Droid Engineer

Droid Engineer is the Elite Artisan profession that builds the mechanical helpers of the galaxy. From the R2 and R5 astromechs that fly with JTL pilots, to the protocol droids that sell wares for a Merchant, to the combat-grade DZ-70 and Probot battle droids that follow players into hunts, every player-crafted droid in SWG comes off a Droid Engineer’s bench.

Role

The profession runs on Droid Assembly and Droid Experimentation skill modifiers plus a wide library of resource specs covering metals, electronics, and chemicals. Droid Engineers also produce modules — attachable enhancements that customize a droid’s behavior, such as medical packs, repair kits, scomp links, structural-enhancement modules, and faction-specific upgrades. The custom-module business is where the deepest Droid Engineer revenue lives.

Skill tree highlights

The tree splits into four branches:

• Astromechs — R2, R3, R4, R5 chassis and their JTL-side scomp utilities
• Protocol Droids — 3PO-class, LE-class, and merchant-vendor droids
• Combat Droids — Probot, DZ-70, and the heavy combat chassis
• Modules — medical, repair, crafting, and structural-enhancement attachments

Mastery requires roughly 63 skill points beyond the Artisan prerequisite plus a deep pool of Droid Engineering XP. The flagship combat-droid recipes also require schematics learned from quest chains and looted droid-engineer schematic drops.

Best trained at

Droid Engineer trainers live in major starport cities — Coronet on Corellia, Theed on Naboo, Mos Eisley and Bestine on Tatooine — with secondary trainers in Tyrena and Anchorhead. Droid demos in the trainer plaza often showcase the chassis lineup.