STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
Steam News 26 January 20263mo ago

Game Update 7.8c Patch Notes

Highlights Cartel Market Additions The Shadow Sentry Lightsaber, dualsaber, and armor set inspired by Star Wars: Visions™ has been added to the Cartel Market. Mac Launcher A new version of the Mac launcher has been rele…

Update log

Full STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ update

The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.

Extracted changes

5 fixes9 additions4 changes6 removals
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Fixes
  • UI and audio
  • Maps
addedHighlightsCartel Market Additions The Shadow Sentry Lightsaber, dualsaber, and armor set inspired by Star Wars: Visions™ has been added to the Cartel Market.
addedHighlightsMac Launcher A new version of the Mac launcher has been released. This version will fix the issue players were experiencing where they would get stuck on a black screen after launching the game.
removedHighlightsSubscriber Event Subscriber Event tokens and the event vendor have been removed from the game.
fixedGeneral[Environment Art: Corellia] Fixed an issue that caused a gap between various countertops and walls.
fixedGeneralFixed an issue that caused the dismount and dodge animations to play when characters are attacked while riding a creature mount.
removedGeneralRemoved an invisible collision near the Eternity Vault entrance on Ziost Shadow.

Highlights

Cartel Market Additions The Shadow Sentry Lightsaber, dualsaber, and armor set inspired by Star Wars: Visions™ has been added to the Cartel Market.

Mac Launcher A new version of the Mac launcher has been released. This version will fix the issue players were experiencing where they would get stuck on a black screen after launching the game.

Subscriber Event Subscriber Event tokens and the event vendor have been removed from the game.

Bug Fixes

General

  • [Environment ArtCorellia] Fixed an issue that caused a gap between various countertops and walls.
  • The "Encounter Completionist: Dantooine" Achievement now displays an icon in the Legacy Window.

  • Fixed an issue that caused the dismount and dodge animations to play when characters are attacked while riding a creature mount.

  • Removed an invisible collision near the Eternity Vault entrance on Ziost Shadow.

  • The Isolationist Support Droid flame visual effect is now correctly aligned and projects toward the target.

  • [Makeb: Empire only] The travel points now unlock automatically when a character discovers its respective area. Creating a Legacy" is no longer required to unlock Legacy Perks and unlocks.

Wreckage on Dantooine

  • [General] Added new appearances for GSI Scientists to bring some visual variety between the NPCs.

  • [General] All Research Notes buffs can now be active at the same time and will persist after character death.

  • [General] All scientists' appearances now match with their appropriate voices.

  • [General] Fixed various areas where gaps appear in the environment or in distant objects.

  • [General] Made adjustments to various areas to prevent characters from getting stuck on trees and/or rocks.

  • [General] Voice lines are no longer missing from various encounters.

  • [General] Special events no longer overlap in incorrect biomes.

  • [General] The area tracker now consistently appears in the Sublevel Central Complex.

  • [General] Fixed an issue that caused bosses to not spawn properly.

  • [Achievements] The Altered Flora, Crystallized Energy, Volcanic Residue, and Benign Spores buffs are now listed as disqualifying buffs for the Orbital Core Achievement "A Core to Settle”.

  • [Acid Trip] Added the name for the Carrying Samples buff in its tooltip.

  • [Acid Trip] Mission information has been added to the tooltip for all relevant interactables.

  • [Acid Trip] Several broadcast messages have been added to clarify the mechanics of the encounter.

  • [Acid Trip] Updated the mapnotes for the encounter to be more precise.

  • [Acid Trip] The Slice Control ability now only appears when there is a nearby droid to slice.

  • [Acid Trip] Updated the names of the Skar’kla enemies to match the mission description.

  • [Acid Trip] Added more toxic pools to collect samples from.

  • [Buffs] The hazard mitigation buffs, Cryogenic Mitigation/Immunity and Mycelial Inoculation/Immunity now last two hours as intended.

  • [Buffs] The mitigation buffs Thermal Regulator, Emergency Chemical Purge, and Hyphal Degeneration Stim now persist for 1.5 hours (up from 30 minutes) to match the boss availability window.

  • [Buffs] Characters that purchase any buffs for the first time after unlocking Legacy will no longer see the “Invalid Client Conversation” error text.

  • [Caretaker Unit K-6] Damage volumes in this encounter have been adjusted to match their visual effects.

  • [Caretaker Unit K-6] The mapnote now correctly displays the event location when a character is outside of it.

  • [Core Overload] Mission information has been added to the tooltip when mousing over the Coolant Regulators.

  • [Cryo Hazard] Doctor Kontor’s appearance now remains consistent when he spawns.

  • [Data Appropriation] Additional information has been added to make the mechanics more intuitive and clear.

  • [Doctor Spears, I Presume?] Dr. Spores will now dismiss his Makrin Assistants when exiting combat.

  • [Fascinating] Fixed an issue that prevented mapnotes from appearing on the map.

  • [Fascinating] The green interactable arrows for the step

Source

Steam News / 26 January 2026

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