Airship Guide

[Alien_Gamer]

I decided to go with:
Tatanora Hull
Bronco Sail
Tatanora Forecastle
Tatanora Aftcastle

If it makes a difference these are the stat differences for you.

Mixed set
Surv 138
Ret 126
speed 54
range 84
favor 150

Tatanora set
Surv 120
Ret 140
speed 50
range 140
favor 120

They're fairly close in most respects except range, being able to hit more islands each trip was what decided it for me. However I haven't done the math or run it enough to have an idea of which is better (or if it even makes a difference).

[Dustytome]

I decided to go with:
Tatanora Hull
Bronco Sail
Tatanora Forecastle
Tatanora Aftcastle

That build isn't possible. It uses 20 build points more than you have access to with a max level airship.

[Alien_Gamer]

That would be unfortunately. I just finished building the third part, I was waiting for the airship to return to install it. ;( Oh well, time to gather more mats then.

[Dustytome]

That would be unfortunately. I just finished building the third part, I was waiting for the airship to return to install it. ;( Oh well, time to gather more mats then.

Ship Builder Tool
Go here and click File -> Make a Copy to get your own Ship Builder tool.

This has all the current parts on it, so make sure to go to the ship builder tab on that document, ensure the ship you're editing is set to rank 50 and then you can adjust the parts to see if they'll all work. You want to be at or below 61 build points. Good luck to you, wish I had managed to catch you before you started building, I know those parts are costly!

[Alien_Gamer]

Thank you for that but I tried using it before; the formulas weren't working in excel or open office when I downloaded it so I went hunting elsewhere and missed checking the capacity for that build. I've got more than one airship I need to build up so its not a wasted effort, I'll either use it on a different ship or sell it on MB; either way I'll get use out of it.

[Hakane_Mitsu]

Hi, I just want to say Thanks for all the useful information, I'm almost done with my first Airship that's almost Rank 50 and Iwas just wondering if anyone has any recommended builds that I should use for a first Rank 50 airship?

[ChameleonMS]

Hi, I just want to say Thanks for all the useful information, I'm almost done with my first Airship that's almost Rank 50 and I was just wondering if anyone has any recommended builds that I should use for a first Rank 50 airship?

The most annoying thing once you have a rank 50 airship is needing to unlock all the sectors. This just takes time and repeat voyages the key sectors shown on the air route map. I recommend an Enterprise Hull and Tatanora/Viltgance propellers and whichever Fore and Aft castles fit within your build points limits after that. This way you will have a fast, reasonably long range ship to do the sector exploration unlocking.

[Dustytome]

Hi, I just want to say Thanks for all the useful information, I'm almost done with my first Airship that's almost Rank 50 and Iwas just wondering if anyone has any recommended builds that I should use for a first Rank 50 airship?

Invincible-type Hull
Bronco-type Sail
Viltgance-type Forecastle
Odyssey-type Aftcastle

It's slow, has access to all the goods, a good chance at getting another hit at items and brings back a large haul of any items that are snagged in multiples.

That's worked well, but there are still runs that come back with crud. RNG rules the skies I guess. Working very slowly on building a faster ship, sacrificing retrieval for speed (swap rigging & aftcastle types), but I have no experience with it yet. In theory it should bring back the rare items quicker, but less of anything that you'd get in stacks. We'll have to see what the expansion holds soon for airship parts.

[Finrod]

Any new sectors in 4.0? Any new drops? Let's get some screenshots going!

[Alien_Gamer]

If I remember correctly, Yoshi said there wouldn't be any more updates to airships. There "may" be something else along the lines of submarines coming. Since it wasn't at launch I don't think it will be before 4.1. But who knows...