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The codex is an in game documentation device that provides you further information on the story lines, characters, lore and many other features as you play your way through the game. In most cases, when you discover a new location, your codex will have a new entry. These new entries often times can pop up when you find a lore item, a new species or even during quests to help enhance an already thriving story line.[1]

Description[]

Codex entries create an exploration mini-game, with rewards that range from increased understanding of game situations to permanent increases to character stats. Codex entries spawn in predictable locations, but a character can only use each codex once. The Codex interface itself increases the visibility of the codex devices, providing players with an easy way to track their progress in finding all the available devices on a planet or in a category. Almost all codex entries will provide the player experience when first gained.

To open the Codex, press L and click the Codex tab. The Codex lists all the information you have gathered on various subjects within the galaxy. You obtain a Codex entry automatically through exploration and discovery. Each Codex entry is organized into sections (Location, Species, Organizations, etc.), and each section has a progress bar and tally to indicate the amount of data available and how much data you have collected on a particular subject.

In order to see your progress and browse the codex entries, select that planet's entry. Each planet entry displays a breakdown of what information has been found on that planet. This breakdown can be maximized and minimized. Select OVERVIEW to compare progress against all planets.

Types of Codex Devices[]

Based on information-gathering features in other BioWare games, SWTOR codex entries typically expand the information known about the various settings and creatures a player encounters. Some entries go beyond this to also mention key points of knowledge about important people and concepts in the player character's class story.

Codex entries can be categorized on a continuum. Some are free, in the sense that they are collected simply by completing quest tasks. These items help to clarify the basic background of various locations and central figures in a class story. Other codex entries are found off the beaten path, requiring some time to be spent on exploration and overcoming minor challenges. In this middle area, examples might include:

  • Exploring into distant locations on the map
  • Killing a rare, more challenging k’lor’slug in Korriban’s tombs
  • Exploring Jedi artifacts in the Academy’s library
  • Completing quests for various alien species

At the high end of the codex spectrum, datacrons may require a certain amount of dedicated effort to locate and actually reach the codex device. Some datacrons will reward players with permanent increases to a character stat. Providing the codex system with such valuable rewards helps to make game exploration an important part of the SWTOR community.

Codex Entries by Category[]

Achievement: Datacrons Datacrons codex entries give information about the various Datacrons.

Codex Entry Planet Faction
Assembly Chamber (Empire) Dromund Kaas Sith Empire
Assembly Chamber (Republic) Coruscant Galactic Republic
Galactic History 01: The Architects Hutta Sith Empire
Galactic History 02: Ancient Civilizations Hutta Sith Empire
Galactic History 03: The Battalions of Zhell Hutta Sith Empire
Galactic History 04: King Adas Coruscant Galactic Republic
Galactic History 05: Rise of the Infinite Empire Coruscant Galactic Republic
Galactic History 06: The Infinite Empire Collapses Coruscant Galactic Republic
Galactic History 07: The First Spaceflights Coruscant Galactic Republic
Galactic History 08: Hyperspace Cannons Courscant Galactic Republic
Galactic History 09: The Force Wars Tython Galactic Republic
Galactic History 10: The Tion Cluster Tython Galactic Republic
Galactic History 11: The Tionese Face the Hutt Empire Tython Galactic Republic
Galactic History 12: The Birth of the Republic Ord Mantell Galactic Republic
Galactic History 13: The First Great Schism Ord Mantell Galactic Republic
Galactic History 14: The Fall of Tion Ord Mantell Galactic Republic
Galactic History 15: Mandalore Korriban Sith Empire
Galactic History 16: The Alsakan Conflicts Korriban Sith Empire
Galactic History 17: The Duinuogwuin Contention Korriban Sith Empire
Galactic History 18: The Hutt Cataclysms Dromund Kaas Sith Empire
Galactic History 19: The Pius Dea Crusades Dromund Kaas Sith Empire
Galactic History 20: Chancellor Blotus Dromund Kaas Sith Empire
Galactic History 21: The Birth of the Mandalorians Dromund Kaas Sith Empire
Galactic History 22: The Second Great Schism Dromund Kaas Sith Empire
Galactic History 23: The Sith Order Begins Taris Galactic Republic
Galactic History 24: Empress Teta Taris Galactic Republic
Galactic History 25: Two Rivals Taris Galactic Republic
Galactic History 26: Naga Sadow's Deceptions Taris Galactic Republic
Galactic History 27: The Great Hyperspace War Taris Galactic Republic
Galactic History 28: The Battle at Primus Goluud Balmorra Sith Empire
Galactic History 29: Sadow's Escape Balmorra Sith Empire
Galactic History 30: Rise of the Sith Emperor Balmorra Sith Empire
Galactic History 31: The Ritual of Nathema Balmorra Sith Empire
Galactic History 32: Long Exile Balmorra Sith Empire
Galactic History 33: Dromund Kaas Nar Shaddaa Both
Galactic History 34: The Discovery of Ryll Nar Shaddaa Both
Galactic History 35: The Gank Massacres Nar Shaddaa Both
Galactic History 36: The Quarren-Mon Calamari War Nar Shaddaa Both
Galactic History 37: Freedon Nadd Nar Shaddaa Both
Galactic History 38: The Tyrant of Onderon Tatooine Both
Galactic History 39: The Third Great Schism Tatooine Both
Galactic History 40: Czerka Discovers Kashyyyk Tatooine Both
Galactic History 41: The Droid Rights Movement Tatooine Both
Galactic History 42: The Nevoota Extinction Tatooine Both
Galactic History 43: The Great Droid Revolution Alderaan / Ossus Both
Galactic History 44: The Jedi Nomi Alderaan Both
Galactic History 45: The Krath Cult Alderaan Both
Galactic History 46: Nadd's Legacy Alderaan Both
Galactic History 47: Naddist Rebels Alderaan / Ossus Both
Galactic History 48: The Audiences on Onderon Taris Sith Empire
Galactic History 49: Exar Kun Taris Sith Empire
Galactic History 50: Basilisk Taris Sith Empire
Galactic History 51: The Krath Cult Strikes Taris Sith Empire
Galactic History 52: Exar Kun Faces Korriban Taris Sith Empire
Galactic History 53: The Conclave at Deneba Balmorra Galactic Republic
Galactic History 54: Ulic's Fall Balmorra Galactic Republic
Galactic History 55: The Ascension of Exar Kun Balmorra Galactic Republic
Galactic History 56: The Brotherhood of the Sith Balmorra Galactic Republic
Galactic History 57: The Brotherhood's Power Grows Balmorra Galactic Republic
Galactic History 58: Ulic's Trials Quesh Both
Galactic History 59: Aleema's Fate Quesh Both
Galactic History 60: The Destruction of Ossus Quesh Both
Galactic History 61: The Brotherhood is Broken Corellia Both
Galactic History 62: The Great Sith War Ends Corellia Both
Galactic History 63: The Terentatek Hunt Hoth Both
Galactic History 64: The Kanz Disorders Hoth Both
Galactic History 65: An Exile on Rhen Var Hoth Both
Galactic History 66: The Jedi Covenant Hoth Both
Galactic History 67: Mandalore the Ultimate Hoth Both
Galactic History 68: The Mandalorians Return Belsavis Both
Galactic History 69: The Mandalorian Wars Belsavis Both
Galactic History 70: The Covenant Acts Belsavis Both
Galactic History 71: The Muur Talisman Belsavis Both
Galactic History 72: The Fall of the Covenant Belsavis Both
Galactic History 73: The Battle of Malachor Five Voss Both
Galactic History 74: Revan and Malak Fall Voss Both
Galactic History 75: The Jedi Civil War Voss Both
Galactic History 76: Revan is Remade Voss Both
Galactic History 77: A Return to the Unknown Regions Voss Both
Galactic History 78: The Sith Triumvirate Corellia Both
Galactic History 79: The Conclave at Katarr Corellia Both
Galactic History 80: A Return from Exile Corellia Both
Galactic History 81: The Battle of Telos Four Corellia Both
Galactic History 82: Darth Traya's Return Corellia Both
Galactic History 83: The Republic Rebuilds Ilum Both
Galactic History 84: The G0-T0 Coup Ilum Both
Galactic History 85: The Purge of the Dark Council Ilum Both
Galactic History 86: The Empire's Revenge Ilum Both
Galactic History 87: A Wayward Apprentice Ilum Both
Galactic History 88: The Unlikely Champion Makeb Both
Galactic History 89: Capturing the Dread Masters Makeb Both
Galactic History 90: The Battle of Alderaan
Galactic History 91: The Syndicate Wars
Galactic History 92: The Hydian Way
Galactic History 93: The Mandalorian Schism
Odan-Urr Ossus Both
Ood Bnar Ossus Both
The Unlikely Survival of Ossus Ossus Both

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Achievement: Titles

Bestiary

Crew Skills

Game Rules

Locations

Lore

Organizations

Persons of Note

Planets

Ships

Species

Codex Entries by Faction[]

General Republic Codex Entries

Jedi Consular Specific Entries

Jedi Knight Specific Entries

Smuggler Specific Entries

Trooper Specific Entries

General Sith Codex Entries

Bounty Hunter Specific Entries

Imperial Agent Specific Entries

Sith Inquisitor Specific Entries

Sith Warrior Specific Entries

Codex Entries by Planet[]

Alderaan

Imperial Balmorra

Republic Balmorra

Belsavis

Corellia

Coruscant

Dromund Kaas

Hoth

Hutta

Ilum

Korriban

Makeb

Nar Shaddaa

Ord Mantell

Quesh

Imperial Taris

Republic Taris

Tatooine

Tython

Voss

Tracking[]

It is possible to track which entries you have and the number of entries you are missing for each category. At the top each category screen is a progress bar with the total number of entries available for that category.

Trivia[]

Estimates of the codex entries as of May 2011 are that they include around 120,000 words of text---more than an average Star Wars novel. And the system is designed to be easily expandable.

Sources[]

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