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Feb 22

SWTOR Commendations system in patch 2.0

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An overview of the SWTOR commendations and currency changes currently on the PTS for patch 2.0.

Update April 7, 2013 – Weekly cap for various commendations was adjusted and this change was reflected in the guide.

Update March 4, 2013 – Arkanian no longer be purchased with Elite Commendation and is obtained via tokens exclusively. Black Market gear was added to the Elite vendors and is purchased with Elite Commendations instead.

Overview

With patch 2.0, there is a major overhaul to the way commendations are handled both in the leveling process and also in the endgame section. Gone are the old planetary specific commendations and endgame commendations such as Daily Commendations, Black Hole Commendations etc. Instead, there is now a single planetary commendation during the leveling process and endgame commendations are divided into four types: Classic, Basic, Elite, and Ultimate.

Note- There are no changes to warzone commendations or ranked warzone commendations (same storage cap, no weekly cap). . No changes to fleet commendations either (fleet comms storage cap is 19675, no weekly cap). The fleet commendations vendor has no new items.

A note on Level 50-55 Gear Tiers

Campaign/Black Hole – Rating 146 with L61 mods. Black Hole pieces do not have set bonus. (Level 50 starter gear purchased with Classic Commendations)
Dread Guard/Hazmat - Rating 150 with L63 mods. Hazmat pieces do not have set bonus (Level 50 BiS purchased with tokens)
Basic purple gear – Rating 156 with L66 mods (Level 55 starter gear, no set bonus, purchased with Basic Commendations )
Arkanian – Rating 162 with L69 mods (Level 55 starter operation gear purchased with Elite Commendations or tokens)
Underworld/Verpine – Rating 168 with L72 mods. Verpine pieces do not have set bonus (Level 55 BiS gear purchased with Ultimate Commendations or tokens)

Planetary Commendations

Instead of planetary specific commendations, all planet quests will now reward a single unified planetary commendation system.

Cap: There is a total storage cap of 50 planetary commendations with no weekly cap. There is a special one-time overflow limit with launch of Game Update 2.0 of 100 planetary commendations. The overflow limits are not in addition to the maximums amounts, they’re the total number of Commendations of that type that players will be able to hold after Game Update 2.0.

Anything converted above the overflow limit will be lost. Players who have used the overflow limit and have more than
the maximum number of Commendations will not be able to gain new Commendations until they fall below the maximum amounts.

Acquisition:

Tionese crystals can be exchanged for planetary commendations at a rate of 2 crystals for 1 planetary commendation.
Quest rewards from various planets
Group Finder daily (5/day for level 50 flashpoints)
[WEEKLY] Priority Targets – kill 3 world bosses rewards 6 Planetary commendations in addition to 3 Elite, 6 Basic, and 12 Classic commendations.
In addition, players can trade in Warzone Commendations for Planetary Commendations at an exchange rate of 40 Warzone Commendations for 1 Planetary Commendation.

This unified system allow you to do quests on any planets or PvP to earn planetary commendations. Once acquired, you can spend them on the fleet or on the individual planet vendors.

Note that not all of the planetary vendors have the following items. This is just a general list.

Item	Planetary Commendations
Mod	2
Enhancement	2
Armoring	7
Barrels/Hilts	7
Storage box (Green)	2-3
Storage box (Blue)	8-10
Storage box (Purple)	24
Implants (Blue)	6
Ear (Blue)	6
Belt (Blue)	8
Chest (Blue)	8
Boots (Blue)	10
Boots (Orange)	10
Gloves (Blue)	10
Legs (Blue)	12
Legs (Orange)	12
Chest (Orange)	12
Head (Orange)	14
Weapons/Offhand (Orange)	14

Classic Commendations

All current endgame commendations at level 50 (i.e. Black Hole, Daily) will be rolled into one single unified commendation called Classic Commendation.

Conversion ratios & Chart

Tionese Commendations – 6:1
Columi Commendations – 4:1
Daily Commendations – 4:1
Black Hole Commendations – 1:1

There will be a special overflow cap for Classic Commendations once 2.0 is released to accommodate those with large amounts of commendations. At this time, we have this cap at 800 commendations. Any commendations that exceed this amount will unfortunately be lost.

Cap: This commendation have a storage cap of 400 with a weekly cap of 200.

Acquisition: Classic Commendations are now obtainable from level 50 operations (Eternity Vault, Karagga’s Palace, and Explosive Conflict), level 50 flashpoint, and as rewards for dailies on Ilum, Belsavis and Black Hole.

[WEEKLY] Priority Targets – kill 3 world bosses

Rewards 12 Classic Commendations in addition to 6 Planetary, 3 Elite, and 6 Basic Commendations

In addition, any unassembled Columi/Rakata/Campaign pieces can be exchanged for Classic Commendation containers (small ones contain 75 Classic Commendations). The vendor is on the Ziost Shadow Mission Deck for Empire players (Equivalent one for Republic) next to the Medical Droid.

Piece	Container	Commendations
Unassembled Campaign piece	Large Classic Commendation Container	99
Unassembled Rakata piece	Small Classic Commendation Container	75
Unassembled Columi piece	Small Classic Commendation Container	75
Unassembled Battlemaster piece	Warzone Commendation Container	?
Unassembled Champion piece	Warzone Commendation Container	99

They can be spent on the Classic Gear Vendors on the fleet, which offers Campaign gear in exchange for Classic Commendations

Slot	Classic Commendations
Head	120
Chest	150
Gloves	100
Legs	120
Feet	100
Bracers	70
Belt	70
Mainhand	150
Offhand	120
Relics (Dread Guard)	150

The daily vendors at Ilum/Belsavis/Section X etc now accept Classic Commendations for the following items.

All previous level 50 gear such as Tionese, Columi, Rakata and Black Hole had their vendors removed (Campaign Amorings are also removed). Campaign/Black Hole is now the lowest PvE tier for level 50 characters.

Storymode Karagga’s Palace and Eternity Vault will now drop Black Hole gear
Hardmode/Nightmare Karagga’s Palace and Eternity Vault, and storymode Explosive Conflict will now drop Hazmat gear.
Hardmode/Nightmare Explosive conflict will now drop Hazmat pieces and unassembled Dread Guard items.

Basic Commendations

Basic Commendations are the new leveling currency for level 50-55. These commendations will grant you access to starter Level 55 purple gear at the Basic Gear vendor.

Cap: This commendation have a storage cap of 600 with a weekly cap of 300.

Acquisition:

Level 50 hardmode flashpoints

Group Finder daily rewards 10 Basic Commendations

[WEEKLY] Priority Targets – kill 3 world bosses

Rewards 6 Basic Commendations along with 3 Elite, 6 Planetary, and 12 Classic Commendations

Makeb questing

Can be spent on the Basic Gear vendor on the fleet for the following basic Level 55 purple gear.

Slot	Basic Commendations
Head	120
Chest	150
Legs	120
Relics (Arkanian)	150
Schematic (Implants)	200
Schematic (Ear)	200
Schematic (Belt)	200
Schematic (Bracer)	200
Schematic (Offhand)	200

Note that the schematics requires Hero standing with the Makeb Imperial/Republic forces to purchase (new reputation)

Elite Commendations

These Commendations are acquired from Level 55 Operations (storymode), hardmode flashpoints, and weekly missions. These commendations will allow you to exchange for Black Market gear at the Elite Gear Vendor. Arkanian gear (similar to Black Market gear but has set bonus) is purchased via tokens exclusively.

Cap: This commendation have a storage cap of 400 with a weekly cap of 200.

Acquisition:

Level 55 Flashpoints (hardmode): Athiss, Cademimu, Hammer Station and Madalorian Raiders

2 Elite Commendation per boss, 1 for completing the flashpoint
10 Elite Commendations for the Group Finder daily
20 Elite Commendations from completing the [WEEKLY] Galactic Conflicts (complete 3 L55 HM FPs)

Level 55 Operations: Terror from Beyond, Scum and Villainy

Scum and Villainy bosses drop 4 Elite Commendations per kill on storymode
Accomplished Arms Trader drops 2 Elite Commendations per kill on storymode
[WEEKLY] Scum and Villainy rewards 20 Elite Commendations (and 20 Ultimate Commendations)

[WEEKLY] Priority Targets – kill 3 world bosses

Drops 3 Elite Commendations along with 6 Planetary, 6 Basic and 12 Classic Commendations

Slot	Elite Commendations
Head	120
Chest	140
Gloves	100
Legs	120
Feet	100
Implants	100
Ear	100
Belt	80
Bracers	80

All Arkanian items are purchased with individual tokens and cannot be purchased with Elite Commendations. Relics are purchased with 150 Basic Commendations.

You can see stats of the Arkanian gear here.

Ultimate Commendations

Ultimate Commendations are earned via hardmode/nightmare Level 55 operations and allow you to purchase Verpine gear, which have no set bonus. Underworld gear is obtained via tokens exclusively.

Cap: This commendation have a storage cap of 300 with a weekly cap of 150

Acquisition:

[WEEKLY] Galactic Conflicts (complete 3 L55 HM FPs) reward 12 Ultimate Commendations
[WEEKLY] Scum and Villainy rewards 20 Ultimate Commendations (and 20 Elite Commendations)