Respawn Entertainment is kicking off the Apex Legends Harbingers  Collection Event this September 19 until October 3! This brings new cosmetics, a new Heirloom and more! Read on for the patch notes and other details.

Apex Legends Harbingers Collection Event Patch Notes and Overview:

• Living Shell Trios – Become Messengers of Death by unleashing the “Rev Shell,” a grenade that seeks enemy targets and explodes on impact.

• World’s Edge After Dark – Introducing a hellish version of Talos’ battleground, complete with the resurrected Train. 

• Rewards Track & Omen-Inducing Cosmetics – Players can earn all new items with the event’s Rewards Track, plus 24 limited-time cosmetics such as Gibraltar’s “Grave Protector” skin and matching “Eclipse Bringer” Charge Rifle skin.

• Fuse’s Heirloom – If players unlock all 24 Harbingers Collection Event items before October 3, Fuse’s “Razor’s Edge,” an electric guitar tuned to shred enemies, will be automatically unlocked.  

PATCH NOTES

BALANCE UPDATES

• Weapon Crafting rotation
  • 30-30 Repeater enters the crafter
  • RE-45 with Hammerpoint Rounds enters the crafter
  • Mozambique returns to floor loot
  • Nemesis returns to floor loot
• Lowered autoplayer difficulty in orientation matches
• Redistributed the pockets of high tier armor within POI’s (ex.the center of Countdown on World’s Edge) into the global loot pool

WEAPONS

• Nemesis Burst AR
  • Damage reduced to 16 (was 17)
  • ADS recoil increased

LEGENDS

Fuse

• Knuckle Cluster
  • Tactical deployment speed increased

Horizon

• Gravity Lift
  • Weapon accuracy decreased while in Lift (more spread)
  • Vertical Lift speed reduced by 20%
  • Hover time at top of Lift reduced to 0.5s (was 2.0s)

Rampart

• Amped Cover
  • Placement time reduced to 2s (was 3s)
  • Rampart now remains in placement mode after deploying a wall

Revenant

• Forged Shadows
  • Reduce time extension from knocks to 5s (was 10s)
  • Extra damage to the shroud will bleedthrough to Revenant if it breaks
• Shadow Pounce
  • Slightly increased pounce angle compensation when looking at the ground

MAPS

• World’s Edge After Dark added to LTM

RANKED

Recent Hotfix: September 6, 2023

• Guaranteed (%, per kill) Elimination Bonus has been raised across all skill levels
• Point disparity between teammates of vastly different skill has been reduced

BUG FIXES

• Digi-Threat now correctly highlights enemies through close proximity multi-layered FX
• Gold magazine and gold bolt now work after being killed by a dummy
• Level 1 accounts no longer appear as Champions in pubs

Audio

• Certain weapon sounds (such as Rampart’s mounted turret motor) now stop upon match end
• Finishers should no longer have doubled-up or missing audio
• Weapon draw audio now plays correctly when swapping legends in the firing range

Olympus

• New Revenant Heirloom no longer changes to original Dead Man’s Curve coloring after leaving the Fight Night ring on Olympus
• Resolved endless skydiving after flying off map with a Trident

PC DX12

• Resolved incorrect cursor location when using the controller in certain resolutions
• Restored game window positioning when video settings are reset

LEGENDS

• Ash’s Floating Point emote no longer has incorrect sound
• Bloodhound’s Piercing Plasma no longer occasionally turns enemies invisible
• Crypto will now get kicked out of his drone when silenced
• Mirage restored heirloom allowing players to switch weapons without breaking cloak after a revive
• Seer’s Focus of Attention no longer interrupts other highlight items and abilities
• Vantage’s Spotter’s Lens restored in Firing Range
• Valkyrie’s Bladed Decent no longer stutters visually
• Wraith no longer gets stuck when meleed while using Into the Light finisher

Revenant

• Forged Shadows
  • Damage to the shroud now contributes to damage stats and evo points
  • Friendly arc stars and knuckle clusters no longer stick to the shroud
  • Mad Maggie’s Warlord’s Ire now highlights Revenant when you hit his shroud
  • Vantage’s Sniper’s Mark now applies when you hit his shroud
  • Stun effects now apply when his ultimate is active
• No longer gets stuck in Shadow Pounce when activating the ability before landing from the dropship
• Resolved animation canceling when using Shadow Pounce that allowed you to draw weapons early
• Restored highlight from Assassin’s Instinct showing up in cases where enemies are visible but partially obstructed
• Stopped Shadow Pounce automatically deploying after climbing a ledge

QUALITY OF LIFE

• Bloodhound can see Revenant’s Forged Shadows activation point
• Firing Range Supply Boxes now sort weapons by type for easy access
• Loba’s Black Market now sorts weapons by type for easy access
• Improvements to how our audio engine dispatches and prioritizes audio voices
• More accurate shadow rendering for legends and weapons in game menus
• PC DX12: implemented new RHI (Rendering Hardware Interface) rendering backend

Once the actual file download is out, we’ll let our readers know.

Source: EA