Exar Kun Cultist

The Exar Kun Cultist is the contact who keys players into SWG’s late-game flagship heroic instance — the descent into the buried tomb of the fallen Sith Lord Exar Kun beneath the Temple at the Archeological Dig Site on Yavin IV. He stands at the threshold of the dig site and gates entry behind the Controlling Spirit pre-quest chain.

Role in the galaxy

The Cultist exists as the diegetic justification for the heroic’s pre-quest gate: characters must complete Controlling Spirit before he will recognize their key and let them descend. Once keyed, the actual instance entry happens at the “An Ancient Brazier” interactable nearby — players click it and choose Descend into Exar Kun’s Temple. The Cultist also serves as the in-fiction representative of the Sith remnant cult that has reawakened around the tomb. Faction is technically contested in canon, but in-game the Cultist sits in the criminal faction bucket alongside other Sith-aligned NPC factions; no GCW alignment is required to interact with him.

Where to find them

The Exar Kun Cultist stands near the Temple of Exar Kun in the Archeological Dig Site on Yavin IV. The Dig Site is reachable by direct shuttle from the Aurilia Adventurers’ Guildhall flight terminal, the same hub that gates the Battle of Echo Base heroic. Required combat level for the actual instance is 90; an eight-player group is recommended, though the heroic accepts four.