No one wants to grind for gear, but sadly we have to. We have gathered some tips and tricks to make that grind a little easier.
Basic 324 Gear
The first thing you will need is credits and Conquest Commendations. These can be used to buy the Noble Decurion Conquest gear basic set, which is iRating 324. So as soon at you hit 80, run over to grab these pieces in the Supplies section lower level on Fleet at the Conquest Gear Vendor.
| Piece | Conquest Commendations | Credits | You can get Conquest Commendations here: • Personal Conquest • Flashpoints • Galactic Seasons • Groupfinder Activities • PvP • Galactic Starfighter |
| Weapons | 20 | 18,800 | |
| Off-Hand | 20 | 18,800 | |
| Headpiece | 20 | 18,800 | |
| Wrist | 10 | 16,500 | |
| Chest | 20 | 18,800 | |
| Hands | 15 | 16,500 | |
| Boots | 15 | 16,500 | |
| Waist | 10 | 16,500 | |
| Legs | 20 | 18,800 | |
| Earpiece | 10 | 16,500 | |
| Implants | 10 | 16,500 | |
| Relics | 10 | 16,500 |
The Trick
Now that you should have at least item rating of 324, let’s walk you through how to get that to 336 and beyond.
First, if you have any of the currency left to upgrade, look at upgrading your earpiece. The goal is to get your Noble Decurion earpiece to 336.
Second, once you have gone as high as you can buying the upgrades, you have two choices:
- One
- Run Heroics and Dailies and other various things in game to get more of the currency needed to upgrade the earpiece by buying it.
- Two
- Run Veteran Flashpoints to get the blue Supreme Decurion earpiece drops and upgrade with drops. This way takes much, much longer.
The third step is what you do with that 336 Supreme Decurion piece. To open up the modifications for 336 Prototype blue enhancements, mods, armorings, etc., visit Zeek and Hyde who are tucked behind the last modification vendor in the Supplies area on Fleet.
When you reach Zeek and Hyde, grab the 336 Prototype mission. Once you have that, deconstruct a 336 Supreme Decurion piece and then talk to them again. From there, you will have access to all the 336 Prototype mods to put into adaptable armor just need to upgrade your relics and implants.
Relics
 | To upgrade the relics, the easiest way is to buy them like the earpiece or do veteran flashpoints to get them as drops. I have noticed that buying them is a more dependable way to get the ones you want, so keep that in mind when deciding which route you take. |
Implants
 | Your implants will only go to 334 for now, so once you have reached that point, you are topped out for them as well. For implants, you need lots of Tech Fragments. |
Beyond 336
Now that you can be all decked out in 336 gear, you are ready to do operations to get the higher gear. Hazardous and Virulent gear are the only ones that go past 336 at the moment. Visit my pages on gearing to for Damage, Healing and Tanking to see if it is worth upgrading any further or not. On those pages, you can compare piece to piece to see the numbers side by side at each iRating level.
Below I have included a chart for where to get what currencies. It is not all inclusive, so some things may be missing, but it gives you a pretty good idea of what is where. Enjoy and happy gearing!
The Currencies
Ok, so there are currencies you will need to collect if you want to upgrade any other type of gear. Since I haven’t found anywhere that had all of this together in one place, I thought this may be helpful. The tables below tell you what currencies you get for doing what in the game.
Table Color Key for Rewards
 Tech Fragments |  WZ-1 Accelerants | ||
 Daily Resource Matrices |  OP-1 Catalysts | ||
 Conquest Commendations |  Processed Isotope Stabilizers | ||
 FP-1 Stabilizers |  Legendary Embers |
General Gameplay Currency
Heroic | Heroics (each) | 30 Tech Fragments 3 Daily Resource Matrices |
| Weekly Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 40 Daily Resource Matrices 1 Gear Piece | |
| Daily Areas | Daily (each) | 30 Tech Fragments 3 Daily Resource Matrices |
| Weekly Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 50 Daily Resource Matrices 1 Gear Piece Onderon only: 100 Tech Fragments | |
World Bosses | World Boss (each) | 4 Daily Resource Matrices |
| [WEEKLY] Priority Targets Defeat Heroic World Bosses from the Target List 0/4 Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 40 Daily Resource Matrices | |
Flashpoints | Flashpoints (each) | 3 Conquest Commendations 3 FP-1 Stabilizers |
| [WEEKLY] Galactic Conflicts Complete Master Flashpoints via Groupfinder 0/2 Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 200 Tech Fragments 50 FP-1 Stabilizers 1 Gear Piece | |
| [WEEKLY] Veteran Flashpoints Complete Veteran Flashpoints via Groupfinder 0/3 Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 100 Tech Fragments 30 FP-1 Stabilizers 1 Gear Piece | |
| Groupfinder Rewards – Veteran Flashpoint (each) | 2 Conquest Commendations 125 Tech Fragments 8 Processed Isotope Stabilizers 5 FP-1 Stabilizers | |
| Groupfinder Rewards – Master Flashpoint (each) | 2 Conquest Commendations 150 Tech Fragments 11 Processed Isotope Stabilizers 10 FP-1 Stabilizers | |
| Groupfinder Rewards – Master Flashpoint Role-In-Need (each) | 5 Conquest Commendations 50 Tech Fragments 2 Processed Isotope Stabilizers 10 Daily Resource Matrices | |
PvP | [DAILY] Arena of Death Arena Matches Played (wins count x3) 0/6 | 3 Conquest Commendations 300 Tech Fragments 1 Legendary Ember |
| [DAILY] March Them Down Warzone Matches Played (wins count x3) 0/3 | 3 Conquest Commendations 300 Tech Fragments 1 Legendary Ember | |
| [WEEKLY] Go Berserk! Arena Matches Played (wins count x3) 0/24 Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 2000 Tech Fragments 3 Legendary Embers 60 WZ-1 Accelerants 10 Daily Resource Matrices 1 Gear Piece | |
| [WEEKLY] The Spoils of War Warzone Matches Played (wins count x3) 0/12 Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 2000 Tech Fragments 3 Legendary Embers 60 WZ-1 Accelerants 10 Daily Resource Matrices 1 Gear Piece | |
Uprisings | Groupfinder Rewards – Veteran Uprising (each) | 3 Conquest Commendations 150 Tech Fragments 9 Processed Isotope Stabilizers |
| Groupfinder Rewards – Veteran Uprising Role-In-Need (each) | 5 Conquest Commendations 50 Tech Fragments 2 Processed Isotope Stabilizers 10 Daily Resource Matrices | |
| [STORY] Picked up on Fleet | 20 Tech Fragments 2 Daily Resource Matrices | |
| [VETERAN] Picked up on Fleet | 30 Tech Fragments 3 Daily Resource Matrices | |
| [MASTER] Picked up on Fleet | 35 Tech Fragments 4 Daily Resource Matrices | |
| [WEEKLY] Master Uprisings Complete Master Uprisings 0/2 Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 200 Tech Fragments 15 Daily Resource Matrices | |
| [WEEKLY] Veteran Uprisings Complete Veteran Uprisings 0/3 Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 150 Tech Fragments 10 Daily Resource Matrices | |
| [WEEKLY] Story Uprisings Complete Story Uprisings 0/3 Weeklies can be done up to 3 times per week per character. | 120 Tech Fragments 5 Daily Resource Matrices | |
Operations | Story Mode ** Complete all bosses in Story Mode | 2000 Tech Fragments 1 Gear Piece |
| Veteran (HM) Mode ** – – Complete all bosses in Veteran (HM) Mode | 2500 Tech Fragments 1 Gear Piece | |
| Master (NiM) Mode ** – Complete all bosses in Master (NiM) Mode | 3000 Tech Fragments 1 Gear Piece |
* R4 Anomaly Operations drop tokens that can be used to purchase higher Ops gear at the R4 Vendors.
** Rotating Operations will give OP-1 Catalysts if you pick up the [WEEKLY] on fleet.
- Story – 20 OP-1 Catalysts
- Veteran (HM) – 65 OP-1 Catalysts
- Master (NiM) – 175 OP-1 Catalysts
