# STAR WARS: The Old Republic Game Update 7.8c Patch Notes - Product: STAR WARS: The Old Republic (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/star-wars-the-old-republic) - Vendor: Broadsword - Date: 2026-01-26 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1286830/view/519736513892715702 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/star-wars-the-old-republic/releases/2026-01-26-game-update-7.8c-patch-notes What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Shadow Sentry Lightsaber, dualsaber, and armor set inspired by Star Wars: Visions has been added to the Cartel Market - **fixed** — Mac launcher now fixes the issue where players would get stuck on a black screen after launching the game - **removed** — Subscriber Event tokens and the event vendor have been removed from the game - **fixed** — Fixed an issue that caused a gap between various countertops and walls on Corellia - **fixed** — The Encounter Completionist: Dantooine Achievement now displays an icon in the Legacy Window - **fixed** — Fixed an issue that caused the dismount and dodge animations to play when characters are attacked while riding a creature mount - **fixed** — Removed an invisible collision near the Eternity Vault entrance on Ziost Shadow - **fixed** — The Isolationist Support Droid flame visual effect is now correctly aligned and projects toward the target - **changed** — Travel points on Makeb now unlock automatically when a character discovers its respective area - **changed** — Creating a Legacy is no longer required to unlock Legacy Perks and unlocks - **added** — Added new appearances for GSI Scientists to bring visual variety between the NPCs - **changed** — All Research Notes buffs can now be active at the same time and will persist after character death - **fixed** — All scientists' appearances now match with their appropriate voices - **fixed** — Fixed various areas where gaps appear in the environment or in distant objects - **fixed** — Made adjustments to various areas to prevent characters from getting stuck on trees and rocks - **fixed** — Voice lines are no longer missing from various encounters - **fixed** — Special events no longer overlap in incorrect biomes - **fixed** — The area tracker now consistently appears in the Sublevel Central Complex - **fixed** — Fixed an issue that caused bosses to not spawn properly - **changed** — 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 ##### 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 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** - \ Added new appearances for GSI Scientists to bring some visual variety between the NPCs. - \ All Research Notes buffs can now be active at the same time and will persist after character death. - \ All scientists' appearances now match with their appropriate voices. - \ Fixed various areas where gaps appear in the environment or in distant objects. - \ Made adjustments to various areas to prevent characters from getting stuck on trees and/or rocks. - \ Voice lines are no longer missing from various encounters. - \ Special events no longer overlap in incorrect biomes. - \ The area tracker now consistently appears in the Sublevel Central Complex. - \ Fixed an issue that caused bosses to not spawn properly. - \ 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. - \ The hazard mitigation buffs, Cryogenic Mitigation/Immunity and Mycelial Inoculation/Immunity now last two hours as intended. - \ 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. - \ 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. - \ Fixed an issue that prevented mapnotes from appearing on the map. - \ The green interactable arrows for the step "Deploy Ginx Pheromones" are no longer a _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1286830/view/519736513892715702]_