Artifice Fast Crafting Leveling Guide

Artifice allows you to craft armor sets and decorations, and at a higher level, augments that upgrade your existing max-level gear. In this guide, we’ll be going over how to level up Artifice fast from ranks 1 to 700 in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

How to Craft with Artifice

If you’re new to crafting, you’ll want to start by taking a look at the Artifice Crafting Guide. You’ll need to know the basics first like how to pick up Artifice, how to get new schematics from the Artifice trainer, and how to get the materials you need to craft with Artifice.

SWTOR Artifice Crafting Guide

How to Craft Fast: Artifice

You can easily craft levels 1 – 700 Artifice in a short afternoon if you gather up your materials first, and hang out near the Artifice trainer to pick up new Attachment schematics as you gain access to them as you level up.

The general idea is to craft Attachments until the next Attachment become available. When the number to the left of your attachment turns grey-colored in your crafting list, that’s generally when you need to visit the trainer for a new schematic.

The whole process will go faster the more high-influence companions you have who can craft for you, because a companion with high influence will craft each individual item faster. For example, my companion who is Influence level 50 can craft an Attachment in 30 seconds, versus my Influence level 1 companion who takes 1 minute and 34 seconds to craft the same component. In addition, subscribers can load up their companions with multiple crafting instructions rather than submitting them one at a time, and you can give your companions up to 5 orders at a time. At level 80, you can send up to 8 companions out at a time, so the fastest crafting would come with 8 companions each at level-50 Influence, and to save yourself time you can queue up to five item orders per companion, for a total of 40 items queued up – and you can even cancel orders as your Artifice levels up.

There are technically faster ways to level if you craft say armor, augments or armorings along the way, but Attachments are incredibly easy to keep track of, are fast to craft, and are worth a lot if you decide to sell them on the GTN – or may wind up being really useful if you decide to craft lower-level cosmetic items in the future!

Shopping List

Want to buy all your crafting materials before you start? Here’s roughly how many of each material you’ll need to either buy on the GTN or gather using AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, and the white-bordered Supplements can be bought from the Crew Skills Trade Vendor.

• Lost Artifact Fragment x80 (Archaeology, Grade 1 Artifact Fragment)
• Rubat Crystal x80 (Archaeology, Grade 1 Power Crystal)
• Fibrous Nylite Solution x80 (Supplements, Grade 1 Crafting Material)
• Nextor Crystal x80 (Archaeology, Grade 2 Power Crystal)
• Sacred Artifact Fragment x80 (Archaeology, Grade 2 Artifact Fragment)
• Thermoionic Gel Suspension x80 (Supplements, Grade 2 Crafting Material)
• Ancient Artifact Fragment x80 (Archaeology, Grade 3 Artifact Fragment)
• Opila Crystal x80 (Archaeology, Grade 3 Power Crystal)
• Demicot Silk x80 (Supplements, Grade 3 Crafting Material)
• Galactic Artifact Fragment x60 (Archaeology, Grade 4 Artifact Fragment)
• Firkrann Crystal x60 (Archaeology, Grade 4 Power Crystal)
• Brocart Filaments x60 (Supplements, Grade 4 Crafting Material)
• Damind Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 5 Power Crystal)
• Hypertech Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 5 Artifact Fragment)
• Zeyd-cloth x50 (Supplements, Grade 5 Crafting Material)
• Primeval Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 6 Artifact Fragment)
• Upari Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 6 Power Crystal)
• Cortosis Substrate x50 (Supplements, Grade 6 Crafting Material)
• Carbonic Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 7 Power Crystal)
• Primordial Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 7 Artifact Fragment)
• Corundum Powder x50 (Supplements, Grade 7 Crafting Material)
• Ruusan Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 8 Power Crystal)
• Enigmatic Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 8 Artifact Fragment)
• Zoosha Solution x50 (Supplements, Grade 8 Crafting Material)
• Gleaming Phond Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 9 Power Crystal)
• Gleaming Alien Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 9 Artifact Fragment)
• Cranoran Thread x50 (Supplements, Grade 9 Crafting Material)
• Iridescent Bondar Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 10 Power Crystal)
• Iridescent Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 10 Artifact Fragment)
• Travella Cloth x50 (Supplements, Grade 10 Crafting Material)
• Premium Lustrous Bondar Crystal x150 (Archaeology, Grade 11 Power Crystal)
• Premium Lustrous Artifact Fragment x150 (Archaeology, Grade 11 Artifact Fragment)
• Standard Veda Cloth x200 (Supplements, Grade 11 Crafting Material)
• Prototype Lustrous Bondar Crystal x150 (Archaeology, Grade 11 Power Crystal)
• Prototype Lustrous Artifact Fragment x150 (Archaeology, Grade 11 Artifact Fragment)
• Premium Veda Cloth x200 (Supplements, Grade 11 Crafting Material)
• Premium Lustrous Artifice Bonded Attachment x50 (Artifice, Grade 11 Component)

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How many points you get from crafting certain items isn’t an exact science, but we’ve put together a really efficient and fast way to level up Artifice. The materials cost in the shopping lists aren’t exact – they should leave you with a little leftover, so you don’t have to go scrounge for just a few more materials to finish off a level.

Artifice 1-80

Rubat Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 40 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Lost Artifact Fragment x80 (Archaeology, Grade 1 Artifact Fragment)

Rubat Crystal x80 (Archaeology, Grade 1 Power Crystal)

Fibrous Nylite Solution x80 (Supplements, Grade 1 Crafting Material)

Artifice 80-160

Nextor Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 40 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Nextor Crystal x80 (Archaeology, Grade 2 Power Crystal)

Sacred Artifact Fragment x80 (Archaeology, Grade 2 Artifact Fragment)

Thermoionic Gel Suspension x80 (Supplements, Grade 2 Crafting Material)

Artifice 160-240

Opila Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 40 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Ancient Artifact Fragment x80 (Archaeology, Grade 3 Artifact Fragment)

Opila Crystal x80 (Archaeology, Grade 3 Power Crystal)

Demicot Silk x80 (Supplements, Grade 3 Crafting Material)

Artifice 240-300

Firkrann Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 30 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Galactic Artifact Fragment x60 (Archaeology, Grade 4 Artifact Fragment)

Firkrann Crystal x60 (Archaeology, Grade 4 Power Crystal)

Brocart Filaments x60 (Supplements, Grade 4 Crafting Material)

Artifice 300-350

Damind Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 25 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Damind Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 5 Power Crystal)

Hypertech Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 5 Artifact Fragment)

Zeyd-cloth x50 (Supplements, Grade 5 Crafting Material)

Artifice 350-400

Upari Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 25 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Primeval Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 6 Artifact Fragment)

Upari Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 6 Power Crystal)

Cortosis Substrate x50 (Supplements, Grade 6 Crafting Material)

Artifice 400-450

Carbonic Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 25 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Carbonic Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 7 Power Crystal)

Primordial Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 7 Artifact Fragment)

Corundum Powder x50 (Supplements, Grade 7 Crafting Material)

Artifice 450-500

Ruusan Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 25 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Ruusan Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 8 Power Crystal)

Enigmatic Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 8 Artifact Fragment)

Zoosha Solution x50 (Supplements, Grade 8 Crafting Material)

Artifice 500-550

Gleaming Phond Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 25 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Gleaming Phond Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 9 Power Crystal)

Gleaming Alien Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 9 Artifact Fragment)

Cranoran Thread x50 (Supplements, Grade 9 Crafting Material)

Artifice 550-600

Iridescent Bondar Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 25 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Iridescent Bondar Crystal x50 (Archaeology, Grade 10 Power Crystal)

Iridescent Artifact Fragment x50 (Archaeology, Grade 10 Artifact Fragment)

Travella Cloth x50 (Supplements, Grade 10 Crafting Material)

Artifice 600-650

Premium Lustrous Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 25 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Premium Lustrous Bondar Crystal x150 (Archaeology, Grade 11 Power Crystal)

Premium Lustrous Artifact Fragment x150 (Archaeology, Grade 11 Artifact Fragment)

Standard Veda Cloth x200 (Supplements, Grade 11 Crafting Material)

Artifice 650-700

Prototype Lustrous Artifice Bonded Attachment – Craft around 25 of these Components.

Shopping List:

Prototype Lustrous Bondar Crystal x150 (Archaeology, Grade 11 Power Crystal)

Prototype Lustrous Artifact Fragment x150 (Archaeology, Grade 11 Artifact Fragment)

Premium Veda Cloth x200 (Supplements, Grade 11 Crafting Material)

Premium Lustrous Artifice Bonded Attachment x50 (Artifice, Grade 11 Component)

I hope you found this Artifice fast-crafting guide useful for levelling up quickly!

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Thank you player Zahk for all your help testing numbers for this guide and formatting to make it easier for other players to easily understand the guide and level their crafting!