SWTOR’s Update 7.8.1 Livestream showed off the beefiest “minor” update in recent memory, featuring new story, date nights, Galactic Season 10, the Spring Abundance Festival, and the road to 8.0!
Twitch Drops and Current Rewards Reminder
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: Yavin (Purple Frame)
The Poster: Yavin (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 7.8.1 livestream, from February 25th to March 11th, 2026.
T2-26 Scout Walker Mount
The T2-26 Scout Walker is a mount reward that will be given to players who watch 5 hours of SWTOR streams in the month after 7.8.1 is released, from March 10th to April 7th. It’s a purple recolor of the Rapid Recon Walker mount.
Check out our SWTOR Twitch Drops Guide for more details.
New Story: Master’s Enigma New Story
Normally, all major updates (7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, etc.) are supposed to have additional story content, whereas minor 7.X.1 updates are supposed to have Date Nights only.
Broadsword fell behind in their story content release schedule because of the SAG-AFTRA Video Game Voice Actors Strike last year, so to catch up, they’re releasing the next batch of story content with 7.8.1, called Master’s Enigma!
Lana Beniko and Theron Shan will be attending a meeting with Mandalorian and Empire | Republic leadership on Oddesen to discuss and recent events.
Arn Peralun and Tau Idair will be representing the Republic while Major Anri and Darth Rivix represent the Empire in this meeting.
You’ll also be exploring Darth Nul’s vegetating ship, the Enigma, and seems to share some design elements with the Eternal Fleet, which would make sense.
Still, this is a Sith ship, and it’s cool to see the Zakuulan design queues blended with Sithy moodiness and oodles of red lights.
We will also learn more Darth Jadus’ involvement in the chaos overtaking the galaxy by meeting with him. As a Sky Appreciator, it appears that that the meeting with Jadus will take place on Ziost.
As 8.0 draws near, it’s clear the current storyline with Shae Vizla, Malgus, and the Mandalorian Civil War is drawing to a close this year with Update 7.9 expected in June or July.
Unfortunately, negotiations with French and German voice actors haven’t been short, so it will be English VA with subtitles for the time being, with properly voiced versions ASAP.
Date Night
This time around, we’re getting Kira Carsen and Torian Cadera for Date Nights. Lovers helping with reconstruction efforts on Tython with Kira and cooking a meal with Torian.
These missions are locked to the original class stories, Jedi Knight and Bounty Hunter, respectively. When you’re eligible for the quest, you’ll see it pop up in the Companions and Contacts window as an Alliance Alert.
You’ll get a deco for repeating each Date Night 5 times. For Kira, it’s a gorgeous bust mended with what looks like a kintsugi technique. For Torian, you get a cutting board with the Mandalorian mythosaur symbol etched into the corner.
Just like with Master’s Enigma and Galactic Threads, for French and German clients, you’ll only be able to experience English VA with appropriate subtitles for the time being. Negotiations with European voice actors are ongoing.
Galactic Season 10: Secrets of the Syndicate
Broadsword is shaking things up for Galactic Season 10 (and 11) by doing a mash-up of Season 1 and Season 3, giving players another chance to unlock Altuur zok Adon and PH4-LNX, along with the rest of the cosmetic rewards from GS1 and GS3!
Companion gifts are special for these guys and will be available at a discount on the GS vendor because there isn’t enough room on the rewards track.
While the emphasis will be on old rewards, there are still a few new things for players who have already gotten everything from GS1 and GS3, including some new-ish companion mounts, titles, SH labels, and a couple new companion appearances for Altuur and PH4-LNX.
Speaking of reskins, they’re adding proper skin to Altuur’s body. Currently, his body is matte blue, so it looks (even) weird(er) if you make him wear skimpy clothing. Hopefully they do this for Fen Zeil (and the Gamorrean Guard from Nightlife!) as well.
Another brand-new-ish reward is a couple of reskins for existing mounts enabling you to drive around with your companion.
It’s clear they’re trying to focus dev resources on 8.0 now, but we deserve a proper retrofit to all existing “car” mounts, so they function with companions. It’s just not appropriate that these are being passed off as new rewards.
Meta-achievements from the original GS1 and GS3 will not be re-obtainable, but the rewards from said achievements, like the PH4-LNX Jeweled Original Customization (Gold), will be available.
Galactic Season 11 will feature GS2 and GS4 in the same manner, so you’ll be able to get Fen Zeil and Amity. There are also plans to release all rewards from GS1-GS4 on the GS vendor, but details have not yet been nailed down.
Spring Abundance Festival
Had enough of the Dantooine Crash Site? Too bad! You still need to finish up 200 encounters in each biome to get all those snazzy mounts! But if you need a break, head on over to Blba Groves and participate in the Spring Abundance Festival, returning on March 10th.
This year, the new reward is an egg for these trying times! They’ve prepared for the second coming of THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU™ by stuffing Grogu’s hoverpod with a bunch of colorful Easter Eggs!
Cartel Market Items
The only truly new thing coming with 7.8.1 is a Dantooine Invasive Flora Deco Bundle, but the devs also mentioned the recently released Shadow Sentry stuff and Continue the Fight Bundle.
The devs alluded to a whole host of cosmetics related to Maul: Shadow Lord as well, which releases on Disney+ at the beginning of April.
Dantooine Invasive Flora Deco Bundle
We’re getting a new bundle featuring a whole bunch of flower and vine wall and ceiling decos based on plants found at the Dantooine Crash Site. Just like the recently-released Yavin IV Equipment Decoration Bundle, there’s a boatload of decos included.
That’s right, folks, now you can make the ecological disaster even worse by introducing these invasive species to other planets!
Shadow Sentry Set
The devs reminded us that the Shadow Sentry Armor Set, Lightsaber, and Dualsaber, Inspired by Star Wars: Visions™ is available now on the Cartel Market.
It’s a really fantastic armor set. I’m not into the skimpy stuff, but just the individual pieces are excellent. For example, the floating bangles are the bracers and the black sleeve that wraps around the thumb are the gloves. There’s also a great Twi’lek headpiece with earrings!
I liked this set so much that I made two new outfits for my Assassin/Mara with pieces listed below for those of you who want to steal either of these looks. Make sure your wallet is sitting down, though before you break the news.
Black (Assassin)
- Head: Shadow Sentry
- Chest: Resort Swimwear (No Cape)
- Wrist: Resort Swimwear
- Hands: Resort Swimwear
- Waist: Jedi Knight Revan
- Legs: Shadow Sentry
- Feet: Dark Marauder
- Weapon: Vindicator’s Saberstaff
- Tuning: Technolith Matrix
- Dye: Black & Vulcanized Black
White (Marauder)
- Head: Dathomir Shaman
- Chest: XoXaan
- Wrist: Shadow Sentry
- Hands: Resort Swimwear
- Waist: Shadow Sentry
- Legs: Shadow Sentry
- Feet: Ardent Oracle
- Weapon: Shadow Sentry x2
- Tuning: None
- Dye: Metallic Gray & Chrome White
Continue the Fight Bundle Reminder
The devs also wanted to remind players about the recently released Continue the Fight Bundle, which offers a new paint job on the K-NorCo mount, some sub time, and Cartel Coins.
2026 Roadmap and 7.8.1 Release Date
We’ll get to try things out on 8.0 PTS iterations this year, testing things like new content, gameplay, and systems that appeal to all types of players. The 8.0 story is a new Era, so separate but not disconnected.
- Update 7.8.1 is (most likely) coming on March 10th, 2026
- End of March is next quarterly Producer Letter with an update on DX12
- Next livestream is late April-Early May for 7.9 and some of the features coming in 8.0, typically stuff coming to PTS immediately after
- Legacy of the Sith finale is coming this spring with Update 7.9 “Legacy Reborn”
- May the 4th and The Mandalorian and Grogu
- Update 7.9.1 will arrive this summer with GS11 featuring mash-up of GS2 and GS4
- 8.0 PTS updates, news, interviews, short stories, etc. throughout 2026
- Holiday 2026 and 15th Anniversary is likely release window for 8.0
