What will be in SWTOR 8.0?

When the SWTOR developers announced that they were working on 8.0, players excitedly asked for more details… and we’ve finally got a few!

When will Update 8.0 come out?

Update 8.0 will likely come some time around the game’s 15th Anniversary, which is December 2026. An exact date or even exact timeframe has not been announced yet. See the roadmap for the year’s schedule.

Update: The expansion will be called Masters of the Force!

To celebrate the new expansion name announcement, the developers are giving away a free pet!

FREE Gladiopodling pet to celebrate new expansion name announcement! August 13 – December 26, 2026

What will be in Update 8.0?

The developers are slowly release info about what’s coming to the game in 8.0! More information is being released over time.

• New Story Era
• Level Cap up to 85
• New Gear (370)
• New Abilities for all Disciplines
  • Marauder/Sentinel, Sorcerer/Sage and Powertech/Vanguard
• Difficulty Modes
  • Difficulty Toggle for Class Stories – Story, Veteran and Master Mode
  • Classic SWTOR and Expert SWTOR Ventures
• New 3-boss Operation
  • Acolyte of Nul
  • “Beast Boss”?
  • Last Daughter
• New Planet: Ryloth (Dynamic Encounters)
• Quality of Life Updates
  • Fitted Armors & Weapons in Collections
  • Toys as Abilities
  • Decoration Persistence

3-boss Operation

The developers are working on a new 3-boss operation for 8.0. It will release in Story and Veteran Mode, and they have plans to also release a difficult Master Mode. This is content designed for large-group playstyles. The developers have not said anything about the theme, bosses, setting or story.

The first boss called Nul Acolyte is now on the Public Test Server!

SWTOR Nul Acolyte Boss, Children of Nul Operation Guide (PTS)

Ryloth

The developers have said Ryloth is content focused on solo or small-group players, an exporable planet with Dynamic Encounters across the entire planet. The planet will have ties to the story, so will have spoilers, and the Dynamic Encounters are special in some way.

Picture of Ryloth from Starwars.com

Difficulty Modes

The most exciting announcement is the addition of Story, Veteran and Master mode difficulties for the class stories and open world content in 8.0. More Info

SWTOR Difficulty Toggle for Class Stories being introduced with 8.0! Story, Veteran and Master Mode

If you ever wanted to play Star Wars: The Old Republic in a more difficult mode, you’ll be able to starting in 8.0! Classic and Expert mode are being added to the Ventures system with unique rewards attached to running a dedicated character through all types of content on both Veteran Mode and Master Mode, including the class stories, planetary arcs, heroics, and more! More Info

SWTOR Classic and Expert Modes being introduced with 8.0! (Veteran and Master Ventures)

New Abilities and Level 85 Classes

The public test server now has the new abilities and passives for these Combat Styles available, with more to come in the future:

• Sentinel / Marauder
• Vanguard / Powertech
• Sage / Sorcerer

New 8.0 level 85 abilities on PTS for Marauder/Sentinel, Sorcerer/Sage and Powertech/Vanguard

In general, all disciplines will get:

• Each Discipline will earn a new ability and passive
• New abilities are earned at level 83
• New ability will be an upgraded replacement to an existing ability
• Upgraded ability will be a shared Combat Style ability

Quality of Life Changes

There are plenty of small updates coming too.

Fitted Armors & Weapons in Collections

Fitted Pack weapons and armor will be added to Collections. Meaning all of those weapons and armors you have been getting from Fitted Packs from daily logins and Galactic Seasons can now be unlocked in Collections starting in 8.0!

Toys as Abilities

Toys will be converted to Abilities!. That means your favorite Rest and Recharges, Trainers, and more will no longer be items clogging up your inventory and are now abilities that you can put on your hotbar.

XP Levelling Adjustments

The developers will be rebalancing the leveling experience to ensure that players going through the game avoid things like dramatically overlevelling their main story content and leveling up to fast to be able to properly learn their classes

Decoration Persistence

Decorations, when turned on or off, will stay on/off even when you leave your stronghold. This works for all kinds of decorations that are clickable like lights and computers. A player also spotted the Y-axis adjustor in strongholds, though this has not been announced and may not make it to live!

When will we learn more?

We aren’t sure! More info will be released over time.

The PTS is up and you can start poking around the first few changes.

SWTOR 8.0 PTS (Public Test Server) First Round! How to PTS, First Boss of the Children of Nul Operation, Levle 85 Sentinel/Marauder, Vanguard/Powertech, and Sage/Sorcerer