You’ll have reputation with the four syndicates in Star Wars Outlaws, and reputation system determines just how tough — or easy — your journey through the galaxy is. Play nice with everyone, and you get a free pass into high security areas, plus some excellent loot as well — but a scoundrel’s lot is a tough one. You’ll inevitably have to betray someone, though there are plenty of ways to regain lost reputation.
Our in-progress Star Wars Outlaws guide explains how the reputation system works and shows you how to improve your reputation with all four syndicates: the Pyke Syndicate, Crimson Dawn, the Hutt Cartel, and the Ashiga Clan.
How syndicate reputation works in Star Wars Outlaws
Star Wars Outlaws’ syndicate reputation system determines what kind of relationship you have with each of the four organizations you encounter: the Pyke Syndicate, Crimson Dawn, the Hutt Cartel, and the Ashiga Clan. The natures of each group might be wildly different, but the reputation system works the same for each.
Your standing can be:
* Terrible
* Bad
* Poor
* Good
* Excellent
If you have a poor or terrible reputation, you’re prohibited from entering syndicate districts in settlements and outposts in the open world. You’ll also have to pay more when shopping with certain merchants affiliated with those groups. Trespassing will reduce your reputation further with that syndicate if you’re spotted, and you’ll be attacked on sight.
Terrible reputation is even worse, and means that syndicate has issued a hit on you, and bounty hunters will chase you — though only in the open world. Unlike with the Imperials, you can’t pay a corrupt guard to magically wipe your bounty with a syndicate.
Good reputation lets you wander around districts and take on smaller syndicate quests while enjoying discounts at syndicate-affiliated merchants. Excellent reputation lets you take items from syndicate districts without getting reprimanded, and you’ll get even better deals (plus exclusive gear) as a sign of your everlasting friendship — everlasting, until you stab them in the back for someone else.
How to increase syndicate reputation
It might be easy to fall out of grace in Star Wars Outlaws, but you have plenty of ways to worm your way back into favor with each syndicate and stay there for a while. Major story choices, anonymous contracts, data handovers, card games, and syndicate quests all help increase your reputation, so don’t fret too much if you throw the Pykes under the bus and suddenly want to be friends again.
All the methods we’ve list below apply to any syndicate, though specific quests that make you choose who to befriend are specific to certain syndicates.
Syndicate reputation contracts
After you complete Danka’s mandatory requests on Toshara, she’ll offer to help get you jobs with all the syndicates, no strings attached, and she’s not the only one. Contract brokers hang out in cantinas on each planet — and some smaller settlements have boxy grey terminals you can use to manage contracts — and each job is tied to a specific syndicate. Complete it to get a decent-sized reputation boost with that syndicate.
You can only take on a few contracts per planet at once, so it’s a good idea to clear them when you take them, in case you need to pick up more later. There’s also no reputation penalty if you don’t complete it or take ages to get the job done. New contracts pop up frequently, so check back often for more.
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These contract jobs are the best way to increase your reputation if it’s dropped into poor or downright bad status, since you typically don’t have to enter syndicate territory to get them done.
Syndicate quests
Syndicate quests are only available from syndicate members inside their group’s district on a planet, which is off-limits unless your reptation is good or higher. They’re still worth completing, though. Aside from the excellent rewards, you’ll also get a nice reputation boost for your trouble, which gives you some room to cause trouble and potentially lower your reputation with that syndicate later, if you have to.
Each syndicate also has a selection of more influential quests, such as the Hutts’ “Sabotage,” wherein you have to choose between two syndicates at the end and potentially lose reputation with the one you didn’t help.
Sabacc games
Each syndicate district has a Sabacc parlor where you can challenge the locals to a game, and winning nets you a big reputation boost of a size comparable to what you get from some of Outlaws’ story quests.
Whether you can challenge syndicate members to a Sabacc game with poor reputation is a little unclear. I snuck into the Crimson Dawn district Sabacc parlor on Kijimi with low reputation and was still able to complete a full game without anyone getting nasty about it — but I wasn’t able to repeat the feat with the Pykes when they disliked me.
Data handovers
You might come across data caches while exploring Imperial compounds and other syndicate districts; sometimes, they even show up in the cockpit of the Trailblazer, your ship. You can hand these over to a syndicate of your choice for a small reputation boost without harming your standing with another syndicate.
How to increase Pyke Syndicate reputation
Outside a few early story quests, the primary ways you can increase your reputation with the Pyke Syndicate is by completing their syndicate quests. You can actually be in poor standing with the Pykes to start this, since the chain kicks off with “The Traitor” quest that pops during one of the main story missions. Just make sure to give Gorak his ring back.
* Give Gorak the intel in the “Underworld” quest.
* Tell the Pykes about the counterfeit credits in “Counterfeit Credits” side quest.
* Frame Crimson Dawn in “False Flag.” (Doing so will knock a big chunk off your Crimson Dawn reputation.)
* Give Gorak his ring back during “The Traitor.”
* Hand Tizlak over in “The Traitor.” (This will also reduce your Crimson Dawn reputation.)
* Take the informant list from Jadd in “Passenger.”
How to increase Crimson Dawn reputation
So far as we’ve been able to tell, most Crimson Dawn quests are tied to the Pykes, except on Kijimi. Your best early-game chances to raise your Crimson Dawn reputation come from completing the Pyke quests and betraying the Pykes each time. You’ll need to complete contracts to restore your standing with them, though.
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* Give Eleera the intel in the “Underworld” quest.
* Warn Crimson Dawn in the “Counterfeit Credits” side quest.
* Frame the Pykes in “False Flag.” (Doing so will decrease your reputation with the Pykes.)
* Betray Verrick and help Crimson Dawn in “Sabotage.” This is the best choice anyway, since you still get paid and take little harm to your Hutt reputation.
* Take Tizlak’s bribe during “The Traitor.”
* Give Jadd the informant list during “The Passenger.”
* Escort Ays to Crimson Dawn on Toshara, which gives a big hit to your Hutt reputation. (There’s some Syndicate Data in Ays’ first safehouse. Grab it, and consider giving it to a Hutt merchant to mitigate some of the damage from this choice.)
How to increase Hutt Cartel reputation
The Hutts make enemies of everyone, so expect to come into conflict with your Crimson Dawn and Pyke allies when you take on a Hutt job. While they have a district on Akiva and merchants on Toshara, the only place you’re in danger of getting hunted by Hutts when your reputation is low is on Tatooine. Bear that in mind when you need to decide who to back.
* Ignore Crimson Dawn’s request in “Sabotage,” at the cost of Crimson Dawn reputation.
* Escort Ays to Bib Fortuna during the “Defector” mission. (You lose a hefty chunk of reputation with Crimson Dawn for doing so, but the Syndicate Data you pick up can help restore some of it.)
* Defend the Hutt transport vessels from the Pykes in Convoy. (You still gain a lot of reputation even if one vessel is destroyed, and the Pykes get very angry either way.)
How to increase Ashiga Clan reputation
More info coming soon!
Best syndicate to ally with in Star Wars Outlaws
It’s best to think of your relationship with syndicates in Outlaws as fluid, depending on what you need at that moment. For example, if you’re spending time on Toshara, you’re safe to anger Crimson Dawn and play nice with the Pykes to make exploring easier, since the Crimson Dawn have a much smaller presence there. Once you’re ready to visit Kijimi, where Crimson Dawn outposts are more common, improve your standing with the Dawn to keep things smooth.
It’s worth siding with the Pykes the first few opportunities you get, though. Not only do they practically own Toshara and have several outposts dotted around the wilds outside Mirogana, but if you manage to max out your reputation with them, you get some of the best armor in the game: the Imperial Disguise Gear. Wearing it lets Kay evade Imperial detection more easily and sees her wanted level decrease faster.
I’d also recommend completing some Hutt contracts before arriving on Tatooine, so your reputation is at the good level or higher. The Hutts have territory across large portions of the map, and getting spotted with poor reputation or lower will just decrease your standing with them even further.
