Welcome to Jabba's palace, a rat-maze of corridors, inhabited by many of your favourite characters, including the big slug himself, Jabba the Hutt.Here you'll take a part in Jabba's ongoing feud with Lady Valerian and her thugs.
Transportation and prep work
Get to Anchorhead or Bestine. From there, run to Wayfar at -5123 -6577. STORE YOUR CLONE DATA IN WAYFAR! I can't stress that strong enough. You'll have several aggro mobs on your journeys, including gangs of Tusken Snipers / Warlords. If you're not cloned at Wayfar, it's not a guarantee that you'll be transported there if you get killed (happened to someone I was grouped with, they ended up in Anchorhead). From Wayfar, run to Jabba's Palace at -5868 -6189. If you have pets, please tell them to stay outside. Jabba's palace is full of small corridors, and large pets get in the way of people trying to find the right passageway.
Be careful on missions where you have to kill your target. For some reason the targets see you and attack when you get within 100m. In cases where you have to talk to someone, have /conv hotkeyed and use it as soon as you can see your target.
ALL of your missions will be runs between 900 and 1200 meters. Don't bother trying to cancel and ask again in hopes of getting a shorter run. Be thankful it's not the Gungan themepark, where the runs are in the 4000-6000 meter range.
REMEMBER - Theme Parks are for atmosphere. They make you feel as if you're actually in the Star Wars universe by having you do missions for the characters you know from the books and movies. Do not do a theme park if you are looking for some great reward.
In the entrance, talk to Reelo Baruk:
Reelo Baruk: I can see that you're busy working for someone else at the moment. Would you like to continue to do so, or would you like to work for me instead?
(note: I had done one mission at the Gungan themepark on Naboo, then quit when I got killed before I could do the second mission. That's probably what he's referring to. I told him I'd like to work for him, and he said that I was freed from my previous commitment and stopped talking to me)
Reelo mission 1 - Tusken Raiders are lurking too close to the palace, according to Jabba. Go kill them. Your targets are a Tusken Raider and a Tusken Leader, both with about 4.5k HAM. Reward: stone knife
Reelo mission 2 - Jabba and Lady Valerian don't like each other at all. Some of her thugs have been hanging around near the palace, Jabba wants them removed... permanently. At the WP you'll find 5 Valerian thieves, all just under 1k HAM. Reward: basic dagger.
Reelo mission 3 - A friend of Jabba's is lost in the desert. Go find him and escort him back to the palace. I used the /conv as soon as the visitor was in radar range. The quest reads completed as soon as you talk to the visitor, so I assume their survival is not necessary. Reward: survival knife.
Now move to Ree-Yees, who is in the same room.
Ree-Yees mission 1 - Jabba's old slicer had an "accident" involving the rancor. Jabba has his eyes on a new slicer, Sirad Far, and decides to woo him by killing Sirad's rivals. At the WP you'll kill 3 Valerian Thieves and one other humanoid. All were weak, just under 1k HAM Reward: vibroblade.
Ree-Yees mission 2 - Travel to a ship that crashed out in the dunes and retrieve the transponder. Kill any scavengers that happen to be at the site. Of course there are scavengers. 3 jawas, and we find that SOE didn't research spelling when one yells "Ootini!" (it's "utini". Yes, I'm nitpicking). Kill the jawas, you'll get a transonder from one of them. Reward: gaderffi baton.
Ree-Yees mission 3 - Jabba has the transponder, but it's encoded. Bring it to Sidar and have him slice it. Reward: D18 pistol.
Proceed through the next large door behind Reelo and Ree, and go upstairs. In the room at the top, you'll see Ephant Mon standing on a tile floor.
Ephant Mon mission 1 - Some of Lady Valerian's thugs are threatening to kill Jabba's customers. Go do unto the thugs before they do unto Jabba's customers. A thug will attack you when you get within 90m, he's easy. The thug at the WP has 3300 HAM. Reward: cold weather gloves
Ephant Mon mission 2 - Send a message to Valerian by killing one of her couriers, and bring back the ledger he/she is carrying. Kill the courier, and you'll automatically get the ledger he/she is carrying. Take it back to Ephant Mon. Reward: rank sash
Ephant Mon mission 3 - Once again, Jabba can't read the ledger. Take it to Sidar for slicing. A 3/3k HAM Valerian assassin spawns with the slicer, take him/her down quick. Reward: cargo pocket
OK, now for the rat-maze run to Porcellus. From Ephant Mon's room, take the south exit (it's on the opposite end of the wall from where you entered the room). In the next room, you'll see stairs going down to your left and your right. Take the ones to your right. At the bottom of the stairs, you can see straight ahead into Jabba's throne room, but you can only go in there after completing Barada's missions. Take a right. You should now be running northwest. Take the next right, then an immediate left and you're in the kitchen.
Porcellus mission 1 - Porcellus needs exotic meat for a new recipe for Jabba. A kaadu is being imported by a local Prefect. Kill the two guards transporting it, kill the kaadu, and bring back its meat. Intercept the kaadu, kill the 2 mercenaries, 1k HAM each. After you kill the kaadu, you'll get a petrified avian egg. Despite Porcullis saying he wants the meat, he only wants the egg. Don't bother harvesting resources from the kaadu unless you want them for something. My reward was a loaf of bread
that does not enhance any stats.
Porcellus mission 2 - Jabba wants to try the meat from a "meat beast" found on Tatooine. No one knows what this "meat beast" is except for a "veterinarian." Kill him and take his datapad, as it will have all the info Porcellus needs. 2 weak bodyguards (250 HAM) and a veterinarian that's just as weak. Kill him, the pad is automatically looted, return to Pocellus and get a melon. Just keep telling yourself that these missions are for game atmosphere, not for any sort of useful reward.
Porcellus mission 3 - The datapad gives the location to the lair of the "meat beast." Go there and kill it! The Meat Beast, upon examination, is a cannibal dewback. Upon killing it, you get... a chicken leg. Return to Porcellus, and get a piece of generic meat.
Now it's time to go talk to Barada in the garage. Trace your way back to the stairs you previously came down. Go up them, you should be in the room next to Ephant Mon, where previously the stairs were to your left and right. Go down the stairs that were to your left (and are now in front of you). Follow the corridor until it lets you out into the garage. Barada will be around the corner to your left. Klaatu is down there also, but you can't talk to him. I'm hoping to find Nikto as well. Editor's Note: Think Bruce Campbell
Barada mission 1 - Barada wants to break free of Jabba, but he needs a code cylinder from one of Lady Valerian's thugs. Go get it. The thug has a 3k HAM bar, but he's accompanied by a "weak mercenary." Weak? Well, yeah. He has a lot of HAM, but he apparently also has no armour, as I took him down quickly. Take out the thug, get a corrupt data disk, go back to Barada and get 5 Thermal Detonators as your reward.
Barada mission 2 - Barada can't read the data on the disk. He asks you to take it to a friend of his for decoding. Get it decoded, come back for 5 glop grenades.
Barada mission 3 - You've impressed Barada enough that he trusts you with the next step of his plan - use a self-destruct code from the cylinder on one of Lady Valorian's warehouses. Kill the 4 very weak thugs at the warehouse, and use the terminal to set the self destruct. 15 seconds is fine as long as you don't plan on standing around to watch the explosion. Return to Barada for Cryoban grenades. Barada tells you to go to the throne room, Bib Fortuna is expecting you.
Go to the NW staircase and go up. Then go down the stairs to your left, take a right. and you're in Jabba's throneroom. Bib is near the trap door to the Rancor pit. Check out that stats on Boba Fett's armour while you're there.
Bib Fortuna mission 1 - Find a friend of Jabba's and escort him to the palace. Make sure you aren't followed. Bib stresses that the friend is not to be harmed. Leave through the east staircase leading up, it puts you back into the room just next to Ephant Mon. Return with the guest and get... a warm hat.
Bib Fortuna mission 2 - Despite your efforts, a bounty hunter has followed you to the palace. Track him down, kill his two 250 HAM thugs, then kill him (about 6000 HAM). Your reward is a two-handed axe.
Bib Fortuna mission 3 - Retrieve a schematic for Bib from one of his associates. Get a worthless necklace for your troubles.
Bib Fortuna mission 4 - Apparently the schematic wasn't any use to Bib. Bib's been looking the other way to the man's slaver camp, but now it's time to shut the place down... preferably by killing the slaver and his associates. Usual run, 4 weak slavers at the waypoint. Return to Bib and get a power hammer for your troubles.
Next up, we speak to G-5PO, the protocol droid next to Bib, time to take missions directly from Jabba.
G-5PO mission 1 - Lady Valerian has reportedly been mistreating one of her employees, and is planning on killing him. Bring that employee back to Jabba and get a broken impulse detector. You'd think the biggest crimelord in the galaxy could afford some real gifts.
G-5PO mission 2 - Lady Valerian wasn't going to kill her employee, but she had a professional interrogator ready to work on him. Go kill the interrogator and his 3 thug escorts (approximately 1k HAM each). Go back and get your DH17 Short Carbine as a reward.
G-5PO mission 3 - Jabba has discovered a traitor in his palace. A message was sent to Lady Valerian via courier. Kill the courier and bring back the message. Usual run, 2 thugs w/ 1k HAM, and the courier with 2.8k HAM. For your troubles you get... a fishing pole. Jabba wants you to relax and go fishing.
G-5PO mission 4 - The message contained a list of guard detail changes. A strike team is on the way to the palace. Intercept and destroy them. Three 1k HAM thugs and a 3k HAM strike leader. The mission is complete when the leader falls. Return and get an acid stream launcher.
G-5PO mission 5 - A smuggler is bringing a package to Lady Valerian. Pay him whatever necessary to bring that package to Jabba instead. Return for a spraystick
G-5PO mission 6 - Bounty hunters are after the smuggler you contacted. Kill them before they find him. Two 1k HAM Valerian thugs and one 3k HAM punk later, you're on your way back to the palace to pick up a lovely ring.
G-5PO mission 7 - Carry a case of credits to an associate of Jabba's, and pick up an electronic key in return. Go back and get your best reward of the missions, a locked container.
G-5PO mission 8 - Jabba wants you to recover the Rantok Sword for him. Enter the warehouse, deal with any opposition, and return the sword. You fight 3 fairly easy Valerian thugs (usual 1k HAM). Go inside, find the container, get the sword from it. Bring it back to Jabba and get a heavy particle beam cannon, and Jabba's promise that his palace is open to you should you ever need to hide from the authorities.
You now have access to the room behind Jabba. Leave through the small staircase to the east. When there's a break in the stairs, take a hard left. Take the first left at the end of the corridor, and follow it around until you're in a large bedroom. This room's just for show, there are no quests to be found.
That's it! Hope you had fun visiting the palace. Stop back every once in a while, see if Jabba or his henchmen have new tasks for you.
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