{"id":32908,"date":"2024-02-13T22:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/?p=32908"},"modified":"2024-02-14T08:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T16:32:16","slug":"how-to-get-cartel-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/how-to-get-cartel-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Cartel Market Certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cartel Market Certificates can be used to purchase to purchase specific Cartel Market items without having to pay Cartel Coins.\u00a0 These include some rare and sought-out armor sets, weapons, decorations, dyes, pets, mounts and color crystals, and can be a less expensive way of getting these items compared to buying them directly from the GTN with credits or from the Cartel Market with Cartel Coins. However Cartel Market Certificates can be hard to get &#8211; this quick guide goes over how to acquire Cartel Market Certificates.<\/p>\n<h2>Cartel Market Certificate Currency<\/h2>\n<p>You can see how many Cartel Market Certificates you have by clicking the Currency tab in your inventory.Cartel Market Certificates are a legacy-bound currency, which means your currency pool is shared by all your characters on your server.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32943\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cartel-certificatecurrency.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cartel-certificatecurrency.png 474w, https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cartel-certificatecurrency-300x39.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The quick list of where to get them is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cartel Packs<\/li>\n<li>Nightlife Event<\/li>\n<li>Login Rewards<\/li>\n<li>Contraband Slot Machine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you already have Cartel Market Certificates, you should visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/what-can-you-do-with-cartel-certificates-in-swtor\/\">What can you do with Cartel Market Certificates? guide<\/a> for a huge list of 170 items and how to get them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/what-can-you-do-with-cartel-certificates-in-swtor\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32940\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/swtor-cartel-certificate-rewards-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/swtor-cartel-certificate-rewards-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/swtor-cartel-certificate-rewards-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/swtor-cartel-certificate-rewards-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/swtor-cartel-certificate-rewards-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/swtor-cartel-certificate-rewards.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/what-can-you-do-with-cartel-certificates-in-swtor\/\">Cartel Market Certificate Rewards Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>1. Cartel Market Certificates from Ultimate Cartel Packs<\/h2>\n<p>The simplest way to get Cartel Market Certificates is by opening up Ultimate Cartel Packs. Cartel Packs contain a random assortment of Cartel Market items, and that includes Cartel Market Certificates.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32920\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cartel-certificates-ultimate-pack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cartel-certificates-ultimate-pack.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cartel-certificates-ultimate-pack-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cartel-certificates-ultimate-pack-768x412.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the drop rate is very low. Whether you get one is up to random chance, but the odds may be as low as 1 Cartel Market Certificate in every 30 packs you open. Because of this extremely low drop chance, it is almost always better to check the GTN directly for the item you want to use your Cartel Market Certificates for, and buy it directly, rather than buying packs to open and hoping you get a Cartel Market Certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget you can get free Ultimate Cartel Packs from Galactic Seasons. These free Cartel Packs can also include Cartel Certificates.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Cartel Market Certificates from the Nightlife Event<\/h2>\n<p>The more common way to get Cartel Market Certificates is from the <a href=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/swtor-nar-shaddaa-nightlife-event-guide\/\">Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event<\/a> &#8211; but it only takes place once a year for a few weeks, usually in the summer. While the Nightlife Event is running, you have a small chance of winning Cartel Market Certificates from the purple Kingpin\u2019s Bounty Slot Machine or a chance of winning 1 or 2 Cartel Market Certificates from the golden Hutt Emperor&#8217;s Slot Machine. Most players do not specifically play the slot machines to win Cartel Market Certificates, but they are a fun byproduct of playing the event machines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/swtor-nar-shaddaa-nightlife-event-guide\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nar-shadda-nightlife-728x410.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/swtor-nar-shaddaa-nightlife-event-guide\/\">Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>3. Cartel Market Certificates from the Contraband Slot Machine<\/h2>\n<p>If you can find a Stronghold or Guild Flagship that has the Contraband Slot Machine Decoration in it, you can \u201cplay\u201d it to win reputation items for the Underworld Exchange reputation track. This decoration also has a rare chance of dropping Cartel Market Certificates &#8211; these used to drop more commonly, but the rate was reduced to a very low chance a long time ago. If you don\u2019t have one of these slot machine decorations, check the publicly listed strongholds in the Strongholds &amp; Crew Skills sections of the fleet and rich players may have one publicly available. During the limited-time Nightlife Casino event, you can play non-decoration slot machines and win Cartel Market Certificates as part of the event.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/decorations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/swtor-2015-04-19-15-26-57-56.jpg\" width=\"719\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>4. Login Rewards<\/h2>\n<p>For every day that you log in to the game, you go up one level on the <a href=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/swtor-daily-login-reward-guide\/\">Login Rewards track<\/a>. The tracks cycle through three different Calendars as you log in over time. All three Calendars have 5 Cartel Certificates on the 24th day you log in to them. To claim them, click the Claim button on the 24th day, or they will be delivered to your mailbox on one of your characters if you forget to claim them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/swtor-daily-login-4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>5. Old Cartel Packs that Contain Cartel Market Certificates<\/h2>\n<p>In the past a long time ago, Cartel Market Certificates only came out of certain cartel packs via random chance. Eventually, the developers stopped making individually-named packs, and started selling just the Ultimate Cartel Packs, which are a general type of Cartel Pack, which is mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32910\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/silver_galaxy_pack.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32911\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mtx_stronghold_gatekeeper.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32912\" src=\"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mtx_bounty_tracker.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"56\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will still occasionally find these older Cartel Packs from players who bought them back in the day, and they might have a Cartel Market Certificate in them. Cartel Market Certificates were <em>not<\/em> found at all in the first shipment of cartel packs or the nightlife packs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulator&#8217;s Contraband Pack<\/li>\n<li>Enforcer\u2019s Contraband Pack<\/li>\n<li>Vice Commandant\u2019s Contraband Pack<\/li>\n<li>Archon\u2019s Contraband Pack<\/li>\n<li>Supreme Mogul\u2019s Contraband Pack<\/li>\n<li>Contractor\u2019s\u00a0 Bounty Pack<\/li>\n<li>Freelancer\u2019s Bounty Pack<\/li>\n<li>Pursuer\u2019s Bounty Pack<\/li>\n<li>Tracker\u2019s Bounty Pack<\/li>\n<li>Opportunist\u2019s Bounty Pack<\/li>\n<li>Dogfighter\u2019s Starfighter Pack<\/li>\n<li>Wingman\u2019s Starfighter Pack<\/li>\n<li>Galactic Ace\u2019s Starfighter Pack<\/li>\n<li>Space Jockey\u2019s Starfighter Pack<\/li>\n<li>Hotshot\u2019s Starfighter Pack<\/li>\n<li>Gatekeeper&#8217;s Stronghold Pack<\/li>\n<li>Builder\u2019s Stronghold Pack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Thank you playerbpphantom for digging through Ultimate Cartel Packs to see if Cartel Market Certificates drop from them and what they look like in the screenshot above!<\/em><\/p>\n<style>table{font-size:12px;}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cartel Market Certificates can be used to purchase to purchase specific Cartel Market items without having to pay Cartel Coins.\u00a0 These include some rare and sought-out armor sets, weapons, decorations,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-guides","category-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swtorista.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}