Star Wars: The Old Republic has 6 different crafting skills you can choose from: Armormech, Artifice, Armstech, Synthweaving, Cybertech and Biochem. In this video, we’ll be going over how to start Armormech crafting, how to level up your Armormech crew skill and unlock more crafting schematics, and lastly, we’ll be going over some of the cool things you can craft with Armormech at higher levels.
Armormech Crafting Materials Guide
This Armormech materials guide is paired with this crafting guide.
Contents
- Basics of Armormech Crafting
- How to Start Armormech
- Matching Crew Skills
- How to Start Crafting with Armormech
- Where to Get Armormech Materials
- Armormech Leveling Guide
- Assembly Components
- What to do with crafted items while leveling crafting?
- What can Armormech Craft?
- Armors from the Trainer
- Armors from Schematics
- Armors from Reverse Engineer
- Decorations
- High-Level Equipment
- Augments
Basics of Armormech Crafting
You can start crafting after you’ve completed your first planet, at around level 10 or higher. There’s no penalty to starting late though, so if you want to save crafting for later, carry on following your purple quests and enjoying your class story.
How to Start Armormech
To choose a crafting skill, you’ll want to go to the Strongholds & Crew Skills section of the Fleet. If you’ve forgotten how to get to the Fleet, press P on your keyboard. In the General tab of your abilities there’s a useful ability called Emergency Fleet Pass. Once you are on the Fleet, open the map with the M key and look for the Strongholds & Crew Skills section. To pick up Armormech as your crafting skill, speak to the Armormech trainer in the rooms on the outer edge of the station. The room with crafting trainers in it is marked with a holographic sign with the shape of a gear or cog hanging over the room.
Matching Crew Skills
The two gathering crew skills that go with Armormech crafting are Underworld Trading and Scavenging, which allow you to gather the materials to craft Armormech items, so go speak to the Underworld Trading and Scavenging trainers in the next room, which is marked by the symbol of a hologram star.
Free-to-play and Preferred Accounts: If you are on a free-to-play account, you can only choose one crew skill per character, so you might instead take Armormech on one character, and Scavenging on another and have them work together, for a total of four character per server. If you’re a former subscriber, you’ll have two crew skill slots available, and if you’re a subscriber you naturally have 3 crew skill slots unlocked per character, so you can take all three complementary crew skills, Scavenging, Underworld Trading and Armormech all on one character. The other major difference if you are not a subscriber you will only be able to queue one crafted item up at a time – as a subscriber, you can set your companion to craft five items in a row.
How to Start Crafting with Armormech
Once you’ve picked your crafting and gathering skills, press the B key on your keyboard to open the crew skills window. You can also find crafting in the main menu labelled as Crew Skills, under a symbol of a triangle.
You start out at crafting level 0, and you’ll unlock more crafting recipes, known as schematics, from the Armormech trainer as you level up your crafting level.
You can click the Armormech icon from the crafting panel to open the crafting schematics window which shows everything you have available to craft – when you chose Armormech as a crew skill, you also received some basic schematics to help get you started, including some basc armr pieces, and most importantly, something called an Assembly Component.
Armormech icon
Your goal as an Armormechnist will be to craft basic items to level up your Armormech skill level, which will then unlock more schematics.
The most basic part of Armormech crafting will be crafting different types of Assembly Components.
ComponentsWe’ll start by crafting a Desh Armor Assembly Component, one of the default schematics you got when you chose Armormech, which once you click it will tell you it requires 2 x Silica, 2 x Desh, and 2 x Conductive Flux to craft. So where do you get those crafting materials?
Since this is Armormech, the materials will likely come from either Scavenging or Underworld Trading, Armormech’s two complementary skills. To figure out which gathering skill the materials you will need come from, hover over the listed material. When you look at the tooltip by hovering over them, The Silica is listed as Grade 1 Scavenged Component and the Desh is Grade 1 Scavenged Metal – both of which come from Scavenging.
The simplest way to get materials for your first item is to open up your Scavenging missions, and send your companions out to get the materials listed in the mission descriptions.
White-bordered materials are a bit different – you can either send your companions to gather them if you have a mission available for them, or buy them directly from a vendor called the Crew Skills Trade Vendor in the Strongholds & Crew Skills section of the fleet who sells them pretty cheap.
Once you have all the materials you need, go back to your Assembly Component schematic for Armormech, and click craft on the bottom right, and your companion will start crafting. Once your companion is finished crafting your schematic, the item will show up in your inventory and your crafting level will go up.
Assembly Components are the building blocks of Armormech crafting – while they’re pretty useless on their own, you can combine them with other materials to craft actual items. The first piece of equipment you can craft when you start Armormech is a belt or set of bracers, which requires 4 pieces of Terenthium which is a Grade 1 Underworld Metal from Underworld Trading, combined with two of the Desh Armor Assembly Components we crafted earlier. Crafting Assembly Components, then combining them with other materials, is how you craft almost every Armormech item in the game.
Where to Get Armormech Materials
There’s a lot of different ways to get materials for Armormech, including Scavenged Metal and Scavenged Compounds from Scavenging, and Underworld Metals from Underworld Trading.
Armormech Crafting Materials Guide
Armormech Leveling Guide
Now that you understand the basics of Armormech crafting, let’s cover how to level up your Armormech crew skill.
Crafting low-level schematics won’t help you level up your crafting skill after the first few items you craft – you must craft more difficult items over time, and the easiest way to see if a crafting a schematic will raise your crafting level is by looking at the colors of the dot beside the schematic in the schematics window – if it’s grey, you won’t gain any crafting levels by crafting it, and crafting orange items will give you the biggest boost your crafting level, so whenever possible craft an orange dot item, followed by a yellow dot item if you don’t have one, then a green dot, and don’t even bother crafting any gray dot items for levelling. The exact number of points you get from each color is a bit weird, with orange giving around 3-4, yellow 2-3, green 1, and gray 0. Gathering missions work the exact same way.
The number on the left of the schematic name is supposed to represent how may of that item you can craft, but it doesn’t always update, so just close the window and re-open it if you need an updated count.
Fun Tip – if you open your crafting window, you can drag and drop your crafting skill icon at the very top down on to your quickbars, and then you can open it from there if you need it!
Assembly Components
When most players are levelling up, they focus on crafting Assembly Components whenever possible, even if the Assembly Component schematic has turned from orange to yellow to green. You can get a new Assembly Component schematic from the Armormech trainer roughly every 50 Armormech levels, and a sign that it’s time to go get a new Assembly Component schematic from the trainer is that your last Assembly Component has turned green (or gray) in your schematics panel. Here’s the list of levels where you can check back at the trainer for a new schematic:
| Icon | Material Name | Skill | Grade | Type | Notes |
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 | Desh Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 1 | Component |
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 | Bronzium Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 2 | Component |
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 | Phobium Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 3 | Component |
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 | Bondite Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 4 | Component |
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 | Electrum Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 5 | Component |
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 | Durasteel Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 6 | Component |
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 | Mythra Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 7 | Component |
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 | Farium Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 8 | Component |
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 | Polished Aluminium Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 9 | Component |
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 | Polished Plasteel Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 10 | Component |
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| Infused Plasteel Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 10 | Component |
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 | Premium Fibrolite Armor Processor | Armormech | Grade 11 | Component |
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 | Premium Duranium Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 11 | Component |
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| Prototype Fibrolite Armor Processor | Armormech | Grade 11 | Component |
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| Prototype Duranium Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 11 | Component |
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| Artifact Fibrolite Armor Processor | Armormech | Grade 11 | Component |
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| Artifact Duranium Armor Assembly Component | Armormech | Grade 11 | Component |
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If you’d like an easy to follow list of items to craft to level up Armormech efficiently, please visit TORCommunity’s Armormech Leveling Guide 1-700! I love this guide for leveling up fast.
What to do with crafted items while leveling crafting?
Apart from using them to craft finished items, there are two other things you can do with the Assembly Components you craft. The first is to Deconstruct it – this will break it down in to its parts, and you’ll receive back some of the materials you put in to crafting it. This is useful to recoup materials if you are trying to quickly level up your crew skills and don’t have lots of materials on hand.
The final thing you can do with it is sell it – Assembly Components usually sell for decent prices, as crafters can buy them to save time crafting specific items they want, and many types of Assembly Components are also used in high-stakes Conquest crafting. To sell crafted items to other players, you can go to the Fleet, and go to the Galactic Trade Market section of the map. Once there, right click the big green terminal, and then click in the search box.
SHIFT+LEFT CLICK on the item from your inventory that you want to sell, and then click the search button and sort by price with lowest to highest. This will give you an idea of what the item is selling for – if you want to keep things easy, you’ll price your item slightly lower than the lowest listed price per item. Once you are ready to sell your item to other players, right click it from your inventory with the GTN, the Galactic Trade Network open, and it will bring up the sell panel where you can set the price – don’t forget that if you have two to sell, you’ll want to double your listing price. Some items, like Assembly Components, are easy to sell, while other items, like finished lightsabers, may not have much demand. What sells well and what doesn’t fluctuates with the game’s updates and your server’s economy, and finding a niche to make credits in requires some research. For lower level Armormech crafting, players can look in to crafting and selling mainly Assembly Components or visually appealing cosmetic armor sets.
What can Armormech Craft?
Now let’s cover some of the cool stuff you’ll be able to craft as you level up Armormech.
armormechs primarily craft armor sets for Jedi and for Sith. The main reason to craft them is for cosmetic reasons, as you can wear them in your Outfit Designer even if they’re technically meant for low-level characters, if you like the look. Some players also like to craft themselves armor to use as they level, with a new set waiting for them in their bank every few levels – this isn’t necessary, but can be fun to do.
You can get crafting schematics three different ways – straight from the Armormech crew skill trainer once you reach the correct level, from the GTN and some gathering skills like Underworld Trading, and from reverse engineering items you have crafted.
Armors from the Trainer
We’ll start with the easiest schematics, which come straight from the Armormech trainer as you level up your Armormech crew skill. If you want to see what’s coming up for schematics from the Armormech trainer, you can open the window where you buy new schematics, then choose “All” from the dropdown on the top right of the panel. By default, it will only show you ones that you can actually buy right now based on your Armormech level.
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Veda Cloth Body ArmorSynthweaving Lvl 0, Level 56+
Veda Cloth VestmentsSynthweaving Lvl 0, Level 56+
Terenthium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 30, Level 10+
Terenthium AsylumArmormech Lvl 30, Level 10+
Shadowsilk AegisSynthweaving Lvl 30, Level 10+
Shadowsilk AegisSynthweaving Lvl 30, Level 10+
Mullinine AsylumArmormech Lvl 110, Level 16+
Mullinine OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 110, Level 16+
Mullinine OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 110, Level 16+
Mullinine AsylumArmormech Lvl 110, Level 16+
Lashaa AegisSynthweaving Lvl 110, Level 16+
Lashaa AegisSynthweaving Lvl 110, Level 16+
Xonolite AsylumArmormech Lvl 190, Level 24+
Xonolite OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 190, Level 24+
Xonolite OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 190, Level 24+
Xonolite AsylumArmormech Lvl 190, Level 24+
Dramassian AegisSynthweaving Lvl 190, Level 24+
Dramassian AegisSynthweaving Lvl 190, Level 24+
Titanium AsylumArmormech Lvl 260, Level 32+
Titanium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 260, Level 32+
Titanium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 260, Level 32+
Titanium AsylumArmormech Lvl 260, Level 32+
Septsilk AegisSynthweaving Lvl 260, Level 32+
Septsilk AegisSynthweaving Lvl 260, Level 32+
Quadranium AsylumArmormech Lvl 320, Level 40+
Quadranium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 320, Level 40+
Quadranium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 320, Level 40+
Quadranium AsylumArmormech Lvl 320, Level 40+
Ciridium AsylumArmormech Lvl 370, Level 46+
Ciridium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 370, Level 46+
Ciridium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 370, Level 46+
Ciridium AsylumArmormech Lvl 370, Level 46+
Frasium AsylumArmormech Lvl 420, Level 51+
Frasium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 420, Level 51+
Frasium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 420, Level 51+
Frasium AsylumArmormech Lvl 420, Level 51+
Trimantium AsylumArmormech Lvl 470, Level 56+
Trimantium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 470, Level 56+
Trimantium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 470, Level 56+
Trimantium AsylumArmormech Lvl 470, Level 56+
Defiant Asylum MK-16 (Armormech)Armormech Lvl 500, Level 64+
Defiant Mender MK-16 (Armormech)Armormech Lvl 500, Level 64+
Defiant Onslaught MK-16 (Armormech)Armormech Lvl 500, Level 64+
Vandinite AsylumArmormech Lvl 520, Level 61+
Vandinite OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 520, Level 61+
Vandinite OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 520, Level 61+
Vandinite AsylumArmormech Lvl 520, Level 61+
Charged Hypercloth Force Expert'sSynthweaving Lvl 520, Level 61+
Terenthium AsylumArmormech Lvl 570, Level 10+
Hadrium AsylumArmormech Lvl 570, Level 66+
Hadrium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 570, Level 66+
Terenthium OnslaughtArmormech Lvl 570, Level 10+
War-Forged MK-2 (Armormech)Armormech Lvl 600
War-Forged MK-0 (Armormech)Armormech Lvl 600
Armors from Schematics
There are also many schematics available that aren’t from the trainer. These Armormech schematics can be found as random rewards dropped from enemies, from gathering skills, and bought on the GTN from other players. The most common way to obtain these schematics is from the Underworld Trading crew skill, and players often sell them on the GTN.
- Dulfy page with information about which sets might come form which Underworld Trading levels
- List of boots, gloves, belts and bracers schematics that were added in update 1.3
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DrelliadArmormech Schematic Lvl 20, Level 11+
HardweaveArmormech Schematic Lvl 20, Level 11+
ProfessionalArmormech Schematic Lvl 20, Level 11+
Hardened PlastifoldArmormech Schematic Lvl 20, Level 11+
AgentArmormech Schematic Lvl 60, Level 15+
Rugged SmugglingArmormech Schematic Lvl 60, Level 15+
Hydraulic PressArmormech Schematic Lvl 60, Level 15+
Republic TrooperArmormech Schematic Lvl 60, Level 15+
GunslingerArmormech Schematic Lvl 100, Level 19+
SniperArmormech Schematic Lvl 100, Level 19+
CommandoArmormech Schematic Lvl 100, Level 19+
MercenaryArmormech Schematic Lvl 100, Level 19+
Laminoid BattleArmormech Schematic Lvl 140, Level 23+
Laminoid BattleArmormech Schematic Lvl 140, Level 23+
Tempered LaminoidArmormech Schematic Lvl 140, Level 23+
Tempered LaminoidArmormech Schematic Lvl 140, Level 23+
HooliganArmormech Schematic Lvl 180, Level 27+
VagabondArmormech Schematic Lvl 180, Level 27+
Spec OpsArmormech Schematic Lvl 180, Level 27+
OutcastArmormech Schematic Lvl 180, Level 27+
Plasteel BattleArmormech Schematic Lvl 220, Level 31+
Plasteel BattleArmormech Schematic Lvl 220, Level 31+
Chanlon OnslaughtArmormech Schematic Lvl 220, Level 31+
Chanlon OnslaughtArmormech Schematic Lvl 220, Level 31+
Lacqerous BattleArmormech Schematic Lvl 260, Level 35+
Lacqerous BattleArmormech Schematic Lvl 260, Level 35+
Phobium OnslaughtArmormech Schematic Lvl 260, Level 35+
Phobium OnslaughtArmormech Schematic Lvl 260, Level 35+
Fortified LacqerousArmormech Schematic Lvl 300, Level 39+
Fortified LacqerousArmormech Schematic Lvl 300, Level 39+
Lacqerous MeshArmormech Schematic Lvl 300, Level 39+
Lacqerous MeshArmormech Schematic Lvl 300, Level 39+
Gunslinger EliteArmormech Schematic Lvl 340, Level 43+
Sniper EliteArmormech Schematic Lvl 340, Level 43+
Commando EliteArmormech Schematic Lvl 340, Level 43+
Mercenary EliteArmormech Schematic Lvl 340, Level 43+
Polyplast BattleArmormech Schematic Lvl 380, Level 47+
Polyplast BattleArmormech Schematic Lvl 380, Level 47+
Diatium OnslaughtArmormech Schematic Lvl 380, Level 47+
Diatium OnslaughtArmormech Schematic Lvl 380, Level 47+
Polyplast UltrameshArmormech Schematic Lvl 400, Level 50+
Polyplast UltrameshArmormech Schematic Lvl 400, Level 50+
Electrum OnslaughtArmormech Schematic Lvl 400, Level 50+
Electrum OnslaughtArmormech Schematic Lvl 400, Level 50+
Armors from Reverse Engineer
When you deconstruct an item you have crafted yourself, you may have a chance of learning an upgraded version of that schematic. You can see if an item has an upgraded version when you roll over it in your inventory with the deconstruct tool.
For some crafting skills, like Synthweavers and Armormechs, deconstructing an item can give you a different version of the item with a different look, and there are some cool hidden armors you can craft using reverse engineering.
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Defiant Asylum MK-26 (Armormech) (Republic)Armormech Reverse Engineer
Defiant Mender MK-26 (Armormech) (Republic)Armormech Reverse Engineer
Defiant Onslaught MK-26 (Armormech) (Republic)Armormech Reverse Engineer
Defiant Asylum MK-26 (Armormech) (Imperial)Armormech Reverse Engineer
Defiant Mender MK-26 (Armormech) (Imperial)Armormech Reverse Engineer
Defiant Onslaught MK-26 (Armormech) (Imperial)Armormech Reverse Engineer
Madilon OnslaughtArmormech Reverse Engineer
Madilon AsylumArmormech Reverse Engineer
Exarch Asylum MK-26 (Armormech)Armormech Reverse Engineer
Exarch Mender MK-26 (Armormech)Armormech Reverse Engineer
Exarch Onslaught MK-26 (Armormech)Armormech Reverse Engineer
War-Forged MK-3 (Armormech)Armormech Reverse Engineer
Decorations
All crew skills can also craft decorations. Armormechs, Armstechs, and Cybertechs can craft Industrial Decorations, including things like furniture, crates, and computer terminals. There are four different types of Industrial prefabs, and they become available at Armormech level 150, 300, 450, and 500.
There are also Universal Prefabs, which are a combination of an Industrial prefab, a Synthetic prefab which is created by Artificers, Synthweavers and Biochemists, a Fabricator Crystal and a Fabricator Design, the last two any crafting profession can craft. Universal Prefab decorations include all kinds of cool decorations like fountains, statues, walls, furniture, and useful items like cargo holds.
On top of that, there are also War Supply decorations, which are also a combination from multiple crafting professions, of which Armormech can contribute to. These include giant crystal formations, statues, and lots of other strange decos.
Lastly, all crafting professions can craft the expensive Dark Project decorations, which include ship decorations.
If you want to craft your own decorations, please visit my How to Craft Decorations guide.
| Icon | Material Name | Skill | Grade | Type | Notes |
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 | Dark Project MK-1 | Strongholds | Decorations |
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 | Fabricator Crystal MK-1 | Strongholds | Grade 1 | Decorations |
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 | Fabricator Design MK-1 | Strongholds | Grade 1 | Decorations |
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 | Industrial Prefab MK-1 | Strongholds | Grade 1 | Decorations |
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 | Synthetic Prefab MK-1 | Strongholds | Grade 1 | Decorations |
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 | Universal Prefab MK-1 | Strongholds | Grade 1 | Decorations |
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| Fabricator Crystal MK-2 | Strongholds | Grade 2 | Decorations |
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| Fabricator Design MK-2 | Strongholds | Grade 2 | Decorations |
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| Industrial Prefab MK-2 | Strongholds | Grade 2 | Decorations |
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| Synthetic Prefab MK-2 | Strongholds | Grade 2 | Decorations |
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| Universal Prefab MK-2 | Strongholds | Grade 2 | Decorations |
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| Fabricator Crystal MK-3 | Strongholds | Grade 3 | Decorations |
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| Fabricator Design MK-3 | Strongholds | Grade 3 | Decorations |
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| Industrial Prefab MK-3 | Strongholds | Grade 3 | Decorations |
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| Synthetic Prefab MK-3 | Strongholds | Grade 3 | Decorations |
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| Universal Prefab MK-3 | Strongholds | Grade 3 | Decorations |
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| Fabricator Crystal MK-4 | Strongholds | Grade 4 | Decorations |
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| Fabricator Design MK-4 | Strongholds | Grade 4 | Decorations |
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| Industrial Prefab MK-4 | Strongholds | Grade 4 | Decorations |
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| Synthetic Prefab MK-4 | Strongholds | Grade 4 | Decorations |
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| Universal Prefab MK-4 | Strongholds | Grade 4 | Decorations |
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High-Level Equipment
Unfortunately, at the current max-level of 80, there’s no way to craft level 80 gear. You will see a lot of level 75 gear available to craft from the previous expansion, but there’s not much reason to craft it.
Augments
Armormechs craft Augment Kits, Absorb Augments, Accuracy Augments, Alacrity Augments or click here for the ridiculously expensive Superior 77 augments.
SWTOR Augments Guide
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