- Throws a device which creates a 30 meter cylinder above it. Players that enter the cylinder are lifted upwards.
- Players inside the lift can move horizontally. Exiting boosts the player upwards and outwards.
- Players that reach the top will hover there for 0.5 seconds, then be ejected.
- Stays active for 10 seconds.
- Cooldown starts after 10 seconds. (If the Gravity Lift is immediately activated, the cooldown starts when the ability ends.)
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This article concerns the subject and the content related to it in Apex Legends. For the subject in Apex Legends Mobile, see Horizon (Mobile). For the background of the subject in Apex Legends universe, see Horizon (character). |
| Horizon |
|---|
|
| Gravitational Manipulator | |
| Details | |
| Real Name | Dr. Mary Somers |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 39 (Give or take another 87 years...) |
| Homeworld | Psamathe |
| Gameplay | |
| Class |  Skirmisher
|
| Tactical Ability |  Gravity Lift
|
| Passive Ability |  Spacewalk
|
| Ultimate Ability |  Black Hole
|
| Real-world Info | |
| Voice Actor | Elle Newlands [1] |
| Added | Nov 04, 2020 |
| “ | Don't watch, wee N.E.W.T. Yer maw's about to get a little unlady like. |
Horizon is a Skirmisher Legend who was introduced in 
Season 7. Specializing in vertical movement, she can use her Gravity Lift to ascend easily and her Spacewalk to better control her descent. She can also throw out a Black Hole to pull in fleeing enemies.
Horizon can be unlocked using digital currency: either 
12,000 Legend Tokens or 
750 Apex Coins.
Abilities
Gravity Lift
|
Tactical | Q/  / /
|
|---|---|---|
| Gravity Lift | ||
| Description | Reverses the flow of gravity, lifting players upward and boosting them outward when they exit. | |
| Cooldown | 25 seconds | |
- Can be destroyed by Wattson’s
Interception Pylon. - Can also lift Tridents.
- Can bend the trajectory of ordnances, causing them to be lifted as well.
- Aside from helping your squad reach high ground, you can also use it to disorient enemies by throwing it under their feet.
- Gravity Lift can block off doorways and corridors. Make sure not to block off yourself or your teammates.
- You can use Gravity Lift to Launch your knocked teammates to safer locations. Make sure to toss your Gravity Lift away from your knocked teammate so they don't go in an unintended direction.
- It can stick to the top of Gibraltar’s
Dome of Protection.
Spacewalk
|
Passive | |
|---|---|---|
| Spacewalk | ||
| Description | Increase air control and reduce fall impacts with Horizon’s custom spacesuit. | |
- Horizon experiences no landing shock from landing after a long fall.
- If Horizon lands while crouching, she will immediately transition into a slide.
- Horizon makes quicker turns in mid-air.
- Horizon's greater air control allows her to strafe out of the pre-determined launch paths of Gravity Cannons or Octane's
Launch Pad.
- Unlike other legends, if you are falling down a shaft with a zipline, Horizon does not have to grab the zipline to avoid a fall stun.
Black Hole
|
Ultimate | Z/ +  / +  / + 
|
|---|---|---|
| Black Hole | ||
| Description | Deploy N.E.W.T. to create a micro black hole that pulls players in towards it. | |
| Charge time | 3.5 minutes | |
- Throws a low-gravity device. 2 seconds after landing, players in a [10] meter radius are pulled towards the device.
- Lasts 12 seconds.
- N.E.W.T. has 175 HP and can be destroyed to cancel the pull.
- N.E.W.T. is susceptible to friendly damage.
- Enemies are highlighted if their position is behind the N.E.W.T.
- Can be destroyed by Wattson's Interception Pylon and Crypto’s
Drone EMP. - Can change the speed and trajectory of Caustic's
Nox Gas Grenade. - Takes 50% more damage from explosives.
- Doors within its radius will be destroyed.
- Try to combine the black hole with area-of-effect attacks like Grenades, Caustic's Nox Gas Grenade and Fuse's
The Motherlode. - If you yourself are caught in the black hole, you can either use mobility abilities, such as Wraith's
Into the Void, or destroy it to escape the black hole.
- Can destroy Wraith’s
Dimensional Rift if at least one side of the portal is within range of N.E.W.T. This is maybe due to some geometry on Olympus. - In very rare cases, the ability can get deflected by Bloodhound's
Eye of the Allfather, even though the scan should be a visual effect.
Perks
| Perk | Effects |
|---|---|
 Skirmisher |
|
Upgrades
Level 2 Upgrades - Unlocked at 450 EVO
- Battery Collection: See a Shield Battery counter above Death Boxes.
- Big Bang: See ordnance through walls and deathboxes.
Level 3 Upgrades - Unlocked at 1800 EVO
- Tactical Cooldown: Reduce Gravity Lift cooldown by 5 seconds. (25 sec → 20 sec)
- Ultimate Cooldown: Reduce Black Hole cooldown by 30 seconds. (210 sec → 180 sec)
Lore
| “ | Almost a century ago, the Outlands were dangling on the edge of a cataclysmic energy crisis. Dr. Mary Somers, a charmingly eccentric astrophysicist, was hired to find a solution. Mary moved her family to the scientific research station on Olympus and set to work. With the help of her apprentice, Dr. Reid, Mary discovered Branthium - an element she was convinced could be the key to limitless energy. But Branthium can be found only on the accretion disk of a black hole, so Mary and Dr. Reid departed on a dangerous mission to prove her theory right.
Mary promised her son Newton she’d return safe and sound. But Dr. Reid betrayed her, stealing the Branthium and sending her shuttle into the black hole’s orbit. Using her wits, Mary modified her robotic vacuum companion N.E.W.T. to escape. But time moves differently on the outskirts of a black hole, and she was 87 years too late. From that day on, she had one goal: to find a way to get back to her son. She joined the Apex Games as Horizon, master of gravity, to fund her research on time distortion and fluctuation. Her first foray into the Games was on Olympus, where her old life once was and where she had promised to return. That wasn't the only part of her old life that found her again - a certain research assistant, older and now much more metallic, has darkened Dr. Somers' door. |
For more information on Horizon's story, see Horizon (character).
Cosmetic Items
Skins
There are a total of 75 Legend skins for Horizon; 2 Iconic, 23 Legendary, 13 Epic, 21 Rare and 16 Common.
Hidden Blossoms
Flower Girl
Solaris
1,200
Terra Nova
1,200
Dark Matter
1,200
Golden Boson
1,200
Overfloater 1,200
Neon Stardust
Supermassive
Needs Dark Matter
Galactic Guardian
Biotic Luminary
Level 50
Brave Hero
Needs Terra Nova
Jewel of Olympus
Rising Storm
Atom Heart Mother
Brood Mother
Phoenix Rising
Biophysic
Singularity Specialist
Level 50
Deep Space Scientist
Lethal Lass
Brood Anomaly
Spectral Slayer
Player Three
- Prying Eye Horizon.png
Prying Eye
Daemon Hunter
400
Fiber Optics
400
Hack the System
400
Heat Sync
400
User Friendly
400
Cosmic Hitchhiker 400
Absolute Zero
High Polish
Anya's Armor
Level 1
Below Zero
Thermodynamic
Inverse Polarity
Pinstriped Professional
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Brain Candy
60
Collider
60
Death Adder
60
Dire Wolf
60
Disruptor
60
Field Trip
60
High Frequency
60
Hypothesis
60
Life Cycle
60
Prowess
60
Racing Stripes
60
Royal Decree
60
Sizzle Reel
60
Superunknown
60
Woodland Warfare
60
Copper Constellation
Level 01
Inverse Polarity
November 2020
Flux Capacity
Hieroglyph Heroics
Porcelain Powered
Season 10
Ornamental Orbit
Original
Default
Arctic
30
Cardinal
30
Clearwater
30
Evergreen
30
Flamingo
30
Hydro
30
Limelight
30
Mandarin
30
Midnight
30
Orchid
30
Rage
30
Sahara
30
Skyward
30
Vino
30
Yellowjacket
30
Finishers
Main article: Finisher
All Charged Up
DefaultEvent Horizon
1,200
First Law
1,200
Heirloom Set
Main article: Heirloom
File:Horizon Heirloom Set.png
Horizon Heirloom Set
The set contains:
- A Melee Weapon Skin: Gravity Maw
- A Banner Pose: Scientific Method
- An Intro Quip: "When you see me, you'll know it's the end. Or a new beginning. It's all relative, really.".
Emotes
Main article: Emote
- Lighter than Air - 1,200
- Mom Dance - 1,200
- Inspiration - 400
Oh Behave - Level 12
Great Minds Recline - Level 64- Hover Pen - Default
Skydive Emotes
Main article: Skydive Emote
- Game Time
Level 51 
Black Swan Dive
Level 92
The Cool Mom
Level 90
Banner Frames
Astrodial Mischief
1,200
Caffeinated Chemistry
1,200
Lost In Space
1,200
NEWT's Cradle
1,200
Station Commander
1,200
Ensnared Escape 400
Precious Cargo
Level 52
Lush Landing
Level 58
Cosmic Canyon
Level 79
Xenothrone
Gravity Grooves
Level 97
Gravity Vortex
Level 56
Eldritch Horror
Cosmic Horror
Crystal Charge
Star Struck
Level 11
Containment Unit
60
Don't Try This At Home
60
Energy Investigation
60
First Class
60
Gravitational Pull
60
Foreign Contaminant 60
Good Fortune
Season 10
Rookie Card
Default
A Friend Indeed
30
Starshine
30
Tessellate
30
Universal Blueprint
30
Banner Poses
Scientific Method
Agent NV5A
400
Nailed It
400
One Small Step
400
Tropical Menagerie 400
Working Together
400
Dream Catcher
60
Epiphany
60
Head In The Clouds
60
Hyperfixated
60
Little Newtie
60
Perfect Partnership
60
Projectile Accelerator
60
To The Stars
60
Uplifting Experience
60
Ready For Launch
Default
Holosprays
Main article: Holospray
There's Research Afoot
1,200
A Bit Of A Float
400
Best Buddy
400
Field Work
400
I Need A Tea Break
400
Not An Exact Science
400
Science Time!
400
Time For Bold Action
400
A Promise To Keep
Level 49
Wee Marvel of Science
Level 57
Meets Immovable Object
Level 36
My Newtie's Hungry Today
Level 57
Voice lines
See: Horizon/Voice lines
History
Patches
| Patch notes |
|
Development
- Originally, Horizon was a character named Firebug with fire-based abilities and was a germaphobe.[3]
- She was also said to be an evil genius CEO-type similar to Lex Luthor.[4] Interestingly, there was another datamined Legend named Downfall who had the title "Populist Pyromaniac". This was later revealed to be one of the possible legends Jackson Williams could have been tied to before being shelved.[5].
- Horizon's character was created by the Respawn writer Sam Gill who wrote all her dialogue.[6][7] Her short "Promise" was written by Amanda Doiron, and it was one of the first things she wrote when she started at Respawn.[8]
- Horizon is named after Mary Somerville.[9]
- In "The Broken Ghost" quest, Ash recites some lines from Horizon. Lifeline comments Ash "tried to be a 'wee bit' Scottish."
- At the end of the Season 6 gameplay trailer, Kuben Blisk says "Something big is on the horizon."
- In "The First Ship" quest, Kuben Blisk tells Ash that "an old friend of hers is back", with Horizon resurfacing at almost the same time. Season 11's quest Chapter 1 confirms that Blisk was indeed referring to Horizon.
- On October 13, 2020, the first set of gravity lifts, that were placed around Kings Canyon and World's Edge at the start of
Season 6, began to activate. Horizon asks the player to meet her in the Firing Range to do some tests for her. After completing the "A Wee Experiment" challenges, Horizon introduces herself as Dr. Mary Somers, a.k.a. Horizon. The player is given the Horizon's Test Subject badge.
- On the same day, the Apex Legends Champion Edition Trailer was released which teases a new Legend for Season 7 and Horizon's silhouette. When the trailer promotes that the Edition unlocks "9 Legends," Horizon can be seen to the right of the banners in the background, between Rampart and Revenant's heads.
- On October 19th, 2020, the Apex Legends Twitter account tweeted a transmission from Horizon of her saying "branthium" (which was also mentioned by Ash at the end of "The Broken Ghost").
- On October 21st, 2020, the Apex Legends Twitter account tweeted another transmission from Horizon. This time she says "...a wee bit of betrayal...eh, dearie? I was so daft." (These lines were said by Ash at the end of "The Broken Ghost")
- On October 23rd, 2020, the Apex Legends Twitter account tweeted a third transmission from Horizon. She reveals that she is on a ship and has been off-world for 5 months but is scared to do the math for how long that would mean back home (due to time dilation). She is working on how to fuse the branthium without critical mass. She also wonders what "he" is doing.
- On October 26th, 2020, "Promise" was released.
- On October 28th, 2020, the Season 7 Launch Trailer was released.
- On October 30th, 2020, the Season 7 Gameplay Trailer was released.
Trivia
- Horizon's black hole ability is similar to the Gravity Star from Titanfall 2.
- At the end of Season 7, players who played Horizon were able to re-route the Phase Runner by activating the panel at Hammond Labs. It would take them to a secret inaccessible area at Bonsai Plaza, to hear a message from Newton, as well as earn some free rewards. Upon completion of the message, the Phase Runner would take the player to Rift Aftermath as normal. (This can only be done once per match by anyone.)
- Her All Charged Up finisher is the only finisher to have ever been changed, as, in the 8.1 Update, the time to complete the finisher was increased from 4.21 seconds to 6 seconds and added a little more animation in the beginning. This is because the finisher was faster than other legends’ finishers before the change, even Pathfinder's Hi-5 finisher, the current fastest finisher in the game, making it one of the most powerful finishers in the game.
Gallery
- Videos
- Images
A photograph of Horizon and Newton.
![Concept art by Brett Marting.[10]](/images/thumb/5/54/Horizon_Concept_Art_1.jpg/150px-Horizon_Concept_Art_1.jpg)
Concept art by Brett Marting.[10]
![Concept art by Brett Marting.[10]](/images/thumb/6/6e/Horizon_Concept_Art_2.jpg/150px-Horizon_Concept_Art_2.jpg)
Concept art by Brett Marting.[10]
Concept art from Ashes to Ash.
![Concept art by Brett Marting.[10]](/wiki/File:Horizon_Concept_Art_1.jpg)
![Concept art by Brett Marting.[10]](/wiki/File:Horizon_Concept_Art_2.jpg)
References
- ↑ Respawn on Twitter
- ↑ Respawn on Twitter (2022-08-09). "One more change that didn't quite make it into the patch notes: ...".
- ↑ Horizon was originally a Fire Type, and this was what it was like (Apex Legends)
- ↑ Apex’s Horizon went from an “evil genius CEO” with fire abilities to an endearingly odd scientist who slings black holes
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tommiecas/status/1518699930914676736
- ↑ Amanda Doiron on Twitter
- ↑ Amanda Doiron on Twitter
- ↑ Amanda Doiron on Twitter
- ↑ RV-YaBoiBrian on Reddit
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 ArtStation - Apex Legends, Brett Marting
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