The system is unlocked once your character has completed their starting planet class storyline. You MUST also be a minimum of 10th level, and you will then be able to designate a Legendary Last Name that is shared across all characters on that server, players can have identical Legendary Last Names. You will also be allowed to create a family tree which is made up of other characters you have created on that server.
From this point forward, any and all characters on that server will contribute to that player's Legendary Experience Points. Much like normal experience points, when you reach certain Legendary thresholds, you will increase your Legendary Level.
The Legendary System consists of five separate sections which each govern a certain aspect of a player's overall Legendary. Each of the five sections provides boosts and enhancements to a player's ability to gain experience, access new abilities, utilize improved items and gear, etc. and make the player's gaming experience richer and more immersive.
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This section dictates special powerups that player characters can receive as they achieve certain Legendary levels, granting them exponential increases to abilities that allow them to progress through the game more quickly and efficiently. There are four categories of character perks available to players:
There are six different types of player advancement in this category, each offering five tiers of experience boosts for players to take advantage of as they progress through the game on their characters.
There are four different types of tiered powerups available for players to unlock in order to improve the ability of their companion characters to gain affection and craft items, as well as two perks designed for specific player companions.
The perks in this category involve boosting movement abilities for the player, making it easier for them to travel on a specific planet or to travel between the different worlds in SWTOR.
The perks in this category allow players to perform outpost functions in the field, without having to run back to the outpost or head to your ship.
This section governs the in-game reward system where players earn trophies doing a variety of tasks that are then consumed in order to earn points with a specific organizational faction. Each of the factions shares a rank system and offers special titles to players who achieve specific rank levels within their respective faction, as well as access to unique items and gear based on the player's current rank level.
This section grants players the ability to unlock specific game elements that apply across either characters belonging to a specific galactic faction or all characters, regardless of which faction they belong to. There are three main categories of global unlocks available to players:
This category shows players the rewards they can earn for completing elements of the four character class' missions (Jedi Consular/Sith Inquisitor, Jedi Knight/Sith Warrior, Smuggler/Imperial Agent, Trooper/Bounty Hunter). Each of the rewards earned here is applied to all characters in that player's Legendary regardless of which character class they are, though faction-specific buff(s) for a given character will be the one(s) applied.
In addition, there are rewards players can earn for maximizing the affection for each of the four character class' story companions (this does not include HK-51 and Treek, as they are not unique to any one character class).
There are ten playable species in SWTOR and each of the character classes is naturally restricted to using only one or two of those classes. However, players can purchase aceess to additional species either through cartel coins or by purchasing consumable items which will unlock a specific species for players to use.
This category allows players access to unlocks that can be applied to all the characters in their Legendary. This is similar to the character perks section of the Legendary System, except that in this case the unlocks are applied to not just one character, but to all characters. There are five sub-categories of perks that are available for players to unlock and use.
This sub-category has two abilities that are specific to one Force alignment over the other, though both can be purchased if the player has reached a high-enough Legendary level or has a sufficient amount of credits and/or cartel coins.
This sub-category grants unlocks for a player's personal starship, allowing them to perform outpost or spaceport tasks on their own ship.
This sub-category offers four unlocks for special unarmed moves that a player character can use in combat.
This sub-category grants four special travel unlocks for players to get to their ship and other locations faster. Each of these unlocks has multiple tiers for progressive decreases to ability cooldown times. There is also a fifth unlock that is utilized for group activities.
This sub-category unlocks four special emote or emote packages which can then be used by all characters in a player's Legendary.
This section is where players can create affiliations between their various characters as friends, family, etc. and players can begin to create affiliations after they have completed the first chapter of a character's story missions. In total, there are six different types of affiliations that a character can have with other characters in a player's Legendary:
This section covers in-game achievements that players can earn on any of their characters by accomplishing any number of different tasks, including exploration, flashpoints and operations, PvP encounters, item collections and more.
Every achievement that a player accomplishes is assigned a specific point value, which is then added to your cumulative achievement score. Certain achievements also come with secondary rewards, up to and including Legendary character titles, cartel coins and fleet requisition points.
In total, there are ten categories of achievements (as of Patch 2.6) and each of them is specific to one kind of gameplay found within SWTOR:
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn while travelling to the different planets and daily areas. These achievements are primarily unlocked by exploring undiscovered territories on maps, discovering and unlocking datacrons, finding and reading lore objects, etc. found in the game.
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn while completing class missions and other story-based objectives in the game, as well as unlocking species and other features that can be applied across a player's Legendary.
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn by accomplishing specific tasks within any of the daily areas found in the game (Ilum, Black Hole, Section X, CZ-198, Oricon). These tasks can include destroying a specific number of NPCs, completing missions a given number of times, etc.
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn by completing content found in the Galactic Starfighter expansion whch initially came out with Patch 2.5 and publically with Patch 2.6.
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn while running any of the flashpoints in the game. Achievements for this category include completing the flashpoint and boss encounters a given number of times, completing any bonus bosses a given number of times and defeating given numbers of NPCs.
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn while running any of the flashpoints in the game. Achievements for this category include completing the flashpoint and boss encounters a given number of times, completing any bonus bosses a given number of times and defeating given numbers of NPCs.
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn while participating in one of four events that are occasionally run in the game. Each of the achievements in this category are specific to the event being run and are tailored to maximizing gameplay for each of the events.
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn while completing space content not found as part of the Galactic Starfighter expansion and mainly include performing missions that can be accessed from the bridge of any player ship.
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn by maximizing the affection of their character's companions, as well as achieving a certain number of NPC kills with a given active companion.
This category is dedicated to achievements that players can earn while challenging other players to any PvP content (Space, Warzones, Arenas). Achievements found in this category can include overall player kills, statistical accomplishments in PvP encounters, number of wins in a given area, etc.
Reputation is earned by collecting and consuming one of three types of token or trophy (green, blue, purple), each with a different base value associated to it. Once the consumable is used, the granted points will be applied to your Legendary's Reputation meter for whichever faction was associated with the given trophy.
As points are collected, players will gain new ranks associated with that faction. There is a weekly cap for gaining reputation points for all factions, though this restriction is on a per-character basis (for those players with more than one character in a Legendary) and is not shared between all characters in a Legendary.
All factions begin at the Outsider rank and once players have collected enough points they will reach legend status, the highest achievable rank with any faction. Once this rank is reached, players will no longer be able to unlock reputation trophies they collect. Trophies cannot be sold or traded to other users but can be sold to vendors.
Tokens can be earned through a variety of different means, including completing daily and weekly missions of variable types, digging up reputation trophies with your Seeker Droid and finding reputation trophies in specific Cartel Packs.
The following table illustrates each of the seven ranks associated with any reputation faction and how many points are required to unlock each new rank, as well as the cumulative point totals as you progress through each rank:
Reputation Rank | Points Required | Total Points /th> |
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None | 0 | 0 |
Outsider | 2500 | 2500 |
Newcomer | 5000 | 7500 |
Friend | 7500 | 15000 |
Hero | 10000 | 25000 |
Champion | 15000 | 40000 |
Legend | 30000 | 70000 |
Each different reputation faction rewards players who progress past certain ranks with a Legendary title that they can display on their character. Depending on the faction, players can earn either two or three different titles associated with that faction.
The following is a list of the factions, ranks and titles associated with them:
Rank/Faction | Bounty Brokers Association | Bounty Supply Company | Citizens Of Makeb (Republic) | Coalition Forces on Yavin 4 | Contraband Resale Corporation | Galactic Solutions Industries | Imperial First Mobile Fleet (Imperial) | Imperial Forces on Iokath | Imperial Forward Command (Imperial) | Imperial Guard of Belsavis (Imperial) | Interplanetary Component Exchange | Makeb Imperial Forces (Imperial) | Ordnance Acquisition Corps (Imperial) | People of Rishi | Republic Fifth Assault Battalion (Republic) | Republic First Fleet (Republic) | Republic Forces on Iokath | Republic Hyperspace Armada (Republic) | Strike Team Oricon (Republic) | T.H.O.R.N (The Hyland Organization for Rakghoul Neutralization) | The Adjudicators (Republic) | The Dread Executioners (Imperial) | The Gree Enclave | The Voss |
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None | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Outsider | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Newcomer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | First Responder | N/A | N/A | Gree Research Assistant | N/A |
Friend | For Hire | Licensed To Hunt | Honored Protector | The Unifier | Discerning Customer | N/A | N/A | Iokath Monitor | Drive Yards Demolisher | N/A | Troubleshooter | Imperial Infiltrator | Czerka Investigator | Raider of the Cove | N/A | Defender of Kuat | Iokath Purifier | N/A | The Fearless | N/A | Czerka Investigator | The Fearless | N/A | Honored Voss-Friend |
Hero | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | GSI Preferred Contractor | Hero Of Deep Space | N/A | N/A | Hero Of Section X | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Hero Of Section X | N/A | N/A | Hero Of Deep Space | N/A | THORN Specialist | N/A | N/A | Honored Silver Acute | N/A |
Champion | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Legend | The Professional | Armed And Dangerous | Guardian Of Makeb | Ravensbane | Contraband Connoisseur | GSI Most Valued Partner | Hyperspace Legend | Conquerer of the Sphere | Imperial Forward Commander | The Section Guardian | Fixer | Terror Of Makeb | Titan Of Industry | The Notorious Pirate | The Section Guardian | Honorary Admiral | Champion of the Expanse | Hyperspace Legend | Dread War Veteran | The Neutralizer | Titan Of Industry | Dread Executioner | Perfect Gold Bisector | The Chosen Of Voss |
Players who have completed all eight original Class storylines (by reaching level 50 and finishing their final Class Mission) are considered Legendary and are now identified as such in-game.
You can track your progress towards this achievement on the Character Select screen, where the Class icons on the left light up for completed Class storylines. This panel becomes Gold as soon as you've attained Legendary status. If you're logged into the game, you can track your progress through the Legacy panel (press Y) under Global Unlocks.
Legendary status also grants you a Presence bonus, the full complement of Heroic Moment legacy abilities, and a special icon beside your character name in-game, so that everyone can see your achievement.
NOTE: Outlander characters (starting at level 60 or 65) do not count towards Legendary status since they have no access to the original Class storylines.
Bioware has posted some clarification on the lost legendary player status bug.
Lost legendary player status | 03.11.2016, 03:25 PM
Hey folks,
We have seen quite a few reports of players who have lost their Legendary Status following Game Update 4.2 on Tuesday. First, a reminder of what Legendary Status is. This system was put in with Knights of the Fallen Empire as a reward for players who had completed all 8 Class Stories all the way through Act 3. We wanted to make sure that their efforts were rewarded, beyond just Achievements alone.
Along with the KotFE launch, we also introduced Start at 60 tokens. Unfortunately, there was a bug where sometimes a character made from a token would grant a completion for Legendary Status. This was not intended as that character never played through and completed Act 3. With Game Update 4.2, we corrected that bug and along with it, removed any unintended progress from Legendary Status. At this time there are a few specific issues that have been raised:
I have a <insert class> that has completed their Class Story but do not have Legendary Status Credit
I completed my Class Story with <insert class> but have since deleted that Character
Thanks!
-eric