Apex Legends Season 18 launch time, date, patch notes and Battle Pass

Apex Legends Season 18 is about to start on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. Titled Resurrection, the brand new season of Apex Legends has an August 8 launch date and a 6pm BST UK launch time. Season 18 introduces a darker and deadlier new model of Revenant, full with killer new talents and a model new look. While Revenant shall be unlocked for all gamers for the whole lot of the season, gamers might want to full a wide range of challenges to unlock him completely.

Respawn explains extra: “For almost 300 years, Revenant was under the Syndicate’s thumb with the help of Hammond, and all he wanted was to escape.

“Now, all of a sudden, he begins to glitch—somebody has launched a brand new protocol. He finds that he’s in a position to see enemies low on well being, unleash a robust leap ahead, and forge a shroud of shadows round him that blocks incoming harm. But he additionally is aware of tips on how to maintain a grudge.”

Now a Skirmisher, Revenant can highlight enemies low on health, while also walking faster when crouched. His Shadow Pounce ability lets him leap forward, while his Forged Shadows Ultimate summons a horde of shadows that block direct damage.

Elsewhere, Season 18 brings Mixtape modes to Broken Moon, adds a new Ranked season, and also introduces a new Battle Pass.

The size and damage of the Ring will also change as part of the new season, while Respawn will make a variety of balance changes and gameplay tweaks.

You can check out the Season 18 patch notes as well as a selection of Battle Pass rewards below.

APEX LEGENDS RESURRECTION PATCH NOTES…

BALANCE UPDATES

Armor Changes

• White to Blue evo points required increased to 200 (was 150)

 – Crafted evo points increased to 200

• Fixed overflow damage on level up applies to the next tier

Crafting Rotation

• Rampage and R-99 leave the crafter and are back on the floor

• Nemesis and Mozambique with Hammerpoint Rounds enter the crafter

• Double Tap Trigger and Hammerpoint Rounds removed from rotation

• Boosted Loader and Disruptor Rounds added to rotation

• Medkit price increased to 20 (was 15)

Care Package Weapon Rotation

• Hemlok Burst AR returns to the floor

 – ADS Recoil increased

 – Damage reduced to 22 (was 23)

 – Headshot multiplier reduced to 1.75 (was 1.8)

• Prowler Burst PDW enters the care package

 – Damage increased to 16 (was 15)

 – Select Fire Enabled defaulting to Full Auto

Gold Weapons Rotation

• Hemlok, Peacekeeper, Alternator, Rampage, Charge Rifle

Loot Spawn Changes

• Blue and Purple Weapon Attachment spawn rate reduced by 20%

• Blue and Purple Armor spawn rate reduced by 30%

WEAPONS

Charge Rifle Rework

• New ballistics and projectile

 – Removed hitscan

 – Removed pre-fire laser

 – Projectiles have player passthrough: 80% damage retained

 – Opens doors

• Projectiles gain damage with distance

 – 50 meters: 75 Damage

 – 300 meters: 110 Damage

• New charge mechanics

 – Holding the trigger down will increase charge

 – Releasing the trigger will decrease charge

 – Fires at 100% charge

• Added Extended Sniper Mag attachment slot

 – Base: 4

 – White: 5

 – Blue: 6

 – Purple/Gold: 8

• Ammo Consumption per shot reduced to 1 (was 2)

• Handling timings adjusted

 – Tactical reload time decreased to 3.5 (was 4.0)

 – Empty reload time decreased to 4.6 (was 5.1)

All SMGs (R-99, Alternator, CAR, Volt)

• Strafe Speed: ADS strafe scale reduced to 0.75 (was 0.85)

• Headshot multi reduced to 1.25 (was 1.5)

R-99

• Vertical Recoil slightly increased

• Ammo capacity reduced

• Base Ammo reduced to 17 (was 19)

• White Mag reduced to 20 (was 21)

• Blue Mag reduced to 23 (was 24)

• Purple/Gold Mag reduced to 26 (was 27)

M600 Spitfire

• Added Barrels for improved stability

• ADS Recoil improved

• Hipfire spread slightly improved

Mastiff

• Blast pattern tightened

HOP UPS

Boosted Loader (Hemlok, Wingman)

Reloading when near empty will speed up reloading and overload the next magazine

• Hemlok overload ammo: 9

• Wingman overload ammo: 3

Disruptor Rounds (Alternator, Peacekeeper)

Increases shield damage

• Alternator shield damage increased by 20%

• Peacekeeper shield damage (per pellet) increased by 25%

Double Tap Trigger (EVA-8, G7 Scout)

• Removed from floor and crafting bundles

Grenades

• Frag Grenade

 – Outer Radius increased to 350 units (was 320)

 – Inner Radius increased to 125 units (was 96)

• Thermite

 – Adjusted fire VFX to better match damage area

LEGENDS

Revenant has been reborn

• Updated class to Skirmisher (was Assault)

• New abilities (see above)

Ultimate Cooldowns

• Bangalore: Rolling Thunder to 240s (+60s)

• Catalyst: Dark Veil to 150s (+30s)

• Gibraltar: Defensive Bombardment to 180s (-90s)

• Horizon: Black Hole to 210s (+30s)

• Loba: Black Market Boutique to 150s (+30s)

 – Ultimate Accelerants grant 25% ult charge (up from 20%)

• Mad Maggie: Wrecking Ball to 120s (+30s)

• Pathfinder: Zipline Gun to 180s (+60s)

• Wraith: Dimensional Rift to 180s (-30s)

Tactical Updates

• Ballistic’s Whistler

 – Reduced delay before an overheated weapon starts cooling down to 1s (was 2s)

 – Reduced how long it takes an overheated weapon to cooldown to 8s (was 12s)

• Loba’s Burglar’s Best Friend

 – Cooldown reduced to 25s (was 30s)

• Seer’s Focus of Attention

 – Slow Duration reduced to 0.5s (was 2.5s)

 – Silence Duration reduced to 8s (was 10s)

 – Firing Speed increased to 1.4s (was 0.9s)

MAPS

• Broken Moon

 – Maps added to Mixtape: Production Yard & The Core (Read extra about these maps in our highlights weblog right here)

 – Multiple rat spots eliminated

• Kings Canyon: a number of rat spots eliminated

• World’s Edge: smoothed Legend motion on street edges

WORLD SYSTEMS

• Crafting Workbenches, Survey Beacons, Ring Consoles

 – Removed ‘exclusion radius’ that triggered some POIs to get these objects greater than others

 – All POIs now have an equal likelihood of receiving a Ring Console, Survey Beacon or Crafting Workbench

MODES

• Control

 – Capture Bonus bounty lowered ~20%

 – Capture time lowered to 10 seconds (was 20 sec)

 – Score restrict lowered to 1000 (was 1250)

 – Spawn waves eliminated: gamers ought to spawn immediately on the location they select together with Home Base, Captured Points, and MRB (Note: MRB will nonetheless use the dropship)

 – Timed occasions: Airdrops, MRB, Capture Bonus ought to all begin ~30% sooner in match-time

QUALITY OF LIFE

• Firing Range

 – Dynamic dummy spawning now stays off while you die

 – Legend ultimates shall be absolutely charged after loading into the Firing Range, swapping Legends, and dying

 – A brand new nessie… and extra!

• French

 – In-game/foyer chat now out there when language is about to French on console

 – Corrected French translation for R-301 Mastery Challenge Level 20

• Kill feed will now name out when a participant has been faraway from the match

• Multiple stickers can now be positioned

• Players can not work together with enemy holosprays by means of partitions

• Ranked progress bar not bounces worth whereas sitting on Match Summary display screen

• Seer: Exhibit AR throw indicator is not offset from floor

 – (not offers misunderstanding of the place the Ultimate will land)

• Support Perk – Crafting Banners: after grabbing the primary banner, now you can instantly seize the second as nicely

• Weapon Mastery:

 – New animated celebration sequences when unlocking and finishing trials, in addition to mastering weapons

 – New animated icon within the HUD weapon component when a weapon is degree 100