What are Tech Fragments for in SWTOR?

Tech Fragments are a type of currency in Star Wars: The Old Republic which come from various quests, and are used to purchase high-level gear pieces, crafting materials, and cosmetic items.

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How to Get Tech Fragments

Tech Fragments can be earned a bunch of different ways in-game, mostly at max-level. Tech Fragments Guide

How to Get Tech Fragments in SWTOR

You can purchase these things with your Tech Fragments:

1. Tactical Items

Tactical Items are a high-level type of gear that was introduced to Star Wars: The Old Republic in the Onslaught expansion. You can equip one tactical item at a time. You can buy your first Tactical at level 75+ once you have saved up 3,000 Tech Fragments and 1 million credits.

Tactical Items Guide in SWTOR

2. Legendary Implant

Legendary Implants and Legendary Implant upgrades. At level 80, pick up the Legendary Implants quest. Complete it, and then you can buy your two Legendary Implants for 6,500 Tech Fragments plus other currency each.

Legendary Implants

3. OEM / RPM Rate Crafting Materials

Rare crafting materials you can buy in the Supplies section from the Spoils of War vendor for 4,000 tech fragments which you can sell for credits or use to craft the rarest augments in the game.

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4. Cosmetics

In the supplies section of the fleet there are vendors selling cosmetic items for Tech Fragments. There is also a vendor on Ossus selling decorations.

Cosmetic Armor

In previous gearing systems, there was a system called Galactic Command, and you could get a bunch of different uniquely-colored armors through it that were cosmetic items without any stats. Although the system is now gone, you can still purchase those cosmetic armors with Tech Fragments if you like the way they look. There are also a few other sets from past expansions on that vendor as well.

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These Tech Fragment armors can be purchased directly from a vendor called the Cosmetic Armor and Weapons vendor (Z9-V86 droid) in the Supplies section of the Fleet. The versions from this vendor are Bind to Legacy. These armors do not change between factions and you can buy all the sets on either side. Each piece costs 3,500 Tech fragments plus 500,000 credits, so a full set is quite expensive, but is accessible even to free-to-play players if they save up and buy the set piece-by-piece.

Cosmetic Weapons

Galactic Command also used to reward unique weapons with no stats. Although the system is now gone, you can still purchase those cosmetic weapons with Tech Fragments if you like the way they look. There are also a few other weapons from past expansions on that vendor as well.

These Tech Fragment weapons can be purchased directly from a vendor called the Cosmetic Armor and Weapons vendor (Z9-V86 droid) in the Supplies section of the Fleet. The versions from this vendor are Bind to Legacy. These weapons do not change between factions and you can buy all the sets on either side. Each piece costs 3,500 Tech fragments plus 500,000 credits, so a full set is quite expensive, but is accessible even to free-to-play players if they save up and buy the set piece-by-piece.

View List of All Tech Fragment Weapons

Cosmetic Mounts

Mount Collectors who were not around during the Galactic Command  gearing systems’s time can still get all the mounts it rewarded with Tech Fragments.

These Tech Fragment mounts can be purchased directly from a vendor called the Cosmetic Armor and Weapons vendor (Z9-V86 droid) in the Supplies section of the Fleet. Each mount costs 500 Tech fragments plus 300,000 credits.

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Cosmetic Pets

Pet Collectors who were not around during the Galactic Command  gearing systems’s time can still get all the pets it rewarded with Tech Fragments.

These Tech Fragment pets can be purchased directly from a vendor called the Cosmetic Armor and Weapons vendor (Z9-V86 droid) in the Supplies section of the Fleet. Each pet costs 125 Tech fragments plus 75,000 credits.

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Voss Armors

There are also some unquie armor looks you can buy in the Interpreter’s Retreat area of Voss if you have it unlocked on your character.

Voss Interpreter’s Retreat Armor

You can get these sets in two different ways:

1. A full armor set drop in a lockbox from the Shrine of Silence flashpoint as a random, and uncommon drop. This Armor Lockbox can not be bought/sold on the GTN, BUT it can be traded/given to a friend via the Mail or Trade system!
2. Purchased piece-by-piece with Tech Fragments and Credits from the “Flashpoint Gear Vendor” on Voss in the Pilgrim’s Retreat landing zone, for 1,750 Tech Fragments plus 250,000 Credits per piece

The individual armor pieces are Bound-to-Legacy, but the Armor Lockboxes from the Flashpoint can be traded/mailed (but the individual pieces, after they are opened). These sets are reskins of existing armor sets, but have unique patterns, markings or colorations that can’t be found elsewhere.

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Ossus Tech Fragment Decorations

Ossus Tech Fragment decorations only require Tech Fragments to purchase, but you need to fly to Ossus to buy them from the vendor near where you load in to the planet. There are multiple decoration merchants in this area, but you are looking for the one called Decoration Merchant, a little astromech droid. The others require Reputation with Ossus as well.

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S3-BNS Armors

The previous gearing system for level 75 introduced a huge batch of armors to the game. Although the stats and abilities of these armors are no longer useful, you can still get some cool looks from them. These armors used to be randomized and known as Kai Zykken armors, but now can simply be bought for Tech Fragments.

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You can also get Onslaught level 75/cosmetic Armor Crafting Schematics from the S3-BNS droid vendor (2,000 Tech Frags + 1 million credits per part, and each set has three parts).

Onderon Armors / Spoils of War Vendor

You must be at least level 75 to purchase these. Strangely, the first time I tried to buy the helmet, I received a “Sha’tek” helmet, and the second time I got the proper gold-bordered Onderonian helmet. So there may be some randomness involved.