Star Wars Zero Company: How to Reach the Citadel in Retake Mordant Citadel

Retake Mordant Citadel opens with a single instruction in the objective panel: REACH THE CITADEL. Hawks and the squad start deep in a dark industrial complex, and the walk to the front of the building is not the hard part. The mission gates entry behind a two-wave fight against Coil forces guarding the back door, and the objective only flips to ENTER THE CITADEL once every one of them is down.

Quick answer: Follow the metal walkways through the cave to the guarded rear entrance, then win the turn-based fight against the Coil Guards and their reinforcement wave. The objective updates to ENTER THE CITADEL the moment the last enemy falls.

Reach the Citadel: the approach route through the facility

This first stretch is free exploration in third person, not turn-based combat. Nothing shoots at you while you move, so use the time to look around rather than sprinting straight to the trigger point.

Move the squad forward through the cave section. The path is narrow and mostly linear, and it opens onto a series of raised metal walkways that lead toward the citadel exterior.

Stop at the overlook and use the scope to scan ahead. You will pick out the guards posted at the back door, which is the entrance the mission wants you to take.

Visor HUD with a targeting reticle scanning across an industrial platform toward the citadel — Scoping the back door from the walkway before committing the squad. Image: Bit Reactor

Keep following the walkways past the scouting point. The route continues on foot until the game hands control over to the combat encounter at the rear entrance.

MEMO: MINERAL YIELDS datapad location and Intel reward

Partway along the walkways, before the fight starts, there is a datapad you can interact with. Reading it awards +10 Intel, the currency spent on non-combat Operations back at the Den, so it is worth the few seconds it costs.

The entry is titled MEMO: MINERAL YIELDS, and it confirms the site is a kalkite mining operation. The writer reports veins found in the 62nd and 65th quadrants, and expects to hit the main deposit after another couple of weeks of drilling. Close the memo with Esc when you are done.

The MEMO: MINERAL YIELDS datapad entry open on screen describing kalkite veins — The MEMO: MINERAL YIELDS datapad, worth +10 Intel. Image: Bit Reactor

Defeat the Coil Guards: enemy types in the first wave

A short cutscene starts the encounter and the objective switches to DEFEAT THE COIL GUARDS. From here it is standard turn-based play, with three action points per operator and Advantage points banked as you deal damage.

The garrison mixes droids with organic Coil troops, which matters when you decide what to bring to each turn.

Enemy	Type
COIL B1 BATTLE DROID	Droid, basic ranged
COIL MAGNAGUARD	Droid, melee
COIL BX DROID SNIPER	Droid, long range
COIL BRUTE	Organic, heavy
COIL STRIKER	Organic, frontline
COIL ENFORCER	Organic, elite

Open the command wheel to reach each operator’s abilities rather than defaulting to basic attacks. The tools that carry this fight are Droid Popper against the mechanical half of the garrison, Push IV for repositioning enemies out of cover, Electroweb Dart III for locking a target down, and Tel-Rea’s Lightsaber Throw for reaching something the rest of the squad cannot hit.

Tactical command wheel open during Retake Mordant Citadel while targeting Coil Guards — The command wheel during the Coil Guards fight, where the squad’s abilities live. Image: Bit Reactor

Tip: spend leftover AP on Overwatch instead of letting it expire. Enemies advancing on your position during their turn walk into free reaction shots, which trims the wave before it reaches your cover.

Reinforcements incoming: the second Coil wave

Clearing the starting group does not end the fight. Hawks calls out REINFORCEMENTS INCOMING and a second batch of Coil enemies arrives, so do not push every operator forward into open ground while finishing the first wave.

An operator beside a blue holographic floor marker as Hawks warns that reinforcements are incoming — The reinforcement callout marks the second half of the encounter. Image: Bit Reactor

Hold cover, rally anyone who has gone down, and work through the new arrivals the same way. If an operator is knocked out, remember that each knockdown adds an injury, and three injuries kill them permanently when permadeath is switched on.

How to confirm the objective is complete

Combat ends automatically once the last reinforcement is destroyed. The turn order display disappears, control returns to free movement, and the objective panel under RETAKE MORDANT CITADEL updates to ENTER THE CITADEL.

If the objective still reads DEFEAT THE COIL GUARDS, an enemy is alive somewhere on the map, usually the BX Droid Sniper sitting at range or a straggler from the second wave. Sweep the outer edges of the arena before assuming the encounter has bugged.

Objective panel showing Enter the Citadel as the squad moves through a cluttered industrial room — Combat over, and the objective now reads ENTER THE CITADEL. Image: Bit Reactor

Walk the squad to the back door and the mission continues inside. Anyone carrying injuries out of this fight is worth checking on at the Den before you commit the next Cycle, since the assault on Mordant Citadel is not finished at the doorway.