SWTOR Datacrons and Matrix Cube Combinations

As you may or may not know, SWTOR datacrons are those brightly colored artifacts that you can find throughout the SWTOR universe. Once you get any of these datacrons, they can increase your character’s abilities and skills or they can give you matrix shards. These matrix shards can be assembled to give you an even more powerful boost than the individual SWTOR datacrons themselves. These datacrons can be easy or difficult to find, and some datacrons can only be acquired after completing a specific series of events.

There are 7 different types of SWTOR datacrons that emanate different colors in the Star Wars universe and these are:

Strength – Red

Resistance – Green

Target: blue

Willpower – Purple

Presence – Orange

Cunning – Yellow

Matrix Fragment – White

An individual SWTOR datacron that does not provide an array fragment can give a stat boost ranging from +2 to +10, depending on where you found the datacron and what type of datacron you found.

There are also different types of matrix shards that you can purchase and they can be red, blue, yellow, or green. By themselves, matrix shards serve no purpose, but they must be assembled into a matrix cube to significantly enhance your character’s abilities.

To assemble a Matrix Cube, you must have at least 3 Matrix Fragments and be able to access a Matrix Assembler. For Republic players, they will be able to access one in a phase of any access in the Ruins of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. For Empire players, they will be able to access one in a phase of any access near the Black Temple in Dromund Kaas.

Once you have 3 matrix shards and access to a matrix assembler, all you have to do is input those 3 shards into the machine and it will create the Matrix Cube for you. However, while it is possible to create a Matrix Cube of the level your character has, the bonus attributes of a Matrix Cube can only be activated when you reach a certain level. There are also 4 levels or levels of Matrix Cubes and these are 15, 24, 32 and 50. Therefore, your character must be at least level 15 to get those bonus attributes.

Some of the attributes that Matrix Cubes can give you are:

Level 15 cubes

Red, Blue, Yellow: +18 Strength and +8 Stamina

Red, Blue, Green: +15 Aim and +10 Stamina

Level 24 Cubes

Red, Yellow, Yellow: +19 Strength and +24 Stamina

Green, Blue, Blue: +17 Aim, +22 Stamina, +6 Critical Chance

You can also disassemble a Matrix Cube if you are not satisfied with the upgrades, but you will have to purchase a power core. They are not cheap so you have to be sure what type of cube you want to assemble.