STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ News

PvP Season 7 "Path to Mastery" is coming with the launch of Game Update 7.6!  Below are general changes that players will see once the new season begins: 

• Players can group up with 4 players max (down from 8)
  
• Set Bonus effects on the level 75 Spoils of War gear are disabled
  

The season will run for 16 weeks!

Below is all the information about season objectives and new rewards players can earn or purchase from the seasonal vendors, Tullek and Giradda the Hutt.

Season Objectives

F2P and Preferred players will receive 4 Weekly Objectives while Subscribers will receive 6 Weekly Objectives upon the Weekly Reset. All players can complete up to 4 objectives per week to make progress on the reward track.

New Rewards! 

More armor sets, decorations, titles, a new emote, and an achievement will be coming with Season 7! Here’s a breakdown of all the seasonal rewards.

(PvP Season 7 Blue and Red Flag - Toys)

Titles and Emote

• Legacy Title: Pathfinder
  
• Meta-Achievement Title: Seeker
  
• Character Title: Master of Paths
  
• Emote: Honorable Bow
  

(Emote: Honorable Bow)

Armors

(Plumed Scout and Plumed Trapper Armor- earned on PvP Reward track)

(Feathered Ranger and Feathered Huntmaster - found on PvP vendor)

Decorations

(PvP Season 6 Battler Decoration, Season 7 Trophy (Large) Decoration, Season 7 Trophy (Small) Decoration, and Pathmaster’s Trophy Decoration)

Additions to the seasonal PvP vendors

(PvP vendors, Giradda the Hutt and Tullek, can be found on the Fleet in the Combat Training area)

Tullek

Tullek will update his inventory with new rewards when the season starts. Below are the items that will be available for the duration of Season 7. And at the end of the season, they will move to Giradda’s inventory:






Giradda the Hutt

Giradda’s inventory will also be updated with rewards from the previous PvP season. A collection of previous replicas and trophy decorations will still be available in the inventory rotation. Below are the items that are permanently available (new additions in bold):

























Each rotation group (A, B, C, and D) of Giradda’s inventory will be available for 1 week and then cycle out for 3 weeks during the weekly reset (on Tuesdays at 12:00 PM GMT/UTC - 7:00 AM CT).

Group A
























Group B

























Group C

























Group D

We will be taking servers down December 10th to deploy Game Update 7.6!

• Time: 7am CT / 1pm UTC
  
• Estimated downtime: 5 hours
  
  • We are estimating 5 hours of downtime due to the releasing inactive character names.
    

Other things to note!

• The Rename: Character Name Consumable item will be 90% off from December 10 to December 17.
  
• Character re-customizations will be 90% off from December 10 to January 7, 2025
  
• The 50% off Collection Unlocks sale will run from December 13 to January 7, 2025.
  
• Life Day items (except the Tirsa mount and Ornate Robes) will be 25% off from December 10 to January 7, 2025.
  
• The Double XP event will run from December 22, 2024 to January 2, 2025.
  
• More popular items on the Cartel Market will rotate through the Daily Sale with discounts between 50-80% off throughout the holiday season.
  

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Best View in SWTOR contest! Out of thousands of entries that were submitted for the Best View in SWTOR contest, five incredible winners were selected by the development team.

CZ-198

Winner: [Seraseven / Darth Malgus]



The Black Hole

Winner: [Soldierkatarn / Satele Shan]



Minboosa District

Winner: [Styke / Tulak Hord]



Section X

Winner: [TheBlaines / Darth Malgus]



Ziost

Winner: [PleahC / Darth Malgus]



When Game Update 7.6 goes live, each screenshot will be implemented into the game as framed decorations that can be purchased for your Strongholds. Around the same time, the lucky winners shall receive special gilded versions of their winning screenshot via in-game mail. 

(Standard frame)

(Gilded frame awarded to winners of the contest)

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you all for sharing your favorite views of SWTOR!

SWTOR’s first ever companion and mini pet mount will be coming in Game Update 7.6! As a thank you to our most active players, The Meirm Cicada Mount will be free to players who are Subscribers between November 29, 2024 and January 4, 2025.

The Meirm Cicada mount has both companion AND mini pet functionality, so players are able to enjoy their galactic road trips with a full squad. However, due to size limitations of the passenger seat, keep in mind that some companions like B3-S1 won’t fit.

If you’re looking for options to Subscribe, check out the various plans here. We have:

• A new Master the Fight bundle (comes with 6 months sub time, 5,500 Cartel Coins +600 per month, 10 primary and secondary yellow dyes per character, and the Vectron 240R Starbolt Mount)
  
• Join the Fight bundle (comes with 60 days sub time, 2400 Cartel Coins, and the K-NorCo B5C Mount)
  
• Month to month subscription plan
  
• 60-180 days subscription plans
  

The mount will be granted to Subscribers beginning Game Update 7.6 launch. We look forward to seeing which companions and pets you choose to join in on your travels around the galaxy!

A new PTS build was released earlier today! Here’s a snapshot of the changes that players can now see and test.

Character modernization:

• Before hopping onto the PTS, please read Eric’s Character Modernization Status forum post!
  
• In this iteration of PTS, players will see a fix applied to the shader change that impacted character models. Please leave feedback here.
  

Steam launcher

• If connecting to the PTS via Steam, players should no longer see the EULA box pop up after accepting the terms and conditions once.
  
• The launcher carousel design now matches the SWTOR launcher.
  

Propagator Core XR-53 Changes

Boss Changes

• Made general adjustments to the flow of the Propagator Core XR-53’s abilities in order to space them more regularly. This should help create a more predictable cast cadence, and allow movement to be smoother.
  

Extraneous Expulsion

• Should now properly drop pools in all cases.
  
• Now acquires targets in a rectangular shape (Was a cone).
  

Hungering Bite

• Should now properly find targets inside its warning.
  
• Now acquires targets in a rectangular shape (Was a cone).
  

Lethal Strike

• No longer completely blocked by certain mitigation abilities, e.g. Sonic Rebounders.
  
• The Propagator Core XR-53 should no longer begin casting abilities while airborne.
  

Story Changes

Powerful Construct

• Added a 50% absorb shield to the Propagator Core XR-53 while the Powerful Construct has not yet cast Explosive Finality or been defeated.
  

Veteran Changes

• Increased Propagator Core XR-53’s damage by 5%.
  
• Added visible debuffs on the Propagator Core XR-53 that indicate which role has been sampled by the Prime Directive so far. One each for Tank, Healer, and DPS.
  

Lethal Strike

• Lethal Strike will no longer be mitigateable from the second stack onwards.
  

Imperfect Construct

• Health increased to 388k (was 310k)
  

Prey Seeker Droid

• Health increased to 388k (was 155k)
  

Defender Construct

• Health increased to 4M (was 1.5M)
  

Supplicant Construct

• Health increased to 3.1M (was 1.5M)
  

Rampaging Construct

• Health increased to 3.1M (was 1.5M)
  
• The Rampage buff will now properly state that it increases damage by 25%, not 10%.
  
• Rampage should no longer be reflectable.
  

Dynamic Encounters

• General bug fixes
  
• Various improvements to all Dynamic Encounters which include new steps and/or functionality
  
• The Conquest Objective "Missions: Dynamic Encounters Infinite" now requires 1 Dynamic Encounter to complete (down from 5) and rewards 1650 Conquest Points (down from 6900)
  

Leave feedback for Dynamic Encounters here!
Leave feedback for the lair boss (Story Mode) here!
Leave feedback for the lair boss (Veteran Mode) here!
Leave feedback for character modernization here!