SWTOR Commander’s Token Character Creation Guide (Level 70 Character Token)

A Commander’s Token is a special item in Star Wars: The Old Republic which allows you to create a Level 70 character that starts at the fifth expansion, Onslaught, on the planet of Ossus. This token allows you to skip the earlier levels and earlier expansions, allowing you to jump directly in to the story. Most subscribers will have gotten one of these tokens for free, and you can purchase additional tokens for Cartel Coins or for credits from the GTN.

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Should you create a level 70 character with a token?

If you’re a new or returning player and you’re wondering if you should create a level 1 character or a level 70 one, most players will highly recommend that you start with a level 1 character. That way, you can learn the game as it’s intended for new players to the game, and won’t get dumped in to the expansion stories partway through, and won’t be overwhelmed with having all your high-level abilities at once. You also then won’t be locked out of playing the storylines yourself and making your own decisions for your character. For example, the game will auto-complete most choices as dark side for the Empire and light side for the Republic, so if you wanted to play a Jedi straying towards the dark you wouldn’t be able to have your Jedi choose that during their main story as the game would instead auto-complete it.

With the 8.0 update, tokens will likely start you at the new level 85 storyline start in the Masters of the Force expansion.

How and when should I use my free token?

When you subscribe to Star Wars: The Old Republic, you’ll usually receive the ability to create one free level 70 character for your account. This free token character allow you to create a high-level character and jump directly in to the later expansions, without having to play the original stories that you would experience if you create a character from level 1. The draw-back is that to let you start the expansions right away on these high-level token character, the game will auto-complete the previous major storylines, make your decisions for you for those expansions, and lock you out of playing them on that token character. While the free character token is extremely useful for easily creating a high-level character, its major drawback is that you will miss out on being able to play your class story, and the class stories are often considered some of the best stories available in the entire game.

The free token you get added to your account is also considered quite valuable. If you were to go and purchase an additional level 70 token item, called the Commander’s Token, it would cost you about $20 USD in Cartel Coins (2,000 CC) or somewhere in the billions range for credits. Instead of using that token right away, players recommend you save that “free” token you get until you are more familiar with the game and have a better idea of what you’d like to do with it. In general, token characters are great if you want to either jump directly in to the expansions and don’t care about the original stories, or if you want to have a high level character to play on but don’t care about the story at all.

A very common way players use these tokens is when they would like a second character of the same class – they’ve maybe already seen the story once and don’t want to play it again, but want to try out the other Combat Style options, like creating a Jedi Knight Guardian if they already have a Jedi Knight Sentinel. Another great reason to use your token is to quickly do endgame content with friends on the opposite faction or on a different server, instead of having to level a new character from scratch where they’re playing.

Buy Commander’s Token

In addition to the one Subscribers get for free, you can also purchase more Commander’s Tokens. They cost 2,000 Cartel Coins on the Cartel Market, and don’t tend to go on sale often.

You can also try searching for these on the GTN to try and buy it from other players.

Keep in mind you will need to buy these on an existing character, use them, and THEN go create your new token character.

Deleting a Token Character

Most of the time, when you delete a token character, you do not get the token back, but sometimes you do, if you haven’t played the character much yet. This gives you a chance to create a character, try out the combat style a bit, and delete it and remake it if you made a mistake. It’s easy and safe to check – just click DELETE beside the character in the character select screen, and a popup will tell you if your character is eligible for a token refund or not. So don’t be afraid to press the Delete button to check.

If you just made your character, and wanted to change their appearance, name or combat style, you can pretty easily delete and remake them.

If you complete any quests, gain a level, or start any crew skills, your token will not be refundable.

Master’s Datacron

If you really want to get a high-level character WITHOUT auto-completing the story, you can also get a Master’s Datacron item. This expensive Cartel Market item costs 3,200 Cartel Coins or you can buy it on the GTN from other players, and can be used on an existing character to bump them up to level 80 without affecting their story at all. Unlike the Commander’s Token, you don’t get one of these for free.

So in short, when the choice pops up to make a level 1 or high level character at character creation, choose level 1 until you know what you want to make for sure instead of wasting it by accident.

SWTOR Master’s Datacron Guide

With Update 7.2.1, the similar item called a Master’s Datacron will upgrade your character to level 80, but the Commander’s Token will still only bring you to level 70. The developers said, “We are considering increasing the level this boost takes you to as well, but no details to share yet.”

The token used to be called the Outlander Token, for level 60, but got renamed and bumped up to level 70 in later expansions.