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This article relates to an element of Star Wars Galaxies prior to the New Game Enhancements. It is no longer accurate and remains for historical purposes only. |
Profession Overview[]
Profession Role Summary[]
- Primary Role: Crowd Control Specialist
- Secondary Role: Medium Range Damage Dealer
- Offense: Moderate (3)
- Defense: Minimal (1)
- Crowd Control: Very Strong (5)
All's fair in love and war is the motto most Smugglers live by. Smugglers use what is generally perceived as dirty fighting to keep their targets off balance while they defeat them. Smugglers have very low defensive ability and only moderate offensive ability, but when combined with their unique fighting style they can comfortably hold their own.
They also provide somewhat of a tradeskill role in slicing weapons and armor. This allows a smuggler to increase the stats on the item, usually in exchange for payment.
A smuggler with the Underworld branch of the skill is able to buy faction points from faction officers (those who you can normally talk to for buying faction perks or turning combatant etc). At Underworld IV they are able to sell it onto other players, usually for a lot of money.
Notes On Abilities[]
(for details on a specific skill, select the corresponding skill box in the table above)
Slicing[]
Slicing is an ability Smugglers gain which allows them to improve weapons and armor beyond their crafted values. The higher your slicing skill mods, the more you can adjust the equipment. Smugglers can sell this service to other players for a nice profit. See Slicing for more details.
Underworld[]
Requires all pistol xp. This is mainly used to allow a Smuggler to purchase faction from a recruiter. It also allows a smuggler to hear what a Twi'lek says in Lekku and play the Jawa junk game. That's about it.
Dirty Fighting[]
This is all pistol xp. It is recommended to get the fan shot skill and some of the pistol speed tree from pistoleer as it goes much faster. Low Blow is a ranged knockdown, Feign Death can be useful in getting out of a scrape, and Last Ditch is the most powerfull pistol special in the game.
Spices[]
Requires Spice Crafting XP. Smugglers are the only profession able to craft Spices, a type of consumable that does not fill the stomach, unlike other Food or Drinks. Spices temporarily boost one or more HAM stat and reduce one other stat. At the end of the duration, all of these stats will be reduced below their normal levels.
See the Spices page for more info.
Master[]
Gives you the cool title of Master Smuggler which will make you a magnet for tells in every major starport in the game. Masters do however have a bonus to slicing over the slicing 4 box although no mention of it is in the skill tree. (Dev statements on the official forums have confirmed this.) If you decide to walk around with your Master title up /anon is your friend.
Smuggling[]
Something which does not exist in SWG. New players should be aware that currently there is no game mechanic that allows for actual smuggling in Star Wars Galaxies. However, this may or may not change to a limited degree with Publish 11.3, set to go live the week after Thanksgiving. In the patch notes, there was a mention of the Talus Space Station giving missions out to ground smugglers that are Alliance or Privateer members. We'll just have to see exactly what this means and how much "Smuggling" this is. It has recently been confirmed that the Talus Station missions are in fact "smuggling" missions and not "Smuggling" missions.
Which means that the devs are making a difference between the words Smuggling and smuggling. Basically Smugglers still haven't had an update since the game launched.
Getting Started[]
Training Novice Smuggler requires 125,000 Pistol Weapons XP, a branch from Marksman, and a branch from Brawler:
You can find a Smuggler trainer at one of X locations:
- Mos Eisley, Tatooine 3400, -4880
- Keren, Naboo 1360, 2835
- Keren, Naboo 1845, 2770
- Dearic, Talus 165, -2890
Related Skill Mods[]
- Feign Death
- General Ranged Accuracy
- General Ranged Speed
- Language Comprehension
- Melee Defense
- Ranged Defense
- Slicing: Armor
- Slicing: Weapon
- Spice Assembly
- Spice Experimentation
- Unarmed Accuracy
- Unarmed Speed
Abilities[]
| Name | Command | SAC | Dam. Mod. | Description | Granted At |
| Blind Recovery | /blindrecovery | 8/0* | - | Cures self of blind state. | Underworld II |
| Concussion Shot (Improved) | /concussionshot | 20/4 | 0.25 | Roots and delays opponent for a short time, or until damaged. Causes Daze | Novice Smuggler, Master Smuggler |
| Delegate Faction Points | /delegatefactionpoints | 20/4 | 0.25 | Allows the smuggler to transfer faction points from themselves to another player. | Underworld IV |
| Dizzy Recovery | /dizzyrecovery | 8/0* | - | Cures self of dizzy state. | Dirty Fighting II |
| Feign Death | /feigndeath | ?? | - | Makes it look as if you've been incapacitated, ending combat. | Dirty Fighting I |
| Last Ditch | /lastditch | 100/100* | ?? | Last resort attack that uses all ability points to attack proportionally inverse to amount of health remaining. | Underworld IV |
| Low Blow | /lowblow | 16/2 | 0.25 | Low damage attack that knocks down and slows attack speed of target. | Dirty Fighting III |
| Overwhelming Shot | /overwhelmingshot | 15/2 | 0.2 | Causes a reduction in target's ability to resist state effects. | Slicing II |
| Panic Shot | /panicshot | 16/2 | ?? | Prevents target from attacking for short period of time. | Underworld I |
| Reckless Shot (Improved) (Advanced) | /recklessshot | 15/2 | 1.4 | Last resort shot, leaving attacker vulnerable. | Delinquency I, Delinquency III, Master Smuggler |
| Restraining Shot | /restrainingshot | 18/4 | 0.5 | Reduces target's movement speed through a snare. | Delinquency II |
| Slicing: Containers | - | - | - | Allows a Smuggler to slice locked containers for Slicing XP. | Novice Smuggler |
| Stun Recovery | /stunrecovery | 8/0* | - | Cures self of stunned state. | Dirty Fighting IV |
Note: SAC = special attack cost, listed as a percentage of Action/Mind (see Special Attack Costs for details); SAC fields marked with a * are independent of your weapon's SAC cost and will always cost the amount of Action/Mind listed. Dam. Mod. = damage modifier listed is relative to the damage done with the default Ranged Shot attack, and is only listed for the most advanced version of an ability.
Certifications[]
Schematics[]
- Spices IV: Muon Gold, Neutron Pixie, Booster Blue
- Spices III: Crash and Burn, Thrusterhead, Gunjack
- Spices II: Pyrepenol, Sedative H4b, Zypolene Droid Lubricant
- Spices I: Yarrock, Sweetblossom, Giggledust
- Novice Smuggler: Shadowpaw, Grey Gabaki, Scramjet
Community Information[]
Profession Name Correspondent: WesBelden
Smuggler Forum: Official Smuggler Forum
Important Links, Guides and FAQ's from the offical Smuggler Forum