The holiday season is not over yet in Azur Lane with the addition of New Year events. This update will also start the 2nd phase of the previous event Call to Arms: Iron Blood and will add more quests to gain further points for the event that you can use to unlock a portrait frame. If you want more info about this first phase of this event, you can read more about them here.

Azur Lane: New Year Events and a Brand New Event — Tower of Transcendence

The popularity polls finale is also over and the total votes really changed drastically since we wrote about them last time. You can read more info about the poll and the previous top 10 contenders here.

Azur Lane: New Year Events and a Brand New Event — Tower of Transcendence

The players really like a certain character who swept the whole competition with millions of votes ahead against its competition. Here are the top 10 characters in the Popularity Poll:

  • USS New Jersey is the 1st placer with over a staggering 8 Million votes in total.
  • KMS Prinz Eugen is the 2nd placer with over 5 Million votes which is also really high.
  • KMS Friedrich der GroBe is the 3rd placer with over 4 Million votes in total.
  • IJN Shinano is the 4th placer with over 2 Million votes in total.
  • KMS Agir is the 5th placer with over 1.8 Million votes in total.
  • IJN Taihou is the 6th placer with over 1.3 Million votes in total.
  • USS Enterprise is the 7th placer with over 1.2 Million votes in total.
  • IJN Shimakaze is the 8th placer with over 1.1 Million votes in total.
  • HMS Cheshire over IJN Noshiro to be the 9th place with over 900K votes in total.
  • KMS Z23 is not a spot lower to be in the 10th place also with over 900K votes in total.

Call to Arms: Iron Blood Phase 2

This is the bigger event that we mentioned in the previous patch, This event lets you unlock a limited chat frame if you participate. These are the additional tasks that you can do in the event:

Azur Lane: New Year Events and a Brand New Event — Tower of Transcendence

  • Log in to the game to get a 2 time Rental Outfit Voucher.
  • Build 3 Ships to get 300 times Debris Sample.
  • Sortie and win 15 times to get another 300 times Debris Sample.
  • Sortie and clear 1 non event Hard Mode to get 150 time Debris Sample.
  • Clear A2 or C2 10 times with Prinz Eugen at max Limit Break in your fleet and Prinz Eugen must survive the battle to get 300 times Training PT.
  • Clear A3 or C3 10 times with Peter Strasser at max Limit Break in your fleet and Peter Strasser must survive the battle to get 300 times Training PT.
  • Clear B2 or D2 10 times with Tirpitz at max Limit Break in your fleet and Tirpitz must survive the battle to get 300 times Training PT.
  • Clear B3 or D3 10 times with U-47 at max Limit Break in your fleet and Tirpitz must survive the battle to get 300 times Training PT.
  • Clear EX to get 500 times Cognitive Chips.
  • Clear A1 or C1 to get a Wisdom Cube, 600 Coins and 200 times Debris Sample.
  • Clear D3 to get a Model Tower of Midgard.
  • Clear A1 or C1 with 3 stars to get 500 Oils.

Tower of Transcendence

This event will give you extra reward Debris Sample for every Sortie that you clear, you can then use the Debris Samples to exchange them with certain items that you want. You can collect as many Debris Samples as you can so that you can claim as many items that you want. The Tower of Transcendence will have a total of 39 phases that you can complete, here are the rewards on each phase:

  • Phase 1 – Collect 100 Debris Samples and 5 times T2 Mystery Skill Book.
  • Phase 2 – Collect 300 Debris Samples and a T2 Cruiser Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 3 – Collect 500 Debris Samples and T2 Destroyer Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 4 – Collect 700 Debris Samples and 3,000 Coins.
  • Phase 5 – Collect 1,000 Debris Samples and 200 times Cognitive Chips.
  • Phase 6 – Collect 1,500 Debris Samples and 3,000 Coins.
  • Phase 7 – Collect 2,000 Debris Samples and T2 Cruiser Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 8 – Collect 2,500 Debris Samples and T2 Destroyer Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 9 – Collect 3,000 Debris Samples and 4,000 Coins.
  • Phase 10 – Collect 3,500 Debris Samples and 300 times Cognitive Chips.
  • Phase 11 – Collect 4,000 Debris Samples and T2 Battleship Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 12 – Collect 4,500 Debris Samples and T2 Carrier Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 13 – Collect 5,000 Debris Samples and 2 times T3 Offensive Skill Book.
  • Phase 14 – Collect 5,500 Debris Samples and 300 times Cognitive Chips.
  • Phase 15 – Collect 6,000 Debris Samples and T3 Cruiser Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 16 – Collect 6,500 Debris Samples and T3 Destroyer Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 17 – Collect 7,000 Debris Samples and 2 times T3 Support Skill Book.
  • Phase 18 – Collect 7,500 Debris Samples and 300 times Cognitive Chips.
  • Phase 19 – Collect 8,000 Debris Samples and T3 Battleship Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 20 – Collect 8,500 Debris Samples and T3 Carrier Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 21 – Collect 9,000 Debris Samples and T2 Defensive Skill Book.
  • Phase 22 – Collect 9,500 Debris Samples and 300 times Cognitive Chips.
  • Phase 23 – Collect 10,000 Debris Samples and Iron Blood Type VIIC Submarine U- Collect12206.
  • Phase 24 – Collect 11,000 Debris Samples and 2 times T3 Mystery Skill Book.
  • Phase 25 – Collect 12,000 Debris Samples and 500 times Cognitive Chips.
  • Phase 26 – Collect 13,000 Debris Samples and T3 Cruiser Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 27 – Collect 14,000 Debris Samples and T3 Destroyer Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 28 – Collect 15,000 Debris Samples and Special General Blueprint – Collect Series 4.
  • Phase 29 – Collect 20,000 Debris Samples and Iron Blood Type VIIC Submarine U- Collect12206.
  • Phase 30 – Collect 25,000 Debris Samples and 2 times Special General Blueprint – Collect Series 4.
  • Phase 31 – Collect 30,000 Debris Samples and Specialized Bulin Custom MKIII.
  • Phase 32 – Collect 35,000 Debris Samples and 3 times T3 Mystery Skill Book.
  • Phase 33 – Collect 40,000 Debris Samples and Iron Blood Type VIIC Submarine U- Collect12206.
  • Phase 34 – Collect 45,000 Debris Samples and T3 Mystery Retroit Blueprint.
  • Phase 35 – Collect 50,000 Debris Samples to get 2 times Special General Blueprint – Series 4.
  • Phase 36 – Collect 55,000 Debris Samples to get T3 Mystery Retrofit Blueprint.
  • Phase 37 – Collect 60,000 Debris Samples to get Iron Blood Type VIIC Submarine U-12206.
  • Phase 38 – Collect 80,000 Debris Samples to get T5 Ironblood Tech Pack.
  • Phase 39 – Collect 100,000 Debris Samples to get another T5 Ironblood Tech Pack.

Azur Lane: New Year Events and a Brand New Event — Tower of Transcendence

You can use all the Debris Samples that you have collected as a currency in the Tower of Transcendence event shop, here are the items in the shop and the amount of Debris Samples that you need:

  • Oxy-Cola for 15 Debris Samples, you can only buy 100 times.
  • 1,000 Oils for 450 Debris Samples you can buy 5 times.
  • 2,000 Coins for 500 Debris Samples, you can buy 5 times.
  • T3 Aircraft Part for 30 Debris Samples, you can buy 30 times.
  • T3 Anti-air Gun Part for 30 Debris Samples, you can buy 30 times.
  • T3 Torpedo Part for 30 Debris Samples, you can buy 30 times.
  • T3 Main Gun Part for 30 Debris Samples, you can buy 30 times.
  • T3 General Part for 30 Debris Samples, you can buy 30 times.
  • Special General Blueprint – Collect Series 4 for 1,000 Debris Samples, you can buy 10 times.
  • General Blueprint – Collect Series 4 for 500 Debris Samples, you can buy 30 times.
  • Super Rare Cat Box for 3,000 Debris Samples, you can buy 2 times.
  • Elite Cat Box for 500 Debris Samples, you can buy 5 times.
  • Rare Cat Box for 250 Debris Samples, you can buy 10 times.
  • 100 times Cognitive Chips for 300 Debris Samples, you can buy 10 times.
  • 10 times Cognitive Array for 1,000 Debris Samples, you can buy 5 times.
  • T4 Ironblood Tech Pack for 300 Debris Samples, you can buy 4 times.
  • T4 Sakura Tech Pack for 300 Debris Samples, you can buy 4 times.
  • T4 Royal Tech Pack for 300 Debris Samples, you can buy 4 times.
  • T4 Royal Eagle Tech Pack for 300 Debris Samples, You can buy 4 times.
  • Gear Skin Box (Cafe) for 2,000 Debris Samples, you can buy 10 times.
  • M-Class Light Cruiser Magdeburg for 8,000 Debris Samples, you can buy 5 times.

 Blessings and New Year’s Invitations 2022

You can find a shrine in the New Year Port Campaign to make offerings and receive blessings from, you will receive 1 Ema every day and you can hold up to 7 Ema at a time. Ema can be hung up at the Shrine as decorations. Hanging up the Ema will grant your ships handy buffs and will also grant you 1 Origami Crane per Ema hung up. Collecting 7 Origami Cranes will reward you with the New Year’s Invitation. Using the New year’s Invitation will give you a chance to select SR ships for free. The ship you choose will be added to your dock.

Manjuu Curling

Strategecally position the swole Meowficcer and slide the curling stone as close to the red circle to get points. A new round of Manjuu Curling will be unlocked every day of the campaign. You can get Southampton’s skin Afternoon Impromptu if you complete this mini game.

Fireworks Workshop

You can make fireworks in this minigame and get some rewards, there’s going to be 3 layers where you can put the firework’s ingredients. You will receive 1 minigame point every day of the campaign. You can hold up to 7 minigame points at a time. Using the fireworks workshop uses 1 minigame point and grants you 1 firework ticket. You can obtain the Elite Iron Blood destroyer Z28 once you have collected 7 firework tickets.

Tonic and Tea

This mini event follows the story of a competition between the Royal Navy and the Iron Blood as they both strive to earn the title of the best shop in port. Complete the missions to receive shop upgrade permits which can be used to upgrade the shops. Upgrading the shops will grant your ships useful buffs that last the duration of the whole campaign. Go to the event banner to claim a piece of exclusive furniture once you’ve completed all missions. You will also gain access to a set of hidden missions that can be completed to see more of the story.

New and Rerun Skins

Some festive skins are going to be available during this event and other skins are going to be available permanently.

New Skins

  • Ulrich von Hutten – Mayhem Maid
  • Prinz Adalbert – After-Hours Service
  • Queen Elizabeth – Yes, Your Maidness!
  • Hakuryuu – Slice, Dice, and Serve 
  • Albacore – A Catty Surprise!
  • August von Parseval – The Conquered Unhulde
  • Bismarck – Iron-Black Elysium 
  • Choukai – Tidy Store, Tidy Mind
  • Howe – Pastry Princess 
  • Magdeburg – Cat Café Cleanup
  • Marco Polo – The Queen of Hearts
  • Noshiro – Hold the Ice
  • U-47 – Urban Maid
  • Z46 – Chronicles of the Dust Wars
  • Elbe – Time to Show Off?
  • Icarus – At Your Service
  • Penelope – Salty Maid
  • U-1206 – Maid Just for You
  • Leipzig – Storefront Training
  • Southampton – Afternoon Impromptu

Rerun Skins 

  • Shimakaze – World’s Speediest Bunny Waitress
  • Cheshire – The Cat and the White Steed
  • Le Malin – Listless Lapin
  • North Carolina – The Heart’s Desire
  • Reno – Reno Bunnino
  • Aquila – A Sip of Sardegnian Elegance
  • Peter Strasser – A Moment Frozen in Pure White
  • Umikaze – Soft and Fluffy Therapy
  • Jean Bart – First Snow Upon the Cutlass’s Edge
  • Peter Strasser – Chronos’s Kalendae
  • Richelieu – Evergreen Prophecy
  • Belfast – Folded Fascination 
  • Champagne – Lapis Lazuli’s First Dream
  • Georgia – Exalted Vibrance
  • Odin – Black Strokes upon Blank Snow
  • Prinz Heinrich – Fireworks and Tapestries
  • Suzutsuki – Suzutsuki, Hanetsuki Adept!
  • Tirpitz – Seasonal Pine and the Frost Flower
  • U-37 – New Year’s Nightingale
  • Biloxi – Night Sky’s Brilliant Blue Blossoms
  • Haruna – The Elegant Lotus
  • Nürnberg – Spring Wanderer
  • Weser – Obsidian Elegance
  • U-110 – New Year, Small Shark
  • Z24 – Festival-going Fiend
  • Z28 – New Year Smorgasbord!
  • Asashio – Snow-Dusted Lynx Tips

Available Permanently Skins

  • Noshiro – Uncharted Festival Grounds?
  • Ryuuhou – Firebird’s New Year Dance
  • Suruga – Hundred Flowers’ Auspice
  • Friedrich der Große – Dark Raiments of Gagaku
  • Nagato – Guardian Fox’s Shining Furisode
  • Ark Royal – New Year’s Protectress
  • Ayanami – Pulse of the New Year
  • Cleveland – New Year’s Challenge!
  • Hibiki – New Year’s Little Imp
  • Kasumi – New Year’s Comfort
  • Kirishima – Casual Dazzle
  • Unicorn – Prayer of Plum and Snow
  • Z35 – Projekt Kirschblüte
  • Southampton – New Year’s Little Knight

Are you happy with the final results of the popularity poll? Or are your favorites not making it to the top 10? Let us know in the comments below.