[Azur Lane] Beginner's Guide 2024. Setting yourself up for success

[@ViJt-oq5nq]

Honestly, the best tip is manage your cubes as F2P It takes 400 cubes and 350k gold to pity a UR. You can earn somewhere between 50-80 cubes a week depending on level, access and grind. You can farm gold very easily 1-2 weeks before the event in the oil efficient worlds. On avg you'll spend 200 cubes and 125k gold to sweep a banner. At some point, make this decision. Don't pull on reruns and don't pull in the standard banner except for your 1 light build a day. Your goal is to maintain 400 cubes so you can SWEEP all the NEW banners. You'll get the ships in the standard banner as you pull on event banners, or they'll be moved to requisition, medal shop, archives etc. The goal is to sweep everything new as you catch up to the reruns letting you stockpile the heck outa cubes. I've been sweeping banners since Shimakaze was released and haven't missed a UR as a F2P. I missed 2 gold ships that absolutely wouldn't drop after spending way more than 500 cubes on em. But they'll come back in the future. The game is a LOT more fun when you get all the ships and be tempted by the best skins.

[@roguecarrick816]

biloxi is in the shop and triggers independence. fletcher turns up early and stays useful through high levels because she goes from low end fletcher class with the beavers which you need for charles ausburne, to high end with sr ausburne and nicholas and ur halford. if you need an early u boat select 410 from the permanent events. ranger also turns up early and can out damage enterprise occasionally. prince of wales is important if you're an eagle union main as eagle union battleships can struggle against certain enemy types that wales will cover.

[@captaincool3329]

I've been playing for almost 3 years daily now; good job, I think this pretty much covers the "must"s. The only extra ships I would've maybe brought up for early players would be Queen Elizabeth and (particularly) Bismarck as both are now permanently available faction buffers- QE from a couple maps and one of the shops, and Bismarck from Scherzo's final map as both a drop and 60 run pity. Nachi Retrofit is another one, as another KZbinr (can't remember who) compared her to Portland Retrofit and (in his opinion) Nachi is better, only that Nachi is not as easily accessible as Portland (who is given to new players anyway) and is only a slight upgrade, but would still be a good option if planning an early all-Sakura fleet with Nagato, a carrier pair, Nachi, and 2 others- perhaps Ayanami or Yuudachi. Bringing up Air Raid Assistance ships might have been useful for CV comps, but I suppose this was only for beginners anyway, and ARA is more of a Ch 12/13 speciality (not that I ever prioritised it myself). Nice work. For my own context, I've haven't survived 13-3 Hard or 15-1 yet, but I'm playing with historical equipment fit only, so I'm levelling up Perma Stats, Laffey and Guam before I run it again.

[@Gunnar002]

Queen Elizabeth is a good recommendation, also just to clarify Bismarck is not the B3/D3 ship of Scherzo, King George V is. But Bismark is available in the monthly medal shop. Thank you for the additions and good luck with your historical gear challenge

[@captaincool3329]

@@Gunnar002 Thanks, sorry about that. Forgot KGV was the SSR drop instead.

[@threestars2164]

Still no gameplay improvements over the years? They should have added the ability to deploy 20 fleets by now. AZ is still one of the simplest management-type games out there.

[@ronh9707]

Mind if I ask what game is AZ?

[@quadrilateral173]

​@@ronh9707 azur lane, guh

[@TwilightWolfSpirit]

Is there a preference on which ship/ships is/are best to make a promise to? In example, should I wait to pity pull New Jersey and then promise her, or is there someone else like Helena that is a must to promise)?

[@Gunnar002]

@@TwilightWolfSpirit people generally like to prioritize oathing their big damage dealers (NJ, Shinano, Shimakaze, etc) since the oath let's your shipgirl get a +12% bonus to all stats but speed. Oathing will help you clear stages faster but I don't think there's any content in the game that requires your ships to clear. My personal recommendations would be shipgirls you're going to use a lot like your big damage dealers, your healers (Unicorn, Persceus, Aquila) or shipgirls that have good supporting skills but are a bit squishy like Helena. Or you can oath your favorite or one with an oath skin you like.

[@ayokiwi1678]

this was my first gacha ever played. Put it down after a couple weeks. Im coming back YEARS later bc for some reason... this was the best gacha game for me but ima be honest.... THIS was more like a next step up from beginners guide.... lol thanks though

[@sokchanpkay916]

Talking about beginner guide beginners better be careful with exercises it a good place for farming experience but at the cost of EXER-WR basically you use low level ship to get them sink of the hand of enemy fleet and you get experience but your exercises win rate will be rock button so be careful don't be like me with 4k lose 0 win rate (just start farming win rate now) it not that of the deal but every time you check your profile and see everything in big number only exercises win rate i bet it will hurt your eyes

[@corpshu]

would you say that it is best to start as early as possible, or should you wait for special events like new years/christmas/anniv?

[@Gunnar002]

@@corpshu anytime is fine, it allows you to stockpile resources for the special events. The anniversary typically has a double exp for your characters and account level if the account is under level 80 so it helps with catching up and unlocking more features.

[@AresGod0fWar]

I have a little bit of a complicated question in regards to the wiki and War Archives. I have a Kii that's level 70. It says that she can be farmed on (B3, D3) or as a guarantee after 60x D3. The map is listed as T1-T6 and HT1-HT6 though. When I launch the archive it says she can be obtained from 60x HT6. Okay, so my question is, can she be farmed on the other stages? Because there's conflicting info with what's on the wiki and what the stages are actually labeled. I noticed the link that brings you to the event lists she is droppable on T6, HT6, SP(boss node only), but I don't know if that's still the case. I am just getting a couple fleets to about 100 so I would like to avoid using a bulin if I can farm for a copy of the ship. I also have Noshiro from a pull, but her info seems to be correct on the wiki. Sorry for the novel, but it was rather complicated to explain. Also, it appears that getting 3 stars on those stages yield no rewards. Is that correct?

[@Gunnar002]

Kii will only drop from T6 or HT6 with HT6 having the 60 run pity. On Kii's page it appears whoever did it forgot that Dreamwalker's Butterfly has a slightly different stage numbering than normal And the SP stage and 3 star rewards are limited to when the event was going on.

[@AresGod0fWar]

@@Gunnar002 alright cool. Thanks for confirming that. I assumed that would probably be the case, but as a newer player I just didn’t want to waste time grinding for something that wasn’t there. I have no idea what the drop rate is for these characters in the archive, but I plan on throwing a few entries at them every now and then since I’m stocked up anyway.

[@user-ev5zf1hl2o]

hi sorry i am newbie here, although my level is mid around 67, i rarely play, just play on ur banner, but i want to unlock those ur ships in labs that needed tech points? what is it and how do i acquired it?

[@Gunnar002]

Obtaining ships, getting them max limit broken, and then to level 120 will give you the points to unlock the DRs/rainbows in the PR lab. I have a video on my channel going over the tech points/ fleet technology system but haven't covered the PR system on its own yet.

[@user-ev5zf1hl2o]

@@Gunnar002 oh i see then, any advance advice you can give me? i want to unlock kearsarge, but they said i need 692 out of 1000 eagle union tech point. and also, my drake blue print in the face mission is maxed 150/150 and i changed it to brest, is that good idea?

[@Gunnar002]

@@user-ev5zf1hl2o prioritize getting your eagle union girls to max limit break, there's a significant amount of eagle union girls in Ashen Simulacrum and Fallen wings war archives to pick up. As for swapping to Brest after getting all the Drake prints that's good.

[@Gamer-zg2wb]

@@user-ev5zf1hl2o You can check the wiki for Eagle Union ships and check how many tech points they give for obtaining/limit breaking/leveling. What I did was use my EXP mats to max limit break the common/rare ships first and also buy the corresponding faction's ships from the shops. You can also max limit break Elite (purple) ships, but that's much more expensive for a newer player. Also, I only used EXP mats because I wanted the tech points fast, but you could also just farm EXP in maps with them or put them in the dorm. I just didn't wanna wait lol

[@johndo1158]

This is more much like an advanced guide than beginners guide with lots of flexing yr own dock

[@witzuro3083]

Hey I started playing just before Guam's event so I'm still a beginner but a bit deeper into it more or less. I wanted to know if you had some recommendations in regards to Gear Labs priorities. For now I've spent everything I had on making two Flapjacks for Enterprise/Unicorn/whatever combo of CVs I am using at the time. I am at a bit of a loss on what to aim for next.

[@Gunnar002]

Getting a pair of Georgia guns (Rainbow in Eagle Union tree) is a worthwhile investment for your BBs and it can be faster than relying on the rng of the research academy. Westland Wyvern (Rainbow royal navy torpedo bomber) is extremely good, very powerful and has the ability to intercept so it buffs your fleet's AA capabilities. They'll take awhile but just make sure to do normal mode of the OpSi monthly arbiter fight, clear the stage requirements to unlock both the rainbow universal part blueprints and the Rainbow ordinance reports, and fight the red treasure chest nodes. Georgia gun and Wyvern require different Rainbow mats thankfully

[@ViJt-oq5nq]

Those Ultra Gears are gonna take quite some time to get. It's kind of an end game grind. In the mean time... The Royal Navy proto triple 152 CL gun is the best battleship CL gun for killing suicide boats if those are still a struggle. The Iron Blood 128 SKC41 DD gun is good for Eagle Union BBs that can't equip a CL gun. Sakura B7A Ryusei and Iron Blood Ju87d4 converging torpedo bombers are what people run on carrier boss fleets. The Iris Proto Triple 406 BB gun is a great 20 sec AP gun for syncing at Helena's 20 second proc. The Eagle Union Twin 406 MK4 that builds into the Georgia gun is a great AP gun for barrage battleships. Royal Navy Bidders are the best submarine torpedoes. Iris 138 MLE DD gun is great for most DDs. The Eagle Union 152 Mk17 is a great CL gun for most CLs. Royal Navy has most of the best AA guns. 1 sextuple Bofors for Sandy or your AA carry will go a long way. Twin 40mm Bofors gives hit stats. Twin 135 mm AA gun gives FP stats. Those r mainly for min maxing, but can be cheap.

[@witzuro3083]

​@@ViJt-oq5nqThank you for all those suggestions! Unfortunately I cannot craft any of those yet but at least I have an idea. Until now I was following the english community tierlist and its recommended gear (whatever I had that was listed there)

[@ViJt-oq5nq]

@witzuro3083 Gear in this game is unique compared to others. Sometimes what might be overlooked as trash gear can be amazing depending on the ships skills or fight ahead, cuz that gear gives you the projectile spread, reload speed, range, damage modifiers, etc. that you need.

[@Gamer-zg2wb]

@@ViJt-oq5nq Also, Iron Blood quad magnetic torps. You can also get those from tech boxes, but that's RNG.

[@TheRealNickChang]

Hello, I'm new. Do I actually even need to farm stages for gear (building a second team so I can farm longer) or do I just over level my main team and take that all the way to campaign 10?

[@dedyskadedyska1717]

Hi. Actually, you need 2+ fleets for campaign. Start with one fleet, lvl up your fleet then go for second. Most gun are locked in gear lab(60+ lvl op siren). Just put your high rarity on ships and dont mind. And also you can farm, but i prefer farm event stages cuz more drop and exp from sirens.

[@dedyskadedyska1717]

For farm you need 1:1 set up for lower oil consum and safe zone on stage.

[@dedyskadedyska1717]

Except high lvl enemy

[@osbornwu]

what's the best way to level ship up? is there a good break down base on ship levels? like do this thing for lvl 1-10, 10-20, 20-30, etc?

[@Gunnar002]

Generally I let them sit in the dorm for a few days and have them do the highest level stage they can on auto. 12-4 is my standard exp grind location where I have a couple ships overleveled carrying one or two super under leveled ships. You could do a similar thing at a lower stage if your fleets aren't able to handle 12-4 auto search like that.

[@osbornwu]

@@Gunnar002 and what level would they be when they start grinding 12-4? Like 90? Or does it really matter even if they sunk? I just barely got pass 10-4 today a d that was a struggle

[@Gunnar002]

@@osbornwu if you just barely scraped by 10-4 then I'd hang out and grind where you can wirhout anyone sinking in chapter 10 or 9. If you check the wiki linked in the video description you can check the different chapters and see what levels the enemies are.

[@Zakk0664]

Farming retrofits are a pain in the ass, 8 day old account world 5 currently

[@deathgod1142]

10:04 those gloves are for archery

[@thegoldexperience8340]

Hi! I recently downloaded AL since i got curious (maybe a bit because of my HSR/R1999 burnout). Im currently stuck on chapter 2-4 since i cant clear within the time limit. What should i do before then because i also haven't unlocked the stages that drops exp materials. What should i do at the moment? (Also i only have z23 and indianapolis as my main ships rn)

[@Gunnar002]

Having your shipgirls just hang out in the dorm for a little while will get them started on exp, the levels for 2-4 should be 20-21 so if you get your shipgirls to 22+ they'll be able to complete it much quicker. You can also stop back to 2-3 for some exp grinding and trying to get Nelson there instead of waiting for the commander mission reward. Hopefully also pick up some z23 copies or the other two starters. And opening tech boxes for gear, preferably purple, gold or rainbow and combining your white ones into blues and blues into purples. Hopefully this helps and I wish you good luck.

[@loveawesomeheart2812]

I’m new and got a ship from the gacha I can’t put on my team? Does anyone know why

[@Gunnar002]

@@loveawesomeheart2812 if they have been sent out on a commission then they can't be added to a team. I would check that

[@JBK52596]

does roon muse contribute towards iron blood tech? I have read conflicting info. ty btw

[@Gunnar002]

Apologies she does not contribute tech points

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

​@@Gunnar002additional questions: does she count as iron blood for exp farm research?

[@Gunnar002]

@@abrahamwijaya6631 yes, the muse ships do count towards the PR exp requirements for their respective factions.

[@abrahamwijaya6631]

@@Gunnar002 ah man all my proto bulin *poof*

[@M6Teen16]

Hello can someone answer my questions please can u buy the META CRYSTAL of the previous Meta ship that can be obtain in the battlepass i miss 1 is there a way for me to obtain what i lose???

[@Gunnar002]

@@M6Teen16 Right now you can't buy the crystals for the previous battlepass ships, but they had announced that they would make them available again at some point but we don't know when or how.

[@M6Teen16]

@@Gunnar002 i see thank you so much im glad there is hope and thank you :]

[@victorflores6234]

The gems number xd

[@Shuttlekilla]

im gonna sleep good tonight

[@jmbrady1]

I'll be real, the tutorial almost made me quit