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.
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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!
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!
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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!
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 |
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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 |
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Accuracy Augment 73 | 276 | Accuracy | 73 | 6.0.0 | Crafting Trainer - Armstech | +126 Endurance +95 Shield Rating +126 Power |
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Alacrity Augment 73 | 276 | Alacrity | 73 | 6.0.0 | Crafting Trainer - Armormech | +126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Defense Rating |
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Critical Augment 73 | 276 | Critical | 73 | 6.0.0 | Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving | +126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Critical Rating |
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Redoubt Augment 73 | 276 | Defense | 73 | 6.0.0 | Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving | +126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Alacrity Rating |
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Shield Augment 73 | 276 | Shield | 73 | 6.0.0 | Crafting Trainer - Armstech | +126 Endurance +95 Accuracy Rating +126 Power |
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Versatile Augment 73 | 276 | Mastery | 73 | 6.0.0 | Crafting Trainer - Armstech | +126 Endurance +126 Power +95 Absorption Rating |
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Advanced Absorb Augment 74 | 286 | Absorb | 75 | 6.0.0 | Reverse Engineer - Armormech | +144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Absorption Rating |
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Advanced Accuracy Augment 74 | 286 | Accuracy | 75 | 6.0.0 | Reverse Engineer - Armstech | +144 Endurance +108 Accuracy Rating +144 Power |
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Advanced Alacrity Augment 74 | 286 | Alacrity | 75 | 6.0.0 | Reverse Engineer - Armormech | +144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Alacrity Rating |
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Advanced Critical Augment 74 | 286 | Critical | 75 | 6.0.0 | Reverse Engineer - Synthweaving | +144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Critical Rating |
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Advanced Redoubt Augment 74 | 286 | Defense | 75 | 6.0.0 | Reverse Engineer - Synthweaving | +144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Defense Rating |
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Advanced Shield Augment 74 | 286 | Shield | 75 | 6.0.0 | Reverse Engineer - Armstech | +144 Endurance +108 Shield Rating +144 Power |
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Advanced Versatile Augment 74 | 286 | Mastery | 75 | 6.0.0 | Reverse Engineer - Armstech | +144 Endurance +144 Power +108 Mastery |
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Superior Absorb Augment 77 | 300 | Absorb | 75 | 6.1.4 | Crafting Trainer - Armormech | +171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Absorption Rating |
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Superior Accuracy Augment 77 | 300 | Accuracy | 75 | 6.1.4 | Crafting Trainer - Armstech | +171 Endurance +130 Accuracy Rating +171 Power |
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Superior Alacrity Augment 77 | 300 | Alacrity | 75 | 6.1.4 | Crafting Trainer - Armormech | +171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Alacrity Rating |
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Superior Critical Augment 77 | 300 | Critical | 75 | 6.1.4 | Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving | +171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Critical Rating |
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Superior Redoubt Augment 77 | 300 | Defense | 75 | 6.1.4 | Crafting Trainer - Synthweaving | +171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Defense Rating |
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Superior Shield Augment 77 | 300 | Shield | 75 | 6.1.4 | Crafting Trainer - Armstech | +171 Endurance +130 Shield Rating +171 Power |
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Superior Versatile Augment 77 | 300 | Mastery | 75 | 6.1.4 | Crafting Trainer - Armstech | +171 Endurance +171 Power +130 Mastery |
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![]() | 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 |
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![]() | Exotic Isotope Stabilizer | Content | Level 65 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Dark Matter Catalyst | Content | Level 65 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Strategic Resource Matrix | Content | Level 65 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Ancient Tome | Content | Level 70 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Refined Isotope Stabilizer | Content | Level 70 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Charged Matter Transubstantiator | Content | Level 70 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Encrypted Memory Core | Content | Level 70 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Iokath Recombinator | Content | Level 70 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Superior Resource Matrix | Content | Level 70 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Void Matter Catalyst | Content | Level 70 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Processed Isotope Stabilizer | Content | Level 75 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Solid Resource Matrix | Content | Level 75 | Rare Material |
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![]() | CM-1337 | Content | Level 75 | Rare Material |
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![]() | Legendary Ember | Content | Level 75 | Rare Material |
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![]() | OEM-37 | Content | Level 75 | Rare Material |
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![]() | RPM-13 | Content | Level 75 | Rare Material |
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