Mods in SWGoH

Mods are enhancements in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes and one of the hardest piece of the game for casual players to understand. Below we will try to better explain the main points that players of SWGoH will need to know about mods to be successful in the game. Before we had mods in the game, the same characters always had the same stats at the same gear – and the same speed. Unlike a game like Marvel Strike Force, SWGoH mods are the core of character differentiation thanks to mods and the many different stats and combinations of all mods, making it near impossible to end up with two identical characters.

Per the site I founded in 2016, Gaming-fans.com: “Mods are broken down into Dots, Levels, Colors/Qualities, Shapes, Sets, Primary Stats, and Secondary Stats. There are 6 Dots/Rarities, 15 Levels, 5 Colors/Qualities, 6 Shapes, 8 Mod Sets, 11 Primary Stats, and 12 Secondary Stats … in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes.”

 

Best Mods for SWGoH Characters

I started the best mods section in 2018 over at Gaming-fans.com, where I reviewed a character’s kit to see what the best mods were to enhance their effectiveness in Galaxy of Heroes. I will seek to continue that tradition in 2024 and beyond here with StarWars-fans.com as you can use the links below to click through to new characters in the game and those I have re-reviewed to ensure they are up to the 2025 standards of where the game is today, and where it will be in 2026 and beyond.

 

Quick Mod Rules & Notes:

Mod Sets in SWGoHSome quick SWGoH mod notes to help you dominate the holotables.

  • With a health primary on the Data-Bus, Receiver, Holo-Array or Multiplexer mod, you cannot add percentage health gains in the secondary stats, only flat health gains (thus +428 and not +0.82%). As the game scales and you get into high Relic levels this becomes very important and should always be kept in mind for serious players.
  • Mod sets are always even numbers and you gain bonuses based on these Mod sets. For Speed, Offense and Critical Damage mods, you need a set of 4 of the same type of mod to get the set bonus. For Health, Defense, Critical Chance, Potency & Tenacity mods you only need 2 of those mod types to complete a set.

 

How do I get more Mods in Galaxy of Heroes:

Mods are easily acquired in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, most notably in Mod Battles and in the Mod Shop. In Mod Battles, you can farm the type of mods you want – Offense, Critical Chance, Critical Damage, Potency, Tenacity, Health or event Speed mods. While Health mods are the most prevalent in the game, the user’s mod farming focus determines much of their individual mod inventory. Once a player has completed all 8 levels of Mod Battles, level 9 has Mod Slicing materials. Mod slicing is when you upgrade a 5-dot mod to higher levels and better stats, and, at the beginning of 2025, mods can be sliced no higher than to a 6-dot mod in Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes.

 

Can I get too many SWGoH Mods?

Mods are capped within SWGoH at a maximum of 500 unassigned or unequipped mods. When you go to the character screen and click on their mods, the “Manage Mods” button in the lower left of your screen allows players to view their mods. Once a player reaches the cap of 500 unassigned mods, they will have to sell mods in order to make any changes on their Galaxy of Heroes roster.