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SubmarinesSubmarines where to start, firstly to unlock submarines you must have a free company, and a free company workshop. So your Free Company must be rank 6 and have a house and you must buy the workshop.
The first submarine build you will unlock is the shark build, and as the submarine levels up, you can equip higher level parts to the submarine. Higher level builds are unlocked through a number of items in the Free Company workshop
following is a list of materials you will need for each part of each build, and the quantity. I hope this is helpful in pre planning.
Now I believe that certain builds are more suitable than others for certain things, I always try to aim for a build with over 195 Surveillance as this is the minimum surveillance needed to hit all the loot tables in all sectors. Many sectors require less, but its probably better to aim to hit this stat requirement. So Ill quickly explain about the stats of a submarine.
StatsSurveillance: Influences the weather pattern encountered in a sector. Weather patterns affect loot tables and require specific minimum thresholds. Rarer loot requires better weather.
Retrieval: Influences the extraction rate (yield) of a dropped item (poor, normal, optimal).
Speed: Influences the duration of a voyage.
Range: Influences the maximum distance a ship may travel during a voyage.
Favour: Influences the number of anomalies detected at a single destination (referred to as "Double Dipping").
There are a few builds I would recommend, and I myself use, they each have their own purposes and uses. I have used the level 80 stats.
[ C+ U+ U+ Y+ ] Modified Coelacanth-class pressure Hull - Modified Unkiu-class Stern - Modified Unkie-class Bow - Modified Syldra-class Bridge Surveillance - 225 Retrieval - 95 Speed - 110 Range - 140 Favour - 175 This Build I use for unlocking areas, its used at the very start of new submarine content, and when all areas are unlocked I swap the parts over. It is very good for unlocking areas.
[ C+ U+ S+ Y+ ] Modified Coelacanth-class pressure Hull - Modified Unkiu-class Stern - Modified Shark-class Bow - Modified Syldra-class Bridge Surveillance - 215 Retrieval - 120 Speed - 100 Range - 135 Favour - 180 This is one of the main farming build I am using at the moment, it has more than enough surveillance and range to get to all areas, it also has 180 favour which is now recommended. I personally think this is one of the perfect farming build.
[ C+ U+ Y+ C+ ] Modified Coelacanth-class pressure Hull - Modified Unkiu-class Stern - Modified Syldra-class Bow - Modified Coelacanth-class Bridge Surveillance - 205 Retrieval - 100 Speed - 115 Range - 150 Favour - 190This is the other main farming build I am using at the moment, it has more than enough surveillance and range to get to all areas, it has slightly more speed and more range than the other build it has 190 favour which is above the recommended, it dose have less retrieval than the other build though. I personally think this is one of the perfect farming build, I personally can not decide between them.
[ C+ U+ Y+ Y ] Modified Coelacanth-class pressure Hull - Modified Unkiu-class Stern - Modified Syldra-class Bow - Syldra-class Bridge Surveillance - 200 Retrieval - 100 Speed - 75 Range - 190 Favour - 190The previous tier's premier double dipper. Packs more than enough Surveillance to find any item in current maps. Has more range than the previous build but is a decent bit slower. I am not a fan of this build I am mainly put off by the slowness compared to the previous build, in my opinion the previous build can do just as much, in a lesser amount of time.
[ C+ U+ Y+ + Y ] Modified Coelacanth-class pressure Hull - Modified Unkiu-class Stern - Modified Syldra-class Bow - Modified Syldra-class Bridge Surveillance - 200 Retrieval - 100 Speed - 80 Range - 190 Favour - 190Almost exactly the same as the previous build, except I modified the Syldra-class Bridge which gives 5 more speed to the submarine.
[ C U C C ] Coelacanth-class pressure Hull - Unkiu-class Stern - Coelacanth-class Bow - Coelacanth-class Bridge Surveillance - 215 Retrieval - 70 Speed - 105 Range - 130 Favour - 130 I personally have used this in the past, while I am levelling a submarine, its a good levelling build I think, but honestly as soon as my submarines hit 50 and I make the modified parts that I want for what ever build I am planning on making that submarine, I change them. This build dose not double dip, but at least you'll be able to find any item in current maps, it has low range but hits two sectors in roughly two days. Like I said a good levelling build mainly because its cheap and can still be used on current maps, I wouldn't permanently use this build though.
[ S+ Y S+ C+ ] Modified shark-class pressure Hull - Syldra-class Stern - Modified Shark-class Bow - Modified Coelacanth-class Bridge Surveillance - 170 Retrieval - 220 Speed - 135 Range - 40 Favour - 150 As discussed before I was looking for a sub to farm nothing but Pure Titanium Ore and Cryptomeria Logs, the stats I needed were Surveillance, Retrieval, Favour at least they were in my opinion, and for this build this is all I concentrated on. Im very happy with the results the submarine works for its intended purpose. In my opinion Its a good Submarine to have while you are still modifying submarines, because it literally farms the most expensive raw materials that you will need.
[ W+ C S+ C+ ] Modified Whale-class pressure Hull - Coelacanth-class Stern - Modified Shark-class Bow - Modified Coelacanth-class Bridge Surveillance - 155 Retrieval - 200 Speed - 150 Range - 55 Favour - 165 This is my Kamacite Farming build, its made for that purpose and only that purpose, its quick, its simple, and its efficient.
[ W+ U+ S+ S+ ] Modified Whale-class pressure Hull - Modified Unkiu-class Stern - Modified Shark-class Bow - Modified Shark-class Bridge Surveillance - 130 Retrieval - 185 Speed - 145 Range - 110 Favour - 155This submarine is designed to Collect high-value items that are sold to vendors for raw gil. No market board needed, just a vendor.
[ S+ S+ S+ C+ ] Modified Shark-class pressure Hull - Modified Shark-class Stern - Modified Shark-class Bow - Modified Coelacanth-class Bridge Surveillance - 125 Retrieval - 185 Speed - 170 Range - 90 Favour - 170Again another submarine build that is designed to Collect high-value items that are sold to vendors for raw gil.
I will include a stat table of each submarine piece so that should you wish to make you're own build you are able to see what stat each piece has.
I will now also include some tables of the submarine areas, maps first for you to have a visual guide. The Letters will corresponded with the following tables.
And here are the loot tables for each area
Repairs Submarines like Airships will need to be repaired, to repair submarines you will need an item called Magitek Repair Materials, these items can be crafted and require 1 Dark Matter Cluster and 5 Grade 6 Dark Matter to make 1 Magitek Repair Materials, I would advise making at least 50 to 100, as higher level parts require more Magitek Repair Materials to be repaired. I believe the modified parts require 6 Magitek Repair Materials per part.
Anyway I hope this helps you with your submarines guys, best of luck and good farming.
Pandora DeMew
