If you love poking around every nook of a game like I do, the hunt for lightsaber colors in 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' is one of those tiny, satisfying obsessions. The short of it: almost all blade colors are unlocked by exploration—finding kyber crystals, hidden chests, and special rewards tucked away in tombs and optional areas across the planets. The customization screen on your ship (the Stinger Mantis) is where you actually apply colors and parts, but the key to collecting them is to break open crates, solve environmental puzzles, complete side objectives, and thoroughly explore the darker corners of each map. Think of every sealed door, hidden passage, and forgotten room as a potential color cache; developers love rewarding curiosity.
Practically speaking, approach this like a completionist checklist. Revisit areas as you gain new traversal moves (double-jump, force pull, lightsaber throw upgrades): those new abilities often reveal previously inaccessible alcoves with crystals or cosmetic pieces. Keep an eye out for tombs and story-optional sequences—those usually contain more than the average chest. Also scan the environment for suspicious seams in walls, destructible objects, or glowing nodes; they frequently hide cosmetic parts. If you’re playing on higher difficulty or trying to maintain a speed, don’t skip side missions and exploration—many colors are gated behind little exploration puzzles rather than story progression.
When you want a full map of where every crystal and cosmetic drops, community guide pages and video walkthroughs are gold. Websites like IGN or GameFAQs, Reddit threads, and YouTube creators have compiled precise lists and timestamps showing each chest and crystal location. For PC players who crave extra options, there’s a modding scene that unlocks even more palette choices and visual tweaks, though that’s obviously outside of the vanilla experience. Personally, I love the feeling of returning to the Mantis after a long scavenger run and swapping my blade color—it makes the journey feel truly mine.