SWTOR 7.6.1 Overview and Full Patch Notes

SWTOR’s Update 7.6.1 releases on March 11th, 2025 and features Galactic Season 8, R-4 Anomaly Timed Run, Basilisk Prototype Customizations, the Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival, and more!

7.6.1 Twitch Drops

These are the current and future Twitch Drop rewards available for SWTOR players. Only 1 reward is obtainable at a time, coinciding with the update livestream and eventual release.

Poster: Ord Mantell (Purple Frame)

The Poster: Ord Mantell (Purple Frame) is a Sign deco reward that will be given to players who watch 1 hour of SWTOR streams within 2 weeks after the 7.6.1 livestream, from February 26th to March 11th, 2025.

You still have a little bit of time left to get this deco!

AC-10 Disruptor Mount

The AC-10 Disruptor Mount is a vehicle mount reward that will be given to players who watch 4 hours of SWTOR streams in the month after 7.6.1 is released, from March 11th to April 8th. It’s a purple recolor of the AC-5 Broadcast Infiltrator.

Check out our SWTOR Twitch Drops Guide for more details.

Galactic Season 8 “Rising Powers”

Galactic Season 8 “Rising Powers” is themed around the capital worlds of the Empire and the Republic, namely Dromund Kaas and Coruscant, and Andor Season 2. Rewards include:

• Mon Mothma’s Ultragloss Hoversedan speeder in 2 paint jobs
• Matte Gray/Metallic Blue and Matte Gray/Metallic Copper Enhanced Dyes
• Andor-Themed Hairstyles
• Hondo Ohnaka’s Hat
• Probe Droid Minipets
• Museum Piece Decos
• Typhloractyl Creature Mounts
• Titles
• Czerka-themed Weapons

In addition, Uprisings are getting a bit of a shake-up thanks to a joint venture between Czerka and Kai Zykken. You’ll have access to a random adrenal effect reminiscent of modifiers and affixes found in other PvE games with repeatable content.

R-4 Anomaly Timer

PRAISE THE MAKER! Broadsword is FINALLY making it possible to reliably obtain the Wings of Nihrot by adding a timed run to R-4 Anomaly VM!

You’ll have 40 minutes to complete the operation in Veteran Mode, which should be doable, but it will be pretty tight like other modern timers. Don’t forget you can leverage guild perks because it’s considered Veteran Mode.

Completing the timed run will grant your toon the following:

• Wings of Nihrot mount
• Character Title: Anomalously Skilled [Name]
• Anomalously Skilled Achievement

It’s possible other changes were made quietly, but nothing else was listed in the patch notes regarding the operation.

Considering R-4 Anomaly was never finished, it’s a bit of a slippery slope to only “fix” one or two things. Still, the entire raid would be a great deal less obnoxious if the Grey Reaper adds were actually finished.

These adds apply a ton of long-lasting CC and don’t respect CC breaks, CC immunity or interrupts. Their big channeled CC ability is misconfigured to apply a debuff at the start of the channel that lasts the same duration as said channel, so interrupting it does nothing.

The Grey Reapers are single-handedly responsible for making the Nihrot Hallway so much of a slog and making Lady Dominique’s burn phase far too inconsistent.

Basilisk Prototype Customizations

There are 4 new companion customizations coming for B3-S1 “Bessie”, the Basilisk Prototype.

These customizations are an extension of the existing Basilisk Prototype Venture, so you’ll have to do more Training Modules and collect Training Data, which will now be available for Dynamic Encounters as well. Stay tuned for an update to your Basilisk Prototype Guide for all the details.

Lane also finally got around to fixing Bessie’s gatling gun so it won’t fire at targets that are already dead. This was one of the biggest animation issues I mentioned in my review of Broadsword’s first Venture, hopefully we’ll see more improvements in the coming months.

Dynamic Encounter Specific Achievements

The only achievements added alongside Dynamic Encounters in 7.6 were the meta-achievements you get for doing them all. With 7.6.1, we’re getting new, encounter-specific achievements on Hoth and Tatooine. There will be new individual cosmetic rewards for completing these achievements.

This delayed deployment is incredibly frustrating for the completionists that pursue these achievements. Those of us who have already done the 260+ Encounters required for the meta-achievements now have to go back for the rest.

It’s becoming a bit of a pattern, too. We’ve had a similar experience with the Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival and Propagator Core XR-53.

I get how these are secondary to the main content and likely slow down the QA process more significantly than they’re worth, so they deserve to be a lower priority, but it feels like the metaphorical carrot is getting yanked away after we have taken just a bite.

New Speeder Piloting Legacy Perk

Speeder Piloting Rank VI Legacy Character Perk is available for purchase for all subscribers! With it, you’ll be able to use the speed boost temporary ability offered by the Vectron 240R Starbolt on any mount.

Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival Returns

The Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival has returned! It’s time to head on down to Blba Groves and celebrate this year’s bountiful harvest with new cosmetic items and fixed achievements.

This season, the event will run from March 11th, until April 8th.

Cartel Market Additions

Coruscant and Dromund Kaas Utility Deco Bundles

We’re getting some positively debonair Dromund Kaas and Coruscant-themed Utility Decoration Bundles.

The Dromund Kaas ones will also look fantastic on the Imperial Fleet Penthouse Stronghold, though the Coruscant art deco style clash a bit with the makeshift militarism of the Republic Fleet.

Peerless Explorer’s Enviro-Suit Inspired By Skeleton Crew

We’re getting a proper space suit with oversized fishbowl helmet Inspired By Skeleton Crew™, though it’s also quite reminiscent of Scoova from Jedi Survivor.

Retiring Old Items Sale

Broadsword is retiring older CM items from the store in an effort to make newer items easier to find. They’ll be doing clearance sales category by category that last 2 weeks, starting with weapons right now.

Prices range from 50-90% off. Only the items they’re retiring are going on sale. We have reached out to Broadsword with a few questions and will update this article if we hear back.

Please note that dyes are on sale because of the impending dye revamp. They are not getting retired.

PTS for MM Propagator Core and Face Changes

On the heels of 7.6.1, a PTS build will go up so players can test out Master Mode Propagator Core XR-53 and upcoming face/character modernization changes.

Propagator Core NiM

Master Mode Propagator Core XR-53 will release as part of Game Update 7.7, following the trend of releasing NiMs 6 months after initial release. The boss will likely drop schematics for gold Superior 318 augments and likely be even more obscenely expensive.

I expect something reminiscent of the very first Story Mode PTS build with additional complexity from VM and a couple new mechanics.

Face and Character Modernization

Broadsword’s primary initiatives for ongoing face and character modernizations based on player feedback include:

• Replacing programmatic global softening of skin features with targeted, artist-controlled changes
• Minimizing the neckline seam
• Fixing textures for races with vibrant skin tones like the Chiss

In the 7.6.1 Livestream, they showed a couple of examples of the improvements they’ve been working on for the first two points:

They’re also working on the following:

• Improved lighting for characters in gameplay to better match what’s seen in cinematics
• Improved lighting in the Preview Window
• Modernizing additional species (Sith Pureblood, Togruta, etc.)

Broadsword is bringing these changes to the PTS because they recognize how much you care about the appearance of your toons and want to take your feedback into account.

Check out our piece on SWTOR’s Cyborg Face Customizations for a complete recap of Broadsword’s statements regarding face modernizations and a reason to hope that things will improve.

7.6.1 Full Patch Notes

Below are the full patch notes for Game Update 7.6.1 from swtor.com. They have been slightly reformated for consistency.

Highlights

Galactic Seasons

Galactic Season 8 “Rising Powers” begins with 7.6.1! None other than Kai Zykken will reach out with an offer to test a new adrenal boost created by Czerka. These Experimental Combat Enhancers have a variety of effects that can give you a special buff. Rewards for this season will feature items themed around Coruscant and Dromund Kaas and inspired by Star Wars: Skeleton Crew™ and Andor™! See all the details here. 

New Basilisk Prototype Venture Customizations

Four new B3-S1 variants will be added to a new vendor at Lane’s Lab! Turn in Prototype Data and role-specific currencies to help fund The Curator’s projects in order to obtain the new variants!

Beginning in 7.6.1, players can also find new B3-S1 Training Modules for completing Dynamic Encounters on Hoth and Tatooine!

Cartel Market Additions

The Dromund Kaas and Coruscant Utility Bundles and the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew™ inspired Peerless Explorer’s Enviro-Suit will be added to the Cartel Market at launch.

New Legacy Perk

Increased Speed Boost (Improved Speeder Rank 6) will be available to unlock for Subscribers!

• This perk is not shared with other characters in the Legacy and needs to be acquired separately for each.

Dynamic Encounter Achievements

Additional Achievements have been added to the Tatooine and Hoth Dynamic Encounters.

Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival

This seasonal event returns with the launch of 7.6.1! Return to your homestead on Dantooine to complete a variety of daily and weekly missions and earn new rewards! Read more details here! 

Operations

• [R-4 Anomaly] Players who complete the R-4 Anomaly Operation in Veteran Mode within 40 minutes will receive the following rewards:
  • Anomalously Skilled Achievement 
  • Anomalously Skilled Character Title
  • Wings of Nihrot Mount
    • This mount will be granted to the character that completes the run.

General 

• Moving parts that are attached to helms will now show in cinematics.
• Fixed an issue preventing some objects from properly glowing as interactable. 
• Fixed an issue where some missions were not granting Codex Entries upon completion. 
• Players can now interact with the jukebox in the Slippery Slopes Cantina. 
• The B3-S1 Companion no longer appears to attack dead enemies. 
• The “Enable moveable secondary windows” interface setting has been removed. This change allows players to close the Welcome Window, engage all vendors as intended, and use the Interface Editor without issue.”

Missions

• [Mount Up!] A new mount onboarding mission has been created guiding new players to a Speeder Vendor. 
• Repeatable space missions mapnotes are now displayed on the Galaxy Map. 

Dynamic Encounters

• [Tatooine: Republic Attack: Mos Ila] Grenades are no longer limited by charges.
• [Tatooine: Breezepunks] A map note now appears when the “Find the technician” step is active. The technician is also no longer stealthed.  
• [Tatooine: Imperial Attack: Outpost Salara] The mapnote now accurately displays where the Walker mini boss appears on the map. 
• [Tatooine: Maintaining Order] The respawn rates for the NPCs that are required to be scanned has been decreased. 
• [Tatooine: Maintaining Order] It is now easier to scan the NPCs required to complete the encounter. 
• [Tatooine: Spaceport Chaos] The “No Banthan Calf in target area” error message is no longer displayed if Bantha Calves are present.  
• [Tatooine] The following Dynamic Encounters progress completion now counts for players from both factions who participate in the encounter regardless of which faction (character or group) entered combat first.
  • The Last Scavenger’s Tale
  • Ancient Womp Rat
  • Mandalorian Menace
  • Irradiated Alpha Womp
• [Hoth: Unnecessary Repairs] The vents now respawn as intended. 
• [Hoth: Unnecessary Repairs] The knockback effect from setting off the trap will now only affect the player who triggers it. 
• [Hoth: Wamp Womp] Defeating Wampa Ravagers now count toward progress completion for the encounter. 
• [Hoth: Trial By Fire] Using the Encrypted Transmitter item no longer completely removes the mission and bonus objective when it is used within the event area. 
• [Hoth: Trial By Fire] Additional benefits are now granted when calibrating or charging the sensors for a second time. 
• [Hoth: Trial By Fire] The Encrypted Commlink Antenna can no longer be used after reaching its 20 times use limit. 
• [Hoth: Trial By Fire] The Hypercharge buff no longer stacks. 
• [Hoth: Mysterious Transmission] The transmitter item can now only be used once per event. 
• [Hoth: Underworld Engineering] The Lab Generator can now only be interacted with once per event. 
• [Hoth: Rodent Problem] Companions are now removed when the player is in a polymorph state. 
• [Hoth: Snow Grift] The Snow Mounds are no longer interactable when the encounter is completed. 
• [Hoth: A Bridge Too Close] Completion credit is now properly shared between all players who participate in the encounters and defeat the Sapper Commander boss. 
• [Hoth: Wire You So Cute?] A mapnote is now present when the encounter is active. 
• [Hoth: Wire You So Cute?] Players can no longer carry the Care Package outside of the event area. 
• [Hoth: Pirate Problem] A mapnote is now present when the encounter is active. 
• Completing the following Dynamic Encounters now count toward the “Missions: Dynamic Encounters Pinnacle” Conquest Objective:
  • Wire You Doing That?
  • Wire Consequences
  • Wire You So Cute?” 
  • The Scavengers’ Tale
  • Another Scavengers’ Tale
  • The Last Scavengers’ Tale
  • Bad Exchange
  • A Worse Exchange
  • A Catastrophic Exchange
  • Road Gig: The Debut
  • Road Gig: The Sophomore Album
  • Road Gig: The Comeback

Items

• Currency items will now show the currency type (character or Legacy) instead of the bind type. 
• Shae Vizla’s Battle Scarred Armor now has a jetpack animation when the Rocket Boost ability is used. 
• Fixed various seams that were showing when Shae Vizla’s Battle Scarred Armor is equipped. 
• Fixed an issue where the companion UI persisted when the companion is dismissed while the player is mounted on the Meirm Cicada Mount. 
• Companions will no longer take fall damage while they are riding on the Meirm Cicada Mount. 
• The Braidhawk hairstyle no longer clips through the player character’s head when using Male Body Type 4. 
• The Senate Podium Crystal decoration now glows as intended. 

Dantooine Spring Abundance Festival

• [Seed Sourcing] The Imperial Fleet Shady Vendor will no longer spawn inside walls. 
• [Patissier for a Day] Fixed an issue for players in groups where progression is blocked if players exit the phase during various points in the mission. 

Galactic Seasons

• Gaining a Galactic Season level via the 4-day login bonus will now correctly award the correct amount of Conquest points.

Flashpoints

• [Shrine of Silence] Updated timers so Tem-Su no longer respawns if Rada-Ki is not defeated within a specific time limit. 
• [Secrets of the Enclave] Defeated enemies can now be harvested using Scavenging or Bioanalysis Crew Skills.