STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ News

The launch of Game Update 7.5 marks the debut and beginning of the Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival Event! This is an annual event that completes SWTOR’s seasonal event calendar.

What can players do in the event?

Even heroes need a break every now and then. What better way to pass the time than relaxing on a cozy farmstead on Dantooine? When the event is active, players can pick up the mission on the Fleet and make their way to Blba Groves, a secondary landing point on the planet Dantooine.

Players will find themselves the owner of a brand new farmstead, but something is not quite right as an unknown threat lingers on the land. After completing two story missions, players can access the repeatable event missions.

Festive Footwork - Daily

Players can dance to their heart’s content at the holo-pole in the heart of the farmstead.


Patissier for a Day (Daily) and Festival Pastry Sampling (Weekly)

Choose one of four pastries to bake and be sure to share them with friends!


Zap a Fish - Daily

This is the perfect mission to help you relax your weary feet, enjoy a beverage, and listen to some Cantina music. Use a probe droid to scour the farm pond and zap some fish. Rumor has it that there is an incredibly rare fish swimming around out there, and if captured, will unlock an Achievement. And don’t worry, they’re released after they’re captured, so no fish were harmed in the making of this mission!


Creature Rehabilitation - Weekly

Several creatures in the galaxy need your help! These missions will lead players to Rishi, Hoth, and Alderaan, guiding them to injured or abandoned animals that need to be taken back to the Dantooine farm and rehabilitated.


Seed Sourcing and Cultivation - Weekly

After getting rare seeds from either Nar Shaddaa, the Fleet, or Mek-Sha shipped to the Dantooine Farmstead, players can take control of a helpful probe droid to plant, water, and harvest exotic plants. Each week, players will encounter a new mission to hunt down seeds.


Egg Hunt - (Weekly)

Eggs have been hidden on Alderaan, Rishi, Makeb, Onderon, and Yavin IV. Every week the event is active, two out of the four planets mentioned will be available for players to partake in a galactic egg hunt!


Does new event mean new rewards?

Yes, it does! With the completion of missions listed above, players will begin to accumulate a new currency called Farmland Medals. These can be turned into the Abundance Festival Token Vendor for various rewards! Below is the complete list of rewards that can be earned.

Titles

• Title: Crop Destroyer
  
• Title: Humble Farmhand
  
• Legacy Title: One Who Reaps
  
• Legacy Titles: One Who Sows
  

Decorations

• Arrangement: Abundance Supplies 1 Decoration
  
• Arrangement: Abundance Supplies 2 Decoration
  
• Arrangement: Abundance Supplies 3 Decoration
  
• Arrangement: Abundance Supplies 4 Decoration
  

(Arrangement: Abundance Supplies Decorations)

• Arrangement: Bestine Threeberry Pie Decoration
  
• Arrangement: Deepwater Dac Pie Decoration
  
• Arrangement: Pitted Ka-Olive Pie Decoration
  
• Arrangement: Sweet Spore Tart Decoration
  
• Spring Festival Barbeque Pit Decoration
  

(Barbeque Pit and pie decorations)

• Spring Harvest Plant 1 Decoration
  
• Spring Harvest Plant 2 Decoration
  
• Spring Harvest Plant 3 Decoration
  
• Cursed Farmland Pillar Decoration
  
• Dantooine Potted Fruit Tree Decoration
  
• Farm Harvest Shed Decoration
  

(Top: Farm Harvest Shed Decoration - Exterior and Interior)
(Bottom: Dantooine Potted Fruit Tree and Spring Harvest Plant Decorations)

Outfits

• Farmland Grazer Outfit
  
• Nightshift Tech Outfit
  

(Farmland Grazer features two different headpieces to display goggles on or off)

Weapons

• Fitted Westar 19 Blaster Rifle
  
• Fitted Westar 19 Blaster
  
• Fitted Westar 19 Sniper Rifle
  

Mounts and Pets

• Subterranean Mudhorn Creature Mount
  
• Farmland Speeder Mount
  

• Marshland Mudpup Mini Pet
  
• Savana Mudpup Mini Pet
  
• Subterranean Mudpup Mini Pet
  

(Marshland, Savanna, and Subterranean Mudpup mini pets)

The Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival Event will begin with the launch of Game Update 7.5 and will remain active for 28 days. When the event closes, Blba Groves will remain accessible to players, but the missions will not be active again until next year.

We hope you enjoy this new event!

PvP Season 6 "Great Pirate Hunt" is coming with the launch of Game Update 7.5! Previous seasons ran irrespective of game update launches, but beginning with 7.5, PvP Seasons will be tied directly to game updates going forward. Below are changes that players will see once the new season begins:

• PvP Seasons will run for 16 weeks (up from 12 weeks).
  
• Maximum Season Levels increased to 30 (up from 25)
  
• Total points required to complete the PvP Season will be 9000 (up from 7000)
  
• Warzone Medpacs and Adrenals will be added to the reward track
  

More details can be found in this forum post.

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.

More armor sets, decorations, titles,, and an achievement will be coming with Season 6! Here’s a breakdown of all the seasonal rewards.


(PvP Season 6 Blue and Red Flag - Toys)

Titles and Emote

• Legacy Title: Privateer
  
• Meta-Achievement Title: Pirate of Pirates
  
• Character Title: Pirate Hunter
  
• Text-Only Emote: Arr
  

Armors


(Cosmic Corsair Armor and Corsair’s Radiance Armor - earned on PvP Reward track)


(Astromarauder’s and Cosmoraider’s Armors - found on PvP vendor)


(PvP Season 6 Trophy (Large), PvP Season 6 Trophy (Small)


(Trophy: PvP Battler Decoration, Cosmic Corsair Armor Display 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 6. 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, “Fortune and Fame.” 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

Like so many Star Wars™ fans, we are eagerly awaiting the premiere of Star Wars™: The Acolyte coming to Disney+ on June 4, 2024. 

To celebrate the debut of the series, we collaborated with Lucasfilm Games to build a set of items inspired by The Acolyte. With Game Update 7.5 “Desperate Defiance”, the following will be available on the Cartel Market:

Dark Harbinger Armor Set
(Headpieces pictured above: Dark Harbinger Hood (with hair) and Dark Harbinger Hood)

Wookiee Jedi inspired Hairstyle and Beard Customizations

Serpent’s Tongue Vibroblade

A look behind the scenes of making the Dark Harbinger Armor Set

It is important to remember that our stories are set thousands of years before the events of The Acolyte. Our talented artists and designers worked with Lucasfilm to create iconic items that find a balance between the striking items seen in the recent trailers and also stay true to the aesthetics of The Old Republic. 

When creating items inspired-by a new series, we always start with a high quality reference, and then get right to building a high-res model to bring our ideas to life.



From there, we determine what this armor would look like on a player model and add the necessary textures and materials to bring it to life. 





Once we align on the overall direction, several more passes through the art, design, sound, and QV teams get us to a fully functional Dark Harbinger armor set in-game!



We have been thrilled to share these with our players and even more excited to say that additional items are on the way! We’ll be sharing them with you all as we get closer to releasing them in another update.

Game Update 7.5 “Desperate Defiance” launches May 29th and Star Wars™: The Acolyte premieres June 4th on Disney+.       

We will be taking the servers offline on May 29, 2024 to deploy Game Update Game Update 7.5!

Details:
TIME: 7am CT / 12pm UTC
Estimated downtime: 4 hours

Patch notes will be available here on Tuesday, May 28: http://www.swtor.com/patchnotes

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

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

Galactic Seasons 6: “Building a Foundation” started with the launch of Game Update 7.4.1! Here is the list of the Season Objectives from May 14th - June 17th.


Week 10 (May 14th - May 20th)

Week 11 (May 21st - May 27th)

Week 12 (May 28th - June 3rd) Week 13 (June 4th - June 10th) Week 14 (June 11th - June 17th)