Game Update 7.8 "Pursuit of Ruin"

Highlights

Galactic Threads Storyline

While players have delivered a decisive blow to the Hidden Chain, tensions are running high after Mandalore Shae Vizla freed Darth Malgus from his prison. Players will join several allies as they seek answers to Shae's betrayal, Darth Nul's holocron, the Hidden Chain, and the looming threat of Darth Malgus.

Special note

Players using a French or German client will be given the option to play Galactic Threads with English voices and French or German subtitles. Players can opt out of beginning the storyline and waiting until the French and German voiced dialogue is added. As soon as we have an update on French and German recordings, we'll share when players can expect these to be added!

Wreckage on Dantooine

A ship of unknown origin crashed into Dantooine’s surface. The damage from the crash caused the ship’s systems to behave erratically, infinitely expanding three of the biomes it was sustaining. The multitudes of flora and fauna that were aboard the ship now threaten to overtake Dantooine's native environment.

The Crash Site Outpost is a new area on Dantooine that level 80 players can travel to. There they will be met with new Dynamic Encounters and three unnatural biomes that were unexpectedly created by the crashed ship. Players that manage to level up the biomes completely will be able to take on a challenging 4–player boss called the Orbital Core.

As players successfully complete encounters and explore the area, they can earn a plethora of new rewards including mounts, armors, minipets, Titles, decorations and Achievements! Players who make progress through the Crash Site Reputation Track will also unlock a cozy Dantooine Stronghold. 

PvP Season 9 "Gladiators of the Outer Rim"

New rewards including Titles, Achievements, Flairs, armors, and a jetpack mount await players who partake in PvP Season 9 “Gladiators of the Outer Rim”! 

Cartel Market Items

The Reforged Havoc Squad Armor, Yavin Utility Bundle, and Yavin Equipment Decoration Bundle will be available at 7.8 launch! See here for more information.

Life Day
The winter seasonal event will begin December 16 and run until January 13, 2026! Earn unique rewards including the Ornate Life Day Robes, Tirsa G1-F7 Mount, and the new Vectron Tinsel Taxi Mount!

Anniversary Event

Our Anniversary event will begin December 16 and run until January 6, 2026. A new T0R-14 Astromech Droid and Galactic Threads Key Art poster decoration will be available on the Anniversary Vendor. Alongside the anniversary event, we will be running a 50% off Collection Unlocks and Inspired-By items sales.

Double XP Event

Get those alts ready! A Double XP event will start on December 23 and run until January 6, 2026!

Class Balance Changes

• Mercenary/Commando
• All Disciplines
• Hydraulic Overrides/Hold the Line duration increased from 6s to 8s and movement speed increased from 30% to 40% and cooldown decreased to 40s.
• Chaff Flare/Diversion now has a 35% AoE DR
• Arsenal/Gunnery:
• Heatseeking Missiles/Demolition Round damage increased 5%
• Powertech/Vanguard
• All Disciplines
• Hydraulic Overrides/Hold the Line cooldown increased from 35s to 40s and duration lowered from 10s to 8s.
• Advanced Terminator Droid/Suppression Droid cooldown increased from 20s to 45s, Range decreased from 30m to 10m, AoE size decreased from 6m to 5m. Accuracy Debuff lowered from 20% to 10%.
• Sniper/Gunslinger
• Marksmanship/Sharpshooter
• Honed Shots now grants 4% crit chance and crit damage per stack
• Sorcerer/Sage
• Lightning/Telekinetics
• Halted Offense/Power of the Force damage increased 7%
• Thundering Blast/Turbulence damage increased 5%
• Lightning Flash/Telekinetic Gust damage increased 10%
• Madness/Balance
• Creeping Terror/Sever Force damage increased 5%
• Force Leech/Force Serenity damage increased 10%, lifesteal lowered from 40% to 35%
• Demolish/Vanquish dot damage increased 10%
• Juggernaut/Guardian
• All
• Vicious Slash/Slash non weapon damage increased by 3%
• Marauder/Sentinel
• All
• Vicious Slash/Slash non weapon damage increased by 3%
• Dual Saber Throw/Twin Saber Throw non weapon damage increased by 3%
• Annihilation/Watchman
• Berserk/Zen healing reduced from 1% max health to 0.75%, AoE effect range added to tooltip, range unchanged
• Tier One ability modifier Draining Center/Melting Center now deals 3x initial damage up from 2x
• Carnage/Combat:
• Massacre/Blade Rush damage increased 5%
• Deception/Infiltration:
• Voltaic Slash/Clairvoyant Strike damage increased 4%

Items 

• Tacticals
• Cut to Pieces now has an internal cooldown between procs of 2s and reduces the cooldown of Vengeful Slam/Vigilant Thrust by1.5s
• Neural Trigger no longer ignores Resolve in PvP
• Legendary Implants
• Aggressive Treatment is now only useable by Medicine Operatives and Sawbones Scoundrels

Bug fixes 

General

• [Chapter VII: The Lady of Sorrows] Fixed an issue that caused generators to float.
• [German Client only] Using the Legacy Title: Ancient/Vermächtnistitel: Aus alter Zeit now correctly unlocks the "Aus alter Zeit" Legacy Title.
• Fixed an issue where the “View in Cartel Market” button would be displayed in the Collections Unlock window regardless if the item was unavailable in the Cartel Market.
• [Environmental] Adjusted multiple ramps and counters to align them with surrounding assets. 
• When unlocking a Guild Flagship, Guild Stronghold, or their rooms, the required items will now be consumed from the Guild Bank and then a players personal inventory, in that order.

Missions

• [Onslaught: The State of Things to Come] Removed the mission State of Things to Come from players in a broken state who have already accepted or completed “Inflection Point” so they can continue the crit path. 
• [Iokath] The Forgotten World mission now only appears once players have completed the last chapter of the Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion. 
• [Ilum] The Crystal Ball mission now only appears once Republic characters have completed Act 3 of their Origin Story. 
• Longer mission titles no longer overlap in the Map Mission Log. 

Dynamic Encounters

• [Coruscant: Unlevel Loading] Players who pass through the encounter and do not complete it will no longer be teleported to its drop-off area when the encounter’s timer runs out. 

UI

• Mousing over items that are on the Quick Slot bar and are on cooldown will now display the proper tooltip text.
• Fixed an issue that caused the tooltip to appear at the top of the screen when the mouse is hovering over awarded items from a Cartel Pack. 

Items

• Fixed an issue that caused some textures of the GDW Weaponcarrier mount to not appear.  

Activity Finder

• After leaving a queue, the “Toggle All Selections” checkbox now checks all eligible activity options as intended.