SWTOR July 2026 Events Bring Back Gree Weirdness and Dantooine Pirates

July is not the loudest month Star Wars: The Old Republic has ever had, but it is at least giving players two reliable reasons to log in: strange ancient alien tech on Ilum and another round of pirate trouble on Dantooine.

Broadsword has posted the official SWTOR in-game events for July 2026, and the month is built around two returning events: Relics of the Gree and Pirate Incursion. Both are familiar, both are still useful if you’re chasing reputation or cosmetics, and both are very SWTOR in the sense that one involves a mysterious super-advanced alien vessel and the other involves pirates making everyone’s day worse.

Very on brand.

Relics of the Gree Returns July 7

Relics of the Gree runs from July 7 to July 14, beginning and ending at 12:00 PM GMT. The event requires Level 50+ characters.

This is the Ilum event, which means players are heading back to the contested Western Ice Shelf to deal with the Gray Secant, the massive ancient Gree starship sitting there like the galaxy’s weirdest parked problem.

If you have somehow avoided the Gree event for years, the basic pitch is simple: go to Ilum, deal with Gree missions, build reputation, and work your way toward some of SWTOR’s stranger legacy rewards. It has always had a different flavor from the more standard warfront events because the Gree are not just another faction with a slightly different uniform. They are odd, ancient, overly advanced, and speak like someone fed a math textbook into a protocol droid.

Featured rewards this time include Reputation with the Gree Enclave, the Gree Digitization Cube, White, Red, and Blue Scalene Armor, Gray Helix Weapons, several mini-pets including the L1-L Defender, L1-L Scout, and Miniature Gray Secant, plus Cyan Sphere, Blue Sphere, and Red Sphere vehicles.

The Gray Helix weapons are still the obvious collector chase here. They have that clean, strange Gree look that does not really blend into normal SWTOR fashion. Which is good, because half the point of SWTOR cosmetics is looking like you found something illegal in a derelict space object.

Pirate Incursion Hits Dantooine July 21

Later in the month, Pirate Incursion returns from July 21 to July 28, also beginning and ending at 12:00 PM GMT. This event only requires Level 20+, so it is much easier to jump into with lower-level characters or alts.

This one sends players back to Dantooine, where the Nova Blade pirates have once again managed to turn a quiet farming world into a galactic nuisance. The Republic wants to defend the planet, the Empire wants to exploit the chaos, and the pirates are mostly there to remind everyone that Dantooine cannot have nice things.

The reward list includes Nova Blade and Dantooine Homesteader Armor Sets, an Ugnaught Companion, a Walker Mount, a Kath Hound Mount, a Kath Hound Mini-pet, and Dantooine-themed Stronghold decorations.

The Dantooine rewards are probably the more grounded half of the month. Less ancient alien geometry, more rustic chaos. If you are decorating a stronghold with farms, outposts, frontier clutter, or “I swear this was peaceful before the Empire arrived” energy, Pirate Incursion remains one of the better events to farm.

A Decent Month for Catch-Up Players

July 2026 does not look like a huge update month for SWTOR, but it is useful.

Relics of the Gree is still one of the better reputation grinds if you want older event cosmetics with a very distinct visual identity. Pirate Incursion is easier to access and gives players another excuse to run Dantooine content, earn decorations, and grab mounts or armor sets they missed in previous rotations.

It also lands right after the return of Nar Shaddaa Nightlife, which is already giving players a more casino-flavored reason to throw credits at questionable machines. We covered that event separately here: SWTOR’s Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Returns June 30 With New Casino Rewards.

So the month has a nice little spread.

Gree science nonsense. Dantooine pirate nonsense. Casino nonsense.

Honestly, that is a pretty accurate summary of SWTOR’s live-service charm.