Dragon's Maw Puzzle Guide - a quick and easy walkthrough with the additional bonus objectives included for Chapter 6 of SWTOR KOTET expansion
Chapter 6 The Dragon’s Maw Puzzle from Star Wars”: The Old Republic’s Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion can be annoying and could take you a long time to fully solve if you are doing it for the first time. This is a complete walkthrough for the whole chapter, including the bonus mission.
I have extensive video walkthroughs from both Empire’s and Republic’s point of view for this and all other Chapters from Knights of the Eternal Throne. Learn more about this expansion, check the Everything about SWTOR Knights of the Eternal Throne post.
Dragon’s Maw Puzzle Walkthrough
When and where you see a Guard with a Red Circle around them, you cannot pass through that area and will need to find another path.
You start from the Grand Foyer. Turn left and walk through the exit on the south side of the map. Pass through the Grand Ballroom and go to the marked location on your map to Rendezvous with Indo Zal.
You cannot pass through areas where there are Guards. They will be surrounded with Red Circles, preventing you from passing near or through them.
Now the mission’s objectives task you with planting 6 Charges on 6 Control Nodes, this means you have a puzzle before you. You will receive some hints if you hit the special pop-up toolbar button that appears, but it would be a lot easier and quicker if you let me guide you through all of the steps :)
First, here are the detailed maps of the 3 levels of the palace:
Go to the second floor and speak to the barracks guard, use the stairs in the grand Foyer.
Go to the first floor and speak to the kitchen attendant.
Pick up the food supplies from the locker in the kitchen. The locker is very close to the entrance of the kitchen.
Again, use the stairs in the Grand Foyer. Follow the same path to go back.
When you are up on the second floor again, speak to the barracks guard, use the stairs in the Grand Foyer. Enter the barracks, put the food on the table.
Go to the next room in the barracks, find and pick up the captain’s shield. It’s in the room at the very bottom right of the map.
Go to the west side of the barracks, deactivate the shield door using the console next to it.
Plant Ion Charge on Control Node 6.
Go back through the barracks and return to the first floor using the Grand Foyer stairs.
Speak to the Knight of Zakuul guarding the shield door leading to the Control Node 1 in the top right corner on the map.
Enter and reach the panel, then Plant Ion Charge on Control Node 1.
Speak to the Knight of Zakuul guarding the entrance to the Security Center in the southern part on the first floor.
Deactivate the Shield Door leading to Suib-Level 1 in the bottom right corner of the map. Go to Sub-level 1.
Down on Sub-Level 1, go to the room behind the stairs and Plant Ion Charge on Control Node 3.
Go through the Pit Maintenance and enter the Machine room (open the door by interacting with the panel on the right. Plant Ion Charge on Control Node 4.
In the Machine room, click on the Console to unlock the door leading to the Maintenance hallway.
Pick up the Access Badge, sitting on a container next to the shield door.
You now have full access to the palace and can go finish the remaining two nodes. Now you can also complete the Bonus Mission, if you wish to. It is explained step-by-step below.
Go back to the southern staircase past the Beast Care room and return to the first floor.
Navigate around the first floor to the hallway next to the western staircase and reach the room where the next node is – Plant Ion Charges on Control Node 2.
Go back to the second floor (take the staircase in the Grand Foyer. Reach the Machine Closet where the last node is – Plant Ion Charge on Control Node 5.
There are two doors you have to open. One is guarded, talk to the guard to let you in. Interact with the second one to open it and enter the Machine Closet with the Node in it.
Bonus Mission – Networking Opportunities
Make sure you have picked up the Access Badge from the Maintenance hallway on Sub-Level 1.
When in the Security Center on the first floor, click on a console on the table first.
Then the enter the Data Room and click on the Security Network Control Terminal to lift the lockdown, that will allow you to enter the Server network on Sub-Level 1.
Go to the Server Room and click on the Server Room Terminal to complete the bonus mission. By completing the bonus mission you can save yourself some time and effort in the later part of Chapter 6.
Once all nodes are planted, you are done with the “puzzle” in Chapter 6 “The Dragon’s Maw” – the rest is linear.
Completing the Dragon’s Maw mission
For the completion of the mission, it doesn’t matter if you did the bonus or not. Pick up from here after you did the Bonus. The remaining part of this Chapter is linear, so I will be brief.
Go back to the Ballroom. Step into the green marked on the floor to trigger a cinematic scene of Vaylin’s speech.
After the scene you will be thrown into the Beast Pit in Sub-Level 1. Defeat the Rancor and make sure Indo Zal survives as well.
A cinematic will play out after that and here you will see different things based on previous decisions you have made at the end of KOTFE’s Chapter 16.
To exit the Beast Pens, go to the north-west corner of the room and climb up to the higher level.
Follow the path on the image below to get to the Sub-Level 1’s Loading Deck.
Out on the Loading Dock you will have to defeat these. Don’t fight on the bridges and be careful of knock-backs.
Go to the staircase in the south end of the map. Follow the path on the image below and fight your way through (or sneak if you have stealth).
Go back up to the Level 1 map and follow the path shown on the next image below and get to the Grand Foyer.
Next, follow the path shown on the image below to get to the Horizon Guard encounter.
Take the Elevator to the Skydeck Gardens, where the final encounter for this chapter will be/ I wont spoil the scene and actions there.
Once again the events and outcome will differ based on previous decisions you have made during your adventures through the Chapters. The fight may be a bit longer, but it shouldn’t be much of a challenge to you.
After this final encounter, you will have to escape the Palace to complete Chapter 6 Dragon’s Maw.
Video Walkthroughs
The two videos below are my full commentary-voiced walkthroughs of Chapter 6 “The Dragon’s Maw”. The first is following the steps of a Light side Jedi Knight Sentinel and the second is from the point of view of a Dark Side Sith Warrior Marauder.
