STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ News

Double XP Event Date: May 3rd - May 10th, 2022 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: None!

Starting May 3rd and lasting until May 10th, there will be a Double XP event! Enjoy a full week of Double XP, Valor, and more.




Pirate Incursion Date: May 3rd - May 10th, 2022 (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!
  

Bounty Contract Week Date: May 17th - May 24th, 2022 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: Level 15+

For a limited time, the Bounty Brokers Association has opened its doors to anyone willing to take on their dangerous contracts, offering an opportunity for both seasoned and rookie hunters to prove their skills and bring crime syndicates and violent gangs to justice!

Each day, you can sign up for one standard Henchman contract and one high profile Kingpin Contract, and each may take you to a separate planet. Complete five standard contracts to unlock Kingpin missions with bigger loot! Head to the fleet now, invite your friends and visit representatives of the Association to get started on your contracts!

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Reputation with the Bounty Brokers Association
  
• Bounty Tracker’s Armor Set and Contract Hunter’s Armor Set
  
• Assassin’s Bowcaster and Elite Tracker’s Bowcaster weapons
  
• Lobelot, Swamp Kell Drake, and Drink Server Probe Mini-pets
  
• BH-7X Custom Hunter Mount
  
• … and more!
  

The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally Date: May 31st - June 7th (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: Levels 20+

In the growing shadow of war, swoop fans across the galaxy descend on Dantooine, Tatooine, and even Onderon for the sport’s biggest spectacle—The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally! They’re packing the stands, eager to take their minds off their troubles and cheer their favorite swoop gangs. The bikers are here to take on dangerous challenge courses, show off their piloting skills, and flaunt their souped-up swoop bikes. The thunder of the engines, the deafening applause from the fans, the wind battering their helmets… there’s no bigger rush for these thrill seekers.

Despite their reputation as wild rebels whose makeshift courses disregard local districting restrictions, swoop gangs aren’t a serious threat to anyone--something all true swoop fans know! They just love adrenaline-pounding speed, sweet jumps, and big explosions, and the All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally combines all three in one crowd-pleasing package. The biggest gangs on the circuit — Horizon’s Razor, the Pit Screamers, and the Blatant Beks — are ready to show their fans a great time.

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Swoop Rally Mounts (regular and gold versions)
  
• Swoop Gang Outfits
  
• Promotion Droid Mini-pets
  
• Various Stronghold Decorations
  
• …and more!
  

Ten Year Anniversary Date: December 14th, 2021 - January, 2023 (BEGINS AND ENDS AT 12:00PM GMT)
Requirement: Levels 10+

We are happy to celebrate out 10th anniversary on December 20th! With this being a huge milestone, we are going to celebrate the anniversary all year long! To mark this occasion, a special “Anniversary Personnel” vendor can be found on the fleet with new Class Ship Stronghold Decorations. All previous anniversary rewards will also be available during this limited time as well.

FEATURED REWARDS:

• Faction-based fireworks
  
• Commemorative Statues of HK-51, Valkorian, and Malgus
  
• Senya Holo-statue
  
• Fireworks Celebratory Backpack
  
• Several Stronghold Decoration posters
  
• Class Ship Stronghold Decorations
  
• … and more!
  

The second season of Galactic Seasons started with the new Legacy of the Sith expansion. As mentioned in the Galactic Seasons 2 ‘Shadows of the Underworld’ article, the Daily and Weekly Season Objectives will be communicated on a month-to-month basis. Here is the list of the Season Objectives May 3rd - June 7th, 2022.

Week 12 (May 3rd - May 10th)



Week 13 (May 10th - May 17th)



Week 14 (May 17th - May 24th)



Week 15 (May 24th - May 31st)



Week 16 (May 31st - June 7th)

Valkorion's Royal Armor Set
Available Now!

(Weapon not included.)

10th Anniversary Reforged Weapon Set bundle (Weapons are not sold separately and can only be bought via the bundle.) Available Now!

(Reforged Black Nebula Heavy Blaster)

(Reforged Imperial E-1 Enforcer Blaster Rifle)

(Reforged Primordial Sniper Rifle)

(Reforged AD-1 Assault Cannon)

(Reforged Derelict Lightsaber)

(Reforged Derelict Saberstaff)

B-44 Marshal Mount
Available Now!



Baby Progenitor Feeding Tank decoration
Available Now!

With Game Update 7.0.2, we’re introducing a new functionality to the Outfit Designer: Weapons in Outfitter!



Outfit Designer is a feature we introduced with Game Update 3.2: Rise of the Emperor. This feature allows players to change the appearance of their characters by creating up to 16 outfits using their favorite Armors and switching between them at any time. Since its introduction, several improvements have been made to Outfit Designer, such as preview window updates and, more recently, an improved user interface (UI).

Similar to Armors in Outfitter, Weapons in Outfitter allows players to equip one weapon in the Gear window, which determines the stats applied to their character, and stamp the appearance of another weapon of the same type via the Outfitter window. For example, it is now possible for a player to benefit from the stats of the Stronghold Defender’s Lightsaber but enjoy the Reforged Derelict Lightsaber’s appearance. The weapon in the Outfitter slot (or weapons, for dual-wielding combat styles) also determines the sound and visual effects of your weapon with its unique audio, Color Crystal, and Weapon Tuning.

To use Weapons in Outfitter, open the Character Sheet, select an outfit from the Outfitter tab, and drop in the weapons you want to use in the Weapon slots. For this example, we equipped the Decurion Force-Lord’s Lightsaber in the Weapon slot of the Gear tab and dropped the Dark Honor Guard’s Unstable Lightsaber in the Weapon slot of the Outfitter tab. The character’s weapon now has the appearance of the Dark Honor Guard’s Unstable Lightsaber with the stats of Decurion Force-Lord’s Lightsaber! Once you’re satisfied with your selection, click on the ‘Commit’ button.

And that’s Weapons in Outfitter! Players can check out this new layer of customization today!

Highlight

• Weapons in Outfitter - The new customization functionality is now live! You can now have one weapon (or weapons for dual-wielding combat styles) equipped which will determine the stats applied to your character, and stamp the appearance of another weapon of the same type via Outfitter. More information here.
  
• Double XP Event - Starting May 3rd (12:00 UTC) and lasting until May 10th (12:00 UTC) there will be a week-long Double XP Event! Enjoy a full week of Double XP and Valor.
  

General

• The following currencies have been renamed to clarify what content the currencies are related to:
  
  • Medal of Commendation is now Conquest Commendation
    
  • Aquatic Resource Matrix is now Daily Resource Matrix
    
  • Hazardous Matter Catalyst is now OP-1 Catalyst
    
  • Thyrsian Production Accelerant is now WZ-1 Accelerant
    
  • Decurion Isotope Stabilizer is now FP-1 Stabilizer
    
• Currency is no longer lost when opening a currency lockbox while the player is at the Weekly cap.
  
  • There is now a message “You have exceeded the < currency limit > weekly limit!” informing that the currency limit has been reached and the lockbox returns in the inventory.
    
• Currency icons no longer appear dimmed when the Inventory window is reopened while the Materials window is active.
  
• Fixed an issue where companions were missing attacks, taunts and heals, as well as some of their stats.
  
• It is no longer possible to claim Guest Companions’ gear once they become unavailable.
  
• Updated the Companion icons in the Legacy “Global Unlocks” to match the other icons size.
  
• Added the “details” button to the Companion tab in the Character Sheet window.
  
• Updated the description of the following Companion’s effects to remove the Strength, Aim, Willpower, and Cunning mentions as those no longer exist.
  
  • Mark of Power
    
  • Force Valor
    
• The compact option in the inventory window is now correctly working.
  
• The comparison pop-up is now correctly displayed when hovering on gear from the inventory.
  
• There is now a clear distinction between locked and unlocked Utilities in the Character Sheet window.
  
• Fixed sound effect issues on several buttons across the game.
  
• Fixed a few typos across the game.
  
• The zoom in/out and rotation buttons no longer appear on the “Origin” screen as this option is not available on this screen.
  
• Fixed an issue that was preventing Manaan from appearing in the ship arrival scene for the Invasion Zone destination.
  
• Slugfall Cantina on Mek’Sha is now a rest area.
  
• The Ability icons in the Loadout tab no longer light up when selected, as intended.
  
• Discipline names no longer overlap with the item ratings.
  
• Improved the readability of the Item Recovery number from the Inventory window of the Character Sheet.
  
• Emotes window now correctly displays a list of locked and unlocked emotes when redeeming an emote from the Inventory window while the Emotes window is opened.
  
• Healing Ability tooltips are now correctly updated based on the level scaling.
  
• Dragging an unbound weapon into an occupied off-hand slot no longer automatically equips the weapon to the main-hand.
  
• Fixed the issue where the armor values were sometimes incorrect when shifting the level of a player. This occurred if the player was being shifted to an item rating that did not exist for the quality of the item they were wearing.
  
• The Damage value shown in the character sheet is no longer displaying higher than intended. Players will notice the value has been reduced by roughly half, this is only a display change and has no impact on the damage they deal.
  

Cartel Market

• Claiming Darth Vindican’s Lightsaber from Collections or purchasing it from the Cartel Market now correctly gives the Lightsaber instead of the Dualsaber. 
  
• Fixed the names of the following Advanced Mystic Hazel Color Crystals on the Cartel Market to match the item names:
  
  • Advanced Mystic Hazel Eviscerating Crystal
    
  • Advanced Mystic Hazel Indestructible Crystal
    
  • Advanced Mystic Hazel War Hero's Crystal
    
  • Advanced Mystic Hazel Hawkeye Crystal
    

Items + Economy

• Fixed texture issues on the following weapons:
  
  • Raider’s Cove Med-Tech’s Blasters
    
  • Blastech T-189 Rifle
    
  • Blastech T-189S Sniper Rifle
    
• Spoils of War set bonuses now correctly state that they do not apply above level 75.
  
• Fixed an issue on several Pummeler’s Lightsaber items which incorrectly had Alacrity instead of Critical Rating.
  
• Premium Gear Containers from Onslaught Missions are now correctly rewarding gear.
  
• Kai Zykken’s Unidentified Set Bonus boxes now correctly grant items.
  
• Fallen Master Ranos Customizations 1 and 2 can now be unlocked in Collections, as intended.
  
• Artifact Lockboxes from Ossus can now be opened.
  
• It is now possible to change the default position of the “Seeker Probes” decoration.
  
• Gear icons of Galactic Season 2 weapons are now correctly updated when a mod is added.
  
• Locked Supply Crates are no longer destroyed if the Alliance Specialist conversation to unlock those is canceled and the player’s inventory is full.
  

Combat Styles General

• The Ability window is no longer overlapping with the Ability Tree after opening the Combat Style window and alternating between the Abilities tab and Ability Tree tab.
  

Combat Styles Changes Guardian Defense

• Updated the tooltip of Hord’s Makashi Strike Tactical to mention the “Riposte Form” buff.
  

Shadow Infiltration

• Fixed an issue with the Blade of the Elements Tactical where the critical hit chance bonus wasn't correctly being applied when building Clairvoyance with Whirling Blow.
  

Sage Seer

• Keeper of Peace now correctly consumes Conveyance.
  
• Keeper of Peace now heals the lowest health target within its AoE range.
  

Balance

• Center Point - When the AoE damage is triggered it no longer hits the primary target twice.
  
• Returning Light - Sever Force triggers Returning Light when it ticks. Rate limit reduced to 3 seconds (from 5 seconds).
  

Sorcerer Madness

• Eternal Torment - When the AoE damage is triggered it no longer hits the primary target twice.
  
• Creeping End - Creeping Terror triggers Creeping End when it ticks. Rate limit reduced to 3 seconds (from 5 seconds).
  

Corruption

• Rally now correctly consumes Force Bending.
  
• Rally now heals the lowest health target within its AoE range.
  

Marauder

• Fixed a discrepancy between Marauder and Sentinel Ability Tree with a mod related to Rebuke / Cloak of Pain.
  

Juggernaut Immortal

• Fixed the issue where Immortal Juggernaut did not receive damage reduction after activating Retaliation.
  

Vanguard

• Tactical Armor and Infused Kolto Packs stacks can no longer be clicked off.
  

Shield Specialist

• Pulse Cannon now does all ticks of damage.
  

Tactics

• Kill Zone - When dealing AoE damage the primary target no longer gets hit twice.
  
• Ricochet Rounds - When dealing AoE damage the primary target no longer gets hit twice.
  

Plasmatech

• Tactical Strike - When dealing AoE damage the primary target no longer gets hit twice.
  

Powertech

• Energy Yield and Energy Heal stacks can no longer be clicked off.
  

Pyrotech

• Open Flame - When dealing AoE damage the primary target no longer gets hit twice.
  

Advanced Prototype

• Heat Zone - When dealing AoE damage the primary target no longer gets hit twice.
  
• Retracted Refresh - When dealing AoE damage the primary target no longer gets hit twice.
  

Scoundrel Scrapper

• Pugnacity now correctly applies a +20% crit damage buff.
  

Gunslinger Sharpshooter

• Fixed an issue where certain Sharpshooter passive mods were activated by offhand weapon damage.
  

Saboteur

• Fixed an issue with the “Aim Assist” Ability mod so it properly gives the correct critical hit chance bonus.
  

Operative Concealment

• Stim Boost now correctly applies a +20% crit damage buff.
  

Crewskills

• It is no longer possible to craft Nightmare Fury Crystal.
  
• Corrected an issue preventing the creation of GSI Triangulation Enhancer Mark II.
  

Flashpoints General

• Reduced the health and damage for all enemies of the following Flashpoints:
  
  • A Traitor Among the Chiss (Veteran and Master Mode)
    
  • Crisis on Umbara (Veteran and Master Mode)
    
  • Lost Island (Veteran and Master Mode)
    
  • The Nathema Conspiracy (Veteran and Master Mode)
    
• Reduced the health of all enemies in Spirit of Vengeance (Solo Mode)
  
• Completing any Activity Finder Flashpoint now correctly grants 2 points towards “Technological Advancements” Mission.
  
• The German description of the Ranked Arenas in the Activity Finder is now correctly displayed.
  

Flashpoints Directive 7

• Fixed the visual effect during the clone fight in Directive 7 Flashpoint.
  

The Esseles

• Completing the Esseles Flashpoint is now correctly granting credit for “Technological Advancements” Mission - Story and Veteran Mode.
  

Ruins of Nul

• Sa’har’s collar is no longer clipping through the neck during the cinematics of Ruins of Nul Flashpoint.
  
• Fixed the visual issue on Apex Ranphyx’s teeth and horns during the Ruins of Nul Flashpoint.
  

Operations General

• The description of the [WEEKLY] The Nature of Progress (Story and Veteran Mode) now correctly shows the complete list of required bosses to complete the Mission.
  
• OEM-37 has been removed from Operations drops and Missions.
  
• Rewards have been adjusted throughout Operations to be more balanced. The new Tech Fragments values per boss are listed below. More information in this forum post.
  
  • Story Mode Operations
    
    • Boss 1: 150 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 2: 300 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 3: 500 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 4: 500 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 5: 550 Tech Fragments
      
    • Total: 2000 Tech Fragments
      
  • Veteran Mode Operations
    
    • Boss 1: 200 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 2: 450 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 3: 600 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 4: 600 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 5: 650 Tech Fragments
      
    • Total: 2500 Tech Fragments
      
  • Master Mode Operations
    
    • Boss 1: 225 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 2: 450 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 3: 750 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 4: 750 Tech Fragments
      
    • Boss 5: 825 Tech Fragments
      
    • Total: 3000 Tech Fragments
      

Operations Scum and Villainy

• It is no longer possible to avoid the effects of the Sandstorm during the Dash’roode encounter in the Scum and Villainy Operation.
  

Missions + NPCs

• Changes to rewards for PvP, GSF, and Operations have been made. More information in this forum post.
  
  
  
  • Tech Fragments rewarded from individual Daily Area and Heroic Missions increased to 30 (up from 10)
    
  • Tech Fragments rewarded from the Personal Conquest goal increased to 500 (up from 250)
    
  • Players will be able to exchange extra Conquest Commendations directly for Tech Fragments at the Spoils of War vendor at a rate of 50 Conquest Commendations for 50 Tech Fragments.
    
• Broonmark is no longer hostile to Republic players during the Alliance Alert “The Last of His Kind”.
  
• Elite Droid enemies are no longer spawning during the Regnant encounter in the Ruins of Nul Flashpoint - Solo and Story Mode.
  
• Rebalanced the Purifier Droids encounter in Chapter IV: Where Dreams Die - Knights of the Eternal Throne.
  
• The dialogue line in the cinematic for converting Tech Fragments now mentions the correct amount of Tech Fragments required.
  
• Players are now teleported to the Odessen’s Alliance Camp Headquarters after defeating Aries in Chapter V: Ascension - Knights of the Eternal Throne.
  
• Player characters with Scoundrel or Powertech as the active combat style no longer draw an invisible weapon in the cinematics of “Eve of Destruction” Mission.
  
• Player characters with Assassin as the active combat style now correctly use a dualsaber during the following cinematics:
  
  • Mashallon encounter in “To Kill a Legend” Mission.
    
  • Overseer Tremer encounter in “A New Master” Mission.
    
• Mission Rewards in the Activity Finder window no longer overlap each other when there are Provided rewards and Selected rewards.
  
• Fixed Colonel Gallo’s position during the “Rig the First Emplacement” step of “Dead in the Water” Mission - Republic side.
  
• An invisible Ephemeris has been removed from the Ephemeris encounter in the Star Fortress - Story Mode.
  
• The camera shake no longer persists during the final cinematic of Echoes of Oblivion Mission.
  
• Koth’s Crew is no longer hanging out on the Gravestone before being recruited in Chapter IV: The Gravestone - Knights of the Fallen Empire.
  

Arenas + Warzones

• /stuck command can now be used in PvP Arenas and Warzones.
  
• Level Shift is now correctly scaling gear down in PvP matches.
  
• The following Missions now allow progress on loss (Wins will count 3x):
  
  • [DAILY] March Them Down
    
  • [DAILY] No Quarter
    
  • [DAILY] United We Stand
    
  • [DAILY] Zero Tolerance
    
  • [WEEKLY] Conspicuous Valor
    
  • [WEEKLY] The Spoils of War
    
  • [WEEKLY] The War Front
    
• RPM-13 has been removed from Group Ranked Daily and Weekly Missions.
  
• [WEEKLY] A Surprising Offer Missions have been removed from the Fleets.
  
• Improved Unranked Weekly Mission Rewards for [WEEKLY] Conspicuous Valor and [WEEKLY] The Spoils of War:
  
  • WZ-1 Accelerants are now 110 (up from 55)
    
  • Tech Fragments are now 1500 (up from 450)
    
  • Daily Matrices are now 20 (up from 8)
    
• Improved Unranked Daily Mission Rewards for [DAILY] March Them Down and [DAILY] No Quarter:
  
• Tech Fragments are now 150 (up from 75)
  
• Reduced Ranked Weekly Rewards:
  
  • Tech Fragments from [WEEKLY] Go Berserk! has been reduced to 1750 (down from 2000).
    
• Changes made to Galactic Starfighter rewards:
  
  • Tech Fragments from [WEEKLY] Galactic Starfighter are now 850 (down from 1000)
    
  • Processed Isotope Stabilizers have been removed as reward and added to Jawa Vendors for exchange.
    
• The cost of OEM-37 and RPM-13 on the Spoils of War vendor has been reduced to 4,000 (down from 10,000).
  
  • The required OEM-37 and RPM-13 to create a CM-1337 has been reduced to 5 OEM-37 and 5 RPM-13 (down from 7 OEM-37 and 14 RPM-13).
    

Conquests

• Adjustments made on Conquest Commendations:
  
  • The currency cap of Conquest Commendations has been raised to 2500 (up from 999)
    
  • The weekly cap of Conquest Commendations has been raised to 1500 (up from 999)
    
  • Conquest Commendations can now be exchanged for Tech Fragments at the Spoils of War Vendor.
    

Galactic Seasons

• Players who didn’t receive the “Sliced Cybernetic Visual Enhancement Implants” prior to 7.0.1 fix can now claim it back from the rewards track.
  
• The tooltip of the Galactic Season Token from the Galactic Season Login Rewards window now correctly disappears when moving the mouse away.