[That Time I Became the Strongest] Gold Ship

SSR Speed

Analysis

Tier C. A free Story Event Speed SSR that plugs an early-game hole, then rides the bench the second a real Speed card shows up.

Gold Ship is labeled a Speed SSR, but it trains like it left half its kit at home. The big issue is the Friendship Bonus, which only reaches 25% at max. Meta Speed cards live at 30% or higher. There’s no Speed stat bonus anywhere on the effect table, Training Effectiveness tops out at a stingy 10%, and Mood Effect sits at 20%. So you get the friendship multiplier and almost nothing worth stacking on it.

The unique gives it away. At Lv40 you get +1 Power Bonus plus +20 Hint Frequency. That’s a hint engine, not the training-power spike the strong cards run. Pair that with the base 40% Hint Frequency and Hint Levels up to 3 and the design intent is obvious: feed skills, skip the rainbow grind. The hint pool reads well too, with Straightaway Spurt, Inside Scoop, Strategist, a handful of closer and debuff picks, and event skills like Long Straightaways and Maverick. Events are low-stress, mostly Speed and Stamina with cheap energy hits.

The problem is the competition. It’s lined up against every premium Speed SSR and loses the raw output fight to all of them. The one thing it has going is the price.

Pros: free, big hint frequency and levels, a genuinely useful skill list, painless events
Cons: 25% friendship cap, zero Speed bonus, Power-only unique, gets outclassed fast

New account? Slot it, grab the skills, bench it without thinking twice once a better Speed card lands.

Card details

Field	Value
Character	Gold Ship
Rarity	SSR
Type	Speed
Obtain	Story Event
Global release	Sep 21, 2025
Hint skills	Standing By, Straightaway Spurt, Inside Scoop, Pressure, Smoke Screen, I Can See Right Through You, After-School Stroll, Strategist, Intense Gaze, End Closer Savvy ○, Highlander, Uma Stan, Groundwork, Sympathy
Event skills	Long Straightaways ○, Inside Scoop, Innate Experience, Maverick ○, Hanshin Racecourse ○

Support effects

Effect	What it does	Values
Friendship Bonus	Increases the effectiveness of Friendship Training	Lv1: 10%, Lv25: 20%, Lv45: 25%
Mood Effect	Amplifies the effect of mood when training together	Lv5: 10%, Lv30: 15%, Lv50: 20%
Training Effectiveness	Increases the effectiveness of training performed together	Lv5: 1%, Lv30: 5%, Lv50: 10%
Initial Friendship Gauge	Increases initial Friendship Gauge when beginning a Career playthrough	Lv5: 1, Lv30: 10, Lv50: 20
Hint Levels	Increases the level of hints gained through events	Lv45: 2, Lv50: 3
Hint Frequency	Increases the frequency at which hint events occur	Lv45: 30%, Lv50: 40%
Skill Point Bonus	Increases skill point gain when training together	Lv35: 1

Unique effect

Unlocks at Lv 40. Power Bonus: +1, Hint Frequency: +20

Training events

Raising the Uma Lord’s Castle

Option 1: Max energy +4, Bond +5
Option 2: Speed +10, Bond +5

Plotting the Uma Lord’s Dungeon

Option 1: Speed +5, Stamina +5, Energy -15, Skill Long Straightaways ○ (hint Lv1)

Assembling the Uma Lord’s Minions

Option 1: random — Speed +10, Stamina +10, Energy -10, Bond +5, Skill Innate Experience (hint Lv3) / Speed +5, Stamina +5, Energy -10, Mood +5, Skill Inside Scoop (hint Lv3)
Option 2: Energy +10, Skill Maverick ○ (hint Lv1)

Raising the Uma Lord’s Castle

Option 1: Max energy +4, Bond +5
Option 2: Speed +10, Bond +5

Plotting the Uma Lord’s Dungeon

Option 1: Speed +5, Stamina +5, Energy -15, Skill Long Straightaways ○ (hint Lv1)

Assembling the Uma Lord’s Minions

Option 1: random — Speed +5, Stamina +5, Energy -10, Bond +5, Skill Inside Scoop (hint Lv3) / Speed +10, Stamina +10, Energy -10, Bond +5, Skill Innate Experience (hint Lv3)
Option 2: Energy +10, Skill Maverick ○ (hint Lv1)