HK-51

Name: HK-51
Planet: Belsavis
Companion type: DPS
Armor:
Weapon: Sniper Rifle (Secondary Weapon: Vibroknife)
Companion of: Ship Droids
 
Companion Appearance Customization guide with screenshots of different customizations (Work in Progress).

You obtain this special companion through a quest chain that starts in Belsavis’ Section X. The quest chain consists of collecting HK-51 parts and will require you to be level 50 and have at least a level 15 alt of opposing faction. You will also need to run two flashpoints as part of the quest chain.

Guide to obtaining HK-51


There are four parts to the quest chain of obtaining your very own Hunter-Killer droid.

1. Belsavis – Section X – Frozen Lake -Fatality


The chain starts in Section X on Belsavis, which you can reach by shuttle once you reach the planet. The quest (Fatal Errors for Empire and The Fatality for Republic) is started by a droid (G0-A1 for Empire and B6-31 for Republic) and it happens inside the ship Fatality. You go to the Frozen Lake part of Section X and talk to NPC there (general Avrun for Empire and general Bren for Republic) who will tell you to enter a wreck of the ship Fatality.
frozen lake map

Frozen Lake is in the NW part of Section X


Although the quest is Heroic 2+ with good gear and a healing companion you can probably solo it and the only real problem could be the last boss with two strong mobs.
Dread Legion Leader

Dread Legion Leader


2. Theoretika

Next, you will have to travel to the Uncharted space and visit the ghost space ship Theoretika.

space map of Theoretika location

Theoretika is located in the Uncharted space

The Theoretika

The Theoretika

You will be exploring this derelict ship and attempting to unlock its sections in order to get your hands on the HK-51 schematics. At the end you will face a champion mob, that can be soloed with decent gear (or with some help from poisons). You will start on Deck 4 of Theoretika. There are 4 rooms in the middle and one to the north. What you need to do on this deck is find an engineer’s id badge that will get you into the engine rooms where you will find a power cell that will help you open the door to Deck 5. Along the way you will be able to collect datalogs as part of the bonus quest Fate of the Theoretika.

Engineer badge map

You will find a corpse with engineer's badge at this location on Deck 4

This badge will help you get into the engine rooms to the south

Once you get the engineer’s badge go south and you will be able to open the engine deck doors. All the way south, in a contaminated area (you will lose health just by standing there) you will find an emergency battery that will help you power up the door to the next Deck. Pick it up and go north and use it in the emergency power socket.

map location of deck 3

You can enter the engine room through doors in the south part of Deck 4

engineering clearance accepted

Engineer's id badge will get you inside

emergency battery location

You will find the Emergency battery in the south part of Deck 3

emergency battery map locations

Map of Emergency Battery locations. You only need one.

socket map location

You use the battery at the socket in the northern room of Deck 4.

deck 5 door open

This opens the door to Deck 5, whose location on the map you can see above.

There is a bonus mission that will have you collecting datalogs from dead crew members. You will find three datalogs on Deck 4 and two on Deck 3. Two datalogs on Deck 4 are easy to find, while the third one is hidden inside the locked room that you will access later.

deck 4 crew datalog locations

These are the map locations for two easily found crew datalogs on Deck 4

deck 3 crew datalog locations

Map Locations of 2 crew datalog locations on Deck 3 (Engine room)

On Deck 5 you will find two locked blast doors to the left and the Main Engineering room partly filled with water to the right. There is a circuit breaker that you will need to activate that will unfortunately electrify the water. You will have to jump over pipes to avoid the water and leave Main Engineering. You will then find a corpse with security badge that will help you open the last room on Deck 4.

main engineering breaker map location

Location of the breaker you need to activate on Deck 5

jumping puzzle start

Explosion follows and enables you to climb up

jump to pipes

Once upstairs jump on crates and than jump onto pipes

jump on ledge

Jumping onto pipes can be tricky, just move back a bit. Once you manage to jump onto the 2nd pipe you just need to jump up onto this ledge.

cross beams

You need to go across the beams to get past the electrified water

route to barrel

Follow this route across the beams to get to the exploding barrel

exploding barrel

At the end you will find a barrel of hazardous material that, once activated, will explode and open a passageway for you to go through

jump down

Once the explosion opens the passage just jump down and exit Main Engineering to the North.

map location of security id badge corpse

Once outside you will find a corpse that contains security officer's id badge

security id badge corpse

Loot the id and go back to Deck 4 to unlock the room you couldn't enter before.

deck 4 last room map location

Go back to Deck 4 and enter the room shown on the map above.

deck 4 trap

It's a Trap! Thanks to this guide you will be able to find an exit quickly and easily.

move crate

You first want to move this crate in the NE part of the room. This will reveal a hidden panel.

sabotaged control panel and fuse

Behind the crate is a sabotaged con trol panel inside which you find a broken fuse. You need to find something to replace that fuse with.

replacement fuse location

You fill find a replacement "fuse" in the SW part of the room

Once you replace the fuse pick up the datalog and the medical id badge from the corpse inside that room. This will help you go inside the Medical bay on Deck 5 where you will find the last datalog and something that will help you defeat the last boss.

enter the medical bay

Enter the medical bay to find your last datalog and create a poison that will help you against the last boss

create nylite poison

Pick up the empty stim injectors and go to Nylite canisters (there are full ones in SW corner of the room) and fill them

specimen gamma 19

All that is left for you to do is go to Deck 6 (to the north of Deck 5) and kill Specimen Gamma 19 (remember to use the nylite poison in your Mission inventory)

3. HK parts hunting



Next you will go on a scavange hunt to pick up 7. HK droid parts scattered around the universe.

1. HK primary transistor – Tatooine – Outlaw’s Den


The first part can be bought at a jawa vendor Collector Kezzit in Outlaw’s Den on Tatooine. If you have the legacy perk you can teleport there instantaneously. Wrapped HK transistor you need can be bought for 125k. Also, if you do not have the Burba Seismic Excavator / Scanner in your inventory already you can buy one here as well. This is used to find two other parts later on so it is pretty important.

collector kezzit location outlaws den

Vendor location on Tatooine for the first HK part

Wrapped HK transistor

Buy Wrapped HK transistor from the vendor



2. HK chassis – Taris – Endar Spire crash site


This is probably the most tedious part of this whole quest chain. You need to use the Burba Seismic Excavator / Scanner around the Endar Spire crash site until you find the HK part. You basically activate the scanner and it scans 25m around you fore the part for 16 seconds. It can take a lot of time to cover all that ground with the scanner. Luckily, if other peoople are searching the area as well you will be able to find it much quicker because once one of you finds it everyone in the area can loot it (it stays spawned for a minute or so after being excavated). I found my HK chassis at -92,-207 and the other reported coordinates are {90, -100}, {-51, -142} and {-120, -157}.

Found HK Chassis

Once you find the exact location of the component the scanner will excavate it.

Just loot the unearthed component

local map taris hk chassis

Local map of the HK chassis

global map hk chassis taris

Global map of Hk Chassis unearthed on Taris


3. HK AI regulator – Coruscant – Jedi Temple ruins


If you are Empire you will have to have a Republic alt of around lvl 15 to get to Jedi Temple ruins in Coruscant and scan the area for the next HK part. Once found the item is in a Bind on Legacy container so you can send it to your main. The entire lower part of the Jedi Temple ruins is a possible place to find the component so you need to be very patient and very thorough. Worst … game … design …ever…

4. HK motivator – Dromund Kaas- Dark Temple Grounds


Same as with the Jedi temple Ruins you need to have at least a level 15 Empire character (or a high level babysitter) and scan a large area of Dark Temple grounds to find the next component. Item is also legacy bound so you can mail it to your alt.

5. HK Power Core – Hoth – Glacial Fissure – Ambria’s Fury


This is found in the NE part of Glacial Fissure area on Hoth near the Ambria’s Fury wreckage and it is a lot of ground to cover. People say that the components are usually found closer to the ship so you do not have to wander off too much.

6. HK Weapons Protocol – The False Emperor flashpoint (normal mode)


Kill HK-47 boss in The False Emperor flashpoint to gain this component.

7. HK Loyalty Chip – (The Foundry/Maelstrom Prison Flashpoint Hard Mode)


The last part is appropriately held by Revann himself in the Foundry/Maelstrom prison flashpoint, which you will need to complete on hard mode.

4. Back to Fatality

All you need to do now is go back to Section X on Belsavis and make your way through the ship and some enemies to get HK-51. Congratulations!

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key facts
Primary Stat: Aim or Cunning
Secondary Stat: Endurance
Primary Weapon: Sniper Rifle
Secondary Weapon: Vibroknife
+5 Mission Efficiency, +1 Crafting Critical

 
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Trophylike
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Companion Gifts Affection Guide – Find out how much affection you will gain for some gifts at certain affection level.

70 Responses to HK-51

  1. Comment by Iana made on November 18, 2012 at 1:57 am

    Found mine at 136, -187 on Taris.

    • Comment by Scorp made on January 17, 2022 at 6:31 pm

      Found mine at 100, -222

  2. Comment by red-ninja made on November 23, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    great guide! thx a lot. But just to clarify: you say you need a lvl 15+ alt to scan the opposite faction area (temple areas) but how does the alt get the scanner? Is it also bound to legacy? Or do they need to buy one in Outlaws den?

    • Comment by The Spy (admin) made on November 23, 2012 at 1:32 pm

      You just send it to your alt by in-game mail. It is legacy bound I think.

  3. Comment by bandaria made on November 24, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    The excavator found the hk part on Taris, but when I tried to loot it, it told me I don’t need it right now. What gives?

    • Comment by mpdugas made on February 12, 2014 at 4:42 am

      You must have acquired the schematic from the Theoretika first; you can get the PvP and cross-faction pieces at any time, but the single character who does the whole quest line must get the schematic before they can ‘loot’ any of the remaining parts.

  4. Comment by Aurak made on November 29, 2012 at 3:54 am

    Currently, Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior (both Advanced Classes of each) are ‘bugged’ with getting HK-51, and they will get him without any gear at all. To my knowledge, there is no ETA on when this can be fixed. With all the people that try and sell his gear, you could just farm up the 1 million to ‘buy’ him early with an alt, and just make one specifically for stripping down HK, then mail the gear to the Knight/Warrior.

    • Comment by Tuskin made on November 29, 2012 at 7:56 pm

      Uhh, I have a Sith Warrior and Knight, I got Gear with my HK-51.

      It is a known bug, not everyone is getting what you discrbed.

      Unless this is a fairly recent issue?

  5. Comment by Eddie made on November 29, 2012 at 5:58 am

    -55 -138 -145

    Taris HK Chassis

  6. Comment by Twili made on December 6, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    -136-145 for me gl everyone

    • Comment by georgi made on December 12, 2012 at 1:51 pm

      -93/-143 for me

  7. Comment by georgi made on December 12, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    -2960 /487 Jedy temple

  8. Comment by Gaer made on December 20, 2012 at 9:39 pm

    Also found HK chassis on Taris at -23, -146

    • Comment by Kitara made on February 20, 2013 at 12:37 pm

      Chassis also found on Taris at:

      x: -32 y: -228 z: -146
      (or -32, -146 on the big map frame)

  9. Comment by Mikori Lawson made on December 22, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    Found the Chassis on Taris at 7, -145

  10. Comment by Ezuel made on January 18, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    theres a bug. I was at the final part of the chain and grouped with a friend who wanted to start the chain. We entered the ship on his quest and found that my mobs had joined them. This becaome apparent at the end when we confronted not only the dread master leadr and two DM gunners but Lord of Agony was in front of them.

    We resolved it by him abandoning his quest and we finished mine, then he started his again and everytihing from that point was as it should be.

  11. Comment by Ezuel made on January 18, 2013 at 10:42 pm

    for affection I found at rank 1

    Weapons 70
    Technology 35
    Military Gear 35
    Trophy 35

    Also if you use a higher rank while rank 1 is at above rewards, then the rank 2 will be 1/2. But when for instance rank 1 drops to 35 then rank 2 will become 70 (for weapons).
    Economically, rank 1 is 200 credits and rank 2 is 600 credits. So it’s cheaper to continue buying 2x rank 1 and feeding you companion (for a cost of 400 credits and 70 affection) as opposed to forking out 600 credits for 70 affection (weapons)

  12. Comment by Taedium made on February 9, 2013 at 12:56 am

    Found the chassis on taris at -53, -172

  13. Comment by Slavo made on March 21, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    Hoth power core is now: 473, -752

  14. Comment by Zoiddbergh made on March 28, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    HK Part found on belsavis at 36, -136

    • Comment by Zoiddbergh made on March 28, 2013 at 2:38 pm

      Taris, not belsavis. sorry

  15. Comment by Lestrade made on March 29, 2013 at 12:08 pm

    Hi everybody.
    Once u got the droid, ure given a pack with parts to equip the droid with, but the droid is alredy equipped with the same stuff (blaster, cores and all that stuff).
    My question is, if i unlock the droid for the rest of the characters qith the legacy perk, will it be equipped as well, or i should have saved that box to equip the droid?
    Thanks in advance.

    • Comment by dakotawhite made on April 3, 2013 at 4:10 am

      i recently got him and i found that the extra pack is completely useless i bought hk for my lvl 10 alt and he had all lvl 50 gear the pack you can just sell to a vender and make about 40k

      • Comment by mpdugas made on February 12, 2014 at 4:39 am

        The two sets of HK gear are different; pick and choose among the pieces to get the best mix.

  16. Comment by GingerNinja made on April 14, 2013 at 6:59 pm

    i have a glitch that, when i turn the power on and go kill specimen gamma 19, the subject doesn’t leave its chamber after going through the same conversations seen in guides on videos, any suggestions.
    thanks in advanced

    • Comment by Tim made on April 21, 2013 at 3:28 pm

      Taris part 138, -187 Hoth part 522, -780 dromund -1643, 555

      As level 55 Assassin I had no problem fighting all bosses by myself. Only needed help for flashpionts.

  17. Comment by Cysgod made on May 5, 2013 at 5:55 pm

    Does anyone have a way around getting the new gear, ripping the armoring out of it, and putting it into HK-51’s armor? Can’t seem to figure it out and want to get the higher level stuff for him.

  18. Comment by Phil made on May 15, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    I found an HK part On Taris at 63, -146.
    It’s between 1 of the tents and 2 of those big cargo boxes.

    • Comment by DarkKoz made on May 19, 2013 at 10:46 am

      Taris -17 -146

  19. Comment by Aelful made on May 28, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    I am a sith marauder and when i got hk-51 i got his gear in a box, AND when i got him he was wearing his gear so i got it twice…And it is bound.

  20. Comment by Fizwalker made on June 23, 2013 at 2:39 am

    Apparently no one part after the Jawa is guaranteed to be a the location when you use the scanner/excavator… You can find a part you already have. (Searched on Coruscant, found the part… and I was told I already had it.) I have to agree that is poor game design.

  21. Comment by Paul made on July 6, 2013 at 4:22 am

    Thanks for the help. I found the chassis on Taris at 44, -146.

  22. Comment by Paul made on July 6, 2013 at 6:21 am

    I found the piece on Hoth at 749, -1081.

  23. Comment by Maghnia made on July 25, 2013 at 1:36 pm

    Found mine at 120,-145 on Taris.

    • Comment by beer-buddy made on September 12, 2013 at 5:46 pm

      Found mine on Taris at -33, -229

  24. Comment by N made on August 23, 2013 at 12:31 am

    Guide needs level range for planet to get the quest starting things done. Cause I am new and is it like I haver my starship and I can got and get it started then just progress through storyline to get to the other planets to the parts to make the HK droid?

    • Comment by mpdugas made on February 12, 2014 at 4:45 am

      No, you have to get the schematic from the Theoretika before you can get the Taris/Hoth parts for sure.

  25. Comment by Jesse made on September 1, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    can you get the HK part on the enemy world with a free to play acount?

  26. Comment by PREDATORXV made on October 22, 2013 at 11:38 pm

    Acouple questions guys, If you buy the legacy unlock of the hk-51, do I still have to do the quest line? and does the alt character need to be on the same server or no?

    • Comment by mpdugas made on February 12, 2014 at 4:47 am

      No, once you get the main HK-51 legacy unlock, each character in the legacy can buy the unlock for their character after level 10; I paid 340 CC for it every time I picked it up.

  27. Comment by SHARDAINE made on January 1, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    found the HK chassis at coordinates -40,-146
    middle of pathway

  28. Comment by Hachii-roku made on January 5, 2014 at 11:11 pm

    Taris Chasis found at 100, -147

  29. Comment by Adam made on March 5, 2014 at 5:51 pm

    Hoth 491, -736

  30. Comment by Chris “Gamerstar00” kirkland made on July 10, 2014 at 3:34 am

    No one wants to help me find the parts on Taris on the Jung Ma server and its my last part :/

  31. Comment by Hitime made on July 31, 2014 at 6:57 pm

    Drummond Kas component. I have worked the Temple approaches half to death with no luck, any suggestions?

    • Comment by Ipomoea made on August 5, 2014 at 3:52 am

      I found the Dromund Kaas – Dark Temple Approach HK Component at -1522,618

  32. Comment by Tonja made on September 4, 2014 at 4:28 am

    Found Hoth HK part at X:577, Y: -831, Z: 46.

    • Comment by boomis made on January 16, 2016 at 4:41 pm

      found it near there, 585, -828

  33. Comment by starbuck made on September 10, 2014 at 6:36 am

    Taris location found at 0,-112

    still ran around for 2 hours looking for it though. People coming onto forum now to look for it, I advise the following.
    1. write down all the locations that people have posted.
    2.You will see that the coordinates encompasses the area directly to the left Foward Outpost Alpha, where the 3 ponds are.
    3. start in one corner, and sweep from one side to the other. Then move to the next line and do it again and again until it shows up.
    4. Having a group really is wise because you can cover more ground quicker.

    Good luck, and thank you to all who posted their coordinates!

  34. Comment by rebublicunity made on December 10, 2014 at 5:47 pm

    I have found that the hk parts move a maximum distance of 50 meters from where it was last found. For example, I found the taris one 5 m away from where it was last found. So if reported coordinates aren’t working try this, I found all the parts in two – three days using this system.

    • Comment by Smurfet made on December 18, 2014 at 8:42 pm

      found kaas part at -1710,101

  35. Comment by Bob made on January 14, 2015 at 2:26 pm

    There is no vendor in the location on tatooine.
    now what?

  36. Comment by Ardz made on February 2, 2015 at 2:19 am

    Found my Chassis at -124,-144 on 2/1/2015

  37. Comment by Feldryn made on February 25, 2015 at 2:34 am

    HK Unearthed Old Droid Arm is at -1624,75 in the Dark Temple area

  38. Comment by BOZAPE made on March 9, 2015 at 5:28 am

    Nice guide!

    Take me 7 hours to complete but finaly.

    Thanks!

    • Comment by lznxtrooper made on March 10, 2015 at 2:00 pm

      If anyone needs to do false emperor and maestrom prison add me Lznxtrooper

  39. Comment by Onix made on March 24, 2015 at 10:44 am

    Taris -40, – 146

    • Comment by AradorPL made on March 31, 2015 at 11:12 pm

      HOTH 519,48

  40. Comment by Kari'ssa made on May 25, 2015 at 12:51 pm

    Is the Taris part legacy bound? Because I tried to get it on an alt who was already on that planet and instead couldn’t even pick it up despite having a quest on one toon

    • Comment by Gonarm made on October 7, 2015 at 9:39 pm

      I bit late to be of use to you, but it may perhaps help someone else: All the HK components are character bound, the exception being that the one’s from Tatooine, Coruscant and Dromund Kass are packaged up when first received, and its the packages that are bound to legacy.

  41. Comment by ler0ytjee made on June 8, 2015 at 10:22 am

    FOund mine taris on 44, -138

  42. Comment by chewbaccie made on July 31, 2015 at 7:28 pm

    additional taris chassie coordinate found at 10,-142

  43. Comment by bas made on August 27, 2015 at 8:03 am

    -32,-146

  44. Comment by SunsetDrive made on October 3, 2015 at 6:47 am

    Just found my HK Chassis at 3, -146 on Taris.

  45. Comment by Brock made on January 24, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    Found the chassis at cords -116,-144

  46. Comment by Jerìth made on December 28, 2016 at 4:11 am

    You can get the HK Part from Revan from Story Mode now!

  47. Comment by MeanSparrow made on February 8, 2021 at 6:56 am

    Thank you this guide helped me out a lot.

  48. Comment by Yasha made on February 17, 2021 at 4:05 pm

    I found it at 62, -216 on Taris

  49. Comment by Sight made on April 11, 2021 at 10:06 am

    Illumination Probe doesn’t work and I can’t seem to find the fuse

  50. Comment by DarthSwiftee made on August 22, 2021 at 11:30 pm

    So, there is actually a total of 7 datalogs for the bonus mission on the abandoned ship. I was pretty lost when following this guide because it only has a datalog count of 6. There’s actually 4 datalogs on deck 4, not 3.