Perk

Perks are additional attributes provided to Legends and Level 4 loot.

Legend Perks

Perk	Effects	Legends
Assault	Increases ammo stacks in inventory; can get extra loot from Weapon Supply Bins. Two designated ordnance slots. Stowed weapons automatically reload after 2 seconds.	Bangalore, Revenant, Fuse, Mad Maggie, Ballistic
Skirmisher	Can reveal the most valuable item from a neutral Care Package, even if it was taken by another team.	Pathfinder, Wraith, Octane, Horizon, Ash, Alter
Recon	Scanning Survey Beacons reveals the current position of all enemies in a 500m radius 3 times across 15 seconds.	Bloodhound, Crypto, Valkyrie, Seer, Vantage, Sparrow
Support	Can get extra loot from Extended Supply Bins. Health regeneration upon revive or having been revived.	Gibraltar, Lifeline, Mirage, Loba, Newcastle, Conduit
Controller	Scanning Ring Consoles reveals the next Ring location.	Caustic, Wattson, Rampart, Catalyst
Fortified	Reduces damage taken on the body by 15% and provides immunity to slowness from incoming fire.	Gibraltar, Caustic, Newcastle
Executioner	Finishers fully regenerate shields.	All legends

Loot Perks

Items which exist in multiple rarities receive an extra perk in their Level 4 form.

Perk	Effects	Items
Autoloader	Automatically reloads holstered weapons after a short delay.	Extended Mags
Deep Pockets	Increases large Regen items stacks in inventory.	Backpack
Fast Charge	Reduces Tactical and Ultimate cooldown time.	Helmet
Guardian Angel	Reviving a Bleeding Out teammate will give them bonus shields and health.	Knockdown Shield
Improved Minor Heal	Shield Cell and Syringes have improved effects.	Body Shield
Kinetic Feeder	Passively adds rounds one by one to the weapon while sliding, regardless if equipped or holstered.	Shotgun Bolt

Event Perks

Uprising

These perks could be earned in the weekly Uprising event prize tracks, and used until the end of their respective week. They were only active in non-ranked Battle Royale.

Perk	Effects	Available week
Grenadier Vision	Nearby ordnance items can be seen through walls.	Week 1
Grenadier Sling	Stack an extra ordnance per inventory slot.	Week 1
Medic Vision	Nearby healing items can be seen through walls.	Week 2
Medic Inventory	Stack extra healing supplies per inventory slot.	Week 2
Speed on Knock	Knockdowns make you sprint faster for a brief period of time.	Week 3
Ability Charge on Squad Wipe	Regain tactical on squad wipe.	Week 3
Reduced Tactical Recharge	Reduced tactical recharge time.	Week 4
Reduced Ultimate Recharge	Reduced ultimate recharge time.	Week 4

Removed Perks

Perk	Effects	Available on
Fast Use	Regen items take half as long to use.	Body Shield
Flash Hider	Minimizes muzzle flash.	Barrel Stabilizer
Low Profile	Increases damage taken by 5% and damage taken to the legs is not reduced.	Lifeline, Wraith, Wattson
Resurrection	Allows a Bleeding Out Legend to revive themself. An item with this Perk turns into a Level 3 item once the self-revive is completed.	Knockdown Shield

History

Patch notes 

May 09, 2023 Patch

• Assault Class
  • Smart loot gains have been adjusted to reduce skipping an upgrade tier.
  • It will now be less likely to jump from White to Purple or Blue to Gold.
  • Optics are now given based on the team rather than the Assault Legend who opens the Weapon Supply Bin.
  • Added special drop rate for gold optics.
• Skirmisher Class
  • Care packages are now automatically pinged for the team on reveal.
  • This includes empty Care Packages that have already been looted by another team.
• Support Class
  • Support Bins will now guarantee at least one Battery in one of the Secret Compartment slots.
  • Support Bins will now award Mobile Respawn Beacons if your ally is dead, even if you don’t have their banner card.
  • Legend Banners can now be crafted by ANY player who has a Support Class Legend in their Squad.

February 14, 2023 Patch

• Reworked class system and introduced new perks for each class.
  • Recon's perk was moved to Controller Legends.
• Added the Level 4 Shotgun Bolt.

August 09, 2022 Patch

• Guardian Angel moved from the Backpack to the Knockdown Shield, replacing Resurrection.
• Deep Pockets added to the Backpack.
• Vantage introduced with the Recon perk.

May 10, 2022 Patch

• Fortified: No longer reduces headshot damage.
• Newcastle introduced with the Fortified perk.

May 04, 2021 Patch

• Low Profile: Removed completely.
• Valkyrie introduced with the Recon perk.

March 09, 2021 Patch

• Low Profile perk removed from Pathfinder.

February 02, 2021 Patch

• Extended Light Mag, Extended Heavy Mag, Extended Energy Mag, and Extended Sniper Mag introduced.
• Barrel Stabilizer removed from the normal loot pool. (It still exists on fully kitted weapons.)

August 18, 2020 Patch

• Recon class perk introduced.

May 12, 2020 Patch

• Improved Minor Heal perk added to the Body Shield, replacing the Fast Use perk.

April 07, 2020 Patch

• Low Profile:
  • Limb shots on Low Profile Legends now do as much damage as body shots.
  • Removed from Revenant.

February 04, 2020 Patch

• Revenant introduced with the Low Profile perk.
• Backpack: UI update to better convey when you are using or being revived with the Guardian Angel perk.

October 01, 2019 Patch

• Executioner perk moved from the Body Shield to all Legends.
• Fast Use perk moved perk from the Backpack to the Body Shield.
• Guardian Angel perk added to the Backpack, restoring extra health and shields to revived squadmates.

September 03, 2019 Patch

• Low Profile perk added to Wattson.

July 02, 2019 Patch

• Fortified:
  • Damage reduction increased from 10% to 15%.
  • Fortified Legends are now immune to slow effects from weapon fire.
• Low Profile perk introduced and added to Wraith, Lifeline, and Pathfinder, increasing incoming damage by 5%.

April 16, 2019 Patch

• Fortified perk introduced and added to Gibraltar and Caustic, reducing damage taken by 10%.

Trivia

• In general, Legends come in one of three sizes (small, medium, large). Fortified compensates for having a large hitbox. Low Profile countered the advantages of a small hitbox. Daniel Z Klein described them as "chewing gum and duct tape holding the game together." In Season 9, Low Profile was removed as the team felt confident they could balance small Legends without it.
  • Pathfinder had Low Profile despite not having a small hitbox because he was very thin (at the time) and had a lot of mobility. Revenant accidentally shipped with Low Profile despite not having a small hitbox because he had Pathfinder's skinny (at the time) hitbox earlier in development.