SWTOR Tatooine Dynamic Encounters Guide

Dynamic Encounters are scheduled, timed quests on different planets in Star Wars: The Old Republic. If you are new to Dynamic Encounters and want to learn more about how they work and how to find them, visit the Dynamic Encounters Guide! This guide goes over all the Dynamic Encounters on Tatooine!

Hidden Chain Invasion

Description: The Hidden Chain are plundering Czerka tech they’ve unearthed. Rally your allies and drive them off-world!

Step 1:

• Repell the Hidden Chain 0%
• Reclaim Unearthed Czerka Tech 0/25

Step 2:

• Defeat the Hidden Chain Lieutenant

Progress: (Group Shared)

Timer: 1 hour

*** i had a piece of the Hidden Chain armor drop from a random Hidden Chain enemy in the area during the encounter.

*** The enemies – the Hidden Chain – stayed around even after the Encounter had ended. It’s assumed they disappear after the timer, invisible once the Ecnounter is completed, runs out. This might be useful for trying to farm the Hidden Chain armor from teh enemies.

Hydro Hustle

Description: Drive away the Womp Rats that attacked these moisture farmer transports and retrieve any remaining viable water canisters.

Steps:

• Defeat Womp Rats (x20)
• Retrieve Water Canisters (x6)

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: ???

These respawn but slightly slow, but not super slow.

Imperial Attack: Anchorhead

Description: Imperial forces are attacking Anchorhead. Drive them back!

Steps:

• Defeat Imperial Troops (x30)
• Defeat Imperial Walker
• Optional: Pick up Pyro Grenades for Extra Firepower

Part 2

Defeat Imperial Walker

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 45 Minutes

Radio Silencing

Description: Strange datastreams have activated in Anchorhead, sending Czerka-encrypted signals. Stop whatever they’re up to.

Step 1:

• Scan for Frequency Aurek
• Scan for Frequency Besh
• Scan for Frequency Cresh
• Scan for Frequency Cherek

To scan, once you are in the area of the quest, left-click the icon of the Scanners in your quest log or the Mission tab of your inventory.

The towers to try scanning are up.

Step 2:

• Deactivate Unauthorized Relays (x3)
• Deactivate First rminal
• Deactivate Second Terminal

The terminals are towers on the ground and you can right-click them they are glowing blue. Each one has a little puzzle.

Puzzle: Password – is Tatooine and Sand

Puzzle: It doesn’t respond. Check the power source and yank the cable.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Road Gig: The Debut

Description: The Double Sunburns have broken down and been attacked by womp rats! Help them get back on the road or they’ll miss their gig.

Steps:

• Recover Nalargon Keys (x15)
• Recover Kloo Horn Reeds (x2)
• Recover Audio Cables (x3)

The Womp Rats have eaten the pieces you are looking for.

Step 2

• Repair Speeders

• This speeder’s cabling has been chewed on. – Replace Wiring Ability on ability bar
• The landspeeder’s engine assembly is overheated – Add Coolant
• This speeder has major body damage and many dents – Hammer Dents

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 45 minutes

Road Gig: The Sopohmore Album

Description: Help the Double Sunburns drum up interest for their upcoming gig at the Anchorhead Cantina.

Step1 :

• Find the Double Sunburns’ Strummer

Step 2:

• Use Power Sources to Charge the Battery (x8)

Step 3:

• Power Up the Ad Gonk

Step 4:

• Advertise the Gig to Residents

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 Minutes

Road Gig; The Comeback

Description: The Double Sunburns finally made it to their gig. Celebrate with them and enjoy the show!

Steps:

• Show off Your Dance Moves
• Cheer for the Band (x3)
• Intimidate Discourteous Patrons
• Sample Beverages (x5)

Progress: Group Shared – It’s down in the cantina even if you can’t see the marker.

Timer: 45 minutes

Cheer for the Band – Stand in front of the band and click the temporary abilities.

The Dance ability is another objective,

Intimidate Discourteous Patrons – Find a Discourteous Patron answering a holocall during the show, left-click them, and  then click the right-hand ability.

Sample Beverages – There are some blue drinks on the nearby counter you can right-click.

Spaceport Chaos

Description: It’s chaos in here! Tiny banthas have broken out of their shipping containers and must be wrangled.

Step 1:

• Get a Banth Lasso (look for glowing blue crates)

Step 2:

• Return Banthas to Shipping Containers x15

To catch banthas, you need to left-click the temporary ability of a grapple hook on your temporary ability bar. Then left-click the green circle so it goes on a bantha. You an can hold up to three banthas at a time.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 Minutes

Weary Travelers

Description: A sudden flood of travelers fleeing both Sand People and the Empire have reached Anchorhead. Help the local militia by handing out supplies to the travelers.

Steps:

Part 1:

• Retrieve Hydration Supplies
• Retrieve Medical Supplies
• Retrieve Food Supplies

Part 2:

• Go to the Weary Travelers
• Take Care of Travelers’ Ailments (x10)

Retrieve Hydration Supplies:

Retrieve Medical supplies:

Retrieve Food Supplies:

Starving Traveller: Needs food

Parched Traveller: needs water

Injured Traveller: needs medicine

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes (A)

Archaeological Scramble

Description: Sandquakes have exposed buried artifacts. Help the jawas recover them before the scavengers can!

Steps:

• Recover Relics (x10)
• Defeat Sand People Scavengers (x15)

If you want, you can pick up the Strange Techno-relic (not required) which are the other type of blue glowing half-chest on the ground.

It will give you a temporary ability – first select an enemy, then click the temporary ability.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Territorial Bantha

Description: This bantha has become a menace to trade caravans and must be stopped.

Steps:

• Defeat the Territorial Bantha

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Malfunctioning Czerka Droid

*** I got a [Honoured Master’s Fitted Belt] dropped from this droid. He is a champion droid. Robyn got a [Honoured Master’s Fitted Boots] from the same droid. The droid respawn frequently so that might be a way of farming the set?

Description: Czerka’s prior activities on Tatooine still cause trouble for the planet’s inhabitants. Destroy this deadly haywire battledroid.

Steps:

• Defeat the Czerka Droid

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Militant Jawa

Description: Some Jawa reject peaceful trading and embrace violence. Stop this one before he rallies more Jawas to his cause

Steps:

• Defeat the Militant Jawa

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: ???

When you see any droids of any type pop up, defeat them first.

Surly Dunerill

Description: This aggressive beast threatens anything caught in its path. Defeat it.

Steps:

• Defeat the Surly Dunerill

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Sand People Warband

Description: Though many Sand People are peaceful, rare warbands like this one seek outsider blood.

Steps:

• Defeat the Sand People Marauder
• Defeat the Sand People Aggressor
• Defeat the Sand People Sniper

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

***** i got [Fitted Helmet of the Electric Gaze] x2. I also had it drop on the live server

Ancient Womp Rat

Description: This womp rat has survived many times longer than most, growing to a dangerous size for its ferocity.

Steps:

• Defeat the Ancient Womp Rat

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 Minutes

Brooding Season

Description: Sand Worm breeding season has begun. The population of these dangerous creatures must be kept under control.

Steps:

• Defeat Sand Wormlets (x25)
• Destroy Eggpods (x20)
• Agitate and Defeat a Sandworm Broodmother

To summon the broodmother,right-clck the large blue glowing cannister called a “Subsurface Vibration Propogator”. It needs to respawn, so it won’t be visible if someone just spawned and killed the Broodmother.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Czerka Sabotage

Description: Drive the Czerka forces from the desert. Perhaps the Unstable Czerka Droids could be of assistance…

Steps:

• Defeat Czerka Forces x30 – In the desert above-ground only, not in the tunnel.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

If you right-click the glowing blue droid, you can get one beside you to help you fight.

Dust to Dust

Description: The Exchange are secretly stockpiling illegal spice here. Destroy the stockpiles before they have a chance to move it.

Steps:

• Defeat Exchange Forces (x25)
• Destroy Illegal Spice Stockpiles (x10)

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

In the Wrong Hands

Description: Raiders have assaulted a weapons convoy and plan to use their plunder in further raids. Stop their operation

Steps:

• Battle the Sand People Raiders (x15)
• Confiscate Stolen Weapons (x8) – Right click the glowing blue crates.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Republic Attack: Outpost Zaroshe

Description: Republic Troops are attacking Outpost Rennar. Help the local defenses repel the attack.

Steps:

• Repel the Republic Attack 100%

Step 2: 

• Defeat the Republic Walker

Progress: Encounter Shared

Timer: ???

Sand Strike

Description: The Twin Suns have built this staging ground to launch assaults on nearby settlements. Dismantle this operation before they can deploy

Steps:

• Defeat Twin Suns Brutes (x15)
• Defeat Twin Suns Bruisers (x10)
• Defeat Twin Suns Commanders (x5)

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Sarlacc Snacktime

Description: Gamorreans testing out new repulsor guns threaten to rouse the Sarlacc! Stop them and satiate the Sarlacc’s hunger.

Steps:

• Defeat Gamorrean Forces (x15)
• Blast Gamorreans into the pit with Repulsor Guns (x4)

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes (A)

If you die, and lose your repulsor, after you have put 100% of needed Gamorreans in to the Sarlacc pit, you won’t be able to get another repuslor – it won’t be glowing blue.

The Scavengers Tale

Description: A band of Jawas stumbled on rubble housing valuable-looking droid parts. Help them find parts and repair the droids.

Part 1:

• Recover Droid Parts (x8)

Part 2:

• Diagnose the Broken Droids (x3)

Select a droid then left-click the temporary ability to Diagnose them. Do all three.

Step 3:

• Get a toolkit

Step 4:

• Repair Locomotors
• Inject Hydraulic Fluids
• Install Motivator

Select a droid then give it the part it is missing in your temporary ability bar.

Step 5:

• Return unsused parts

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 45 minutes

Another Scavengers Tale

Description: The droids this band of Jawas found and repaired have turned on them! Help the Jawas fend them off and recover.

Steps:

• Defend Against Haywire Droids 100%
• Aid Injured Jawas x15 – Right-click the Jawas to heal them.

Progress: Encounter Shared

Timer: 45 Minutes

The Last Scavenger’s Tale

Description: A massive battledroid has hunted down the scavengers! Help them fend it off to put an end to their troubles.

Steps:

• Defeat the Czerka Droid – To break the droid’s shields, you can right-click the glowing blue electro-tanks then walk over to the green arrows in the sand and step on them to place the electro-tanks. Then when you fight the boss, when he is shielded, walk over to the electro-tanks you placed on the ground and have the droid walk over the tanks which will remove the shield. If the boss is already standing on a green arrow location, it may not work if you bring an electro-tank and drop it right under him.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 45 minutes

The Renegade Dewback

Description: This dewback has had enough of the domesticated life! Unfortunately, it now poses a threat to travelers.

Steps:

• Defeat Mister Grumbletail

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 Minutes

Gamorrean Taskmaster

Description: This brutal warlord is known for delighting in senseless slaughter.

Steps:

• Defeat the Gamorrean Taskmaster (Crunglor) – He respawns fast if someone just killed him.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Geonosian Warlord

Description: Cunning and ruthless, this warlord will stop at nothing to conquer territory.

Steps:

• Defeat the Geonosian Warlord

Progress: Group Shared. You just need to defeat the one enemy. He respawns very fast.

Timer: 30 minutes.

Mandalorian Battlemaster

Description: The thrill of battle and thirst for a true challenge drive this battlemaster to attack any in her path.

Steps:

• Defeat the Mandalorian Battlemaster

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Twin Suns Brutalizer

Description: Twin Suns operations on Tatooine are expanding, disrupting Imperial and Republic interests alike.

Steps:

• Defeat the Twin Suns Brutalizer

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 Minutes

NOTE: There is a lot of strong Twin Suns enemies nearby. You ONLY need to fight the single Twin Suns Brutalizer for this Dynamic Encounter.

Suns-Crazed Wraid

Description: This creature has been driven to madness by the merciless desert suns.

Steps:

• Defeat the Suns
• Crazed Wraid

Progress: (Group Shared)

Timer: ???

Breezepunks

Description: Gamorreans are stealing energy from local moisture farmers. Help them steal it back!

This quest is not done easily in a group – it is not shared well.

Step 1:

• Find the Technician

The technician is not well marked on the map. You need to find him hidden behind a rock, far to the south of the marker for the encounter. Ignore any green arrows on the ground or anything else.

Step 2:

• Pick up Energy Diverts

Once you find the technician, you must actually go very close to him by walking over. When you get close enough the boxes will glow blue and you can right-click them.

Step 3:

• Reprogram Turbines (x5)
• Plant Energy Diverters (x8)

Signal the technician to repair the turbines: These are glowing blue buttons on the side of the turbine.

Plant energy diverters: These are mostly around the building, but there’s also plenty around the towers – look for green down arrows on the sand, and right-click below the green arrow.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Bug Buster

Description: Disperse the swarm of Geonosians to end their raids in the area.

Steps:

• Defeat Geonosian Drone Scouts (x30)
• Defeat Geonosian Drone Warriors (x15)
• Defeat Geonosian Drone Champions (x8)

Progress: Encounter Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

*** LIVE BUG: This one will show up on the Jundland map but not on the big overall map.

Mandalorian Menace

Description: The Exchange has supplied this rogue faction of Mandalorians with weapons which must be destroyed.

Steps:

• Defeat Rogue Mandalorian Forces (x10)
• Defeat Exchange Forces (x5)
• Destroy Exchange Weapon Crates (x5)

Part 2:

• Defeat the Exchange Captain
• Defeat the Mandalorian Captain

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Republic Attack: Mos Ila

Description: Republic Troops are attacking Mos Ila. Help the local defenses repel the attack.

Steps:

• Defeat Republic Troops 100%

Part 2:

• Defeat Republic Walker

Progress: Encounter Shared

Timer: 45 minutes

You can also pick up some grenades closer to the taxi pad and turrets. Right-clicking the blue box will give you three temporary ability grenades you can throw at enemies. There is also an achievement related to these.

Republic Attack: Outpost Rennar

Description: Republic Troops are attacking Outpost Rennar. Help the local defenses repel the attack.

Steps:

• Defeat Republic Troops 100%

Part 2:

• Defeat Republic Walker

Optional: Repair Czerka Battle Droid for Extra Firepower – look around the city area and buildings for some blue droids. Right-click one to repair it and it will join you in battle.

Progress: Encounter Shared

Timer: 45 minutes

Imperial Attack: Camp Karnori

Description: Imperial Forces are attacking Camp Karnori. Help the local defenses repel the attack.

Steps:

• Defeat Imperial Troops (x30)
• Defeat Imperial Walker

Progress: Encounter Shared

Timer: 45 minutes

Imperial Attack: Outpost Salara

Description: Imperial Forces are attacking Outpost Salara. Help the local defenses repel the attack.

Step 1:

• Defeat Imperial Troops: 100%

Step 2:

• Defeat Imperial Walker

• Optional: Repair Czerka Battle Droid for Extra Firepower – Right-clicking one of these glowing blue droids will spawn a temporary droid to help you.

Progress: Encounter shared

Timer: 45 Minutes

Raiders’ Reckoning

Description: A group of Sand People are kidnapping civilians and trafficking them as slaves. The prisoners must be freed and their captors routed.

Steps:

• Defeat Sand People Forces (x20)
• Free Prisoners (x8)

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Tread Lightly

Description: The canyon has been rigged with deadly traps! Stop them from causing more harm.

Steps:

• Disarm Mines (x15) – You can either step on them or right-click them to disarm them.

Progress: “Group Shared” (IncorRect) – If there are others nearby, you will be competing. The quest says it is “Group
Timer: 30 minutes

Shared” but it is incorrect and you each need to do them separately. They respawn fairly fast though.

Wompfestation

Description: Womp rats have been feeding on refuse tainted with toxic sludge. These mutant creatures must be destroyed.

Steps:

• Deplete the Womp Rat Colony (x25)
• Defeat Irradiated Alpha Womp

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 Minutes

A Bad Exchange

Description: Increased Exchange activity has Imperial command on edge. Hunt down data on their operations for analysis.

Step 1:

• Obtain a Scanner Droid

Look for a floating droid with a green arrow over his head – right click the droid.

Step 2:

• Scan Shady Individuals for Data 100%

Find a Shady Individual with a yellow name. Left-click them to select them, go close to them, and then left-click the temporary ability to scan them.

Step 3:

• Enter the Exchange Safehouse

Step 4:

• Slice the Exchange Shipping Terminal

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 45 minutes

A Worse Exhange

Description: Imperial command discovered the Exchange attempting to smuggle Imperial weaponry offworld. The dangerous shipments must be identified.

Steps:

• Scan for Exchange Contraband (x3)
• Tag Exchange Contraband (x3)

Progress: (Group Shared)

Timer: ???

A Catastrophic Exchange

Description: Give the Exchange a taste of their own medicine! Use the experimental weapons they tried to smuggle off-world to teach them a lesson.

Steps:

• Gear Up with Experimental Weapons
• Defeat Exchange Personnel (x20)

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 45 minutes

*** I got random boots from this quest from random enemies.

Desiccation Threat

Description: Critical moisture harvesting equipment is under attack! Help defend this precious resource.

Steps:

• Repair Damaged Panels (x5)
• Repel Sand People Saboteurs 100%

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

The panels are at the base of the towers.

** I got [Fitted Vambraces of the Electric Gaze] from the Sand People in this encounter.

Hostile Exchange

Description: Exchange agents are covertly conducting business within the area. The locals and their equipment must be scanned to identify these criminals along with any listening devices.

Steps:

• Identify Undercover Exchange Agents (x10)
• Identify Exchange Listening Devices (x10)

NOTES: Abandoned

Progress: (Group Shared)

Timer: ???

Hydration Hazard

Description: Drive away the Womp Rats that attacked these moisture farmer transports and retrieve any remaining viable water canisters.

Steps:

• Defeat Womp Rats x30
• Retrieve Water Canisters x8

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

*** I got [Fitted Vambraces of the Electric Gaze] from a womp rat here.

In Search Of A Problem

Description: Imperial Scientists are experimenting in an attempt to “improve” the local livestock. Help them with their work.

Step 1:

• Obtain Growth Hormone
• Obtain Vaccination
• Obtain Temperament Regulator

Step 2:

• Test Growth Hormone  0%
• Test Vaccination 0%
• Test Temperament Regulator 0%

After you right-click a glowing blue canister, select a bantha and use one of your temporary abilities.

Progress: Group Shared

Timer: 30 minutes

Maintaining Order

Description: Outlaws have been moving into Mos Ila and are threatening to impact Imperial operations. Encourage them to leave the area one way or the other.

Steps:

• Intimidate Outlaws in Mos Ila (x5)

Progress: (Group Shared)

Timer: ???

Network Intrusion

Description: Exchange agents are covertly conducting business within the area. Scan rooftop equipment to identify compromised devices

Steps:

• Identify Compromised Equipment (x10)

NOTES: Abandoned

Progress: (Group Shared)

Timer: ???