Ammo

All the weapons in Apex Legends utilize various types of ammo, which is required in order to fire them, and is stacked in the Legends inventory upon pickup.

Assault Legends are able to stack more ammo per inventory slot.

Arrows

Weapons that require Arrows have a unique quality: fired Arrows can be retrieved from the ground and Death Boxes (max 4 arrows).

In standard Battle Royale, like Supply Crate Weapon, these arrow doesn't use inventory slot and 40 arrows are spawned from Bocek Compound Bow upon pick up (50 arrows if Sparrow picks it up).

Arrows cannot be found as ground loot. Only ways to replenish the arrow to retrieve fired arrows or craft a arrow bundle with Replicator in Battle Royale.

In Wildcard, 80 arrows is spawned (90 arrows if Sparrows picks it).

Energy Ammo

Weapons that require Energy Ammo generally have a discrete fire rate and damage per round, and their fired rounds are not affected by gravity and travel faster compared to weapons using other types of ammo.

In standard Battle Royale, Energy Ammo spawns in stacks of 18, or 36 if spawned with a weapon, and a stack of 54 ( 72) fills one inventory slot.

There are currently 5 weapons utilizing Energy Ammo:

• HAVOC Rifle
• L-STAR EMG
• Nemesis Burst AR
• RE-45
• Volt SMG

Heavy Rounds

Weapons that require Heavy Rounds generally deal more damage per round but fire slower and have more bullet drop, compared to weapons in their class using other types of ammo. Heavy Rounds may also be referred to as Heavy Ammo.

In standard Battle Royale, Heavy Rounds spawn in stacks of 20, or 40 if spawned with a weapon, and a stack of 60 ( 80) fills one inventory slot.

There are currently 6 weapons utilizing Heavy Rounds:

• 30-30 Repeater
• C.A.R. SMG (main ammo type)
• Hemlok Burst AR
• Prowler Burst PDW
• Rampage LMG
• VK-47 Flatline

Light Rounds

Weapons that require Light Rounds generally have a faster fire rate but deal less damage per round, compared to weapons in their class using other types of ammo. Light Rounds may also be referred to as Light Ammo.

In standard Battle Royale, Light Rounds spawn in stacks of 24, or 48 if spawned with a weapon, and a stack of 72 ( 96) fills one inventory slot.

There are currently 6 weapons utilizing Light Rounds:

• Alternator SMG
• C.A.R. SMG (secondary ammo type)
• G7 Scout
• M600 Spitfire
• R-301 Carbine
• R-99 SMG

Shotgun Shells

Weapons that require Shotgun Shells fire multiple pellets with one pull of the trigger. Shotgun Shells may also be referred to as Shotgun Ammo.

In standard Battle Royale, Shotgun Shells spawn in stacks of 10, or 20 if spawned with a weapon, and a stack of 20 ( 27) fills one inventory slot.

There are currently 3 weapons utilizing Shotgun Shells:

• EVA-8 Auto
• Mastiff Shotgun
• Mozambique Shotgun
• Peacekeeper

Sniper Ammo

Weapons that require Sniper Ammo generally have an even slower fire rate, higher damage, and stronger bullet drop compared to weapons using Heavy Rounds.

In standard Battle Royale, Sniper Ammo spawns in stacks of 14, or 28 if spawned with a weapon, and a stack of 28 ( 37) fills one inventory slot.

There are currently 4 weapons utilizing Sniper Ammo:

• Charge Rifle
• Longbow DMR
• Sentinel
• Wingman

Mythic Ammo

Mythic Ammo, or Supply Drop Ammo, is utilized by Supply Drop Weapons, replacing their standard ammo type. It is unique to the weapon, take no inventory space, cannot be dropped, and cannot be replenished.

There are currently 5 weapons utilizing Mythic Ammo:

• Triple Take, using Mythic Energy Ammo
• Kraber .50-Cal Sniper, using Mythic Sniper Ammo
• P2020, using Mythic Light Ammo
• Throwing Knife (exclusive to Gun Run), using Mythic Throwing Knife Ammo
• EPG-1 Launcher (exclusive to Rift Relic and EPG Extreme), using Mythic Grenade Rounds

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  Mythic Energy Ammo.
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  Mythic Heavy Rounds.
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  Mythic Light Rounds.
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  Mythic Shotgun Shells.
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  Mythic Sniper Ammo.
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  Mythic Arrows.
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  Mythic Throwing Knife Ammo.
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  Mythic Grenade Rounds.

Gallery

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  Box of Light Rounds.
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  Box of Heavy Rounds.
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  Box of Energy Ammo.
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  Box of Shotgun Shells.
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  Box of Sniper Ammo.
• Stack of Arrows.

  Stack of Arrows.

History

Patch notes 

September 17, 2024 Patch

• Now only one ammo box spawns near a weapon, however that ammo box contains double the ammo (like in Supply Bins).

August 06, 2024 Patch

• Energy Ammo:
  • Reduced ammo on pickup from 20 to 18.
  • Reduced stack size from 60 to 54.
  • Reduced spawn rate.
• Light Rounds:
  • Increased ammo on pickup from 20 to 24.
  • Increased stack size from 60 to 72.
  • Increased spawn rate.
• Shotgun Shells:
  • Increased ammo on pickup from 8 to 10.
  • Increased stack size from 16 to 20.
  • Increased spawn rate.
• Increased Heavy Rounds spawn rate.
• Increased Sniper Ammo spawn rate.

May 09, 2023 Patch

• Assault Legends now carry 33% more ammo per stack.

August 09, 2022 Patch

• Removed Arrows.
• Changed M600 Spitfire ammo type from Heavy to Light.
• Changed Wingman ammo type from Heavy to Sniper.
• Sniper Ammo:
  • Increased ammo on pickup from 12 to 14.
  • Increased stack size from 24 to 28.

December 07, 2021 Patch

• Pinging ammo now specifies the amount.

September 14, 2021 Patch

• Arrows:
  • Increased ammo on pickup from 14 to 16.
  • Increased stack size from 28 to 32.

May 11, 2021 Patch

• Arrows:
  • Reduced ammo on pickup from 16 to 14.
  • Reduced stack size from 48 to 28.

May 04, 2021 Patch

• Introduced Arrows. Compatible with Bocek Compound Bow.
• Changed Triple Take ammo type from Sniper to Energy.

August 18, 2020 Patch

• Sniper Ammo:
  • Increased ammo on pickup from 8 to 12.
  • Increased stack size from 16 to 24.
• Reduced Energy Ammo on pickup from 30 to 20.

April 07, 2020 Patch

• Sniper Ammo:
  • Reduced ammo on pickup from 10 to 8.
  • Reduced stack size from 20 to 16.

April 1, 2020

• Shotgun Shells:
  • Increased ammo on pickup from 8 to 16 for a day only.
  • Increased stack size from 16 to 48 for a day only.

March 03, 2020 Patch

• Reduced Light, Heavy, and Energy Ammo stack sizes from 80 to 60.

February 04, 2020 Patch

• Introduced Sniper Ammo. Compatible with Charge Rifle, Longbow DMR, Sentinel, and Triple Take.
• Increased Energy Ammo on pickup from 20 to 30.

July 02, 2019 Patch

• Reduced Shotgun Shells stack size from 64 to 16.
• Increased Energy Ammo stack size from 60 to 80.

February 22, 2019 Patch

• Fixed exploit where players could refill ammo in the inventory screen for the Kraber .50-Cal Sniper and Mastiff Shotgun.

Trivia

• There is a myth that only Heavy Rounds can slow enemies down unlike other ammo types. However, all ammo slows down Legends without the Fortified passive perk by 40% for 0.25 seconds. This can only happen once every 3 seconds.
• Non-energy weapons fire orange projectiles, regardless of their ammo used. Energy weapons fire blue projectiles or, in the case of the L-STAR EMG, red projectiles.
  • The Peacekeeper is an energy weapon, but since it is a shotgun, it uses Shotgun Shells instead of Energy Ammo, most likely for balance reasons.
• Prior to Season 6, Mythic Ammo used to have a golden color like the one Supply Drop Weapons once had. Both the weapons and their ammo's rarity were upgraded from Legendary to Mythic to differentiate them from Fully Kitted Weapons.
• Before the introduction of Sniper Ammo in Season 4, the Kraber .50-Cal Sniper and Longbow DMR used Heavy Rounds, while the Charge Rifle used Energy Ammo.
• Arrows are the first and currently only ammo type that has been removed from ground loot.