Exar Kun Instance Guide and Walkthrough

Updated:10/19/2023

After debuting in 2021, the limited-time Exar Kun instance quickly became known as one of the most difficult and talked about content drops for players, and continues to live up to its reputation testing (and defeating) both veterans and new players alike. After travelling through the dangerous wilds of Yavin IV to arrive at the temple of Exar Kun, players are faced with the challenges of the temple itself and must fight through three tough encounters before they can hope to claim victory.

Long-time player Traycn has put together this guide to help out anyone seeking to raid the Temple of Exar Kun and walk away with the riches and unique items located within…


Greetings, EiF players,

With the Exar Kun instance available for the Halloween season, I wanted to put together this guide to help those who have yet to try it out. You know the challenges and dangers awaiting you in the Temple of Exar Kun on Yavin IV. You must meet three bosses. Here’s what you need to tackle the Exar Kun instance and come out to earn Fortune and Glory.

Additional note: This guide was written with the 3-man version of this instance in mind. While the general mechanics and encounters remain the same when the instance is opened up to 4-man, your party makeup may change and diversify.

Preparing your Team

The team you’ll want to put together can only be made up of three characters (except its final week when it opens up to 4 players), so choose wisely. You’ll need a Doctor as a healer, a DPS/off-tank character, and a dedicated Tank. The tank can be TKM, Pikeman, or Swords. We highly recommend you do not use a Fencer melee character to tank, with the exception of the final boss. Even the Swordsman character is risky, but it is possible if you’ve constructed your character’s build and trust your doctor. It’s also a good idea to ensure that your DPS character is comfortable with tanking at least one of the bosses, as it is typically better to tank swap due to the amount of Battle Fatigue (BF) your dedicated tank likely receives during the first two encounters.

Your Doctor will want to have an array of Disease and Poison Area Heal packs, as well as the usual Area Stim Cs to heal the group,  which means they need to have a Master Doctor to handle this. The First Aid skill is also very useful to heal bleeding which comes with 2xxx Medic. Try to find the highest power-rated Disease and Poison Area Cures that you can find (or craft) – the more power in the status heal, the higher the likelihood you can remove multiple disease/poison stacks from your allies in a single use. From our own experience, we also highly recommend the DPS and Tank have some form of Status heal in their kit, so if anyone else has some form of Bleeding heal, or even a Disease heal (I’m looking at you, force users), it is beneficial to help make your doctor’s time in this instance much easier.

Additionally, your Damage dealer should ideally be a character with a Melee mastery or aptitude in close-quarters combat. For example, a Rifleman may struggle more than a Pistoleer, and combat skills with sweeping area attacks tend to fare better due to the sizes of the rooms and the encounters therein. Smugglers in particular will be great to have in these encounters due to their armor-breaking abilities.

Before entering the dungeon, you’ll want to visit an Entertainer for their Mind Buffs and receive the five Doctor buffs, although the Mind Buffs are not as essential for Jedi players. Once you have all those required buffs squared away, you can also invest in additional buffs from the doctor: Poison and Disease resistance. These help combat the first and final bosses and to ensure that you get the most out of these timed resistances, we highly recommend that you give out these buffs right at the entrance to the temple.

After you’ve buffed up your team, you’re ready to enter the temple and tackle the first boss. Speak to the Dark Shade inside the temple, and begin the instance.

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Friday Feature: The Friday Feature Archives!

Below you’ll find an index of all of our Friday Features over the years. There is a wealth of great information, so be sure to take a look!

Friday Features: The Archives!  
Homeshow Winner June 202307/07/2023https://www.empireinflames.com/?p=2029
Housing on EiF06/09/2023https://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1968
Smuggler 10105/19/2023https://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1955
Looking Back at Five Years of EiF05/06/2022https://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1789
Heroic Vendor Rewards2/25/2022https://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1724
Getting to Know Melee Skill Trees in EiF12/03/2021http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1689
Schisms of the Force Dev Q&A!7/23/2021http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1597
The Force5/28/2021http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1519
Empire in Flames New Player Guide and FAQ5/14/2021http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1467
Powerups: Cornerstone of an Empire4/23/2021http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1432
EiF Armor Crafting 1014/17/2021http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1390
Axkva Min! An EiF Spin!10/11/2019http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1177
Creature Handler Revamp6/28/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1168
Galactic Career Day5/31/2019http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1157
Last Six Months! Whew!4/05/2019http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=1141
Anniversary Memories4/27/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=947
A look behind the scenes3/30/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=893
Emotions in EiF3/9/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=842
Searching on the Bazaar Terminal2/23/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=814
THE Road Map for EiF2/9/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=807
Food and Drinks2/2/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=802
Base Busting EiF Style!1/26/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=795
Factions!1/20/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=779
A Chat with Sandarie1/12/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=771
Commands in SWG1/5/2018http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=763
The Anatomy of an Invasion12/29/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p756
Welcome to Empire In Flames11/10/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=714
The Staff of an Empire in Flames12/15/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=732
Political Power12/1/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=708
Combat in Empire in Flames, or How I Spent My Summer Vacation11/24/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=698
A Chat with Wefi11/17/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=680
A Chat with BluePyros11/10/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=667
The Friday Feature Archives!11/3/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=659
EiF Combat10/27/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=647
A Chat with Kelta10/20/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=638
A Chat with Abi/Gail10/13/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=628
RP on EiF10/06/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=623
Invasion9/29/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=609
A Chat with Anishor9/22/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=599
Loot Kits/Recyclers9/15/17http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=595
A Chat with Halyn9/8/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=586
Heavy Weapons Y’all!9/1/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=560
oops…8/25/2017 
Teaser!8/18/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=541
Old Content – Racetracks8/11/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=535
Badges8/4/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=527
Macros7/28/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=514
Creature Resources7/21/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=505
Player Events7/14/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=492
Port Jato7/7/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=474
Player Goods and Services6/30/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=461
Server Hardware6/23/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=456
Player Cities6/16/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=433
EiF Character Builder Beta Testing!6/9/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=424
Enter the Cats!6/2/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=415
Decorating in Empire in Flames5/26/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=391
Planetary Factional Alignment in EiF5/19/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=376
Pauleh Plays!5/12/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=361
By the Numbers5/5/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=330
Bonus Posts!  
Question and Answer Time with the Devs!5/2/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=291
Racial Bonuses5/1/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=282
Professions and Skills5/1/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=271
Housing in EiF4/27/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=245
Empire in Flames Contact and Social Media Information4/22/2017http://www.empireinflames.com/?p=216

Friday Feature: Housing on EiF

Welcome to the Friday Feature edition of Better Homes and Galaxies, here on Empire in Flames. This edition will review all the latest and greatest prefabricated residential and commercial units available throughout the galaxy, where they can be built, and more.

(Important Note: For now, we focus on unique housing that is available via one-time schematics. Housing native to the Architect skill will be added soon)

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Introducing: EiF’s Galactic Homeshow!

Today, we announce the debut of EiF’s Galactic Homeshow! Thank you to Jeil for coordinating and facilitating the event! Read on to learn more:


We have recently marked EIF’s 6th year and soon SWG’s 20th. No doubt the lasting nature of the game comes down to the community and as such we now look to celebrate some of the player’s finest creations with the Galactic Home Show. Each month submissions will open for a period of 2 weeks and close for internal voting. We may draw additional community members in at random to add in their votes.

For our first event, June 2023, submission deadline will be June 16th. 

The person selected will receive a Friday Feature detailing their creation with a short interview and their in-game character will receive the Galactic Home Show winner badge. 

You can submit your builds to events@empireinflames.com

Title your email in the following format:

Home Show Submission – Month Year – In-game Name

  • Example: Home Show Submission – June 2023 – Jeil Tain

Body of the e-mail should contain a waypoint with coordinate and planet information. Attach up to 10 screenshots. 

 

Rules

  1. One building per account, per submission period. 
  2. Must be PG-13 per our ToS.
  3. Limited to 10 screenshots per submission, prefer jpeg to reduce file sizes.
  4. Buildings must be set to public access.
  5. The building must be of your own design and doing. (No commissions, unless you were the builder of said project.)

We look forward to seeing what you create!

-Jeil

EiF Patch Notes 01/03/2023

Happy New Year! Here are the notes for the patch released on 01/03/2023, featuring the celebrations of Boonta Eve:

Content

  • Boonta Eve has come to Mos Espa!
    • Journey to Tatooine and speak to Mayor Mok Shaiz to begin your Boonta adventures.
    • Perform one task a day to earn Boonta coins:
      • Race a skyhopper through Beggar’s Canyon in a time trial.
      • Fight Valarian Raiders intent on disrupting the holiday.
      • Escort slaves in to pledge their allegiance…or scout around for someone willing to help them escape
    • New loot has been added to the Boonta vendor and older items have been cycled out
  • The Mos Espa cantina is now under new management and has a new look (credit to Mina for the new deco!)
  • Added camo kits for Hoth, Taanab, and Kuat to Master Ranger.
  • Flamethrower and electrical gauntlets are now available for commandos and bounty hunters. These weapons will allow a player to equip a gauntlet in place of an armor bracer. When a flamethrower or LLC attack is called, it will first try to use the player’s held weapon. If the held weapon cannot execute the attack, it will instead use the gauntlet weapon for the attack.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed holstering issue.
  • Fixed performance issue with isRotaryCannon check.