Game Changes + New Item: Lightspeed Tokens and Relics at 4 Stars

A major update is coming to the holotable, introducing a new item and fundamental changes to roster power-up.

Gear and Relic Changes

Relics at 4 Stars: Gear piece star requirements have been removed or drastically reduced, so characters can reach Relic levels at only 4 stars. The only requirement is that applying gear pieces at Gear XII needs a character to be level 85 and 4 stars.

New Relic Star Requirements (retroactive):

• Relic 3 requires 5 stars.
• Relic 4 requires 6 stars.
• Relic 5+ requires 7 stars.

New Item: Lightspeed Tokens (LSTs)

Lightspeed Tokens are a new consumable that instantly upgrades a character to a specific power level, similar to the Hyperdrive and Lightspeed Bundles.

How They Work, five tiers:

• Tier 1 Carbonite: Level 85, 3 stars, Gear X, Ability level 3.
• Tier 2 Bronzium: Level 85, 4 stars, Gear XII, Ability level 4.
• Tier 3 Chromium: Level 85, 5 stars, Relic 1, Ability level 5.
• Tier 4 Aurodium: Level 85, 6 stars, Relic 3, Ability Level 6.
• Tier 5 Kyber: Level 85, 7 stars, Relic 5, Ability level 7.

What You Need to Know:

• Don't hoard. A LST is tied to a specific list of characters when released, and that list will never be updated to include later units.
• All LSTs in your inventory expire exactly 6 months after the date and time you acquired them.
• Era Locked: Initially LSTs can only be used for characters from the Legacy Era (everything before the Era of Apprentices that started Nov. 19, 2024 with Huyang). Generally tokens are for units from Eras that ended at least a year ago.
• Launch Factions: The first LSTs available at launch will be for Smugglers and Separatists.
• Excluded Units: Standard LSTs cannot be used on Galactic Legends, Conquest units, Journey Guide units (including Territory Battle and Raid rewards), or Capital Ships.
• Tokens won't apply Zeta or Omicron abilities.

Dismantle Rewards if all eligible characters are already past that upgrade level:

• Tier 1: 10x Mk 7 Kyrotech Shock Prod Prototype Salvage, 10x Mk 9 Kyrotech Battle Computer Prototype Salvage.
• Tier 2: 20x Mk 7 Kyrotech Shock Prod Prototype Salvage, 20x Mk 9 Kyrotech Battle Computer Prototype Salvage.
• Tier 3: 10x Carbonite Circuit Board.
• Tier 4: 5x Fragmented Signal Data, 5x Incomplete Signal Data, 10x Carbonite Circuit Board, 10x Bronzium Wiring, 5x Chromium Transistor.
• Tier 5: 5x Fragmented Signal Data, 5x Incomplete Signal Data, 5x Flawed Signal Data, 10x Carbonite Circuit Board, 10x Bronzium Wiring, 5x Chromium Transistor, 5x Aurodium Heatsink.

LSTs are found in the Store and as rewards on the free Episode Track and the Episode Pass, with plans to use them as rewards in other ways in the future.

Updating Unit Progression

Restrictions removed:

• Unit level is no longer gated by player level.
• Units have all abilities unlocked from the start.
• Unit ability tiers are no longer gated by gear tier.
• Unit level no longer gates ability upgrades.
• Ship reinforcement abilities are no longer gated by star level.
• Ship ability upgrades are no longer gated by the crew's gear tier.

Zeta and Omicron abilities keep their original requirements. Capital ship ability upgrades are still gated by the ship's star level.

Exceptions:

• General Skywalker's leader ability still needs Gear VII.
• Merrin's Special 1 ability still needs Gear X.
• Nightsister Zombie's unique ability still needs Gear X.

Many units have had their Star unlock requirements reduced to 2 Stars.

Former 5-star Unlocks: Hermit Yoda, Wampa.

Former 4-star Unlocks:

• Characters: Admiral Ackbar, ARC Trooper, B2 Super Battle Droid, Barriss Offee, Boba Fett, Captain Han Solo, Colonel Starck, CT-7567 Rex, Darth Maul, Darth Sidious, Darth Vader, Dathcha, Finn, General Grievous, Geonosian Brood Alpha, Geonosian Spy, Grand Moff Tarkin, HK-47, Ima Gun-Di, Jawa Engineer, Jyn Erso, Kylo Ren, Mace Windu, Nute Gunray, Old Daka, Poggle the Lesser, URoRRuR'R'R, Wedge Antilles.
• Ships: Cassian's U-Wing, Comeuppance, Ebon Hawk, Emperor's Shuttle, Hyena Bomber, Imperial TIE Bomber, Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle, Marauder, Mark VI Interceptor, Outrider, Raven's Claw, Rebel Y-wing, Rey's Millenium Falcon, Slave 1, TIE Advanced x1, TIE Dagger, TIE Defender.

Former 3-star Unlocks:

• Characters: Aayla Secura, Asajj Ventress, Baze Malbus, Cad Bane, Captain Phasma, Cassian Andor, CC-2224 Cody, Chief Chirpa, Chief Nebit, Chirrut Imwe, Clone Wars Chewbacca, Count Dooku, CT-21-0408 Echo, CT-5555 Fives, Darth Nihilus, Director Krennic, Eeth Koth, First Order Officer, Gamorrean Guard, General Veers, Hoth Rebel Scout, Hoth Rebel Soldier, IG-88, K-2SO, Lando Calrissian, Lobot, Luke Skywalker (Farmboy), Luminara Unduli, Moff Gideon, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Old Ben), Plo Koon, Poe Dameron, Savage Opress, Shoretrooper, Sith Assassin, Sith Trooper, Stormtrooper, Stormtrooper Han, Sun Fac, Tusken Raider, Tusken Shaman, Zam Wesell.
• Ships: Bistan's U-wing, Poe Dameron's X-wing, Rex's ARC-170, Scimitar, TIE Reaper.

Quality of Life Upgrades

• Credit and ship material cost for leveling units cut by 50% across the board.
• Recurring events with all rewards earned (including re-run Marquees, Fleet Mastery, Proving Grounds, Finalizer, Raddus) will no longer appear on the Events table.
• You can now sim up to 100 battles at once on campaign nodes, energy permitting. Daily attempt limits on Hard Nodes are unchanged.
• A new icon next to the unit's name on every Unit Details Screen displays the Era icon, with a pop-up naming that Era on tap/click.
• You can now sort your character inventory by Relic Amplifier Level.
• New filters for Lightspeed Token Application, Relic Amplifier Level, Omicron Ability, Zeta Ability, Gear Upgrade, plus Any Ability Upgrade and Unit Level Upgrade filters for both characters and ships.
• Tutorials for new players have been streamlined, including two new quests granted to all players under level 40.

This is the foundation for the next large update coming later this year.