SWTOR Basilisk Prototype Ventures Guide (2024)

Introduced to SWTOR in 7.5, the Ventures system is a new method of allowing players to work for unique rewards. To start, you get to train your own Basilisk War Droid! How does it work? How is it different from other types of content in SWTOR? Is it even worth doing? You’ll have your answers to these questions in this guide below!

What are Ventures

Ventures are a new type of solo mission experience available to SWTOR subscribers. Introduced in update 7.5, Ventures aim to have players work hard for premium rewards.

What types of rewards these will be can only be answered in time as we’ll see how the devs tackle them in the future. For our first Venture, we have to train a Basilisk War Droid named B3-S1 to become a full-fledged companion!

How to Start the Basilisk Prototype Venture

To access the Basilisk Prototype Venture, you need to complete the Ruhnuk storyline. Upon completion, you’ll get a holocall from Lane Vizla, Shae Vizla’s cousin.

Accept the call to start the mission Showdown’s Wave. During your mission, you’ll get the mission Small Victories where you’ll watch a cutscene with Lane explaining how she plans to repair the recovered Basilisk droid.

Next you’ll need to start the Chains in the Dark story. You will get the mission Road to Nowhere, complete the mission and you will eventually get summoned by Lane on Ruhnuk to start training the Basilisk droid, B3-S1. Complete “A Few Modifications”, then go to your Legacy Window.

Click “Ventures” on the left menu and you’ll find a red, blocked schematic of the Basilisk droid. It’ll tell you the requirements for starting the Venture.

Once you’re ready and able, click Grant Mission to get a holocall from Lane. Now it’s time to start working on this droid!

How to Repair and Train the B3-S1 Droid Companion

Despite being a droid, B3-S1 can’t be simply programmed to be proficient in various forms of combat. She has to learn more organically through first-hand experience.

B3-S1 will only have one ability whether she’s set to Combate (DPS), Defense (Tank), or Support (Healing) modes when she’s first starting out. To grant her more abilities,

You can track your progress at any time through your Legacy Window. Go to Ventures and select Basilisk Prototype. You’ll find a page with your current levels in Combat, Defense, and support.

Here is an explanation for each segment of this window – what it shows and how to use the Basilisk Prototype’s UI:

1. At the top you can track your Repair Level progress. To the right of the bar you’ll find icons of items related to the venture. In this case, the items Training Modules and Memory Chips.
2. In the middle of the window, you’ll see your current progress with B3-S1’s training levels for Defense, Support, and Combat. For each pip that’s lit up, B3-S1 unlocked another ability for that mode. In the diagram, there are empty circuits, though what purpose these serve has yet to be seen. Stay tuned for updates.
3. At the bottom of the window, you’ll find Venture objectives to aid B3-S1’s training. Click the Defense, Support, or Combat Modules at the diagram to find different objectives to complete. These include using abilities for each 25 times, completing a training module, researching new upgrades, and performing repairs.

After talking to Lane Vizla, you’ll get some items in your inventory. These will be Training Modules for Combat, Defense, and Support, along with three Data Chips. These are necessary components to train and level up B3-S1.

Training Modules

You’ll gain 3 Training Modules when you start out training B3-S1 with the mission Burc’ya Vaal Burk’yc. Depending on which one you choose to activate will grant you a different mission along the lines of “Combat/Defense/Support Training: Ruhnuk”. You must complete 2 Daily Missions on Ruhnuk for this training mission.

This can be challenging if you’ve grown dependent on companions for combat, so I’d recommend the missions Ani Ara’novor and What’s in the Works.

You can start the first portion of Ani Ara’novor at the Machine Scrapyard then finish the two missions at the Dilapidated Waterworks.

A potentially shorter quest than What’s in the Works you can do in the same area is Ruhnuk Rarebit. This only applies if the creatures aren’t being farmed by others also trying to complete their two missions.

After you finish the tutorial portion of this venture, future Training Modules might not be on Ruhnuk but on other planets instead. There you’ll have to complete dailies on those other planets for B3-S1’s training. Make good use of your time as you only have 1 hour to train her for every use of a Data Chip.

Data Chips (Currency)

Data Chips will appear in your Currency Tab in your Inventory. These are required to take B3-S1 out for training as she’s unstable, these will stabilize her for an hour. You can gain 10 Data Chips per week and hold a maximum of 20.

If you run out of Data Chips, there’s a canister in Lane’s Lab that you can use to get a daily Data Chip. Interact with it to gain the Data Chip mission for 1 Data Chip. As this is a Legacy currency, you can repeat this on multiple characters to get up to 10 Data Chips per week.

Collected Research

Whenever you complete a venture for Combat, Defense, or Support, you’ll get the Collected Research: Combat/Defense/Support item. Using this item will award you with 30 Prototype Data, 30 Systems Data (the type depends on the Training Module used), and 1 Data Chip.

These items will go into your Currency Tab in your Inventory. Keep in mind that the Prototype Data and Systems Data are not Legacy-bound and will be limited to the character you earned them on.

You can use these currencies at the terminal near Lane to repair B3-S1. Repairing B3-S1 this way will grant her a new ability for the chosen mode when you complete the current Venture objectives for the selected upgrade.

You’ll need specific Systems Data to repair certain modes, though all repairs require the Prototype Data. Repairing B3-S1 at the terminal also counts towards one of your Venture Objectives seen in the Legacy Window.

HK-24 Astromech

You can talk to the HK-24 Astromech to purchase Training Modules. You can purchase these Training Modules for 12 Prototype Data or 10 Combat Systems Data. As you leave, he’ll rudely remark that you should get “better hobbies”, such a silly angry droid.

B3-S1 Repair Levels

A total of 11 levels of repairs can be done on B3-S1. Different levels of repair can offer more upgrades at the cost of most resources and more usage of B3-S1’s abilities.

For example, at Repair Level 1, B3-S1 will need to use her abilities (not auto-attacks) against opponents in dailies 25 times. You’ll also need 30 Prototype Data and 30 Combat Systems Data along with the use of 1 Training Module. Fun fact, you can use training dummies to help B3-S1 use her abilities 25+ times for objectives! For healing, remove your armor then put it back on so you have missing health, then let her heal you!

The ability usage requirements will scale but keep in mind, you’ll gain new abilities for B3-S1 as you repair her. It’ll be slow to start but it’ll only get faster and faster and that much easier to accomplish.

Repair Level	Ability Usage #
1	25	30	30	1
2	50	50	50	2
3	100	70	70	3
4	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
5	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
6	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
7	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
8	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
9	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
10	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
11	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

B3-S1’s Abilities

As you conduct more repairs on B3-S1, you’ll unlock more of her abilities and slowly unleash her full potential.

Combat Mode (DPS) Abilities

Ability #	Ability Name	Ability Description
1	Shockwave Generator	A powerful blast dealt to a single target, dealing weapon damage.
2	Shatter Missile	Shatters on impact, dealing weapon damage over a 10 second duration and causing the target to become sundered. Sundered targets have their armor reduced by 20% for X seconds.
3	Pulse-Wave Cannon	Fires a powerful blast at target with less than 30% health, dealing X weapon damage.
4	Concussion Missile	TBA
5	TBA	TBA

Defensive Mode (Tank) Abilities

Ability #	Ability Name	Ability Description
1	High-Boost Charge	Charges or strikes the target, dealing weapon damage, heals for 50% of the damage dealt and generates a moderate amount of threat.
2	Reactive Plating	Taunts the target, forcing it to attack the companion for X seconds. Also reinforces the companion, absorbing Y damage.
3	Flare Mortar	Fires a barrage of flares, taunting attacking enemies and forcing them to attack your companion for 4 seconds. Generates a moderate amount of threat.
4	Grapple Cannon	TBA
5	TBA	TBA

Support Mode (Heal) Abilities

Ability #	Ability Name	Ability Description
1	High-Boost Charge	Executes a quick Kolto scan on the target, healing for X.
2	Kolto Probe	Slowly heals the target for X over Y seconds and cleanses physical and mental effects each time it heals the target.
3	Prototype Probe	Deploys a Prototype Probe with 6 charges that lasts up to 3 minutes. When the target is damaged, Prototype Probe loses 1 charge and heals the target for X. This effect cannot occur more than once every 3 seconds. A target may not have more than one Prototype Probe active.
4	Kolto Barrage	TBA
5	TBA	TBA

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