STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ News

We will be taking the servers offline on September 13, 2023 to deploy Game Update 7.3.1a.

Details:
DATE: September 13, 2023
TIME: 7am-11am CT (12:00 - 16:00 UTC)
VERSION: 7.3.1a

Patch notes will be available later today, here: http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes

Thank you for your patience as we maintain Star Wars™: The Old Republic™!

With Game Update 7.3.1, players may begin earning rewards from the Galactic Season 5, “Confidence in Power” and will see UI/UX updates for our overlay and HUD maps. Details on what players can expect from this new update are below!

Galactic Seasons: Season 5, “Confidence in Power”

In previous seasons, players embarked on their storyline missions with a new companion. Season 5 introduces a new way to engage with the story told in Galactic Seasons, with story progression now a part of the Galactic Seasons rewards. Players will unlock new story missions as they progress through the reward track, with the final mission granted at Season Level 40.

We are also adding new objectives that will involve companions being set to specific roles, Space Missions, and Operations. There are more objectives available for players who are Subscribers or have Preferred accounts. All the details can be found here.

(Decorationss that can be earned from the GS5 reward track or bought from the vendor. From top left to right - Dark Marauder Soldier, Imperial Lieutenant Officer, Wasteland Tech Crackshot, Imperial Reaper Combatant)
(Bottom left to right - Depository of Dark Wisdom, Outer Rim Drifter Gunslinger, 3V-1L, Resilient Warden Gladiator)


Mapping improvements

Players will see various UI/UX improvements to our in-game overlap and HUD maps including:

• The Quick Travel Ability will no longer open a separate travel map but the world map instead and it will display the Quick Travel points next to your mission objectives. These icons will also be present on the HUD Overlay Map and the Minimap.
  
• A magnifying cursor has been added
  
• Travel abilities now show up at the bottom of the overlay map
  
• Exploration missions have been added to Map Filters
  

For a full list of improvements, please see the 7.3.1 patch notes found here.

Balance Changes and Fixes

Players will also see multiple class changes and fixes across the board updating cooldowns, baseline abilities and more. Details can be found in the patch notes here

New to the Cartel Market

Lightsabers and armor sets inspired by Ahsoka and Grand Admiral Thrawn have been added to the Cartel Market, inspired by Star Wars: Ahsoka on Disney+! New “inspired by” tabs have been added to the Cartel Market window to make it easier for players to find these special items.

(Expatriate’s Armor, Lightsaber, and Shoto Lightsaber hilts inspired by Ahsoka. Note: The lightsabers are not exclusive to the main or offhand weapon slot.)


(Elite Tactician Armor set inspired by Thrawn)


For a full list of patch notes for Game Update 7.3.1, please visit this page. See you in game!

HIGHLIGHTS 

Galactic Seasons 5 “Confidence in Power” - In this season’s story, “Confidence in Power”, players will meet an astromech named 3V-1L, a peculiar droid who serves a mysterious Master. 3V-1L will test the player through a series of trials, to see if they are worthy of the Master’s teachings of the “dark side”. Whether this is a prank or a serious threat, the player must decide how deeply they will commit to these “dark” trials to uncover the truth. More information in this article.

New “inspired by” items - Lightsabers and armor sets inspired by Ahsoka and Thrawn have been added to the Cartel Market!

Update on Kai Zykken and the Spoils of War set bonus armors -  Kai Zykken will be removed and Set Bonus Armors will be available from a new vendor in the same location on the Fleet. More info here. 


GENERAL 

• Players who obtained both “A Cantina in Crisis” and “Unwelcome Visitors” missions will now be able to reset the Old Wounds mission and progress through the storyline as intended. 
  
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  Decorations will now drop when killing enemies in the Interpreter’s Retreat area. 
  
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  The sound effect for the Dark- attuned Weapon Tuning has been fixed
  
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  "Pickled Space Worm" can be used as a crafting ingredient again. The Cantina Hoth vendor now sells a craftable version of this item. Players who acquired the item recently will need to repurchase the item from the vendor. 
  
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  Fixed an issue that prevented the companion Z0-0M from spawning while another chapter is active. 
  
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  The Stationary Grit Headgear voice modulation now works as intended. 
  
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  Unlocking the Flameshell Mewvorr now correctly unlocks the corresponding decoration.
  
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  The debris piles for the mission "It's Really Piling Up" now respawn as expected.
  
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  Fixed a typo in Advanced Terminator Droid and Suppression Droid text. 
  
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  Ladra should now only identify players as a Sith Pureblood if they are a Sith Pureblood.
  
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  Players now receive an Implant from Cellvanta for killing Grathan.
  
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  Fixed an issue where players could one-shot Beelzlit during the Sith Warrior quest.
  
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  The Ri'Kan's Vibro-Axe is sheathed into the correct off-hand slot when equipped in the character's off-hand.
  
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  The Force-Imbued Object will now only grant the "Light Triumphant" Alert for Master Ranos.
  
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  The Rocket Boost VFX appears properly attached to the player character when using the Legacy unlock "Rocket Boost" or Regeneration ability for the Veteran Boltblaster's Chestguard MK-2 chest piece. 
  
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  Fixed an issue where weapon part VFX could be seen floating in areas.
  
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  Corrected typo in the Amplified set bonus description.
  
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  Players can now interact with the Voss Cantina vendor. 
  
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  The Rampage Achievement Boost now works properly in the Interpreter’s Retreat.
  
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  The Thermal Grenade Ability now works properly when used on Rakghouls. 
  
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  Equipping the Hermit's Vigil will now only display a holster for the hand in which it is equipped. 
  
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  The Payday Blaster pistols’ left holster no longer disappears after cinematics have played. 
  
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  Ancient Force-Imbued Blade's holsters are now properly restored upon exiting cinematics and when traveling between Strongholds.
  
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  The maximum number of Dark/Light alignment points is now 10,000 (down from 100,000).  
  

CREDIT ECONOMY INITIATIVE 

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  Quick Travel costs will now scale with the player’s level.
  
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  Trade and Mail fees when trading items are now based on the value of recently completed Galactic Trade Network transactions.
  
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  When listing an item on the GTN, the default listing value will be based on recently completed transactions, if available.
  
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  The Galactic Trade Network Buyout Price Limit has been increased from 1,000,000,000 to 3,000,000,000 credits.
  

More detailed information can be found in this forum post. 

CINEMATICS 

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  Fixed various 7.3 Old Wounds Cinematic bugs including the NPCs clipping during the conversation with Oggurobb.
  
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  Fixed clipping in a Blood Hunt Flashpoint cinematic 
  
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  Sound and visual effects occurring outside of the Secrets of the Shrine cinematic scene no longer impact the cutscene. 
  
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  Players who reset the Old Wounds story mission will no longer be granted a duplicate Work Amok mission. 
  
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  When progressing through the mission "Arm Yourself' Sith Warriors can now choose between the Practice Blade and a new Battler Warblade, with the appearance of the previous Sith Warblade."
  
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  The Mission markers for "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" and "Hidden Signals" are now properly displayed. 
  
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  The "[HEROIC 2+] A Droid Defiant" mission can now be completed as intended. 
  

FLASHPOINTS

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  Fixed a floor texture in the Shrine of Silence where players could unexpectedly fall through. 
  
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  All shrubs in the Athiss Flashpoint have been fixed. 
  

PVP

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  All group members can now see they are queued.
  
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  The queue icon now only glows when the group is queued for Warzone and PvP Arena matches.
  

GALACTIC SEASONS

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  Galactic Seasons 4 Rifles and Sniper rifles now appear in the correct weapons categories in Collections.
  
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  Moon Pilgrim Belt and Armored Messenger Belt icons now show the correct belt
  
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  Resolved the issue that blocked Republic players from being granted the ability needed to complete "The Cheating Algorithm" mission.
  

COMBAT STYLES BALANCE CHANGES AND FIXES

Assassin / Shadow

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  The Resolute Guerilla's Dualsaber blade animation now works properly when using "Clairvoyant Strike" or "Voltaic Slash". 
  

Darkness / Combat

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  Redesigned Ancient Tome of Wrath tactical and renamed to Tome of Exar Kun, which grants damage reduction as well as shield absorption whenever you gain a stack of Redirected Wrath / Redirected Retribution.
  

Sorcerer / Sage

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  Teaching of Rajivari mod now deals the correct type of damage.
  
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  Plague Master mod now deals the correct type of damage. 
  

Lightning / Telekinetics

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  Force Mobility is now baseline for Lightning / Telekinetics. 
  
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  Torturous Tactics / Staggering Stratagem replaces Force Mobility as a level 51 utility choice. 
  
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    Torturous Tactics / Staggering Stratagem - Lowers the cooldown of Electrocute / Force Stun by 10 seconds. In addition, targets stunned by your Electrocute /Force Stun deal 25% less damage for 10 seconds when Electrocute / Force Stun wears off.
    

Madness / Balance

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  Force Mobility is now baseline for Madness / Balance. 
  
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  Torturous Tactics / Staggering Stratagem replaces Force Mobility as a level 51 utility choice. 
  
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  Torturous Tactics / Staggering Stratagem - Lowers the cooldown of Electrocute / Force Stun by 10 seconds. In addition, targets stunned by your Electrocute / Force Stun deal 25% less damage for 10 seconds when Electrocute / Force Stun wears off.
  
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  Force Speed is now granted at level 25. 
  
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  Shifted Critical Movement / Enhanced Force Speed to level 27 Row. 
  
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  Shifted Cloud Mind to level 43 Row. 
  

Mercenary / Commando

Arsenal / Gunnery

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  Signature Shot / Gravitating Bolt has been redesigned. It now reads:
  
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    Targets affected by your Heat Signature / Gravity Vortex take 50% more damage from Priming Shot / Vortex Bolt and 10% more damage from Rail Shot / High Impact Bolt.
    
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  Thrill of the Hunt / Forced March is now baseline for Arsenal. 
  
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    The passive is now set to hidden and is granted when the player gets Unload. 
    
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  Thrill of the Hunt / Forced March has been replaced by Tag and Bag / One Many Army as a level 64 choice. 
  

Innovative Ordnance / Assault Specialist

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  Thrill of the Hunt / Forced March is now baseline for Innovative Ordnance. 
  
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    The passive is now set to hidden and is granted when the player gets Unload. 
    
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  Thrill of the Hunt / Forced March has been replaced by Tag and Bag / One Man Army. 
  

Bodyguard / Combat Medic

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  Thrill of the Hunt / Forced March has been renamed to Mobile Protection / Frontline Medic.
  

Powertech / Vanguard

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  Boiling Point / Reactive Plating now appropriately deals Tech damage. 
  

Shield Tech / Shield Specialist

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  Increased the damage reduction gained from the Oil Fire tactical from 2% to 3%.
  
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  The Counter Attack / Defensive Armor level 23 mod choice has been redesigned. It now reads:
  
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    "Shielding an attack grants Counter Attack / Defensive Armor, increasing the damage of Firestorm / Ion Storm and Rail Shot / High Impact Bolt by 10%. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds, lasts for 20 seconds, and is removed once you deal damage with Rail Shot / High Impact Bolt."
    
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  Updating the tooltip for Target Rich Environment / Pointman for clarity.
  

Juggernaut / Guardian

Immortal / Defense

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  Reduced the damage bonus given to Crushing Blow / Guardian Slash by Crushing Mark from 50% to 40%.
  
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  The Hord's Makashi Strike tactical now increases damage reduction by 7% when it triggers (up from 5%).
  

UI/UX 

General

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  “Inspired by” tabs have been created for the Cartel Market to help players easily find special items 
  
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  Priority Transport: Personal Starship can no longer be used in Warzones or Arenas.
  
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  Fixed issue where Galaxy Map would blink for new players before they had a ship.
  
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  The Launch buttons are no longer cut off in the World Map Mission Tracker
  
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  The "All" and "Cartel Rarity" dropdowns now order items alphabetically in the Cartel market Item Stash
  
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  Content shown in the preview window now displays the proper ratio.
  
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  Daily Resource Matrices will no longer appear in the currency window. 
  
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  Opening the Galaxy Map is no longer removing the topography of the Overlay Map
  
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  The Mouse cursor coordinates are showing the correct values again
  
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  The Instance pulldown menu will no longer remain on the screen if the player closes the World Map.
  

Quick Travel

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  The Quick Travel map has been removed. The Quick Travel ability will now open the World Map, filtered with quick travel points, available missions, current missions, and party member missions.
  
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  Quick Travel filter for the World and Area map will be on by default.
  
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  Tutorial has been fixed to now pop up when the player first uses the ability
  
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  Fixed an issue where some areas would not allow Quick Travel or Stronghold Travel. 
  

World Map

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  Party mission icons have had their size slightly reduced.
  
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  Exploration Mission filter will be moved under filters, and will continue to be off by default.
  
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  Updated the map background for better readability. 
  
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  Moved Magnify Cursor to an icon button, and next to coordinates.
  
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  Added travel abilities and their legacy upgrade counterparts.
  
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  Moved Galaxy Map button to be in line with travel abilities.
  

HUD Overlay Map

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  Will have click interactions disabled while in combat
  
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  Enemy red dot icons are no longer overlapped by player and party icons.
  

Map Tooltips

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  Mail mouse over will now display how many unread mail players have
  
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  Mission NPCs will now display their name, and what missions they offer
  
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  Mission Terminals will now have a list of what missions are offered (up to 10)
  

Known Issues

Decorations

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  Players can get stuck in the “Imperial Training Statue” decoration when jumping toward the lightsabers.
  
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  The "Resilient Warden Gladiator" decoration’s blade slashes through the NPC model.
  
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  The "Outer Rim Drifter Gunslinger" NPC decoration’s jacket flickers continuously at the bottom.
  

Galactic Seasons 5

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  A dialogue line is grayed out in the Chains of Freedom story mission for the Trooper Origin Story
  

The known issues list will be updated in the forums here over time. 

Galactic Season 5 will begin with the launch of Game Update 7.3.1. Once the update goes live, players will be able to make progress through the Free Reward track or the Subscriber Reward track (both tracks are available to Subscribers!) and earn new rewards. Below are the details of what players can expect from this new season!

New storytelling

In previous seasons, players embarked on their storyline missions with a new companion. Season 5 introduces a new way to engage with the story told in Galactic Seasons, with story progression now a part of the Galactic Seasons rewards. Players will unlock new story missions as they progress through the reward track, with the final mission granted at Season Level 40.

In this season’s story, “Confidence in Power”, players will meet an astromech named 3V-1L, a peculiar droid who serves a mysterious Master. 3V-1L will test the player through a series of trials, to see if they are worthy of the Master’s teachings of the “dark side”. Whether this is a prank or a serious threat, the player must decide how deeply they will commit to these “dark” trials to uncover the truth.

(3V-1L pictured above)

The story progresses through the use of special transmission items that are gained from the Seasonal Reward Track and mission completion, with each subsequent mission item granted as the player progresses through the Reward Track. If a player has completed the mission on any character, they will be able to re-acquire the mission items on other characters from the Galactic Seasons vendor, Jaliet Nall. Story missions are optional and the player can continue progress on the Reward Track regardless of story mission completion.

Updating objectives

We are adding new objectives that will involve companions being set to specific roles, Space Missions, and Operations. There are more objectives available for players who are Subscribers or have Preferred accounts.

We have added a few new objectives with the goals of creating more variety in play, and making objectives easier to understand.

Flashpoint and Uprising objectives will also be updated to make it clearer what requirements need to be satisfied in order to complete said objectives. Below is an example of how these objectives were displayed previously and how they will read once the season goes live.

Previous Seasons: Complete Flashpoints (1 point). Earn bonus progress for completing Depths of Manaan, Assault on Tython, Korriban Incursion, or Secrets of the Enclave (requires content) (4 points). Earn additional bonus progress for defeating their Bonus Bosses (3 points).

Will now read: Complete Flashpoints from the following list: Depths of Manaan, Assault on Tython, Korriban Incursion, or Secrets of the Enclave (requires content).

Lastly, more objectives will be added for Subscribers. The number of objectives will increase to 11 (up from 10) to allow for more options to be available to players. The maximum number of objectives allowed to be completed in a week will remain 7, however, this additional objective will create more opportunities for players to take part in grouped content including Uprisings, Operations, and Chapters.

Further details on the new objectives can be found in this forum post!

Seasonal Rewards!

As with previous Seasons, there will be a Free and Subscriber track that players can earn rewards from as they complete objectives and progress through Galactic Season 5.

The following rewards will be available on the Free/Preferred reward track:

"Dark Tidings" Mission Unlock
"Small Victories" Mission Unlock
"Chains or Freedom" Mission Unlock
Legacy Title: The Corrupted
2500 Tech Fragments (in total)
Brrazz's Gift x4
Medal of Commendation x5
Legendary Embers x5
Galactic Season Token x5
Iokath Recombinator x5
Bronze Cartel Armor Crate x2
Bronze Cartel Decoration Crate x3
Bronze Cartel Mount Crate x2
Bronze Cartel Weapon Crate x2
Silver Cartel Armor Crate
Silver Cartel Decoration Crate x2
Silver Cartel Mount Crate
Silver Cartel Weapon Crate
Gold Cartel Decoration Crate x2
Hijacked Imperial Weapon set
Waste Receptacle Deco
Stronghold Label: Dark Alleyway


(Hijacked Weapon Set: Dualsaber, Pistol, Lightsaber, Assault Cannon, Blaster Rifle, Sniper Rifle)

The following rewards will be available on the Subscriber track:

2000 Cartel Coins (in total)
1500 Tech Fragments (in total)
Legacy Title: Bad Vibes
Dark Spores x19 (currency)
Medal of Commendation x5
Galactic Season Token x10
Imperial Lieutenant's Armor set
Themed weapon set
Imperial Reaper Combatant Deco
Bronze Cartel Crates x 3
Silver Cartel Crates x 4
Gold Cartel Decoration Crate
Stronghold Label: Emperor's Respite
Dark Marauder Soldier Deco
Imperial Lieutenant Officer
Emperor's Chosen Armor set
3V-1L (Astromech)
Loth-cat Kitten (pet)
Depository of Dark Wisdom Deco
Outer Rim Drifter Gunslinger Deco
Resilient Warden Gladiator Deco
Wasteland Tech Crackshot Deco
Tenacious Armasaur (creature mount)
Hardy Armasaur (creature mount)
Imperial Enforcer Tank (vehicle mount)
Imperial Assault Tank (vehicle mount)
Ultimate Cartel Pack (Galactic Seasons) x 5
Light Red and Deep Red Dye Module
Medium Red and Deep Red Dye Module
Dark Red and Deep Red Dye Module
White and White Dye Module

(Imperial Assault Tank without crystal)


(Imperial Assault Tank with crystal)


(Imperial Lieutenant Armor / Emperor's Chosen Armor / Empire Director Armor.
Note: Empire Director is obtainable when all Season achievements are completed)


(Themed Weapon set: Adversity (Dualsaber), Catastrophe (Blaster), Affliction (Lightsaber), Calamity (Assault Cannon), Tribulation (Rifle), Misfortune (Sniper Rifle))


(Hardy Armasaur Mount / Tenacious Armasaur Mount)


(Loth-cat Kitten Pet)


New Jaleit Nall rewards

Jaleit Nall’s inventory will still rotate every week at 12:00 PM GMT. After one week, the group is cycling out for 3 weeks and replaced by the following group. For example, Group A will remain active for 1 week, and then cycle out for 3 weeks and be replaced by Group B.

To allow players to get the rewards they want, Jaleit Nall will always be available regardless of whether or not the season is active.

Group A will consist of the following rewards:



Group B will begin a week after Group A, remain for 1 week, and then cycle out for 3 weeks.



Group C will begin a week after Group B, remain for 1 week, and then cycle out for 3 weeks.



Group D will begin a week after Group C, remain for 1 week, and then cycle out for 3 weeks.



In addition to the rotating group rewards, the following rewards will always be available in Jaleit’s inventory:




New Ki’at Thavo rewards

Ki’at Thavo’s inventory has been updated with new rewards from Galactic Season 4. These are available for Free-to-Play and Preferred players immediately.





(Decos from top left to right - Dark Marauder Soldier, Imperial Lieutenant Officer, Wasteland Tech Crackshot, Imperial Reaper Combatant)
(Decos from bottom left to right - Depository of Dark Wisdom, Outer Rim Drifter Gunslinger, 3V-1L, Resilient Warden Gladiator)

(Waste Receptacle Decoration)

When the season ends, all the rewards listed above will be available for all players until the beginning of the next season, giving Subscribers the opportunity to purchase the rewards they are missing.

Season Objectives

Players will see new Season Objectives themed around this new season. Here’s what to expect during the first four weeks! Similar to the previous seasons, the following weeks will be published a few days prior to the end of the last week. We will post these objectives on the site and in our events calendar.

Week 1 (September 6th - September 11th)



Week 2 (September 12th - September 18th)


Week 3 (September 19th - September 25th)


Week 4 (September 26th - October 2nd)

The new season starts in a few days with the launch of Game Update 7.3.1. Keep an eye on our social media and website for future updates!

To celebrate the release of Star Wars: Ahsoka on Disney+, an armor set and lightsabers inspired by the beloved character will be debuting in Game Update 7.3.1!


(Lightsaber, and Shoto Lightsaber hilts inspired by Ahsoka. Note: The lightsabers are not exclusive to the main or offhand weapon slot.)



The Expatriate armor set, lightsaber, and Shoto Lightsaber will be released in the Cartel Market when Game Update 7.3.1 goes live.

Players can also expect an armor set inspired by Grand Admiral Thrawn to accompany all of the new items coming to the CM. We will release more details at 7.3.1’s launch on September 6th!