Level 80 Gearing and Upgrade Vendors

ROUTE 01 / 04

Find the actual Fleet contacts

On Imperial Fleet open the Vaiken Spacedock map and locate SUPPLIES.

1. 01

   Legendary Implants contact

   Speak to the BLUE TWI'LEK questgiver in the Supplies area. Speak again as needed to accept TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS at level 80.

2. 02

   Conquest Gear Vendor

   Find the CONQUEST GEAR VENDOR in Supplies. This sells the baseline 324 green equipment pieces using earned currency and credits.

3. 03

   Upgrade vendors

   Also in Fleet Supplies, look for named activity gear and upgrade vendors. Their currencies differ for Conquest, Flashpoints, Operations and PvP.

4. 04

   Hyde and Zeek

   Find these two quest/vendor contacts in Supplies. Their deconstruction quests can unlock repeatable mod purchases, preventing the need to upgrade a full gear set piece-by-piece.

Watch for: Do not confuse the West Outbound Mission Hangar used for several story Flashpoints with the Fleet Supplies vendor area.

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Build the first set

Reach the personal Conquest target, normally 100,000 points, and claim a qualifying level-80 payout.

1. 01

   Cover every slot

   Purchase starter armor, a proper main hand, offhand, earpiece, two relics and two implants when you have enough currency. A Vengeance Juggernaut should equip DPS items rather than Shield/Absorb tank pieces.

2. 02

   Do the Implant quest in parallel

   Technological Advancements earns points from various activities. Complete it and buy Legendary Implants over time with Tech Fragments; this path is separate from standard armor.

3. 03

   Check the Inventory Currency tab

   Conquest Commendations, Tech Fragments, FP-1 Stabilizers, OP-1 and WZ-1 resources serve different gear paths. Read each vendor's currency cost before exchanging materials.

4. 04

   Keep useful drops

   Higher-quality items can become Hyde and Zeek deconstruction targets. Don't dismantle a promising blue or purple piece until you know the mission requirement.

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Hyde and Zeek: one item unlocks many

Casual gearing can stop around 340 without farming a full 344 Rakata set.

1. 01

   Prototype target

   Earn or upgrade ONE qualifying BLUE item to rating 340 and accept the corresponding 340 Prototype deconstruction mission from HYDE.

2. 02

   Deconstruct after accepting

   Use the broken-saber DECONSTRUCT inventory action on the correct rated, blue-quality item. This destroys it; verify both the rating and quest before clicking.

3. 03

   Shop at Zeek

   Return to HYDE then ZEEK. Buy unlocked 340 blue modifications for compatible moddable gear with credits; check the vendor filter if a mod seems absent.

4. 04

   Optional Artifact enhancements

   Repeat the procedure using one eligible PURPLE item-rating 340 piece and the 340 Artifact mission. The purple unlock concerns enhancements, not a full purple armor/mod/barrel/hilt selection.

Watch for: Rakata purple 344 gear remains an optional higher-end goal for harder play, not a beginner prerequisite.

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Choose appropriate combat stats

Gearing is role-dependent.

1. 01

   Vengeance PvE DPS

   Accuracy against PvE bosses matters; Power and Mastery raise output while Critical and Alacrity require current-discipline recommendations.

2. 02

   Immortal tank

   Defense, Shield, Absorb and survivability belong to the tank role. Do not automatically use them on Vengeance.

3. 03

   PvP

   PvP rewards, caps and optimization differ from PvE. Avoid applying an old 7.0/7.2 numerical stat template to every mode.

4. 04

   Avoid old cap guides

   7.2- or 7.3-era pages may stop at rating 336. Current 7.x reference covers 340 mods and a 344 purple maximum.