The Academy - "How do I get and decorate a Stronghold?"

[@laisensei6984]

Buying is the easy part, the real art begins at decorating.

[@Swtorista]

A nice post from Whoswhoswho on Reddit about stronghold prices: Coruscant and Dromand Kaas Strongholds will cost 1,445,000 credits to fully unlock (4,370,000 Guild each) Nar Shaddaa will run you 10,500,000 credits (28,750,000 Guild) Tatooine will only cost you 9,500,000 (31,600,000 Guild) Yavin 4 is the most expensive at 13,000,000 (42,000,000 Guild)The total to fully unlock all of the strongholds for personal use is 35,890,000, (Guild SH's cost a lot more.) Considering how easy it is to make credits lately, I would recommend unlocking all of these as soon as possible. You never know when Bioware will do something the change the economy. Another note; fully unlocking A guild Flagship will require 125,000,000 credits and 54 Frameworks. Cheers.

[@amdoick]

Swtorista Great vids love them same for this vid but thanks for this tip/note

[@firstoffproductions1462]

Did the math, the full guild set requires 104,980,000 credits

[@DerGeistDesKriegers]

Whelp, there goes 13 million credits(Yavin 4). I love the look of that stronghold.

[@Swtorista]

Totally worth it!

[@Michael.131]

For someone who has been subscribe for a long time to you (before the academy) this was a nice reminder of your old stronghold videos :)

[@Talldude88]

Thanks Swtorista for another great addition to "The Academy". Always great information!

[@lobotofcloudcity9028]

Yes! I found your older stronghold videos awhile back and that is when I subscribed. This is a great addition. Thanks! Lobot approves.

[@BufftatJunkie]

This was a really great tutorial. It was very helpful and now I own two strongholds!

[@endlesswaffles6504]

That wampa room at the beginning is awesome!

[@Swtorista]

Thanks! Had a lot of fun decorating the "pet house".

[@BrazenNL]

3:12 What do those white light columns emanating from the center square indicate?

[@Swtorista]

Rug Hook :)

[@BrazenNL]

@@Swtorista Ah, okay. I guess I should get myself a Stronghold, then. Thanks!

[@numbers9to0]

BioWare should give us a button to rate Stongholds that don't look bad. It's so hard to find some that are really nice decorated, and not just flooded with statues and stuff. It's ok if somebody just uses it only for the Conquest bonus. But there should be a way to rate some as "looks really nice". Visiting Strongholds is boring. They are all the same. One out of 100 ist decorated with efford and thought.

[@Swtorista]

I don't understand why people publicly list their "conquest junk" strongholds. Makes no sense! Wish there was a way to rate strongholds though, but I have a feeling people would abuse it.

[@admiralsquatbar127]

I'm currently decorating my stronghold with some thought and care. It looks like a would be a nice place to live in.

[@kangkudos1225]

Also make the in-game stronghold accessable via HTML hyperlink so that you can have the game running, come to KZbin and CLICK on a link to someone's stronghold posted on KZbin then the link brings your game window back into focus and asks if you want to go to that stronghold link

[@vyloniousbloodwing3061]

I can not believe the prices! Pure insanity. How to earn credits guide here I come

[@Swtorista]

+Vylonious Bloodwing haha! The Dromund Kaas and Coruscant are pretty affordable. The rest are luxury! :P

[@Kittykisszpdx]

Thx Swtorista, you're the best!

[@Swtorista]

You're welcome Kitty!

[@T-WJ]

Thank you for this Great Video ! - Finnally some Proper Information 😊

[@kangkudos1225]

I think my Dromund Kaas condo is haunted. Earlier today, I looked up from the legacy locker only to see a naked Sith starring back at me. Just a few minutes ago, I saw a droid standing in my Garage (which hasn't been unlocked yet) only to vanish into thin air...just like the naked Sith haunting the living room earlier

[@WhiteoakKnight]

Are there mannequins and or weapon racks to show off rare or favored weapons, armor, clothing, etc?

[@Swtorista]

Nope :(

[@LucasJAmmons]

I wish there was a Odessa and Zakuul stronghold. Can a player travel back to their strongholds during KOTFE and subsequent expansions?

[@Swtorista]

You can travel to your stronghold at anytime :)

[@kangkudos1225]

Decorating in the upper floor on Dromund Kaas will make those decorations appear in that character's Strongholds Introduction Video

[@Swtorista]

Yes! That's so cool.

[@kangkudos1225]

@@Swtorista It is cool when the giant Crystal from the battle of Ilum, shows up in the video! And looking further to the side wall you see the Emperor statute (from the False Emperor) appear. If there's is ONE great feature to this game's engine, it's how infinitely adaptable are it's in-game cut-scenes.

[@kangkudos1225]

A plausible in-world explanation *(If you are Empire & Force user)* for having a room filled with a dozen copies of the same photo for every boss you slay is to put them up in your *Brooding Chamber* ...Which is what I'm calling the small bedroom upstairs where your character can sith and brood around all day while starring endlessly at the wall, contemplating all the terrible things these people did to you as your seething anger festers within!!

[@MacMcNurgle]

Screen loading issues the first time you try to enter your stronghold? When I got my Stronghold the screen would load but stay at 100% and nothing. Took me a few logins to finally smash the keyboard in frustration. Eureka! Seems that the spacebar on the keyboard will skip a cinematic and it also allowed the cinematic to play. Well, it did for me at any rate. I was all good after that.

[@theninedivides6851]

How to buy more decorations for stronghold i got my first dump of free decorations but want to buy more or see the selection of them where do I go?

[@masterhypnos6783]

Is there a command for packing up all of a stronghold's decorations without deactivating the stronghold? I want to pack up all of the deco in character A's stronghold, transfer the stronghold to character B so I don't have to risk having to repurchase the expansions on it, and then get a new stronghold on character A.

[@mynkir-sol2150]

Items have to be removed individually, afaik. If there were one button to pickup all decos in a SH, it would be in the SH GUI/Control panel you use to select which SH to visit. Here you can edit strongholds, changing its Name & which Character owns it. One Character can have multiple SHs. Have fun & be good!

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

is it possible to opt out of the ability to share the stronghold across all characters? I wanna make a Jedi and Smuggler-type stronghold for each character but cant currently as it always shares the same one..

[@Swtorista]

Nope, sorry, Strongholds are shared. However, her'es a neat tip: after the server merges on November 8th, if you have a coruscant stronghold on one server, and a different coruscant stronghold on another server, if those two servers get merged you'll suddenly have two coruscant strongholds on your server. So go check out which servers are getting merged and get a second one unlocked ;) here's the chart of what's getting merged www.swtor.com/info/news/news-article/20171002 and here's more info about the merges kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaCzc5x8pdeEq7M (note the date said in the video is wrong, it's nov 8)

[@peterjtdiaz7194]

Well time to make a sith strong hold luckily the colors that are manly used for the meeting room are just red and black.

[@usefulclicks1635]

I've just gotten back into swtor and I am delighted to see they really have expanded and improved it.

[@anodysseyofsteven1985]

Hi SWTORISTH!N I was wonderinc if you place you guild banks, cargo bays, and the yellow, blue, and purple bins down in you stronghold, can they all be moved around else where in your stronghold? Thanks

[@Swtorista]

You can place down and pick up an decorations. Just right-click the square you put them down on :)

[@Doeshanay]

thank you so much for these video's they're so helpful

[@Swtorista]

Cheers!

[@Doeshanay]

Swtorista so I just subscribed today what are a few things I should start doing, I'm a 55 imp. Agent

[@Swtorista]

Late reply, I would say continue the story! You get to start Shadow of Revan now :) from your ship

[@anodysseyofsteven1985]

Hi Swtorista!! I was wondering, if you buy a stronghold on one character, is that stronghold availiable to other character you make on the same fraction? Or.. Do I need to re-purchase the stronghold on the other characters of the same fraction? Have you seen anyone who has given each character they make their own stronghold.? For example.. Smuggler character gets the Nar Shadda stronghold. Your main character gets the correnoant stroghold? And so on.. Can this example be done? Thanks. Steven

[@Swtorista]

Strongholds are shared between all the characters on your server. You can buy up to 5 right now I think. And yeah I think lots of people do! My Dromund Kass stronghold "belongs" to my sith characters, my Yavin "belongs" to my vanguard.

[@xboxsolox]

Where do you buy decorations for your stronghold?

[@Snoopster]

Nice video!

[@jesse420SOCAL]

As new player you didn't really answer my question of what are best general stronghold items that you must have like cargohold or gtn and how to get them

[@Swtorista]

You're missing part 2 about decorations :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Spga2JacljZrs

[@jesse420SOCAL]

Swtorista great the video I was looking for has more detail than first one , 1st seems more of explanation of what strong hold is you should combine both vids thank you

[@anodysseyofsteven1985]

Hi again. I can't seem to find the websites that you mention. In the video to check out. Could you give them in writing please. Thank you.

[@Swtorista]

+Steven Zhunio-Hoffman swtorstrongholds.com and tor-decorating.com

[@anodysseyofsteven1985]

Hi there, How do you get the plans that you need to unlock your stroghold rooms? Once you get these plans, how do you use the plans to unlock the rooms? Thanks.

[@Swtorista]

+Steven Zhunio-Hoffman hello Steven! Once you buy your stronghold from the fleet, you literally just walk through your house. When you get to a door that is locked you will be asked if you want to pay credits to unlock it, no plans needed!

[@kylehill9121]

At first I was able to place my companions down in my stronghold but now I can't find them. Why is it doing this??

[@panathenaea]

How do I share items with my other characters? I think I need a stronghold...but what else do i need to do?

[@Swtorista]

You need a stronghold then a legacy bank which can be used to share some types of items.

[@panathenaea]

Swtorista how do you obtain a legacy bank?

[@Swtorista]

You get it from the quest from a hologram guy in the Strongholds section if the fleet. Then it's a decoration you can put in your stronghold.

[@phantomninjagaming]

do you need to be a subscriber in order to own one of these ?

[@friccle_]

This sounds dumb but, how do you. EXIT the edit mode??

[@Swtorista]

Oh gosh. So there is a special interface button that only exists while in your stronghold. You press EDIT MODE in the center of the screen swtorista.com/decorations/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/swtor-2015-05-16-11-03-03-68.jpg then the same button again to exit!

[@DimitriBoyarski]

So if I complete stronghold quest for one character it becomes available to all my characters?

[@Swtorista]

+Dimitri yep your stronghold becomes accessible by all characters on your server :)

[@mickpaul1167]

Where and how did you get the whomped rug? That was so cool😜

[@Swtorista]

It's from the life day decorations around christmas on the cartel market :)

[@mickpaul1167]

How may strong holds can you have?

[@Swtorista]

A total of 5, one of each kind. But then you can have 5 on each server!

[@DevFLeX82]

I wish there WAS an option to let someone else decorate your Stronghold! I've got tons of decorations and junk but I'm a bit of a perfectionist and the open sandbox concept just overwhelms me with too many options!

[@theronshan9281]

Thanks, awesome

[@Greavence420]

I was like "wow she knows what shes talking about", Until i realized you were just stating the wiki :P

[@amaangigani9372]

Hey, there is no hologram to start the quest for me

[@amaangigani9372]

It's in the crew section now

[@cameronmartin7975]

what pc do you use

[@kangkudos1225]

"The BEST one" -- whatever that is today

[@Vicivic1404]

Hey guys i have an all in one Computer at Interest. I just wanted to ask if I could play on Ultra settings swtor with these settings: Display. 58.4 cm / 23 Zoll Processor. Intel Core i5-4460 T Windows 10 Graphic Card . AMD Radeon R7 360 Max work Space. 8 1 TB , 8 I Hope i didn't forget anything Important. Would Love to hear from you guys Greetings Victor

[@callefolin]

You should I myself have a 3,5Ghz I5 and a GTX 960. So it your processor should be fine but I need to learn your graphics card to answer the question.

[@Vicivic1404]

+calle folin which information is that? Because AMD Radeon R7 360 is the only thing written Next to graphic

[@Vicivic1404]

+calle folin 4460T Prozessor (til 2.70 GHz with Intel Turbo-Boost-Technik 2.0, 6 MB Intel Smart-Cache)

[@callefolin]

victortahal2 I don't think you could play it with Ultra at 60FPS you could probably play at ultra with 30Fps though. Not an expert so just try it and if the game crashes then you cannot run it

[@inertiafantasm6316]

server?

[@callefolin]

She plays on Ebon hawk

[@inertiafantasm6316]

do u know her name on it?

[@callefolin]

Inertia Fantasm Scya or something like that I Think... I saw it in one of her videos

[@inertiafantasm6316]

calle folin ty

[@aarsyn3254]

I bought the Dromund Kaas one for 8 credits lol

[@Wiplash12345]

+1 sub love your video they really help me :)

[@Swtorista]

Glad you like them Fury as Night!

[@mvyorkie009]

When i collected my items and right clicks on them they never appeared. So i still cant decorate my place :(. Hence why i am here watching this video. yorkie

[@Swtorista]

The decorations system is very buggy. First make sure the filters are cleared. Then make sure you are selecting a hook that is the right size for your deco. Last if it won't work still, select a different size hook then reselect the one you wanted

[@inpuris13]

i wish there was a koriban stronghold

[@issaabusharar8190]

But are Strongholds Strong?

[@Swtorista]

super strong

[@ilikeburgers]

@@Swtorista but can they hold?

[@bar7381]

so youre telling me ive just been wasting storage space with all these decorations

[@sethgilmore539]

it's 2020

[@Nine-Oh-Five]

Not anymore

[@Rwoarr]

Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior and he loves you all! Choose Him in this time where there is much evilness in this world! He will change your heart all around!

[@freemaysin5088]

i think i want to marry you