March 26, 2024 Patch

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March 26, 2024 Patch
Shadow Society.png
Shadow Society.svg Shadow Society Event.
Version number 20.1
Previous patch March 13, 2024 Patch
Next patch N/A


The March 26, 2024 Patch is a major patch, introducing a Collection Event in Apex Legends.

New Content

  • New Event: Shadow Society.svg Shadow Society, running from March 26 to April 9
  • New LTM: Lockdown
  • New cosmetic type: Apex Artifacts, Mythic-grade Melee Weapon Skins equippable by all Legends
  • New Apex Artifact: Cobalt Katar


Balance Updates

Care Package[note 1]


Weapon Spawn Rates


Weapons

EVA-8 Auto Icon.svg EVA-8[note 3]
  • Blast pattern tightened
  • Initial projectile size increased
  • Improved handling
  • Reduce ammo reserves to 64 (was 96)


Rampage LMG Icon.svg Rampage[note 4]
  • Energize time slightly reduced to better match the animation


Wingman Icon.svg Wingman[note 5]
  • Ammo Reserves decreased to 72 (was 90)
  • Can no longer equip the 1x Digital Threat
  • Optic is no longer locked and can be replaced


Legends

Ballistic Icon.svg Ballistic[note 6]


Bangalore Icon.svg Bangalore[note 7]


Bloodhound Icon.svg Bloodhound


Caustic Icon.svg Caustic[note 8]
  • Gas Damage now increases by 1 each tick (was 5/5/6/6 etc.)
    • Downed players still only receive 5/tick
  • Gas Slow effect now only applies on first damage tick for 2s
  • Upgrades


Conduit Icon.svg Conduit[note 9]
  • Radiant Transfer.svg Radiant Transfer
    • Cooldown Increased to 31s (was 26)
    • Regen Interruption delay time increased to 2s (was 1)


Fuse Icon.svg Fuse


Lifeline Icon.svg Lifeline[note 10]
  • Upgrades: Level 2
    • File:Tactical Cooldown+ (Lifeline).svg Tactical Cooldown+: removed
    • NEW Tactical Cooldown++ (Lifeline).svg Tactical Cooldown++: Tactical Cooldown reduced by 25s (making the cooldown time equal to its deployment duration, so you always have D.O.C. Heal Drone.svg DOC)
  • Upgrades: Level 3
    • File:Gift Wrapped.svg Gift Wrapped: removed
    • NEW Gold-Plated.svg Gold-Plated: next Package spawns with Golden Gear
      • EVO Cache, Gold Knockdown Shield, Gold Backpack
      • Also contains 1 Shield Battery, 1 Medkit, and either a Phoenix Kit or a Mobile Respawn Beacon


Octane Icon.svg Octane


Pathfinder Icon.svg Pathfinder


Revenant Icon.svg Revenant[note 11]


Seer Icon.svg Seer[note 12]


Wraith Icon.svg Wraith[note 13]


Maps

Map Rotation


Modes

NEW File:Lockdown.svg Lockdown


Three Strikes Updates
  • Revive time reduced to 2.0s
  • Players revived with 100% health and 0% shields
  • New minimum guaranteed loot system - ensures you respawn with a competitive version of your loadout and inventory.


Mixtape
  • Control.svg Control: Players respawning on the Mobile Respawn Beacon enter a skydive when they exit the dropship ( instead of free falling down as they previously did )
  • Kill Replay
    • Now show hitmarkers and damage numbers
    • Round-winning replays now show the killer's banner
  • NEW Map: Monument


World Systems

EVO Harvester
  • Changed sound fx that play for both the player and their teammates collecting EVO
  • Removed problematic spawn locations on Storm Point near map edges


EVO Rewards
  • Changed for respawning and reviving teammates to prevent exploitation
  • Changed for scanning Ring Console.svg Ring Consoles to prevent excess EVO gain


Wildlife & NPC


Stability, Performance, Bug Fixes

General
  • Dynamic resolution scaling no longer incorrectly decreases resolution on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S which could cause a blurry image especially in Performance Mode
  • Kill Replay
    • Fixed issues with phantom healing UI displaying in round-winning Kill Replays
    • Fixed some issues with flickering and mispredictions on some weapons when firing
    • No longer crashes client with some weapons while firing
  • Mirage Icon.svg Mirage's Heirloom "Too Much Witt" correctly shows its name in kill feed and death recap
  • No longer lower the loot quality within the Icarus ship's vault if Solar Array is the Hot Zone
  • Ranked: placement now appears consistently after player or squad is wiped
  • Resolved performance hitches after playing a plethora of games back-to-back
  • Wattson Icon.svg Wattson's Perimeter Security.svg pylons are now properly interrupted by large doors
  • World's Edge: resolved invisible collision issue at Monument preventing shooting


Legends


Quality of Life

  • Ammo loaded into extended magazines will now be refunded to the player if the extended magazine is removed
  • Crypto Icon.svg Crypto: new VO line when Surveillance Drone.svg drone is destroyed by the environment instead of another player
  • Default Legend pick (whoever you were in Lobby) now shows as your selection to teammates unless you hover over another legend
  • NEW Firing Range options
    • Dummy Highlights On/Off
    • Lock Legend Upgrades
  • Jumpmaster selection updated to make it less likely that you're the jumpmaster if you're under level 5 or were the Jumpmaster last match
  • Reduced FPS stuttering
  • Reactives now appear at the top of lists and have a shimmer effect


Undocumented Changes

TBA


Developer Notes

  1. ↑ Over the seasons, we've been improving the lethality of crate weapons to increase excitement and usefulness. This has led to early Care Package weapons feeling disproportionately strong, so we've decided to push them to later in the game rather than pulling back on their strength. Offering gold weapons in their stead keeps the early drops relevant but not as dominant.
  2. ↑ Normalizing these spawn rates should smooth out the looting experience and ammo economy across maps when it comes to weapon variety. Ex. the 30-30 had a higher spawn chance than a Triple Take in high tier zones—they now have the same spawn chance in high tier zones.
  3. ↑ We're satisfied with how the EVA-8 is performing in very close quarters combat, but it falls a bit short just outside of barrel-stuff range. We hope an improvement to its blast pattern, projectile size, and handling speed will round out its place as a CQC monster.
  4. ↑ The Rampage LMG energize time was slightly misaligned with the buff kicking in, resulting in unintentional interruptions right as it was about to finish. This adjustment tightens all that up.
  5. ↑ At the start of the season, we locked the optic to the 1x HCOG as a stop-gap fix to remove the Digital Threat from the Wingman. Digi on Wingman represents an immense power spike, and our preference is to keep the power of the Wingman in the weapon and not the optic.
  6. ↑ Ballistic didn't receive the full suite of upgrades we wanted to give him on launch, and these upgrades won't be his last. Decoupling Extra Bullet and Lasting Bullet (alongside the addition of Speedy Whistler) creates more versatility with the Tactical on a Legend that's more one-dimensional than some.
  7. ↑ Bangalore's smoke has been dominant for a while now. We thought about reducing smoke charges, but keeping two with a shorter lifetime encourages more plays with the smoke than longer plays IN the smoke (limiting its omnipresence in fights). Adding the Tactical Cooldown in place of the Ultimate Cooldown promotes a more meaningful choice between two core components of her kit. The Cover Me tracking potential was doing more work than intended, especially through smoke, so we've dialed this back to point you in the right direction rather than provide perfect positional info.
  8. ↑ Caustic's Particle Diffuser upgrade makes it much harder for players to escape his larger gas cloud and getting that early in game could be quite oppressive. We've moved this upgrade to spike his power in the late game specifically. The goal of the gas changes is to create more counterplay options when playing around gas; dipping in and out of it should still be punished with the Gas Slow, but moving within it is now a possibility for willing test subjects as long as they don't experiment for too long.
  9. ↑ Ahh yes, Revenant's best friend Octane Conduit. She continues to be a strong pick, given her ability to maintain pressure by supporting aggressive allies in flights. Part of the counterplay is to interrupt her shield regen with damage, but we are seeing that it's all too easy to evade briefly and have the regen kick back in almost immediately. Increasing this delay not only stops the regen for longer, it also cuts into the overall duration of the regen and its potential healing—making it more possible to combat her total healing output.
  10. ↑ Gift Wrapped was a pretty strong choice that revived a lacking Support pick in higher levels of play. However, it didn't feel entirely on brand for our combat medic and it led to some issues controlling the power spike and frequency of Care Package weapons. We've replaced this with a more deterministic draw for gold items that Lifeline can use to support her squad. Rapid Response was also a popular choice; let's see if a cooldown-free DOC makes this decision more interesting.
  11. ↑ Revenant has been a powerful contender in Ranked for a few seasons. This change aims to reduce the frequency of his Ultimate and pushes using late game upgrades to improve his Tactical (instead of giving him more frequent movement in his most powerful state). Agile Assassin was a cautious addition at launch, knowing the power of Revenant. However, it required too small of a window to take advantage of the minor charge-time improvement it gave to be viable, so it has been removed.
  12. ↑ Seer's upgrades were seeing one-sided pushes to regain his lost range and scan duration, and Tactical upgrades didn't change how hard the ability is to land consistently. These changes push Seer to make a choice on his Ultimate early on, and then tap into one direction of his Tactical in the late game—which has been adjusted to hit more frequently.
  13. ↑ Wraith was one of a couple legends with a Level 3 Ultimate related cooldown option, but this didn't give her enough time to maximize the Ult's effectiveness as a rotational tool in earlier stages of the game. Swapping this with her Tactical Cooldown now makes our interdimensional skirmisher's choices less one-dimensional as you now have to choose between Tactical improvements.
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