Codex Guide: Ord Mantell

Ord Mantell is a planet rife with suffering. A civil war, precipitated by the planet’s corrupt government, has raged for over five years. Refugees are common place, Imperial spies lurk in the shadows — and to top it all off, rebel Separatists fight from a volcano stronghold. Now in fairness, that last part sounds pretty cool (volcano stronghold!), but the rest is bleak as Ord Mantell’s grey skies.

It should come as no surprise that this war-ravaged world has attracted a number of soldiers and smugglers. For Troopers, Ord Mantell recalls the best parts of movies like Apocalypse Now or Full Metal Jacket, where everyone’s shooting at you and the good guys are just as bad as the bad guys. As a Smuggler, well – if there is one truth to war, it’s that there is always good money to be made running smuggled goods in and out of a warzone. With this bit of background on the planet, let’s delve straight into its codices!

Drelliad Village

DarthHater Ord Mantell Codex Guide Map Drelliad Village

Locations:

  • Drelliad Village – Found beginning the planet’s quests around (56, -431).

Fort Garnik

DarthHater Ord Mantell Codex Guide Map Fort Garnik

Locations:

  • Fort Garnik – Unlocked when first entering Fort Garnik around (136, -120).

Lore:

  • Refugees of War – Examine the sign next to the Cathar Yael at (241, -51).

Organizations:

Persons of Note:

  • Skavak (Smuggler only) – The entry for the most hated man in the galaxy’s is unlocked with the class quest “Landing Party.”
  • Rogun the Butcher (Smuggler only) – This is obtained when completing the Smuggler class quest, “Desperate Times.”
  • Commander Harron Tavus (Trooper only) – You will acquire the codex entry for Commander Tavus upon completing the Trooper class quest, “The Ambush.”
  • Corso Riggs (Smuggler only) – Unlocked when you get Corso as a companion, roughly midway through the Smuggler class’ storyline on Ord Mantell.
  • Aric Jorgan (Trooper only) – You’ll discover Aric’s entry upon earning him as a companion, at the very end of the Trooper class’ storyline.

Species:

  • Rodian – There is a sign by Wentell Pron, the Smuggler trainer, at (100, -56). Click on it to learn all about Greedo’s race, the Rodians.
  • Cathar – This species codex is obtained by picking up the quest “Mercy” from Yael the Cathar at (242, -43). The quest chain begins with Sergeant Hurd inside Fort Garnik.
  • Kel Dor and Mon Calamari are bugged, but presumably should appear as part of the end of the Smuggler class’ storyline. These entries are currently not unlockable.

Talloran Village

DarthHater Ord Mantell Codex Guide Map Talloran Village

Bestiary:

  • Gapillian Grazer – Kill the large Greater Gapillian Grazer outside the Separatist’s datalink hub at (610, -511).

Locations:

Lore:

Mannett Point

DarthHater Ord Mantell Codex Guide Map Mannett Point

Achievement: Datacrons

Bestiary:

  • Razoronn – Kill any of the roaming Shallow Bay Razoronn around (649, 185) en route to the datacron above.

Locations:

  • Mannett Point – Unlocked when first crossing the water towards Mannett Point around (572, 345).

Lore:

Oradam Village

DarthHater Ord Mantell Codex Guide Map Oradam Village

Locations:

  • Oradam Village – Unlocked when first entering the area, around (-229, 21).

Lore:

  • Ruled by Corruption – This is obtained when completing the quest “Republic Roulette.” The quest itself begins with Corporal Dregg around (-278, -278) on the way to Oradam Village. The quest is then turned in to Ethics Officer Drage, in Fort Garnik. Note: you MUST choose the Light Side option in order to unlock the codex entry!
  • Underworld Influences – This is obtained through completing the [Heroic 2] quest “Buying Loyalty.” You pick it up from and turn it in to Gizmel Gam, at (-321, -466). Note: in order to get the codex entry, you MUST choose the option to have the droid destroy the spice on Savrip Island; any other option will not unlock the entry. However, since this is a Daily quest, you can always repeat it if you choose a different option the first time. The unlocking choice is also the one that awards Light Side points.

Savrip Island

DarthHater Codex Guide Ord Mantell Savrip Island

Achievement: Datacrons

  • Galactic History 12: The Birth of the Republic – This datacron is found on the top of one of the hills towards the beginning of Savrip Island by a small volcano. The easiest way to access the datacron is to jump on the rocks due south of the wrecked freighter from the above Heroic, “Buying Loyalty.” Coordinates are (-660, -561).

Achievement: Titles

Bestiary:

  • Savrip – Obtained by killing the Savrip Champion, located at (-657, -524).

Locations:

  • Savrip Island – Unlocked when first traveling to Savrip Island from Oradam Village.

Separatist Stronghold

DarthHater Ord Mantell Codex Guide Map Separatist Stronghold

Achievement: Datacrons

  • Galactic History 13: The First Great Schism – This datacron is found near the island’s major volcano, before going up the path towards the Separatist Stronghold. Follow the base of the volcano down and around, and the datacron will be on your left around (-971, 201).

Locations:

  • Separatist Stronghold – Unlocked upon discovering the volcano lair of the Separatists, around (-813, 49).

Imperial Listening Post

DarthHater Ord Mantell Codex Guide Map Imperial Listening Post

Locations:

  • Imperial Listening Post (Knight only) – Unique for Ord Mantell, this is associated with a Jedi Knight storyline quest. It is unlocked around (-181, -877).

Bugged/Undocumented

Species:

Kel Dor and Mon Calamari are both missing from the game at the present time.

Comments

  • RogueJedi86's avatar
    Dark Councilor
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    #4 RogueJedi86 Posted 6/22/2012 12:59:43 PM

    By the way, your world map shows that you lack the bottom middle part of the map. I think most people lack this area. I got bored and explored one day on OM and found a way to get up there. There's a few ways, but one way is in the southwest corner of Fort Garnik, at that dead-end near the cantina. On the south "wall" of the dead-end, you can climb up on the rocks and get onto the southern plateau. That should open up that area on world map and the entire map as a result, for completionists.

    From there, you can go to a lot of places. I managed to get roughly halfway up the volcano before I managed to hit the farthest limit of steep slopes that I couldn't climb past.


    And just for exploring more, you can get on the plateau that dominates the northeast part of the map too. Just outside the East exit of Fort Garnik, by the Cathar, if you go straight north into the intersection of wall of cliff face, you can climb up and get on top. You can go all around the west edge of Talloran Village(including on top of the main building), and as far as overlooking Drelliad Village. You can also cross the bridge over the east canyon out of Garnik and get around, including getting on top of the hangar platforms(including one that is phased). That way can also get you around to the south-central plateau I think.

    Yeah, I had a LOT of fun climbing and exploring on Ord Mantell on a very unproductive day. :P

  • pairaka's avatar
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    #5 pairaka Posted 6/22/2012 1:42:25 PM

    I was going to mention this (jumping up the wall by the cantina to get that last bit of unexplored map), but you beat me to it. :)

    Using that method, i was able to make my way up and over the spaceport and then jump down to where the shuttle is. It was weird, because for part of the way I was standing on nothing but air.

  • RogueJedi86's avatar
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    #1 RogueJedi86 Posted 6/21/2012 2:07:31 PM

    Good post! It bugs me also that 2 codexes can't be gotten. Someday BioWare really needs to do a pass through all the codexes and either make them attainable(preferable, especially for title-granting entries) or fix their categories so they aren't shown as missing on the Planet Codex entries(also acceptable). My OCD(Obsessive Codex Disorder) really bugs me at seeing unattainable entries that still show as missing in the codex.

  • Shinorah's avatar
    Nerf Herder
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    #2 Shinorah Posted 6/21/2012 4:05:05 PM

    I agree!  In fact, I was for a while mailing David Bass lists of all the missing/bugged ones in hopes of getting them fixed.  Trying to figure out who my point of contact is for that now that he's moved on.  But I also go a little batty if I can't close out a planet.  Argh!

  • RogueJedi86's avatar
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    #3 RogueJedi86 Posted 6/21/2012 4:48:52 PM

    It surely doesn't help that at least some of these were attainable in beta before being removed for release.

    I'm thinking of the Rep-Taris title in particular, that is in an area of the planet that had a wall put up to block access to the heroic quest within that area and thus the title. Literally just a wall. You can see it on the world map(the big  squared area to top center of map). There's a road that leads right to the area, with the wall in the middle of the path. There's even a med droid nearby for if you die in that area(there are no nearby quests to warrant this droid's placement there). It tempts me so much!

    Several of the other planets too. Tatooine's Czerka questlines(for both factions)' title being removed, as example. Did BioWare decide at the last second that these titles were too good for low level players, or what? Sorry, I got off on another rant. :P

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