Getting Started

As a player in Star Wars: The Old Republic, you're likely aware that leveling up your gear is crucial to progressing through the game. While many methods rely on group content or participation in PvP matches, this guide will show you how to level up your gear solo using the Adaptive Gear method, this method is viable for both PvP and Solo players.

Assuming your character is at least level 10, it's time to start manually outfitting your gear. This method requires credits, so be prepared for a potential investment. If you choose to pursue augmentation, be aware that it requires a significant investment of time, as well as additional characters with supporting crew skills, and specific crafting materials.

The Method

1. Play: Play PvP of course. As you play random drops may give you upgraded armor.
2. Adaptive Gear Vendors: Find the adaptive gear vendor on your factions fleet.

Purchase Adaptive Gear

Once at the vender, purchase a full set of gear that fit's your style. The style or look have no effect on the stat outcome. Regardless of the gear's appearance, its actual stats will determine your character's performance. A full set of armor includes:

• Main Hand Weapon
• Off Hand Weapon
• Headpiece
• Bracers
• Chest Piece
• Gloves
• Boots
• Belt
• Pants

As you progress through the 'Introduction to PvP' questline, you will earn most of your remaining gear. However, the tactical item, which provides significant boosts to your character's stats, becomes available at character level 75.

Upgrades Vendor

Once you have a full set of armor. You'll need to outfit the armor with the latest and greatest modifications. Find your level appropriate upgrades vendor to buy a modification for each slot of each piece of gear.

To see what each piece of gear needs "CTRL + Right Click" on a piece of moldable gear. This will allow you to see & place modifications inside that piece of gear. If you are a Free-to-Play player you will a Modification Station. There are several scattered around the fleet.

Each piece of gear has its unique set of compatible modifications, so be sure to check compatibility before purchasing or applying upgrades. For example, Lightsabers take "Hilts" but Blaster Rifles take "Barrels"

Each Combat Style and Combat Proficiency have similar but unique stats that can be achieved. In lower levels it's harder to work from the raw value. It's easier to work from the percentages. Purchasing upgrades of one kind or the other will add points to some or other stats such as your Power Level, or Alacrity. 

Character Stats

Caracter stats determine how well your character interacts with enemies and other abilities. To maximize your character's performance, research the ideal stat targets for your chosen combat style and proficiency level. These metrics are based on the following possible statistics:

• Mastery
• Endurance
• Power
• Critical
• Alacrity
• Accuracy
• Defense
• Absorb
• Shield
• Presence

Armor and Modifications will provide one or many of these stats. Placing modifications inside armor simply adds those stats to whatever the armor provides by itself. Many gear pieces are somewhat similar in what they provide, for example weapons and gloves often give Alacrity and Power points. When using the adaptive gear you can manually define what each piece of gear will provide your character. In the following example this character has no armor equipped. If I scroll down to the "Armor Rating" section of the Caracter Details, the current armor rating is 0. The base armor piece with no modifications provides 13 armor. We can see the change from 0 to 13 by equipping the piece of armor.

Color Crystals

Color crystals go in Main hand & Offhand Weapons. There are 4 types, each one only providing 1 kind of stat. The possible stat increases are:

• Indestructible Crystals - Endurance
• Hawkeye Crystals - Power
• War Hero's Crystals - Mastery
• Eviscerating Crystal - Critical

Color crystals are crafted or purchasable via the GTN. They are a huge boost to your stats in the lower levels.

Augments

When your out of slots and but want to further your stats, Augments are the cherry on top. At level 10 the first augment usable is the augment Level 5. When equipping an augment kit, it becomes permanently attached to your gear and cannot be swapped out. Higher level augments can be slotted over top but will destroy the existing augment kit. For maximum compatibility use the MK-11 Augmentation Kit. It is reverse compatible with all augments. The MK-11 Augmentation Kit is a valuable tool for optimizing augmentation slotting, allowing you to quickly upgrade your character's stats as you progress through the game.

Introduction to PvP Quest

For new players, completing the 'Introduction to PvP' questline provides an excellent opportunity to acquire most of their starter gear. With all the gear equipped and augmented, every slot except the tactical should be filled by this point. This reward will give you:

• 1 Ear Piece
• 2 Implants
• 2 Relics