SWTOR 7.8c Patch Notes Overview

SWTOR’s Game Update 7.8c releases on January 27th, 2026, and contains a slew of fixes for Wreckage on Dantooine, changes to the Mission Tracker UI, new CM items, and more!

SWTOR’s lettered patches (7.1a, 7.1b, 7.2a, 7.3.1c, etc.) primarily feature bug fixes for their associated major or minor update. They never contain new content or features and tend to release every 1-2 weeks within a month of the main update’s launch.

Since we just got through the winter holidays, it’s been a bit longer since the main update, Patch 7.8c comes about 7 weeks after the launch of Update 7.8 “Pursuit of Ruin”.

7.8c Patch Notes Overview

Noteworthy changes include a bunch of fixes for Wreckage on Dantooine, additional personalization for the Mission Tracker UI, several new CM items, a new Mac Launcher beta release, and a fix to a nearly decade-old bug.

Wreckage on Dantooine

There are a whole bunch of bug fixes for Wreckage on Dantooine content. They mostly pertain to problems with the Dynamic Encounters themselves, but there are fixes for other aspects of the content as well. Things like the G0-NK Droid Minipets not displaying correctly in the preview window have also been fixed.

They mention that the appearances of many GSI scientists have been updated, and I’m curious of that will include some wearing the Skirmishing Surveyor and Rugged Researcher sets.

I don’t know about you, but I always find it fun when I can get the outfit the NPCs are wearing from doing related content. The way FromSoftware does it where enemies can drop a piece of their clothing is awesome.

Regardless, the more distracting issue with scientist appearances is their common use of a lab coat featuring the Czerka logo on the back, despite these (supposedly) being GSI scientists with Czerka slinking around covertly.

In addition, they’re also adding proper Quick Travel points to the Dantooine Stronghold because it’s just so big. I hope they do the same for Rishi and Alderaan, though it would be nice if all SH Arrival Points just acted as QT points across the board.

While they have incorporated a lot of bug fixes for Wreckage on Dantooine, there’s still more they could do. We have a list at the end of the article of all bugs and issues that aren’t fixed with 7.8c.

Mission Tracker

There are some additional personalization options coming to the Mission Tracker aimed at improving readability and customization.

You’ll be able to change the font size and color for side quests, as well as background color and opacity.

These changes are particularly noteworthy because Broadsword doesn’t usually allow players to personalize the interface appearance like this. The only other place where you can adjust font size and colors is the Chat window.

It makes me wonder if we might see similar personalization settings made available for other UI elements, like game windows, in the future.

I wouldn’t get your hopes up too high, though. It’s probably just a freebie that was easy to include as part of the recent Mission Tracker redesign to incorporate Dynamic Encounters.

Cartel Market Additions

There’s a new armor set, lightsaber, and dualsaber coming to the Cartel Market Inspired By™ Star Wars: Visions.

We don’t have any pictures yet, but the cosmetics are called Shadow Sentry, likely referring to one of the characters from the recently released third season of the anthology show.

I’d wager the next big bucket of Inspired By™ items will focus on Maul: Shadow Lord show and The Mandalorian and Grogu, coming in April and May, respectively, shortly after the anticipated release window for 7.9.

New Mac Launcher Beta Release

There is a new beta release of the Mac Launcher that fixed an issue causing a black screen on game start.

High-Priority Operation Holoterminal Removed

Back in 4.0, then BioWare had a featured HM Operation that would rotate each week and NiM gear drops instead of HM. This gave less experienced players a way to get the best gear in the game without farming the same thing over and over and over again like Nefra and Hammer Station.

Once 5.0 came along, the gearing process was completely revamped around Galactic Command (later Renown) and the holoterminal showing the High-Priority Operation was removed so players could just sit outside Karagga’s Palace and farm the champion trash mobs for maximum CXP (later RXP) instead.

Anyway, that’s beside the point. The holoterminal was never properly removed and instead just made invisible, so players could still bump into it and even see the hologram sometimes.

Yeah, nobody cares, but it’s wild to see such an ancient bug get fixed after almost 10 whole years!

7.8c Full Patch Notes

Below are the full patch notes for Game Update 7.8c from swtor.com, slightly reformatted for uniformity.

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.

General

[Environment Art: Corellia] 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 “Deploy Ginx Pheromones” are no longer active once the objective has been completed.
[Fungal Protection] Geo Beast Larvae now spawn further apart and the damage in their range and melee attacks have been decreased.
[Gelid Tendrils] Massive Tendrils now have an additional ranged attack.
[Geothermal Disruption: Caustic Cascade] Fixed a small area where the biome hazard debuff was incorrectly applying to a character when they were on land.
[Geothermal Disruption] The stronger version of the ‘Contamination’ debuff now has a different icon to help players distinguish between the two versions of the debuff when both are applied on a character.
[Geothermal event] The Geo-Excision Unit Overseer now appears as intended and can be defeated in order to complete the encounter.
[Hot Spots] The Geo Beasts and Magma readings interactables now respawn as intended.
[Hot Spots] The Take Reading ability’s range has been extended.
[No Spies Allowed] The Anti-Microbial Injection and Disruption Pulse abilities no longer persist during the second objective.
[Orbital Core: G30-MN Mining Unit] The mining charges now detonate when a character uses Mad Dash.
[Orbital Core] Fixed an issue that allowed the temporary ability bar to remain active if a player was using certain hazard protection buffs in the Orbital Core boss phase.
[Orbital Core] The visual effect of the Magma Blast ability now matches the size of its hit indicator.
[Petals in the Snow] This crossover event can now be triggered multiple times a day so long as the trigger conditions are met.
[Reputation] The Hazard Protection Modules in the Dantooine Crash Site now apply the correct buffs at Friend and Hero rank.
[Return of Doctor Spores] Enemies can no longer be maneuvered outside of the event space.
[Spore Purifiers] Fixed an issue where the holo visual effect for the purifiers remained visible even after setting up a purifier.
[Spore Purifiers] The range of the “Purified” buff around active purifiers has been increased.
[Spore Purifiers] The Spore Purifiers now properly cleanse Spore-Tending Droids of their heavy Sporefall ability.
[Spore Purifiers] Spore Tending Droids now spawn and respawn as intended.
[Sporefall Biome] The Numbing Spores and Debilitating Spores debuffs now stack their effects correctly.
[Sporefall Biome] Taking damage no longer interrupts use of the macrobinoculars.
[Sporefall Biome] The path to Makrin Hollow no longer appears to loop infinitely while walking backwards.
[Sporefall Biome] The biome debuff is now applied throughout the entire biome.
[Thermal investigation] The Burn debuff now only applies when a character makes contact with lava.
[Under Pressure] The fixed camera angle has been pulled back further when players control the Construction Droid.
[Under Pressure] The Agitated Geo Beast Spawn now attack normally when they are aggro-ed.
[Under Pressure] Mission information has been added to the tooltip for all relevant interactables.
[Under Pressure] A nameplate has been added to the Maintenance Assistance droid.
[Unruly Nesters] Cryo-Nesters now despawn more quickly after being captured.

Dynamic Encounters

[Ilum: Foiling Their Ambushes] Strong Republic Operative enemies now count towards this encounter’s objectives.
[Lost Bormu] The Lost Bormu’s shield now protects players from Shyrack Screecher’s Mind Shatter Ability as intended.
[Lost Bormu] Kill credit is now granted to players even if Bormu delivers the final blow.
[Lost Bormu] There is now an overview in the mission tracker for this encounter.
[No Spies Allowed] The green arrows no longer persist when their objective is completed.

Mission

[[WEEKLY][Priority Targets] Orbital Core has been added to the list of eligible targets.
[Dark Heart of the Fortress] Players will no longer see a blank dialogue choice wheel when observing Hidden Chain security footage of Sa’har Kateen.
[Dark Hearth of the Fortress] Dr. Farrus Belisk’s corpse now appears on the ground as intended.
[Library of Nul] Talos Drellik will no longer be available as a companion on Elom while the player is there to meet him.
Ilum and Makeb story content must be completed before the Shadow of Revan can be started.
[Welcome to Rishi] This mission is now only obtainable after a player completes “Shadow of Revan: Prelude”.

Items

The description on Research Notes now matches the timer duration of the buff.
The D0-NK, H0-NK, and L0-NK Escort Droids are no longer missing textures when previewed or placed as decorations.
The D0-NK, H0-NK, and L0-NK Escort Droids are now Bind to Legacy.
The Fitted Rugged Researcher’s Chestplate and Vambraces now fit appropriately on characters using Female Body Type 2.
The Sporefall Diorama can now be sold to a vendor or on the Galactic Trade Network.

UI

Updates have been to improve Mission Tracker readability. The following can be found in the Interface Editor:
- All titles and tasks font sizes can now be adjusted
- A color wheel has been added to allow players to adjust the font color of non-critical mission titles and tasks
- A color wheel has been added to allow players to adjust the background color of the Mission Tracker
- An opacity slider has been added to control how opaque the background appears
Crit path mission icons on the Galaxy Map are now purple.
The Emergency Fleet Pass and Priority Transport can now be selected and used when using the Magnify Cursor on the World Map.
Text in the Login Rewards window no longer overlaps.
Fixed an issue that caused a second orbiting icon to appear on the mini map.
A new mission icon has been added to highlight Planetary Arc missions and now present in the World Map Legend.
The “Issue Challenge” button’s functionality has been restored.
Functionality to the Guild Conquests – Current Conquerors button has been restored.

Dantooine Stronghold

Added Quick Travel points within Dantooine Stronghold.
Added Jump Points allowing players to jump up from the canyon floor.

Abilities

The Tooltip of the Melting Center and Draining Center Abilities now states that they deal 4x the initial damage.

Unfixed Bugs with Wreckage on Dantooine

These issues with Wreckage on Dantooine were not mentioned in the patch notes, nor the official Known Issues. They may have been fixed anyway, but we’re pointing them out, nonetheless. The issues listed at the end are a little more subjective as to whether or not they’re truly bugs or just problems/feedback.

All Doctor Spores encounters do not reliably grant mission completion credit for everyone
[Gelid Tendrils] Massive Tendrils do not have a cast associated with their red conal knockback attack
[Glacial Reclamation] Requires you to fight and defeat 6 Champion enemies all at once, and they respawn quickly
[Lost Bormu] The Lost Bormu often loses its protective aura buff or gets knocked away right before the Shyrack Screecher casts Mind Shatter, making it completely unreliable as a source of protection against the attack.
[Orbital Core] CC immunities prevent all damage from G30-MN Mining Unit’s Mining Charges
[Orbital Core] Most AoE and DoT attacks are reflectable
[Orbital Core] When fighting Sporogenic Scouts, there is significant delay on the application of Horrible Spores after the purple circle disappears, massively reducing the time you have to move to safety before Mycelial Burst completes its cast
[Orbital Core] Spore-maddened Beasts do not reliably get defeated upon being knocked off the platform and one will eventually Evade if the other is knocked off
[Orbital Core] Can sometimes drop no loot and does not drop any gear or related currency (Rakata and OP-1 Catalysts are absolutely appropriate)
[Orbital Core] It is possible to stall out the fight indefinitely at various points, most notably against the Damaged Sporogenic Probe Droid and Orbital Core itself, allowing players to wait around for several minutes while cooldowns reset. Enrage-type mechanics are needed to prevent this.
[Sporefall] The Repulsor Pad on the second level causes the player to ricochet off a branch unless the player is positioned at exactly the right spot when getting launched
[Sporefall] The descent cable next to the Unknown Adrenals at the top of the Repulsor Pad canopy does not function
[Thermal Investigation] Thermophilic Scurriers remain in the area regardless of whether the encounter is active or not
[Taking Care of the Caretakers] There is a floating egg sack that spawns alongside the Caretaker Droid
[Unruly Nesters] The Electro Net box is not always clickable
[Under Pressure] Players can get locked out of interacting with the Mouse Droid console, preventing mission progress (may be faction-related)
[Unruly Nesters] Weaponized Runoff can automatically defeat Unruly Cryo-Nesters before you can capture them (add an achievement!)
The Glacial Trespass Diorama deco drops from Glacial Reclamation rather than Root Cause. The latter features the actual set piece depicted in the deco and makes more sense as a source.
Abilities that offer CC immunity do not prevent you from getting CC’d by enemy attacks (i.e. Entrench | Hunker Down, etc. does not work against Heat Implosion or Heat Explosion)
Purchasing any temporary Research Notes will remove buff from Biochem Stims (i.e. Advanced Kyrprax Proficient Stim MK-2) and vice versa
Numerous encounters have redundant objective count requirements to pick up a certain number of tools when you already have to use the tools on the temporary ability a certain number of times to complete the encounter
Numerous objective requirement counts do not match the number of available objectives:
- [Gelid Tendrils] Requires you to smush 50 tentacles but only ~40 are available, forcing you to wait for them to respawn
- [Unruly Nesters] Requires you to repair the fence 15 times, but there are only ~13 fence segments and they break again before you have a chance to repair all of them
- [Glacial Reclamation] Enemies continue to respawn endlessly until you defeat the absurd required number of each type (3 droids, 3 crabs)
- [Thermal Investigation] Thermophilic Scurriers and Superheated Crystals just respawn rather than completing
- [Vent Sync Failure] Geo-Excision Units respawn continuously even after the Vents have been repaired
- A full audit of recently released DEs is warranted, along with an update to internal dev procedure on DE creation
Cryogenic Saturation Protection does not prevent you from getting Frozen by the Cryosentinels. Yeah, it’s not a biome effect, but it’s the same element and would offer more value to the Hero+ version.
Most enemies engaged in active combat with players abruptly and immediately despawn upon DE completion. This is not limited to Wreckage on Dantooine.
Character Titles and Legacy Titles cannot be sold on the GTN or to vendors but can be traded or donated
The Fitted Rugged Researcher’s set cannot be traded or sold on the GTN
[They Call me Doctor Spores] and [Return of Doctor SPORES!] are identical missions for the Sporefall Transition Encounters
Buffs have extremely inconsistent durations and do not reliably persist through defeat. This is particularly problematic for reducing the difficulty of the Orbital Core fight.

The sheer volume of issues suggests we’ll need a 7.8d, and I expect we’ll get a pass on Orbital Core at least, but I also would not be surprised if Broadsword decides to move on from this piece of content altogether.