Smuggler

Smuggler is the Han Solo profession — a pistol-and-melee scoundrel who fights dirty, deals in stolen goods, and runs contraband across the galaxy. Smugglers can fight unarmed about as well as with a blaster, which makes a cantina disagreement a viable career opportunity.

Role

Smuggler base stats lean heavily on luck (+120) and agility (+100), giving the class strong dodge and crit profiles. The toolkit combines fast-firing pistol specials with melee dirty tricks: tripwires, caltrops, tendon-slicing strikes, and bleed effects. Self-heals (Self Preservation, Survival Instinct, Vitality) keep the Smuggler alive between hits without needing a medic. Fence Items — a signature ability — lets a Smuggler sell goods anywhere in the galaxy.

Skill tree highlights

• Fast Draw / Quick Draw / Hip Shot — escalating quick-attack chain
• Dirty Tricks and Sudden Strike — high-damage close-range bursts
• Tendonslicer — direct damage that slows for escape
• Caltrops / Tripwire — placed traps that slow pursuers
• Bleed and Artery Strike — damage-over-time bleeds
• Call a Favor — summons an NPC ally in combat

The Underworld Faction grind (Chapter 3) layers a parallel progression: deliver contraband across planets to earn UWFP and unlock Bootlegger, Pirate, and Master Underworld Smuggler ranks. Failed runs cost faction and front money, and Tier 4-5 PvP missions place the Smuggler on Bounty Hunter terminals.

Best trained at

Smuggling missions start with Barak in Bestine on Tatooine (Tier 1), progress through Ogden in Keren on Naboo (Tier 2), Baldwin at Nym’s Stronghold on Lok (Tier 3), Harding at the Endor Smuggler Outpost (Tier 4), and Russell at the Dathomir Trade Outpost (Tier 5).