Shipwright

Shipwright is the elite Artisan profession introduced with the Jump to Lightspeed expansion. Where Architects build the static world and Weaponsmiths arm players on foot, Shipwrights build the spacecraft that fly through the JTL space sectors — from the small one-pilot starfighters all the way up to the multi-crew gunships and Yacht-class luxury hulls.

Role

Shipwrights produce every player-craftable starship component: reactors, capacitors, engines, boosters, shields, armor, weapons, and the multipurpose chassis components that bolt them together. They also produce ship-deed hulls themselves. The profession lives on Shipwright Assembly and Shipwright Experimentation skill modifiers paired with looted Reverse Engineering levels that boost the experimentation ceiling on individual finished pieces.

Skill tree highlights

The tree splits into four branches covering:

• Engines and Reactors — propulsion and power core components
• Weapons and Munitions — laser cannons, projectile launchers, proton torpedoes, ordnance racks
• Defensive Systems — shields, armor, capacitors
• Hull Assembly — full ship-deed crafting and chassis integration

Mastery requires roughly 63 skill points beyond the Artisan prerequisite plus a large pool of Shipwright Crafting XP. Reverse Engineering — looted from space combat itself — is the gate that unlocks the highest tiers of finished-component quality.

Best trained at

Shipwright trainers cluster around space-launch hubs. The primary training stops are Bestine and Mos Eisley starports on Tatooine, Coronet on Corellia, Theed on Naboo, and the orbital stations Tansarii Point Station (the JTL tutorial hub) and Nova Orion Station.