Star Trek Online Temporal Probe Locations: Full Guide

How to Find and Collect Temporal Probes

Finding Star Trek Online temporal probe locations takes more than following the main objective marker: several missions have alternate spawn points. These collectibles advance your Temporal Recruit goals and award Reputation Marks. Check the relevant map before beaming out, especially when a probe appears after the final fight.

There are 22 probes that count toward Temporal Recruitment goals. Additional probes in side content, including Wasteland, do not count toward that total.

You need a qualifying TOS Starfleet Temporal Recruit and the Temporal Transponder, obtained after completing the character’s first story arc. An existing Temporal Recruit can continue completing objectives after the recruitment event ends.

Recognizing and targeting a probe

Look for a red-orange tear in space, including on ground maps. When you enter a map containing a probe, an additional objective generally appears in your mission tracker.

On PC, this chat command can target a nearby probe when it is within 50 meters of your Captain:

/target temporal probe

Use it while searching the immediate area. For space probes, check the map as well as the view ahead of your ship.

The locations below include alternate spawn points. You are searching for one probe per listed mission, not collecting every alternate placement. Mission names are more useful than episode numbers because the story lineup has changed over time.

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Klingon War Probe Locations

Check the beam-in area before advancing through ground objectives. In “The Doomsday Device,” all three search spots are on the planet with the landed Bird-of-Prey.

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Mission	Map or area	Search locations	Search tip
Diplomatic Orders	P’Jem surface	Behind the Klingons on the hill near your arrival point; between the two buildings behind the final Klingon group; directly behind your beam-in position	Turn around immediately after arriving, then check the hill and the buildings before leaving.
Researcher Rescue	Space	Beside the Gorn ship before beaming down to rescue the second researcher group; near the planet before the first beam-down	Check the space map before each ground transition.
Secret Orders	Ground interior	After rescuing the two scientists and detonating the door, either to the right or down the ramp to the left; alternatively, beside a missile in the room containing four weapons you must destroy	Search both branches beyond the blasted door and inspect the weapons room.
The Doomsday Device	Planet surface with the landed Bird-of-Prey	Beside a tower between sites A and B, close to B; beside the resource node or south tower at site A; at the base of a giant mushroom left of the landing-pad path toward Site Beta	Inspect the mushroom from the Site Beta side—the distortion can be hidden when approaching from the landing pad.

Before leaving these maps:

• Check behind the P’Jem arrival point.
• Inspect space before beaming down in “Researcher Rescue.”
• Search around the giant mushroom from both directions in “The Doomsday Device.”

Yesterday’s War: Temporal Ambassador

In “Temporal Ambassador,” search the Tholian dock control room for the probe.

This episode occupies an unusual place in the collection order: it is listed as probe #5 because of its earlier position in the story, even though it comes last in the chronological Temporal Recruit storyline.

Keep its entry on your checklist when moving between arcs. Its numbering does not mean you missed a nearby probe in the surrounding missions.

Romulan Mystery Probe Locations

This arc includes several probes that require attention to mission timing. “Frozen” has a placement that appears after completing the main quest, while “Cutting the Cord” sends you to the final space battlefield.

Mission or area	Map or area	Search locations	Search tip
Diplomatic gathering and weapons armory	Behind-the-scenes ground area	Immediately after entering the behind-the-scenes map; inside the armory where the objective involves destroying weapons crates	Check the entrance before advancing to the armory.
Desperate Measures	Space station interior	To the left as you head toward engineering	Search that side of the route while moving toward engineering.
Shadow Play	Final space map	In the final battle area, after combat	Search before leaving the last space map.
Taris	First space map	Along the mission route, slightly above it	When your science officer mentions the probe, look around and above your current route.
The Vault	Vault interior	In the warbird chamber, along the bottom of the north wall; alternatively, in the first chamber	Watch the minimap after your officer’s proximity message.
Mine Enemy	Mine and platform areas	In the second room inside the mine; in the room left of the analysts; in the brig on the platform	Check the side room and brig if the second mine room is empty.
Frozen	Reman base	In the ring-shaped hall around the obelisks after completing the main quest; alternatively, in a side passage near the base entrance where you fight the alien bears	Revisit the obelisk hall after the main objective is complete.
Coliseum	Outside the arena	North of the coliseum, just beyond the gates that open after the final arena fight	Search immediately beyond the newly opened gates.
Cutting the Cord	Final space map	Near the destroyed gateway after the final battle	Look for the gateway in space, rather than the destroyed gateways on the ground.

Finding the hidden probe in The Vault

The probe in the warbird chamber can be difficult to see against the wall. Check for a gray dot on the map, then approach the north wall near its bottom edge.

If that chamber does not contain your probe, inspect the first chamber. Use your officer’s nearby-probe message to narrow the search.

Tracking the halfway milestone

The halfway point is 11 of 22 probes. Following story order while initially skipping “Temporal Ambassador” puts that milestone at “Frozen.”

Use the Transponder’s completed objectives to track your progress if you play missions in a different order.

Cardassian Struggle Probe Locations

“The New Link” has an extra interaction that matters for credit: watching the probe’s recording does not finish the collection step.

Mission	Map or area	Search locations	Search tip
Spoils of War	Ground interior	Inside the office containing Gul Kardek	Inspect the office before moving on.
Jabberwocky	Opening space map	In front of Bajor at the start of the mission	Search the opening area before advancing.
The Factory	Ground map	Near the start; near the Vorta tied to a mission objective; near the objective where you defend the Vorta from attacking Jem’Hadar	Check the arrival area and both Vorta objective locations.
The New Link	Ground route toward the Great Link	A short distance along the main path from beam-in; alternatively, on the last cliff to the left before the Great Link’s lake, after defeating Lamat’Ukan	If the probe plays a recording, interact again afterward to download its data and wipe it.

Getting credit in The New Link

When the probe offers a recording:

1. Interact with the probe and view the recording.
2. Interact with the probe again afterward.
3. Select the option to download the data and wipe the probe.
4. Check the corresponding recruitment objective before leaving.

That second interaction is easy to miss when the recording ends close to another mission objective.

Borg Advance Probe Locations

The probes in this arc span prisoner areas, a boss room, and multiple objective locations in fluidic space.

Mission	Map or area	Search locations	Search tip
Where Angels Fear to Tread	Romulan vessel interior	Near the prisoners	Search around the prisoner area before continuing.
A Gathering Darkness	Final space map	Along the route to the objective	Watch for the probe while approaching the final objective.
Assimilation	Borg ship interior	In the last room containing the boss	Inspect the room before exiting the ship.
Fluid Dynamics	Fluidic space	Near the first, second, or third objective	Check each objective area until you locate the probe.

For “Fluid Dynamics,” keep searching through the objective sequence if the first location is empty. The probe can occupy any of the three listed areas.

Before ending the arc, check that you have collected the probe near the prisoners, searched the final room in “Assimilation,” and inspected the relevant fluidic-space objectives.

Probe Puzzles, Rewards, and Missing Credit

Scanning a probe leads to one of three puzzle types:

• Sudoku variant: Complete the puzzle presented by the probe.
• Pico, fermi, bagel variant: Find three words among the partially completed words.
• Mastermind variant: Solve the sequence using numbers 1 through 5.

After solving a puzzle, the interaction can produce an enemy encounter or an item reward. Ground encounters summon a Na’kuhl Commander; space encounters summon a Daemosh Destroyer. Other results include random R&D components or random Rare or Very Rare equipment.

Collection rewards

Each collected recruitment probe awards 25 Reputation Marks of your choice. The collection milestones also include a trait that reduces the cooldown of your profession-specific Fleet ability by 33% at halfway, followed by its advanced version for collecting every required probe.

Keep episode completion rewards separate from probe progress. Finishing a story arc and collecting its probes are distinct Temporal Recruit goals.

What to check when a probe seems missing

Work through these checks before abandoning the search:

1. Check your character and Transponder. Use a qualifying Temporal Recruit with the recruitment introduction completed.
2. Check the mission stage. Some probes appear on the final map or after a major fight.
3. Search alternate placements. An empty listed spot does not mean the mission has no probe.
4. Check elevation and visibility. Look above the route in “Taris” and use the map inside “The Vault.”
5. Finish the interaction. After a recording, download the data and wipe the probe.
6. Check the objective before transitioning. Stay on the relevant map until the collection step is complete.