SWTOR Archaeology Leveling Guide

Archaeology is the Crew Skill that allows you to mine nodes of crystals and artifact fragments. Artifice and Synthweaving are the crafting skills which use the materials gathered by Archaeology gatherers.

In the table bellow, you will find out on which planet you have to go for a certain material, what is the required Archaeology skill level in order to gather it and also the material's Grade.

R = Republic
E= Empire

Please note that gathering the material in person is not the only way to obtain it. You can also send your companions in Archaeology missions for crystals and artifact fragments (but that will cost you credits and ofc, it's not the most profitable).

Skill Level & Grade	Planets	Materials (Skill lvl required)
1-60 Grade 1	Coruscant (R) Dromund Kaas (E)	Rubat Crystal (1) Red Amorphous Crystal (1) Green Amorphous Crystal (1) Blue Amorphous Crystal (1) Lost Artifact Fragment (25)
60-100 Grade 2	Taris (R) Balmorra (E)	Lost Artifact Fragment (25) Eralam Crystal (55) Red Igneous Crystal (55) Green Igneous Crystal (55) Blue Igneous Crystal (55) Sacred Artifact Fragment (70) Nextor Crystal (100)
100-150 Grade 3	Tatooine (R + E)	Nextor Crystal (100) Prehistoric Artifact Fragment (115) Red Opaque Crystal (120) Green Opaque Crystal (120) Blue Opaque Crystal (120) Bondar Crystal (125)
150-185 Grade 3	Alderaan (R + E)	Ancient Artifact Fragment (150) Opila Crystal (165)
185-230 Grade 4	Quesh (R + E) Hoth (R + E)	Red Solid Crystal (185) Green Solid Crystal (185) Blue Solid Crystal (185) Galactic Artifact Fragment (190) Firkrann Crystal (205)
230-275 Grade 5	Belsavis (R + E) Voss (R + E)	Hypertech Artifact Fragment (230) Phond Crystal (250) Red Lucent Crystal (250) Green Lucent Crystal (250) Blue Lucent Crystal (250) Alien Artifact Fragment (275)
275-340 Grade 5-6 (Can go up to Skill 400)	Corellia (R + E) Ilum (R + E)	Alien Artifact Fragment (275) Damind Crystal (295) Red Polychromic Crystal (340) Green Polychromic Crystal (340) Blue Polychromic Crystal (340) Primeval Artifact Fragment (340) Upari Crystal (340)
340-400 Grade 6	Ilum (R + E)	Red Polychromic Crystal (340) Green Polychromic Crystal (340) Blue Polychromic Crystal (340) Primeval Artifact Fragment (340) Upari Crystal (340)