Star Wars Outlaws - All Experts And Abilities

You'll meet numerous characters in Star Wars Outlaws. Some of them are quite skilled adventurers, technicians, and mercenaries in their own right. If you complete their tasks, then they'll offer their services. Here's our guide on how to unlock all experts and abilities in Star Wars Outlaws. Likewise, please be reminded that this article contains minor spoilers.

How to unlock all experts and abilities in Star Wars Outlaws

Our Star Wars Outlaws experts and abilities guide is organized based on when we encountered these characters during our playthrough. Do note that you can travel to three other planets after leaving Toshara, which means the chronological order in which you meet these allies might differ.

As an aside, here are some tidbits to remember once you recruit experts:

• The Star Wars Outlaws expert NPCs all appear in the "Abilities" menu.
• Their portraits won't be revealed by default since you need to gather intel as to their whereabouts. Clues tend to appear automatically as you progress through the game. In some cases, the initial step is to visit cantinas so you can hear of rumors.
• Upon completing an expert's side quest, the unlockable perks will appear in the menu. These tallies usually require the following:
  • Unique components and materials - Search for these in specific areas.
  • Common components and materials - Purchased from vendors or looted from containers.
  • Objective tallies - These include tasks, such as amassing enough credits, having Nix undertake certain actions, defeating various enemy types, and so on. These tallies are not retroactive, so you have to redo some of these tasks upon unlocking an expert.
  • Other perks - Some skills require you to unlock a pre-requisite ability first.

Location: Canto Bight - Bram is the first expert that you meet in the campaign. His portrait should automatically appear once you've escaped Canto Bight.

• Cantina Brawling: Allows Kay to execute melee attacks; press the button rapidly to chain hits.
• Lockpicking: Open a variety of doors and containers by succeeding in the lockpicking minigame.
• Fast-Talk: Quickly react to nearby alerted enemies and delay their reaction; press the corresponding button to distract the enemy.
• Keep Talking: Allows Fast-Talk to affect all nearby enemies; press the corresponding button to briefly distract every enemy within a medium radius.
• Armored Undershirt - Increases Kay's maximum health.
• I Know Someone - Unlocks the ability to see and fulfill personal requests. Find merchants with the "Requests" category for new opportunities.

Location: Toshara - You'll hear of rumors about a mechanic in the Mirogana cantina. From there, you have to finish Selo's quest, which involves a bit of platforming inside a wind facility.

• Speed Boost: Enhances the speeder with a boost engine; press the corresponding button to gain a short-lived burst of speed.
• Speeder Jump: Perform a short upwards jump with the speeder; hold and release the jump button to trigger this move.
• Treasure Hunter: Allows Nix to provide additional audiovisual cues when nearby containers are present; containers in range will be highlighted when you press the corresponding button.
• Smoke Bomb: Create a dense cloud of smoke in an area to obscure vision.
• Scoundrel's Pouch: Carry +1 additional Bacta Vial and grenade.
• Outlaw's Pouch: Carry +1 more Bacta Vial and grenade.

Location: Toshara - This Star Wars Outlaws expert is inside a facility controlled by the Galactic Empire. She'll eventually hack the turrets to lay waste to Stormtroopers in the base.

• Slicing Kit: This gadget lets you connect to more advanced devices that don't have terminals.
• Sneak Shot: Shooting an enemy unaware of Kay's position deals extra damage.
• Concussive Smoke: Upgrades the smoke bomb with a concussive effect that leaves enemies in the area staggered for two seconds.
• Sneaky Trap: Allows Nix to trip alarm panels.
• Lightfooted: Reduces the noise you make when walking and sprinting; halves enemy detection distance.
• Slice Kit Upgrade: Gain +2 energy for the Slicing Kit; use energy to activate Jokers during the slicing process.

Location: Kijimi - You'll soon have these Star Wars Outlaws abilities once you help Rooster. You'll first meet her in Kijimi City. However, the remaining quest steps take you to Tatooine, where you have to use an experimental shielded Gatling gun to eliminate waves of Stormtroopers.

• I Like This Thing: +25% pickup weapon ammunition.
• Feelers Out: Doubles the distance of the Nix Sense action when highlighting enemies.
• Sharpshooting: Increase the adrenaline generated by headshots by a high amount.
• Loop Maneuver: Press the corresponding button to execute a 180-degree turn that will turn the Trailblazer in the opposite direction.
• Top Roll Maneuver: Press and hold the corresponding button to execute a 360-degree turn that repositions the Trailblazer behind immediate pursuers.

Location: Akiva - Meeting Temmin is actually a given in the campaign, since he provides an upgrade to your speeder. Once you've completed his tasks, you should be able to drive your speeder over bodies of water.

• Hydrorepulsor: Allows the speeder to soar over water, increasing its traversal capabilities.
• Electro-Shock Prod: Allows you to perform takedowns on elite enemies.
• Ion Smoke Bomb: Smoke bombs also deal ion damage, which temporarily disables devices and disrupts droids in the affected area.
• Assisted Scavenging: Nix goes the extra mile when searching in containers; can grant additional materials and valuables.
• Scavenger's Footwear: Increases Kay's movement speed while crouching by a medium amount.
• Survivor: Increases Kay's maximum health.

Location: Akiva - Fan favorite Lando Calrissian is a recruitable expert in Star Wars Outlaws. You'll learn of his whereabouts in the city of Myrra. It seems that he's lost his token in a game of Sabacc, and it's up to you to beat his rivals in a match.

• Plan A: Allows you to perform a Double Draw (i.e. draw two cards) at Kessel Sabacc. Accept the prompt during the draw phase to cheat.
• Plan B: Provides the components needed to craft the Heavy Blaster Module via your workbench.
• Roll Maneuver: Enables a strafing dodge roll with the Trailblazer; dodge longer distances and avoid damage for a short duration.
• Shoot First: The opening blaster shot from an out-of-combat state causes extra damage.
• Ask Later: For a brief period after unholstering your blaster, any shot or near-miss from hip-firing grants a small amount of adrenaline.
• Just Improvise: After a Fast-Talk or Arrest sequence, instantly gain a high amount of adrenaline.

Location: Tatooine - These Star Wars Outlaws abilities can be yours upon helping Sheriff Quint. She's actually the first person that you meet upon landing on Tatooine. Later, you'll learn that she's a skilled gunslinger, and you'll need to take out several Hutt bounty hunters that attack her town.

• Adrenaline Rush Mastery: Upgrades Adrenaline Rush, increasing the maximum number of targets by +2 and enabling the marking of objects such as explosive barrels.
• Powered Recharge: Provides a small amount of adrenaline when perfect cooling while reloading is achieved.
• Speeder Shot: Adrenaline Rush can now be used more effectively from the speeder; allows for automatic targeting of enemies while driving.
• Resilient: Increases Kay's maximum health.
• The More: Mark +1 additional target during Adrenaline Rush.
• The Better: Allows you to mark tougher enemies twice during Adrenaline Rush. This leads to an instant kill instead of a stagger effect.

Location: Tatooine - Teeka can be found next to a Sand Crawler along with a few other Jawas. This quest sends you to a rather peculiar and "icky" location, too.

• Laser Turret: Repairs the Trailblazer's turret slot, allowing the usage of an upgradable turret and allowing for other types to be built.
• Improved Grenade: Increases the radius and damage of grenades by +50%.
• Enhanced Bacta Injector: Increases the amount of health pips restored by Bacta Vials by +1 without affecting regeneration over time.
• Magnetic Dice: Tip the odds in your favor when throwing the dice at Sabacc; press the corresponding button during the dice throwing phase to cheat.
• Cheeky Explosion: Nix can now trigger grenades; select an enemy who's carrying a grenade to cause an explosion.
• M'Gasha: Decreases merchant prices and increases credit gains from selling items by 10%.

That does it for our Star Wars Outlaws expert abilities guide. As you explore the galaxy's underworld, don't forget to check our beginner's guide and factions guide.