Everything you need to know if you’re considering buying the Coruscant Apartment Stronghold in SWTOR!
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Coruscant Stronghold at a Glance
Fully unlocking most strongholds typically costs tens of millions of credits. We don’t list specific prices for each stronghold because the amount you’ll spend unlocking all the rooms is nothing compared to the money you’ll have to spend on decorations. Unfortunately, this is a case where if you have to ask, you can’t afford it.
| Expansion Count | 9 |
| Max Deco Count | 350 |
| Centerpiece and Starship Hook Count | 1 |
| Maximum Number of Occupants | 50 |
| Layout | Two-Story Apartment |
| Style | Republic |
| Source | Republic Fleet SH Listings, Coruscant |
| Release Date | Game Update 2.9, 2014 |
| Usable by Guild? | Yes |
It’s worth noting that during SWTOR’s Anniversary celebration each December, both the Coruscant and Dromund Kaas strongholds go on sale and cost only 5,000 credits.
Floorplan and Appearance
The Coruscant stronghold is a two-story penthouse apartment located in the capital of the Galactic Republic. The bottom floor has 4 rooms connected by a hallway with double staircases leading upstairs to a balcony and a great room that connects to 4 smaller rooms.
Aside from Dromund Kaas, the overall size of the Coruscant stronghold is most like the Mek-Sha Safehouse, making it one of the smallest strongholds in the game.
Hooks and Room Alignment
Hook and room alignment in the Coruscant stronghold are top-notch. Very few hooks require any sort of adjustment, and the rooms, walls and windows are all aligned properly with each other.
One of my biggest, still minor, frustrations is that there’s only one Centerpiece+ Hook in the entire Stronghold, despite both the greatroom and especially the garage downstairs being large enough to support them.
The garage in particular is the greatest missed opportunity. It’s way too big for even the largest speeders and just a touch too small to fit a starship. Many players have managed to make the space work for them, but it’s still tragic.
The only ship decos that fit in there (and through the shield door) are the ones from GSF, but they sit on these weird little repulsorstands rather than using the landing gear that exists elsewhere in the game.
Keep in mind that as scandalous as those GSF decos are, my gripes are minor. The Coruscant Apartment has exemplary hook placement and room alignment.
Matching Decorations and Bundles
Most decorations match the Coruscant stronghold, though organic, earthy tones like blue, brown, green tend to look best alongside more natural materials like stone, ceramic, and gold.
If you’re looking for decorations that match particularly well, the following search terms will get you 95% of the relevant decos in the game:
- Republic
- Jedi
- Light
- Senat (don’t type the “e” so you get both Senate and Senator)
- Luxur (don’t type the “y” so you get both Luxury and Luxurious)
- Alderaan
- Onderon
- Iziz
- Copero
The few decos that clash tend to feature synthetic materials alongside grays, blacks, whites, reds, and a dash of purples. Those decos typically look great in the Dromund Kaas stronghold.
There are also a few deco bundles on the CM that are tailor-made for Republic strongholds:
- Coruscant Utility Decoration Bundle
- Republic Personnel Bundle
- Republic Fleet Penthouse Wallset
- Mandalorian Clan Personnel Bundle
- Force-User Personnel Bundle
- Republic Essentials Bundle
Ease of Decorating
Any stronghold can be decorated easily by just plopping down a thousand Basic Beds, but that’s not what I mean. When I say “ease of decorating”, I am referring to how easy or hard it is to make the stronghold look good.
Some strongholds have well thought-out Hook layouts, reasonably sized-rooms, and a variety of Hook sizes. These sorts of things make it easier to decorate because you don’t have to think as much about where to put things and it’s more about what you want to put in each room.
Other strongholds, particularly the more recent ones, are more difficult to decorate. It’s harder to decorate a stronghold when you aren’t given a lot of space to put decorations, or the room size doesn’t match the hooks, or you can’t line anything up because the devs slapped the thing together in half a day.
Since you need to hit 100% decorated for the Conquest Bonus and get all of your Prestige for Public Listings, the maximum number of decos you can place in a given stronghold also affects how easy it is to decorate.
If the deco count is too high, you’ll be forced to hide a bunch of small decos inside walls and larger decos or end up with a super cluttered stronghold. If the max deco count is too low, your stronghold will likely feel barren or you’ll be forced to leave some rooms undecorated.
| Easy to Decorate | Hard to Decorate |
|---|---|
| Thoughtful hook layouts | Floors and walls are covered with hooks |
| More variety of hook sizes | Less variety of hook sizes |
| Hook sizes match room sizes and shapes | Huge open spaces and tight quarters |
| Appropriate deco maximum | Excessive or insufficient deco maximum |
| Close attention to geometric alignment of architecture | Misaligned architecture and pointless asymmetry |
The Coruscant Stronghold is one of the easiest to decorate in the whole game. Each room has a thoughtful layout and suggested purpose, so it’s hard to get stuck. Hook placement is also solid, so you don’t have to make a lot of tiny adjustments to get things to line up.
The maximum number of decos you can place is tightly calibrated, so you can’t end up with cluttered mess like you can with newer strongholds.
The deco cap can be a bit restrictive if you’re trying to create more complex scenes and increasing the maximum by 25 (350 ▶ 375) would offer more flexibility while still preventing clutter. If the garage could fit a Starship Hook, the current deco limit would feel more reasonable.
Coruscant Stronghold Secrets
The Coruscant Apartment does not have any proper secrets. However, there are a couple of landmarks you can spot from the windows and balcony.
Stronghold View from the Senate Plaza
You can see the Coruscant Apartment from the Senate Commercial District beneath the main entrance to the Senate Tower.
Coruscant Spaceport and Senate Tower
You can see the Coruscant Spaceport and Senate Rotunda from south facing windows in the Coruscant Apartment.
Hopefully, these buildings get modernized sometime soon. Those baked in lights look super fake and aliased, and the simple textures look absurdly outdated.
Coruscant Stronghold Ideas and Inspiration
The Coruscant Stronghold works best when used for Republic (or covert Imperial) purposes. Aside from Carrick Station, there’s nothing that can give you a more cohesive Republic vibe.
- Republic Legacy Headquarters
- Jedi Training Academy
- Jedi or Trooper Primary Residence
- Republic SIS Office
- Imperial Intelligence Safehouse
Don’t forget to check out the Public Listings for more ideas!
Review and Recommendation
The Coruscant Apartment is a joy to decorate, has exemplary hook and room alignment, and looks gorgeous. Honestly, the only reason I can’t give it 5 stars for Visual Appeal is that there’s such steep competition from the likes of Copero, Rishi, and Alderaan.
Category
Score
Ease of Decorating
Hook and Room Alignment
Visual Appeal
If you want to get into the bottomless money pit that is decorating, I strongly recommend the Coruscant (or Dromund Kaas) stronghold as your first home in a galaxy far, far away.
