{"id":10224,"date":"2022-11-04T03:10:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/?p=10224"},"modified":"2024-11-07T20:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T04:31:27","slug":"rakghoul-event-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/rakghoul-event-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakghoul Event Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rakghoul Resurgence, better known as the “Rakghoul Event”, is a limited-time event in Star Wars: The Old Republic. This event happens sporadically, and rotates between the planets of Alderaan, Corellia and Tatooine. The event focuses on the outbreak of the Rakghoul virus, and during the event you’ll travel to the rakghoul tunnels that have been dug deep underground. During the event you can earn some unique rewards including a full set of green outbreak response weapons, armor, infected varactyl and dewback mounts, and the black-green crystal. If you are a high level character working on companion recruitment, you can only finish Dr Lokin’s recruitment quest during the Rakghoul event. You can participate in the event as early as level 25, and the event is available to both free-to-play and subscribed players. This event lets you explore the bio-luminescent rakghoul tunnel map,\u00a0 fight the special Eyeless single Operation boss, and if you’re unlucky, you may even catch the Rakghoul plague and pass it on to other players!<\/p>\n

Up to date as of November 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Guide video:<\/p>\n

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Secrets and achievements video:<\/p>\n

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Rewards video:<\/p>\n

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Rakghoul Plague<\/h2>\n

One of the things that makes the Rakghoul event different from the other limited-time events is the Rakghoul plague. Your character can catch the plague by coming in to contact with rakghouls, infected citizens, or by being too near to another player who has caught the plague when they die. Catching the plague doesn’t have any permanent consequences except eventually dying, but it can be very annoying to have the plague while doing most activities in the game, especially anything that involves combat, as the plague will stun you on a frequent basis the longer you have it. You can choose to either inoculate yourself against the rakghoul plague by buying a temporary Rakghoul Vaccine item and using it, and you can get this item easily from most droid vendors, including one near the cargo holds and banks in the center of the Republic or Imperial fleet. If you have extra credits, I highly recommend buying extra to give to other players you meet who forgot theirs as they are tradeable. However, it can be quite fun to catch the disease and try to spread it to your friends or nearby players, and the game actively encourages you to do so through a quest and series of achievements.<\/p>\n

How to Start the Rakghoul Event<\/h2>\n

To start the Rakghoul Event, look for the large floating terminal on the Republic or Imperial fleet. If you use your Fleet Pass ability to get to the fleet, it will be located just down the stairs from where you load in. This will give you the once-per-event introductory quest. The quickest way to get to the Rakghoul planet mentioned in the cutscene, is by opening your activities tab with the symbol of “three little people” near your minimap, go to the solo tab, then choose the Heroic missions Travel button for the planet, then find the camp where T.H.O.R.N., the rakghoul prevention team, has set up near the spaceport by looking for the quest on the map. After you talk to the questgiver, there’s a special taxi nearby to take you to the Spike, which is the entrance to the underground Rakghoul tunnels.<\/p>\n

You can also travel directly to the tunnels by opening your activities tab with the symbol of “three little people” near your minimap then going to the Solo tab and choosing “Event: Rakghoul Resurgence” from the list, and this option will be available if you have not already picked up the Rakghoul weekly quest. However you might still want to complete the introductory quest once per Rakghoul event, as it gives you a free reputation item for talking to the questgivers.<\/p>\n

Quests<\/h2>\n

The Rakghoul missions are a bit spread out. You get a once-per-event introductory mission from the terminal on the Fleet which will lead you to the tunnels, where you can pick up the rest of the quests. Before you do any of the quests, I recommend picking up the hidden Weekly quests, which you can get by opening your activities tab with the symbol of “three little people” near your minimap then going to the Solo tab and choosing “Event: Rakghoul Resurgence” from the list and clicking Travel, even if you’re already in the tunnels. This will give you a weekly that asks you to complete any six Rakghoul daily quests. The other daily quests can be picked up from a Mission Terminal at the start of the Rakghoul tunnels, from a nearby Mission Datapad if you didn’t already pick that mission up in the camp area above ground, and a once-per-event quest from a datapad hidden on a rock in the Western center portion of the first Rakghoul tunnel map. The daily quests are pretty fun and unique, and they’ll have you collecting rakghoul babies, innoculating citizens, scanning beacons, and of course killing Rakghouls. Many of the quests also have special quest items involved, so make sure to look for these items on your quest tracker on the top right of your screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Republic Quest<\/th>Imperial Quest<\/th>Pickup<\/th>Reputation<\/th>Reward<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
To Fight Infection<\/td>Combating the Plague<\/td>Fleet<\/td>Green Reputation Item<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[WEEKLY] Event: Rakghoul Resurgence<\/td>[WEEKLY] Event: Rakghoul Resurgence<\/td>Activities Panel Solo Tab<\/td>Blue Reputation Item<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[DAILY] Quarantine: House Organa<\/td>[DAILY] Quarantine: House Thul<\/td>Mission Datapad<\/td>Green Reputation Item<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[DAILY] Rounding Up Raklings<\/td>[DAILY] Collecting Raklings<\/td>Mission Terminal<\/td>Green Reputation Item<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[DAILY] Tracking the Plague<\/td>[DAILY] Dissecting the Plague<\/td>Mission Terminal<\/td>Green Reputation Item<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[DAILY] A Grim Examination<\/td>[DAILY] All That Remains<\/td>Mission Terminal<\/td>Green Reputation Item<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[DAILY] Navigating the Tunnels<\/td>[DAILY] The Tunnel Network<\/td>Mission Terminal<\/td>Green Reputation Item<\/td>Rakghoul DNA Canister x1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[HEROIC 4] Flora and Fauna<\/td>[HEROIC 4] Fungal Corruption<\/td>Mission Terminal<\/td>Blue Reputation Item<\/td>Rakghoul DNA Canister x2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[DAILY] Spreading Infection<\/td>[DAILY] Spreading Infection<\/td>Reaching Stage 2 of Rakghoul Plague<\/td>Green Reputation Item<\/td>Rakghoul DNA Canister x1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[OPS] The Rakghoul Nightmare<\/td>[OPS] The Rakghoul Nightmare<\/td>Holoterminal (must buy and use [THORN Priority Authorization] item from vendor first)<\/td>Blue Reputation Item<\/td>Rakghoul DNA Canister x2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeelvic's Datapad<\/td>Jeelvic's Datapad<\/td>Deep in to First Rakghoul Tunnel Map (Datapad) OR possibly on Mission Terminal<\/td><\/td>Rakghoul DNA Canister x1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Jeelvic’s Quest<\/h3>\n

Jeelvic’s once-per-event quest is hidden on the first map.<\/p>\n

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Heroic<\/h3>\n

There is also a Heroic quest which is on the very farthest east map, it can technically be solo’d as the enemies are not extremely difficult, but the enemies have a lot of health and take a really long time to fight alone, so if you want to do the Heroic quest it’s recommended that you watch chat for a group trying to form, and then rush to the Heroic whenever you can get a group together to complete it.<\/p>\n

Operation Boss, the Eyeless<\/h3>\n

The Rakghoul event also offers a limited-time single operation boss named The Eyeless you can take on with a team of 8 or 16, in both story mode and veteran mode at level 70 or higher for subscribed players only. There’s a once-per-event quest to defeat the Eyeless that you can pick up by buying the THORN Priority Authorization item from the reputation vendors in the tunnel for 1,000 credits, which will give you 2 Rakghoul DNA Canisters for defeating the Eyeless. On storymode, the boss will drop 4 Rakghoul DNA Canister, and has a chance to drop a Barnacle of the Eyeless and a rare chance of dropping a Symbiote Rakling pet. Because the DNA Canister currency is hard to get, players are often putting together groups in general chat to try and run The Eyeless.<\/p>\n

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The Eyeless is a fun boss to fight, and in story mode you don’t need to be very skilled or well-geared to join in. Before you start, you can ask your group if anyone needs a Vaccine, and trade an extra one to them if they don’t have one on, so that they don’t accidentally die from the plague during the fight.<\/p>\n

There are two important mechanics to watch out for. The first is a purple circle that appears on the ground – this circle is temporary, and you should move out of it as soon as it appears, but can move back when it disappears. The second is a green circle – this nasty green circle is permanent, so the tank will move the boss around the room when the green circles appear, so the other members of the group can always reach the boss without standing in a green circle. Lastly, throughout the fight there will be smaller Rakghoul enemies showing up, and players will want to take care of these Rakghouls quickly. The most common mechanic that kills players is accidentally standing too long in the purple or green circles.<\/p>\n

There’s two strategies you can do for this fight. The easiest for newer groups is to have the tank put their back against the wall, then move the boss slowly around the room, only moving the boss when a green circle covers up the place where melee players would stand. For groups with two experienced tanks, there is a method to fight the Eyeless where the two tanks will “ping pong” the boss by having him walk up and down the length of the room, never stopping, with the second tank taunting the boss when he gets close to the end of the room. If the Eyeless never stops moving, he will never summon the rakghoul enemies or green circles, making the fight a breeze.<\/p>\n

World Bosses<\/h3>\n

While the Rakghoul event is active, depending on which planet is infested, a unique infected world boss will be available on the planet’s surface. Unlike most normal world bosses, the Rakghoul event world bosses offer great rewards including one of the rare items needed to buy the infected varactyl and dewback mount rewards, and the world bosses each also have a chance to drop a pet you can’t get any other way. The world bosses are not particularly difficult and players often put impromptu groups together to fight them in general chat. The only important thing to know about the rakghoul world bosses is that all of them have a special ability that will remove your vaccine and then infect you if you don’t use another vaccine right away, so you’ll want to stock up on vaccines before you leave, as neither the Revan vendor nor the field repair droid sells Vaccines.<\/p>\n

Shellshock – Alderaan World Boss<\/h4>\n

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Directions:<\/strong> Shellshock the Alderaan Rakghoul World Boss is wandering round in the north west section of the King\u2019s Pass map, to the left on the map of House Trader’s Circle. To get to him easily, exit the Spike and head North West.<\/p>\n

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Shellshock can drop the Plagueshard Lylek pet.<\/p>\n

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Toxxun – Corellia World Boss<\/h4>\n

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Directions:<\/strong> Toxxun is very easy to get to Imperial side – just taxi or quicktravel to the Axial Park map, and then run to the east. Republic side, the route to Toxxun is a lot harder – you can either taxi or quicktravle to Axial Park, OR take the [HEROIC] Concierge heroic shuttle which is slightly closer. Then you need to run through a series of confusing tunnels and broken paths heading towards the bottom right of the map – use the map to follow the correct direction and not waste time.<\/p>\n

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Toxxun can drop the Plaguetooth Sleen pet.<\/p>\n

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Plaguehorn – Tatooine World Boss<\/h4>\n

Rakghoul Resurgence on Tatooine limited-time event (it’s been years and I still haven’t remember to grab a pic and a map sorry.)<\/p>\n

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Plaguehorn can drop the Plaguehorn Reek pet.<\/p>\n

Dr Lokin<\/h3>\n

For high level players, the Rakghoul Event is the only time that players who have completed the Knights of the Fallen Empire Chapter 9 can recruit Dr Lokin through the “Kindly Old Monster” alliance alert. There are some steps you should complete before the event happens, as they can be done at any time, including first recruiting Qyzen Fess, speaking to Lokin, bringing him supplies, until you get to the stop that can only be done during the Rakghoul event.<\/p>\n

During the supplies step, there’s a hidden achievement you can get by giving him a Barnacle of the Eyeless, which can only be gotten through the Rakghoul Eyeless operation boss, so if you are interested in this achievement, wait until the Rakghoul event comes around, earn a Barnacle, give it to Lokin along with the other supplies, and then go do the Rakghoul event portion of Lokin’s quest.<\/p>\n

Reputation<\/span><\/h2>\n

Reputation is a way of gaining favor with different groups by completing quests for them. As you level up your reputation rank, more rewards for that reputation track become available.<\/p>\n

By using multiple characters, you won\u2019t be limited to how many Rakghoul quests you run, or to how many Rakghoul DNA Canisters you earn which are the reward currency for the event, but you will still be gated by how many reputation points you can earn \u2013 you can only earn a hard limit of 12,000 Rakghoul reputation points in a week. This time-gating mechanism means you\u2019ll only be able to earn up to the Newcomer rank the first week you run the event. You’ll reach that cap by completing the dailies, heroic and weekly form the activity tab on about four characters if you\u2019re a subscriber, or double that if you\u2019re preferred or free-to-play. If you earn over 12,000 reputation points in a week, then keep doing reputation quests and completing Rakghoul dailies, instead of getting more reputation points, you\u2019ll get reputation items which can be consumed from your inventory in future weeks, so if you get any of these items, just hold on to them until the weekly timer resets. The Rakghoul event reward vendor can be found in the Cartel Bazaar section of the Fleet even after the event, so you’ll be able to spend your Rakghoul DNA Canisters currency even after the event ends.<\/p>\n

You can see your reputation by pressing \u201cY\u201d on your keyboard or hover over the symbol of a person on the menu. You can hover over the T.H.O.R.N. name in the list to see how close you are to the next rank, and how many reputation points you have left remaining that you can earn during this week.<\/p>\n