The Basics:
Datacrons are small cubes hidden throughout the universe of SWTOR. They either give boosts to a single stat or they give you a matrix shard. Each type of datacron has a specific color:
Strength: Red
Endurance: Green
Willpower: Purple
Cunning: Orange
Aim: White
Presence: Yellow
Shards: Also White (but instead of there being a symbol on the side of the cube these have a pattern of dots that form a cross on each side of the cube. There are 4 different colors of shards: Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue. These shards can be used to make Matrix cubes which I will talk about later.
The datacrons also glow and emit a pillar of colored light into the sky making them more visible if they are in the open. They also make a sound that you can hear when you are in the close vicinity of a datacron.
Locations by Planet:
EMPIRE WORLD DATACRON LOCATIONS:
Korriban:
Loc: 128, 81 [+4 Endurance] - Near the shuttle that you leave the planet on.
Loc: 529, 64 [+4 Willpower] - This is located on a plateau near the first shuttle your quests will take you.
Loc: -42, 582 [Red Matrix Shard] - Located in the non-instanced group area inside the tomb of Tulak Hord
Hutta:
Loc: -94, 859 [+4 Aim] - This is on an unaccessable hill side. You need to climb a nearby pipe to a higher vantage point and jump down to it.
Loc: -10, 322 [Blue Matrix Shard] - This is inside the Sewer Maintenance Tunnels. There is an elite (Lv 8-10?) between you and your prize. The datacron is around the corner to the right behind him. He hits very hard. If below lvl 10 advisable to bring another player.
Loc: 650, -107 [+4 Presence] - This is located on an island. Follow the pipeline that leads to the island and you'll be able to get this one. More specifically, you HAVE to run on the pipe to get on the island as the sides can not be scaled.
Dromund Kaas:
Loc: 855, 643 [+4 Strength] - This is located in shuttle bay D-61 on the west wall on top of some boxes. You will need to jump onto a ventilation pipe from the walkway above to get to this.
Loc: -795, 1451 [+4 Endurance] - There is a path that leads up behind Lord Grathan's Estate.
Loc: -189, 1737 [Yellow Matrix Shard] - This Datacron is located on top of a waterfall in The , Malignnt Bog. There is a path just to the south that leads up to the top of the waterfall.
Loc: 581, 796 [+4 Presence] - Follow the road that heads Southwest from the starport to it's end.
Loc: -1219, 211 [+4 Cunning] - This Datacron is located on top of a rock. You will need to fall to it from a higher location. There is a path that you'll need to jump to get onto that is located at approx -1090, 209 that will lead to a good vantage point to access this Datacron.
REPUBLIC WORLD DATACRON LOCATIONS:
Tython:
Loc: -33, -101 [+4 Endurance] - This Datacron is in a cave in a mountainside. It is due East of the Forward Camp Speeder. There are two methods you may use to access this Datacron. I opted to scale the rockface and through trial and error got my footing and my datacron. There is another entrance to the cave located in Flesh Raider Territory at -28, 22 If you are in that area you simply need only kill a few level 6 mobs to access the Datacron.
Loc: -93, 919 [Blue Matrix Shard] - South of the Forge Remnants there is a path (-195, 812) that leads to the area the Datacron is in. The Datacron is on a raised area (easy to get to) with a "strong" flesh raider worshipping it.
Loc: -642, -70 [+4 Willpower] - From the Forward camp proceed to Ruins of Kaleth, up the stairs and to the first building on the right, climb the rubble on the left and then up the fallen tower up the hill pass the stump and the tree.
Ord Mantell:
Loc: 778, 134. [Red Matrix Shard] - This Datacron is Northeast of Falks Reach Speeder (North of Mannett Point) on the beach on the north side of the island. There is one level 8 Elite guard that will need to be killed.
Loc: -657, -575 [+4 Aim] - This Datacron is located on Savrip Island which is almost due West of Oradam Village. When you arrive at the island you will notice a rocky hill, the Datacron is on top of that hill. You should be able to see it's glow as soon as you enter the island. This is a group area consisting of various strong and elite level 8 mobs.
Loc: -975, 203 [+4 Presence] - This Datacron is located west of the Volcano on the beach. Nothing special needs to be done to get to this datacron, you just have to run up the beach from the Volcano Camp.
Coruscant:
Loc: -3625, 150 [+4 Endurance] - Datacron is in Black Sun territory near near the Sienna Sun Cantina exit. You need to jump up the crates by the digger. Once you're up, you just walk across to it.
Loc: 2320, 1051 [+4 Presence] - In the Old Market you will see two ships in circles on the deck. Go west and then up.
Loc: 1020, -3969 [+4 Cunning] - Justicar Area. On a platform that requires you a little bit of jumping and running along some pipes. There is a stack of crates to jump onto to reach the pipes. Just follow the pipes counter clockwise to the platform.
Loc: -3087, 3031 [+4 Strength] - You will need to go to the second level in the lift. You will see a leaning pillar (around -3106, 2922) and a left round edge. Round the column and then drop down.
Loc: 950, 4541 [Yellow Matrix Shard] - In the Works East of Map climb (Starting at 1177, 4419) following the pipes. This will be a fairly long run.
NEUTRAL WORLD DATACRON LOCATIONS:
Datacrons that are accessible to a specific faction (Imperial or Republic) will be notated with an [I ] or [R] next to them.
Balmorra:
Loc: 1850, 111 [+4 Cunning] - [I ] Located in the Balmorran Arms Factory
Loc: -505, 1989 [Green Matrix Shard] - [I ] This is located in the Neebray Wharehouse - Lower Level and requires 2 people to access it. The closest flight path is Troida.
Loc: -781, 2067 [+10 Willpower] - [R] In Gorinth Canyon, Take the 3 bridges out of Gorinth Outpost then cross the pipe and drop down to this datacon.
Loc: -211, -293 [+10 Cunning] - [R] In the Colicoid Queen's nest near bugtown, enter the queen's chamber and on the left hand wall is a maintenance tunnel leading to the datacon.
Loc: -1019, 1514 [[I ]+4 Aim/[R]+10 Aim] - This is located in the Okara Droid Factory, take the lift to the assembly line and look for a entrance below one of the production lines. The closest flight path is Markaran.
Loc: 192, -343 [[I ]+4 Willpower/[R]+10 Endurance] - This one is located near the bugtown flightpath. You need to purchase a Lost Code Cylinder from the vendor located at: 670, 38 to open the locked box this datacron is in.
Loc: 727, 2033 [[I ]+4 Strength/[R]+10 Presence] - Head south from the Sundari outpost, across the bridge then head south from the bridge, dont walk along the cliff and if you see a white turret your heading in the right direction.
Nar Shaddaa:
Loc: 1943, 2481 [+6 Strength] - [I ] Near the Network Access Taxi you will be able to look down and see what looks like a taxi below. You need to carefully fall to the platform that taxi is sitting on. That taxi will bring you to a Datacron. You can then use the communicator to return.
[i]Loc: 2930, 397 [+6 Presence] - [I ] This datacron is on a raised platform in the Rebel Refugee Section in the Duros Sector. You are going to need some serious platforming skills to access this one. You start your platforming at 1616, -2676 (No that's not a misprint). You want to jump on the boxes, hop on the beam, run to the catwalk, jump on a "canvas" to the next catwalk. You will see an elevator, take it to the [i]Residential Catwalk. At this point you are above the datacron, look around, plan your moves and claim your prize. It should be noted that if you fail to hit the beams after you take the elevator, you will either die to the fall or the groups of four elite mobs; enjoy!
Loc: -3700, -1692 [+6 Aim] - [I ] This datacron is on a raised platform in the Corellian Sector. You will notice a floating Kiosk in this area, it makes a circle around this room (takes approx 10 mins to complete a circle). You will need to jump onto the roof above the bench at -3785, -1681 (use the nearby crates and shelves to get there) and get your ride on the floating Kiosk at that location.
Loc: 2192, 3068 [+6 Str] - [R] This is located in the Shadow town area, head up the ramp and across the bridge and jump across beams to reach the Datacon.
Loc: -3364,-3312 [+6 Aim] - [R] In the nikito sector, there is a Datacon on top of a poll. Look for a pile of boxes in the corner to climb your way up and across the wire to get to it.
Loc: 3341, -3291 [+6 Precision] - [R] In the Red light sector, enter the group area located at 3462, -3521 turn right and right again till you hear the matrix cube sound then climb up to the elevator to get to the Datacon.
Loc:1931, 3314 [+6 Cunning] - Inside the Highsecurity lockdown area, look for a pile of creates, climb them to gain access to the incinerator room, whille in this room you need to quickly run to the other side to access the console and input one of these commands ventilation 3918, hydro 3782, incinerator 3827 the door to the datacon will open pick it up but dont forget to search the game machine next to it to obtain the item to get the next datacon.
Loc: 1702 3084 [Yellow Matrix Shard] - Inside the Network Security room just before the Transit Bridge theres a pile of boxes climb up them to the next level to find a game machine with a datacon in it, use the item gained from the insinerator datacon to open it.
Tatooine:
Loc: -720, 3912 [+6 Cunning] - [I ] This is on a rooftop in Mos Ila and will require jumping from rooftop to rooftop until you get to the right place. You can start your roof walking at: -1005, 3887.
Loc: 959, -2885 [+6 Cunning] - [R] One in Anchorhead above the Underworld Trading trainer, you get to this by prince of persia styling from a wall in the north-west corner with sand built up to allow you to get onto the wall (You need to be outside the main city walls to locate this).
Loc: 625, 202 [+6 Willpower] - You need to stand on the edge of the ledge (Location: 586, 294) and look down, you will see a protrusion in the rock face, there is a cave there. You need to carefully jump to that location across the rock face.
Loc: -2071, 755 [+6 Aim] - This Datacron is located on the wing of the crashed ship. You will need to access this from the cliff face in the Crashed Transport Ship (Group Area).
Loc: -3841, -600 [+6 Strength] - This Datacron is on the side of the sand crawler. You may access it by standing directly against the side of the sandcrawler.
Loc: -3850, -600 [Blue Matrix Shard] - This Datacron is on the top of the sand crawler. You may only access it by taking a ride on the jawa balloon, look around coords -3158, 783 for a partially buried sand crawler, this is where you will get on the jawa baloon. Jump off the baloon when you're over the sand crawler with the datacron. The balloon takes roughly an hour to circumvent Tatooine so do this when you have time.
Alderaan:
Loc: 2721, 2494 [+6 Endurance] - You will enter a cave at: 2374, 2450 and follow the tunnel that goes strait in. You will see a blast pack attached to the wall that can be used to blow away rock and claim your Datacron.
Loc: 2191, -2018 [+10 Strength] - This Datacron is located on the face of the dam, on a small ledge. You need to go around the backside of the dam, and jump from 2240, -2026 using obstacles to break your fall halfway down. There is a "Magnetic Stabilizer" right above the platform, you can click on it from the nearby ledge and it pulls you over.
Loc: 1105, 80 [+10 Aim] - This Datacron is located on an island that is only accessible via a very slow trolly, You may enter the trolly at: 1090, -7.
Loc: -2507, -425 [+6 Willpower] - This Datacron is inside Castle Panteer on the Mezzanine floor. You will find a door that looks forced open, it leads to the grand staircase.
Loc: -162, -336 [Unknown] - It's halfway up the big rock holding up the centre of the bridge in Glarus Valley. There appears to be no access to this Datacron.
Taris: (all of these datacrons, were found on empire taris not the republic taris, unfortunately i am lacking that information)
Loc: -1513, -255 [+6 Endurance] - You are going to need to do some walking across a ledge (Ledge Entrance at: -1367, -208), then jump to what looks like a big broken pipe and make your way to this Datacron. At the time of this writing there is a graphical glitch that will cause the ledge to disappear from view, this only lasts for a few meters, so be careful. Nearest shuttle (for Imperials) is Crater Command Base.
Loc: -643, 1606 [+10 Cunning] - You will enter the Abandoned Pirate Cave at -768, 1191 and take the elevator in the back of the room to the bottom floor (Republic Mine). When you arrive at the room with the Datacron you will notice a bulldozer in the room. You will need to jump onto the bulldozer and then jump box to box until you reach the Datacron. The closest flight path is Bomber Command Post. This one is frustrating, but at least you won't die to fall damage!
Loc: 1047, 454 [+10 Aim] - This Datacron is almost due east of 75th Legion Forward Camp on a beam that is raised off the ground. To access it you will need to jump up on the beam and walk to it. Again patience on your jumps will get you to your prize! Access to the beam can be had at: 941, 314.
Loc: 1187,-574 [+10 Presence] - You will enter Transport Station 5 (Directly North of Border Assault Post) at 390, 3 at the first split in the road you will make a left turn and keep going until you arrive at the Datacron location. The Datacron is located on a raised platform, it is fairly obvious how you will access it.
Loc: 442, -772 [+10 Willpower] - The last location is Northeast of Forward Post Alpha. You will be doing some beam walking starting at location: 359, -901. If you fall, you WILL die!
Matrix Cubes (Relics):
Matrix Cubes can be created on your faction's capital planet. On Dromund Kaas they're created in the Ancient assembly chamber that is on the way to the Dark Temple. On Coruscant they're created in the Lost Assembly Vault which is directly to the West when you enter the Jedi Temple. Each character has 3 relic slots, however if you have a matrix cube on you, you cannot make another. But if you put your matrix cube in your cargo hold and return to the assembly room you can make another matrix cube. If you keep repeating the process you can make up to 4 and then equip 3 of them. I'm not sure if this is intended or a bug. I'm hoping that at release there will be other kinds of relics besides matrix cubes.
Different matrix cubes can be made depending on which color shards you put in the assembler and if you're a force user or tech user. It doesn't matter which order you put the shards in. The order the colors are listed in below is the way the game currently names the matrix cubes.
After creation matrix cubes can be broken back down into their respective matrix shards in the disassembler which is in the same area as the assembler. In order to power it you have to buy a Reconstructed Disassembler Core from a vendor on Tatooine in Mos Isla or Anchorhead depending on your faction. The Reconstructed Disassembler Core currently costs 20k.
Matrix Cubes:
R = Red
Y = Yellow
G = Green
B = Blue
Lvl 15 (T2):
RBY: 11 Str, 15 End
BYG: 8 Str, 18 End
RBG: 15 Aim, 11 End
RYG: 15 End, 11 Will
Lvl 24 (T3):
RYY: 23 Str, 16 End, 5 Crit
BYY: 11 Aim, 24 End, 9 Def
GYY: 22 End, 17 Cun, 6 Crit
RBB: 16 End, 23 Will, 5 Crit
YBB: 11 Str, 24 End, 9 Def
GBB: 17 Aim, 22 End, 6 Crit
Lvl 32 (T4):
YRR: 14 Str, 33 End, 8 Acc, 10 Def
BRR: 22 End, 29 Will, 14 Crit
GRR: 23 Aim, 26 End, 16 Pow
RGG: 26 End, 23 Cun, 16 Crit
YGG: Bugged, gives YRR
BGG: 14 Aim, 33 End, 8 Shield, 10 Def
Lvl 50 (T7):
Force Users:
YYY: 24 Str, 62 End, 26 Def, 24 Surge
GGG: 50 Str, 43 End, 18 Crit, 26 Surge
RRR: 50 Will, 43 End, 18 Crit, 26 Surge
BBB: 50 Aim, 43 End, 26 Acc, 18 Crit (Possibly bugged since force users have no use for Aim)
Tech Users:
YYY: 24 Aim, 62 End, 24 Acc, 26 Def
GGG: 50 Str, 43 End, 18 Crit, 26 Surge (Also possibly bugged)
RRR: 52 End, 43 Cun, 18 Crit, 24 Surge
BBB: 50 Aim, 43 End, 26 Acc, 18 Crit
Currently you can find Matrix Prisms, Matrix emitters, and Matrix amplifiers that say they can be used to alter matrix cubes when they are being created. They can be found through archeology (not sure about other gathering skills). Currently there is no use for them in game. I imagine they will be used to make T5, T6, and T8 matrix cubes. Hopefully their uses will be more interesting than just boosting stats though.
Credit goes to datacron master from alterswtor and some other user from the beta forum.
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