October 31, 2023 Patch

October 31, 2023 Patch

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Version number	19.0
Previous patch	October 02, 2023 Patch
Next patch	November 20, 2023 Patch

The October 31, 2023 Patch is a major patch introducing the nineteenth Season of Apex Legends.

New Content

• New legend: Conduit
• Several changes to Storm Point
• Cross Progression
• Notifications in kill feed when a player is banned via anti-cheat systems

Weapon balance changes

Crafting Rotation

• RE-45 and 30-30 Repeater leave the crafter and are back on the floor
• R-301 and Volt enter the crafter
• Boosted Loader removed from crafting rotation
• Digital Threat optic removed from crafting rotation
• Hammerpoint Rounds added to crafting rotation

L-STAR EMG

• Returned to ground loot
• Removed Disruptor Rounds
• Projectile size reduced
• Improved recoil pattern
• Reduced randomness in the early part of the recoil pattern
• Damage increased to 17 (was 16)
• Barrel attachment improved to match other weapons

Wingman

• Now in the care package
• New hop-up - Skullpiercer Elite: ignores helmet headshot damage reduction
• Boosted Loader hop-up attached
• Base damage increased to 50 (was 45)
• Projectile size increased
• 110 ammo

30-30 Repeater

• Increased hipfire spread

Bocek Compound Bow

• Faster initial draw speed
• Select Fire button now toggles Shatter Caps
• Tightened Shatter Caps blast pattern

Charge Rifle

• Improved bullet drop ballistics
• Increased projectile size

Hemlok Burst AR

• Damage reduced to 21 (was 22)

Longbow DMR

• Increased projectile size

Sentinel

• Increased Amped Shot projectile size

Care Packages

• Care Packages will now always have 1 weapon at all stages of the game

Gold Weapons Rotation

• Havoc, RE-45, C.A.R. SMG, L-Star, Longbow DMR

Hop-Ups

• Boosted Loader: removed from floor loot
• Turbocharger: Removed 1 damage reduction when equipped

Legend balance changes

Bangalore

• Double Time: reduced duration to 2s (was 3s)
• Smoke Launcher: smoke lifetime reduced to 18s (was 23s)
• Rolling Thunder: stun duration reduced to 6s (was 8s)

Catalyst

• Piercing Spikes
  • Core no longer blocks projectiles, allowing bullets to pass through
  • Max in-world count reduced to 2 (was 3)
  • Throw range decreased by about 50%
• Dark Veil
  • Cooldown now starts after the wall comes down
  • Reduced lifetime to 25s (was 30s)

Pathfinder

• Insider Knowledge: can now scan Care Packages after allies have already scanned them

Wraith

• Voices from the Void: reduced look time required to trigger (feels more reliable/consistent)

Newcastle

• Castle Wall
  • Reduced recovery time on landing
  • Increased max leap height

Revenant

• Forged Shadows: reduced time extension window for assists to 3s (was 30s)

Vantage

• Sniper’s Mark: bullet count increased to 6 (was 5)

Game mode changes

Battle Royale

• Players now respawn with the shields and weapons that they had when they were eliminated
  • Body shield and helmet level are preserved
  • Knockdown shield is reset to white
  • Backpacks are removed
  • Inventory will contain some ammo for their weapons, two syringes, and two shield cells
  • Weapons are maintained, unless that weapon was a care package weapon, and all weapon attachments are removed, including from kitted weapons
• Replicator, Ring Console, and Survey Beacon spawn rates have returned to being even across all POIs
• Map rotation: Broken Moon, Olympus, Storm Point

Control

• Map rotation: Hammond Labs, Barometer, Production Yard

Gun Run

• Map rotation: Autumn Estates, The Core, Wattson's Pylon

Team Deathmatch

• Map rotation: Phase Runner, Zeus Station, The Core

Quality of Life

• Added Offscreen Portraits setting
• Caustic: restored “Shield Cracked” VO in German
• Firing Range: blue Nessie stays hidden for now… but a new challenger has appeared
• Implemented additional security measures
• Improved PC controller support
  • Controller input will no longer be processed when a different window has focus
  • Added native support for PS4 and PS5 Bluetooth-connected controllers. Players who have been relying on Steam Input to use PS4 and PS5 controllers over Bluetooth should disable that setting in Steam.
• Mixtape: assists are now awarded for Assisted Kills by ALL Teammates in modes where multiple squads are teamed together
• Pings
  • Ping Enemies on the map: double-clicking the Ping Button will place an Enemy Ping on the map at that position
  • Reply to Enemy Pings with Ok, Hold On, and Wait ping reply options
• Rampart: players can now pick up their amped walls while in placement mode
• Revenant
  • Add vibration support when Forged Shadows shield is damaged, and when the shield reforms or breaks
  • Improve vibration support when charging Shadow Pounce

Bug Fixes

• Addressed a number of bugs and rat spots on Kings Canyon, Olympus, and Storm Point
• Closed an exploit that allowed players to survive ring damage longer than expected using the Phase Runner on Olympus
• Death Boxes can no longer fall into unreachable areas - or lava
• Heat Shields can no longer stick to Tridents
• Heat Shields no longer provide protection above them on higher ground
• Holster weapon UI no longer appears when healing outside the ring
• Knockdown Shield FX no longer remains on while spectating
• Longbow’s Dawn’s Awakening skin no longer has visible barrel with scopes
• Nemesis’ Demon’s Whisper skin no longer obstructs player view
• Provisional badge icon restored on Ranked match summary screen
• Rarity display now updates after equipping from store or pack opening
• Resolved occasional “[UI] Array index 100000000 is out of range (array size 45)” error when launching the game
• Revenant now faces direction he is shooting in third person view
• Skydiving into an exiting respawn dropship will no longer propel the player along with it
• Squad sorting now consistent between HUD and Inventory
• Swapping to lower tiered armor after taking damage no longer requires refreshing the Death Box
• Audio: Resolved rare cases where the priority system would kill certain local player weapon sounds at an incorrect time
• Fixed squads’ animated poses sometimes ghost slightly on each other
• PC
  • Fixed Intel ARC graphics cards defaulting to suboptimal video settings
  • Fixed issue with low resolution textures when using adaptive supersampling or after changing resolution
• PC DX12: fixed occasional bad triangle rendering on AMD cards
• Loba: Tactical is no longer canceled when thrown on a tower near Containment
• Mirage: resolved not breaking cloak sometimes when switching weapons
• Revenant
  • Assassin’s instinct
    • Digital threats now highlight enemies after being highlighted by Assassin’s Instinct
    • Fixed cases where enemies were not being highlighted correctly
    • Highlight no longer interferes with other legend highlights
    • Highlight now applies to Mirage decoys
    • Forged Shadows shroud no longer gets stuck on indefinitely (previous hotfix)
• Wattson: fences now collapse when the round ends, preventing ongoing damage audio in post-match screen