This guide will help you get all SWTOR Datacrons on Mek-Sha. 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 Mek-Sha. Mek-Sha is accessible to level 70 players. It’s located in the middle of empty space by the Coreward Worlds.
Mek-Sha is accessible to both factions. 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.
Mek-Sha Endurance Datacron Location
Mek-Sha Endurance Datacron LocationThis Datacron will permanently increase your Endurance with +7. It unlocks The Hutts Discover Mek-Sha Codex Entry.
The closest travel point for this Datacron for both factions is the Three Points Quick Travel Point.
Once you reach the Three Points map, travel on foot to the Contested Gangland territory. Inside the buildings head up a small walkway and then jump diagonally across behind a fence.
Follow the small boardwalk behind the fence to the end. Then jump from the generator over to the staircase. It may help to use a mount or rocketboots to make this jump.
Once you reach the top of the staircase, jump across the gap to the large wooden shack and then jump onto the taller roof to the right.
Run across both cloth sails to the far side. Jump diagonally onto the metal vent. It may help to use a mount or rocketboots to make this jump.
Using a mount or movement boost such as Force Speed, jump diagonally for the wooden floor behind a metal fence.
Once you have made the jump, climb up the metal pipes very carefully until you reach the top of the next container.
Once you make it to the small box, there are only a few more jumps left until you reach the datacron.
Successfully collecting the Datacron will give you +7 Endurance to all characters and the following Codex Entry:
The Hutts Discover Mek-Sha
When the Hutts took control of Makeb, a low-ranking Cartel member named Loddu was tasked with rooting out potential competitors to Makeb’s isotope-5 mining operations. During his search, he discovered a small team of geologists who claimed to have located mineral-rich deposits on an asteroid. Loddu, unsatisfied with his meager share of Makeb’s profits, sent a team of mercenaries to capture the geologists and claim the asteroid.
Within months, Loddu used what little leverage he had to transport slaves and bodyguards to the asteroid, and before long, it was a bustling mining station. Despite the overabundance of resources the imprisoned geologists had promised, production on the station was slow. Against the advice of his advisors, Loddu demanded that miners use explosives to clear areas of the asteroid faster. The hasty, substandard demolition destroyed a large portion of the rock and resulted in the demise of many laborers and mercenaries–and the impatient Hutt himself.
Loddu’s sibling, Prava, unwillingly took ownership of the station and its slaves, who were seething over Loddu’s carelessness. But when Prava arrived to survey the asteroid’s damage, he discovered that he had also inherited an untold amount of wealth: the explosion had unearthed the valuable minerals Loddu had been seeking.
Mek-Sha Red Mastery Datacron Location
Mek-Sha Red Mastery Datacron LocationThis Datacron will permanently increase your Mastery with +7. It unlocks Huttbreaker’s Rebellion Codex Entry.
The closest travel point for this Datacron for both factions is the Slugfall Cantina Quick Travel Point.
Walk up the middle of the three Docks until you see a Rodian towards the end. Stand near them and look down off the edge. The Datacron should be directly below you.
Bring up the Game Menu (escape key) and hover your cursor over Log Out. Take a step forward so that you begin to fall then immediately click the Log Out and the Immediate button. When you log back in you will be standing on the platform below with the Datacron.
Successfully collecting the Datacron will give you +7 Mastery to all characters and the following Codex Entry:
Huttbreaker’s Rebellion
Prava’s grasp on the station was tentative–the hollowed-out asteroid required more upkeep than a typical mining station, and despite its profits, few in the Cartel believed the small operation was a worthy venture. Without sufficient outside investment, even the most basic infrastructure was difficult for the Hutt to maintain.
During the Hutt Cartel’s crisis on Makeb, Prava’s attentions were more divided than usual, and a Nikto slave named Gritha Dar used the Hutt’s distraction to her advantage. Captivating and eloquent, Dar persuaded smugglers, gun runners, ex-Mandalorian warriors, and even slave traders that doing business with her instead of a weak and incompetent Hutt would be far more lucrative.
Once she secured her network of resources, Dar rallied her fellow slaves against Prava and his mercenaries, who were blindsided by the overwhelming forces the slaves had acquired. Dar was a ferocious leader, and Prava was outmatched from the start; the revolution was over almost as quickly as it began.
When the dust settled, no one questioned that Dar should lead the survivors through whatever came next. Dar immediately accepted her new role, formed a council out of prominent figures who supported her rebellion, and renamed the station “Mek-Sha,” in honor of a friend she claims inspired her revolution.
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.
