Overhead Slash
Tier 1 Lightsaber skill costing 1 Skill Point. Overhead Slash unlocks a powerful strike described as deadly against weaker enemies.
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Tier 1 Lightsaber skill costing 1 Skill Point. Overhead Slash unlocks a powerful strike described as deadly against weaker enemies.
Tier 2 Lightsaber skill costing 1 Skill Point. Cal dashes forward to attack a target; jumping during the dash makes him flip over it instead.
Tier 2 Lightsaber skill costing 1 Skill Point. Improves the distance Cal can travel when using Dash Strike.
Tier 2 Lightsaber skill costing 2 Skill Points. Leaping Slash lets Cal perform another powerful attack after Overhead Slash.
Tier 3 Lightsaber skill costing 2 Skill Points. Whirlwind Throw sends the double-bladed lightsaber around Cal in an area attack.
Tier 3 Lightsaber skill costing 1 Skill Point. After a quick evade, attacking lets Cal perform a quick kick.
Tier 3 Lightsaber skill costing 2 Skill Points. Repulse is an airborne attack that pushes nearby enemies away when Cal lands.
Tier 3 Lightsaber skill costing 1 Skill Point. Attacking out of a sprint lets Cal perform a special lightsaber attack.
Tier 3 Lightsaber skill costing 1 Skill Point. Waiting longer to attack after a lightsaber swing triggers a special attack with increased range.
Tier 3 Lightsaber skill costing 3 Skill Points. Cal throws his lightsaber forward and pulls it back, hitting enemies along its path.
Tier 4 Lightsaber skill costing 2 Skill Points. Power Throw increases the range of Cal’s Lightsaber Throw.
Tier 4 Lightsaber skill costing 1 Skill Point. Waiting longer to attack after a double-bladed lightsaber swing triggers a continuous string of high-damage attacks.
Tier 4 Lightsaber skill costing 1 Skill Point. Switch Attack adds a special attack while Cal changes lightsaber type.
Tier 1 Survival skill costing 1 Skill Point. Survival Skills increases Cal’s maximum Life.
Tier 2 Survival skill costing 1 Skill Point. Improve Stims lets Cal recover additional Life when using a stim canister from BD-1.
Tier 2 Survival skill costing 1 Skill Point. Superior Blocking reduces the block stamina damage Cal takes from incoming attacks.
Tier 3 Survival skill costing 1 Skill Point. Enhanced Survival Skills increases Cal’s maximum Life.
Tier 4 Survival skill costing 1 Skill Point. Agile Deflection automatically deflects blaster bolts while Cal is sprinting or wall-running.
Tier 4 Survival skill costing 2 Skill Points. Expert Survival Skills increases Cal’s maximum Life.
Tier 4 Survival skill costing 2 Skill Points. Personalized Stims lets Cal recover additional Life when using a stim canister from BD-1.
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Mygeeto Campaign is a Lightsaber Emitter listed as premium content; the source says pre-order is required.
Umbaran Campaign is a Lightsaber Emitter listed as premium content; the source says pre-order is required.
Peace and Justice is a Lightsaber Emitter found in the Shadowlands on Kashyyyk.
Power and Control is a Lightsaber Emitter found in the Swamp of Sacrifice on Dathomir.
Duty and Resolve is a Lightsaber Emitter found in the Derelict Hangar on Zeffo.
Eno Cordova is a Lightsaber Emitter found in the Hermit’s Abode on Bogano.
Valor and Wisdom II is a Lightsaber Switch found in the Great Divide on Bogano.
Power and Control II is a Lightsaber Switch found in the Swamp of Sacrifice on Dathomir.
Passion and Strength is a Lightsaber Switch found in the Overgrown Pass on Kashyyyk.
Magus is a lightsaber switch found at Brother’s Bastion on Bogano.
Alloy Metal is a lightsaber material available immediately in the base game.
Matte is a lightsaber material found in the Imperial Refinery on Kashyyyk.
Durasteel is a lightsaber material found at the Auger Pulverizers on Zeffo.
Dolovite is a lightsaber material found in the Nightbrother Dungeon on Dathomir.
Doonium is a lightsaber material found in the Imperial Refinery on Kashyyyk.
The supplied sources are IGN guide tables for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Edition and DLC distinctions are limited to the explicit preorder premium-content labels in sample rows; no platform, patch, or NG+ variant is identified. Decisions are bounded by the supplied samples and do not establish facts for unsampled rows.
Counts describe the imported source tables. They do not establish complete coverage of every patch, DLC or upgrade variant. Multiple values remain labeled as listed values when the source does not identify their upgrade levels.
Read Survival Skills, Improved Stims, and Superior Blocking for their separately described effects on maximum Life, stim recovery, and block stamina damage.
Survival Skills Improved Stims Superior BlockingRead Mass Push and Howling Push for their described effects on groups and large targets, then compare those effects with the targeted movement of Dash Strike.
Mass Push Howling Push Dash StrikeRead the Force Attunement, Lightsaber Throw, and The Power of Friendship entries for maximum Force, ranged saber use, and stim-linked Force recovery.
Force Attunement Lightsaber Throw The Power of FriendshipChoose a topic to see how it works, where it helps and what to consider.
Survival Skills increases Cal’s maximum Life, adding capacity to the health measure used during combat.
Understand this choiceImproved Stims increases the Life Cal recovers when he uses a stim canister supplied by BD-1.
Understand this choiceSuperior Blocking improves Cal’s defenses by reducing the block stamina damage he takes from incoming attacks.
Understand this choiceOverhead Slash unlocks a powerful lightsaber strike that the guide describes as deadly against weaker enemies.
Understand this choiceMass Push lets Cal use a held Push input to affect groups of enemies and stagger large enemies.
Understand this choiceDash Strike moves Cal forward into an attack, with a jump during the dash instead flipping him over the target.
Understand this choiceForce Attunement increases Cal’s maximum Force, expanding the amount of Force available to his abilities.
Understand this choiceAgile Deflection automatically deflects blaster bolts while Cal is sprinting or running along a wall.
Understand this choiceHowling Push sends groups of enemies flying and knocks down large targets with a powerful Push.
Understand this choiceSprint Strike gives Cal a special lightsaber attack when he attacks out of a sprint.
Understand this choiceLightsaber Throw sends Cal’s saber forward and pulls it back, hitting enemies along its path.
Understand this choiceThe Power of Friendship makes BD-1’s stim canisters completely refill Cal’s Force Meter.
Understand this choiceIGN says the skill tree is accessed at Meditation circles, costs range from 1 to 4 points, and new tiers open after major story milestones or temples and tombs. A listed cost alone does not establish when a skill becomes available.
IGN describes Superior Blocking as needed to unlock the skill below, while Vulkk says some upgrades require the previous skill on their line and some skills appear only after story progress. The supplied passages do not establish every prerequisite for the selected records.
The inspected Game8 page is explicitly about Jedi: Survivor and its listed skills belong to Survivor’s trees. Its effects and costs are excluded from these Fallen Order records.
A source-bounded reference to twelve named skills in Fallen Order’s Lightsaber, Force, and Survival trees. Effects, point costs, tier information, and skill-tree access are included only where the inspected Fallen Order passages describe them. This is not a ranking or build guide.
Explanations prepared with GPT-6 Luna and checked against the linked references. These are source-reviewed guides. They do not establish independently tested optimal builds or exact upgrade budgets. How coverage works.