New Player Guide – Strongholds

What are Strongholds?

Strongholds are legacy-wide residences that can be purchased by players to customize and decorate. You can use them for many different things like relaxing away from other players, dueling friends, role playing and more.

Where Do You Get Strongholds?

To purchase a stronghold, you can go to the fleet and talk to the Stronghold Commissioner, Ajolin (Imperial Vaiken Space Station) or Pargon Sisto (Republic Carrick Space Station) in the Crew Skills & Stronghold section of the fleet. The Commissioners are holographic NPCs with the quest symbols above them in the main upper level of that section. You want to visit them before purchasing a stronghold to get a mission quest that will grant you some decorations upon completion.

After visiting one of the commissioners, you can then cross to the Stronghold area on fleet. Here you can purchase whichever stronghold you choose using credits. Coruscant and Dromund Kaas are the cheapest to buy at only 5,000 credits each. Here is a list of the costs to purchase and expand the strongholds: (for mobile, scroll side to side)

Stronghold	Purchase Price	Unlock All Rooms	Total Unlock Cost	Decorations Total
Alderaan Noble Estate	4,000,000	13,600,000	17,600,000	1035
Coruscant Apartment	5,000	1,440,000	1,445,000	350
Kaas City Apartment	5,000	1,440,000	1,445,000	350
Manaan Retreat	2,500,000	5,875,000	8,375,000	650
Nar Shaddaa Sky Palace	250,000	8,250,000	8,500,000	475
Rishi Hideout	3,000,000	13,470,000	16,470,000	1600
Tatooine Homestead	2,500,000	7,000,000	9,500,000	500
Umbara Mobile Base**	3,015,000	2,200,000	5,215,000	425
Yavin 4 Temple	2,500,000	10,500,000	13,000,000	750

Getting Started

Once you have found the area to purchase your strongholds, you will choose which you would like to purchase by using the proper Stronghold Directory.

Strongholds are shared across your Legacy, and you can own all of them. Some of the strongholds, like Kaas City and Coruscant Apartments, have a faction alignment, meaning to travel to these, you will need to pay a smuggler’s fee. All of your characters across your legacy can visit or own any of your strongholds.

Now that you have purchased a stronghold, you can visit it by pressing U (by default) to open the Stronghold Management Window. Here you can choose to visit one of your own strongholds, one of the guilds strongholds or any you may have been given keys to by others. Press the TRAVEL button to visit the stronghold of your choice.

To EXIT your stronghold, click the EXIT AREA button at the top middle part of your screen (by default). You will have the option to return to where you were before traveling to your stronghold, the planet your stronghold is on, and if you are a subscriber, you will have options to return to fleet or your personal starship.

Stronghold Expansions & Decorating

Each stronghold has more doors or expansions that can be opened for a cost. Those rooms each allow more occupancy and decoration hooks to be unlocked. You can buy the expansions with either credits or cartel coins.

Here is all of the expansions and their unlock occupancy and decoration hook counts per expansion.

Alderaan Noble Estate

Room	Credits	Cartel Coins	Occupancy	Decorations
Initial Purchase	4,000,000	1,900	20	450
Guest Chamber	900,000	600	3	50
Drawing Room	900,000	600	3	50
Study	900,000	600	3	50
Throne Room	2,000,000	900	5	100
Balcony Overlook	900,000	600	2	30
Mountain Retreat (includes exterior unlock)	2,500,000	1,200	10	75
Northern Lodging	2,000,000	900	8	100
Western Lodging	2,000,000	900	8	100
Killik Cave (secret area)	1,500,000	700	8	30
Total Costs	17,600,000	8,900	70	1,035

Coruscant Apartment

Room	Credits	Cartel Coins	Occupancy	Decorations
Initial Purchase	5,000	500	5	100
East Stairway	10,000	100	5	20
West Stairway	10,000	100	5	20
Main Room	25,000	200	5	50
Living Quarters	25,000	200	5	25
South Room	40,000	300	5	20
West Room	40,000	300	5	20
East Room	40,000	300	5	20
Garage	250,000	750	5	50
Balcony	1,000,000	1,250	5	25
Total Costs	1,440,000	4,000	50	350

Kaas City Apartment

Room	Credits	Cartel Coins	Occupancy	Decorations
Initial Purchase	5,000	500	5	100
East Stairway	10,000	100	5	20
West Stairway	10,000	100	5	20
Main Room	25,000	200	5	50
Living Quarters	25,000	200	5	25
South Room	40,000	300	5	20
West Room	40,000	300	5	20
East Room	40,000	300	5	20
Garage	250,000	750	5	50
Balcony	1,000,000	1,250	5	25
Total Costs	1,440,000	4,000	50	350

Manaan Retreat

Room	Credits	Cartel Coins	Occupancy	Decorations
Initial Purchase	2,500,000	2,500	5	250
Interior Expansion	2,000,000	1,400	10	200
Rooftop Garden	975,000	800	5	50
South Deepwater Sanctuary	1,450,000	1,150	5	75
North Deepwater Sanctuary	1,450,000	1,150	5	75
Total Costs	5,475,000	7,000	30	650

Nar Shaddaa Sky Palace

Room	Credits	Cartel Coins	Occupancy	Decorations
Initial Purchase	250,000	500	5	125
Northwest Room	450,000	650	5	25
Northeast Room	450,000	650	5	25
Vestibule	350,000	500	5	25
East Stairway	250,000	425	5	25
West Stairway	250,000	425	5	25
Main Room	2,250,000	2,200	5	75
Atrium	1,750,000	2,000	5	50
Solarium	2,250,000	2,200	5	75
Balcony	2,250,000	2,200	5	25
Total Costs	10,500,000	11,750	50	475

Rishi Hideout

Room	Credits	Cartel Coins	Occupancy	Decorations
Initial Purchase	3,000,000	2,650	10	350
The Overlook	1,500,000	1,000	5	100
Cove	2,000,000	1,800	3	100
Sun Room	825,000	600	5	50
Hillside Room	825,000	600	5	50
Patrol Carrier	1,500,000	1,200	10	175
Reactor Room	975,000	450	5	50
Bridge	1,200,000	725	5	100
Training Room	740,000	425	5	50
Starboard Quarters	825,000	600	5	75
Port Quarters	830,000	600	5	75
Captain’s Quarters	830,000	600	2	75
Sky Deck	2,800,000	2,000	10	350
Total Costs	17,850,000	11,750	75	1,600

Tatooine Homestead

Room	Credits	Cartel Coins	Occupancy	Decorations
Initial Purchase	2,500,000	2,500	10	200
Docking Bay	1,800,000	2,000	10	100
Cliff Room North	800,000	900	5	50
Cliff Room South	800,000	900	5	50
Dome Room #1	900,000	950	5	25
Dome Room #2	900,000	950	5	25
Dome Room #3	900,000	950	5	25
Dome Room #4	900,000	950	5	25
Total Costs	9,500,000	10,100	50	500

Umbara Mobile Estate

Room	Credits	Cartel Coins	Occupancy	Decorations
Initial Purchase	5,000	50	10	200
Center Cart	1,000,000	1,200	10	100
Front Cart	1,000,000	1,200	10	125
Total Costs	2,205,000	2,450	30	425

Yavin 4 Temple

Room	Credits	Cartel Coins	Occupancy	Decorations
Initial Purchase	2,500,000	2,500	10	250
Temple Room 1	825,000	700	10	50
Temple Room 2	975,000	800	5	50
Upper Stairwell	450,000	400	5	25
Lower Stairwell	450,000	400	5	25
Temple Basement	1,500,000	1,200	5	25
Temple Balcony	1,200,000	1,000	5	25
Temple Grounds	2,600,000	2,000	10	200
Sanctuary 1	1,250,000	1,000	5	50
Sanctuary 2	1,250,000	1,000	5	50
Total Costs	13,000,000	11,000	60	750

Customizing & Decorating

You can edit layouts and place decorations at all of your strongholds.

To start placing decorations, click the EDIT MODE button on your toolbar to enter the hook editor. While in the edit mode, you right-click a hook to bring up a hook editor.

The hook editor window will display your decorations that fit into the hook size you have selected. You can sort these by category and subcategory. You may find that some decorations will fit into more than one size hook. The tooltip on the decoration will state the eligible hooks it can be placed in.

One you have chosen your decoration, click the PLACE button to insert it into the hook. You will have slider to move it slightly side to side or forward and back or to rotate it to facing another direction. If you place a decoration you decide you don’t like, you can remove it by selecting the PICK UP button.

If you would like to fit something in a spot that doesn’t have the right hook, you can usually modify it by clicking the LAYOUTS button and selecting a different set of hooks. You are able to preview the different layouts before selecting them. To apply the change, click APPLY LAYOUT to confirm the change. This will automatically pick up any decorations that may have been in any associated hooks.

Purchasing Decorations

While you play the game, there are sometimes free drops of decorations. Some are loots from doing flashpoints, uprisings, operations and more. Others you can buy at vendors throughout the galaxy and on Fleet in the Stronghold area and the Cartel Bazaar areas.

Most of the best decorations can be earned via operations and buying from the Cartel Market or GTN. The Cartel Market takes Cartel Coins to purchase and the GTN you can use credits.

Stronghold Prestige

Players can earn prestige for their legacy with each decoration they unlock in their personal collection. As a player places their decorations, the stronghold completion percentage will increase. Prestige is determined by a strongholds completion percentage multiplied by the players legacy’s prestige. This prestige is used to rank strongholds on the Public Listings.

Stronghold Labels

You can unlock Stronghold Labels. These labels let you set different names on your stronghold in the Stronghold Management Window from ones earned or purchased. You can also choose which of your Legacy characters you would like to be the official owner of that stronghold.

Strongholds & Conquest

So here is the fun part, you can get stronghold bonus on conquest by buying and fully opening a stronghold. You DO NOT need to decorate to get the bonus. Each stronghold that you fully open will give you 25% bonus to conquest. You will need six fully opened strongholds to get the maximum 150% stronghold bonus. This bonus allows you to hit your weekly conquest faster, but also helps you get even more conquest for the guild as well. A win-win for you and the guild.

Personal vs. Guild Strongholds

Each player can purchase all of the available strongholds for their legacy. A guild can only purchase one that all the members of the guild have access to visit. The guild having a stronghold allows the guild to have a meeting place outside of the usual Guild Flagship and allows the members of the guild who decorate to display their talents and abilities for the guild to enjoy.

PvP Free-For-All Strongholds

The PvP Strongholds allow you to engage in player versus player combat at your stronghold. While in the designated area, anyone outside of your group can attack you. You can challenge other players to one on one duels, or even organize groups like large raid battles. The choice is up to you!

The Rishi Stronghold has an added bonus. It has the Patrol Carrier that has a very large PvP area on the Skydeck. Here you can choose game modes, whether dueling one on one or groups or Team Death Match or even Huttball Simulations. Your group can choose between Rotworm or Frogdog to designate their spawn points.

Team Death Match: First team to 30 kills wins. As your team gets a kill, it will update on the scoreboards.

Huttball Simulation: Carry or toss the huttball into the endzones to score. First team to 10 points wins. As you score, the scoreboard updates.

Public Listings & Faction Access

Strongholds can be listed as Public once you have obtained a certain amount of Prestige points.

Coruscant, Dromund Kaas, Vaiken & Carrick Fleet Apartment strongholds are only public to the faction they are based. These ones can be accessed by your own opposite faction characters by paying a small “smuggling” fee.

Tatooine and Nar Shaddaa can host players from both factions at the same time.

Rishi Stronghold has an area for PvP that also allows players from both factions to duel in the ring and talk via the “say” in chat, allowing cross faction games.