Star Wars fans are already familiar with Credits: the versatile, more or less universally accepted currency of the Galaxy Far, Far Away. It’s already a concept quite close to the video game, so you won’t be surprised to learn that Star Wars Outlaws adopts the wholesale concept, which means Kay needs a constant supply of credits to make purchases and upgrades to its equipment.
The bad news is that Kay doesn’t start out with a lot of credits under her belt; the good news is that she has very few ethical concerns about how she goes about getting more. You’ll need to increase Kay’s bankroll to 100 credits before you can complete the game’s first mission, so it pays (literally) to leave your morals at the door and start making money fast in Star Wars Outlaws using the methods outlined below.
How to Earn Credits Fast in Star Wars Outlaws
There are several reliable methods in Star Wars Outlaws to help you maintain a steady flow of credits.
Pickpocket with Nix
You can have Kay’s adorable pet Nix steal from selected NPCs. Success is tied to a forgiving Quick-Time Event and usually yields a sellable item or a generous amount of credits.
Lift anything that isn’t nailed down
Many items found while exploring can be salvaged and sold to traders for credits, and many have no additional utility to make them worth holding on to instead; very occasionally you’ll even find a cash register that simply grants a nice injection of credits, without a middleman.
The game will alert you if someone nearby considers your clumsiness to be actual “theft” (which can lead to issues like reputation damage with certain factions or triggering fights with nearby NPCs). The good thing is that if there’s no warning, feel free to go wild!
Cheat at Sabbacc
“Vanilla” Sabbacc, for lack of a better term, isn’t necessarily very lucrative for Kay unless she gets a really good hand. You can, however, significantly shift the odds in your favor by cheating with Nix (using a variation of the same method described above), or by applying better Sabbacc change tokens once you’ve collected some. To start, you’ll only have access to the most basic change token: Free Draw, which is decent enough to provide an extra chance, but doesn’t do much to help you game the system.
However, as you progress through the game, you can earn, purchase, or steal much more powerful Shift Tokens, which can be used once per game to force yourself to achieve better results.
Bet on Fathier’s races
Star Wars’ answer to good old fashioned horse racing, Fathier racing can potentially lead to a big win with a well-placed bet. Of course, this is betting, so there’s risk to weigh against potential rewards; but also, this is Star Wars Outlaws, so naturally there’s a way to set the odds in your favour.
During the opening mission, you can steal a racing tip from a friend named Valek – along with the credits he planned to place on the bet – and keep the profits for yourself when his underdog, literally underdog, wins the race. (This will probably cost Kay a friendship, but don’t worry, she’ll have bigger problems to deal with soon.)
You’ll find similar advice throughout the game, though it may not be as clear as Valek’s. While Valek will give you a (random) name of the Father who will most likely win the race, other advice is based on partial descriptions that you’ll then have to discover for yourself if you want to win the pot.
For more lucrative activities in Star Wars Outlaws, check out our guide to solving cutting puzzles or find out if you should sell Gorak’s Ring.
