Ships

Ships

All Ships (Sorted by Aura & Zen)

The table summarizes all possible combinations of Auras and Zens , as well as the ships that have the corresponding Aura-Zen combination.

• Ships of the same column have the same Aura .
• Ships of the same row have the same Zen .

	Bullet EMP	Stun EMP	Barrier	Laser Storm	Missile Swarm	Point Defence	Chrono Field	Vorpal Lance	Phalanx	Ion Cannon	Goliath Missile	Total Ships with Zen
Kappa Drive	Shinova	Mist Star Oran	Heechi	Elyon Ogon	Von Braun	Tar'Cah Vuxine Zephyr	-	Gladius	Marauder	Polaris		13
Mega Laser	Tempest	Cinnri Photurius	Razor VI	Havoc Fujin	Ex04239	Arietis Proteus	Hime	Exarch Neni	502-Q8 Lorilou	X-81	Monsoon	16
Mega Bomb	Veil Juggernaut	Krillou	Jn'Dur Kada Veni Qhelqod	Buhloo	Proxymar Kibarrax	Wrackr	Baqlor	Wraith	Valkyrie	Dragonfly	Mistral	15
Teleport	Aurora	Czar	Tillat'Or Sakura	Xaniea	Trireme Prime X	Orion Luna	Trinity	Vani-Vith Icarus	Hunter	Barret	Claymore	15
Reflex EMP	Lyova	Nimbus Zimitr	Predator	Scuuxun	Uhb	AB8/Klyn	Yigothu	Saber Jeria	Boxer	Sonah	Starless	13 (+1)
Personal Shield	Jericho Phoenix	NC-150 Torrent	Gorthaur	Essin Lokie	Geist Atlas	Yoth-Hola Widget	Njörun	Antioch	Zhetass	NC-271	Centurion	16
Focus Lance	Disaris		Stinger	Reaper				Warden		Xavis	Banshee	6
Clover ATS						Pandora		Naya	Esperon			3
Total Ships with Aura	9 (+1)	10	10	10	9 (+1)	12	5	11	7	7	6

Special ships

• Corsair : Missile Swarm + Tracking Minigun
• Shogun : Blade Storm + Reflex EMP
• Mirage : Bullet EMP + Nightfury

Please note that a Chrono Field + Kappa Drive ship will NOT happen, as confirmed by the devs.

All Ships (Main Weapon Affinity)

There are currently 33 ships with a High Impact main weapon, 34 ships with a Shield Breaker main weapon and 33 ships with an Armor Piercing main weapon.

All ships in this guide are color coded according to the main weapon affinity, like shown below.

High Impact	Shield Breaker	Armor Piercing
Tar'Cah	Shinova	Krillou
Fujin	NC-150	Jericho
Tempest	Veil	Oran
Wrackr	Jn'Dur	Kada Veni
Cinnri	Yoth-Hola	Havoc
Buhloo	Razor VI	Juggernaut
Geist	Mist Star	Ogon
Tillat'Or	Proxymar	Photurius
Elyon	Trireme	Xaniea
Aurora	Phoenix	Atlas
Gorthaur	Czar	Ex04239
Heechi	Vuxine	Von Braun
Vani-Vith	Arietis	Prime X
Baqlor	Essin	Sakura
Dragonfly	502-Q8	Zephyr
Barret	Gladius	Hime
Torrent	Valkyrie	Hunter
Boxer	Yigothu	Lokie
Corsair	Exarch	Saber
Uhb	Njörun	Proteus
Wraith	X-81	Orion
Lorilou	Scuuxun	Sonah
AB8/Klyn	NC-271	Antioch
Lyova	Polaris	Trinity
Qhelqod	Mirage	Shogun
Nimbus	Luna	Predator
Reaper	Zhetass	Icarus
Xavis	Starless	Marauder
Claymore	Banshee	Widget
Kibarrax	Zimitr	Neni
Centurion	Jeria	Stinger
Naya	Esperon	Mistral
Pandora	Monsoon	Disaris
	Warden

All Ships (Alphabetical Ordering)

Collectively, the ships cover every letter of the English alphabet (and managed to cover numbers too).

Trivia 1: Here's the list of ships that have already made it into the game in the pre-alpha version of Phoenix 2, which was showcased at GDC. Interestingly, note how the OG ship, Phoenix, does not actually seem to be included in this pre-alpha list. Instead, it is replaced by an unknown ship that was scrapped early in development.

Trivia 2: Here are some very early ship designs by Rogier van de Beek. You will recognize some of them while others, not really so.

Ship Rarities

Ship rarities only determine the Warp Gate drop rate for that ship.

• New Common ships (which always cost ¢500 when buying them in Get Ships ) appear more often than new Rare ships (which always cost ¢1.500 when buying them in Get Ships)
• New Rare ships appear more often than Super Rare ships (which always cost ¢3.000 when buying them in Get Ships ).

There are currently 28 Common ships, 43 Rare ships and 29 Super Rare ships.

Common Ships	Rare Ships	Super Rare Ships
Shinova	Krillou	Fujin
NC-150	Phoenix	Yoth-Hola
Tar'Cah	Czar	Oran
Veil	Havoc	Trireme
Jericho	Juggernaut	Cinnri
Jn'Dur	Tillat'Or	Geist
Tempest	Vuxine	Xaniea
Razor VI	Photurius	Aurora
Mist Star	Arietis	Heechi
Proxymar	Atlas	Sakura
Kada Veni	Essin	Baqlor
Wrackr	Ex04239	Hime
Buhloo	Von Braun	Yigothu
Elyon	Gorthaur	Exarch
Ogon	Prime X	Corsair
Zephyr	Vani-Vith	Trinity
502-Q8	Hunter	Wraith
Dragonfly	Barret	X-81
Gladius	Saber	Shogun
Lokie	Proteus	Mirage
Valkyrie	Orion	Lyova
Torrent	Njörun	Widget
Boxer	Sonah	Reaper
Antioch	Uhb	Luna
Marauder	Scuuxun	Banshee
Xavis	NC-271	Centurion
Kibarrax	Predator	Naya
Stinger	Lorilou	Monsoon
	AB8/Klyn	Warden
	Polaris
	Icarus
	Qhelqod
	Nimbus
	Zhetass
	Neni
	Claymore
	Starless
	Zimitr
	Jeria
	Mistral
	Esperon
	Pandora
	Disaris

Upgrade Costs

The upgrade costs for the main weapon , Aura and Zen are as shown below. Each number represents the cost to buy the upgrade to the corresponding level:

• Main Weapon
  1. ¢0 (Unlocked by Default)
  2. ¢100
  3. ¢250
  4. ¢500
  5. ¢750
  6. (Ultimate) ¢1.250
• Aura
  1. ¢0 (Unlocked by Default)
  2. ¢150
  3. ¢300
  4. ¢450
  5. ¢750
  6. (Ultimate) ¢1.500
• Zen
  1. ¢100
  2. ¢200
  3. ¢300
  4. ¢450
  5. ¢750
  6. (Ultimate) ¢1.500

From the upgrade costs above, the amount of credits required to fully upgrade (6-6-6) your ship at all possible upgrade levels can be determined, as shown below.

The fastest way to find out the cost to fully upgrade (6-6-6) your ship from this table is as follows (Let's take the example that your ship is at upgrade level 3-2-0):

1. Look for the column that corresponds to your ship's main weapon upgrade level. In the example, this is column 3.
2. Look for the major row section that corresponds to your ship's Aura upgrade level. In the example, this is major row section 2.
3. Finally, look for the row that corresponds to your ship's Zen upgrade level in the major row section. In the example, this is row 0 in major row section 2.
4. In the example, the cost to fully upgrade (6-6-6) a 3-2-0 ship is ¢8.800.

Cost to fully upgrade (6-6-6) ship
Aura	Zen	Main Weapon
		1	2	3	4	5	6
1	0	¢9.300	¢9.200	¢8.950	¢8.450	¢7.700	¢6.450
	1	¢9.200	¢9.100	¢8.850	¢8.350	¢7.600	¢6.350
	2	¢9.000	¢8.900	¢8.650	¢8.150	¢7.400	¢6.150
	3	¢8.700	¢8.600	¢8.350	¢7.850	¢7.100	¢5.850
	4	¢8.250	¢8.150	¢7.900	¢7.400	¢6.650	¢5.400
	5	¢7.500	¢7.400	¢7.150	¢6.650	¢5.900	¢4.650
	6	¢6.000	¢5.900	¢5.650	¢5.150	¢4.400	¢3.150
2	0	¢9.150	¢9.050	¢8.800	¢8.300	¢7.550	¢6.300
	1	¢9.050	¢8.950	¢8.700	¢8.200	¢7.450	¢6.200
	2	¢8.850	¢8.750	¢8.500	¢8.000	¢7.250	¢6.000
	3	¢8.550	¢8.450	¢8.200	¢7.700	¢6.950	¢5.700
	4	¢8.100	¢8.000	¢7.750	¢7.250	¢6.500	¢5.250
	5	¢7.350	¢7.250	¢7.000	¢6.500	¢5.750	¢4.500
	6	¢5.850	¢5.750	¢5.500	¢5.000	¢4.250	¢3.000
3	0	¢8.850	¢8.750	¢8.500	¢8.000	¢7.250	¢6.000
	1	¢8.750	¢8.650	¢8.400	¢7.900	¢7.150	¢5.900
	2	¢8.550	¢8.450	¢8.200	¢7.700	¢6.950	¢5.700
	3	¢8.250	¢8.150	¢7.900	¢7.400	¢6.650	¢5.400
	4	¢7.800	¢7.700	¢7.450	¢6.950	¢6.200	¢4.950
	5	¢7.050	¢6.950	¢6.700	¢6.200	¢5.450	¢4.200
	6	¢5.550	¢5.450	¢5.200	¢4.700	¢3.950	¢2.700
4	0	¢8.400	¢8.300	¢8.050	¢7.550	¢6.800	¢5.550
	1	¢8.300	¢8.200	¢7.950	¢7.450	¢6.700	¢5.450
	2	¢8.100	¢8.000	¢7.750	¢7.250	¢6.500	¢5.250
	3	¢7.800	¢7.700	¢7.450	¢6.950	¢6.200	¢4.950
	4	¢7.350	¢7.250	¢7.000	¢6.500	¢5.750	¢4.500
	5	¢6.600	¢6.500	¢6.250	¢5.750	¢5.000	¢3.750
	6	¢5.100	¢5.000	¢4.750	¢4.250	¢3.500	¢2.250
5	0	¢7.650	¢7.550	¢7.300	¢6.800	¢6.050	¢4.800
	1	¢7.550	¢7.450	¢7.200	¢6.700	¢5.950	¢4.700
	2	¢7.350	¢7.250	¢7.000	¢6.500	¢5.750	¢4.500
	3	¢7.050	¢6.950	¢6.700	¢6.200	¢5.450	¢4.200
	4	¢6.600	¢6.500	¢6.250	¢5.750	¢5.000	¢3.750
	5	¢5.850	¢5.750	¢5.500	¢5.000	¢4.250	¢3.000
	6	¢4.350	¢4.250	¢4.000	¢3.500	¢2.750	¢1.500
6	0	¢6.150	¢6.050	¢5.800	¢5.300	¢4.550	¢3.300
	1	¢6.050	¢5.950	¢5.700	¢5.200	¢4.450	¢3.200
	2	¢5.850	¢5.750	¢5.500	¢5.000	¢4.250	¢3.000
	3	¢5.550	¢5.450	¢5.200	¢4.700	¢3.950	¢2.700
	4	¢5.100	¢5.000	¢4.750	¢4.250	¢3.500	¢2.250
	5	¢4.350	¢4.250	¢4.000	¢3.500	¢2.750	¢1.500
	6	¢2.850	¢2.750	¢2.500	¢2.000	¢1.250	¢0

Trivia: At the end of the Prologue when you start a new profile and get your first ship, you would realize that the cost to buy the Level 1 upgrade of an Aura is ¢100. However, you do not need to do that because it will be unlocked by Instructor Crubbs at the end of Campaign Mission #1.

Aura & Zen Upgrade Priorities

This part of the section attempts to give a priority system as to how well upgraded Aura or Zen should be when you first get a ship with a certain Aura Zen combination.

• The lower the priority number, the higher the priority.
  • The priority goes from P0 to P9.
• If the Aura has a higher priority number than the Zen, upgrade the Aura first. Or vice versa.
• Since you can only have one Aura and one Zen on a ship, several Auras are grouped together as one priority level, and several Zens are also grouped together.
• The most significant levels of each Aura and Zen are also indicated so you know where you might want to hold off upgrading for a while.

As you could see, it is of utmost important (Priority P0) to unlock the Zen (upgrade it to Level 1) as soon as you intend to upgrade the ship. It makes a whole load of difference to have a underpowered Zen than to not have it at all.

Priority Number	Aura(s)	Zen(s)
P0		Unlock all Zens to Level 1
P1	Chrono Field (To Ultimate ) Vorpal Lance (To Level 2)
P2		Teleport (To Ultimate )
P3	Laser Storm (To Ultimate ) Ion Cannon (To Ultimate ) Goliath Missile (To Ultimate )
P4		Reflex EMP (To Ultimate ) Nightfury (To Ultimate )
P5	Bullet EMP (To Ultimate ) Stun EMP (To Ultimate ) Point Defence (To Level 4)
P6		Mega Laser (To Level 4)
P7	Barrier (To Ultimate ) Missile Swarm (To Level 5) Vorpal Lance (To Ultimate ) Phalanx (To Ultimate ) Blade Storm (To Level 5)
P8		Kappa Drive (To Ultimate ) Mega Bomb (To Ultimate ) Personal Shield (To Ultimate ) Focus Lance (To Level 4, or Ultimate if ship is Armor Piercing ) Clover ATS (To Level 4) Tracking Minigun (To Ultimate )
P9	Any non-ult Aura / Zen to Ultimate

Main Weapon

• There are 3 affinities of main weapons, High Impact , Shield Breaker and Armor Piercing .
  • Main weapon specifics are explained under the Invaders section.
• The behavior of the main weapon of each ship may change with upgrades, except for the Ultimate level which simply increases the damage of each projectile proportionately.
  • Thus, it is a good idea to leave the main weapon's Ultimate level as the last upgrade to fully ult the ship.
  • How upgrades change the main weapon varies for each ship.
    • The way the main weapon changes for each ship will not be discussed in this guide as it is not important, since this guide assumes you have fully upgraded (to 6-6-6) a ship.

Additional Main Weapon Details can be found in Tier List (Introduction).

Ship Main Weapon vs Invader Affinity

There are 3 different affinities of Invaders: Unprotected , Shielded and Armored .

• All ship main weapons and damage dealt through Auras and Zens deal normal damage to Unprotected Invaders. Only ships with High Impact weapons can deal bonus critical damage to Unprotected Invaders.
  • There is a 25% chance of dealing critical damage.
  • Each projectile or laser that hits the Invaders is subjected to this probability,
    • This explains why many High Impact rapid firing main weapons appear to crit all their shots.
  • Each crit does 1.5 times damage of the normal main weapon damage.
    • On average, this means a ≈12% DPS bonus from High Impact weapons.
• Shielded Invaders have a blue outline around them which is their shield.
  • While the shield is up, they are unable to be harmed.
    • This means being unable to pop off any turrets while the shield is up.
  • Invader Shields account for ≈40% of their total health.
    • Therefore, Shielded Invaders have overall, ≈25% more health than Unprotected Invaders.
  • Once their shield is down, they act like Unprotected Invaders and High Impact weapons can deal critical damage on them.
  • Ships with Shield Breaker main weapons deal 150% more damage to shields, or 2.5 times the damage of other weapon affinities.
    • Because shields only account for ≈40% of their health, the overall effectiveness of Shield Breaker ships is ≈30% more than Armor Piercing weapons.
  • If any Invader stripped of its shield is not damaged for 4s, it will regenerate its shield back to full health.
    • Any damage done to its hull is retained.
• Only Armor Piercing main weapons always deal full 100% damage to Armored Invaders (discount apexes).
  • All other kinds of damage, which includes High Impact main weapons, Shield Breaker weapons, and damage dealt through Auras and Zens (even if it's by a ship with an Armor Piercing main weapon), are reduced by 30%.
    • This excludes apexes, as some apexes clearly state the Aura or Zen is Armor Piercing and thus will always deal the full 100% damage to Armored Invaders)
  • However, if you deal any form of damage to the cockpits of Armored Invaders, you bypass this armor damage reduction and deal the full 100% damage.
    • You can even deal critical damage with a High Impact weapon if you aim it at the cockpit of Armored Invaders.

The table below shows the penalty in the average time to kill an Invader for using a mismatched main weapon affinity, taking the matching weapon affinity as the base. All base cases are underlined below. The table also includes Auras / Zens , which have no affinity (discounting apexes) and thus suffer a penalty in all cases.

• For Armored Invaders, it is assumed that all damage are not dealt to the cockpit of Armored Invaders at any point of time.

Weapon	Unprotected	Shielded	Armored
High Impact	0.0%	25.2%	42.9%
Shield Breaker	12.5%	0.0%	42.9%
Armor Piercing	12.5%	33.8%	0.0%
Aura / Zen	12.5%	33.8%	42.9%

It can be concluded that Armored Invaders are the most resistant. It can also be said that it is not essential to have a good ship that has a High Impact weapon since the penalty is much less than that of Shielded and Armored Invaders.