SWTOR Ilum Dynamic Encounters and All Achievements Guide

We’ve got lists of all Ilum Dynamic Encounters and rewards and tips for how to get every single Ilum Dynamic Encounter achievement.

What are Dynamic Encounters?

Dynamic Encounters are short planetary mission in SWTOR that you can stumble upon while you’re out questing. Everyone can see all currently available Dynamic Encounters on all maps, and anyone can complete them, though they’re only available for a set time. As old events expire, new ones become available.

Progress Sharing Explained

The vast majority of Dynamic Encounters have Group Shared progression. If you’re in a group doing that Encounter together, progress is shared within the group. Otherwise, it’s an individual mission.

Encounter Shared means that progress is shared across everyone in the vicinity of the Dynamic Encounter. These are less common and have multiple stages.

Objective Types

Each Dynamic Encounter falls into 1 of 5 categories in terms of what type of gameplay objectives you’ll need to satisfy to complete said encounter: Combat, Clicking, Hybrid, Champion, Battle. Those are not official terms, but they are mostly recognized through dileniations in the achievements.

All Dynamic Encounters on Ilum

All Dynamic Encounters exclusive to Ilum, including the name, region, progress type, faction and achievements availability, and objectives type. I personally recommend checking out the Dynamic Encounters listed in bold.

Name	Region	Faction	Faction	Type	Objectives	Progress Type	Achievements	Recommended	Description:	Tasks:
Crushing Our Enemies	Eastern Ice Shelf		Empire		Battle	Encounter Shared	Yes		Republic forces are attacking the Imperial Base Camp! Defeat them to fend off their sudden strike.	1. Defeat Republic Attackers 2. Defeat Jedi Reinforcements
Foiling Their Ambushes	Eastern Ice Shelf		Empire		Battle	Encounter Shared	Yes		An arms convoy has been ambushed by the Republic! Fend off the attack, disarm explosives, and aid injured guards.	1. Disarm Traps 2. Destroy Roadblocks 3. Defeat Republic Ambushers 4. Defeat Republic Commander
Deflecting Their Blows	Eastern Ice Shelf		Empire		Battle	Encounter Shared	Yes		The arms convoy has suffered serious damage while passing Fort Salvo. Help restore the convoy so it can continue to the battlefront.	1. Reinforce Shield Units 2. Defeat Republic Saboteurs 3. Defeat Republic Strike Team 4. Defeat the Strike Team Captain
Ensuring Our Victory (guide)	Eastern Ice Shelf		Empire		Battle	Encounter Shared	Yes	Yes	The arms convoy has finally reached the battlefront. Reinforce your allies and devastate the Republic!	1. Distribute Ammunition 2. Deploy Turrets 3. Defeat Republic Forces 4. Activate Low-Orbit Blaster
Surrounded	Eastern Ice Shelf		Empire		Hybrid	Group Shared	No		The Republic have brought supplies and combat instructors to the Talz, and are planning to launch an attack on Imperial territory. Destroy their operation.	1. Defeat Republic Instructors 2. Defeat Talz Recruits 3. Destroy Munitions and Supplies 4. Defeat the Jedi Emissary
Lisk Frenzy	Eastern Ice Shelf		Empire		Hybrid	Group Shared	No		The Republic is expanding their nearby camp, displacing lisks and riling them up. Use the beasts’ fury against the Empire’s enemies!	1. Retrieve Electro Net 2. Capture Lisks 3. Deploy Lisks 4. Defeat Republic Forces 5. Destroy Republic Tents
Tauntaun Alpha	Western Ice Shelf		Both		Champion	Group Shared	No		This particularly large tauntaun specimen defends its territory with overwhelming violence.	Defeat the Tauntaun Alpha
Enraged Wampa	Western Ice Shelf		Both		Champion	Group Shared	No		Tonvarr Pirate activity in the area has encroached on this wampa’s territory, making it a danger to all.	Defeat the Enraged Wampa
Rampaging Guid	Western Ice Shelf		Both		Champion	Group Shared	No		Frigid wind storms are preventing guids from finding food, driving them into a rage. Defeat this one before it hurts anyone else.	Defeat the Rampaging Guid
Road to Fort Tonvarr	Western Ice Shelf		Both		Hybrid	Encounter Shared	No		The Tonvarr pirates have sent out warbands to lay further claim to the Western Shelf. Drive them back to their base!	1. Defeat Tonvarr Pirates 2. Defeat Tonvarr Raidleaders 3. Detonate Plundered Munitions
The Defense of Fort Tonvarr	Western Ice Shelf		Both		Hybrid	Encounter Shared	No		The Tonvarr Pirates have fallen back to the outer defenses of their base. Destroy their fortifications and recover stolen crystals.	1. Defeat Tonvarr Pirates 2. Destroy Tonvarr Turrets 3. Reclaim Plundered Crystals
The Fall of Fort Tonvarr	Western Ice Shelf		Both		Champion	Encounter Shared	Yes		The Ronvarr Pirates have been driven into their newly-claimed base. Defeat their forces and leadership to hamstring their operations!	1. Defeat Elu Neleh 2. Defeat Yosh Woon 3. Defeat Gredan Obsnog
Cold Called	Eastern Ice Shelf		Republic		Battle	Encounter Shared	Yes		Imperial forces are attacking the Republic Base Camp! Defeat them to fend off their sudden strike.	1. Defeat Imperial Attackers 2. Defeat Sith Reinforcements
Blizzard Blitz	Eastern Ice Shelf		Republic		Battle	Encounter Shared	Yes		A Republic convoy has been waylaid and must defend itself. Thwart the Imperial attackers!	1. Defeat Imperial Ambushers 2. Recover Medical Supplies 3. Destroy Roadblocks 4. Defeat the Imperial Commander
Shivering Stand	Eastern Ice Shelf		Republic		Battle	Encounter Shared	Yes		Imperial forces are shelling the Republic Waystation in an attempt to destroy a critical supply convoy. Stop their assault.	1. Repair Assault Droids 2. Destroy Mortar Emplacements 3. Defeat Imperial Forces 4. Defeat the Imperial Ambush Squad 5. Defeat the Ambush Squad Captain
Frozen Front (guide)	Eastern Ice Shelf		Republic		Battle	Group Shared	Yes	Yes	The supply convoy has reached the battle front! Help your allies push back against the Imperial onslaught.	1. Gather Stimpack Launcher 2. Retrieve Provisions 3. Collect Electro-Rocket 4. Aid Injured Troops and Distribute Provisions 5. Destroy Imperial Turrets 6. Destroy Munitions Stockpiles
Clear the Crystals	Eastern Ice Shelf		Republic		Hybrid	Encounter Shared	No		The Empire is attempting to fly several transports full of crystals off-planet. Stop them from stealing this precious resource.	1. Destroy Imperial Turrets 2. Defeat Imperial Forces 3. Plant Explosives 4. Call Bombardment on West Transport 5. Call Bombardment on East Transport 6. Recover Crystals
Troubled Tauns	Eastern Ice Shelf		Republic		Hybrid	Group Shared	No		Imperial mining operations are leaking runoff into the tauntauns’ habitat. Help the poor creatures recover.	1. Defeat Imperial Dumpers 2. Remove Waste Canisters 3. Cure Afflicted Tauntauns

Notable Dynamic Encounters on Ilum

These Dynamic Encounters are either a bit tricker than average or offer some sort of unique reward. Bolded entries are not necessarily on this list.

Ilum as a Battlefront

Back in 1.0, open-world PvP was a core part of endgame gearing, and Ilum was where it took place. The playable area of the planet is designed to facilitate that and features horizontal symmetry so the top and bottom half are largely identical.

Ilum’s Dynamic Encounters work a bit differently than those on other planets because they’re more focused on the active war going on between the Empire and the Republic. Many objectives revolve around helping your faction win the battle.

All of the faction-dependent encounters are located in the Eastern Ice Shelf and focus on the war, while the shared encounters take place on the Western Ice Shelf, where the Relics of the Gree event takes place.

The shared Dynamic Encounters involve fighting champion fauna and fending off the Tonvarr Pirates in the southern half of the Western Ice Shelf

Ensuring Our Victory | Frozen Front

Ensuring Our Victory | Frozen Front incorporates PvP into the war on Ilum over deep substrate foliated kalkite Adegan crystals, which are a type of Kyber crystal found in and around the Adega system (Ilum).

There is no PvP inherent to either of these encounters, though both the Imperial and Republic versions take place on their side of the battlefield, and there is a shared achievement for defeating 30 players in this area called “Victory, Served Cold”.

Achievements

Despite existing on planets, Dynamic Encounter achievements are listed under their own category rather than as a new subcategory on each planet in the Location section. On each planet, you get an achievement for doing the following:

• Completing each Dynamic Encounter for the first time
• Completing all Dynamic Encounters in each region
• Completing all Dynamic Encounters across the planet
• Completing number 5 ▶ 15 ▶ 30 ▶ 45 Dynamic Encounters on a given planet

Once you get all of these achievements on a given planet, you get the meta-achievement that comes with a mount that can carry a minipet of your choosing.

Many Dynamic Encounters also have individual achievements associated with them, some of which are hidden. Below, we have tips on how to complete each encounter-specific achievement and reworded their objectives so you know what you have to do.

Ilum features 4 encounter-specific achievements.

Victory Ensured | Staying Frosty

Victory Ensured and Staying Frosty work the same way, just for Imperial and Republic-exclusive encounters. Both require you to complete all of the faction-specific battle encounters 5 times each.

Tonvarr Vanquisher

Inside Fort Tonvarr (Fray Landing), there’s a few pieces of stone ruins cobbled together in the shape of a throne in front of the destroyed med bay that appear during the encounters “The Defense of Fort Tonvarr” and “The Fall of Fort Tonvarr”.

The middle part will be clickable if one of those encounters is active, and doing so will get you the achievement “Tonvarr Vanquisher”.

Victory, Served Cold

You get “Victory, Served Cold”, for defeating 30 enemy players in the vicinity of the encounters “Ensuring Our Victory” (Empire) and “Frozen Front” (Republic) on the Eastern Ice Shelf where the paths leading out of the Imperial and Republic Waystations converge.

These encounters do not need to be active in order for you to get credit. You just need to defeat enemy players in the associated region on the map.

Unique Rewards

There are 5 rewards that you can only get for completing Dynamic Encounters on Ilum.

Ilum Leisure Cruiser (Mount)

You receive the Ilum Leisure Cruiser for completing Encounter Mastery: Ilum, which you receive after completing each unique Dynamic Encounter and 45 total Dynamic Encounters on Ilum.

The speeder features a carriage for your active ground-based minipet.

Imperial Massive Cannon (Deco)

You can loot the Imperial Massive Cannon, a Technological – Machines deco that fits on Centerpiece hooks, from Republic soldiers you defeat during the Imperial encounter “Crushing Our Enemies”.

It looks quite similar to the Corellian AA Turret (from Objective Meridian), but the Cannon you get from Ilum is much bigger and has a different design. Below, you can see them side by side:

Republic Kolto Tank (Deco)

You have a chance to pick up the Republic Kolto Tank, a Technological – Machines deco that fits on Medium hooks, when you recover Medical Supplies during the Republic encounter “Blizard Blitz”.

Ilum Crystal Shrines (Purple and Cyan) (Decos)

There are 2 variations of the Ilum Crystal Shrine, a purple and a cyan version, both of which are Civic – Sculptures decos that fit on Medium and Narrow hooks. You can get both from the crystal retrieval step in the Republic encounter “Clear the Crystals”.