Airship Guide

[Shnrnr]

Another reason someone might want an airship in 2024:

If you're just getting started with ships/subs, it can help to build an airship as soon as you've launched your first sub. As additional sub slots are unlocked slowly as you level up and explore more sectors, it can be very helpful to have an airship leveling up and bringing back materials alongside your first sub.

I've been leveling a sub and an airship for just a couple of weeks, and so far my airship is the only one to bring back materials such as bamboo weave and balsa wood scraps. Without those, I wouldn't have been able to unlock higher level sub prototype schematics, which will help my sub level faster. I might retire my airship once I unlock a fourth sub slot, but until then it will be nice to have it running voyages and supporting all my workshop activities. (My sub also has yet to bring back any treasure, whereas my airship has already retrieved about 400k worth of fine alumen.)

[DrWho2010]

airships are effectively dead content. really anything you can get from them you can buy off the marketboard.

[Jojoya]

airships are effectively dead content. really anything you can get from them you can buy off the marketboard.

Except airships are the only source for getting some of those items to the marketboard unless SE chooses to temporarily insert those items into quick ventures.

Oriental Grass Tuft - airship only.

Dusk Leather - airship only.

Fine Alumen - airship only.

Tincalconite (for the pudding furnishing people love around All Saints) - airship only.

Several other items are airship only but have less demand as well.

If you're solely after making as much gil from voyages as possible, then they aren't worth it. But for those with an interest in the items that are airship only, they're needed.

[Shadygrove]

I always send an airship out for Iron Voyage Spoils (Zu mounts), Deep-Red clusters, and Dusk leather. 2 stops.

At least after I finish leveling my scrub sub. I have also gone after Fine Alumen.

Dusk leather regularly sells for 200 - 350K on Sargatanas.

[Masha_Awandah]

Hi, sorry for the necro, but I wanted to get some insight from the experts. I took a look at the guides, but I'm still not sure what exactly would be ideal for an endgame build. I tried coming up with something myself, but my build doesn't seem to match the ones recommended. Here it is:

Invincible II Hull
Bronco Sail
Invincible II Forecastle
Tatanora Aftcastle
Surveillance: 92
Retrieval : 140
Speed: 50
Range: 112
Favor: 100

Did I do something wrong? My goal for the airship is to gather as many types of rare items as posible, so that there's nothing it cannot acquire. I don't mind how slow it is, because I tend to forget to check in on them. Any advice?

Edit: To clarify, what I'm confused on is Surveillance, specifically on how much of it I need. I want the bonus items, but from what I saw 90 is all I need. Do I need more of it to get more variety of loot, and less Retrieval since that only affects the quantity one loot gives?

[ZwiizzwiiZ]

Good evening, sorry for reviving this thread, but I’d like to know if any new builds have been created since the ones listed on the first page.
I recently started a Free Company and there are just two of us.
I currently have three airships available out of the four, and I’d like to know the most optimized builds for them, thanks you

[Shadygrove]

As the airship content never evolved like the sub content did the first page builds are still viable.

I use The Frugal Flier build on the one I still run.

[Burmecia]

The Frugal Flier is goat : 3