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Star Wars Outlaws tips and tricks for beginnersHere are the fundamentals to know before playing Star Wars Outlaws
Here are the fundamentals to know before playing Star Wars Outlaws
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
Looking for a list of Star Wars Outlaws tips and tricks?If it’s your first time journeying with Nix and Kay Vess inStar Wars Outlaws, we have a list of top tips to help you get started.
This covers a range of early mechanics like the Wanted system and the best ways to reach an ‘excellent’ reputation with all four syndicates in the game (which in turn, means you can secure all syndicate rewards). To see our tips and tricks forStar Wars Outlaws, see below.
This guide covers the following Star Wars Outlaws top tips:
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Contracts are the best way to increase reputation
Certain Contracts can only be picked once you have a high enough reputation with the associated group. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
Once you progress through the main questline enough to have completed the ‘Underworld’, ‘New Tricks’ and ‘False Flag’ quests, you’ll unlock the ability to pick up Contracts from Contract Brokers. These Contracts range in risk and rewards but the best ones to pick up first are the low-stakes ones.
These usually entail you stealing something or gathering intel from a syndicate base and reporting back. These quests are quick and easy to complete and if you do enough of them you’ll quickly build up a ‘good’ reputation with all syndicates.
I recommend making these Contracts a priority as soon as you unlock them as you’ll find that being on a ‘good’ meter with everyone will greatly help you in Star Wars Outlaws. It means you’ll be able to traverse freely in syndicate territories without being stopped every other minute and it will unlock additional fast travel points and landing bays for the Trailblazer.
You can clear your ‘Wanted’ status
There’s usually a corrupt officer on every planet. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
It’s inevitable that you’ll get put on the ‘Wanted’ system at some point. This is the Empire’s way of keeping tabs on Kay Vess and most Imperial units will become instantly hostile to you if you’re ‘Wanted’.
Luckily, there are several in-game ways to clear your name off the Wanted List and allow Kay to enter imperial territory with much less fanfare. You can either approach corrupt imperial officers and pay for their services, or hack into Imperial Satellites in space.
You can find a corrupt Imperial Officer pretty much straight away in Star Wars Outlaws. They hang outside of Makal’s Gambling Parlor in Mirogana City.
You can earn Credits from Imperial Terminals
Imperial Terminals are light on security and can be a quick score. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
There are many Imperial Terminals dotted around Toshara. They are usually large tower structures with a handful of Stormtroopers guarding the area. If you lockpick the door and ‘slice’ the terminals inside you can earn thousands of credits at a time.
These confiscated Credits will replenish every few days, so you can hit the same outposts repeatedly for some extra cash. If you solve the slicing puzzle before it reaches the red line, you’ll make more Credits. See our guide tomaking Credits fastfor more money tips.
How to upgrade the Blaster, Speeder and Trailblazer
You can also upgrade the appearances of these devices through these menus. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
You can access a list of upgrades from the main menu but you cannot upgrade directly from here. Instead, if you want to upgrade these various systems in Star Wars Outlaws, you need to journey to these places:
Essentially, the ‘Vehicles’ tab can tell you how close you are to an upgrade and what materials you need but you’ll need to go to the above places to actually upgrade your vehicles/tools.The ShipMechanic services won’t be available until you progress to the ‘False Flag’ main quest. See ourbest Speeder upgradesandbest Trailblazer upgradesguides for more information on the ones to prioritise first.
You must find ‘Experts’ to unlock skills
Expert missions are some of the more important quests in Star Wars Outlaws. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
The skill tree in Star Wars Outlaws curiously, is not a tree at all. Rather, to learn new skills you must find various ‘Experts’ throughout the galaxy. Each Expert, once unlocked, will teach Kay new skills once she meets the necessary requirements.
When you get a hint as to the whereabouts of an Expert, you’ll have to follow a trail of clues and complete a quest to ‘recruit’ them. These quests should be one of your main priorities for game progression.
We have a list of thebest skillsto pick up first if you need additional help, as well as a list ofall the Expertswe’ve encountered so far and their locations in-game.
Prioritise stealth upgrades
When upgraded, Nix can trap alarms and set them to stun anyone who uses them. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
For this reason, we recommend prioritising stealth skills. In particular,Smoke Bombsand Nix’s ability to sabotage alarms are good ones to focus on. Speaking of Nix, make sure you activate Nix vision often and utilise their ‘distract’ feature on guards.
Use the terrain around you and if all else fails, you can use the ‘Fast Talk’ perk to take out anyone thatdoesspot you. Just make sure you have your blaster set to ‘stun’ before attempting stealth sections or it’s much more likely to turn into a bloodbath.
Visit food stalls for Nix upgrades
The upgrades are usually worth the quick time events. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
Nix isn’t just a cute sidekick, they are extremely useful in combat too and can gain unique upgrades called ‘Nix Treats’. These upgrades are available at specific food stalls. Unfortunately, you’ll have to participate in a quick time minigame to unlock them, but the animation of Nix reaching for food is quite adorable.
You can change out Nix’s ‘treats’ via the kitchen in the Trailblazer or the ‘Loadout’ menu. The first food stall you’ll likely encounter is located south of the Mirogana Market District. So far, we’ve encountered one on each of the major planets in Star Wars Outlaws.
Hyperspace travel takes a while to unlock
Naturally, you’ll need to fix the Hyperdrive to enter Hyperspace. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
If like me, you were 10 hours into the game and still hadn’t been to space (outside of the opening sequence) don’t fear - it will happen! Star Wars Outlaws takes time to get you used to Toshara, the first major planet you visit. It takes a hefty amount of progression into the main questline before you unlock the ability to take the Trailblazer into bothspace and hyperspace.
The latter of the two allows you to visit different star systems and planets. As such, take your time to explore Toshara and get used to the various systems before hopping off-world. You’ll eventually explore other planets once you complete ‘The Wreck’main quest.
Additional tips
Sabacc is a jolly good time. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Ubisoft
Here are a few additional tips I gathered from my time with Star Wars Outlaws:
That rounds up our top tricks for beginners in Star Wars Outlaws. For more Star Wars Outlaws content, check out our guide to unlocking theblack marketin Mirogana or see our walkthrough of getting intoGorak’s base. Additionally, we have a guide to getting theSlicing Kit, needed to hack into advanced areas.
