This guide will help you get all three SWTOR Datacrons on Korriban. From the best starting point to the exact location where you can collect them. And, of course, the Data Codex Entry lore behind each Datacron!
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Datacrons are hidden collectible items in SWTOR that provide a permanent stat boost to all of your characters within your Legacy on a server.
There are dozens of Datacrons spread across both the Republic and Empire factions in SWTOR. Each Datacron you collect permanently boosts the stats of every character you have, including new characters. Every Datacron also unlocks a Codex Entry which unlocks Lore for you to read.
This guide goes over all the Datacrons that you can find on the planet Korriban. Located in the Seat of the Empire sector, Korriban is the ancient Sith homeworld.
Korriban is only accessible to the Empire faction. Republic players will not have access to these Datacrons. Each walkthrough segment of the guide always begins with the recommended starting point on the map and ends with the location of the Datacron itself and the Data Codex Entry.
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Korriban Endurance Datacron Location
Korriban Endurance Datacron LocationThis Datacron will permanently increase your Endurance with +2. It unlocks the Galactic History 15 Codex Entry.
The Green Endurance Datacron is right next to the shuttle pad. The easiest way to get to it is by following the path leading southeast from the Sith Academy Quick Travel point.
From there, head towards the metal balcony that overlooks the K’lor’slug field where you first start as a new character.
Once you reach the metal balcony, turn right towards the large radar dish and climb over the balcony and across the cliffside to locate the Endurance Datacron.
Successfully collecting the Datacron will give you +2 Endurance to all characters and the Codex Entry:
Galactic History 15 – Mandalore
The gray-skinned Taung species, which clashed with humans long before the formation of the Republic, had lost none of its fearsome reputation over the years. The Taung revered conflict in all forms, relishing the chance to test themselves against powerful enemies.
While the young Republic continued to expand, the Taung also sought out and colonized many worlds. Eventually they discovered an Outer Rim planet populated by enormous, vicious beasts called mythosaurs. The Taung took the world for their own, calling it Mandalore after their leader, Mandalore the First. The mythosaurs presented little challenge to the powerful Taung; in time, mythosaur bones were used to build Mandalore’s first cities.
Korriban Purple Mastery Datacron Location
Korriban Purple Mastery Datacron LocationThis Datacron will permanently increase your Mastery with +2. It unlocks the Galactic History 16 Codex Entry.
The Purple Mastery Datacron can be found by climbing a small hillside from the Lower Wilds. The closest Quick Travel & Taxi Point is the Wilds Laboratory.
As you follow the main road North, turn East at the base of the mountain with the giant man.
Successfully collecting the Datacron will give you +2 Mastery to all characters and the Codex Entry:
Galactic History 16 – The Alsakan Conflicts
During the boom period of early Republic expansion, dissent arose from the unlikeliest of quarters: the planet Alsakan. Colonized by the first explorers from Coruscant long before the development of the hyperdrive, Alsakan had been a member of the Core Worlds for centuries.
But as the planet grew more powerful and influential, its Senators believed that Alsakan, not Coruscant, should be the capital of the Republic. A series of skirmishes called the “Alsakan Conflicts” broke out, slowing Republic growth as it tried to quell Alsakan’s forces.
Despite the best efforts of Republic diplomats and generals, Alsakan remained belligerent, and seventeen such uprisings would occur over the next several thousand years. Later, the battle cruisers built during the Alsakan Conflicts would inspire the Republic’s Invincible-class dreadnought.
Korriban Red Matrix Shard Datacron Location
Matrix Shards are mission items that you can use to create a Relic. The Shards are earned Per-Character. This means that even though the Datacron is considered collected for your entire Legacy if you want to get the Matrix Shard on a different character you will have to find the Datacron again on that character. This Datacron unlocks the Galactic History 17 Codex Entry.
The Red Matrix Shard Datacron is in the Ruined Atrium section of the Tomb of Tulak Hord. You can enter the Tomb of Tulak Hord by following the road from the Sith Academy to the Shuttle.
Turn south into the entrance to the Tomb and walk south through the cave until you reach the exit to the Ruined Atrium section.
When you reach the Ruined Atrium, head southwest to find the Matrix Shard Datacron behind a wall next to a corpse.
Successfully collecting the Matrix Datacron will give you 1 Red Matrix Shard in the Mission Items Tab of your Inventory, as well as the Codex Entry:
Galactic History 17 – The Duinuogwuin Contention
In their travels, the early Republic explorers encountered many bizarre and fascinating species. Most of these first contacts were peaceful, but while charting worlds in the Outer Rim, scouts encountered enormous, flame-breathing reptiles known as Duinuogwuin. The terrified scouts opened fire and fled the planet, eventually returning to Coruscant–only to discover they’d been followed. The Duinuogwuin began waging war against the capital in what would be called the “Duinuogwuin Contention.”
Supreme Chancellor Fillorean, often criticized in the Senate for being hesitant and indecisive, ignored demands to mobilize the Republic Navy and attempted to communicate with the Duinuogwuin. To everyone’s surprise, the Duinuogwuin were revealed to be intelligent and inherently peaceful. Supreme Chancellor Fillorean and the Duinuogwuin philosopher Borz’Mat’oh negotiated a treaty, and later even cooperated to found Coruscant’s first university.
When you are done with this planet, hop on to the next. There are plenty of Datacrons in SWTOR for you to discover and each planet gets more interesting and more complex as you progress and level up.
Visit the collective SWTOR Datacron Locations Guide and Achievements List to find and obtain all other Datacrons you may be missing. This is your ideal starting point for every Datacron Hunt you’d like to start.
The table below lists all Datacrons currently available in the game. On a few planets the same color datacron is accessible to Republic and Empire players via different paths and at different locations. In this case the Republic is listed on top and Empire below it. Click or Tab on an icon to read the dedicated guide explaining how to reach and obtain this datacron.
