Gathering skills stand at the base of the economy in SWTOR.

With these skills, you and your crew can find and gather raw materials, access secured computer systems and discover valuable artifacts while travelling from one planet to another.

You can sell the found materials and information on the open market or use the discovered resources to craft useful items.

There are 4 skills within the Gathering Skills tree, as follows: Archaeology, Bioanalysis, Scavenging and Slicing.