outside of events, spend 1 cube per day (4 on Sunday) to satisfy the daily build mission; in doing so you'll complete the weekly mission which gives 6 cubes.

However, **players starting out should spam construction for the first 2 or 3 days** in order to expand their options for fleet setups.

**Should I keep duplicate ships?**

* Duplicates of ships you use: **Keep** for limit breaking and retrofitting.
* Duplicates of ships you don't use, Rare or higher: **Retire** for Medals of Honor (in Build menu).
* Duplicates of ships you don't use, Normal rarity: **Consume** for enhancement of used ships.

**I'm struggling on X stage, what should I do?**

* Level up and limit break your ships; [Level advantage](https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Combat#Danger_Level) makes a difference.
* Check your equipment; equip Purple/Gold/Rainbow rarity equipment and upgrade it.
* Adjust

Amazon's Study Hall - Daily Questions Megathread (02/02)

Here you can ask questions/seek advice about Azur Lane; help each other and grow together!

​

|Helpful Resources|
|:-|
|Azur Lane Wiki|
|Azur Lane Official English Twitter|
|Quick Beginner's Starting Guide by /u/Ruvicante (Ignore "Grind stage X until level X" advice)|
|Azur Lane Community Discord Server|
|Azur Lane Official English Discord Server|

​

|Other Megathreads|
|:-|
| Littorio's Luxurious Lounge - Gacha, Dorm Screenshots and Discussions|

# IMPORTANT REMINDER TO BIND YOUR ACCOUNT

# JP players can bind via binding code or Twitter account; EN players can bind via Twitter account, Facebook account or Yostar account. These options are in Settings.

Use at least one account bind option; use multiple if you want to be safe. If your device is lost, damaged, or a game update breaks the app and forces you to reinstall you could permanently lose your account. EN accounts are easiest to recover with an account bind; make sure to bind your account in the settings and only use the login screen binding buttons to reconnect your account. Using the login screen buttons without a bound account will create a new account for you and effectively erase your progress with no way of recovering it outside of contacting customer support. JUST DO IT.

NOTE: It's also a good idea to remember your server and take a screenshot of your resume so that customer support has an easier time recovering your account.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I reroll? How do I do it?

No. There are a few reasons for this:

Names cannot be reused.
Ships are constructed with non-premium currency that you can easily get through gameplay.
SSR ships are NOT required for progression.
High value ships are often stage drops and cannot be built.

Is X ship good?

Take a look at this gallery that shows good, permanently available ships or this tier list for a general indication of any ship's power. For research ships there's also a list showing off how useful they are depending on their development level.

All ships are usable with proper development; just know that some ships/compositions are far less viable in later Worlds.

Should I be spamming Construction or saving cubes?

Saving cubes is crucial as you'll want a large stockpile of them to attempt limited constructions that appear during events. Outside of events, spend 1 cube per day (4 on Sunday) to satisfy the daily build mission; in doing so you'll complete the weekly mission which gives 6 cubes.

However, players starting out should spam construction for the first 2 or 3 days in order to expand their options for fleet setups.

Should I keep duplicate ships?

Duplicates of ships you use: Keep for limit breaking and retrofitting.
Duplicates of ships you don't use, Rare or higher: Retire for Medals of Honor (in Build menu).
Duplicates of ships you don't use, Normal rarity: Consume for enhancement of used ships.

I'm struggling on X stage, what should I do?

Level up and limit break your ships; Level advantage makes a difference.
Check your equipment; equip Purple/Gold/Rainbow rarity equipment and upgrade it.
Adjust