# STAR WARS: The Old Republic Game Update 7.8.1b Patch Notes - Product: STAR WARS: The Old Republic (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/star-wars-the-old-republic) - Vendor: Broadsword - Date: 2026-04-06 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1286830/view/507357952986843331 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/star-wars-the-old-republic/releases/2026-04-06-game-update-7.8.1b-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'. --- - **fixed** — Player characters now respawn properly if they fall from the bridge at the Alliance Camp landing area - **fixed** — Fixed various texture issues in the Master's Enigma mission - **fixed** — During the mission step 'Clear the debris in the damaged door' in Road to Nowhere, the door now appears damaged and is interactable, allowing players to progress through the mission - **fixed** — Theron's lines are now triggered when the player approaches him in the Nightmare in Master's Enigma: Escape the Nightmare - **fixed** — Holo-droids in Master's Enigma: Defend Darth Nul's Holocron will no longer engage the player unless they are near the mainframe if a player exits and returns to the mission area - **fixed** — References to the name of the assistant droid in Master's Enigma are now consistent between the datapad text description and its nameplate - **fixed** — Messages received from Arn Peralun and Major Anri following the expedition to Elom in Galactic Threads: The Library of Nul now accurately reflect their feelings - **fixed** — The player's ship is now visible in the cinematic in Master's Enigma: Get to Your Ship - **fixed** — A missing dialogue wheel option in the final cinematic in Master's Enigma now appears in French and German clients - **fixed** — Theron Shan's voice lines now trigger when the player interacts with the console in Master's Enigma: Access the Console - **fixed** — Tau Idair's voice lines now trigger as intended during the mission steps Talk/Return to the Master Raniah Protocol in Master's Enigma - **fixed** — Jekiah and Rass Ordo are no longer visible as NPCs during the cinematic in Galactic Threads: The Library of Nul - **changed** — Reworked the Glacial Reclamation encounter to smooth out its difficulty with enemies now appearing in smaller groups and some appearing only when other encounters are defeated - **fixed** — Fixed an issue in Sporefall Transition Events that caused the events to not progress properly if a player's companion kills the mini bosses - **fixed** — All 'crystalized toxins' in Toxin Trouble are now within the event area and interactable - **fixed** — Crossover events mapnotes in Petals in the Snow now appear properly while a player is inside the event area - **fixed** — Only relevant temporary abilities now appear when the player controls the Mouse Droid as a Construction Droid in Under Pressure - **changed** — The Fragile Tendrils in Gelid Tendrils now respawn more quickly - **changed** — Cryo Sterilizer Droids in Cryo-Core Override now deal less damage and have less health - **changed** — The Cryo-Nest Matron encounter now spawns fewer enemies at a slower pace ##### Bug Fixes **General** - \ Player characters now respawn properly if they fall from the bridge at the Alliance Camp landing area. - Fixed various texture issues in the Master's Enigma mission. **Missions** - [Road to Nowhere] During the mission step “Clear the debris in the damaged door”, the door now appears damaged is interactable, allowing players to progress through the mission. - [Master’s Enigma: Escape the Nightmare] Theron’s lines are now triggered when the player approaches him in the Nightmare. - [Master’s Enigma: Defend Darth Nul’s Holocron] If a player exits this mission and returns to the mission area, Holo-droids will no longer engage the player unless they are near the mainframe. - [Master’s Enigma] References to the name of the assistant droid are now consistent between the datapad text description and its nameplate. - [Galactic Threads: The Library of Nul] Messages received from Arn Peralun and Major Anri following the expedition to Elom now accurately reflect their feelings. Cinematics - [Master’s Enigma: Get to Your Ship] The player’s ship is now visible in the cinematic. - [Master’s Enigma] A missing dialogue wheel option in the final cinematic now appears in French and German clients. - [Master’s Enigma: Access the Console] Theron Shan’s voice lines now trigger when the player interacts with the console. - [Master’s Enigma: Talk/Return to the Master Raniah Protocol] Tau Idair’s voice lines now trigger as intended during these mission steps. - [Galactic Threads: The Library of Nul] Jekiah and Rass Ordo are no longer visible as NPCs during the cinematic. Wreckage on Dantooine Dynamic Encounters - [Glacial Reclamation] Reworked the encounter to smooth out its difficulty. Enemies now appear in smaller groups with some appearing only when other encounters are defeated. - [Sporefall Transition Events] Fixed an issue that caused the events to not progress properly if a player’s companion kills the mini bosses. - [Toxin Trouble] All “crystalized toxins” are now within the event area and interactable. - [Petals in the Snow] Crossover events mapnotes now appear properly while a player is inside the event area. - [Under Pressure] Only relevant temporary abilities now appear when the player controls the Mouse Droid as a Construction Droid. - [Gelid Tendrils] The Fragile Tendrils now respawn more quickly. - [Cryo-Core Override] Cryo Sterilizer Droids now deal less damage and have less health. - [The Cryonest Matron] The Cryo-Nest Matron encounter now spawns fewer enemies at a slower pace. - [Orbital Core] Corrected an issue that displayed duplicate warning messages when engaging with the Orbital Core boss. **UI** - [Uprisings: Trial and Error] The mapnote for the elevator during the mission step “Reach the X-7 Cratus Social Quarters" now appears on the map. - The name of the “Deploy field mail droid” ability no longer disappears from the Mailbox or Vendor window when mousing over it. - The GTN Droid Unlock title is no longer missing in the GTN Window. **Items** - The Shadow Sentry Boots no longer clip with a player character’s legs. **Achievements** - [Wreckage on Dantooine: Expansive Research] The name of the spores in the description box now match the name of the spores found in the biome. - [Wreckage on Dantooine] It is now easier to click on the Botanical Scanner and interact with it. **Date Night** - Torian Cadera and Kira Carsen now spawn at level 80 when summoned for their Date Night missions.