Apex Legends delivers a squad-based battle royale experience with a uniquely Respawn flavor. Players will select from one of eight Legends - each with their own unique abilities and playstyles - and the last team standing wins. Combatants can choose from unique characters like Bloodhound, the tracker who can see recent enemy activity on the map, or Lifeline, a battlefield medic who can shield teammates and bring them back from the brink of death. Balanced squads and teamwork are critical, as each Legend is easy to pick up and learn, but challenging to master.

Apex Legends showcases several new genre-leading innovations, starting before players even start the match. Once players are ready to begin, they’ll choose their drop point with the Jumpmaster system, giving each squad full control over exactly where they drop in. Is it smarter to head straight for the most valuable loot and risk early conflict with other teams, or make for one of the outlying areas to plot an attack and let other squads pick each other off?

Starting December 17th, the Winter Express is back - and deadlier than ever! Face relentless frost and claim a place on the Champion’s Podium.

• Iced-Out Cosmetics & Heirloom Shards 
  • Players can deck out in frosty fresh fits by pulling from 30 iced-out cosmetics including Legendary Skins for Bangalore, Bloodhound, and more with an opportunity to unlock 150 Heirloom Shards, Bloodhound’s Heirloom “Winter’s Bane” and a Reactive “Attunement” Hemlock Skin.
• Rewards Shop
  • Players can expect glacial rewards by earning Ice Gems to unlock rewards in the Reward Shop including Epic Skins for Valkyrie and the Triple Take.

Face the Frost in the Winter’s Haunt Event

Take on a trial by tracks with the Winter Express LTM, collect Bloodhound’s “Winter’s Bane,” and earn 150 Heirloom Shards.

All aboard, Legends! Winter’s Haunt is coming and it’s bringing back the action-packed favorite Winter Express LTM. Earn Ice Gems to unlock rewards including Epic skins for Valkyrie and the Triple Take. Bring the heat to collect 30 icy cosmetics, including Bloodhound’s Heirloom “Winter’s Bane” and the reactive Hemlok skin “Attunement.” Naughty or nice, the more you collect, the more you’ll earn with milestone rewards like Apex Packs and 150 Heirloom Shards. Will you be iced out or climb your way to the top?

WINTER EXPRESS RETURNS

Not familiar with this fan favorite? Three squads board the train, but only one will remain. Don’t lose track of time, the countdown begins when the train stops at a station. Capture the train or remove all enemies to close out the round and score a point. Now with all weapons and all Legends!

MILESTONE EVENT ITEMS

Collect 30 bone-chilling limited-time cosmetics as you make your way through the event. Each Winter’s Haunt item received during the event will count towards bonus rewards that you’ll automatically unlock at certain milestones, including 150 Heirloom Shards.

All 30 items will be available in Winter’s Haunt Event Apex Packs† for the entire duration of the event—and there are no duplicates of event items in these packs. Note: each event pack contains one event item and two standard items.

Unlock Bloodhound’s Heirloom “Winter’s Bane” and you’ll automatically receive the matching Mythic Banner Frame and Finisher to round out your set. And deck out your Hemlock with “Attunement,” a reactive skin that makes each elimination a little cooler.

REWARD SHOP

Complete daily event challenges to earn Ice Gems, then head over to the Winter’s Haunt Reward Shop to choose your own reward adventure and check out your progress with event badges. Offerings will rotate halfway through the event.

EVENT STORE

Just looking for Winter’s Haunt Legend skins? All six of the frosty Legend designs can be purchased directly in the Shop until the event ends. No Event Packs† required.

PATCH NOTES

LEGENDS

Lifeline (recently updated)

• D.O.C. Halo: increased cooldown to 180s (was 150)
• Hands-free D.O.C.: revive is now the same speed as non-support Legends

Newcastle (recently updated)

• Revive Shield
  • White: 250 HP (was 300)
  • Blue: 400 HP (was 450)
  • Purple: 600 HP (was 750)
• Mobile Shield 
  • Base CD increased to 20s (was 15s)
  • Removed invulnerability, Thick Shield HP now integrated into base
  • Swift Shield upgrade now also reduces CD to 12s

Dev Note: earlier this week we released a patch that made some changes to both Lifeline and Newcastle. We pushed hard at the start of the support season with Newcastle and, while it's great to see a Legend who was for a long time at the bottom rise to the top, the compounding shield meta that emerged was a little too strong with much of his counterplay removed. So, we returned health to his Mobile Shield, increased its cooldown and reduced his Revive Shield health as well.

And while we don't want to cut the life line out of our Lifeline, we did want to make some of the more frustrating elements of her kit a little easier to deal with. Given the power her hands-free-revive already has, we've decided to return DOC to the baseline revive speed, and give a little more time for players to react to it and the defending medic.

MODES

Rift Relics: EPG-1

The EPG-1 joins the party. This single fire, direct energy propelled launcher brings something special to your arsenal: splash damage and rocket-jumping capabilities.

COMMUNITY DRIVEN BUGS

Here’s a couple of the open bugs that we’ve seen some community chatter around. Our team is actively working on these bugs and more, and we’ll update our progress on our public Trello board.

• Akimbo Weapon Mastery: Held XP is not correctly generating/is low in match summary.
• Graphics: Not enough shaders loading in at boot, occasionally results in stutters and/or missing textures or models (affects both DX11 and DX12).
• Welcome Pass: Players were getting stuck at Level 39 or not being awarded final rewards. A hotfix went out for this earlier this week.

The innovations don’t stop there as Apex Legends also delivers Respawn Beacons, one-time use locations where defeated teammates can be revived, a contextual Ping communication system that allows players to call out enemies, weapons, locations and more with the push of a button, and an intelligent inventory system which automatically attaches gear and equipment to the appropriate weapons once players pick them up. All together it creates a battle royale experience unlike any other, complete with Respawn’s commitment to top-notch quality and fun.

Apex Legends is now available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.