SWTOR GSI Reputation Guide

The GSI Reputation track is a bit unique compared to the other Reputation tracks in the game – while it will send you out on quests, the quests span between multiple planets and are all mostly exploration-based rather than combat-based.

How to Start

Chronological Start: The GSI Reputation story is directly tied to the Macrobinocular and Seeker Droid quests which take place directly after the Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion in the story.  Story Order Guide

Early on Other Characters: You can run the GSI quests even if you are not caught up on the story, as long as you are the correct level for it – level 52+.

Macrobinocular and Seeker Droid Quests

To actually start the GSI reputation track and unlock its repeatable missions, you’ll need to pick up both the Macrobinocular and Seeker Droid Quests. These are two separate quests that give you a special tool and also unlock repeatable quests on different planets related to GSI. ‘

YOU DO NOT NEED TO COMLETE THE QUESTS, you just need to speak to the droid and do the first cutscene where you’ll speak to either a Jedi Master or Sith Lord, who will give you the tool. This early step in the two questlines unlocks the repeatable quests for GSI – make sure to pick up both the start of the Macrobinculars and Seeker Droid quests or you’ll be missing half your repeatable GSI quests.

Both the Macrobinocular and Seeker Droid quests can be started at level 52 or higher on the Fleet. Republic players will speak to M3-8Z and BB-6G near the northern elevator leading to the Cartel Bazaar. Imperial Players will speak to Z1-3C and T4-M7, near the northern elevator leading to the Dromund Kaas departures.

Reputation

Reputation is a way of gaining favor with different groups by completing missions for them. As you level up your reputation rank, more rewards for that reputation track become available. Reputation is shared by all your characters on your server, so it’s legacy-wide.

By using multiple characters, you won’t be limited to how many GSI missions you run, but you will still be gated by how many reputation points you can earn – you can only earn a hard limit of  12,000 reputation points per week.

The Reputation track for GSI is called Galactic Solutions Industries.

Ranks

As you run  GQI qusts, you’ll rank up your reputation, and each rank unlocks new rewards from the GSI Reputations vendor on the Upper Promenade of Nar Shaddaa.

• None – 0 Reputation
• Outsider – 0/2,500 Reputation (2,500 total points needed)
• Newcomer – 0/5,000 Reputation (7,500 total points needed)
• Friend – 0/7,500 Reputation (15,000 total points needed)
• Hero – 0/10,000  Reputation (25,000 total points needed)
• Champion – 0/15,000 Reputation (40,000 total points needed)
• Legend – 0/30,000 Reputation (70,000 total points needed)

Tokens

Each type of token from KDY gives you a different amount of Reputation, and it also changes based on what various boosts you have and whether you are subscribed or not:

• Repair Toolkit: 180 Reputation (270 as a subscriber)
• Energy Field Monitor: 420 Reputation (630 as a subscriber)
•   GSI Share Certificate: 960 Reputation (1440 as a subscriber)

Earning Reputation

• Weekly GSI quests give you a purple reputation token.
• Heroic GSI quests give you a blue reputation token.
• Daily GSI quests give you a green reputation token.

GSI Quests

After you have done the first cutscene for the Macrobinocular and Seeker droid quests, you’ll unlock a set of repeatable GSI missions on Tatooine, Alderaan and Makeb, and their quest terminals will be in near where you load into the planet. The quest terminal is vaguely orange-blue-and-white colored, and is shaped differently than the normal quest terminals.

The FASTEST way to get to these is to use the Heroic travel to the planets, found by clicking the icon of “three little people” near your minimap, choosing the solo tab selecting a planet then travelling there. The GSI terminal will always be nearby.

Another player named Fibro Jedi has a really great set of quest guides for all four planets step-by-step on his blog:

• Alderaan GSI Missions Guide by Fibro Jedi on fibrojedi.me.uk
• Hoth GSI Missions Guide, Walkthroughs and Videos by Fibro Jedi on fibrojedi.me.uk
• Makeb GSI Missions Guide by Fibro Jedi on fibrojedi.me.uk
• Tatooine GSI Missions – SWTOR Guide by Fibro Jedi on fibrojedi.me.uk’

If you are struggling to use the Seeker Droid, check out my Seeker Droid Guide!

SWTOR Seeker Droid Guide

Alderaan GSI Quests

• [Daily] Antiquity Analysis
• [Daily] Big Red
• [Daily] Retrieve, Restore, Recycle
• [Daily] Weather Forecast
• [HEROIC 2+] Trade Secrets

Hoth GSI Quests

• [Daily] Beneath the Spires
• [Daily] Crash Courses
• [Daily] Forged In Fire
• [Daily] Picking Up The Pieces
• [Heroic 2+] Warped To The Core

Makeb GSI Quests

• [Daily] Origins of the Makrin
• [Daily] Quake Engines
• [Daily] The Unbreakable Code
• [Daily] Volcanic Metals
• [Heroic 2+] Guarded Research

Tatooine GSI Quests

• [Heroic 2+] A Droid Defiant
• [Daily] Above the Fray
• [Daily] Buried in Time
• [Daily] Looking for the Droids
• [Daily] Scanning the Depth
• [Heroic 2+] A Droid Defiant

Rewards

Working your way up the GSI Reputation track will all0w you to buy rewards with credits from the GSI Vendor Arnell Hyland in the north-western part of the Upper Promenade on Nar Shaddaa.

When you complete the Seeker Droid mission, you’ll get to pick one of two legacy-bound chest pieces, each of which also comes with a title.

• Star Forager Armor & Star Forager Title
• Dreadseed Armor & The Dreadseed Title

If you wanted the other chest piece and title too, you can always run this quest on a different character and choose the other one, as the rewards are legacy-bound. You can also  get the other one you didn’t choose, and the other pieces of both sets, by using the Seeker Droid to dig in special Seeker Droid treasure areas.

Dread Seed Armor

Star Forager Jacket

GSI Infiltration Armor

Requires Friend standing, costs credits.

GSI Tactical Armor

Requires Champion standing, costs credits.

Seed of Rage Decoration

• Can be bought or sold on the GTN from other players but requires Reputation Rank to use
• Requires crafted Univeral Prefabs to purchase from the Reputation Vendor
• Costs: x1 Universal Prefab MK-3
• Reputation: Champion Rank with GSI, costs 1 Universal Prefab MK-3

Seeker Droid: Underworld

• Can be bought or sold on the GTN from other players but requires Reputation Rank to use
• Requires crafted Univeral Prefabs to purchase from the Reputation Vendor
• Costs: x1 Universal Prefab MK-3
• Reputation: Friend Rank with GSI, costs 1 Universal Prefab MK-3

Schematic: Primary Light Gray Secondary Deep Red Dye Module

The Light Gray and Deep Red Dye Module can earned through the Reputation system, by reaching the Legend rank with Galactic Solutions Industry. Once you have reached Legend, you can buy the schematic for this dye from the Galactic Solutions Industry vendor for 100,000 Credits. The schematic, once learned, allows you to craft Light Gray and Deep Red Dye Modules with Artifice level 400. If you have not reached Legend with Galactic Solutions Industry, or do not have the Artifice crew skill, you can buy this dye from the GTN from other players.

Speeders

In addition, she sells a few speeders you can only earn by digging up the speeder parts with your Seeker Droid, which is a process not directly related to GSI Reputation, covered in the Seeker Droid Guide.

She also sells a GSI Triangulation Enhancer Mark I but it is inferior to the green Mark II version.