Airship Guide

[Rowyne]

I'm sure it's been asked (again, this is a very long thread), but do stats have anything to do with unlocking sectors, or is it all RNG?

Our FC is trying to unlock sector 24 to start farming Zu mounts. We've got two rank 50 airships - one has a Monster Hunter build, one has a Mostly Invincible build. I keep sending them to sector 21 with no unlock yet. Do we just need to be patient?

As a personal aside, I find it somewhat disappointing that airships haven't seen any new content since Heavensward, yet SE has kept the submersibles updated through two expansions now. I suppose that might have to do with the fact that the Diadem was so poorly received that the zone was completely repurposed. But instead of improving and expanding on airship content, it feels just a little like they got swept under the rug to help us forget about how disappointing the Diadem was. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful that submersibles continue to see updates and are still relevant. But I know that I'll soon reach a point where our airships will be maxed in upgrades and no longer serve any purpose other than to farm Zu mounts, Iron Dwarf minion parts, and two orchestrion rolls. It's a lot of time and resources put into content that reaches end of life more quickly than I would have liked.

Maybe we'll get to upgrade airships for space travel and send them to the moon in Endwalker.

[Jojoya]

There is a lot of RNG involved. I think that was the Sector that took me about 6 weeks to unlock for my FC but over 3 months to unlock when I was helping a friend's FC with their workshop. I don't know if the community ever managed to determine if any of the stats have a specific influence on sector discovery beyond the minimum Surveillance needed. I've seem some suggest it's influenced by Favor just like loot double-dips and others swear it's Retrieval. Or it could be none at all.

All I can say is keep trying.

Submersibles are the new "airship" content. They should be considered as the same thing (exploration voyage content or whatever term you want to use). That's why the limit on vessels is shared between the two. Since we know there's going to be another floating island zone in Endwalker, SE might choose to move back to expanding airships instead of subs next expansion. And who knows? Maybe the last upgrade will get them to the moon as you suggest.

[Rowyne]

Thank you, Jojoya! A very helpful post on all points. I'll keep trying to get that unlock, and remain hopeful that airships haven't seen their final upgrades, yet. Chin up!

[polymetis]

i'm not sure if it's been asked yet, but is 140 retrieval the max for all intents and purposes? or is there any merit to raising it to 154 with a viltgance aftcastle?

[Zhalar]

I'm still new to airships and submersibles.

My two airships are level 50. I want to switch out some parts, but I don't have the capacity for them. How do I increase their capacity?

[Jojoya]

I'm still new to airships and submersibles.

My two airships are level 50. I want to switch out some parts, but I don't have the capacity for them. How do I increase their capacity?

Unfortunately we can't increase airship capacity any higher than what we have at Rank 50. We have to mix and match parts to stay within current capacity limits.

Some players are hoping that airships might get revisited in Endwalker considering how much submersibles were expanded in Stormblood and Shadowbringers but so far SE has not shared any information about what they have planned for exploration voyages.

[ServerCollaps]

6.0 will introduce spaceships

[Zhalar]

Aww, so I'm stuck with Bronco parts and stuff? I am le sad. But thank you for the answer!

[Kyu-Momo]

Holy crap, thank you so much for this!

[Doru_Nintendan]

Some players are hoping that airships might get revisited in Endwalker considering how much submersibles were expanded in Stormblood and Shadowbringers but so far SE has not shared any information about what they have planned for exploration voyages.

I really do hope they give Airships more places as well. Don't get me wrong, I love my Submarines, but I am wanting to make ALL the Airship parts as well, and the one thing that really prevents me from doing so is the fact that Airships are very limited in both Rank and areas of voyaging.