Crafting Guide
Crafting 101:
Why craft?
Crafting is often seen as an afterthought in most games. Some people hate it, some people love it, some people ignore it. But what that means is it is an "addition to" in most games. You can play the game without it, you can succeed without it, but you can never fully utilize every available resource you have available without it. Crafting is a way to make money, a way to advance your character's stats without spending money, and in The Imperial Army it is a culture of folks helping others acheive those as well. Below I am going to go step by step process on how to craft in Star Wars the Old Republic
Important Crafting Items
War Supplies & Invasion Forces
Crafting Components - Bonded Components/Assembly Components/Cell Grafts
Decoration Prefabs
Augments
Crafting Skills
Armormech
Armstech
Artifice
Bioanalysis
Cybertech
Synthweaving
Gathering Skills
Archeology
Bioanalysis
Scavaging
Slicing
Mission Skills
Diplomacy
Investigation
Treasure Hunting
Underworld Training
Crafting Components
Before we dive deep into each crafting skill I want to first talk a little bit about crafting components so there is no confusion later. Crafting components are either called Bonded Components, Assembly Components, or Cell grafts depending on the crafter you are using. To make anything with the exception of Dark Projects and Decoration Prefabs, you need crafting components. These are comprised of the two types of gathering materials and the white crafting material for that grade. As we go through each crew skill we will speak about crafting components, what materials are required for each one and their respective uses.
War Supply
These are items, typically used for different conquest objectives but can be used to purchase different types of deco on fleet. It is important to note that War Supplies utilize multiple bonded components, all except for the grade 11’s only require 2 of each required material to craft each one. The grade 11’s which are the ones that start with premium require 6 mats to craft each one making those the major bottleneck in crafting invasion forces.
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Infantry Supply Kit - Biochem 2 types
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Utilizes grade 4, 6, 8, 9 , and 10 biochemical sample and biochemical compound along with the white crafting material of those grades
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Utilizes grade 5, 7, 8, 9, and 11 biochemical sample and biochemical compound along with the white crafting material of those grades
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Crystal Capacitor- Artifice/Synthweaver
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Utilizes grade 5, 7, 8, 9, and 11 power crystal and artifact fragments along with the white crafting material of those grades
Holocron of Strategy-Artifice/Synthweaver
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Utilizes grade 4, 6, 8, 9 , and 10 power crystals and artifact fragments along with the white crafting material of those grades
Starship Weapons-Cybertech/Armormech/Armstech
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Utilizes grade 4, 6, 8, 9 , and 10 scavenged metal and scavenge compound along with the white crafting material of those grades
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Armored Vehicles-Cybertech/Armormech/Armstech
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Utilizes grade 5, 7, 8, 9, and 11 scavenged metal and scavenge compound along with the white crafting material of those grades
Invasion Forces
Invasion forces utilize one of each of the war supplies. They take a long time to craft, even with leveled companions and bonus’. Invasion forces can be used for decoration items on fleet, crafting dark projects, and conquest objectives.
Dark Projects
Dark projects are valuable asset that can be used to purchase a few different things beyond just being something to gtn for a reasonable price
It can:
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Be used for conquest using perk Crafting Rally Pt 2
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Be traded into the conquest vendor on fleet for the Companions Compenium
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The Companions compendiem gets one companion to lvl 50
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Can purchase specific decorations
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Can provide the guild with perks for a planet they control during conquest.
To craft these it requires 3 items
Iokath Recombinators - Purchased from Nessl Vaccan, the recovered goods vendor on Odessen found in the Alliance staging area where the entrances to the uprisings are
Invasion force
This is the most expensive and time consuming part of this. If you are hard up for conquest points or really need a dark project you can purchase this from the gtn for currently 800k, but price fluctuates. To craft it yourself please look above as I break down war supplies
Refined Isotope Stabilizer
Can be purchased from Mnek the prototype jawa. He can be a decoration himself or found in the cartel bazaar. It uses 12 of the blue assorted droid parts
Augments
Augments are the last step when it comes to stat gearing. I would recommend you find a set bonus you like first as augment kits are one use only and do cost some resources, not massively expensive but if you are just starting out it is good not to waste resources.
There are only 3 crafters that can make augments, Synthweaver, Armstech, and Armormech. These are also the only crafters that can make augment kits and these crafters us the same mats for the augments they can make.
Armormech can craft Absorb and Alacrity Augments. these require you to craft up to the blue assembly components ultizing the green grade 9 scavaging and underworld training materials
Absorb Augment 73 - Rating 276 Absorb Augment 74 - Rating 286
Total Stats Total Stats
+126 Endurance +144 Endurance
+126 Power +144 Power
+95 Absorption Rating +108 Absorption Rating
Alacrity Augment 73 - Rating 276 Alacrity Augment 74 - Rating 286
Total Stats Total Stats
+126 Endurance +144 Endurance
+126 Power +144 Power
+95 Alacrity Rating +108 Alacrity Rating
Armstech can craft Shield, Versitile, and Accuracy Augments. these require you to craft up to the blue assembly components ultizing the green grade 9 scavaging and underworld training materials
Shield Augment 73 - Rating 276 Shield Augment 74 - Rating 286
Total Stats Total Stats
+126 Endurance +144 Endurance
+126 Power +144 Power
+95 Shield Rating +108 Shield Rating
Versatile Augment 73 - Rating 276 Versatile Augment 74 - Rating 286
Total Stats Total Stats
+126 Endurance +144 Endurance
+126 Power +144 Power
+95 Versatile Rating +108 Versatile Rating
Accuracy Augment 73 - Rating 276 Accuracy Augment 74 - Rating 286
Total Stats Total Stats
+126 Endurance +144 Endurance
+126 Power +144 Power
+95 Accuracy Rating +108 Accuracy Rating