SWTOR Augments Guide

Augments are a way of adding additional stats to your armor in Star Wars: The Old Republic. They are available to low level players, but aren’t really worth it, and are more recommended for level 80 players who are working on the hardest content in the game like Master Mode operations. Players who are not working on those two extremely difficult types of content really don’t need augments, however they can still increase your character’s stats and give you a boost in combat. In this guide, we’ll be going over the different types of augments, how to augment your gear, and a basic over view of the cost-benefits of the different levels and tiers of augments available in the game.

How to Get Augments

Unlike most other gear in the game, the main, and often only, way to obtain augments is through crafting – so you can either craft them yourself, have a friend craft, or buy them from another player who has crafted them on the GTN, the player run market. Augment schematics come from a variety of places, with some coming directly from the crew skills trainer and some only dropping from certain enemies, which you can often find for sale on the GTN.

How to Augment Your Gear

To Augment your gear you need two things – an augment, and an augment kit.

While there are many different types of augments, all augments require an augment kit of the correct level before you can place the augment into your armor piece. The most recent type of augment kit is called the Augment Kit MK-11, and if you plan to augment every piece of your character’s gear, you will need a total of 14 of these, as you can augment every piece except your Tactical item. Augment kits are not re-useable, so make sure to place them on a piece of gear you plan to continue using – for example, you’ll probably want to wait until you have your set-bonus gear pieces and moddable main hand and off hand before you augment them, and make sure you have your stats at level 80 figured out before you augment your other pieces like your relics, implants and earpiece which ideally should be at item-rating 344.

Lower-than-level-80: There are augments and augment kits for low level players, but they are not necessary at all for low-level content, but if you plan to augment something like your level 60 gear if you are free-to-play, you’ll want to follow similar rules like make sure your armor pieces are moddable and make sure your earpiece, implant and relics are ones you plan to hold on to for a while so their augmentation wasn’t a waste of credits.

How to add an augment kit: To add an augment kit to your gear, right-click the piece of gear in your inventory or equipment panel. Then right-click the augment kit from your inventory. This will add an augment slot to your armor piece. To place an augment into the slot, next right-click the augment from your inventory.

How to remove augments: Although augment kits disappear once you use them, augments themselves can be taken out of your gear by right-clicking them in the mods panel, so you can swap them out easily. Once an augment is used once however, you will no longer be able to sell it on the GTN, so try not to buy then use the wrong ones or you’ll be stuck with them.

Which Augment Stats are Best?

There are many different types of augments, and each kind has a difference balance of stats. Players often ask, “Which type of augment is best?” but there is no 100% correct answer – instead you should be building your augment set based on your current armor’s stats, with the goal of reaching specific overall stat numbers combined throughout all your gear. For example, if you need more alacrity, but you already have a ton in your boots and gloves, you don’t need to buy alacrity augments too. On the flip side, if your armor doesn’t have any alacrity, you can supplement it through your augments. Augments are great for fine-tuning certain stats like alacrity and accuracy as augments give you a smaller stat boost than your pieces of armor do – so for example if you only need 100 or so more points of Alacrity to meet your goals, adding an alacrity augment is a great choice.

In general,

• If you are a damage character, you focus on meeting an accuracy goal, then an alacrity threshold that speeds up your abilities, and lastly dump the rest of your stats into Crit.
• If you are a healer, you focus on an alacrity threshold that speeds up your abilities, and lastly dump the rest of your stats into Crit, ignoring accuracy.
• If you are a tank, you focus on absorption and shield.

To learn more about stats in general, and what numbers you are aiming for, visit the Gear Chart page!

SWTOR 7.0 Recommended Gear Chart

Which Augments are best?

In addition to different types of augments, there are different tiers of augments – they all have similar patterns when it come to their stats, but allow you to add a few more points to your overall gear stats the higher up you go. The downside is that the best augments in the game are incredibly expensive with minimal return on value compared to the less expensive ones, so it will be up to you to decide your budget.

One great set of advice is that “some” augments are a TON better than “no augments”. So you can get a great boost just by buying the cheapest high-level augments you can find. This is a list of all the level 75 and level 80 augment in the game – it’s up to you to decide which ones you think you can afford to buy or craft!

Type	Blue 73	Purple Advanced 74	Gold Superior 77	Blue 83	Blue 86	Purple Advanced 86
Absorb	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Absorption	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Absorption	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Absorption	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Absorption	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Absorption	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Absorption
Accuracy	+126 Endurance +95 Accuracy +126 Power	+144 Endurance +108 Accuracy +144 Power	+171 Endurance +130 Accuracy +171 Power	+163 Endurance +123 Accuracy +163 Power	+175 Endurance +133 Accuracy +175 Power	+193 Endurance +147 Accuracy +193 Power
Alacrity	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Alacrity	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Alacrity	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Alacrity	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Alacrity	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Alacrity	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Alacrity
Critical	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Critical	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Critical	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Critical	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Critical	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Critical	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Critical
Redoubt	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Defense	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Defense	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Defense	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Defense	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Defense	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Defense
Shield	+126 Endurance +95 Shield +126 Power	+144 Endurance +108 Shield +144 Power	+171 Endurance +130 Shield +171 Power	+163 Endurance +123 Shield +163 Power	+175 Endurance +133 Shield +175 Power	+193 Endurance +147 Shield +193 Power
Versatile	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Mastery	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Mastery	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Mastery	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Mastery	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Mastery	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Mastery

How to Craft Augments

Crafting your own high-end augments is a huge process – you’ll need multiple crew skills, multiple schematics, and rare materials. I have a step-by-step on how to make your own on my How to Craft Augments Guide!

SWTOR How to Craft Augments Guide

Pssttt… this is actually the end of the guide. The rest of the information is supplementary for players who really want to dig in to augments, or need the exact names of the augments they are looking to buy! – Swtorista

Augments List

This is a full list of all the augments available in the game for high-level characters. Roll your mouse over the augment to see its stats.

Icon	Item	Rating	Stat	Lvl	Patch	Source	Stats
	Absorb Augment 45	220	Absorb	65	5.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armormech	low
	Accuracy Augment 45	220	Accuracy	65	5.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	low
	Alacrity Augment 45	220	Alacrity	65	5.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armormech	low
	Critical Augment 45	220	Critical	65	5.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving	low
	Fortitude Augment 45	220	Endurance	65	5.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Endurance	low
	Overkill Augment 45	220	Power	65	5.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	low
	Redoubt Augment 45	220	Defense	65	5.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving	low
	Shield Augment 45	220	Shield	65	5.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	low
	Versatile Augment 45	220	Mastery	65	5.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	low
	Advanced Absorb Augment 45	228	Absorb	68	5.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armormech	low
	Advanced Accuracy Augment 45	228	Accuracy	68	5.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armstech	low
	Advanced Alacrity Augment 45	228	Alacrity	68	5.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armormech	low
	Advanced Critical Augment 45	228	Critical	68	5.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Synthweaving	low
	Advanced Fortitude Augment 45	228	Endurance	68	5.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Endurance	low
	Advanced Overkill Augment 45	228	Power	68	5.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armstech	low
	Advanced Redoubt Augment 45	228	Defense	68	5.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Synthweaving	low
	Advanced Shield Augment 45	228	Shield	68	5.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armstech	low
	Advanced Versatile Augment 45	228	Mastery	68	5.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armstech	low
	Advanced Absorb Augment 46	230	Absorb	70	5.6.0	Traitor Among the Chiss	low
	Advanced Accuracy Augment 46	230	Accuracy	70	5.6.0	Traitor Among the Chiss	low
	Advanced Alacrity Augment 46	230	Alacrity	70	5.6.0	Traitor Among the Chiss	low
	Advanced Critical Augment 46	230	Critical	70	5.6.0	Traitor Among the Chiss	low
	Advanced Redoubt Augment 46	230	Defense	70	5.6.0	Traitor Among the Chiss	low
	Advanced Shield Augment 46	230	Shield	70	5.6.0	Traitor Among the Chiss	low
	Advanced Versatile Augment 46	230	Mastery	70	5.6.0	Traitor Among the Chiss	low
	Superior Absorb Augment 46	238	Absorb	70	5.6.0	Crafting Trainer - Armormech	low
	Superior Accuracy Augment 46	238	Accuracy	70	5.6.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	low
	Superior Alacrity Augment 46	238	Alacrity	70	5.6.0	Crafting Trainer - Armormech	low
	Superior Critical Augment 46	238	Critical	70	5.6.0	Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving	low
	Superior Redoubt Augment 46	238	Defense	70	5.6.0	Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving	low
	Superior Shield Augment 46	238	Shield	70	5.6.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	low
	Superior Versatile Augment 46	238	Mastery	70	5.6.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	low
	Superior Absorb Augment 48	242	Absorb	70	5.9.0	Nathema Schematic - Armormech	low
	Superior Accuracy Augment 48	242	Accuracy	70	5.9.0	Nathema Schematic - Armstech	low
	Superior Alacrity Augment 48	242	Alacrity	70	5.9.0	Nathema Schematic - Armormech	low
	Superior Critical Augment 48	242	Critical	70	5.9.0	Nathema Schematic - Synthweaving	low
	Superior Redoubt Augment 48	242	Defense	70	5.9.0	Nathema Schematic - Synthweaving	low
	Superior Shield Augment 48	242	Shield	70	5.9.0	Nathema Schematic - Armstech	low
	Superior Versatile Augment 48	242	Mastery	70	5.9.0	Nathema Schematic - Armstech	low
	Absorb Augment 73	276	Absorb	73	6.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armormech	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Mastery
	Accuracy Augment 73	276	Accuracy	73	6.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	+126 Endurance +95 Shield Rating +126 Power
	Alacrity Augment 73	276	Alacrity	73	6.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armormech	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Defense Rating
	Critical Augment 73	276	Critical	73	6.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Critical Rating
	Redoubt Augment 73	276	Defense	73	6.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Alacrity Rating
	Shield Augment 73	276	Shield	73	6.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	+126 Endurance +95 Accuracy Rating +126 Power
	Versatile Augment 73	276	Mastery	73	6.0.0	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	+126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Absorption Rating
	Advanced Absorb Augment 74	286	Absorb	75	6.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armormech	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Absorption Rating
	Advanced Accuracy Augment 74	286	Accuracy	75	6.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armstech	+144 Endurance +108 Accuracy Rating +144 Power
	Advanced Alacrity Augment 74	286	Alacrity	75	6.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armormech	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Alacrity Rating
	Advanced Critical Augment 74	286	Critical	75	6.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Synthweaving	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Critical Rating
	Advanced Redoubt Augment 74	286	Defense	75	6.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Synthweaving	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Defense Rating
	Advanced Shield Augment 74	286	Shield	75	6.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armstech	+144 Endurance +108 Shield Rating +144 Power
	Advanced Versatile Augment 74	286	Mastery	75	6.0.0	Reverse Engineer - Armstech	+144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Mastery
	Superior Absorb Augment 77	300	Absorb	75	6.1.4	Crafting Trainer - Armormech	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Absorption Rating
	Superior Accuracy Augment 77	300	Accuracy	75	6.1.4	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	+171 Endurance +130 Accuracy Rating +171 Power
	Superior Alacrity Augment 77	300	Alacrity	75	6.1.4	Crafting Trainer - Armormech	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Alacrity Rating
	Superior Critical Augment 77	300	Critical	75	6.1.4	Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Critical Rating
	Superior Redoubt Augment 77	300	Defense	75	6.1.4	Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Defense Rating
	Superior Shield Augment 77	300	Shield	75	6.1.4	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	+171 Endurance +130 Shield Rating +171 Power
	Superior Versatile Augment 77	300	Mastery	75	6.1.4	Crafting Trainer - Armstech	+171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Mastery
	Absorb Augment 83	296	Absorption	80	7.6	XR-53 Story Mode / GTN Schematic - Armormech	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Absorption Rating
	Accuracy Augment 83	296	Accuracy	80	7.6	XR-53 Story Mode / GTN Schematic - Armstech	+163 Endurance +123 Accuracy Rating +163 Power
	Alacrity Augment 83	296	Alacrity	80	7.6	XR-53 Story Mode / GTN Schematic - Armormech	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Alacrity Rating
	Critical Augment 83	296	Critical	80	7.6	XR-53 Story Mode / GTN Schematic - Synthweaving	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Critical Rating
	Redoubt Augment 83	296	Defense	80	7.6	XR-53 Story Mode / GTN Schematic - Synthweaving	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Defense Rating
	Shield Augment 83	296	Shield	80	7.6	XR-53 Story Mode / GTN Schematic - Armstech	+163 Endurance +123 Shield Rating +163 Power
	Versatile Augment 83	296	Mastery	80	7.6	XR-53 Story Mode / GTN Schematic - Armstech	+163 Endurance +163 Power +123 Mastery
	Absorb Augment 86	296	Absorption	80	7.6	XR-53 Story Mode / GTN Schematic - Armormech	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Absorption Rating
	Accuracy Augment 86	302	Accuracy	80	7.6	XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Armstech	+175 Endurance +133 Accuracy Rating +175 Power
	Alacrity Augment 86	302	Alacrity	80	7.6	XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Armormech	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Alacrity Rating
	Critical Augment 86	302	Critical	80	7.6	XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Synthweaving	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Critical Rating
	Redoubt Augment 86	302	Defense	80	7.6	XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Synthweaving	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Defense Rating
	Shield Augment 86	302	Shield	80	7.6	XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Armstech	+175 Endurance +133 Shield Rating +175 Power
	Versatile Augment 86	302	Mastery	80	7.6	XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Armstech	+175 Endurance +175 Power +133 Mastery
	Advanced Absorb Augment 86	310	Absorption	80	7.6	Reverse Engineer XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Armormech	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Absorption Rating
	Advanced Accuracy Augment 86	310	Accuracy	80	7.6	Reverse Engineer XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Armstech	+193 Endurance +147 Accuracy Rating +193 Power
	Advanced Alacrity Augment 86	310	Alacrity	80	7.6	Reverse Engineer XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Armormech	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Alacrity Rating
	Advanced Critical Augment 86	310	Critical	80	7.6	Reverse Engineer XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Synthweaving	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Critical Rating
	Advanced Redoubt Augment 86	310	Defense	80	7.6	Reverse Engineer XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Synthweaving	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Defense Rating
	Advanced Shield Augment 86	310	Shield	80	7.6	Reverse Engineer XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Armstech	+193 Endurance +147 Shield Rating +193 Power
	Advanced Versatile Augment 86	310	Mastery	80	7.6	Reverse Engineer XR-53 Veteran Mode / GTN Schematic - Armstech	+193 Endurance +193 Power +147 Mastery

Rare Augment Crafting Materials

These are some of the materials you may find in the schematics for crafting augments.

Note: I haven’t added the new 7.6 materials yet. You can read about them in the How to Craft Augments Guide.

Icon	Material Name	Skill	Grade	Type	Notes
	Exotic Isotope Stabilizer	Content	Level 65	Rare Material	Info: Tier 1 Exotic Crafting Material - Level 65 crafting, used in almost every crafting schematic. Jawa Junk: x10 Scrap: Assorted Droid Parts (blue)
	Dark Matter Catalyst	Content	Level 65	Rare Material	Info: Tier 1 Exotic Crafting Material - Level 65 crafting, but only for earpieces, implants, relics and modifications, and the Crystal of Nightmare Fury, which gives a buff in Master mode operations. Jawa Junk: x8 Scrap: Jawa Junk (purple)
	Strategic Resource Matrix	Content	Level 65	Rare Material	Info: Tier 1 Exotic Crafting Material - Level 65 crafting, including some really cool armor sets that are available to be reverse-engineered even by level 75 players. Jawa Junk: x8 Scrap: Jawa Junk (purple)
	Ancient Tome	Content	Level 70	Rare Material	Info: Level 70 top-tier crafting, can be bought from a vendor on Ossus for 100,000 Credits and 65 Relics of Ossus. All items crafted with these, with the exception of level 70 modifications, can also be bought directly from the Masterwork Vendor on Ossus, costing 27,500 credits and Champion status with Ossus Reputation. Jawa Junk: Not available
	Refined Isotope Stabilizer	Content	Level 70	Rare Material	Info: Tier 2 Exotic Crafting Material - Used in almost all level 70 crafting. Jawa Junk: x12 Scrap: Assorted Droid Parts (blue)
	Charged Matter Transubstantiator	Content	Level 70	Rare Material	Info: Grade 10 Crafting Material - Level 70 top-tier crafting for creating Masterwork items. All items crafted with these, with the exception of level 70 modifications and augments, can also be bought directly from the Masterwork Vendor on Ossus, costing 27,500 credits and Champion status with Ossus Reputation. Augments are the only relevant thing at 75, Superior Augment 46, are a good cheap alternative to level 75 augments. Jawa Junk: x200 Scrap: Jawa Junk (purple)
	Encrypted Memory Core	Content	Level 70	Rare Material	Info: Grade 10 Crafting Material - Level 70 top-tier crafting for creating augments. Can drop from Guild Conquest reward Augment Components Lockboxes for lvl 10-70 characters if you choose the box instead of an Encryption. Jawa Junk: Not available
	Iokath Recombinator	Content	Level 70	Rare Material	Info: Grade 10 Crafting Material - Required for crafting Dark Projects, this mostly-retired material can be bought from the vendor located near the Umbara flashpoint entrance on Odessan for 350,000 credits each. Jawa Junk: Not available
	Superior Resource Matrix	Content	Level 70	Rare Material	Info: Tier 2 Exotic Crafting Material Jawa Junk: x10 Scrap: Jawa Junk (purple)
	Void Matter Catalyst	Content	Level 70	Rare Material	Info: Tier 2 Exotic Crafting Material - Level 70 crafting for modifications only. These seem very hard to get these days - seem to drop from some Veteran Mode and Master Mode operations like Ravagers. Jawa Junk: Not available
	Processed Isotope Stabilizer	Content	Level 75	Rare Material	Info: Tier 3 Exotic Crafting Material - Abbreviated to Isos, this material comes from quite a few sources but mainly from Flashpoints and Operations. The more difficult Story / Veteran / Master mode, the more you will get. Used in almost all level 75 crafting. Jawa Junk: Not available
	Solid Resource Matrix	Content	Level 75	Rare Material	Info: Tier 3 Exotic Crafting Material - Abbreviated to SRM, this material is mainly earned through Conquest. Used for crafting higher-end level 75 purple and gold-bordered equipment, modifications and augments. They were unavailable in the game for a while but returned in update 7.0.2 to the Jawa Vendor. Jawa Junk: x30 Scrap: Jawa Junk (purple)
	CM-1337	Content	Level 75	Rare Material	Info: Grade 11 Legendary Combined Material - Combination of an OEM-37 and RPM-13, to craft the best (and very expensive) augments at level 75 available in the game Jawa Junk: Not available
	Legendary Ember	Content	Level 75	Rare Material	Info: Legendary Component - Used to craft the second-best augments in the game and item-rating 300-306 mods and equipment. Legendary Embers, which have a small chance to drop from rich crafting missions, and a high chance to drop from the special one-time wealthy crafting missions from datapads for any gathering skill. They also have a chance of dropping when you deconstructing item-rating 300+ gear and grade 11 slicing lockboxes. They can also drop from Ranked PvP reward boxes. Embers can be bought from the Spoils of War vendor on the fleet for 3,000 Tech Fragments each. Jawa Junk: Not available
	OEM-37	Content	Level 75	Rare Material	Info: Tier 3 Exotic Crafting Material - Drops from Master Mode Operations. Very expensive crafting material used to craft the best level 75 augments in the game. Players with 10,000 Tech Fragments can trade them in for an OEM-37 or RPM-13 in the Supplies section of the Fleet in a quest from a very small datapad at level 75. Jawa Junk: Not available
	RPM-13	Content	Level 75	Rare Material	Info: Tier 3 Exotic Crafting Material - Drops from the Weekly Group Ranked Warzone Lockbox. Very expensive crafting material used to craft the best level 75 augments in the game. Players with 10,000 Tech Fragments can trade them in for an OEM-37 or RPM-13 in the Supplies section of the Fleet in a quest from a very small datapad at level 75. Jawa Junk: Not available