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Here it is the Bounty Hunter Armor Loot Guide
Note: Post CU since v4.0

Armor Info:
- the armor is categorized in Assault category like the Mandalorian one.
- 10 parts: Helmet, Chest, Leggs, Boots, Gloves, Belt, Biceps (x2), Bracer (x2)
- have a look (bottom)

Pre and Post CU Differences:
- Pre-CU looted and converted BH Armor has resists, is WEARABLE, has "Crafted" behind the name of the Armor piece. If you "dismantle" it (radial option), it becomes like a post-CU looted one.
- Post-CU looted BH Armor has condition, no resists, is NON-WEARABLE, can be used as a component to craft Mandalorian Armor Schematics in the DWB and has all the same color (well doesn't matter).
- Post-CU BH Armor schematics can be used by Armorsmiths to create a crafted post-CU BH Armor.
- Post-CU BH Armor has resists, is WEARABLE, can be made of different colours, cannot be dismantled and cannot be used to craft Mandalorian Armor Schematics in the DWB.

NPCs to Loot:
- BlackSun Henchman (CL 88 - Melee only)
http://www.swgcenter.com/PointSystem/PS_Beast.asp?ID=4564
- BlackSun Thug (CL 88 - Melee/Ranged)
http://www.swgcenter.com/PointSystem/PS_Beast.asp?ID=4563
- BlackSun Guard (CL 89 - Melee/Ranged)
http://www.swgcenter.com/PointSystem/PS_Beast.asp?ID=4561
- BlackSun Assassin (CL 89 - Melee/Ranged)
http://www.swgcenter.com/PointSystem/PS_Beast.asp?ID=4562

BlackSuns Spawn Frequency:
- rare
- usually 1 to 5 BlackSuns per spawn

Loot on these NPCs:
- from 500 to 3000 credits each
- any of the 10 parts of the Post-CU looted BH Armor
- JetPack Base (as often as a BH Armor loot)
- it means that to get a precis armor part or jetpack base you'll need to kill maybe 500 blacksuns or more, get prepared!

Loot drop Rate:
- 1 out of 20 BlackSuns
- can be 1 out of 10 or 1 out of 200, just hang on! You'll end up with 1 out of 20 average
- each part has the same drop rate (except maybe the belt that seems harder to loot)

Spawn Locations:
- always wild spawns
- dathomir: near Imperial Prison
- dathomir: south of NightSisters Stronghold
- endor: north and north-west of research outpost starport (around the mountain 2km away)
- yavin 4: north and north-west of mining outpost starport along beachs (on the grassy areas) and the north-west mountain
- yavin 4: between Geonosian Laboratory [-6454,-362] and woolamander palace

Sightings:
- this is a start, but when you find a spawn select the BS, and do /way on him
- when your hunt is over please report here all the waypoints coordinates
- we'll first list them all
- then we'll try to see if we can determinate precise areas of spawn

Endor Sightings:
/way 1383 -1468;
/way 1521 -918;
/way 1540 -1474;
/way 1655 -1724;
/way 1937 -1573;
/way 1953 -1804;
/way 2254 -1232;
/way 2355 -1555;
/way 2357 -1626;
/way 2428 -1676;
/way 2504 -1213;
/way 2630 -1757;
/way 2738 -981;
/way 2817 -1540;

Yavin4 Sightings:
/way -7420 7638;
/way -7379 7626;
/way -7145 6200;
/way -7141 6111;
/way -7129 759;
/way -7057 4843;
/way -6917 1095;
/way -6878 1015;
/way -6866 976;
/way -6015 5760;
/way -5985 5660;
/way -5935 5431;
/way -5814 5232;
/way -5247 6854;
/way -5148 6914;
/way -5017 6531;
/way -4285 7662;
/way -4276 6980;
/way -4205 4105;
/way -4144 5575;
/way -4142 6030;
/way -4094 4301;
/way -3969 7373;
/way -3949 6576;
/way -3947 5538;
/way -3925 2283;
/way -3853 4346;
/way -3819 6621;
/way -3806 2253;
/way -3751 5821;
/way -3733 4515;
/way -3732 5524;
/way -3691 6417;
/way -3669 7171;
/way -3511 5619;
/way -3404 7364;
/way -3326 4150;
/way -3299 7484;
/way -3194 6282;
/way -3184 6773;
/way -3055 2592;
/way -3037 4351;
/way -2986 2710;
/way -2883 7364;
/way -2876 6891;
/way -2582 6783;
/way -2362 4198;

Macro BsHunt:
/tar black;
/fol;
/pause 0.1;
/macro BsHunt;

Macro BsHuntEnd:
/stopfol;
/dump;

Generic Hunt Method:
- use a X34 landspeeder to make spawns easier to pop (or a faster one if you run macros as explained below)
- have macro BsHunt running while you look for them, as soon as you cross one, your speeder will automatically go to them, then immediately stop it with BsHuntEnd macro
- if you are in a "not a single spawn of anything" area, just go back closer to a starport
- turn ON the "con" option of your radar, BS will appear red-circled on it (high chances that they will be the only ones red-circled)
- set your radar to 256m and examine only the pops of more or less 3 red dots without any yellow dot (to skip creatures faster)
- after that, do rounds 200m around the previous spawn location, normally the next spawn will be pretty close
- you may also want to bring a mount in case you get incapped so the blacksun will kill it instead of slaining you sometimes
- you can also have a friend follow you when you look for them, you'll cause spawns, he'll see them more easily than you might do

Pre-CU Kill method:
- wait for the spawn to be fully poped before attacking
- each spawn will repop 3 times more after the initial one (4 spawns total)
- the 4th and last pop of a spawn location tends to depop fast as soon as you killed 1 BlackSuns of this pop
- for the firsts 3 pops, kill the blacksuns in this order: henchmen, thugs, guards and assassins ...they all deal the same amount of damage so it's better to erase the weak ones first
- for the 4th (and last) pop, kill the blacksuns in the reversed order: assassins, guards, thugs and henchmen ... it'll be faster to erase them before they might depop when the first is killed because the weakest only remain
- be aware that if a dob you put kill your target while you lost the agro you'll lose the loot rights

Post-CU Kill method:
- still need to identify how to make the most of each spawn repop because if you kill most of them they tend to depop [work in progress, please help if you have any clue]

Dathomir Hunt Method 1:
- go to the imperial prison POI
- take 2 missions from the imperial mission terminal (try to variate directions as much as you can to cover a wider area)
- run the auto-targeting macro provided upper here
- when you'll find BS kill them before doing your mission because they have a nasty habit of despawning
- you'll usually find from 1 to 3 spawns per set of 2 missions

Endor Hunt Method 1:
- go to the mountain area north/northwest of the research outpost (there's an ewok village)
- fly around the mountain and you will find a lot of spawns

Yavin4 Hunt Method 1:
- start on the beach near the mining outpost
- walk along the beach killing everything you see
- get to the end and turn round and walk back to the outpost, again killing all spawns
- hint: doing it with a friend starting from the opposite end of the beach to go faster

Yavin4 Hunt Method 2:
- if you're having trouble with method 1
- head south of the Mountain to the Light Jedi Enclave [-5500,+4900]
- from the Enclave head west and cover that general area
- you may find some about 1000m west of the Enclave
- you may find a spawn on your way back to the outpost too

Yavin4 Hunt Method 3:
- drive along the beach for about 4k north of the mining outpost
- then head west until you are almost directly north of the Geonosian Laboratory
- you will most likely cross a spawn during the travel

Yavin4 Hunt Method 4:
- start off exiting the Mining Outpost on your X34 speeder
- ride up and down the west coast, zigzagging from the beach to about 200m into the forested area (covering a wider area and giving spawns more time to pop)
- once you hit the northern map boundary, hug it as you proceed N-NW along the invisible barrier
- there are frequently large spawns of BS right off of the map
- if they are within 64m, shoot them one at a time and run about 70m deeper into the map, and unequip your weapon (so they will close the distance and you can begin firing again)
- if you dont drag them far enough into the map, they have a habit of sliding back across the invisible barrier so you wouldn't be able to loot them because they ran back towards their spawn spot
- for the ones you cannot reach, send them a pet or droid to attack them then call it back close to you (it won't have any trouble going through invisible barrier of the map)
- when the BS gets in range, attack/taunt him to get him in your fighting area
- this will be rare to not find 3-5 spawns of Thug, Henchman and Assassin sitting in no man land over map's invible barriers
- when you hit the upper left corner, proceed back towards the moutain, cutting right over it and circling the crown 1 or 2 times (while dodging the insane amount of creature spawns there)
- if no BS are on the mountain, head towards the Jedi Enclave, then back to the Mining Outpost
- you will almost always pick up another 1-2 spawns on the way back using this route

Rumor:
- Being Ungrouped raise the loot ratio.
- Dathomir seems to spawn more BS per spawn than Yavin4
- Drop rate MIGHT vary depending on the planet virtual time (may only loot during the day or the night). To see this virtual time, press CTRL+SHIFT+G in game.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
- is it better to hunt them at any particular in-game time?
... unknown to my knowledge, but I think it's probably a little easier to find a spawn at reboot.
- i saw BlackSuns on Talus and Rori, do they drop some BH armor?
... no they don't, these are part of some quest and do not drop BH armor.
- I get how to loot the non wearable mandalorian-ready BH Armor, but where do I get the schematics to wear my own BH Armor?
... you must be BH, do NPC bounty hunting and loot your dead mark. From time to time you'll get a schematic for a part of the armor
- do some BlackSuns types have loot and some don't?
... no all 4 types of BS have the same chances to give you any of the 11 loot types (10 different armor parts and jetpack base).

Credits:
- all players that gave me info personally or posted about it

Feel free to input any corrections.

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Message Edited by rodav on 10-23-2005 01:10 PM

Yes, yes it does.
/doh

Totally confused today i guess.

great guide The one time I went to the 0,0 waypoint on Endor there was nothing but a super battle droid or whatever.

I did find a nice random spawn, was running late though so only did one round and no armor drops, but was a fun time.

The jetpack base still drops. Found one of those a few days ago.

More of a curious question than a need to know: does the resist stats on the bh armour affect the stats on the mandalorian its made into?

also, nice guide *****

Great Guide