SWTOR Guide – Datacrons and Matrix Cubes

December 5th, 2011 by Vera Cannon

What exactly are datacrons and matix cubes? Why would you want to learn about them or make use of them in SWTOR? Easy. Datacrons are basically hidden elements found at various hidden locations in the vast Star Wars galaxies. Players who come across them can consider themselves very lucky given that these elements provide extra stats and bonuses.

How to spot a datacron? Although they are hidden in the more difficult-to-access parts of the game, when you do come across them, they can quite easily be identified given they radiate a glow. Word usually goes around where datacrons are hidden, thus knowing where they are located isn’t the difficult part. Getting to them however, is an entirely different topic since it involves puzzles and all that logic headache.

The great news is, if you successfully get to a datacron, you get a permanent stats increase.

Here’s a quick guide to which datacron offers what bonuses. Note that the extend of the statistics boost depends on the type of datacron and the planet.

* Strength – Red
* Endurance – Green
* Aim – White
* Willpower – Purple
* Presence – Yellow
* Cunning – Yellow

Besides stat boosts, some datacrons gives a Matrix Shard. These are what are used to assemble Matrix Cubes. So far, the known Matrix Shards comes in 4 colors: red, blue, yellow and green.

These shards can be assembled using what is called an assembler to create Matrix Cubes, which give more than 1 statistic boost. For example, a level 32 cube combined using a Blue, Red and Red shard will yield give the following stats boost: 22 End, 29 Will, 14 Crit.

Well, there you go. A fast track SWTOR guide to Datacrons and Matrix Cubes!

A single matrix shard serves no purpose, but in sets of three they can prove extremely valuable to the player in the form of a Matrix Cube via an assembler.

For a more in-depth insight into Datacrons and Matrix Cubes, please refer to this SWTOR Guide.

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SWTOR Leveling Guide

December 1st, 2011 by Jack Matthews

Here’s an overview of SWTOR Leveling Guide. For more information and gameplay recommendations, check out this SWTOR Complete Guides Bundle.

Star Wars: the Old Republic, more commonly referred to as SWTOR is designed around a leveling-based system as oppose to skill-based. What that basically mean is character progression is measured by their levels in the game. Leveling is done pretty much like most other MMORPGs and RPGs which is questing, spending time in leveling locations and the likes in order to gain experience. After a certain amount of experience gathered, the character then advances to the next level. When a new level is reached, characters would receive a set number of points to allocate to the character’s skills and attributes, customizing it to the player’s preference.

In SWTOR, there are a total of eight main stills for players to decide which to level up. These kills are awareness, demolitions, computer use, persuasion, stealth, security, treat injury and repair. The character’s attributes such as dexterity, wisdom or intelligence also affects how each of the skills plays out. As players level up, they would have Force Powers to choose from. The set of Force Powers available to choose from differs depending on each character.

After completing quests, character’s gain more experience. Different quest offers different amount of leveling experience. Eliminating enemies throughout the galaxy also gains the character experience. In SWTOR, the experience gained is shared between all characters whether or not they are idle (not being used by the player at any given time). When a character starts out, they are referred to as the beginner character and as the player goes on, they get to advance a more sophisticated class of their choice whether it is a Jedi or Sith class. With that in mind, character planning and leveling up in SWTOR comes hand-in-hand and careful character planning early on is always recommended.

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