The Apex Legends season 27 patch notes shifts the meta toward close range chaos, adds a major Olympus revamp, and brings big legend tune ups. Valkyrie returns to the skies with reworked jets, Rampart fortifies with smarter walls, and Horizon regains some mobility power. New loot like the Double Tap Alternator and Gold Laser Sight push pistols and SMGs, while Tridents 2.0 transform rotation play.
Note: we’ve previously covered parts of the info bits released by Respawn over the past week for the Apex Legends season 27: Amped, this article will cover all the changes to the best of our ability, and will be updated.
Guns & New bundles will have its own articles.
Anti-cheat update
Respawn launched a new bot detection model in early October. Over two weeks more than 1,000 bot accounts were banned, mostly on Windows PC and Nintendo Switch. Reports for afk and abandonment decreased and the team will keep iterating.
Audio updates
A new Focused mix lets you prioritize combat clarity. A threat aware system adds contextual mixing, multiband sidechain compression lifts enemy footsteps, and transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces sound smoother. Telemetry improvements help track rare audio failures.
You can read more about the Apex Legends new audio system here.
Game stability
RProf now runs on production servers to profile slow segments that only appear at scale. This allows faster diagnosis of server hitches and targeted fixes throughout the season.
New feature: Wishlist
You can guide drops on select packs. Pick 5 Legends and 2 Weapons. If a pack rolls a Wishlist enabled item, at least one drop will be from your chosen Legends or Weapons at the noted rarity. You get 5 free edits each season, then additional edits cost 500 Legend Tokens.
How does Apex Legends whishlist work
Here’s how it worked, courtesy of Respawn:
- Pick 5 Legends and 2 Weapons to add to your Wishlist
- Depending on the pack Wishlist may only impact items of a certain rarity (specific rarity tier will be noted)
- If the pack drops a Wishlist-enabled item you are guaranteed at least one item from your chosen Legends
- All selections must be valid for Wishlist to be Active. A selection is valid as long as you don’t own 100% of the items for that Legend or Weapon Class from the Apex Pack Pool
- If a Wishlist is Inactive or Unavailable at the time of opening a Wishlist-enabled pack, the items will instead draw from the generic Apex Pack pool.
New: Amped Seasonal Pack
This season long pack is Wishlist enabled and can drop the new Bird of Prey Mythic R-99, new Legendary cosmetics, and an Epic tier Wishlist activation tied to your picks. You can earn up to 5 Amped Seasonal Packs through challenges and free Battle Pass tracks.
Balance updates
Care package rotation
Triple Take returns to floor loot. C.A.R. SMG moves into the care package
Gold weapon rotation
Alternator SMG, G7 Scout, Havoc, Bocek Compound Bow, Akimbo Mozambique.
Game updates
- Extended supply bins and weapon supply bins
- Icons return to the minimap and full map.
Arsenals
- Ammo bricks now grant full stacks of the applicable ammo type.
Replicators
- New craftable Arrow Bundle that fully replenishes arrows on one Bocek when you are holding a Bocek and it is not already full.
Mantle Boost
Season 27 introduces Mantle Boost, a new addition to the advanced movement system. If players time their climb perfectly while mantling a ledge, they’ll gain a burst of forward momentum, letting them reposition faster or dive directly into a fight.
Mantle Boost is Apex’s official take on the community-created Superglide, offering a similar experience that’s easier to perform while keeping the high-skill ceiling intact.
Adjustable on-screen timing indicators make learning this mechanic simple for new and experienced players alike.
Heat Shields update
Heat Shields are removed from core br modes including Trios and Duos.
Tridents 2.0
Foundational improvements
Tighter collision, updated model and textures, separate damage to occupants and vehicle, Trident health set to 800, vehicle can be destroyed, high speed impacts damage enemies, boost meter replaces single use boost, camera and controls are more responsive.
New movement features
Jump from the ground, glide while airborne with slow altitude loss, steer freely, and boost while gliding.
New healing and spawning features
Auto healing restores Trident health out of combat, destroyed Tridents auto respawn at original spawns after a delay.
The ui shows Trident health and damage states. Control mappings are updated.
Legend changes
Valkyrie
VTOL Jets
- Recharge delay reduced to 2.5 seconds, recharge time reduced to about 3 seconds, fuel recharges on ground contact, emp drains fuel.
- Horizontal and vertical speeds increased with extra vertical when going straight up.
- Initial half second burst is slower. Total fuel reduced from 8 to 6 seconds and initial consumption slightly increased.
Missile Swarm
- Self damage and self stun removed.
- On hit grants a 1.5 second full body scan and puts movement passives on cooldown like other emp effects. Cooldown reduced to 25 seconds, vertical clearance restriction removed, missile pathing improved, max range increased to about 125 meters.
Skyward Dive and skydive
- Launch height increased by 15 percent, cooldown reduced to 2.5 minutes, takeoff delays shortened, self cancel penalty removed, damage penalty reduced.
- Tactical can be fired while skydiving and you land faster near the ground.
Upgrades
- Level 2 moves Eyes in the Sky here and expands Full Coverage.
- Level 3 adds Supersonic for faster ultimate launch and reworks Aerial Expert to boost horizontal jet speed, handling, and fuel efficiency.
Rampart
Battle Modder
- Walls gain permanent health per Evo Level.
Amped Cover
- Adds a shielded roof. Damage dealt through the shield or received by the wall charges it.
- Teammates who vault the wall consume stored charge for a sprint speed boost. Walls can store up to 300 damage which equals a 15 second boost at full charge and the boost is granted to nearby teammates if the wall is destroyed.
- Stored charge is 25 percent from damage to the wall and 100 percent from damage through the shield.
- Sprint only. Wall health while building reduced, frag grenade damage multiplier increased, arc star multiplier normalized.
- Battle Modder raises wall and shield health per Evo Level.
Upgrades
- Level 2 replaces Bandolier with Combat Reserve for bigger ammo stacks, extra grenade slots, and red weapon supply bin access, and adds Locked and Loaded for faster reloads and infinite ammo behind intact Amped Cover
- Level 3 adds Rebuild Module so Amped Cover regenerates health and rebuilds the shield after time out of damage.
Horizon
Gravity Lift
- Lift speed increased, hover time increased, cooldown reduced, and cooldown now starts sooner after use.
Black Hole
- Cooldown reduced and health increased.
Upgrades
- Level 2 adds Gravity Boots to fast fall in air and Newt Scoot to glide after exiting Gravity Lift.
- Level 3 adds Knock Expert to grant tactical charge on knocks.
Revenant
- Shadow Pounce maximum velocity reduced to shorten surprise engagement distances.
Loot and attachments
Amps
- Overflow Healer rate reduced.
- Infinite Ammo and Over Armor can appear as early game floor loot.
- Assault bins can roll Over Armor amps.
Gold Laser Sight
A new Gold tier fits SMGs and pistols, improves ground and aerial hipfire, and adds reverse hipfire that tightens spread under sustained fire.
Locked Hop-Ups
- Double Tap Trigger is now a 375 point unlock for the Alternator.
- Accelerator is removed from the G7 Scout, Flatline, and C.A.R. Skull Piercer is removed from the 30-30, Wingman, and Longbow. Graffiti Mod moves to Mozambique and Wingman.
- Gun Shield Generator moves to the Triple Take.
- Selectfire Receiver on Charge Rifle costs 450 points to unlock.
Weapons
LMG
- Reverse hipfire is removed from all LMGs except L-STAR, with reduced hipfire spread to compensate and reticles restored to the original plus design.
Marksman
- All Marksman weapons get smaller projectiles, lower launch speed, and a reduced headshot multiplier.
- The 30-30 headshot nerf remains. The Bocek now accepts a 2x-4x aog scope.
- Triple Take floor loot damage is 22 per pellet with a slower choke and faster hipfire rate.
Pistols
- P2020 care package version fires faster and holds 26 rounds.
- RE-45 Burst gained recoil improvements and a larger purple mag in a previous hotfix.
Shotguns
- Peacekeeper full burst damage drops to 99, choke slows, rechamber returns to 1.1 seconds, and clip size is 5.
SMGs
- Alternator damage rises to 19.
- Magazine sizes shift with 26 on blue and 30 on purple and gold.
- Double Tap Alternator fires both barrels at once with a lower fire rate and 15 damage per bullet.
- C.A.R. care package version adds the Galvanic Gavel hop-up that swaps between Disruptor and Hammerpoint rounds, starts on Disruptor, bumps mag to 30, and speeds the swap reload.
- Prowler now repeats bursts while holding the trigger with a slightly longer burst delay.
- Volt gets a larger close range projectile size.
Snipers
- All sniper projectiles are reduced in size.
- Charge Rifle maximum damage falls to 99 and Selectfire damage reduction increases, with distance scaling starting farther out.
Maps
Olympus
- New and reworked pois include Somers University replacing Orbital Cannon with Elysium moved nearby, Gravity Engine replacing Energy Depot, Stabilizer replacing Docks, and a new Dockyard.
- Many open rotations gain cover near Phase Driver, Oasis, Clinic, Hammond Labs, and Estates. Hammond Labs gains tunnels, more cover, and a new jump tower.
- Rift gets a central camp, extra cover, a Horizon Lift replaces the vacuum, and a new camp toward Gardens.
- Grow Towers replaces the third tower with buildings and tunnels and adds a jump tower.
- Turbine gains new rotation options and anti gatekeep structures.
- Carrier opens its chokepoint with two extra doors.
- Phase Driver’s loot cooldown rises to 90 seconds.
- Bonsai Plaza adds more ziplines. Many Trident barriers are removed.
Pubs and Ranked rotation
- Olympus, Broken Moon, and World’s Edge are in rotation.
Mixtape
- From November 4, 2025 to January 5, 2026
- Team Deathmatch: Skull Town, Thunderdome, Fragment, Estates
- Control: Barometer, Labs, Production Yard, Lava Siphon
- Gun Run: Estates, Skull Town, Zeus, Thunderdome
Wildcard
- Wildcard runs November 4 to November 18 with Kings Canyon.
- Wild Cards are now permanently active in matches even without a live event.
- Active cards include Extra Ordnance, Drone Support, Smoke Out, High Velocity, Status Report, Speedy Charge, Recharger, Fast Draw, and Monstrous Strength.
Highlight on enemy elimination
- Highlights now trigger only when one enemy remains, do not trigger on manual bleed out, and last 2.5 seconds.
Shield cells
- Carry limit increases from 12 to 15 and more cells spawn with less ammo to compensate.
Gold 1x Digital Threat
- The Gold 1x Digital Threat sight returns as a rare loot spawn for SMGs, shotguns, and pistols.
Wild Cards balance
- Recharger sprint recharge rate is reduced and the Wallrunning initial speed gain is reduced.
Mythic weapon rotation
- Leaving: L-STAR, Devotion LMG, Hemlok, R-99, Peacekeeper
- Returning: Kraber, Triple Take, Wingman, Prowler, P2020 Akimbo, Rampage LMG with auto rev, G7 Scout with Double Tap and sniper scopes
- New: C.A.R.
Ranked
Scoring tuning
- Kill Point values increase across the board.
- For example, 1st now grants 22 rp per kill, 2nd grants 20, 3rd grants 18, 4th and 5th grant 16, down to 6 rp for 16th to 20th.
- Challenger bonuses increase to 20, 30, and 40 percent for one, two, or three tier gaps.
Drop Zones loot overhaul
- Ranked drop zone pois have fairer loot without inflating total map spawns.
- Variance is reduced and distribution is evened out.
- These changes apply only to Ranked.
Ranked ladders
- Ladder windows run from November 13, 2025 to February 8, 2026 across twelve weekend events.
Ranked challenges
- The requirement for the Ranked Ladder Champion Dive Trail drops from three completions to two.
Bug fixes
Wildcard
Players can no longer chain revives to outlast the ring.
Locked Hop-Ups
Firing Range functionality and ui issues are fixed, and Ballistic sling interactions are corrected.
Ranked
You can now remove pings in the prematch preview.
Misc
- An infinite ammo amp respawn inventory bug is fixed.
- Retro pack counters update correctly.
- Skydive emote breadcrumbs are placed on the correct Legend.
- Health bars render properly through windows, and a see through wall near Artillery is fixed.
Legends
- Valkyrie green color correction while skydiving is fixed.
- Rampart camera jitter while walking into Amped Cover is fixed.
- Catalyst double threat indicators on Piercing Spikes are resolved.
- Gibraltar passive arm shield damage text is corrected.
- Newcastle Castle Wall no longer hits through floors and walls.
Quality of life changes
Requeue with squad
After a match solo queuers and parties can opt to play again together without returning to the lobby. This does not create a friends relationship and is session only.
UX and UI
Legend and weapon skin locker views gain a hide ui button. Square button widgets in the lobby are standardized.
Misc
A push to talk toggle option is added. Ranked gets announcer vo for your selected drop zone, with a few exceptions.
Engine
PC
Model and texture loading is improved on integrated graphics such as Intel Iris Xe and a Handheld or Compact ui option is added under settings to improve play on pc handheld devices.
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