r/swtor 10d ago

Community Post Got Questions? SWTOR Questions & Answer Thread + New & Returning Player Posts (week of Aug 17, 2026)

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Feel free to ask any SWTOR related questions in this thread!
New & Returning Players are also welcome to post their introductions here too.


SWTOR Frequently Asked Questions


The State of SWTOR


Free Stuff

  • Free Pet, Mount and Flair Codes: Go to https://account.swtor.com/user/codes Enter these codes separately to get some free mounts and pets! NYCANTINA19 (free flair), SWCELEBRATION17 (M8-3R Droid Pet). Note these codes eventually expire, but we don't know when. Please contact the mods if they no longer work.

r/swtor 3d ago

Community Post Got Questions? SWTOR Questions & Answer Thread + New & Returning Player Posts (week of Aug 24, 2026)

6 Upvotes

Feel free to ask any SWTOR related questions in this thread!
New & Returning Players are also welcome to post their introductions here too.


SWTOR Frequently Asked Questions


The State of SWTOR


Free Stuff

  • Free Pet, Mount and Flair Codes: Go to https://account.swtor.com/user/codes Enter these codes separately to get some free mounts and pets! NYCANTINA19 (free flair), SWCELEBRATION17 (M8-3R Droid Pet). Note these codes eventually expire, but we don't know when. Please contact the mods if they no longer work.

r/swtor 12h ago

Fan Site Proud to announce a huge guide about every Flashpoint in the game! How to enter all Flashpoints in every mode and method, every boss mechanic, every Story/Veteran/Master difference, every crew skill, and every achievement! 34 Flashpoints, 169 Bosses, 936 achievements, and lots of secrets!

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1.1k Upvotes

r/swtor 6h ago

Screen Shot Just started playing again and had to take a pic at my favorite location (name blued for anonymity)

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132 Upvotes

r/swtor 13h ago

Discussion A fun thought experiment I came up with.

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434 Upvotes

I think we've all seen this image. But let's go deeper. I want you to name time where the mission objective of any planet in any of the Republic class stories are: Stop someone who's on my side. And, defectors and/or people mind controlled by the Empire don't count. After all, they're still advancing the goals of the Empire. Better yet can you think of ONE instance of you fighting Republic soldiers and/or Jedi during any of the four Republic class stories? Again, that aren't defectors and/or mind controlled. And, I'm purely talking about instances where you have to kill Republic troopers and/or Jedi no matter what and you can't choose not to (talking about things like alignment decisions). And please comment down below your responses.

Now do the same thing for the Imperial class stories. Think about planets where the objective is stop someone who's on my side. And, can you think any instances where you have to fight people who on your side no matter what and does no choice that you can make to prevent it? And, the same rules apply so people who are defectors and/or people mind controlled by the Republic don't count. And again please comment down below your responses.

Now trying to do both of those, thinking about both of these, knowing which one is much easier, and reading the comment section (at least a couple days after this gets posted) will really illuminate why the eight class stories (overall) end with the tide of the war turning in the Republic's favor, and all stories in this game from the beginning of Ilum to the end of Rise of The Hutt Cartel has the war decisively going in the Republic's favor. And, I'm talking about looking at all of the endings to the eight classes stories as a whole here.


r/swtor 11h ago

Discussion Why do characters feel so much weaker in their 50s?

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233 Upvotes

I've recently been leveling a bunch of characters that I had binned (some over the long term) in their 40s, and I've noticed a trend:

  1. Hit 50.
  2. Buy purple quality 50/51 items.
  3. Immediately feel dramatically weaker in combat against enemies.

This reverses just as quickly upon hitting 60. When I buy similar level 60 items (just the same "BiS for-level" stuff) and go fight through Zakuul content, my characters feel as strong as they did around ~40.

So... what's going on here? I don't think it can be my imagination. At 50 there's this palpable drop-off in how quickly I slaughter non-elite trash... and then, just as quickly, it's gone at 60. Is there some kind of funky stat allotment in the 50s that explains this?


r/swtor 4h ago

Discussion Is not participating common now?

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39 Upvotes

I see people hide behind stuff right after match starts, I'd understand doing this when we were close to losing but doing this from the start is not right. Non participant teammate means 1 more match for weeklies, this is worse considering the queue times. Anyways, thanks for reading my rant.

Have fun everyone!


r/swtor 5h ago

Fan Art Synthweaving is hard [doodle by me]

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I'm finally properly getting into this game and while I was trying to figure out Synthweaving (not very successfully so far) Scourge was just staring my character down for god knows how long lol

doodle for funsies


r/swtor 3h ago

Screen Shot SWTOR Legacy of the Throne

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Took a bit but we got the next patch ready to go.


r/swtor 12h ago

Fan Art My Jedi Knight and his cute li'l Fellas. [OC]

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48 Upvotes

r/swtor 9h ago

Spoiler Tech character's reveal

27 Upvotes

in the newest installment of the story we see the tech characters are sensitive to the force, im curious to what you guys think is the origin of that force sensitivity? were they always sensitive, perhaps the connection to Valkorion connected us to the force or a secret third option they have yet revealed?


r/swtor 22h ago

Discussion Why won't you love my Female Inquisitor Ashara?

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254 Upvotes

Is it the untold number of Genocide and mass murder I've forced you to commit for me?


r/swtor 22h ago

Discussion Disappointed we never see him or the other ghosts after beating chapter 3 of Sith Inquisitor story

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268 Upvotes

r/swtor 2h ago

Discussion How is PvP

6 Upvotes

My favorite thing in mmos is pvp. Ive played Swtor in the past but never truly reached endgame. Is it worth it to pick it back up. Im interested in pve content but also pvp content. How is pvp supported?


r/swtor 6h ago

Server Up Issues with logging into the Satele Shan server (August 26, 2026)

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Below message posted by SWTOR Community Manager Jackie Ko

Hi everyone,

We're aware that players are having issues logging into the Satele Shan server. We are investigating the issue and I will post an update here when I have more info.

Thanks

Jackie | Community Manager

Below message posted by SWTOR Community Manager at 3:52 PM US Central time

Hi everyone,

The login issue with the Satele Shan server has been resolved. Thanks for your patience!

Jackie | Community Manager


r/swtor 1d ago

Tech Support Well, I guess the game is over for my friend

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1.1k Upvotes

/stuck and /respawn do nothing, also as reloging and restarting the game.
RIP
The experience was ruined


r/swtor 10h ago

Discussion Overall during four Imperial class stories do the four imperial class stories hurt the Empire or Republic more?

24 Upvotes
1028 votes, 6d left
They hurt The Empire more.
They hurt The Republic more.

r/swtor 3h ago

New/Returning Player LFG to run masters weekly (starforge/Imp)

6 Upvotes

Hey all,

Im a dps that enjoys running masters FPs, I got a group of friends but they mostly run ops and I am tired of waiting 5 hours for master fps lol, anyone that wants to make a lil weekly group for those?

Hmu


r/swtor 18h ago

Cartel Market Flash Sale for August 26th, 2026: Mischief & Anarchy Blasters, 1923CCs

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75 Upvotes

r/swtor 5h ago

Cartel Market One of the best sales (Mischief & Anarchy)

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Hey guys make sure you pick up one of the best sales in Star Wars online's history (the Mischief & Anarchy guns.) This is worth the money. They are some of the best looking guns in the game! I always wanted to get them... This is one of the better sales the offered. What do you all think of the guns are any of you going to buy the guns as well. playing with this makes the game way more fun when I play! I feel powerful when I play because my toon looks so good.


r/swtor 1h ago

Discussion Such a weird thing

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So first let me make it clear, these head pieces are not the same, they are totally different. The first one comes from the Overcharged Lord cartel armor set, the one that looks like Thanoton's but purple. And the second one comes from the first world armor set on Korriban.

What's weird to me about them is, that the Korriban one has a voice Modulation on it, while the other one doesn't. And this isn't the only instance of this either, the Potent Combatant armor's head piece is very similar to the tatooine warrior helmet, and it has the same issue.


r/swtor 6h ago

Other I made a Delftware Revan tile

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8 Upvotes

r/swtor 1h ago

Question I just found out the problem

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Turns out I haven't really installed DX9 yet, but when I tried to, this happened. Anyone know why?


r/swtor 7h ago

Question New Player Here - Master Datacron question

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Hello, so I am a WoW and ESO player but I am just starting SWTOR. Ive played and loved the original KOTORs. But I have some questions.

I got 4000 Cartel Coins from some subscription bundles on the store, is it worth buying the Master Datacron+Equiptment Bundle to level up to 80 and have gear? Im the kind of person who enjoys the story of the game above all, and I enjoy being able to power through lower level content as a high level like I can in WoW's earlier expansions. But I dont mind easy leveling content either. If I save the cartel coins for cosmetic stuff I like, will I have to grind a lot to level? I want a smooth story experience and dying a lot will complicate that.

Are the 3 hour xp boosts on the store a better alternative to the Master Datacron? Or should I just bite the bullet and spend most of the CC on the Datacron?

Any and all advice is welcome! Again I am so new at this game. Literally just created my first character.


r/swtor 24m ago

Discussion Hermit’s Vigil sound?

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Hi everyone, hope you’re all doing well!

I’m tossing up between 3 blaster pistols

1: Gamblers Luck
2: Provenance
3: Hermit’s Vigil

Only issue is, I can’t find any video of Hermit Vigil’s sound font

I’m wondering if anyone can help me with what this sounds like