As part of Update 7.6, Broadsword will be purging the names of inactive characters on unsubscribed accounts. Your status as a Free to Play, Preferred, or Subscriber can determine how much you get impacted by this coming update.
The goal of this name purge is to open up more names for new characters to use. You’ll have until the release of 7.6 in early December to get your toon names sorted, so take a few minutes to preserve the names of your characters!
This specific purge is a one-off, but the devs have expressed interest in making it more of a regular thing. It will likely involve unsubscribed players only getting to hold onto their names for a year, but that bit is just speculation on our part.
Who is Affected by the 7.6 Character Name Purge
If you are a F2P or Preferred player, any characters you haven’t logged into since January 1, 2024, will have their names flagged as available when 7.6 is released. If you want to preserve your character names, simply log onto SWTOR and log into each character with names you want to keep before 7.6 launches.
Don’t forget to log into characters on multiple servers to preserve their names if the former applies to you.
If you’re an active Subscriber at 7.6’s launch (likely to be on December 10th, yet unconfirmed), you don’t need to worry about a thing. All your character names will be preserved. Yes, the devs are kind of treating this as another incentive to subscribe.
To be clear, this update only affects inactive toon names, not legacy names as those are not unique, and the toons themselves aren’t getting deleted.
What happens to your character if their name is claimed by someone else
If you don’t log into your inactive characters or subscribe by the time 7.6 launches, your inactive characters may have to be renamed. Characters that have not been logged into since before 2024 will have their names made available to the general population.
This does not mean you’re guaranteed to lose the name if you haven’t logged in or subscribed, but if someone else decides to take it, you will then have to rename the toon.
We recommend you take the necessary precautions by logging into your inactive characters before 7.6 launches or subscribing for the month.
How this affects F2P and Preferred Status Players
If you’re a F2P and Preferred Status player, you will need to prioritize which characters with names you want to keep. This is due to the limited number of active characters per server you are allowed to have.
- F2P players can have 4 active character slots per server
- Preferred Status players can have 12 active character slots per server.
If you were previously subscribed but are now preferred, you’ll need to choose up to 12 characters to be active.
You can also purchase the Additional Character Slot consumable for 600 Cartel Coins to increase the amount of active characters you have on a server.
Keep in mind these additional slots apply per server, not per account. If you end up needing three or more, you might as well subscribe for a similar price.
Subscribing is the most sensible solution to keeping your all of your character names, even if you choose to only subscribe for a month.
How can you get a character renamed
You’ll have two options if you want to claim a name that has become available after 7.6. You can:
- Create a new character with that name
- Purchase the Rename: Character Name Consumable Item and rename an existing character.
The Rename: Character Name Items will be 90% off for one week after 7.6 launches. Normally 1,000 CC, they’ll be available for 100 CC during that week.
I highly recommend that you try to make a fresh toon to check if the name is available before buying a Rename.
Make sure you get Rename: Character Name, not the ones for Guild or Legacy Names.
Keep up to date with our SWTOR 7.6 coverage. Endonae has been hard at work offering his perspective in pieces like SWTOR Adding Texting via Comlinks and the Galactic Threads Story Delay, and there’s a lot more on the way! For everything else SWTOR, check out our SWTOR Guides Master List.
