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| - These ships have at least composition quests (and all of the required ships have them). You should collect and hold onto them when you have their quest available and have decided to complete it. The total number of ships required:
* Destroyers (DD): 42
* Light Cruisers (CL): 14-15 (A50 have optional requirements)
* Heavy Cruisers (CA): 13
* Battleships (BB): 10-12 (A43 have optional requirements)
* Light Carriers (CVL): 4
* Standard Carriers (CV): 7
* Seaplane Tenders (AV): 1 (Chitose or Chiyoda)
* Repair Ships (AR): 1 (Akashi is the only AR)
* Submarine Tenders (AS): 1 (Taigei is the only AS) 92-95 ships in total (effectively the total number can be smaller, since you don't need to keep all of them before/after you have access to or have finished associated quests). These ships have sortie quests. You should keep them and level them up until you clear the quest. The total number of ships to sortie:
* DD: 42
* CL: 11-12 (B41 have optional requirements)
* CA: 13
* BB: 9
* CVL: 3
* CV: 5
* AV: 0-1 (B9 have optional requirements) 83-85 ships in total. These ships are required for expedition quests. Currently, only Taigei is needed. Ships required for equipment model conversion quests:
* Shoukaku and Akagi required for F19 and F20
* Unryuu Kai required for B28 which unlocks F15
* Hiryuu Kai Ni and Souryuu required for B25 which unlocks F13 and F14
* Houshou required for F22
* Zuikaku required for F26 - F30 Assuming you complete all one-time quests and don't plan to keep all collected ships required by them, you can consider two types of ships to keep. Kai Ni ships, ships with high stats, rare equipment or special roles:
* DD: 14 Kai Ni ships and Shimakaze.
* CL: 6 Kai Ni ships, Nagara, Kuma, Natori.
* CA: 9 Kai Ni ships.
* BB: all except Ise-class ships.
* CV: all.
* CVL/AV: Chitose and Chiyoda (as Kai Ni or AV).
* Akashi. Ships with low recourse consumption; other special features:
* DD: 6 Mutsuki-class ships; Naganami Kai comes with Type 3 SONAR.
* CL: 2 Tenryuu-class ships; Yuubari has 4 slots; Ooyodo also has 4 slots, high LoS and comes with Fleet Command Facility.
* CA: Aoba and others (less so).
* BB: Ise-class ships.
* Taigei. For comparisons of stats and battle roles see ship type pages. The following tables show exact ships and quests, referring to the Quests page.
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