SWTOR endgame color crystals guide with a gallery of lightsaber crystal colors and methods to obtaining them. Last updated July 30, 2015
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General Information
Naming Convention
There are 4 variants of endgame color crystals, each one with a suffix
- Eviscerating: +41 crit
- Hawkeye: +41 power
- Indestructible: +41 endurance
- War Hero: +41 expertise
Together, the Eviscerating, Hawkeye, and Indestructible crystals are called PvE crystals.
Legacy transfer trick
- If you have characters on both factions and there is a crystal that is easier to get on one faction, you can use legacy weapons to transfer the crystal over to the other side. Legacy weapons can be obtained from the Grand Acquisitions race event back in Aug 2012 or from the Gree event reputation vendors.
Bloom and No Bloom
Bloom, a graphic setting, plays a huge difference in how the color crystals look in game. With the bloom setting off (w/o Bloom), these color crystals look much like the preview colors. All of the crystals below are taken with Bloom setting on (w/ Bloom) and off (w/o Bloom) so you can see the difference.
Basic Colors
These crystals with basic colors have a white core inside them.
Red
Advanced Red War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Red Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Red Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Red Indestructible Crystal |
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Blue
Advanced Blue War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Blue Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Blue Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Blue Indestructible Crystal |
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Yellow
Advanced Yellow War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Yellow Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Yellow Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Yellow Indestructible Crystal |
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Green
Advanced Green War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Green Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Green Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Green Indestructible Crystal |
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Orange
Advanced Orange War Hero Crystal |
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Advanced Orange Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Orange Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Orange Indestructible Crystal |
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Cyan (also known as Light – Blue)
Advanced Cyan War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Cyan Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Cyan Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Cyan Indestructible Crystal |
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Purple
Advanced Purple War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Purple Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Purple Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Purple Indestructible Crystal |
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Magenta (also known as Light- Red)
War Hero |
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Advanced Magenta Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Magenta Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Magenta Indestructible Crystal |
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White
Advanced White Eviscerating Crystal Advanced White Hawkeye Crystal Advanced White Indestructible Crystal Advanced White War Hero’s Crystal |
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Black Core Crystals
Black Red
Advanced Black-Red War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Black-Red Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Black-Red Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Black-Red Indestructible Crystal |
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Black Blue
Advanced Black-Blue War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Black-Blue Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Black-Blue Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Black-Blue Indestructible Crystal |
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Black Yellow
Advanced Black-Yellow War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Black-Yellow Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Black-Yellow Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Black-Yellow Indestructible Crystal |
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Black Green (Rakghoul)
Advanced Black-Green War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Black-Green Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Black-Green Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Black-Green Indestructible Crystal |
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SE Black Green (Razer Hardware)
SE Black-Green War Hero’s Crystal SE Black-Green Hawkeye Crystal SE Black-Green Eviscerating Crystal SE Black-Green Indestructible Crystal |
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Black Orange
Advanced Black-Orange War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Black-Orange Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Black-Orange Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Black-Orange Indestructible Crystal |
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Black Purple
Advanced Black-Purple War Hero’s Crystal |
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Advanced Black-Purple Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Black-Purple Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Black-Purple Indestructible Crystal |
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Other Non CM Color Crystals
Black-Blue Striated
Advanced Black-Blue Striated War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Black-Blue Striated Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Black-Blue Striated Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Black-Blue Striated Indestructible Crystal |
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Black-Silver Striated
Advanced Black-Silver Striated War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Black-Silver Striated Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Black-Silver Striated Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Black-Silver Striated Indestructible Crystal |
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Gladiatorial Gold Outline
Gladiatorial Gold Outline War Hero’s Crystal Gladiatorial Gold Outline Hawkeye Crystal Gladiatorial Gold Outline Eviscerating Crystal Gladiatorial Gold Outline Indestructible Crystal |
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White-Purple-Blue
Advanced White-Purple-Blue War Hero’s Crystal Advanced White-Purple-Blue Hawkeye Crystal Advanced White-Purple-Blue Eviscerating Crystal Advanced White-Purple-Blue Indestructible Crystal |
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White-Yellow-Orange
Advanced White-Yellow-Orange War Hero’s Crystal Advanced White-Yellow-Orange Hawkeye Crystal Advanced White-Yellow-Orange Eviscerating Crystal Advanced White-Yellow-Orange Indestructible Crystal |
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Cartel Market Crystals
These Cartel Market crystals have lower level requirements to use.
Black-Pink
Advanced Black-Pink War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Black-Pink Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Black-Pink Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Black-Pink Indestructible Crystal |
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Blood-Orange Striated
Advanced Blood-Orange Striated War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Blood-Orange Striated Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Blood-Orange Striated Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Blood-Orange Striated Indestructible Crystal |
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Blood Red
Advanced Blood Red War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Blood Red Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Blood Red Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Blood Red Indestructible Crystal |
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Blue Core
Advanced Blue Core War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Blue Core Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Blue Core Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Blue Core Indestructible Crystal |
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Blue-Cyan-Indigo
Advanced Blue-Cyan-Indigo War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Blue-Cyan-Indigo Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Blue-Cyan-Indigo Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Blue-Cyan-Indigo Indestructible Crystal |
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Blue Outline
Advanced Blue Outline War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Blue Outline Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Blue Outline Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Blue Outline Indestructible Crystal |
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Charred Orange
Advanced Charred Orange War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Charred Orange Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Charred Orange Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Charred Orange Indestructible Crystal |
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Copper
Advanced Copper War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Copper Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Copper Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Copper Indestructible Crystal |
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Cyan- Blue
Advanced Cyan- Blue War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Cyan- Blue Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Cyan- Blue Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Cyan- Blue Indestructible Crystal |
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Derelict Purple
Advanced Derelict Purple War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Derelict Purple Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Derelict Purple Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Derelict Purple Indestructible Crystal |
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Gold Core
Advanced Gold Core War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Gold Core Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Gold Core Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Gold Core Indestructible Crystal |
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Green Core
Advanced Green Core War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Green Core Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Green Core Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Green Core Indestructible Crystal |
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Green Empeth
Advanced Green Empeth War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Green Empeth Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Green Empeth Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Green Empeth Indestructible Crystal |
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Hot Orange
Advanced Hot Orange War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Hot Orange Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Hot Orange Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Hot Orange Indestructible Crystal |
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Lime Green
Advanced Lime-Green War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Lime-Green Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Lime-Green Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Lime-Green Indestructible Crystal |
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Magenta Outline
Advanced Magenta Outline War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Magenta Outline Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Magenta Outline Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Magenta Outline Indestructible Crystal |
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Mint Green
Advanced Mint-Green War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Mint-Green Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Mint-Green Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Mint-Green Indestructible Crystal |
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Orange-Red
Advanced Orange- Red War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Orange- Red Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Orange- Red Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Orange- Red Indestructible Crystal |
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Orange-Yellow
Advanced Orange-Yellow War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Orange-Yellow Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Orange-Yellow Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Orange-Yellow Indestructible Crystal |
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Pink Core
Advanced Pink Core War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Pink Core Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Pink Core Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Pink Core Indestructible Crystal |
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Pink Magenta
Advanced Pink Magenta War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Pink Magenta Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Pink Magenta Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Pink Magenta Indestructible Crystal |
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Pink-Purple
Advanced Pink-Purple War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Pink-Purple Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Pink-Purple Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Pink-Purple Indestructible Crystal |
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Pink Red
Advanced Pink Red War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Pink Red Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Pink Red Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Pink Red Indestructible Crystal |
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Pink-Yellow
Advanced Pink-Yellow War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Pink-Yellow Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Pink-Yellow Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Pink-Yellow Indestructible Crystal |
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Purple-Black
Advanced Purple-Black War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Purple-Black Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Purple-Black Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Purple-Black Indestructible Crystal |
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Purple Outline
Advanced Purple Outline War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Purple Outline Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Purple Outline Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Purple Outline Indestructible Crystal |
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Sea-Green
Advanced Sea-Green War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Sea-Green Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Sea-Green Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Sea-Green Indestructible Crystal |
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Silver-Blue
Advanced Silver Blue War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Silver Blue Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Silver Blue Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Silver Blue Indestructible Crystal |
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White-Black
Advanced White Black War Hero’s Crystal Advanced White Black Hawkeye Crystal Advanced White Black Eviscerating Crystal Advanced White Black Indestructible Crystal |
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White Blue Purple
Advanced White Blue Purple War Hero’s Crystal Advanced White Blue Purple Hawkeye Crystal Advanced White Blue Purple Eviscerating Crystal Advanced White Blue Purple Indestructible Crystal |
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Yellow Blue
Advanced Yellow Blue Blue War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Yellow Blue Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Yellow Blue Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Yellow Blue Indestructible Crystal |
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Yellow Core
Advanced Yellow Core Blue War Hero’s Crystal Advanced Yellow Core Hawkeye Crystal Advanced Yellow Core Eviscerating Crystal Advanced Yellow Core Indestructible Crystal |
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Comparison of similar colors
Red Crystals
Orange Crystals
Yellow Crystals
Blue Crystals
Green Crystals
Purple/Pink Crystals
203 replies on “SWTOR Endgame Color Crystals guide”
Wonderful work as usual! Permission to translate the whole thing in French on my blog? With credits to you off course 😉
Definitely 🙂
Thank you 😀
I like the Potvinalexandre to Alexandre Potvin switch lol
Forgot to sign in at first 😀
Thanks for this, it is really helpful!
Superb article. much needed. Thanks!!
Hi Dulfy, There is a Black-White Crystal with +41 power, I saw one Jedi Knight on Legion of Lettow use it, char name Solomon i’ll take pic when i met him
Interesting, I saw it in the database but didn’t know they were in game, if you can get a screenshot and ask him how he got it that would be awesome! 🙂
I’m not going to post his name here without permission but I know who Krystof is talking about. I asked him about it a couple of weeks ago and he confirmed that:
He traded his BM Lightsaber for a WH Lightsaber but forgot to take his white crystal out. He ticketed a CSR and they gave him a Black-White instead.
Ah I think that was the same way that Catch got his white crystal hehe if anyone know that story
i can confirm that i saw someone on legion of lettow with black-white crystal,however did not record the name or screen
Ivander,
any chance you’ve got that pic?
I really want to see what it looks like. *drools*
“No longer available in game. Previously sold for 2.5 million on a vendor
that has being removed from the game with the arrival of patch 1.2”
That should say “has ‘been’ removed from the game…”
Yes, I am a grammar nazi. =(
Corrected 🙂
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Thanks again Dulfy. I may start an epic quest to get my Vanguard those purple-black crystals. Too bad she can’t get any armour to match it 🙁
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Dayuuuum, black-purple looks awesome!
Thanks a lot for your work 🙂 I’m sad to see that the purple crystals are bugged atm 🙁
me too 🙁
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I think I have something mixed up but how do you equip black-orange, black-purple crystals without having a PvP rating? Put differently: Isn’t it so that PvP ratings didn’t make it into the game yet?
You are correct, the PvP Black-Orange, Black-Purple cannot be equipped yet but the PvE ones are available through Explosive Conflict operation
There is a vendor on coruscant near the senate selling the black-green cyrstals for 250k for lvl 50 ones
Near the social items vendor iirc.
That is not the Black Green, that is the SE Black Green which only Razer peripheral owners can purchase.
And waht with http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/gear/37915/advanced-black-white-war-heros-crystal ?
Just because an item can be found in the databanks of the game doesn’t mean it is obtainable. I for once haven’t heard or seen anyone with a B/W crystal. Maybe Georg Zoeller has prepared another mystery to solve for us. However, it’s more likely that the item is not active in the game yet.
There are reports of people who have lost/sold their white color crystal, put a ticket in and the GM giving them a black-white crystal in return, however this is just hearsay.
I play Empire, but I will gladly buy a Black/Blue Eviscerating crystal from someone on my server, The Constant.
You can’t buy them from people, they’re bound.
Get it on gtn for 80k
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Game is currently offline for a patch atm but I have seen PvE Green +41 Crystals inside of either the PvP or PvE gear obtainable from the republic fleet.
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“Anyways, lets start with an image with all the color crystals for easy viewing/drooling!”
I didn’t drool but I am definitely eager to get them all – sadly I can’t get the pre-order crystal 🙁
Is it not possible to get schematics for the Purple +41 crystals? It’s pretty much the only schematic I want for my Artificer.
Sadly the schematics are an ultra rare random drop from certain Bosses.
The chances of them dropping from Primal Destroyer or Nightmare Pilgrim are about 1/1000, or 0.1% 🙁
Magenta is NOT the same as Purple.
I’m also trying to find a way to get it. It’s not the only one I want, but the one I want the most right now. I just don’t understand why they make it so difficult to get.
If it wasn’t rare, what’s the point in getting it, right?
Hey, just wanted to ask if the information about Purple crystals is still accurate? One of the guys in my Republic guild has a Purple but said it has been removed from the game. Is it still part of Empire weapons? Can it be removed and sent to a Republic alt?
The crystals are bound once removed from weapons so I don’t think that would be possible.
Purple is not removed from the game for Republic players, the method to obtain the PvP crystal is accurate but the PvE schematics is still a bit iffy, no confirmed ways to obtain the PvE schematics yet. There is a whiole thread on it.
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=458321
Great, thank you!
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Hey is this lime green color the only green? Because I’ve seen in-game pics with a darker shade of green. (I don’t mean Black core green. I know about those)
Those were from early beta.
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I am more interested in crafting the advanced crystals, which require power crystals that I have never found on any planet. I currently have schematics for Eviserating Red, Hawkeye Red and indestructible blue. Where do you find the needed power crystals, and is there anywhere where you can find raw purple, cyan, orange or other colored crystals for artifice crafting?
Lycanthro
From the Treasure Hunting Gem missions
The gems come from Treasure hunting missions and you cant get raw purple or cyan colour crystals as a material except the magenta ones which are dug up. Search you tube for the locations and how to get mats for magentas
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I just saw the schematic for Advanced Yellow War Hero’s Crystal
on the GTN, and have asked the seller how he got it. Will report back if he answers my mail.
Update: He got it from a Grade 6 PvP crafting box. He said he got like 70 and that was the only decent thing that dropped from any of them, so it must be very rare. Confirms the rumour, anyways!
There is also a +31 Cyan Battlemaster crystal from the same mats box: http://imgur.com/K6v8S
I want tha Fuckin cyan Fuckin Crystal!!… and i dont even FUkin play the fukin pvp bee shiioott.. watt thaaa efffinnn fuck!!!…
Kill yourself.
Just wanted to share with everyone a little secret I have discovered. Didn’t want to let the cat out of the bag incase it was a mistake by Bioware. You can acquire Purple PVE crystals on republic and Cyan PVE crystals on impire. You simple need to acquire them on the opposite faction then use the legacy weapons given during the recent event to send them across faction. I have done this on multiple characters.
Lol no that is intended by BW.
It is now but 5 months ago when I posted it, BW had not made any comment regarding it and there was no evidence on any site of it working. I tried it, it worked, I shared. 🙂
Bollocks. When the last event came out the idea behind legacy weapons was just that. There was no way to do it before. So.. you stand corrected.. again.
Or if you can craft them then you can just send them in the mail
White crystals can be obtained from cartel packs. Thought you should update that. 🙂
yeah but how do i a free to play person get one
This needs to be updated to account for Cartel crystals. For instance, white crystals are again available.
Yup, updating several guides atm this weekend. This one should be updated soon 🙂
Updated now 🙂
Great Guide! 🙂
The Belsavis World Boss also dropps Magenta Crytsal Scematics. Doesn’t he?
Yes the +33 PvE variants.
Thanks for the update with the Cartel crystals!
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My guild has told me the Black-Red War Hero Crystals can be crafted. Can anyone confirm?
They lied. However, B-R PvE crystals should be craftable with 2.0: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=5986554#edit5986554
The Advanced Yellow War Hero Crystal schematic definitely drops from the PVP crafting box. I just received one from it. I can provide a screenshot if you need proof. Thanks for all your hard work!
Other than having the name wrong on the white crystals this all seems correct. The new whites in the cartel packs are White-black, not Black-white. Core color first, aura color second.
How to obtain cyan and purple once 2.0 comes, does anyone have a definite answer.
This is still a really helpful guide, even to this day!
Figured I’d actually ask this are we gong to be able to continue getting these crystals or are we screwed yet again like when 1.2 came out and they removed so many crystals before. I just notice the PVP vendors no longer sell the black-Color crystals anymore like they use to. So any info on this would be nice.
Black-core sabers look bad. I don’t know why anyone would want them. Energy creates light, and a saber is focused plasma/energy, right? Black doesn’t make any sense…
Where can i get Cyan light-blue color crystal in the 2.0 update since colummi has been remove!?
how do we get any war hero crystals now in 2.0 they arent sold at the pvp vendor anymore, are they now craftable? I want alternative ways other than GTN
Can we expect to see an update to this, now that things have been shaken up with the expansion?
Updated for patch 2.0.1 🙂
except… The Cyan Blue’s are also craft-able, with lvl 50 versions as well.
I mentioned that it was craftable.. did you not see it?
“Drops from operations but can be RE’ed to learn their schematics. If you buy one from GTN, put it in your weapon and then rip it out again to make the schematic learnable.”
Ha! The browser must have errored and skipped that part, it loaded in correctly when I refreshed. Weird.
Are you talking about the Cyan-Blue or just Cyan? I thought it was only from the Cartel Market….
Dulfy, you kept this updated! Omg thank you! 🙂
Are you sure those crystal schematics can drop from the grade 6 crafting pvp box? I opened exactly 61 of them and got no schematic of any kind. Every time I open a box I put a tally mark on a piece of paper. That’s how I know that number is accurate. So basicly I was wondering if those schematics were removed from the game? Please respond as soon as possible. Thanks in advance.
Are you sure those crystal schematics can drop from the grade 6 crafting pvp box? I have opened exactly 68 boxes and got no schematic of any kind. Everytime I purchase a box I put a tally mark on a piece of paper, so I am not over exaggerating. I’ve been checking the gtn since january and I haven’t seen the schematic for blue war hero, purple war hero, or cyan war hero. Is there another way i can get them?These expertise crystals can not be learned by reverse engineering. I heard rumors that these war hero crystal schematic were removed from the game. Dulfy, would you happen to know if these rumors are true or if people are making this up to prevent other people from getting them?Please repond as soon as possible. Thanks in advance.
why isn’t anyone answering my question. As of today I have opened 70 grade 6 pvp crafting boxes. I never got a war hero’s crystal schematic. Please respond because this issue is driving me crazy. Can the war hero crystals schematics still drop? I heard rumors they got removed.
I can only confirm that I haven’t seen any schematics either and I’ve opened around a dozen of the boxes – I came here wondering if I was wasting my time.
They’re in there. I got the Yellow War Hero. It’s just random. It took me about 30 to get it.
Please tell me black-white or black will be released at some point, all the crystals are too common now!
A black-white crystal (black core, white halo) actually does exist, one of my guildmates has bought it on Progenitor.
Unfortunately, no one knows its origins – I’ve heard rumors of it being
a part of the beta testing, but back then exotic colors were really
scarce.
Ah, perhaps we saw the same person. Too bad this person bought it of the GTN and doesn’t know where it originally came from? 🙁
Earlier this afternoon I saw someone walk around with a black/white saber. I thought my game was glitching and took a look at the person’s equipment to actually find a “Black – White crystal” in her saber. I immediatly previewed it and just half a sec before I pressed prt scr the person walked out of reach. T^T
That entire afternoon I’ve been whispering every guardian starting with an A in the name (that was all I remembered) on The Progenitor (EU) server, if they were that person and asking where the heck they might have gotten it. Allas, none of them said they were her and they didn’t know where to get it either, saying “probably some cartel pack”, to which I constantly had to explain it was black/white I meant, not white/black. xD
Anyway, here’s that screenie of the preview. Hope we can solve the mystery sometime soon. 🙂
It is given by a CSR apparently. Some people had white crystals and accidently sold it to a merchant, the CSR sometimes gave them black/white crystals back.
I see, thanks for clearing that up. Some people were already starting to call me crazy saying there was no such thing as a black/white crystal. It’s nice to know they’re in the gamecode though, raises some hope.
What is CSR?
Customer service
Looks like the Darksaber from the Clone Wars.
Anyone got a video with a white-black crystal in a lightsaber swinging? I would really appreciate it.
Is this still true:
Drops from operations but can be RE’ed to learn their schematics. If you buy one from GTN, put it in your weapon and then rip it out again to make the schematic learnable.
I just bought an Advanced Black-Red Indestructible Crystal from GTN, put it in my weapon, took it out and didn’t learn anything.
Anyone knows something I don’t?
Are you artifice 450?
Yes I am
I am in the same boat as you, the only thing that has worked for me is buying the direct schematics. I have pulled a lot of crystals out from weapons, they let you RE them but you can’t unlock the schematic. I did get a black-orange crystal from Explosive Conflict story mode and it let me RE it with the 20% chance to learn the schematic
RE is still only a 20% chance I normally buy 5 at a time which gives a good chance to gain the schematic, I have done this for most colours now and it does work.
It took me 17 attempts to get a black purple schematic at 450 artifice, I almost cried.
The put the crystal in and take it out to learn the schematic does work but it is still 20% chance to learn so it may take more than one crystal
Great compilation, this is a resource I know a lot of people will appreciate!
Thanks for keeping this updated! Awesome job Dulfy.
As far as legacy transferring crystals goes, you can also use those inheritance weapons that you may have got along the way. The stats are set but there is still a slot for crystal. Figure this might be worth mentioning for anyone that didn’t get a legacy weapon through the Gree events and such.
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It’s 600 CC for the Orange-Yellow crystals, not 900. 😉
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all the black core ones look better with bloom off I think.
So… it turns out my bloom settings aren’t on. I was wondering why some of the colour crystals (yellow-blue in particular) looked absoultely awful.
Does the trick with ripping these out of weapons even work any longer? Picked up a couple of the black-red ones, but so far my Artificer (450) hasn’t learned any schematics after spending close to 200k pulling them back out of the saber I put them in.
Yes it does, equip. Then pull out, then RE to learn the schematic. Remember there is a 20% chance of it working. I have done it for my cyan and purple. Took 3-4 goes on purple, and a few more for cyan. Cost me alot though 🙁
This is now outdated! Please update this and put a link here!
Pretty sure this is not outdated
I believe he is referring to the yellow core color crystal from the Club Vertica Nightlife pack.
What’s missing, then?
Ok, do I need glasses, or do some crystals look better without the “bloom” ?
Some most definitely look better w/o bloom imo, especially the Core and Outline crystals.
Just letting you know that the REing on the advanced blue outline war heros crystal may have been fixed cause i just tried to do it
you don’t have the aqua one on there from Manaan
What aqua one?
Is there any place where I can see how these look in a trooper’s assault cannon? Especially the Hawkeye ones 🙂
missing the new CM green core xD
Added 🙂
Dulfy i got question regarding hilt used for most of color crystal showcase especially blue core version. It barely has core blue visible and looks like fully bloom version. But most lightsabers i have tried dont have that effect, they clearly show lightsaber core color differently even with graphics bloom enabled.
Which crystal’s do you think is getting closest to Heart of the Guardian and Mantle of the Force from Kotor 1
Blood Red for the first, Cyan (not Cyan-Blue) for the second.
missing purple outline and some newer ones 😮
I used a black-red indestructible crystal from the GTN in my main hand sabre, then removed it for the ~7k fee, and I did not learn the recipe as an artificer in spite of what this guide says. Players beware.
RE’ing has a 20% chance to learn, so buyer beware if you plan on RE’ing GTN crystals to learn.
You need to remove it, THEN RE it, and even then you only have a 20% chance to learn the schematic. Players have no need to beware.
Just a few hours ago I bought a purple outline crystal, added it to my lightsaber, then paid 7k to remove it. It wasn’t reverse-engineerable. It wasn’t just “no chance to learn a new schematic,” it just straight up couldn’t be reverse engineered.
Cartel stuff can’t be REd.
it took me 1 try for red black and 2 tries for the blue black. but it does work
could you update to 3.0.2 pls ?)
Updated 🙂
Successfully RE’d Purple Hawkeye crystal on the first try. The Force is with me!
The items are linked with askmrrobot, but askmrrobot no longer exists
Does anybody know of a list that explains which type of crystal goes best with each class, i.e. DPS Scoundrel vs Healing Scoundrel, etc.
Power, for everybody except tank.
Is the trick of ripping of crystal from dread guard/campaign still working ? When I do it it said “no reasearch avalaible.
I don’t think Orange War Hero Crystals are in game anymore and Yellow war hero is only available via craft I think
So I see that there are two types of colors for each one (with bloom and w/o bloom) how do you determine which one you use?
Bloom is a graphical option you can turn on/off under graphics
Thank you
is the blue war hero crystal still available from the pvp vendor? I’ve been trying to get that schematic for weeks, but still nothing =/
What lightsaber is that with the black/blue striated in it?
Does the Primal Destroyer still drop Magenta +33 crystal schematics? The ones where you need to go to tatooine -> Hoth -> Ilum to spawn a boss to get the crystal?
Unless i missed it after reading through this twice, this guide is missing the red yellow (fire) crystals from season 3 ranked.
So in essence the cyan is like an aqua color. If it is not then which one looks more like an aqua color and were can you get it in the game
Hey Dulfy just an FYI I don’t think Advanced Orange War Hero Crystal is ingame anymore with the removal of crystals from weapons and offhands xD
Wasn’t there once an all black and an all white crystal that could be crafted?
I ask this because I remember seeing both in the beta.
My friend looted black purple crystal from Terror from beyond 8men story mode operation. So, it drops not only in hard mode as stated in the article.
The basics colors (+41 expertise) are in game already? or not ?
So are the Black-Silver ones completely unavailable now?
No, they’re a permanent ranked reward you can buy.
So if i buy a red and black crystal, equip it to my saber, then unequip it ill learn how to make them?
Yes. I just did it now, I confirm it. But the plain red ones you can’t learn 🙁
I can’t find those PvP crafting boxes. Neither of the two pvp vendours has them in their store. Have they been removed from the game?
Yes, they are gone from game currently (version 4.0.3)
Okay, thanks for your quick answer!
Is this information current at all as of 4.0?
Anyone know why the Advanced Purple Evicerating Crystal I picked up on the GTN says “No Research Available” when I hover over it in RE mode? I dropped it into a lightsaber, equipped it, unequipped it, ripped the crystal out….
Likewise, a Black-Purple says the same thing. :
Having same issue. Bought a Purple Hawkeye on the GTN, was unable to learn it once I ripped it from hilt. Wasted credits…
Same thing just happened to me with a black-red eviscerating crystal. Could it be an issue along with the countless other crafting issues that sprung up with 4.1 patch?
ones crafted by someone else cannot give you the scematic
Is RE’ing still borked for these? I’d light to learn the schematic for the black/blue one, but won’t waste the creds if they haven’t fixed it yet.
Want to know that too.
Still borked as of June 26, 2016. Dumping Armorings, Hilts, Barrels, Mods, and Enhancements into gear and removing them will let you Reverse Engineer the schematic for the appropriate crew skill, but Colour Crystals still don’t work for Artifice.
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Yea, nothing in the patch notes, i can’t reverse engineer Black-anything crystals anymore.
I hope they fix this problem really fast, maybe someone of you can start a forum bug thread so we can reverse engineer those black-anything crystals again 🙁
RE for Black-Red crystals not working, possibly for others.
RE is not guarenteed
Does the cyan (light blue) crystal can still be learned ? Just bought one on the GTN, but schematic cannot be learned after reversing 🙁
same question about the +41 Magenta crystal !
you got to use it in your weapon first, then take it out and then you can try to learn
Are we going to see any updates to this fantastic guide to include the newer crystal any time? I am sure you are busy Dulfy but just wondered…thanks for all you do!
So according to Secundum > Screwed by Dulfy’s advice • 2 years ago
“You need to remove it, THEN RE it, and even then you only have a 20% chance to learn the schematic. Players have no need to beware.”
And, additionally, RE does not work for either Crafted Crystals or CM Crystals, but ONLY the ones that DROPPED AS LOOT from Operations? Is that correct?
Also, which Ops are most likely to drop the Cyan or the Black-Blue, if any?
Stupid BioWare has made it impossible to reverse-engineer these crystals now. All you get are the schematics given from the crafting trainers, that’s it. The magenta ones drop from some world bosses, but no more black-x crystals or cyan/purple. You can only buy those or get as drops if you’re lucky.
Typical. Is there ANY chance some players Might have Schematics they can trade/sell?
Just bought a crafted Advanced Purple Indestructible Crystal from the GTN, put it in my weapon and pulled it out again – no research available. So these crystal schematics are quickly getting very hard to get.
The schematics that drop in raids will be bound to the person that wins it and can only be traded to others that were in that ops group for a few hours. So they can’t be sold on the GTN. Hopes that answers your question, Sam.
Just to restate what SirPuffington stated, looks like yes, you cannot use that old reverse engineering trick to get schematics (such as the Black-Red/Blue/Orange/Purple crystals). Since I have yet to ever see them drop from an operation, I can’t say it still is a thing, but who knows.
Is there a red saber with a blue core? i would kill for one of those x.x
Please update the page, it has a lot of errors, beginning with the “Advanced Purple Crystal” which is not in the game anymore at all. Thanks Dulfy 🙂
four month old comment but they ARE still in the game, I just bought two Advanced Purple Eviscerating off the GTN (280k each) for my Sentinel
Bought them not made them.by yourself. Prior to some old updates, people who still had old schematics, they kept the production, hence you bought tjem. I was commenting on the Dulfy obsolete and old Crystal guide. Lot of these crystals aren’t available anymore! And it’s not possible to create them or RE them which was possible at some brief moment. You can also get them participating in Arena.
Oh yeah that’s a yikes. I only just got back in to the game after a more than one year long hiatus, so I didn’t realise haha
This page needs to be updated.. You can no longer obtain the schematic for a crystal by reverse engineering it (the ones that drops from OPs) Tried it, didn’t work.
Owner no longer is doing anything, site is dead so nothing will get updated