SWTOR Story Order – A Complete List

Star Wars: The Old Republic might not be canon anymore, but the game still retains a cult following. As of writing time, the 10th anniversary is several months away. However, despite its age, you can enjoy the game’s deep story and explore the vast universe of Star Wars as a free-to-play game.

Even so, the game’s story can be confusing for some, thanks to the game’s long life. However, the community has gathered a streamlined story order. Keep on reading to find out how to progress through the story mode.

SWTOR Story Order

Initially, you start with character creation and picking a faction. As all choices experience the events at roughly the same time, you can always come back later.

Since we can’t fit summaries into the article, we’ll keep things short. You can play Flashpoints solo or co-op, and we’ll list them out as well if possible.

Each class has a different story, and there are also extra quests. However, we’ll list out the main locations for you.

1. Starter planet different for each class
   
2. Pick a fleet to join
   
3. Heading to your faction’s capital planet
4. Depending on your faction, either Republic Taris or Imperial Balmorra
   
5. Nar Shadda
   
6. Tatooine
   
7. Alderaan
   
8. The option you didn’t pick between Republic Taris or Imperial Balmorra
9. Quesh
   
10. Hoth
    
11. Belsavis
    
12. Voss
    
13. Directive 7 Flashpoint
    
14. Corellia
    

From here on, your class story ends. There are still other story missions to play, so keep on reading.

1. Ilum
   
2. The Battle of Ilum & The False Emperor Flashpoint
   
3. The Black Hole (Corellia)
   
4. Section X (Belsavis)
   
5. Rise of the Hutt Cartel (Makeb) Expansion
   
6. CZ-198
   
7. ORICON
   
8. Shadow of Revan prelude
   
9. Shadow of Revan (Rishi & Yavin 4) Expansion
   
10. Ziost
    

Pay-to-Play Storylines

Should you purchase a subscription, you can continue playing the expansions as follows:

1. Knights of the Fallen Empire (Zakuul & Odessen) Expansion
   
2. Star Fortresses Flashpoints
   
3. Knights of the Eternal Throne Expansion
   
4. Iokath
   
5. Crisis on Umbara Flashpoint
   
6. A Traitor Among the Chiss (Copero) Flashpoint
   
7. The Nathema Conspiracy Flashpoint
   
8. Ossus
   
9. Dantooine (Seasonal event)
   
10. Onslaught (Onderon & Mek-Sha) Expansion
    
11. Objective Meridian Flashpoint
    
12. Five minor quests after Onslaught
13. Echoes of Oblivion update
    
    
    

The Echoes of Oblivion update has some spoilers for earlier quests and storylines. It’s better to clear them before proceeding.

1. Spirit of Vengeance
   
2. Post-Spirit of Vengeance quests
   

These are the most up-to-date storylines. As time passes, the developers will release newer storylines for players to continue where they left off.

The Galaxy’s Tales

Whether SWTOR is canon or not, the game is still popular and in a healthy state. There are most likely huge updates coming for the anniversary celebrations, and fans are already speculating. If you’re not at the latest quests, you may need to hurry so that you’re ready for the new content.

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