How to play Sabacc in Star Wars Outlaws and win

Aug. 27, 2024

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Star Wars Outlaws Sabacc is a strategic card game where you gamble and cheat your way to a fortune. As long as you understand the rules and how to win. Sabacc tables, and the high rollers playing on them, are found all over the galaxy, with numerous rewards for winning including credits, additional outfits, useful extras, and even reputation with certainStar Wars Outlaws factions.

However, learning how to play isn’t easy. There are hands to manage, numbers, decks and draws, as well as “Imposter” and “Sylop” cards confusing matters. If you want to know how to play Sabacc in Star Wars Outlaws, and more importantly win, I can explain the rules and strategies you need to know below, as well as how to cheat.

How to play Sabacc in Star Wars Outlaws

This is how to win at Sabacc in Star Wars Outlaws:

These are the rules for Sabacc in Star Wars Outlaws:

That’s a very basic explanation of the rules inStar Wars Outlaws, but it covers the fundamentals. You’re trying to win these little three-round matches to keep your coins, and the last person standing wins.

There are two “wild cards” in Sabacc called Sylop Cards and imposter cards, both of which can be randomly drawn from either deck like any other card.

Here’s what Sylop Cards and imposter cards do in Sabacc:

There are three cheats for Sabacc in Star Wars Outlaws that players can find and equip. One is accessible from the beginning, and two have to be earned. These are you options:

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If you’re caught cheating, by failing any of the challenges, other players start to get suspicious.If you’re caught cheating three times, you’ll be ejected from the table and won’t be allowed to come back for a certain amount of time, forfeiting your buy-in in the process.

You can buy yourself one more attempt by pressing R3/Right Stick at the moment prompted, triggering theStar Wars Outlaws Fast Talkability. This doesn’t reset suspicion to zero - it simply gives you one more chance to get it right that game. If you screw up again, you’re out.

Players can choose up to three Sabacc Tokens to use before playing. These can be spent to trigger special abilities or modifiers, each one of which can be activated once per game.

Depending on the Token, these might do all manner of things - allow you to draw cards for free, force other players to discard their hand and draw a new one, allow you to take back some coins from the pot, or more.

Sabacc Tokens are found all over Star Wars Outlaws, with no specific pattern beyond them being valuable rewards.Some are won at Sabacc tables, but others are found as Treasures in enemy outposts, as rewards for missions, or more besides. Intel found around the galaxy can lead you to finding more of them, so keep an ear to the ground.

Here are some tips for winning at Sabacc in Star Wars Outlaws:

If you want more generalStar Wars Outlaws tipsthat cover a bit of everything, check that guide out for a good range of advice.

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