SWTOR Dantooine Dynamic Encounters Guide

A complete end-to-end guide to the Dantooine Crash Site in SWTOR, including all Biomes, every Dynamic Encounter, rewards, and achievements! Everything you should know.

How to access the Dynamic Encounters area

The Crash Site is a new area available for landing when you select Dantooine on the Galaxy Map. It is a location specifically designed for this new Dynamic Encounters System.

This content is free to all players. A subscription to SWTOR is not required, though you do need to be at level 80, and you might be locked to level 75 if you haven’t subscribed since 7.0 launched.

Level Requirements

The Dantooine Crash Site map is for players of level 80. There is no level sync and if you bring a low level character, even if they are able to pick up the quest and participate, they will struggle seriously.

Open your Galaxy Map and choose Dantooine, which is located on the edge of the Seat of the Empire region.

The story on this piece of land on Dantooine is separate and unique. At the time of this publication, it has no direct connections to any of the current or past SWTOR Storylines.

Main Mission Chain

When you land, you will find yourself in the Research Camp. This is the starter area. This is where you will find the Reputation Vendor.

Your Personal Comlink will pop up. Answer it. Doctor Pordav, the head researcher, is actually not far from you, in the Research Camp. Talk to him on the Comlink and then go to talk to him directly at the tents. This is the actual start of the main mission chain, Wreckage on Dantooine. You can now track it from your Mission Log as well.

Wreckage on Dantooine Mission Walkthrough

How the system works

Dantooine Biomes Explained

The Crash Site is one large map with several mini maps (areas). There are three very distinctly different visually and gameplay-wise biomes that have been formed as a result of the ship’s crash onto the surface.

From the Research Camp, you will travel west and enter the Research Camp Perimeter. This is the area that connects all three biomes. Here is the only initially accessible Fast Travel Point as well. Later, you can unlock speeder taxi and quick travel points via the Reputation Vendor.

Each of the biomes offers a unique set of encounters and gameplay experiences. There are various hazards that will place a stacking debuff on you, so always be mindful and don’t stay in poison, fire or out in the freezing cold.

Glacial Biome

The Glacial Biome is to the southwest from the Research Camp Perimeter. It spans across three area maps:

• Glacial Trespass
• Glacial Trespass Caverns

Geothermal Disruption Biome

The Geothermal Disruption biome is located southeast of the Research Camp Perimeter. It spans across four areas:

• Geothermal Disruption
• Crystal Cave
• Lava Cave

Sporefall Biome

The Sporefall Biome is located northwest of the Research Camp Perimeter. It includes the following areas:

• Sporefall
• Makrin Hollow

While in Sporefall, you are vulnerable to Light Sporefall which is a chance to build stacks of various types of Spores. Each type of Spore is rolled in sequence until they land on you. All Spore types prevent you from using your mount and you’ll usually have a combination of 2-3 debuffs with multiple stacks.

Hazard Mitigation Module

At the main Research Camp and each of the Forward Camps in each biome, you will find a terminal offering various stims that will protect you from the hazardous environments for a limited time.

	Cryogenic Mitigation Protects from Cryogenic Saturation in Glacial Trespass. Does not affect Extreme Cryogenic Saturation until you reach Hero rank.
	Toxic Runoff Protection Protects from Toxic Runoff in the Geothermal Disruption. Does not protect against Extreme Toxic Contamination or offer any lava protection until you reach Hero rank.
	Mycelial Inoculation Protects from Light Sporefall in Sporefall. Does not affect Heavy Sporefall until you reach Hero rank.

Each of these stims has 4 variants, depending on your reputation level with the Galactic Sustainability Institute. You cannot protect yourself from more than one type of hazard at a time.

	Reputation Rank	Duration	Bonus Effect
	Outsider	30 mins	–
	Newcomer	60 mins	–
	Friend	120 mins	Unlocks Forward Camp Modules
	Hero	120 mins	Full Hazard Immunity

Their effect will be automatically applied as soon as you make the purchase (credits only) and you will see it as an icon on your buffs bar.

These stims do not protect you from all hazards in the biomes until you reach Hero rank and get the enhanced protection, but they will protect you from enough that you can remain mounted throughout the region.

Grouping vs Solo

Most encounters are soloable, but they’re designed for a larger number of players so they take a long time to complete if people aren’t working together. The level 2 Transition encounters are more challenging to complete on your own without buffs from special objects.

Thanks to shared tagging added with Update 7.0, you only need to physically group up for the [Master] Orbital Core boss fight, and that requires a standard 1T, 2D, 1H group composition.

Navigation and Quick Travel Options

As you progress through the Reputation Ranks, at the Reputation Vendor in the Research Camp, you will be able to purchase items that unlock some fast travel points and other perks that speed up your navigation and exploration of the Dantooine Crash Site.

The two items that you would want to purchase for improve your pace of navigating the map, are the Maintenance Tunnel Pass and Forward Camp Speeder Access.

The Forward Camp Speeder token will unlock the four taxi speeders for 30 mins. They are located at each of the three forward camps in each of the biomes. The fourth one is in the Research Camp.

The Maintenance Tunnel Pass token grants you a single use of the maintenance tunnels below the crash site. You don’t get access to actual tunnels. The nodes on the map actually serve as quick travel points. There are several in each biome.

On the Interactive map of Dantooine Crash Site, you will find all locations of the Maintenance Tunnel Spawn Points. For additional details, please read the Reputation Vendor segment further down in this guide.

Jannimak Security Terminals

Scattered around the biomes, you will find Jannimack terminals that you can interact with. To unlock their menu, you need a Sliced Security Card, which you can purchase from the Reputation Vendor.

If you choose to Alter the Experimental Parameters, you will progress the core for the local biome by up to 5% (depending on what level the biome is at). If you choose to Acquire Maintenance Access Codes, you will get three of them. For either of these two purchases, you will need to trade in your Sliced Security Card.

All Dantooine Encounters

Below is a list of all Dynamic Encounters exclusive to Dantooine, including the name, region, progress type, faction and achievements availability, and objectives type. I personally recommend checking out the Dynamic Encounters listed in bold.

The Map and Table below are interactive. You can click or tap on the markers on the map to see more details about each encounter. You can sort, filter and search the table to find exactly what you need.

Glacial Trespass Encounter Walkthroughs

This segment contains the walkthroughs and tips for the Dynamic Encounters in the Glacial biome of the Dantooine Crash Site.

Frigid Swarm

Frigid Swarm spawns in the central part of the Glacial Trespass. It requires you to clear the Cryo-Nesters and destroy their eggs. Both respawn fairly quickly. You can get several of strong Cryo-Nester Broodguards to spawn after you destroy an egg.

The Cryo-Nesters are swarmers. Although they are weak and can be taken out quickly with AoE, be mindful of taking on multiple groups.

Frostbloom Sweep

Frostbloom Sweep spawns in the southeastern corner of Glacial Trespass. Be mindful of the stacking Freezing debuff while out in the open.

Look for the glowing blue plants. You need to burn them. The Kath Hounds provide great distraction as they are usually engaged with the Iceclaws, who you need to take out as well.

Frostcaller

Frostcaller spawns in the northwestern end of Glacial Trespass. After you activate the Interference Spikes, you need to clear out the Frostkeepers.

Go to the console and interact with it. Be mindful of the freezing cold out here. It would be helpful if you have someone else or a companion keep the spawning Frostkeepers busy while you work the console. Uploading takes 10 seconds.

The final step is to defeat the Cryosentinel. The Iceclaw passive on the boss gives it an extra chance to deal more damage and immobilize you.

Gelid Tendrils

Gelid Tendrils spawns in the southeast end of Glacial Trespass. It has two stages.

Phase 1: In the first stage you have to stomp out small tentacles. Each tentacle has a buff that allows it to resist a huge portion of incoming damage, but they are very squishy to being crushed.

Phase 2: The second stage tasks you to kill three large tentacles with a much larger health pool. They have a frontal cone attack that knocks you out if you stand in the marked area. When you see the red marker on the floor, move out. The large tentacles are often surrounded by the small one

Glacial Reclamation

Glacial Reclamation spawns in the western clearing of Glacial Trespass. You have to interact with the console, then defeat a bunch of droids. To top it off, you have Cryosentinels. They are tough and hit hard.

Cryosentinels have a passive ability that has a chance to deal additional elemental damage and immobilize you. These Champion tier droids cannot be interrupted, stunned or incapacitated.

Hollow Frost

Hollow Frost’s objectives are similar to Frostbloom Sweep’s. You have to defeat Gladiopods and burn plants. The creatures are usually in pairs and hang around the plants.

The Frostbulbs are all around the edge of the area, so you will be taking damage from the stacking Frost debuff during a blizzard. The culling of each Frostbulb takes a long time. Head back towards the warm spots behind you or keep moving to avoid getting too many stacks.

Iceweeds

Iceweeds takes place at the forward camp in Glacial Trespass. It consists of two stages.

Phase 1: Defeat the droids around and reactivate the Heat Lamps they were attacking.

Phase 2: Defeat the Cryo-Dominator. This is a champion droid that will spawn among the rest of the droids.

Outpost Defense

Outpost Defense takes place at the forward camp in the Glacial Trespass. This is one of the more challenging encounters thanks to the Cryosentinel (ice creature) you are tasked to defeat in Phase 2.

Phase 1: Repair the turrets and clear out enough of the creatures that are attacking them. You can repair turrets without getting aggroed by the creatures.

Phase 2: Defeat the Cryosentinel. This beast hits hard and is usually surrounded by Strong and Weak creatures. Its Ice Fang attack is the most annoying one as it freezes you in place.

Probe-lems

Probe-lems takes place inside the Ship, in the Glacial wing. It’s a simple clicky encounter where you have to click on droids and datastreams.

There are two types of droids: shielded and roaming. In several places in this wing, you will see Slicing Tools. Pick one up. This will give you the temporary ability required to slice the droids.

	Ability	Effect
	Slice Probe	Slices the Probe Droid. Use after Immobilizer or Destabilizer.
	Immobilizer	Stops the mobile droid from moving. Use if the droid has no shield.
	Destabilizer	Removes the droid’s shield. Use if the droid is shielded.

There are two types of Czerka Droids. The Shielded ones are stationary. The mobile ones move slowly from time to time.

You will have to use a different ability to open up a droid for slicing. If it’s a shielded one, use the Destabilizer. If it’s mobile, use the Immobilizer it first. Then Slice the probe droid.

Root Cause

Root Cause is a Glacial encounter, taking place in Glacial Trespass Cavern.

Phase 1: The first objectives are to find Thermal Charges and Activate Heat Lamps. It’s cold in the cavern, so you should activate the heat lamps as soon as possible to help you keep the freezing debuff from stacking high.

The Thermal Charges are inside the cube containers that you see often located on the edge of a cliff. You can’t reach them from the lower ground. Walk around the plateau and climb on top of it to get to the box.

The lamps are located in the corners of the cave and are pretty huge. Hard to miss. You need to channel temp ability to free them from the vines that have overtaken them.

Phase 2: Now you need to destroy Frostveins. There are only three of them, but they are very large and not hard to spot. There are hostile creatures near them usually that you will need to clear first. Channel the temp ability that will appear once you are close.

Phase 3: This phase requires you to defeat a couple of the strong Frosthide Bolraida and the mini boss Rootbund Bolraida.

Phase 4: The final phase is to destroy the Rootmass.

Unruly Nesters

Unruly Nesters spawns on the Research Camp Perimeter map, near the south connection to Glacial Trespass. Up on the hill, you will find the fence that needs repairing. Click on the glowing fence elements, including the pylons.

The other objective, is to catch Cryo-Nesters. For this, you will need a net. Near the fence you just repaired, you will find a container with electro nets and to the left of it, an empty cage.

On the open field, you will see the Cryo-Nesters. Damage them to about ~25% and then you can capture them. You can capture and lead up to three at a time. When you deliver them to the cage up on the hill, pick up another Electro Net from the container. Repeat until done.

The Cryonest Matron (Transition)

The Cryonest Matron is a Transition Encounter that spawns when the Glacial biome reaches 100% at Level 1 and is ready to go to Level 2. Like all Transitions, this encounter takes place inside the ship, in the Glacial wing.

This is a boss encounter with one large creature and little minions that will continue to spawn as you take them out and swarm you.

You do not need to target the adds specifically, passive AoE will take care of them in most cases. Don’t let them swarm your healer. The boss as a frontal cone AoE attack that knocks you back. If you are not tanking it, make sure you are behind it.

Cryocore Override (Transition)

Cryocore Override is a Transition Encounter that spawns when the Glacial biome reaches 100% at Level 2 and is ready to reach Level 3. The encounter takes place inside the ship, in the Glacial wing.

Phase 1: The task for this one is to deactivate the Cryo-Containment Consoles. To reach them, you have to complete the other objective, defeat Cryo-Sterilizer Droids. While you stand on the blue floor, you get Freezing debuff stacks if you don’t have hazard protection. The consoles deactivate the floor.

Phase 2: Upon completing Phase 1, the red shield will come down, and the Cryo-Core Guardian droid boss will become vulnerable.

Phase 3: After you are done with the boss droid, head to the four Emergency Containment Response Consoles in the end of the hallway to interact with them. You also need to clear the Cryo-Reclaimation Droids that spawn near them.

These droid adds respawn very quickly. The channel time is extremely long, so keep moving forward as far as you can, but try to pull multiple groups since they hit pretty hard.

If you don’t have the Mysterious Stimpack and the Volcanic Residue buffs, you will need the help of multiple other players.

Geothermal Disruption Encounter Walkthroughs

This segment contains the walkthroughs and tips for all Dynamic Encounters in the Geothermal Disruption biome at the Dantooine Crash Site.

Brood Basin

The event spawns in the southern part of the Geothermal Disruption map. Your task is to defeat 15 Embercrawlers. They are all over the contaminated water and lava pools in the area.

After you take out the required number, the Emberqueen will spawn as a final objective. Defeat her to complete the encounter. She is just a bigger and meaner version of her fervent subjects.

Caustic Cascade

Caustic Cascade spawns in the north part of the Geothermal Disruption map. You have to take out the groups of Skar’kla creatures while also repairing the Processing Tanks spewing poison into the water.

While you are next to the tanks, in the green puddle, you will get a second, quickly stacking debuff that requires Hero tier hazard mitigation to avoid. Click the interactable object after defeating the pack of Skar’klas and healing up, and get ready move away.

When you are done, a Champion Skar’kla Pack Leader will spawn.

Data Appropriation

Data Appropriation takes place in the Geothermal Disruption’s wing of the Ship Interior. The two tasks for this encounter are to defeat Shielded Czerka Enemies and appropriate data.

The shields have a vulnerability that you can see on their debuff bar that makes them vulnerable to acid, so you just have to get them to step into the acid for a second to get rid of the shield. Most of them leap at you as soon as you attack them, so pull from acid. It doesn’t hurt that much, don’t worry.

For the second objective, click one of the large glowing Data Recorders (they respawn). Then click the temporary ability that will appear while targeting one of Czerka’s forces. You can only use the ability once per Data Recorder.

Fungal Protection

Fungal Protection takes place in the south end of the Crystal Cave, in the Geothermal biome. This is one of the longer dynamic encounters on Dantooine, including four phases with different objectives.

Phase 1: Defeat a bunch of Geo Beast Larvae. They may be little babies, but they’re packed densely, respawn too quickly for their own good, and spam a ranged lava spit attack that make the encounter a fair bit more challenging than you might expect.

Phase 2: Click on the Mushrooms to harvest the delicate spore sacs. Some of them will poison and slow you, while others will just explode and knock you back. Also, you’ll have to contend with more larvae.

Phase 3: The next phase is to sow spores near volcanic vents. You will find them near the larger volcanoes in the water, along with, you guessed it, more Geo Beast Larvae.

Phase 4: The final phase is to defend Nascent Fungi from the Geo Beast. This is a beefy champion creature that applies a debuff that reduces your healing received. Oh, also, there are still Geo Beast Larvae around.

Graul Graveyard

Graul Graveyard spawns in the middle of the polluted waters near the entrance to the Lava Cave in Geothermal Disruption.

Phase 1: Destroy Ship Droids and Ship Droid Enforcers. They spawn from all sides of the giant Graul standing in the middle of the pool.

Phase 2: The Ship Droid Battlemaster will spawn, surrounded by a squadron of the same type of droid you just fought. Take the big one out to complete the encounter. The Graul will help you if you drag the droids over.

Hot Spots

Hot Spots takes place in the Crystal Cave. Watch the little volcano islands in the water pool. When Geo Beast Larvae spawn around one, go clear them out and use the ability that pops up in your temp bar to take a reading from the volcano.

You need to stand on the edge of the volcano after defeating the Geo Beast Spawn before you can take a reading. Unfortunately, the number of enemies you’ll need to defeat does not match the number of volcanoes you need to investigate.

Thermal Investigation

Thermal Investigation spawns in the middle of the lava area of the northern half of the Crystal Cave in Geothermal Disruption. It has two phases.

Phase 1: Scan the Superheated Crystals and take out the little Thermophilic Scurriers.

Phase 2: A large Thermoliphic Lurker will spawn in the middle island. It has two abilities worth noting. Both of them place a large red circle on the ground around the mini boss.

• Heat Implosion pulls you toward the Lurker if you stand in the circle.
• Thermal Burst pushes you out if you stand in the circle.

Heat Implosion is practically unavoidable, but if you’re quick, some movement speed abilities can get you out of Thermal Brust before the cast finishes.

Vent Sync Failure

Vent Sync Failure is located near the north entrance to the Crystal Cave, at the northeastern edge of Geothermal Disruption.

At each of the vents, take out the Ship Droids and interact with the glowing blue terminal on the side to deactivate it.

After the first set of objectives, the Ship Droid Overseer will spawn. It’s just a champion NPC.

Core Overload (Transition)

Core Overload is the Transition Encounter that spawns when the Core has maxed out Level 1 and is ready to go into Level 2. The encounter takes part inside the ship, in the Geothermal wing.

Phase 1: In the first phase, you have to access and activate the Thermal Regulators. These consoles are in the back of the area and the only way to get there alive, is to apply the coolant on yourself.

Click on the terminal near the entrance to get the temp ability. When you enter the steam on the other end, apply the coolant on yourself and go through to the consoles.

During this phase, Purge Protocol Droids will spawn and someone will have to keep them busy or take them out so others can deal with the consoles.

Phase 2: This stage requires you to clear the Purge Protocol Droids that have spawned and prepare to face the boss.

Phase 3: The boss, Warden Unit K-8, will spawn in the middle of the circular platform. Be mindful of the pylons surrounding the platform as they block your eye of sight.

Phase 4: Click on the console in the middle to shut down the Biothermal Regulator and complete the encounter.

Caretaker Unit K-6 (Transition)

The Caretaker Unit K-6 is a transition encounter that takes place in the Geothermal wing of the crashed ship. It’s a champion mini-boss with some adds.

Sporefall Encounter Walkthroughs

This segment contains the walkthroughs and tips for the Dynamic Encounters in the Sporefall biome of the Dantooine Crash Site.

Bigger Trouble

Bigger Trouble can spawn in several locations in Sporefall and Makrin Hollow. Its objective is simple, defeat the creature and the droid – two champion NPCs.

There is nothing special about those, except that the level of challenge is a bit higher given the fact that there are two Champions next to each other.

Dr. Spears, I presume?

The encounter takes place in a nice little alcove in the southern part of Sporefall. It can easily be completed solo.

When you arrive, you have to examine Dr. Spears. His mind is going off from the Spores. When he “turns” into Dr. Spores, defeat him. The fight is nothing exceptional. When he spawns ads, AoE or focus them quick (he heals while they are around). Once he is defeated, click on him and use the temp ability to cure him.

Fascinating!

Fascinating spawns at the top of the Research Camp Perimeter, near the entrance to Sporefall proper. The scientists want to observe a fascinating relationship developing between the Ginx and Kath Hounds, but some nasty Yaracats are preventing them.

Phase 1: Clear out the Opportunistic Yaracats.

Phase 2: To deploy the Ginx Pheromones, look for the spots marked with the large green arrow. When you are close enough, your cursor will turn into a hand, indicating your ability to throw a grenade and spread some pheromones. Even though the action is “throwing”, you still need to be very close to the spots.

Phase 3: To collect data from the creatures, stand next to either a Spore-Devouring Ginx or a Kath Hound. A temp bar will appear with the ability allowing you to scan them. They reset fairly quickly, so find yourself a large group and just switch targets and click.

Ginx of Unusual Size

The encounter spawns in the northeast corner of Sporefall. You will find a single large Ginx enemy in a little alcove at the end of the large root leading up to the higher ground.

The creature has nothing to show off for, except its size and health pool. It has a chance to apply an armor debuff to you that stacks.

Lost Bormu

Lost Bormu is an encounter that spawns in the western clearing of Sporefall. Its champion Screecher creature you have to defeat has one single notable ability: Mind Shatter.

This ability stuns you for a brief moment. The Screecher spams it very frequently and it has a huge 25m radius, marked with a red circle on the ground, but you can interrupt it.

There’s also a Spore-Tending Unit patrolling the area that you need to avoid. If you stand near the Bormu while it has the shield, you should be protected, but this does not seem to work consistently.

No Spies Allowed!

The encounter is relatively short and easy to solo, though its second phase may take a bit longer as the droids you have to defeat have a lot of HP. The encounter takes place inside the ship, in the Sporefall wing.

Phase 1: Pick up Anti-Microbial Injections if you plan to cure the Czerka Spies. You can opt to take them out, but this takes longer. Use the first ability in your temp ability bar to cure them when you are in melee range.

To reveal the Surveillance Devices so you can destroy them, watch for when the second temp ability shows up on your bar. Use it to reveal the devices and click on each one to destroy them.

Phase 2: Take out the two mini boss droids that spawn in the middle of the two main rooms of this wing. The droids respawn after a short period of time.

Sample Collection: Ginx

Sample Collection: Ginx spawns in the northeast corner of Sporefall.

This encounter requires you to pick up Testing Kits and click on Sporefall Ginx creatures to collect samples.

Each Kit can only hold up to three samples, this is why you have two objectives for the encounter. You can take the Spore Testing Kits from a container to the right from the entrance as you come in.

Sample Collection: Makrin

Sample Collection: Makrin spawns inside the Makrin Hollow cave. Its entrance is in the south end of Sporefall. This is a simple clicking encounter where you have to pick up sample kits and collect samples from the Sporefall Makrin wooden spiders.

There are two temp abilities you need to aquire for the encounter. They are both located to the right from the entrance as you enter the hollow.

Watch for the color of the buff on the Makrin creatures. If you need to collect a different sample, “Apply Mutagenic Spores” (temp ability you pick up from the metal barel) on the creature and it will mutate in a few seconds. When the creature has the type of spores you need to collect, use the sample collection kit:

• RED: Vibrant Spores
• GREEN: Verdant Spores
• BLUE: Luminous Spores

Sample Collection: Pterathki

Sample Collection: Pterathki spawns in the far northern end of Sporefall. It is a clicky event where you have to pick up Spore Collection Kits and fill them with Samples from the nearby Prerathki flying creatures. The Kits are behind Doctor Losoo in his little camp.

Similar to the other encounters of this type, you can only collect up to 3 spores with every kit, so you will have to return to pick up more kits, which is also part of your objective.

If you see a green aura around a creature, go closer and click the temp ability that will spawn when you are close enough. If the ability doesn’t spawn, you either need to collect a new equipment kit, or this creature has been sampled too recently. This is indicated by the lack of green aura.

You also need to scan Spore-Generating Fungus as an additional objective. You get a new temp ability, Macrobinoculars. Use them and scan the blue-purple plants that are all over the trees around.

Sample Collection: Yaracats

In the middle of Sporefall, you will find a bunch of blue feline lizards, Yaracats, with a green “spaura” around them. When the encounter is active, you have to go up the small hill on the west side, pick up a Spore Collection Equipment, and collect samples from the creatures.

Similar to the other encounters of this type, you can only collect up to three spores in every kit, so you will have to return to pick up more kits, which is also part of your objective.

If you see a green aura around a Yaracat creature, go closer and click the temp ability that will spawn when you are close enough. If the ability doesn’t spawn, you either need to collect a new equipment kit, or this creature has been sampled too recently. This is indicated by the lack of green aura.

To be able to collect a sample, you have to first feed the animal if it’s hungry. You can tell if it is by checking for a “red” debuff on it. You can pick up Snack-Sized Ginx around the edges of the area, near the yellow-green plants. You can only pick up one of them at a time, though. You have to bring it to a hungry Yaracat, then go pick up another.

Taking Care of Caretakers

Taking Care of Caretakers spawns in several locations in Sporefall Only at Level 3. This is a single Champion Droid encounter. The droid has the ability to self-heal slowly. It is not enough to stop you from being able to solo it, but it may take a bit longer as the healing cannot be interrupted.

The Watchers

The Watches has a chance to spawn in a few different places on the Sporefall map. It’s a simple and straightforward encounter, requiring you to take out 25 Eco-Defense Droids loitering in the marked area.

Return of Doctor SPORES! (Transition)

The Transition encounter happens in the Sporefall wing of the Ship Interior. It spawns when the Sporefall biome reaches 100% at Level 2 and is ready to reach Level 3.

The encounter is separated into several stages. In each one you are fighting a monstrous edition of a creature from the Sporefall biome.

The first opponent is Doctor Hoppington, a giant Ginx with a snazzy, high-tech monocle. Apart from having a large health pool, there’s nothing extra special about this guy.

The next opponent you face is Professor Whiskers, a giant Yaracat. This mini boss has a passive called Putrefaction that sickens everyone near the creature. Cats don’t like baths, after all.

After Doctor Hoppington is down, four “Research Assistants” will spawn. These are just mini versions of the Sporefall Makrin spiders.

The final step is to cure Doctor SPORES and bring him back to his old normal self, Dr. Spears. Again. At this point the shield around him will be down. Go close and click the temporary ability that will show up to spray him.

You may not get the achievement unless you are the one to spray Doctor SPORES.

Reputation Track

The Dantooine Crash Site, released with SWTOR Update 7.8, added a new Reputation Track you can scale. The Galactic Sustainability Institute (a subsidiary of Galactic Solutions Industries) is shared between both factions and across your entire legacy.

You can find it in your Legacy window, under the Reputation tab in the top left:

You can only earn 3500 Reputation per week, and it will take ~20 weeks to finish the whole thing.

Unlike any other Reputation, you get a new title for almost every rank you gain, and the titles are pretty solid:

	Rank	Title
	Outsider	–
	Newcomer	Seedling Overseer
	Friend	Biosphere Warden
	Hero	Ecological Compliance Officer
	Champion	Environmental Strategist
	Legend	Baron of the Biomes

Reputation Vendor

The Reputation Vendor, GSI Material Support, is located at the Research Camp, the starting map of the Dantooine Crash Site.

The vendor sells generally two types of items: a type that unlocks parts of your Dantooine Farmstead Stronghold, and parts that give you various boosts and unlock new features in the three biomes of the Dantooine Crash Site.

While standard cosmetic items (armor, weapons, mounts, decos, etc.) are typically sold by the reputation vendor, this time, those rewards are dropped by enemies in the field and given as rewards for completing secret achievements.

The unique nature of this reputation results from the unique nature of the content. It’s kind of like a daily area, which use a Reputation system, but Dynamic Encounters are the core gameplay, and those don’t have Reputation tracks.

The table below is interactive. You can search, filter and sort it to find the item you need. Below the table, you will find previews of the items.

Icon	Item Name	Item Type	Reputation	Price	Effect:
	Advanced Research: Geothermal Disruption	Special Items Unlock	Legend	2,000,000	Use: Permanently allows you to interact with Ejected Sludge Containers found in the Geothermal Disruption biome.
	Advanced Research: Glacial Trespass	Special Items Unlock	Legend	2,000,000	Use: Permanently allows you to interact with Supercooled Crystaline Shards found in the Glacial Trespass biome.
	Advanced Research: Sporefall	Special Items Unlock	Legend	2,000,000	Use: Permanently allows you to interact with Spore-coated Masses found in the Sporefall biome.
	Barn Key	Stronghold Area Unlock	Newcommer	500,000	Unlocks the Barn area of your Dantooine Farmstead Stronghold.
	Cave Key	Stronghold Area Unlock	Friend	500,000	Unlocks the Cave area of your Dantooine Farmstead Stronghold.
	Contained Spore Bomb	Biome Features Unlock	Hero	50,000	Use: Releases weaponized spores to apply Spore-Infected to up to 12 enemies within a 6m radius. Spore-Infected targets take 50% more damage from all sources for 60s.
	East Farmhouse Key	Stronghold Area Unlock	Hero	650,000	Unlocks the East Farmhouse area of your Dantooine Farmstead Stronghold.
	Forward Camp Speeder Access	Quick Travel Unlock	Friend	25,000	Use: Enables access to the Forward Camp speeder service for 30 minutes.
	Greenhouse Key	Stronghold Area Unlock	Legend	1,100,000	Unlocks the Greenhouse area of your Dantooine Farmstead Stronghold.
	Landing Area Key	Stronghold Area Unlock	Friend	500,000	Unlocks the Landing area of your Dantooine Farmstead Stronghold.
	Maintenance Tunnel Pass	Quick Travel Unlock	Champion	60,000	Grants access to maintenance tunnels connecting the wreckage of the Jannimak to the surrounding biomes.
	Research Notes: Geothermal Disruption	Special Items Unlock	Friend	35,000	Use: Allows you to Ejected Sludge Containers found in the Geothermal Disruption biome for 60 mins. Only one Research Notes can be active at a time. Does not persist through defeat.
	Research Notes: Glacial Trespass	Special Items Unlock	Friend	35,000	Use: Allows you to interact with Supercooled Crystaline Shards found in the Glacial Trespass biome for 60 mins. Only one Research Notes can be active at a time. Does not persist through defeat.
	Research Notes: Sporefall	Special Items Unlock	Friend	35,000	Use: Allows you to interact with Spore-coated Masses found in the Sporefall biome for 60 mins. Only one Research Notes can be active at a time. Does not persist through defeat.
	Sliced Security Card	Jannimak Terminals Unlock	Champion	250,000	Allows access to remote terminals installed by the Jannimak’s automated systems in each biomes. It is consumed on use at the terminal.
	West Farmhouse Key	Stronghold Area Unlock	Champion	750,000	Unlocks the West Farmhouse area of your Dantooine Farmstead Stronghold.

Achievements

This is an interactive table showing all achievements, requirements to unlock them, and what rewards they offer.

	Name	Category	Points	Requirements:	Reward:	Rewards
	Wreckage Tour	General	5	Complete the mission “Wreckage on Dantooine“.	No	No
	Sporefall Expedition I	General	5	Complete 5 Dynamic Encounters in the Sporefall area on Dantooine.	No	No
	Sporefall Expedition II	General	5	Complete 25 Dynamic Encounters in the Sporefall area on Dantooine.	No	No
	Sporefall Expedition III	General	10	Complete 125 Dynamic Encounters in the Sporefall area on Dantooine.	No	No
	Sporefall Expedition IV	General	20	Complete 200 Dynamic Encounters in the Sporefall area on Dantooine.	Dantooine Research Vessel Twilight	Mount
	Geothermal Expedition I	General	5	Complete 5 Dynamic Encounters in the Geothermal area on Dantooine.	No	No
	Geothermal Expedition II	General	5	Complete 25 Dynamic Encounters in the Geothermal area on Dantooine.	No	No
	Geothermal Expedition III	General	10	Complete 125 Dynamic Encounters in the Geothermal area on Dantooine.	No	No
	Geothermal Expedition IV	General	20	Complete 200 Dynamic Encounters in the Geothermal area on Dantooine.	Dantooine Research Vessel Inferno	Mount
	Glacial Expedition I	General	5	Complete 5 Dynamic Encounters in the Glacial area on Dantooine.	No	No
	Glacial Expedition II	General	5	Complete 25 Dynamic Encounters in the Glacial area on Dantooine.	No	No
	Glacial Expedition III	General	10	Complete 125 Dynamic Encounters in the Glacial area on Dantooine.	No	No
	Glacial Expedition IV	General	20	Complete 200 Dynamic Encounters in the Glacial area on Dantooine.	Dantooine Research Vessel Zephyr	Mount
	Brood Basin	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Brood Basin“.	No	No
	Caretaker Unit K-6	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Caretaker Unit K-6“.	No	No
	Caustic Cascade	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Caustic Cascade“.	No	No
	Come Up, Fish	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Come Up, Fish”.	No	No
	Fungal Protection	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Fungal Protection“.	No	No
	Data Appropriation	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Data Appropriation“.	No	No
	Core Overload	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Core Overload”.	No	No
	Graul Graveyard	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Graul Graveyard“.	No	No
	Vent Sync Failure	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Vent Sync Failure“.	No	No
	Under Pressure	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Under Pressure”.	No	No
	Hot Spots	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Hot Spots“.	No	No
	Acid Trip	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Acid Trip”.	No	No
	Thermal Investigation	Geothermal Disruption	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Thermal Investigation“.	No	No
	Frigid Swarm	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Frigid Swarm“.	No	No
	Frostbloom Sweep	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Frostbloom Sweep“.	No	No
	Iceweeds	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Iceweeds“.	No	No
	Unruly Nesters	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Unruly Nesters“.	No	No
	Hollow Frost	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Hollow Frost“.	No	No
	Outpost Defense	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Outpost Defense“.	No	No
	Probe-lems	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Probe-lems“.	No	No
	Frostcaller	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Frostcaller“.	No	No
	The Cryonest Matron	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “The Cryonest Matron“.	No	No
	Root Cause	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Root Cause“.	No	No
	Glacial Reclamation	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Glacial Reclamation“.	No	No
	Cryocore Override	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Cryocore Override“.	No	No
	Gelid Tendrils	Glacial Trespass	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Gelid Tendrils“.	No	No
	Sample Collection: Makrin	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Sample Collection: Makrin“.	No	No
	Sample Collection: Pterathki	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Sample Collection: Pterathki“.	No	No
	Sample Collection: Yaracats	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Sample Collection: Yaracats“.	No	No
	Sample Collection: Ginx	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Sample Collection: Ginx“.	No	No
	Dr. Spears, I Presume?	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Dr. Spears, I Presume?“.	No	No
	Fascinating!	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Fascinating!“.	No	No
	Ginx Of Unusual Size	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Ginx Of Unusual Size“.	No	No
	The Watchers	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “The Watchers“.	No	No
	They Call Me Doctor Spores	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “They Call Me Doctor Spores”.	No	No
	Bigger Trouble	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Bigger Trouble“.	No	No
	Lost Bormu	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Lost Bormu“.	No	No
	Return of Doctor Spores!	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Return of Doctor Spores!“.	No	No
	Taking Care of Caretakers	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Taking Care of Caretakers“.	No	No
	No Spies Allowed!	Sporefall	5	Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “No Spies Allowed!“.	No	No
	Orbital Core I	Orbital Core	5	Complete the Orbital Core on Dantooine 1 time.	No	No
	Orbital Core II	Orbital Core	5	Complete the Orbital Core on Dantooine 5 times.	No	No
	Orbital Core III	Orbital Core	5	Complete the Orbital Core on Dantooine 15 times.	No	No
	Orbital Core IV	Orbital Core	5	Complete the Orbital Core on Dantooine 25 times.	No	No
	A Core to Settle	Orbital Core	25	Defeat the Orbital Core boss without aid from the Hazard Mitigation Module or other Crash Site buffs. Disqualifying effects are: Regulated Preservation and Aggression Adrenals, LJnknown Adrenal, Mysterious Stimpack, Icy Infusion, Weaponized Runoff, and Spore-Spangled.	Legacy Title: Locked In	Legacy Title
	Sporefall Encounters	Mastery	10	Complete every unique Dynamic Encounter in Sporefall on Dantooine.	No	No
	Glacial Trespass Encounters	Mastery	10	Complete every unique Dynamic Encounter in Glacial Trespass on Dantooine.	No	No
	Geothermal Disruption Encounters	Mastery	10	Complete every unique Dynamic Encounter in Geothermal Disruption on Dantooine.	No	No
	Transition Events I	Mastery	10	Complete 5 Transition Events on Dantooine.	No	No
	Transition Events II	Mastery	10	Complete 15 Transition Events on Dantooine.	No	No
	Transition Events III	Mastery	10	Complete 30 Transition Events on Dantooine.	No	No
	Encounter Mastery: Dantooine	Mastery	50	Complete the “Encounter Completionist: Dantooine” and “Expedition Leader” achievements and defeat the Orbital Core boss.	Dantooine Expedition Carrier	Mount
	Expedition Leader	Mastery	10	Complete 200 Dynamic Encounters in each area of the Dantooine Crash Site.	No	No
	Encounter Completionist: Dantooine	Mastery	25	Complete every unique Dynamic Encounter in the Dantooine Crash Site.	Legacy Title: I’m Doing My Part	Legacy Title

Based on our discoveries on PTS, our experience on LIVE, and how things are structured, we believe there will be additional achievements added at a later point.

There are missing points in the “General” category. We think they are for hidden achievements requiring higher reputation (not accessible at this time due to weekly limits) to be able to interact with the Anti Hazard Terminals and Special Objects.

If you unlock an achievement we have not covered, please, let us know!

Rewards

Dantooine Crash Site blurs the line between Daily Area and Dynamic Encounter. There are both unique and standard rewards available as loot drops, from achievements and completing encounters.

Rewards for completing Encounters

Each Dynamic Encounter on Dantooine provides the same rewards upon completion. It doesn’t matter if you complete it solo or in a group:

	Credits	Varies
	Experience Points (below lvl cap)	Varies
	Environmental Conversion Codex	x1
	Conquest Commendations (at level cap)	x3
	Tech Fragments (at level cap)	x50

Achievement Mounts

There are 4 achievement mounts, 3 of which are awarded for completing 200 encounters in a given biome, and a 4th fancy mount with minipet functionality for completing all achievements in every region.

GDW Repair Platform Mounts and Minipets

There are 3 GDW Mounts inspired by the Willys Jeep. They can transport a minipet of your choosing and some relevant cargo from Dantooine, including a very nice boulder that Eric Musco is positively enamored with. The mounts are available on vendors that appear at the biome camps.

Decorations

There’s a whole stronghold’s worth of decorations. A few of them are sold by vendors that appear at each biome camp, a lot of them are random loot drop.

Random Loot Rewards

While defeating the fauna that spilled from the crashed Jannimak ship, you will randomly earn various rewards such as armor set parts and character/legacy titles. Some of the champion NPCs can drop FP-1 Stabilizers and WZ-1 Accelerants.

Here is a list of known titles you can loot from enemy NPCs you defeat in the biomes:

	Title	Type
	A Complete Wreck	Character
	Sky Appreciator	Character
	Spore King	Character
	Spore Queen	Character
	The Known	Character
	The Unknown	Character
	All or Nothing	Legacy
	Crashout	Legacy
	Not My Final Form	Legacy
	Work in Progress	Legacy

Secrets and Special Objects

The Crash Site around the Jannimak ship has a ton of secrets and mysteries. Some of the objects you discover will give you powerful buffs that will make the Crash Site encounters easier. Others will provide additional lore and story bits.

Datapads

In each of the forward camps, including the research camp, you can find datapads to click on and get some extra background information of events and activities involving the scientists that run those camps. You can click the datapads at any point, you don’t need the Research Notes token.

There are 18 datapads in total and each tells a unique piece of backstory of the scientist that wrote it and includes details about their work at the biome and/or discusses their colleagues.

All Datapad Locations at the Dantooine Crash Site

Mytserious Stimpacks

The Mysterious require you to have an active Research Notes for the biome they are located in. Once you pick up the stimpack, you get a 90-min buff that boosts your performances in combat. The items do not persist through defeat.

Mysterious Stimpacks Guide and Locations

Unknown Adrenals

The Unknown Adrenals provide a massive offensive boost for 90 minutes. They behave similarly to the Mysterious Stimpacks. When you pick up one, it disappears for a while.

Unknown Adrenals Guide and Locations

Professor Cavalz’s Unique Primal Rock

Outside the normal player area, at the Research Camp, you can climb up and explore the far northeastern parts of the map out-of-bounds. You will find some more wreckage scattered around, but at the far end, there is a datapad and a strange labeled rock. The Aurebesh reads “SAMPL EAMI-LEA”.

You can climb from this slope:

The datapads you can find and read at the Geothermal forward camp, all talk about this rock.

The scientists working with Professor Cavalz are worried he might be losing his mind. Maybe something similar to what happened to Doctor Spears is happening to Cavalz?

I made a dedicated guide for this story. It’s either a part of a bigger secret or a funny dev joke. Perhaps an easter egg for Dead Space?

The secret behind Professor Cavalz’s Primal Rock

Datacrons?

There are hints and expectations that we will have new Datacron(s) at the Crash Site, though none were available and accessible on the PTS.

If you find any more secrets, please let us know!