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Free-to-Play & Preferred Crystals in SWTOR

Don't have Artifact Authorization? Here's a list of crystals you can find and equip even without being a subscriber or having the expensive Artifact Authorization unlock.

For the Cartel Market crystals, check the GTN and hope that it's within your price range. There is a handful of Cartel Market crystals that are not available to free-to-play, they are not listed below. You can also technically buy them with Cartel Coins on the Cartel Market but Cartel Coins are hard to come by for free-to-play players so I recommend saving them for unlocks instead.

There are only two basic crafted crystals available to free-to-play players, the rest are locked to Artifact Authorization, the available ones are White-Yellow-Orange and White-Purple-Blue.

The only other crystal for free-to-play is the rakhgoul event Black-Green crystal.

Basic Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and Orange crystals are tricky. Free-to-play can not equip the basic +41 purple-bordered crafted crystals. They can however equip any blue-bordered crystals they find along the way or pick up off the ground, and may be able to find a crafter with the now-mostly-retired schematics for the blue-bordered crystals. These schematics can sometimes be found on the GTN for +27 or lower blue-bordered crystals. Your best bet to get one is to ask a veteran player to craft one for you. Lastly, Speciality Vendors on Tatooine and Voss sell weapons that players can pull some basic crystals out of, but not all colors are available, and these crystals are only +9 stats from Tatooine and +20 from Voss. Imperial players can get a low-stats Orange (that for some reason requires level 23), Blue, or Green crystal for 15,000 credits from the Speciality Goods vendor up a set of stairs in Mos Illa on Tatooine, and a medium-stats Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow crystal from the Speciality Goods vendor on Voss for 100,000 credits. Republic players can get a low-stats Orange (that for some reason requires level 23), Blue, or Green crystal for 15,000 credits from the Speciality Goods vendor up a set of stairs in Anchorhead on Tatooine, and a medium-stats Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow crystal from the Speciality Goods vendor on Voss for 100,000 credits.

Free-to-play and preferred players can not use the PvP crystals, about 13 Cartel Market crystals, Eternal Championship crystals, or most of the crafted crystals.

Category
Artifice Cartel Market EC PvP GTN Special Retired Unavailable

Color
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Pink White, Black, Gray

Core Color
Traditional White Core White Core Light Core Colorful Black

Artifact Authorization Not Required
Free-to-play & Preferred
  • Black-Cyanunavailable
  • Black-GreenRakghoul Event
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Black-Orange StriatedCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Black-PinkCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Black-Purple StriatedNo longer available, subscriber reward
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Black-Red StriatedCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Black-Whiteunavailable
  • Black-YellowNo longer available, pre-order reward
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Black-Yellow Striatedunavailable
  • Blood RedCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • BlueCrafting, Artifice Level 1
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: Yes*
  • Blue CoreCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Blue OutlineCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Blue-Cyan-IndigoCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Blue-GrayCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
  • Charred OrangeCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Convulsive Purpleunavailable
  • CopperCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Cyan-BlueCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Derelict-PurpleCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Desert GreenCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Fallen RedCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Farmhand BlueCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Fire OrangeCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Frost GreenCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Frost WhiteCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • FuchsiaCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Gold CoreCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Gray-RedCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • GreenCrafting, Artifice Level 240
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: Yes*
  • Green CoreCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Green EmpethCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Hot OrangeCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Ice BlueCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Imperial CrimsonCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Lime-GreenCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Magenta OutlineCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Magenta-WhiteCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
  • MauveCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Mint GreenCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Olive GreenCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • OrangeCrafting, Artifice Level 300
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: Yes*
  • Orange GoldCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Orange-RedCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Orange-YellowCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Pink CoreCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Pink MagentaCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Pink-PurpleCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Pink-RedCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Pink-YellowCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Pure Blackunavailable
  • Purple LotusCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
  • Purple OutlineCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Purple-BlackCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Radiant GreenCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • RedCrafting, Artifice Level 80
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: Yes*
  • Red-GrayCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
  • Sea GreenCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Silver-BlueCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Smoky AmberCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Soft-PurpleCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Sovereign Gold and BlueCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Teal-BlackCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • TurquoiseCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Umbaran PurpleCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • ViridianCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • WhiteCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • White-BlackCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • White-Blue-PurpleCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • White-GrayCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • White-Purple-BlueCrafting, Artifice Level 350
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • White-Yellow-OrangeCrafting, Artifice Level 350
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • YellowCrafting, Artifice Level 160
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: Yes*
  • Yellow BlueCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
  • Yellow CoreCartel Market or GTN
    +41 Endurance
    +41 Power
    +41 Crit
    +41 Mastery
    Artifact Authorization: No
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