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Galactic Seasons 7 “The Greatest Bounty” will begin with the launch of Game Update 7.5.1 on August 20! 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!

Bounty Hunters, rejoice!

During the 7.5.1 developer livestream, it was announced that the Bounty Contract Event will be enabled for the entirety of Galactic Seasons 7. Players will be meeting up with Kantec Bren of the Bounty Broker Association (BBA) thus kicking off “The Greatest Bounty”.

What is the Bounty Contract Event?


This is a recurring in-game event that allows players to play the role of a Bounty Hunter regardless of their current origin story. The BBA bounty contracts can be found on vendors in the Cartel Bazaar section of the Fleet. Each contract outlines the parameters of a bounty that has been posted on one of many planets across the galaxy, including contact information for the client who posted the bounty and a list of underworld contacts in the sector who may be persuaded to assist you in the hunt. Targets include members of crime syndicates, violent gangs, and various other law-breaking entities.

Players must be at least level 15 and have access to the Fleet in order to participate in this event.

Special bosses have been added to the weekly objectives


“The Greatest Bounty” will feature the world bosses from the Dark vs Light (DvL) event! Each week will feature one Dark Side and one Light Side world boss.



These bosses can spawn on Hoth, Tatooine, Dromund Kaas/Coruscant, or Alderaan as they have in the DvL event. These bosses are tough and are designed for 8-16 players, so come to these fights prepared! If one group has already beaten a world boss, don’t worry! The bosses are on a much faster respawn timer and you will not have to wait long for them to respawn.

As the bosses have made a return, so has the DvL currency that can be used at the DvL vendors on the Fleets. Note that Dark side bosses will drop Light Tokens and vice versa.

(DvL vendors on the Republic Fleet)

Some of the rewards that can be purchased through these vendors.

(Righteous Mystic and Dread Mystic Lightsabers)

(Honored Saberist and Honored Adept Armors)

(Dread Enforcer and Dire Taskmaster Armors)

(Noble Champion Speeder and Malicious Tyrant Assault Mounts)

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 Seasons 7.

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

• Galactic Seasons 7 Mission "Dangerous Game" Unlock
  
• Dark Side Tokens x 3
  
• Light Side Tokens x 3
  
• 2500 Tech Fragments (in total)
  
• Bubble Bomb (Blue) x15
  
• Medal of Commendation x100
  
• Legendary Embers x10
  
• Galactic Season Token x4
  
• Iokath Recombinator x5
  
• Stronghold Label: Hive of Scum and Villainy
  
• Legacy Title: Carbonite Enthusiast
  
• Fitted Armor Pack
  
• Bronze Cartel Weapon Crate x2
  
• Bronze Cartel Armor Crate x2
  
• Bronze Cartel Mount Crate x2
  
• Bronze Cartel Decoration Crate x3
  
• Silver Cartel Decoration Crate x2
  
• Silver Cartel Weapon Crate
  
• Silver Cartel Mount Crate
  
• Silver Cartel Armor Crate
  
• Gold Cartel Decoration Crate x2
  
• Prey Stalker themed weapons
  

(Prey Stalker Weapons: Lightsaber, Dualsaber, Sniper Rifle, Blaster, Assault Cannon, Blaster Rifle)

The following rewards will be available on the Subscriber track: 

• 2000 Cartel Coins (in total)
  
• Galactic Seasons Ultimate Cartel Pack x5
  
• 750 Tech Fragments (in total)
  
• Dark Side Tokens x9
  
• Light Side Tokens x9
  
• Medal of Commendation x100
  
• Galactic Season Token x11
  
• Legacy Title: Hunter
  
• Themed weapon set
  
• Temperamental Brynjak Creature Mount
  
• Armored Brynjak Creature Mount
  
• Hunter’s Seat Decoration
  
• Guild Chandelier Decoration
  
• Guildmaster's Cathedra Decoration
  
• Brynjak Leather-clad Personnel Decoration
  
• Joonga Decoration
  
• Imperator’s Throne Decoration
  
• Brynjak Leather Armor
  
• Superior Hunter Armor
  
• Hunter’s Headwrap (single helmet)
  
• Huntstalker’s Visage (single helmet)
  
• Vicious Visor (single helmet)
  
• Vengeance’s Vendetta (single helmet)
  
• Stronghold Label: Bounty Hunter’s Guild
  
• Bronze Cartel Weapon Crate
  
• Bronze Cartel Decoration Crate
  
• Bronze Cartel Armor Crate
  
• Silver Cartel Decoration Crate
  
• Silver Cartel Mount Crate
  
• Silver Cartel Armor Crate
  
• Silver Cartel Weapon Crate
  
• Gold Cartel Decoration Crate
  
• Deep Brown and Medium Red Dye
  
• Deep Brown and Medium Blue Dye
  
• Metallic Brass and Metallic Copper Dye
  
• Basilisk Prototype Customization 2
  
• White Loth-Cat Kitten Pet
  

(Brynjak Leather Armor)

(Superior Hunter Armor)

(White Loth-cat Kitten Pet)

(Sun Sunderer Lightsaber, Star Slayer Dualsaber, Skull Seeker Sniper Rifle, Dreadbolt Blaster, Blitzshot Assault Cannon, Lights Out Blaster Rifle)

(Hunstalker’s Visage / Vicious Visor)

(Vengeance’s Vendetta / Hunter’s Headwrap)

(Temperamental and Armored Brynjak Mount)

(Dunetreader / Dunestrider Dragon Mount. Dunestrider Dragon has Color Crystal elements.)

The Meta-Achievement reward for this season is a new Flair called “Hunter’s Mark”.



New Ki’at Thavo rewards

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



(Guildmaster’s Cathedra, Imperator’sThrone, Hunter’s Seat Decorations)


(Basilisk Prototype Customization 2)

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.

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. New items are in bold.

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:



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 our events calendar.

August 20 - August 26

August 27 - September 2

September 3 - September 9

September 10 - September 16

Here are all the new Cartel Market items that went live with Game Update 7.5.1!

Armors

Imperial Commando

Deadly Outcast (inspired by The Acolyte)


Player Customizations

Appearance Options: Short Locs (Inspired by The Acolyte)

Weapons

The following weapons are inspired by the Star Wars: Visions™ episode "The Duel" from studio Kamikaze Douga.

Lotus Blade Lightsaber

Burning Embers Lightsaber

Lotus Blade and Burning Embers Dualsabers

Crystals

Advanced Purple Lotus Crystal (This color crystal is used as the default color of the Lotus Blade Lightsaber and Dualsaber)

Scattered Blossoms and Scattered Embers Weapon Tunings

7.5.1 Patch Notes


[h3]Highlights[/h3]

Galactic Seasons

Galactic Season 7 “The Greatest Bounty” will begin with the launch of Game Update 7.5.1 on August 20th! Once the update is live, players will be able to make progress through the Free or Subscriber Reward track (both are available to Subscribers!) and new rewards. 

The Bounty Contract Event will be enabled for the entirety of the season. Players will be meeting up with Kantec Bren of the Bounty Broker Association (BBA) thus kicking off “The Greatest Bounty”. This season will feature the world bosses from the Dark vs Light (DvL) event! Each week will feature one Dark Side and one Light Side world boss.  

Date Night

Date Night Companion missions are a new narrative feature that debuted with Game Update 7.4.1. Vette and Aric Jorgan missions will be going live with 7.5.1. These weekly Date Night missions will be available to players who are currently in a romance with these characters, and only when the companions are available in the player’s story.

Cartel Market Window

• A new Star Wars™: Visions tab has been added. 
  
• A new “Inspired by” Categories tab has been added to host items inspired by Andor, The Book of Boba Fett, and The Mandalorian. 

Servers 

All transfer restrictions to the Shae Vizla server have been removed. 

Gearing adjustments

Gear progression adjustments to increase reward choice and provide more opportunities for progression will go live with 7.5.1. See here for all the details. 

7.5.1 download size

We have fixed the issue regarding the “Disorder” trailer triggering. Additionally, we have fixed some audio issues for the “Sacrifice” trailer. 

These changes could add roughly 2GB to 7.5.1’s download size for some players. 

General 

• Conquest Rewards for Personal and Guild Weekly Conquest are now limited to a single pending reward of each type. 
  
  
  • As a result, any pending rewards should be claimed prior to the patch release. 
    
  • Any future rewards need to be claimed before the next Weekly completion of the same type or they will not be awarded.
  
  
• Fixed a UI issue where Mission Reward icons on the Activities “Solo” tab would persist from previously selected activities. 
  
• A fly text warning message will now be displayed in all instances when attempting to summon a companion in a restricted phase. 
  
• The lock icon is now displayed in the Companions and Contacts window over unavailable companions when the player is progressing through Chapters that require a specific companion to progress the story.  
  
• The Separatist Trench Patroller's Flamethrower animation has been fixed.
  
• Traveling to Dantooine or Blba Groves via the Galaxy Map now properly shows the areas’ recommended level ranges. 
  
• Fixed the explosion sound effect for the Bounty Hunter “Death From Above” ability.
  
• The name and health details of a de-summoned companion no longer persist when a new companion is summoned. 
  
• The Minboosa District Imperial Shuttle will no longer provide active destinations to Republic characters.  
  
• Female characters can no longer get stuck on the metal display console located inside the Blba Groves barn.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Imperial Base shuttle on Ossus was not landing on the platform properly. 
  
• The top side of the forcefield generator room’s entrance in the Nebula Research Base on Balmorra no longer disappears when the player exits the room. 
  
• The floor textures near the holding cells in the Camp Vigil Imperial Headquarters no longer flicker. 
  
• Adjusted the nameplates for the Automated Blaster Cannons on Hoth so that they appear above the cannons as intended. 
  
• Corrected various typos across items, NPCs, cinematic text and other objects.
  
• French Client only: In the “Updated Content” pop up window, the correct number format is now used for the game update’s title.  
  

Basilisk Prototype Venture 

• Completing B3-S1's story missions will now reward players with items which raise her influence rank. 
  
  
  • These items will allow B3-S1’s influence to increase to 30 by the end of the Venture. 
    
  • Players who have already completed the story missions will find these items available at the HK/Astromech vendor. These items will only increase BE-S1’s influence to 30. 
  
  
• B3-S1 companions that are claimed from Collections will no longer have their influence reset when a player visits Lane’s lab on Ruhnuk for the first time. 
  
• The “Grant B3-S1” button is now available the first time an alt character opens the Venture tab. 
  
• Completing Makeb Training Missions now grants training progress as intended. 
  
• Fixed an issue where completing the Ruhnuk Daily Mission "Unconventional Methods" wouldn't grant the progress for an active Basilisk Prototype Mission.
  
• The Basilisk companion’s "Pulse-Wave Cannon” ability visual animation now correctly fires upon enemies rather than on the player. (B3-S1 is very sorry about that!)
  
• If a player is wearing a helmet before triggering the kissing scene with Lane Vizla, it is removed during the cinematic.  
  
• The Quick Kolto Burst description has been updated to include the detail that the target’s health must be below 80% in order to heal them.
  

Missions

• The following Ossus Daily Missions are now available again for Imperial characters:
  
  
  • [DAILY] Crossed Wires
    
  • [DAILY] Wasteland Terrors
    
  • [DAILY] Collected History
  
  
• Fixed the Blaster shot sound effect that can be heard after the player fires upon Ri’kan during the “Sundering” cinematic.  
  
• Players can no longer access Darth Malgus’ fleet prison phase after completing the “Sundering” mission. 
  
• Fixed an issue where the player character’s Dualsaber weapon appears when it is not activated during the “Sundering” cinematic. 
  
• The player character and Ri’kan’s hands are now properly placed in the “Heta Kol’s Machine: Remove the Holocron” cinematic. 
  
• The visual effect of Yusinduu’s Focused Beam ability now only appears when causing damage. 
  
• The maps for the Bastal Family Farmhouse for the "Eyes on the Prize" mission have been updated. 
  
• Resetting the mission “Sinking History” now allows totems that were activated prior to the reset to be intractable again.  
  
• When Imperial players use the console during the Manaan “Fortification” mission to turn into a loader droid, they are now teleported to areas that allow them to progress the mission.  
  
• To prevent confusion around how to begin HK-55’s chapter, the "Shroud of Memory" and the Arma Rasa Alert Missions will reappear when a chapter is active. Please note that if a player is actively replaying a chapter from the Knight of the Fallen Empire or Knights of the Eternal Throne expansions the "Arma Rasa" Alert will still be hidden. 
  
• French Client Only: Corrected typos found in the Missions Tutorial panels. 
  

Galactic Seasons 

• Players can no longer climb out of bounds from the Western Lookout in the Copero Villa Stronghold.
  
• Purchasing the Key to the East Wing Exterior and Suite from the Galactic Season vendor will no longer cause the Key to West Wing Exterior and Suite to disappear.
  
• The intro cinematic when traveling to the Copero Stronghold now plays as intended. 
  
• The “Grand Architect” Title now grants the appropriate Codex entry.
  

PvP

• Giradda the Hutt’s inventory will now update at Weekly Reset as intended.  
  

Items

• Jedi Consular Female Chiss characters can now use the "Devoted Disciple" hairstyle customization if it has been unlocked.  
  
• Added item description to the Devoted Disciple Hood (Hair enabled) tooltip. 
  
• The Devoted Disciple Hood and Devoted Disciple Hood (Hair enabled) armor pieces no longer clip with the character’s right shoulder. 
  
• The Furious Gladiator Helmet no longer appears completely black in cinematics and the Character Select Screen.
  
• When dual wielding Refined Mentor lightsabers, the sound effects when sheathing the weapons no longer play an extra effect.  
  
• The sound and visual effects for the "Turret Simulator" regeneration toy have been fixed.
  
• The Loyal Adherent Hairstyle now fits properly on all male body types.
  
• The Chrome White dye now applies a higher reflectivity, displaying a shinier effect.  
  
• The Metallic Gold & Chrome White Dyes no longer appear too bright when applied to the Series 917, 505, 512 and 808 Cybernetic Armor Sets chest pieces.
  
• The Zakuulan Chandelier decoration now casts light when activated.
  
• The Secondary Metallic Red Dye module tooltip has been updated to include “Master the Fight: Firebolt Edition” as its source. 
  
• The Vectron 240R tooltip has been updated to include mention of the temporary speed boost. 
  
• The boost buff for the Vectron 240R mount has been added to the buff’s tooltip. 
  
• The Major Social Boost item is now obsolete and can be safely sold to vendors. It has also been removed from the Smooth Talker Bundle. 
  
• The “Buzzed Hairstyle 1” and “Buzzed Hairstyle 2” complexions are now present for Chiss characters that use Male Body Type 4 and Head Option 1.
  

Events

• Players who have purchased VIP area access on the Fleets via the Cartel Market can now use the Max Bet slot machines during the Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Event. 
  
• Corrected a typo in the Weekly Egg Hunt: Rishi Village mission name. 
  
• The Rishi Village Abundance Eggs will now respawn at a faster rate.  
  
• The long pauses throughout the conversation during the “Home on the Strange: Return to Ubog Ozo” mission have been shortened for better dialogue flow.
  

Flashpoints

• The background art plates for various Objective Meridian Achievements have been fixed.
  
• The Korriban Sith statues shown in the Korriban Incursion Flashpoint are now positioned to match the statues shown on main Korriban.  
  

We will be deploying Game Update 7.5.1 on August 20th!

• Time: 7:30am CT / 12:30pm UTC
  
• Estimated downtime: 4 hours
  

A full list of patch notes will be available on August 19th here, however, we did want to highlight a few items beforehand.

Servers

• All transfer restrictions to the Shae Vizla server will be removed.
  

7.5.1 download size

• We have fixed the issue regarding the “Disorder” trailer triggering. As it is now included to kick off the Legacy of the Sith expansion story content. Additionally, we have fixed some audio issues for the “Sacrifice” trailer.
  
• These changes could add roughly 2GB to 7.5.1’s download size for some players.
  

General

• Conquest Rewards for Personal and Guild Weekly Conquest will be limited to a single pending reward of each type.
  
  • As a result, any pending rewards should be claimed prior to the patch release.
    
  • Any future rewards need to be claimed before the next Weekly completion of the same type or they will not be awarded.
    

Basilisk Prototype Venture

• Completing B3-S1's story missions will reward players with items which raise her influence rank.
  
  • These items will allow B3-S1’s influence to increase to 30 by the end of the Venture.
    
  • Players who have already completed the story missions will find these items available at the HK/Astromech vendor. These items will only increase BE-S1’s influence to 30.
    
• B3-S1 companions that are claimed from Collections will no longer have their influence reset when a player visits Lane’s lab on Ruhnuk for the first time.
  

Full list of patch notes coming on August 19!

Relics of the Gree

Date: August 6th - August 13th (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: Level 50+

Explore Ilum's contested area in the Western Ice Shelf to uncover the mysterious purpose of the Gray Secant, an enormous ancient Gree starship. Get ready to face a powerful opponent that awaits you at the center of this ancient vessel. Visit the in-game News Terminal located on Carrick Station in the Republic fleet or Vaiken Spacedock in the Imperial fleet to get started on your adventure!

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Reputation with the Gree Enclave
  
• Gree Digitization Cube
  
• White, Red, and Blue Scalene Armor
  
• Gray Helix Weapons
  
• L1-L Defender, L1-L Scout, and Miniature Gray Secant Mini-pets
  
• Cyan Sphere, Blue Sphere and Red Sphere Vehicles
  
• …and more!
  

Pirate Incursion

Date: August 20th - August 27th (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: Level 20+

The remote planet Dantooine has been thrust into the center of escalating hostilities between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. Spurred on in secret by covert Imperial forces, the Nova Blade pirates have staged an all-out attack on the pastoral Republic world. As the Republic scrambles to defend this key territory at the edge of Imperial space, the Empire plans to capitalize on the chaos and deal a major blow to the longtime Republic bastion.

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Nova Blade and Dantooine Homesteader Armor Sets
  
• Ugnaught Companion
  
• Walker Mount
  
• Kath Hound Mount
  
• Kath Hound Mini-pet
  
• Dantooine-inspired Stronghold Decorations
  
• … and more!