Mask of Darth Nihilus The mask of Darth Nihilus , or Mask of Nihilus , was one of the pieces of armor that Sith Lord Darth Nihilus had bound to himself using the Force in an effort to retain a semblance of a physical form . Darth Nihilus had been one of the few who had survived the activation of the Mass Shadow Generator while on the surface of Malachor V during the last battle of the Mandalorian Wars , the Battle of Malachor V . This experience left him with an insatiable need to feed on the Force . Eventually this hunger began to erode his physical body and in an effort to keep himself alive , he bound his spirit to his armor , robes , and mask using the dark side of the Force . At the end of the First Jedi Purge Nihilus was killed aboard his flagship , the " Ravager " , by Meetra Surik , his former apprentice , Visas Marr , and the current Mandalore , Canderous Ordo , leaving his mask as a gruesome reminder of his reign as the " Lord of Hunger " . This mask was considered to be a Sith artifact that encouraged the wearers to slowly destroy themselves for greater power . The lost mask of Darth Nihilus was imbued with the dark energy of the Sith Lord , allowing any who wore the ghost - white mask the power to wield the Force as if they were an apprentice . The mask was inside a crate in the wreckage of a " Dynamic " - class freighter ship on the planet Volik . Function . Sometime between 3960 BBY and 3952 BBY the ravages of an insatiable dark hunger for the Force destroyed Darth Nihilus ' s physical body to the point where he was compelled to bind his life - force into his robes and armor — including a facial mask — in order to avoid death and give himself a palpable form which allowed him to wield a lightsaber and continue his mastery of the Force . Darth Nihilus ' s mask continued to serve its purpose until his death at the hands of the Jedi Exile and her companions in 3951 BBY . For the next four thousand years , rumors spread across the galaxy concerning the mask ' s power . It was said that the mask was invested with the dark side of the Force and if an individual who was not Force - sensitive was to don the mask , that being would be able to wield the Force as a Sith apprentice . If , however , a Jedi or Sith was to wear the mask , proficiency in additional Force powers — always including , but not limited to , dark side powers — were acquired . However , it was cautioned that the dark influence of the mask propelled the wearer towards acts of self - destruction in the pursuit for greater power . Behind the scenes . In the game " " , the player character has an option to receive the Nihilus mask after his death through character dialog with Visas Marr . The player will then gain a bonus to their maximum Force points . The player cannot wear the mask , although it does show up in their inventory under " miscellaneous " . The mask of Nihilus ( complete with accompanying hood ) also appears in the MMO " " as a headpiece that can be worn by any class . It can be found randomly in Crime Lord ' s Cartel Packs , purchased for Cartel Coins from the in - game market , or bought by player - created auction on the Galactic Trade Network . When working on the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " , " Star Wars " author Abel G . Peña wrote a whole passage devoted to Nihilus ' mask that was ultimately cut . It would have made up the last paragraph of Nihilus ' section and mentioned that the mask may have been a death mask of Hendanyn make . Those masks first appeared in " The New Rebellion " , a 1996 novel written by Kristine Kathryn Rusch .