This guide will help you get all five SWTOR Datacrons on Hoth. 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 Hoth. It’s located to the far left of the Distant Outer Rim.
Hoth 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.
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Hoth Orange Mastery Datacron Location
Hoth Orange Mastery Datacron LocationThis Datacron will permanently increase your Mastery with +4. It unlocks the Galactic History 63 Codex Entry.
The closest travel point for this Datacron is the Frostwake Outpost Quick Travel Point for Imperial Players and the Outpost Zerek Quick Travel Point for Republic Players located in the Starship Graveyard.
Enter the Star of Coruscant from the Southmost entry way and follow the map until you get to the very back.
Once you get to the back, wait for the elevator to take you to the Upper Floor.
When you get to the Upper Floor you should see 2 bridges in the middle. Go to the closest Bridge and wait for the Cargo Container to be moving towards you. Jump onto the little metal ‘pole’ to climb atop the Cargo Container.
Once you are atop the container, wait for it to take you all the way to the North and jump off onto several boxes. Climb to the very top and wait for the next Cargo Container to come.
The Cargo Container wont come all the way but it will stop just infront. When it fully stops, jump onto it. You may have to wait up to 5 minutes for it to come over.
Once you get ontop of the second Cargo Container, run to the other side and wait for it to pass by the Cargo Container going up and down infront of the Datacron. When the two cross over you should be able to jump Down onto the last one.
Now you just need to wait for the Cargo Container to raise all the way to the top and you can jump directly onto the Datacron.
Successfully collecting the Datacron will give you +4 Mastery to all characters and the following Codex Entry:
Galactic History 63: The Terentatek Hunt
Although the Dark Lord Exar Kun was gone, traces of his evil remained. Exar Kun had been a master of Sith alchemy and his monstrous terentateks had thrived–reshaped and empowered to hunt Force-sensitives. After the Great Sith War, the Jedi Council sent three Jedi–Shaela Nuur, Guun Han Saresh and Duron Qel-Droma–to hunt these beasts down.
Initially close friends, the three Jedi began to quarrel as the hunt went on. Guun Han Saresh disapproved of Duron and Shaela’s budding romance and left the group. He later perished in the Kashyyyk Shadowlands, trying to fight a terentatek alone.
Meanwhile, Duron and Shaela pursued two terentateks in the tombs of Korriban, but Duron was killed by one of the beasts. Stricken by grief and rage, Shaela tried to take on both beasts by herself but was overwhelmed, ending the terentatek hunt.
Hoth Endurance Datacron Location
Hoth Endurance Datacron LocationThis Datacron will permanently increase your Endurance with +4. It unlocks the Galactic History 64 Codex Entry.
The closest travel point for this Datacron is the Frostwake Outpost Quick Travel Point for Imperial Players and the Outpost Zerek Quick Travel Point for Republic Players located in the Starship Graveyard.
You need to enter the Jedi Grounds Heroic Area in the top North-East to fin the starting location. There is a small snowy outcrop you can climb to start the journey to the Datacron.
Once you climb the first snow part, keep going South and climb more snowy glaciers. You should eventually come across a regular snowy floor instead of ice.
Tahe the snowy path and start running directly East. You should drop down several icy platforms to a large snow hill.
Once you are on the snowy hill, Mount Up and go to the end. Be very careful and drop down onto the icy platform below.
Run to the end of the icy platform, jump off the middle piece and land on the ice tower on the other side.
Once you land, heal to 100% HP and then walk across the metal edge of the Star of Coruscant. Walk all the way to the next icy block.
Carefully jump from the generator down onto the ice and follow the jumping blocks around to the other side.
Once you reach the other side, jump back up onto the metal edge of the Star of Coruscant and run all the way to the end again. Walking up the icy stairs this time.
Follow the icy stairs around the next ice tower. Be very careful to make each jump across the blocks of ice.
By now you should hear the Datacron. Jump across the gap and follow the ledge of the next ice tower carefully.
Walk all the way around and across the metal of the starship again.
Carefully jump up each increment in the ice and walk back along the top, Northwards to the Datacron.
Successfully collecting the Datacron will give you +4 Endurance to all characters and the following Codex Entry:
Galactic History 64: The Kanz Disorders
Distracted by the Great Sith War, the Republic had overlooked growing dissent on the planet Argazda. Its provisional governor, Myrial, declared the Kanz Sector independent of the Republic and established a totalitarian regime. She began attacking and enslaving nearby worlds, including Lorrd.
Many protested the Republic’s refusal to take action against Argazda, but the Republic was in no position to begin another war so soon after destroying the Brotherhood of the Sith. Even as the Republic rebuilt, the Mandalorian Wars and subsequent conflicts would prevent it from taking up arms against Argazda for another three hundred years.
Hoth Presence Datacron Location
Hoth Presence Datacron LocationThis Datacron will permanently increase your Presence with +4. It unlocks the Galactic History 65 Codex Entry.
The closest travel point for this Datacron is the Frostwake Outpost Quick Travel Point for Imperial Players and the Outpost Zerek Quick Travel Point for Republic Players located in the Glacial Fissures.
Instead of going to the Starship Graveyard, travel North-West through to the Glacial Fissures, then follow the road directly North until you reach the Pirate Base at the very top of the map.
Once you have made it to the Pirate Base. Look for the giant Radio Dish on top of the hill and jump up the icy wall beheind it. Follow the icy wall North until you need to jump down onto the Snow below.
Once you have jumped down on the Snow, follow the side of the ice mountain North until you find the Cave and enter it.
Once you enter the cave, follow it to the end to reach the Datacron.
Successfully collecting the Datacron will give you +4 Presence to all characters and the following Codex Entry:
Galactic History 65: An Exile on Rhen Var
Ulic Qel-Droma had vanished into exile a broken man. His fate was discussed at the Jedi Convocation on Exis Station, led by his former lover, Nomi. As the order debated how to rebuild, Sylvar, whose mate had died in the Great Sith War, called for Ulic to be harshly punished. Her demands were refused.
After the convocation, Vima, Nomi’s daughter, sought Ulic out on Rhen Var and asked him to train her as a Jedi. Although reluctant, Ulic agreed for Nomi’s sake. Bent on revenge, however, Sylvar had paid a scavenger to track Ulic down.
Sylvar brought Nomi to Rhen Var where they confronted Ulic, but Vima persuaded them to forgive him. The scavenger, Hoggon, had other ideas and shot Ulic in the back. Ulic’s body vanished into the Force, allowing the Jedi Order to finally focus on healing.
Hoth Red Matrix Shard Datacron Location
Hoth Red Matrix Shard Datacron LocationMatrix 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 66 Codex Entry.
Important: The starting point for this Datacron is the Cantina in the Spaceport Base for your Faction.
You must purchase the Hydro-Thinner item from the Cantina Vendor before starting the Datacron. It costs 18,000 credits.
Once you have the Hydro-Thinner item. Republic Players can travel to Highmount Road, Imperial Players can go to Leth Outpost to travel to the Datacron.
Arriving at the location, you should see the Datacron frozen in a block of ice. Simply click the ice block while the Hydro-Thinner item is inside your inventory and the Datacron is yours.
Successfully collecting the Datacron will give you +1 Red Matrix Shard to your inventory and the following Codex Entry:
Galactic History 66: The Jedi Covenant
The fall of Exar Kun and the destruction caused by the Great Sith War weighed heavily on the consciences of many Jedi. The Jedi seer Krynda Draay, who had lost her husband in the conflict, blamed herself for not foreseeing Exar Kun’s corruption as a Sith Lord and decided to take action. Having trained the order’s visionaries for years, she secretly created a Jedi Covenant without the Council’s knowledge, binding the most powerful Jedi seers into a WatchCircle.
The Covenant’s task was simple: Watch for Sith influences and eliminate them before they became a threat. Funded by Krynda Draay’s vast family wealth, the Covenant quietly recruited Jedi–usually those believed missing in action–as its shadows and operatives and sought out Sith artifacts to destroy. Meanwhile, its seers remained vigilant, watching through the Force for any approaching evil.
Hoth Red Mastery Datacron Location
This Datacron will permanently increase your Mastery with +4. It unlocks the Galactic History 67 Codex Entry.
Important: Be prepared as you must kill an enemy before earning the Datacron, it may not be spawned when you search for it or could take a while to find.
Find and Kill the Ancient Droid
You must find the Ancient Droid itself, over a massive area in the Clabburn Tundra. The closest starting point is Drift Hills Republic Depot for Republic players and Drift Hills Imperial Outpost for Imperial players.
The Ancient Droid is a Champion difficulty level 41 enemy. It has 50k HP and is easy to kill if you have a Healing Companion. It may take some time to find given the massive search area.
Once you locate the droid, be sure to kill it and keep 1 inventory space free to loot the Depleted Datacron. You will have to loot and take it to a location to unlock it.
Find the Datacron
Once you have the Depleted Datacron, The next travel point for this stage is the Frostwake Outpost Quick Travel Point for Imperial Players and the Outpost Zerek Quick Travel Point for Republic Players located in the Starship Graveyard.
Follow the road to the Northmost entry to the Star of Coruscant. Instead of going inside the ship, take the ramp on the right-side to reach the Datacron.
At the end of the ramp is a generator with a blue button. If you have the Depleted Datacron in your inventory, you can click the button to transform it into a real datacron!
Once it has finished transforming, successfully collecting the Datacron will give you +4 Mastery to all characters and the following Codex Entry:
Galactic History 67: Mandalore the Ultimate
The Mandalorians had suffered not only defeat but humiliation in the Great Sith War. After their leader, Mandalore the Indomitable, crash-landed on Dxun and was devoured by wild beasts at the war’s end, a new warrior rose to take his place, later called “Mandalore the Ultimate.”
Deciding to bring in new blood, Mandalore opened the ranks of the Mandalorian Crusaders–once dominated by the followers of the ancient Taung, now fielding alien recruits. Calling themselves Neo-Crusaders, these warriors adopted traditional Mandalorian armor and training. Mandalore established a base on Dxun, testing his warriors against Dxun’s infamous predators.
As their ranks grew, the Neo-Crusaders began to conquer worlds weakened in the Great Sith War. Later Jedi would believe Sith influences propelled the Mandalorians into war, but the Mandalorians themselves claimed to be driven only by the chance for conquest and revenge.
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.
