Best Hidden Areas In Star Wars: KOTOR

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, or KOTOR for short, is a classic in the gaming world as much as it is in the Star Wars fandom. Recently, its revival among gamers is partly thanks to being ported to the Switch, and partly because of the pending remake that will be available on PS5 and PC alike.

As with the film franchise, Star Wars fans are dedicated to finding every Easter egg and callback possible, and KOTOR is no different. There are tons of alternative ways to play out scenes, alternate endings, and even the option to change entire characters’ destinies. In the process of hunting down every possible storyline, you’ll likely run into secret locations and hidden doorways. Here are some you probably missed.

5 Naga Sadow’s Tomb

You’ll naturally come to Naga Sadow’s Tomb during your gameplay, as you’ll need to complete a quest inside. This is common knowledge for fans, and many discussion boards cover the best ways and favorite techniques for finishing this task. But if you want a crack at Naga Sadow’s Blade, you’ll have to beat all of the side quests located around the Valley of the Dark Lords, and then enter the Tomb.

After defeating any enemies inside, you’ll follow a path to a secret door. A puzzle blocks your access to what’s behind this door, but once you’ve solved it by moving rings to their correct pillars, you’ll be allowed through. You’ll encounter Hulak Wraids after this, but after defeating them, you’ll gain access to the Poison Blade, the best sword in the whole game. If you’re impatient with the puzzle, there are a few different forums online with guides and cheats for cracking the pillar combo by looking up information on the “Final Exam”.

4 Vulkar Base Garage

The Vulkar Base Garage is another location that is a part of missions in the game canon, but if you do some investigating, you’ll find a treasure trove of loot. After making your way past all other enemies, you’ll come across the loading dock for the garage. You’ll find a pretty strong Droid - with its strength depending on your play level - but don’t run, this is the Droid you are looking for. After defeating him, you’ll unlock a secret room that holds Plasma grenades and two thousand Credits, plus an assortment of other resources you can use in the remaining areas of the game.

While the value of the loading dock secret room depends on you as the player, it’s still well worth the extra effort to say you played through the entirety of KOTOR. You won’t find any cheats for unlocking this area, but there are a few places online where you can find more information on exactly what you gain access to, and different players’ opinions on the difficulty of the Droid guarding the loot.

3 The Sith Caves/Shyrack Cave

The caves on Korriban hold a lot of things and a lot of missions, but something that may not be common knowledge is the placement of Qel Droma’s Robes in the very back of the caves. By far the best of the Light Side robes, and the second-best robes in all of KOTOR (Revan’s are the absolute best), you’ll find these hidden in the very back of the cave system sitting just off to one side.

You’ll gain a defense bonus of five, and a wisdom increase of plus two with Qel Droma’s robes, so if you’ve played a game worthy of the Light Side, you’ll only be giving yourself more advantage moving forward in the game if you make a pit stop to the Shyrack Cave on Korriban.

2 The Upper City Cantina

When you first start out in KOTOR you’ll find yourself at a cantina. If you stick around and chat a bit, you’ll soon locate a Sith named Sarna, and as you talk she’ll eventually invite you to join her at a party. Once you make it to this secondary location with the Sith, she’ll have too much of a good time, getting drunk and passing out.

Once this happens, you can steal Sith uniforms which you will use later in the game for a mission. You can acquire Sith uniforms elsewhere, but this is an easier, cheaper, and more fun way of doing it.

1 The Secret Planet

Game developers originally intended to have gladiator-style fighting on the Hutt gangster ran planet Sleheyron. The planet was left unfinished, however, after many bugs forced them to scrap the concept and release the game without it.

Although you can’t technically access Sleheyron in KOTOR gameplay, the files still exist on the game disc. You can find some textures and music that were left from the abandoned world-build - making it quite possibly the most elusive Easter egg in modern gaming history.

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