Free Company Airships

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See also: Subaquatic Voyages

Free Company Airships built from Free Company Crafting can undertake Exploratory Voyages, the exploration of uncharted lands in The Sea of Clouds. These explorations are carried out automatically, with airships returning after a fixed amount of time. Upon completion of an exploratory voyage, you will receive a voyage log detailing the results. You will also receive various items depending on the results of the voyage. As you continue to deploy airships on voyages, you will eventually discover new areas to survey.

Your free company must own a house before purchasing a workshop or undertaking exploratory voyages. The size of the house has no effect on crafting or exploration.

This feature no longer receives regular updates: Subaquatic Voyages, a similar system, was later introduced in patch 4.2 and is still being updated.

Craft and Deploy Airships

Free Company Crafting in the Company Workshop is needed to craft and register airships using requisite components and flight credits. Each airship is built with four components: Hull, Rigging, Forecastle and Aftcastle. Each component has many types and requires numerous materials, multiple phases, lengthy wait time and a group of crafters to build. Note that you cannot build HQ components with HQ materials. However, quality determines the odds of excellent or outstanding progress being made, which results in the next stage of the craft requiring fewer materials.

Multiple Airships can be maintained for a Free Company, with a second being unlocked once your airship visits Sea of Clouds - Sector 8. A third airship is unlocked upon exploring Sector 14. Each requires a certain amount of flight credits: 1, 3 and 5, respectively.

Ceruleum Tanks

Airships require Ceruleum tank icon1.png  Ceruleum Tanks to be deployed on exploratory voyages. They can be purchased using Company Credit Company Credits from the resident caretaker in any of the housing districts or mammet voyager #004A in a company workshop.

Vendor Location / Coordinates Section Cost Unlock req.
Mammet Voyager #004A Company Workshop (6.2, 6.2) General Company Credit 100 Free Company rank 6
Resident Caretaker Empyreum (10.2, 11.7) Company Credit Exchange Company Credit 100 Free Company rank 6
Resident Caretaker The Lavender Beds (11.9, 8.3) Company Credit Exchange Company Credit 100 Free Company rank 6
Resident Caretaker Mist (11.4, 11.4) Company Credit Exchange Company Credit 100 Free Company rank 6
Resident Caretaker Shirogane (9.5, 13.5) Company Credit Exchange Company Credit 100 Free Company rank 6
Resident Caretaker The Goblet (11.3, 9.4) Company Credit Exchange Company Credit 100 Free Company rank 6

Airship Stats and Performance

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Main article: Airship Components

The combination of parts used to build an airship will determine the distances it can travel, as well as the rewards you will receive from voyages.

Rank

When a voyage is complete, airships will gain experience points depending on its selected flight path, and eventually, increase in rank. Higher rankings will allow you to outfit airships with new components to improve their performance on future voyages, as well as accessing more sectors. Currently, airships can reach up to rank 50.

Stats

The stats of an airship affect the distance it can travel, the time required for voyages, as well as the rewards received from voyages. Stats of an airship can be altered by changing its components.

Stat Effect
Surveillance Influences the probability of gathering a 2nd item per sector. May also influence the probability of finding new sectors.
Retrieval Increases item extraction rating (higher quantities of a specific item).
Speed Influences voyage duration.
Range Allows you to visit more sectors per voyage.
Favor Influences chance to resurveil, may affect chance of HQ items and/or affect weather

Airship Components

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Airships are comprised of four primary parts—the hull, rigging, forecastle, and aftcastle. Bear in mind that durability of these parts will gradually deplete when sending airships out on exploratory voyages. When the durability of any given part reaches zero, it will require replacement or repair.

Rank

The rank required to use airship components.

Component Costs and Airframe Capacity

When assembling an airship, the total cost of the components cannot exceed the airframe capacity. The airframe capacity increases with the rank of the airship.

Repairs

Components will lose condition with each exploration, similar to how gear does for players. To repair them, Magitek repair materials icon1.png  Magitek Repair Materials must be in the player's inventory. The higher the tier of the component, the more materials needed.

Sectors

Sector Unlocked in Sector Rank Unique Items Common Items
1 - 1 Vivianite icon1.png  Vivianite, Bamboo weave icon1.png  Bamboo Weave, Magnanimous mogcrown icon1.png  Magnanimous Mogcrown, Potters stone icon1.png  Potters Stone Ferberite icon1.png  Ferberite, Battledance Materia III.png  Battledance Materia III, Fire crystal icon1.png  Fire Crystal, Wind crystal icon1.png  Wind Crystal, Lightning crystal icon1.png  Lightning Crystal
2 - 1 Bamboo weave icon1.png  Bamboo Weave, Vivianite icon1.png  Vivianite, Shrub seedling icon1.png  Shrub Seedling Gold ore icon1.png  Gold Ore, Battledance Materia II.png  Battledance Materia II, Battledance Materia III.png  Battledance Materia III, Quicktongue materia iii icon1.png  Quicktongue Materia III, Fire crystal icon1.png  Fire Crystal, Water Crystal.png  Water Crystal, Wind crystal icon1.png  Wind Crystal
3 1 4 Balsa wood scrap icon1.png  Balsa Wood Scrap, Red moko grass icon1.png  Red Moko Grass, Far eastern coin icon1.png  Far Eastern Coin Craftsman's Command Materia III.png  Craftsman's Command Materia III, Craftsman's Competence Materia III.png  Craftsman's Competence Materia III, Earth crystal icon1.png  Earth Crystal, Ice crystal icon1.png  Ice Crystal
4 2 7 Balsa wood scrap icon1.png  Balsa Wood Scrap, Red moko grass icon1.png  Red Moko Grass, Fine alumen icon1.png  Fine Alumen, Far eastern coin icon1.png  Far Eastern Coin Scarlet sap icon1.png  Scarlet Sap, Gatherers grasp materia iii icon1.png  Gatherer's Grasp Materia III, Gatherers guile materia iii icon1.png  Gatherer's Guile Materia III, Fire crystal icon1.png  Fire Crystal, Water Crystal.png  Water Crystal, Wind crystal icon1.png  Wind Crystal
5 2 10 Deep-red crystal icon1.png  Deep-red Crystal, Empty crystal icon1.png  Empty Crystal, Toy box schema icon1.png  Toy Box Schema Birch branch icon1.png  Birch Branch, Savage might materia iii icon1.png  Savage Might Materia III, Quickarm materia iii icon1.png  Quickarm Materia III, Fire crystal icon1.png  Fire Crystal, Lightning crystal icon1.png  Lightning Crystal, Wind crystal icon1.png  Wind Crystal
6 5 14 Deep-green crystal icon1.png  Deep-green Crystal, Empty crystal icon1.png  Empty Crystal, Dravanian mote icon1.png  Dravanian Mote, Shrub seedling icon1.png  Shrub Seedling Dark chestnut branch icon1.png  Dark Chestnut Branch, Piety materia iii icon1.png  Piety Materia III, Quicktongue materia iii icon1.png  Quicktongue Materia III, Earth crystal icon1.png  Earth Crystal, Ice crystal icon1.png  Ice Crystal
7 5 17 Deep-blue crystal icon1.png  Deep-blue Crystal, Red clay icon1.png  Red Clay, Fine alumen icon1.png  Fine Alumen, Oriental grass tuft icon1.png  Oriental Grass Tuft, Tincalconite icon1.png  Tincalconite Ferberite icon1.png  Ferberite, Craftsman's Command Materia III.png  Craftsman's Command Materia III, Craftsman's Cunning Materia III.png  Craftsman's Cunning Materia III, Fire crystal icon1.png  Fire Crystal, Water Crystal.png  Water Crystal
8 7 20 2nd Airship Permission, Balsa wood lumber icon1.png  Balsa Wood Lumber, Raw celestine icon1.png  Raw Celestine, Iron giant core icon1.png  Iron Giant Core, Oriental grass tuft icon1.png  Oriental Grass Tuft Gold ore icon1.png  Gold Ore, Savage aim materia iii icon1.png  Savage Aim Materia III, Lightning crystal icon1.png  Lightning Crystal, Wind crystal icon1.png  Wind Crystal
9 8 24 Balsa wood lumber icon1.png  Balsa Wood Lumber, Raw celestine icon1.png  Raw Celestine, Toy box schema icon1.png  Toy Box Schema, Copper voyage spoil icon1.png  Copper Voyage Spoil Platinum ore icon1.png  Platinum Ore, Quickarm materia iii icon1.png  Quickarm Materia III, Savage aim materia iii icon1.png  Savage Aim Materia III, Lightning crystal icon1.png  Lightning Crystal, Wind crystal icon1.png  Wind Crystal
10 7 27 Black clay icon1.png  Black Clay, Raw celestine icon1.png  Raw Celestine, Magnanimous mogcrown icon1.png  Magnanimous Mogcrown, Potters stone icon1.png  Potters Stone Scarlet sap icon1.png  Scarlet Sap, Gatherers guerdon materia iii icon1.png  Gatherer's Guerdon Materia III, Gatherers guile materia iii icon1.png  Gatherer's Guile Materia III, Fire crystal icon1.png  Fire Crystal, Water Crystal.png  Water Crystal
11 6 30 Chemically treated chimera hide icon1.png  Chemically Treated Chimera Hide, Synthetic fiber icon1.png  Synthetic Fiber, Magnanimous mogcrown icon1.png  Magnanimous Mogcrown Birch branch icon1.png  Birch Branch, Quicktongue materia iii icon1.png  Quicktongue Materia III, Quicktongue materia iv icon1.png  Quicktongue Materia IV, Earth crystal icon1.png  Earth Crystal, Ice crystal icon1.png  Ice Crystal
12 10 34 Chemically treated chimera hide icon1.png  Chemically Treated Chimera Hide, Synthetic fiber icon1.png  Synthetic Fiber, Shrub seedling icon1.png  Shrub Seedling Dark chestnut branch icon1.png  Dark Chestnut Branch, Heavens eye materia iii icon1.png  Heavens' Eye Materia III, Heavens eye materia iv icon1.png  Heavens' Eye Materia IV, Voidrake seeds icon1.png  Voidrake Seeds, Fire crystal icon1.png  Fire Crystal, Water Crystal.png  Water Crystal
13 11 37 Chemically treated chimera hide icon1.png  Chemically Treated Chimera Hide, Deep-blue crystal icon1.png  Deep-blue Crystal, Synthetic resin icon1.png  Synthetic Resin, Fine alumen icon1.png  Fine Alumen, Dravanian mote icon1.png  Dravanian Mote Ferberite icon1.png  Ferberite, Wind silk icon1.png  Wind Silk, Althyk lavender seeds icon1.png  Althyk Lavender Seeds, Craftsman's Competence Materia III.png  Craftsman's Competence Materia III, Craftsman's Competence Materia IV.png  Craftsman's Competence Materia IV, Craftsman's Cunning Materia III.png  Craftsman's Cunning Materia III, Craftsman's Cunning Materia IV.png  Craftsman's Cunning Materia IV, Ice crystal icon1.png  Ice Crystal, Earth crystal icon1.png  Earth Crystal
14 11 40 3rd Airship Permission, Aetherochemical fiber icon1.png  Aetherochemical Fiber, Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Iron giant core icon1.png  Iron Giant Core, Oriental grass tuft icon1.png  Oriental Grass Tuft, Toy box schema icon1.png  Toy Box Schema Gold ore icon1.png  Gold Ore, Heavens eye materia iii icon1.png  Heavens' Eye Materia III, Heavens eye materia iv icon1.png  Heavens' Eye Materia IV, Quicktongue materia iv icon1.png  Quicktongue Materia IV, Ice crystal icon1.png  Ice Crystal, Earth crystal icon1.png  Earth Crystal
15 13 44 Aetherochemical fiber icon1.png  Aetherochemical Fiber, Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Dinosaur fossil icon1.png  Dinosaur Fossil, Magnanimous mogcrown icon1.png  Magnanimous Mogcrown Platinum ore icon1.png  Platinum Ore, Savage aim materia iii icon1.png  Savage Aim Materia III, Savage aim materia iv icon1.png  Savage Aim Materia IV, Althyk lavender seeds icon1.png  Althyk Lavender Seeds, Ice crystal icon1.png  Ice Crystal, Earth crystal icon1.png  Earth Crystal
16 12 47 Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Empty cluster icon1.png  Empty Cluster, Far eastern coin icon1.png  Far Eastern Coin Scarlet sap icon1.png  Scarlet Sap, Voidrake seeds icon1.png  Voidrake Seeds, Wind silk icon1.png  Wind Silk, Gatherers grasp materia iii icon1.png  Gatherer's Grasp Materia III, Gatherers grasp materia iv icon1.png  Gatherer's Grasp Materia IV, Gatherers guerdon materia iii icon1.png  Gatherer's Guerdon Materia III, Gatherers guerdon materia iv icon1.png  Gatherer's Guerdon Materia IV, Water Crystal.png  Water Crystal
17 16 50
Surveillance 90
Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Deep-red cluster icon1.png  Deep-red Cluster, Dusk leather icon1.png  Dusk Leather, Toy box schema icon1.png  Toy Box Schema, Cloudsbreath seeds icon1.png  Cloudsbreath Seeds Birch branch icon1.png  Birch Branch, Silver ore icon1.png  Silver Ore, Wind silk icon1.png  Wind Silk, Craftsman's Command Materia III.png  Craftsman's Command Materia III, Craftsman's Command Materia IV.png  Craftsman's Command Materia IV, Craftsman's Competence Materia III.png  Craftsman's Competence Materia III, Craftsman's Competence Materia IV.png  Craftsman's Competence Materia IV
18 17 50
Surveillance 90
4th Airship Permission, Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Deep-green cluster icon1.png  Deep-green Cluster, Dusk leather icon1.png  Dusk Leather, Faded copy of engage icon1.png  Faded Copy of Engage, Iron giant core icon1.png  Iron Giant Core, Cloudsbreath seeds icon1.png  Cloudsbreath Seeds Dark chestnut branch icon1.png  Dark Chestnut Branch, Electrum ore icon1.png  Electrum Ore, Quickarm materia iii icon1.png  Quickarm Materia III, Quickarm materia iv icon1.png  Quickarm Materia IV
19 15 50
Surveillance 90
Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Deep-blue cluster icon1.png  Deep-blue Cluster, Dusk leather icon1.png  Dusk Leather, Iron giant core icon1.png  Iron Giant Core, Cloudsbreath seeds icon1.png  Cloudsbreath Seeds Ferberite icon1.png  Ferberite, Gold sand icon1.png  Gold Sand, Dinosaur leather icon1.png  Dinosaur Leather, Savage might materia iii icon1.png  Savage Might Materia III, Piety materia iii icon1.png  Piety Materia III, Piety materia iv icon1.png  Piety Materia IV, Piety materia v icon1.png  Piety Materia V
20 19 50
Surveillance 90
Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Deep-red cluster icon1.png  Deep-red Cluster, Dusk leather icon1.png  Dusk Leather, Iron giant core icon1.png  Iron Giant Core, Cloudsbreath seeds icon1.png  Cloudsbreath Seeds Gold ore icon1.png  Gold Ore, Mythrite sand icon1.png  Mythrite Sand, Antique leather icon1.png  Antique Leather, Battledance Materia III.png  Battledance Materia III, Battledance Materia IV.png  Battledance Materia IV, Battledance Materia V.png  Battledance Materia V
21 20 50
Surveillance 90
Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Deep-green cluster icon1.png  Deep-green Cluster, Dusk leather icon1.png  Dusk Leather, Toy box schema icon1.png  Toy Box Schema, Cloudsbreath seeds icon1.png  Cloudsbreath Seeds Platinum ore icon1.png  Platinum Ore, Wind silk icon1.png  Wind Silk, Spoken blood icon1.png  Spoken Blood, Quicktongue materia iii icon1.png  Quicktongue Materia III, Quicktongue materia iv icon1.png  Quicktongue Materia IV, Quicktongue materia v icon1.png  Quicktongue Materia V, Savage might materia iii icon1.png  Savage Might Materia III, Savage might materia iv icon1.png  Savage Might Materia IV, Savage might materia v icon1.png  Savage Might Materia V
22 20 50 Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Deep-blue cluster icon1.png  Deep-blue Cluster, Dusk leather icon1.png  Dusk Leather, Iron giant core icon1.png  Iron Giant Core, Antique rug icon1.png  Antique Rug Deepeye Tears.png  Deepeye Tears, Scarlet sap icon1.png  Scarlet Sap, Gatherers grasp materia iii icon1.png  Gatherer's Grasp Materia III, Gatherers grasp materia iv icon1.png  Gatherer's Grasp Materia IV, Gatherers guile materia iii icon1.png  Gatherer's Guile Materia III, Gatherers guile materia iv icon1.png  Gatherer's Guile Materia IV
23 19 50 Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Deep-red cluster icon1.png  Deep-red Cluster, Faded copy of a world apart icon1.png  Faded Copy of A World Apart Bear fat icon1.png  Bear Fat, Ferberite icon1.png  Ferberite, Heavens eye materia iii icon1.png  Heavens' Eye Materia III, Heavens eye materia iv icon1.png  Heavens' Eye Materia IV, Heavens eye materia v icon1.png  Heavens' Eye Materia V
24 21 50 Cassia log icon1.png  Cassia Log, Deep-green cluster icon1.png  Deep-green Cluster, Iron voyage spoil icon1.png  Iron Voyage Spoil, Cloudsbreath seeds icon1.png  Cloudsbreath Seeds Dark chestnut branch icon1.png  Dark Chestnut Branch, Minium icon1.png  Minium, Savage aim materia iii icon1.png  Savage Aim Materia III, Savage aim materia iv icon1.png  Savage Aim Materia IV, Savage aim materia v icon1.png  Savage Aim Materia V, Quickarm materia iii icon1.png  Quickarm Materia III, Quickarm materia iv icon1.png  Quickarm Materia IV, Quickarm materia v icon1.png  Quickarm Materia V