Airship Guide

[Hamada]

i also go ta Far Eastern Coin from sector 3

[Nyalia]

Aha! So that's the rare from sector 03! That's been a giant hole in the spreadsheet for a while. Thanks!

[Nyalia]

Hmm. I'm starting to think that after a certain point (SC16), all sectors gain "Dusk Leather" in the "Schematic Material" slot. The last schematic material obtained is Empty Cluster, and that's only been found so far in SC16. Dusk Leather has been found in 17, 18, 19, and 21 so far. Dusk Leather definitely doesn't occupy the "unique crafting" slot (housing/minion stuff) since the other unique materials do appear in 17-21 (Toy Box Schema in 17 and 21, Iron Giant Core in 20). So far, each sector has had a single item in each of the four crafting-related categories (general crafting, unique crafting, FC crafting, schematics), but there are only so many schematic items.

Also, so far, only one sector has dropped more than 2 types of Materia (SC07 with all three Grade 3 crafting materia). All the other sectors only drop two different types (though any that drop a IV can drop the III of that type as well). Each sector also has only 2 types of crystals, with some one-off outliers that might be typos (wind and water crystals are easy to mix up due to Google Doc's autocorrect, and Ice and Water share an icon).

Oddly, exactly zero trips to SC18 have been recorded... We have plenty from 01 to 21, except nothing from 18.

[Lazrex]

Oddly, exactly zero trips to SC18 have been recorded... We have plenty from 01 to 21, except nothing from 18.

I am currently grinding 16 and 17. This is my 6th trip to 16/17 in hopes to unlock 18. Looking at the spreadsheet it looks like most people went with the west side of the map when they found 15 and continued that path where as I went the other way because I unlocked 16 first. I only report on the spreadsheet when I have new data to report rather than every single visit. When I unlcok sector 18, you'll see it. When I visit 18, you'll see it too, however it is a MOFO to unlock. You can see the stats of my ship, GG Lazrex on the spreadsheet. Every trip has at 100+ Survey and different levels of the other stats. The ship has made every voyage to 17 with some combo of Inv2 and Enterprise parts while capping framespace.

[Nyalia]

I am currently grinding 16 and 17. This is my 6th trip to 16/17 in hopes to unlock 18. Looking at the spreadsheet it looks like most people went with the west side of the map when they found 15 and continued that path where as I went the other way because I unlocked 16 first. I only report on the spreadsheet when I have new data to report rather than every single visit. When I unlcok sector 18, you'll see it. When I visit 18, you'll see it too, however it is a MOFO to unlock. You can see the stats of my ship, GG Lazrex on the spreadsheet. Every trip has at 100+ Survey and different levels of the other stats. The ship has made every voyage to 17 with some combo of Inv2 and Enterprise parts while capping framespace.

I do appreciate your reports, but only posting when you have something new does skew the data some when we run those probability analyses. Still, better than not getting any reports!

[aerynhellfire]

Sec 20 unlock. Just three invice 2 and a bronco piece. This really feels like flat rng and best off doing full distance. Got alot unlocked and about to have second ship to 50. It feels like these stats mainly change what type of item u get

[Eithne]

Sec 20 unlock. Just three invice 2 and a bronco piece. This really feels like flat rng and best off doing full distance. Got alot unlocked and about to have second ship to 50. It feels like these stats mainly change what type of item u get

Yeah, it doesn't seem that stacking surveillance matters on that front. I had 3 enterprise pieces and the Tatanora forecastle and that did squat for discovering new sectors. I switched out some pieces to up my retrieval and see if that works better.

[Meoah]

I made this for myself and my FC. I'm unsure if it'll be useful for anyone, but I thought I'd share. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

[Nyalia]

Right now, it looks to me like the best stat for finding new sectors is Speed, and the second best is Range... all you want to do is hit as many sectors that have potential unlocks as you can as often as you can.

[Magistrella]

Nyalia are you the one in charge of the spreadsheet?

If so, could you please leave my FCs Airships Voyager and Odysseus in the Public Sheet so i don't have to fill in the stats of my Airships all the time manually? XD
Just note something down like "data in Master Log" after you transfered it so i know if i can Paste a new line or just change the Log details after another trip ^^ Would really help save me some time, filling in 4 sector travels is enough atm xD