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Ilum: The Jedi Temple and the Crystal Caves

Chapter 5: a quiet climb through a frozen temple to a Workbench deep in the caves, then a fight back out to the Mantis that takes the last pickups on the way.

The Mantis sets down on Ilum by itself. This trip covers the whole planet: 5 chests and 7 Force Echoes, 3 of them Secrets. Cal has every ability the walk needs, but no working lightsaber yet, so he has no blade to fight with or to cut ice. That matters little on the way in, because nothing but a few Probe Droids attacks before the Workbench. Everything that needs a blade is left for the way out: the ice in the Crystal Caves and the chest at the top of the Temple wall. Nothing is left for a later trip. If you still carry Terrarium Seeds, plant them before you walk down the ramp.

Force Essence: Enter the GatheringHidden spoiler – activate to revealUpgradeMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Shattered Lake – Leave the Mantis and pick the side passage right of the arch, into the gullies. Wall Run along the rock on your left to the lone ledge at the far end, where BD-1 can scan it. Come back the same way.
Summary
One of the game's 32 Secrets, and a Force Echo as well. It adds to Cal's Force.
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To the Temple wall. Go through the arch and walk into the wind to a second arch and a dead end. On the left, a narrow gap in the ice lets Cal squeeze through to a view over the mountains. Turn left, go up and around the climbing wall to the ledge above, and walk on to the huge claw wall on the face of the Temple. Climb it, crossing from side to side over the gap in the middle. Don't go to the top yet: the chest up there needs the new lightsaber, and this walk climbs back up for it. About halfway up, step off onto a ledge on your left and follow it round into a small room.

The light puzzle, first beam. In that room, Force Pull the rope off its wall reel and lock it into the anchor beside it. A big hatch opens and stays open: Wall Run the ridged wall through it. Past a short room, the great round hall opens up. Drop to the slightly lower level on the right, where a window and a second rope reel sit, and turn to face the middle. A big crystal hangs from the ceiling with a rope under it, a swivel arm stands on the far side, and two doors are frozen shut: a small one across the hall and a giant one down on the floor. Force Pull the arm over to you, then Force Pull the rope from the reel behind you and clip it to the arm. The window opens, and its beam just misses the crystal. Force Pull the crystal's rope and back towards the window until the crystal swings into the beam, which melts the small door.

Set the crystal. Still holding that rope, swing across to the ledge of the melted door and turn round. Force Pull the arm to your side, which frees the window rope. Force Pull the crystal's rope again, clip it to the arm, and Force Push the arm back across the hall. The crystal now hangs where the last window needs it.

Solve the light puzzleHidden spoiler – activate to revealQuest stepMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Jedi Temple – Go through the small door and take the rope over the gap beyond. Turn left to the first window, above the hall, Force Pull its rope and walk backwards until the beam strikes the crystal and melts the giant door. You can let go now.
Summary
Melting the giant door opens the way into the Temple.
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Databank: Magnifying WindowHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Jedi Temple – No exact spot is known. The entry is about the glass that focuses the sunlight, so try for a prompt here at the window, and at the lower one as you cross the hall.
Summary
A Databank entry for BD-1 to scan.
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Meditation Point: Jedi TempleHidden spoiler – activate to revealAreaMinor spoiler
Databank: GeyserHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Jedi Temple – Under the water behind the Meditation Point, among the pillars. Try the geyser on your left as you swim in from the Temple end.
Summary
A Databank entry for BD-1 to scan.
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Chest: Tibanna BD-1 SkinHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Force Echo: Angry YounglingHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler

Into the Crystal Caves. Swim to the far end of the water and climb the wall there; the caves start a few steps on. Wall Run right along the ridged wall.

Follow the path on from the Wall Run, balancing along a narrow beam to solid ground.

Slide down the next stretch of ice and use the Wall Run at its end to reach a climbing wall. At the top is an island with a large hole in it, a Meditation Point and two Jedi statues.

Meditation Point: Crystal CavesHidden spoiler – activate to revealAreaMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – Reached on foot, at the top of the climbing wall after the ice slide, beside the large hole.
Summary
The rest stop in the middle of the caves, and the hub of the way out.
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Life Essence: Youngling LostHidden spoiler – activate to revealUpgradeMinor spoiler
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Ilum · Crystal Caves – From the island with the large hole, jump up between the two Jedi statues into the tunnel and deal with the Probe Droid: with no blade, Force Push it into a wall until it breaks, or Force Pull it in for BD-1 to Slice. Ice blocks the left side for now, so go right, jump the gap to the next island, turn left and Force Pull the hanging rope. Rope, Wall Runs, a second rope and a short climb lead over a thin split beam to a dead campfire in the passage beyond.
Summary
One of the game's 32 Secrets, and a Force Echo as well. It adds to Cal's health.
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Chest: Power and Control II SleeveHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – Swing back to the island on the rope in front of you and take the other way, straight on through the wide crack. Two Probe Droids wait in the room beyond: with no blade, Force Push each one into a wall until it breaks, or Force Pull it in for BD-1 to Slice. The chest is in the back left corner, and BD-1 must Slice it too.
Summary
One of the 5 chests on Ilum: a lightsaber sleeve.
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Force Echo: Youngling AfraidHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – Go up the ramp behind the chest and Wall Run to a platform. Force Push the slab there, then turn left and jump to the climbing wall. Climb down and left, not up, to a small ledge with the Force Echo.
Summary
A Force Echo. Miss this ledge and the Crystal Caves stop at 96% on the holomap.
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Chest: Power and Control SwitchHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – From the Force Echo, climb the wall to the top and drop to the level with the two pools. Dive into the long pool that runs across the area, not the small round one. The chest is at the bottom, towards the right-hand end.
Summary
One of the 5 chests on Ilum: a lightsaber switch.
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Encrypted Log: My FriendHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – Jump into the small round pool and swim the tunnel to a scrap of ground. Climb the wall and squeeze through the crack; the floor gives way. Swim towards the bright light, and the log arrives in the scene that follows.
Summary
An Encrypted Log the story gives you, so it can't be missed.
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Split SaberHidden spoiler – activate to revealSkillMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – After the scene, go to the Workbench nearby and pick a colour, which any Workbench can change later. Cal builds the lightsaber there.
Summary
The new lightsaber: it cuts ice, and the Split Saber attack is a strong new move that costs Force.
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For A More Civilized AgeHidden spoiler – activate to revealAchievementMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – It pops when Cal finishes at the Workbench, so tick it with Split Saber.
Summary
A story trophy for building the lightsaber.
Trophies
  • Achievement · SteamFor A More Civilized Age
  • Achievement · XboxFor A More Civilized Age
  • Bronze · PlayStationFor A More Civilized Age
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Force Echo: Finding the CrystalsHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – Cross the hall from the Workbench to where you climbed out of the water, and find the Force Echo on a cluster of crystals. Take it now: don't count on getting back into this hall once you leave.
Summary
A Force Echo.
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Meditation Point: Ice CorridorHidden spoiler – activate to revealAreaMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – Reached on foot once you cut the icicles blocking the door by the Workbench. It is just behind them.
Summary
The first rest stop past the Workbench, and the last before the fighting starts.
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Into the Imperial Trench. From here the fighting starts. Cut the icicles by the Workbench and every ice barrier after them until you step out of the cave among Scout Troopers. A transport drops two more groups, and Force Push can send them off the platform. Then BD-1 can Slice the door on the right, which opens onto a room full of Security Droids. Getting close wakes the whole room, so draw them out one at a time.

Blade MasterHidden spoiler – activate to revealAchievementMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Imperial Trench – This room is the best place for it: a Security Droid can take the hits. Pick one droid and hit it with the single blade, then the double blade, then finish with the Split Saber attack, keeping enough Force for it. If the trophy doesn't pop, repeat it on the next droid, or on any enemy that survives three hits.
Summary
A trophy for hitting one enemy with all three lightsaber types.
Trophies
  • Achievement · SteamBlade Master
  • Achievement · XboxBlade Master
  • Silver · PlayStationBlade Master
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Meditation Point: Imperial TrenchHidden spoiler – activate to revealAreaMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Imperial Trench – Reached by the rope behind the Sliced door on the right of the Security Droid room.
Summary
The rest stop at the far end of the Trench.
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Chest: Duraplast Lightsaber MaterialHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Imperial Trench – BD-1 must Slice the door on the right of the Security Droid room; swing on the rope behind it to the Meditation Point. Don't cut the barrier there yet. Turn left into the alcove, jump to the climbing wall and climb left and up to the ledge with the chest.
Summary
One of the 5 chests on Ilum: a lightsaber material.
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Map: Imperial Trench doorHidden spoiler – activate to revealOtherMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Imperial Trench – In the room past the chest, open the door. It leads back into the Security Droid room, the one that wouldn't open from the other side.
Summary
A door the holomap counts: opening it completes the Trench.
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Don't run straight for the ship

Once you cut the next barrier, the objective changes to leaving for Dathomir. Three pickups still wait on the way: Youngling Pride in the caves, then Compañero and the Force Echo Master Mar Ti Kam'ron at the top of the Temple wall. Youngling Pride and Compañero need the new lightsaber.

Back to the island. Go through that door, cross the Security Droid room and swing back over the rope to the Imperial Trench Meditation Point. Cut the barrier behind it and jump across to the Scout Troopers on guard. Cross the long pool you dived into earlier and drop to the level below, where Stormtroopers and Scout Troopers wait. Clear them and slide down the ice to the island with the large hole and the Meditation Point. Go between the two Jedi statues again: Scout Troopers and a Security Droid now hold the tunnel cave.

Life Essence: Youngling PrideHidden spoiler – activate to revealUpgradeMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Crystal Caves – In the tunnel cave, cut the icicles on the left this time, Wall Run and jump to a thin crack, and squeeze through. Slide down the ice and use two Wall Runs to reach a platform with an obelisk: the Force Echo is right beside it. To get out, Force Push the obelisk over as a bridge and take the climbing wall beyond, which comes up out of the hole by the Meditation Point.
Summary
One of the game's 32 Secrets, and a Force Echo as well. It adds to Cal's health.
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Back to the Temple. Cross the next small island to the climbing wall after it and keep to the right side of the caves until you are back near the big ice slope. From there the way out is a single path, and Scout Troopers, Purge Troopers and Security Droids hold it in groups, with a rocket trooper near the last Wall Run. Swim the water and climb to the Jedi Temple Meditation Point. In the great hall, troopers blast open the sealed main entrance: beat them, rest at the Meditation Point behind you, and leave through the blasted door onto the Shattered Lake.

Chest: Compañero PonchoHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Shattered Lake – Out on the Shattered Lake, before the ship, turn right through the narrow gap and climb the claw wall again, this time all the way to the top of the Temple face. On the platform, cut the ice crystals on the right. The chest is behind them.
Summary
One of the 5 chests on Ilum: a poncho for Cal.
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Force Echo: Master Mar Ti Kam'ronHidden spoiler – activate to revealCollectibleMinor spoiler
Two AT-STsHidden spoiler – activate to revealBossMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Shattered Lake – Climb back down the wall and run across the Shattered Lake towards the Landing Pad. The AT-STs stop Cal just short of it, and you can take them one at a time. Stay at their legs and spend your Force on Split Saber attacks.
Summary
Two walkers between Cal and the Mantis. They are the last fight on Ilum.
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Fight back to the Mantis past the AT-STsHidden spoiler – activate to revealQuest stepMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Landing Pad – With both AT-STs beaten, walk on to the Landing Pad and the Mantis.
Summary
The walkers are down and the ship is in reach. The story now goes back to Dathomir.
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Holomap 100%: IlumHidden spoiler – activate to revealOtherMinor spoiler
Location
Ilum · Landing Pad – By the Mantis, before you board, open the holomap and go through the five regions against the table below, checking that the Shattered Lake chest shows as taken. If the Crystal Caves read 96%, it is the Youngling Afraid ledge: down and left on the climbing wall. Then go aboard, plant any seeds at the Terrarium and pick Dathomir at the Holotable.
Summary
The check that the planet is done: every region at 100%, with all 5 chests and 3 Secrets.
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Chests and Secrets per Ilum region
RegionChestsSecrets
Landing Pad00
Shattered Lake11
Jedi Temple10
Crystal Caves22
Imperial Trench10

About this guide

One playthrough on any difficulty: no trophy depends on it. The world stays open after the credits, apart from the prologue and two story locations, so the only things a player can lose are a few optional Databank entries, each flagged before its point of no return.

Last verified: Nov 5, 2026 · Patch Latest patch, with the free May 2020 update (PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Series, PC) · 0 community corrections shipped

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