Airship Guide

[Tussin]

Are there some prefered builds I should be looking forward to?

it sounds like you want a ship with high retrieval and range. which is ok! it depends on what you want.

slow/long haulers give more bang for the buck on your FC credit spenditures via fueling/repairs to your airships

if money or FC credits are no object to you... then let us know!

[Lilseph]

it sounds like you want a ship with high retrieval and range. which is ok! it depends on what you want.

slow/long haulers give more bang for the buck on your FC credit spenditures via fueling/repairs to your airships

if money or FC credits are no object to you... then let us know!

Hey, Tussin! Thanks for your reply. Answering your questions, we are currently earning more points than losing. So buying the Ceruleum Tanks won't be an issue. As far as repairing goes, I'm basically gathering the dark matter and crafting the repair materials myself. So that won't be an issue either. With that being said, and with these ideas on mind, what should I aim for? Thanks in advance!

[Alien_Gamer]

Theres only 2 real limitations on building your airships.
1. 61 build points
You only have 61 points to put into your airship and each part takes some amount of it. Lower level parts offer lower stats but also use fewer build points (ex. Bronco Hulls have 80 range and 3 build points but Viltgance has 164 range and 31 build points). So you have to mix and match parts from different sets to maximize the stats you want without exceeding 61 build points.
2. 90 surveillance
Higher level destinations require a minimum 90 surveillance to get there so unless you want to only hit the early destinations, you have to keep a minimum of 90 surveillance. Which isn't hard but it does eliminate a lot of builds.

A popular long haul build is
invincible Hull
Bronco Sail
Viltgance Forecastle
Odyssey Aftcastle
This gives you 138 surveillance, 126 Retreival, 54 speed, 84 range, 150 favor.

With 84 range I can hit 2-3 of the furthest destinations in the same trip or 4-5 closely grouped far destinations and I get decent loot with it. The downside is it takes forever to do so.

Another build with more range and speed but less loot is
Tatanora Hull
Bronco Sail
Tatanora Forecastle
Invincible Aftcastle
Surveillance 136, retreival 84, speed 66, range 140, favor 120.
The range is a bit overkill to me but you'll be able to go everywhere with it.

[Tussin]

the above 2 are great haulers with stats in the right areas and speed is the best dump stat typically!

i made this as my long range hauler... its a different approach but still solid!

61/61 point build

Odyssey Hull
Bronco Sail/Rigging
Invincible II Forecastle
Odyssey Aftcastle

96 surveillance
126 retrieval
54 speed
126 range
96 favor

[AlastorGaramonde]

My airship is level 9, and I just unlocked sector 4. Should I bother making all 4 parts for Invincible 1? Will I use them all at some point?

Thanks!

[Shadygrove]

My airship is level 9, and I just unlocked sector 4. Should I bother making all 4 parts for Invincible 1? Will I use them all at some point?

Thanks!

No.

A pure Invincible is only available as funniture.

[cassist]

I've been sending out my fully bronco airship to sector 11 in hopes of unlocking sector 13. After maybe 30 trips or so, still nothing.

Is there a soft cap? I thought only the later sectors had a surveillance requirement.

[DrWho2010]

you will want to upgrade pieces. a full bronco will only get you so far.

[Alien_Gamer]

Sector 13 only requires your ship to be rank 37 to discover it, the rest is pure RNG. Later sectors (17 and up) also require 90 surveillance which means you'll need to upgrade by then.

[geekgirl101]

Here's an updated map with the new sectors, think I have the arrows from sector 21>24 going the right way.