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As players progress closer and closer to the endgame of Star Wars: The Old Republic, Companion Affection and the gifts that modify it will become more important. While it is a good idea to plan your affection path beforehand, many will leave it alone until they reach 50. That is not to say that leaving it until endgame is a bad idea however, players should at least have an idea of what to expect along the way as companion affection becomes a larger focus. In an effort to facilitate this, an in-depth explanation and list of the various companions and their corresponding gifts after the jump.

Guide

Companion gifts are items players can purchase for credits (gift vendors located on the faction fleets),  acquire using crew skills (Diplomacy, Underworld Trading), and trade for on the Galactic Trade Network to boost the affection rating of their companions. Companion gifts follow ranks much in the same way as their companions have affection levels and parallel each other. Companion affection levels go from 1-5 separated by 2000 points of affection, i.e. - Level 1 = 1-1999 Level 2 = 2000-3999 and so on. Each affection level also dictates the ideal gift rank use, i.e. - Level 1 = Rank 1 Gift or Higher and so on. Players that intend to maximize their companion’s affection will want to take heed of this as companion gifts below the rank suggest will yield less affection and become economically imprudent.

If players do it correctly, gifts should yield 24 affection for like (good), 54 affection for love (better), and 96 affection for favorite (best). Keep in mind that those yield values are for gifts of common (green) value and ones that are rare (blue) or superior (purple) rating will yield much higher values. Gifts that do not correspond with at least the like category will gain zero affection points. The types of gifts available are Courting, Cultural Artifact, Imperial Memorabilia, Luxury, Military Gear, Republic Memorabilia, Technology, Trophy, Underworld Goods, and Weapon.  Each companion has their own value for the different types of gifts and it is important to take note of them before you start buying any at all. See the list below for gifts companions yearn for.

Note: Courting type gifts will only work on the opposite sex. Courting items may gain a bonus once the player becomes romantically involved.

Bounty Hunter

• Blizz: Favorite - Technology, Underworld Goods.  Love - Cultural Artifact, Imperial Memorabilia, Luxury, Military Gear, Republic Memorabilia, Trophy, Weapon. Like - None.
• Gault: Favorite - Luxury. Love - Underworld Goods. Like - Cultural Artifact, Technology, Weapon.
• Mako: Favorite - Technology.  Love - Underworld Goods. Like - Cultural Artifact, Luxury, Trophy, Weapon.
• Skadge: Favorite - Underworld Goods, Weapon. Love - None. Like - Luxury, Military Gear, Trophy.
• Torian Cadera: Favorite - Trophy. Love - Courting, Military Gear, Weapon. Like - Cultural Artifact, Technology, Underworld Goods.

Imperial Agent

• Doctor Lokin: Favorite - Technology. Love - Luxury, Military Gear. Like - Imperial Memorabilia, Republic Memorabilia, Underworld Goods.
• Ensign Raina Temple: Favorite - Imperial Memorabilia. Love - Military Gear. Like - Courting, Luxury, Republic Memorabilia, Weapon.
• Kaliyo Djannis: Favorite - Weapon. Love - Luxury, Underworld Goods. Like - Military Gear, Technology.
• Scorpio: Favorite - Technology. Love - Weapon. Like - Cultural Artifact, Military Gear, Trophy.
• Vector: Favorite - Cultural Artifact. Love - Imperial Memorabilia. Like - Courting, Luxury, Trophy, Weapon.

Sith Inquisitor

• Andronikos Revel: Favorite - Weapon. Love - Military Gear, Underworld Goods. Like - Courting, Luxury.
• Ashara Zavros: Favorite - Military Gear, Weapon. Love - Courting, Republic Memorabilia. Like - Cultural Artifact, Luxury, Underworld Goods.
• Khem Val: Favorite - Cultural Artifact. Love - Weapon. Like - Imperial Memorabilia, Technology, Trophy.
• Talos Drellik: Favorite - Cultural Artifact. Love - Luxury, Imperial Memorabilia, Republic Memorabilia.. Like - Courting, Technology.
• Xalek: Favorite - Military Gear, Weapon. Love - None. Like - Trophy, Underworld Goods.

Sith Warrior

• Broonmark: Favorite - Trophy, Weapon. Love - Republic Memorabilia, Technology. Like - Cultural Artifact, Military Gear, Imperial Memorabilia.
• Jaesa Willsaam Dark: Favorite - Weapon. Love - Luxury, Trophy. Like - Imperial Memorabilia, Military Gear.
• Jaesa Willsaam Light: Favorite - Cultural Artifact, Republic Memorabilia. Love - None. Like - Courting, Military Gear, Trophy.
• Lieutenant Pierce: Favorite - Military Gear, Weapon. Love - None. Like - Courting, Imperial Memorabilia, Republic Memorabilia, Technology, Trophy, Underworld Goods.
• Malavai Quinn: Favorite - None. Love - Imperial Memorabilia, Military Gear, Weapon. Like - Courting, Technology, Trophy.
• Vette: Favorite - Underworld Goods. Love - Cultural Artifact. Like - Courting, Luxury, Imperial Memorabilia, Republic Memorabilia, Technology, Weapon.

Jedi Consular

• Lieutenant Iresso: Favorite - Trophy. Love - Republic Memorabilia. Like - Courting, Luxury, Weapon.
• Nadia Grell: Favorite - Cultural Artifact. Love - Republic Memorabilia. Like - Courting, Luxury, Underworld Goods.
• Qyzen Fess: Favorite - Weapon. Love - Military Gear. Like - Technology, Underworld Goods.
• Tharan Cedrax: Favorite - Luxury. Love - Technology. Like - Courting, Cultural Artifact, Underworld Goods.
• Zenith: Favorite - Imperial Memorabilia. Love - Weapon. Like - Military Gear, Underworld Goods.

Jedi Knight

• Doc: Favorite - None. Love - Courting, Luxury. Like - Cultural Artifact, Military Gear, Technology, Trophy, Underworld Goods, Weapon.
• Kira Carsen: Favorite - None. Love - Luxury, Technology. Like - Military Gear, Imperial Memorabilia, Republic Memorabilia, Trophy, Underworld Goods.
• Lord Scourge: Favorite - Trophy. Love - Imperial Memorabilia, Technology. Like - Cultural Artifact, Military Gear, Republic Memorabilia, Underworld Goods, Weapon.
• Sergeant Rusk: Favorite - Military Gear. Love - Republic Memorabilia, Weapon. Like - Cultural Artifact, Imperial Memorabilia, Luxury, Trophy.
• T7-01: Favorite - Technology. Love - Cultural Artifact, Republic Memorabilia. Like - Weapon.

Smuggler

• Akaavi Spar: Favorite - Weapon. Love - Military Gear, Trophy. Like - Courting, Imperial Memorabilia, Republic Memorabilia, Technology, Underworld Goods.
• Bowdaar: Favorite - Cultural Artifact, Luxury. Love - Weapon, Trophy. Like - Military Gear, Technology, Underworld Goods.
• Corso Riggs: Favorite - Weapon. Love - Military Gear. Like - Courting, Cultural Artifact, Luxury, Technology.
• Guss Tuno: Favorite - Underworld Goods. Love - Luxury, Technology. Like - Courting, Cultural Artifact, Imperial Memorabilia, Republic Memorabilia, Trophy.
• Risha: Favorite - None. Love - Cultural Artifact, Luxury, Underworld Goods. Like - Courting, Imperial Memorabilia, Military Gear, Republic Memorabilia, Weapon.

Trooper

• Aric Jorgan: Favorite -  Weapon. Love - Military Gear. Like - Courting, Cultural Artifact, Republic Memorabilia, Technology, Trophy.
• Elara Dorne: Favorite - Luxury. Love - None. Like - Courting, Imperial Memorabilia, Military Gear, Republic Memorabilia, Technology.
• M1-4X: Favorite - Republic Memorabilia. Love - Technology. Like - Cultural Artifact, Military Gear, Trophy, Weapon.
• Tanno Vik: Favorite - Underworld Goods. Love - Weapon. Like - Military Gear.
• Yuun: Favorite - Cultural Artifact, Technology, Trophy. Love - None. Like - Imperial Memorabilia, Military Gear, Republic Memorabilia, Weapon.

Last updated: 1/2/2011 12:00AM ET

If you find issues with any of these points, raise it. If it is valid we will correct it and update it. This list should be considered an in progress, working list until otherwise stated as final.

Keep in mind that while it is great to know the gift values, it is an even better idea to plan your decisions and choices based on the affection gain of a companion you intend to travel with for the majority of the game. Player decisions are by far the best way of gaining affection. If you take advantage of our DB, you will see the different conversation trees and dialogue options affect your specific companion affection. You can also see the break downs of the tiers of affection gift ratings for the companions at the various companion pages on the DB.

We hope you find this guide useful in your journey of Star Wars: The Old Republic. If you did, tell a friend. :)

Additional resources that assisted in the creation of this guide can be found at Dulfy Force, the official forum thread, SWTORFace, Old Republic and the DB Companion Pages.