SWTOR Dantooine Biome Dynamic Encounters Secrets and Achievements Guide

Players who are level 80 can work on earning the Dantooine Dynamic Encounters achievements and secrets in the Biomes area of Dantooine – here’s the full list of achievements, rewards, and how to get them!

Dantooine Biomes

If you are not familiar with the Dantooine Biomes, they are a level 80 area introduced in Update 7.8 You can learn how to start on the Dantooine Biomes guide.

SWTOR Dantooine Biome Dynamic Encounters Guide

Datapads

The datapads of the Dantooine Biomes help explain the story of the relationship between the scientists and their work on the Dantooine Crashed Ship Zone. They are objects you can right-click and read once you find them. You can visit and find each of the datapads to learn about the lore of the biomes and the doctors, or you can skip straight to the final one to get the secret achievement. See more in the Datapads guide!

SWTOR Dantooine Biomes Secret Datapads Guide& Level Five Geological Aptitude Secret Achievement

Level Five Geological Aptitude

To get the secret Level Five Geological Aptitude achievement, you’ll first need to find the hidden secret Level Five Geological Aptitude Badge, then find the hidden Rock in the Dantooine Biomes area. While this achievement does not require you to find the Datapads, the Datapads tell the story of why there’s a strange rock hidden out in the middle of nowhere, and how to find it if you aren’t following a guide or are naturally curious about exploring. Dantooine Biomes Secret Datapads Guide

 Level Five Geological Aptitude: It really is a nice boulder. // Demonstrate “your” aptitude — 

Lost Researchers / No Sense of Direction Achievement

On a very rare occasion, you will see a lost Researcher, often near one of the glowing blue terminals hidden around. When you select them and get close, you can “give directions” to them to help them get back to their camp. Then they run off. If you manage to find them all over time, you’ll get the No Sense of Direction secret hidden achievement.

• Rescue Doctor Gentra
• Rescue Professor Naul
• Rescue Doctor Maniks
• Rescue Doctor Sanner
• Rescue Doctor Lamuna
• Rescue Doctor Armaxa
• Rescue Doctor Olobus
• Rescue Doctor Losoo
• Rescue Doctor Deld

This achievement is pretty ridiculous – a single lost researcher will appear when all the biomes are at 1-1-1, and then one transitions, causing a crossover event to happen. Which event happens depends on which of the three biomes transitions first from 1-1-1.

Crossovers Events

• Toxin Trouble (Geothermal Into Snow)
• Natural Coolant (Snow Into Geothermal)
• Frozen Spores (Snow Into Sporefall)
• Petals in the Snow (Sporefall Into Snow)

The especially hard part about this achievement is that only one player can find and click the randomly located lost researcher. TodayInTor has an expansive guide on this achievement I recommend checking out if you want to shoot for this achievement.

Tree Jetpack Jumping Pad

In the Sporefall area map, there is a jump pad. When you use it, you go up a tree to a landing pad. You can only use it if you have unlocked the Jump Pads on Ruhnuk.

I haven’t had a lot of luck getting the second pad to work lately – it seems to bug out and land me on the ground.

When you go up the second pad, there is a yellow stim you can use. It gives you a buff called Unknown Adrenal which is a combat buff. Buffs Guide

There is an unusable pile of books.

And something that looks like a pulley or cable, unusable.

The Well

Located on the Research Camp Perimeter, you can jump in it and… well at least the first time you jump down there, you might not die! This will give you the achievement Well, Well, Well.

 Well, Well, Well: The wells of Dantooine hold some secrets, at least. // Explore the Well

Hazard Mitigation Module

There are  glowing blue workshop tables around the area called Hazard Mitigation Modules. These aren’t exactly a secret, but how to use them may not be obvious. Learn more in the Dantooine Biomes Buffs Guide.

Crossover Buffs

There are three combat-focused Crossover buffs: Volcanic Residue, Benign Spores, and Altered Flora. Learn more in the Dantooine Biomes Buffs Guide.

Finding one of each of the different crossover buffs will give you the Expansive Research achievement. Dantooine Biomes Buffs and Unlocks Guide

 Expansive Research: Collect research material from each expanded biome in the ecotones.

• Collect Crystallized Toxins
• Collect Geologic Samples
• Collect Dormant Spores
• Collect Infected Flora

Stims

There are two types of clickable stims hidden around the biomes that will give you a combat boost while you are in the biomes area. They stop working when you die and last 1 hour and 30 minutes once clicked. Only one person can click them, but there are often multiple around the biomes to find and I think they respawn somewhere else when you click them in one location. Learn more in the Dantooine Biomes Buffs Guide.

Research Notes

These blue glowing items are hidden around the three different maps. When you try and right-click them, they say, “This is too dangerous to use without research notes!”

There’s the Supercooled Crystalline Shard in the Glacial biome, the Spore-Coated Mass in the Sporefall area, and the Ejected Sludge Container in the Geothermal biome.  Learn more in the Dantooine Biomes Buffs Guide.

Achievement Rewards

These are definitely on the more difficult side to get – they will take a while to earn!

Dantooine Expedition Carrier

The Dantooine Expedition Carrier is rewarded from completing the achievement Encounter Mastery: Dantooine

• Complete “Encounter Completionist: Dantooine” – Complete every unique Dynamic Encounter in the Dantooine Crash Site.
• Complete “Expedition Leader” – Complete 200 Dynamic Encounters in each area of the Dantooine Crash Site.
• Defeat the Orbital Core

Dantooine Research Vessel Twilight

The Dantooine Research Vessel Twilight is rewarded from completing the achievement Sporefall Expedition IV

• Complete Sporefall Encounters – Complete any 200 of the matching encounters.

Dantooine Research Vessel Inferno

The Dantooine Research Vessel Inferno is rewarded from completing the achievement Geothermal Expedition IV

• Complete Geothermal Disruption Encounters – Complete any 200 of the matching encounters.

Dantooine Research Vessel Zephyr

The Dantooine Research Vessel Zephyr is rewarded from completing the achievementGlacial Expedition IV

• Complete Glacial Trespass Encounters – Complete any 200 of the matching encounters.

Achievement Titles

Legacy Title: I’m Doing My Part (complete every unique encounter once)

Legacy Title: Locked In – Achievement A Core to Settle – Defeat the Orbital Core boss without aid from the Hazard Mitigation Module or other Crash Site buffs. Disqualifying effects are: Regulated Preservation and Aggression Adrenals, Unknown Adrenal, Mysterious Stimpack, Icy Infusion, Weaponized Runoff, and Spore-Spangled.

Spore-Tending Units Achievements

The Spore-Tending Units in the Dantooine Biomes are dangerous floating droids that give off a toxic debuff that will quickly kill your character if you don’t take the right precautions. While you are mostly supposed to avoid them as a hazard in the area, there are two special secret hidden achievements called Spore Thing and Violent Tendencies you can get by gathering a group up and killing the strange Spore-Tending Units flaoting around in the Wreckage on Dantooine area.

Secret Spore-Tending Unit Dantooine Biomes Achievements

•  Spore Thing: Attack and defeat a non-hostle Spore-Tending Unit
•  Violent Tendencies: Defeat 25 Spore-Tending Units // Defeat 25 Spore-Tending Units

Botanical Mystery

If you enjoy exploring the Dantooine Biomes, the A Botanical Mystery and A Botanical Mystery II hidden achievements send you with a pair of secret botanical scanners to look for mystery flowers in the Dantooine Crash Site’s biomes.

Secret Botanical Mystery Dantooine Biomes Achievement

•  A Botanical Mystery: Discover research notes on an unknown botanical species. // Discover Botanical Research Notes // Obtain Botanical Scanners
•  A Botanical Mystery II: Discover the locations of unusual flowers in the Dantooine Crash Site. // Overlooking fledglings, limned by moonlight // Spying on a forward camp // Serenaded by a chorus of croaks // Freezing above a mouth // Calibrating aspirational growth goals // Wilting in the heat // Enjoying the slightly toxic spray // Observing the observers

Abandoned Control Room / Major Malfunction Secret Achievement

I have so little information about this achievement, and I’m unsure if anyone has actually gotten it yet or not. Supposedly, the way it works is you use the Unusual Access Codes to go through the maintenance tunnels, and there is a small chance you might instead get Unusual Access Codes that will lead you to the Abandoned Control Room. There may be a 30 minute cooldown between chances to get the codes, and only a 1% chance of getting the codes, based on the game files. Discussion Thread

 Major Malfunction: Found the Abandoned Control Room. Not on purpose, of course.

Meta

Wreckage Tour

Biome: Meta / Encounter: Wreckage Tour

Complete the mission “Wreckage on Dantooine”

Encounter Mastery: Dantooine

Biome: Meta / Encounter: Encounter Mastery: Dantooine

Complete the “Encounter Completionist: Dantooine” and “Expedition Leader” achievements and defeat the Orbital Core boss.

• Complete “Encounter Completionist: Dantooine” – Complete every unique Dynamic Encounter in the Dantooine Crash Site.
• Complete “Expedition Leader” – Complete 200 Dynamic Encounters in each area of the Dantooine Crash Site.
• Defeat the Orbital Core

Encounter Completionist: Dantooine

Biome: Meta / Encounter: Encounter Completionist: Dantooine

Complete every unique Dynamic Encounter in the Dantooine Crash Site.

• Complete all “Geothermal Disruption Encounters”
  Complete all “Glacial Trespass Encounters”
• Complete all “Sporefall Encounters”

Reward: I’m Doing My Part legacy title

Expedition Leader

Biome: Meta / Encounter: Expedition Leader

Complete 200 Dynamic Encounters in each area of the Dantooine Crash Site.

• Complete “Geothermal Expedition 4” Achievement
• Complete “Glacial Expedition 4” Achievement
• Complete “Sporefall Expedition 4” Achievement

Orbital Core I

Defeat the Orbital Core on Dantooine 1 time.

Orbital Core II

Defeat the Orbital Core on Dantooine 5 times.

Orbital Core III

Defeat the Orbital Core on Dantooine 15 times.

Orbital Core IV

Defeat the Orbital Core on Dantooine 25 times.

A Core to Settle

Biome: Meta / Encounter: A Core to Settle

Defeat the Orbital Core boss without aid from the Hazard Mitigation Module or other Crash Site buffs. Disqualifying effects are: Regulated Preservation and Aggression Adrenals, Unknown Adrenal, Mysterious Stimpack, Icy Infusion, Weaponized Runoff, Spore-Spangled, Altered Flora, Crystallized Energy, Benign Spores, and Volcanic Residue.

Challenges

•  Frostbitten Finisher: Defeat 5 Cryo-Nester Broodguards in the Glacial Trespass while suffering from Freezing.
•  Melt the Messenger: When it spawns, defeat the Cryo-Dominator Droid within 70 seconds during the Dynamic Encounter “Iceweeds.”
•  Thawbringer: Burn 50 Frostblooms or Resonating Frostbulbs in the Glacial Trespass.
•  Whiteout Warrior: Defeat 100 hostile enemies in the Glacial Trespass while suffering from Cryogenic Saturation.
•  Feeling Weird: Have all three spore types from Light Sporefall on you at one time.
•  Beast Friends: Doctor Hoppington and Professor Whiskers send their warmest regards. // Pacify Doctor Hoppingto x25 // Pacify Professor Whiskers x25 (Return of Doctor Spores! (Sporefall Dynamic Encounter, Transition Stage 2 → 3) – this means to do the encounter 25 times, not actually be the one who gets Hoppy or Whiskers beside you.)
•  Filthy Fighter: Defeat 100 hostile enemies in the Geothermal Disruption while suffering from Toxic Contamination.
•  This is Fine: Activate 5 Thermal Regulators without a Coolant Pack during the Dynamic Encounter “Core Overload.”

Transitions

Transition Events I

Biome: Meta / Encounter: Transition Events I

Complete 5 Transition Events on Dantooine.

• Complete Transition Events – Complete any 5 of the matching encounters.

Transition Events II

Biome: Meta / Encounter: Transition Events II

Complete 15 Transition Events on Dantooine.

• Complete Transition Events – Complete any 15 of the matching encounters.

Transition Events III

Biome: Meta / Encounter: Transition Events III

Complete 30 Transition Events on Dantooine.

• Complete Transition Events – Complete any 30 of the matching encounters.

Geothermal

Advanced Research: Geothermal Disruption

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Advanced Research: Geothermal Disruption / Hidden Achievement

Activated the advanced research for Geothermal Disruption on Dantooine.

• Geothermal Disruption Advanced Research [[need more info!]]

Geothermal Disruption Encounters

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Geothermal Disruption Encounters

Complete each unique Dynamic Encounter in Geothermal Disruption on Dantooine.

• Acid Trip
• Brood Basin
• Caretaker Unit K-6
• Caustic Cascade
• Come Up, Fish
• Core Overload
• Data Appropriation
• Fungal Protection
• Graul Graveyard
• Hot Spots
• Complete Under Pressure
• Vent Sync Failure
• Thermal Investigation

Geothermal Expedition I

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Geothermal Expedition I

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Geothermal Disruption area on Dantooine.

• Complete Geothermal Disruption Encounters – Complete any 5 of the matching encounters.

Geothermal Expedition II

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Geothermal Expedition II

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Geothermal Disruption area on Dantooine.

• Complete Geothermal Disruption Encounters – Complete any 25 of the matching encounters.

Geothermal Expedition III

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Geothermal Expedition III

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Geothermal Disruption area on Dantooine.

• Complete Geothermal Disruption Encounters – Complete any 125 of the matching encounters.

Geothermal Expedition IV

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Geothermal Expedition IV

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Geothermal Disruption area on Dantooine.

• Complete Geothermal Disruption Encounters – Complete any 200 of the matching encounters.

Acid Trip

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Acid Trip – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Acid Trip.”

Brood Basin

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Brood Basin – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Brood Basin.”

Caretaker Unit K-6

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Caretaker Unit K-6 – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Caretaker Unit K-6.”

Caustic Cascade

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Caustic Cascade – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Caustic Cascade.”

Come Up, Fish

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Come Up, Fish – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Come Up, Fish.”

Core Overload

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Core Overload – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Core Overload.”

Data Appropriation

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Data Appropriation – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Data Appropriation.”

Fungal Protection

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Fungal Protection – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Fungal Protection.”

Graul Graveyard

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Graul Graveyard – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Graul Graveyard.”

Hot Spots

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Hot Spots – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Hot Spots.”

Thermal Investigation

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Thermal Investigation – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Thermal Investigation.”

Under Pressure

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Under Pressure – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Under Pressure.”

Vent Sync Failure

Biome: Geothermal / Encounter: Vent Sync Failure – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Vent Sync Failure.”

Glacial

Advanced Research: Glacial Trespass

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Advanced Research: Glacial Trespass / Hidden Achievement

Activated the advanced research for Glacial Trespass on Dantooine.

• Glacial Trespass Advanced Research [[need more info!]]

Glacial Expedition I

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Glacial Expedition I

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Glacial Trespass area on Dantooine.

• Complete Glacial Trespass Encounters – Complete any 5 of the matching encounters.

Glacial Expedition II

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Glacial Expedition II

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Glacial Trespass area on Dantooine.

• Complete Glacial Trespass Encounters – Complete any 25 of the matching encounters.

Glacial Expedition III

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Glacial Expedition III

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Glacial Trespass area on Dantooine.

• Complete Glacial Trespass Encounters – Complete any 125 of the matching encounters.

Glacial Expedition IV

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Glacial Expedition IV

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Glacial Trespass area on Dantooine.

• Complete Glacial Trespass Encounters – Complete any 200 of the matching encounters.

Glacial Trespass Encounters

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Glacial Trespass Encounters

Complete each unique Dynamic Encounter in Glacial Trespass on Dantooine.

• Cryocore Override
• Frigid Swarm
• Frostbloom Sweep
• Frostcaller
• Glacial Reclamation
• Hollow Frost
• Iceweeds
• Outpost Defense
• Probe-lems
• Root Cause
• The Cryonest Matron
• Unruly Nesters
• Gelid Tendrils

Cryocore Override

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Cryocore Override – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Cryocore Override.”

Frigid Swarm

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Frigid Swarm – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Frigid Swarm.”

Frostbloom Sweep

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Frostbloom Sweep – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Frostbloom Sweep.”

Frostcaller

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Frostcaller – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Frostcaller.”

Gelid Tendrils

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Gelid Tendrils – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Gelid Tendrils.”

Glacial Reclamation

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Glacial Reclamation – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Glacial Reclamation.”

Hollow Frost

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Hollow Frost – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Hollow Frost.”

Iceweeds

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Iceweeds – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Iceweeds.”

Outpost Defense

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Outpost Defense – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Outpost Defense.”

Probe-lems

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Probe-lems – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Probe-lems.”

Root Cause

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Root Cause – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Root Cause.”

The Cryonest Matron

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: The Cryonest Matron – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “The Cryonest Matron.”

Unruly Nesters

Biome: Glacial / Encounter: Unruly Nesters – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Unruly Nesters.”

Sporefall

Advanced Research: Sporefall

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Advanced Research: Sporefall / Hidden Achievement

Activated the advanced research for Sporefall on Dantooine.

• Sporefall Advanced Research [[need more info!]]

Sporefall Encounters

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Sporefall Encounters

Complete each unique Dynamic Encounter in Sporefall on Dantooine.

• Bigger Trouble
• Complete Dr. Spears, I Presume?
• Fascinating!
• Ginx Of Unusual Size
• Lost Bormu
• No Spies Allowed!
• Return of Doctor Spores!
• Sample Collection: Ginx
• Sample Collection: Makrin
• Sample Collection: Pterathki
• Sample Collection: Yaracats
• Taking Care of Caretakers
• The Watchers
• They Call Me Doctor Spores

Sporefall Expedition I

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Sporefall Expedition I

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Sporefall area on Dantooine.

• Complete Sporefall Encounters – Complete any 5 of the matching encounters.

Sporefall Expedition II

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Sporefall Expedition II

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Sporefall area on Dantooine.

• Complete Sporefall Encounters – Complete any 25 of the matching encounters.

Sporefall Expedition III

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Sporefall Expedition III

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Sporefall area on Dantooine.

• Complete Sporefall Encounters – Complete any 125 of the matching encounters.

Sporefall Expedition IV

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Sporefall Expedition IV

Complete Dynamic Encounters in the Sporefall area on Dantooine.

• Complete Sporefall Encounters – Complete any 200 of the matching encounters.

Bigger Trouble

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Bigger Trouble – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Bigger Trouble.”

Dr. Spears, I Presume?

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Dr. Spears, I Presume? – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Dr. Spears, I Presume?”

Fascinating!

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Fascinating! – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Fascinating!”

Ginx Of Unusual Size

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Ginx Of Unusual Size – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Ginx Of Unusual Size.”

Lost Bormu

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Lost Bormu – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Lost Bormu.”

No Spies Allowed!

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: No Spies Allowed! – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “No Spies Allowed!”

Return of Doctor Spores!

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Return of Doctor Spores! – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Return of Doctor Spores!”

Sample Collection: Ginx

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Sample Collection: Ginx – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Sample Collection: Ginx.”

Sample Collection: Makrin

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Sample Collection: Makrin – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Sample Collection: Makrin.”

Sample Collection: Pterathki

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Sample Collection: Pterathki – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Sample Collection: Pterathki.”

Sample Collection: Yaracats

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Sample Collection: Yaracats – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Sample Collection: Yaracats.”

Taking Care of Caretakers

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: Taking Care of Caretakers – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “Taking Care of Caretakers.”

The Watchers

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: The Watchers – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “The Watchers.”

They Call Me Doctor Spores

Biome: Sporefall / Encounter: They Call Me Doctor Spores – Complete the Dantooine Dynamic Encounter “They Call Me Doctor Spores.”

Secret Room with Skulls

What is this? Why is this? I don’t know! I’m scared! On the area with the quicktravel map, there is a room you can run into.

There is dumped cargo and skulls.