The game's combat is primarily automated. Players can acquire new fleet girls by completing quests, finishing instances, or building girls from raw materials, which can then be synthesized or recycled to power up other girls, or to gain resources. Each girl has two portraits, one for when her health is at maximum and another featuring ripped clothing and a different expression for when she has taken damage. Player takes the role of admiral over a fleet of naval warships that are represented by anime girls, each with their own stats and abilities. KanColle is an unlicensed free-to-play browser-based MMO simulation game that heavily borrows gameplay elements and artwork from Kantai Collection, which is also known as KanColle.
