Apex Legends Amped Patch Notes
Apex Legends Season 27, titled "Amped," rolled out on November 4, 2025, across PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch platforms. The update brings significant changes, including an Olympus map rework, new ability upgrades for Valkyrie, Rampart, and Horizon, as well as a range of quality-of-life tweaks, bug fixes, and anti-cheat improvements.
ANTI-CHEAT
Before we get into the nitty gritty of seasonal changes, a quick Anti-Cheat update for you all!
As part of our continued efforts to combat cheaters in Apex Legends, we launched a new detection model, in early October, to assist us in investigating possible 3rd party bots in our game. In just two weeks, over 1,000 bot accounts were banned. We saw a majority of bans hit Windows PC (71%) and Switch (21%). Detected bot infection rates spiked after the rollout as expected - meaning the new tech is successfully identifying bots - then tapered off as we banned these accounts. As a result, we saw a meaningful decline of player reports (for AFK and abandoned match behavior) on Switch and reports per user over the subsequent 28 days decreased for both PC and Switch. Our team is continuing their hard work to establish and maintain competitive integrity and we will continue to provide updates when we have information to share!
AUDIO UPDATES
We've been developing many new audio systems to address community feedback and improve audio reliability.This season we’re adding a new "Focused" mix option, intended to give you control over how you prefer to hear the action. Our new threat system will add dynamic contextual awareness to the mix. Multiband sidechain compression will help enemy footstep audio be heard more clearly. Environmental audio improvements offer a smoother blend between indoor and outdoor spaces. Additionally, we’re now armed with improved telemetry to more accurately discover causes of audio failures.
We will continue to monitor feedback in our community spaces as it helps us understand how these changes affect your gameplay experience as we continue to work on these systems. For more details, please check our audio-focused dev blog.
GAME STABILITY
We rolled out a profiling tool to our production servers to capture more information about instances of slow performance on servers. This tool (RProf) has commonly been used in our development environment to find slow segments of engine code and game script, but is now tuned for production use. From this, we have been able to examine and fix cases that are more unique to running the game at scale, and can more easily track degradations in performance over time. As always, game stability work is always happening behind the scenes and we will share updates when we have them!
RANKED
This season, we’re making balance adjustments to Kill Point values making eliminations more rewarding across all placements. We’re also making changes to loot distribution across Ranked Drop Zone POIs - there will still be some variance, obviously, but we’re hoping things feel a lot more even. We will continue to monitor player feedback on this change, and general sentiment surrounding drop zones. Additionally, we are reducing the requirement to earn the Ranked Ladder Champion Dive Trail from 3 completions to 2 to simplify seasonal goals, reduce grind, and make the Dive Trail more attainable while keeping it a mark of consistent top performance.
You’ll find all of the details about these changes later in this Patch Notes.
NEW FEATURE: WISHLIST
We want to give players some additional options for certain packs. Wishlist is a feature that will be enabled on select packs and will influence cosmetic drops for the Legends and loadouts you designate.
Here’s how it works:
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Pick 5 Legends and 2 Weapons to add to your Wishlist
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Depending on the pack Wishlist may only impact items of a certain rarity (specific rarity tier will be noted)
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If the pack drops a Wishlist-enabled item you are guaranteed at least one item from your chosen Legends
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All selections must be valid for Wishlist to be Active. A selection is valid as long as you don't own 100% of the items for that Legend or Weapon Class from the Apex Pack Pool
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If a Wishlist is Inactive or Unavailable at the time of opening a Wishlist-enabled pack, the items will instead draw from the generic Apex Pack pool.
You get 5 Wishlist edits per season (refreshed each new season). After that, you can keep editing anytime for 500 Legend Tokens per edit.
See here for more specific details on how Wishlist functions and how our packs function.
NEW: AMPED SEASONAL PACK
This season, we're introducing the Amped Seasonal Pack, available all season long. This special pack is Wishlist-enabled and gives you a chance at unlocking:
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The new ‘Bird of Prey’ Mythic R-99 Weapon
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New Legendary cosmetics to change up your look
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Wishlist activation for Epic-tier drop, relevant to your chosen Legends or Weapons
The Amped Seasonal Pack brings a new and more focused way to earn cosmetics all season long. You can earn up to 5 Amped Seasonal Packs throughout the season via challenges and the free Battle Pass Tracks.
For full details and Amped Seasonal Pack probabilities, please view our Additional Pack Disclosures page (updates November 4, 2025).
PATCH NOTES
BALANCE UPDATES
Care Package Rotation
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Triple Take return to the floor (details below)
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C.A.R. SMG enters the Care Package (details below)
Gold Weapon Rotation
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Alternator SMG, G7 Scout, Havoc, Bocek Compound Bow, Akimbo Mozambique
GAME UPDATES
Extended Supply Bins & Weapon Supply Bins
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Added icons back to the minimap and full-map
Arsenals
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Increased ammo bricks to give full stacks of the applicable ammo type
Replicators
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New craftable item: Arrow Bundle
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Only obtainable when crafting Ammo when Bocek Compound Bow is in your loadout
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On pick-up, fully replenishes your arrow reserves on one Bocek weapon
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Can only be picked up if you are holding a Bocek and it is not full on arrows
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Mantle Boost
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Added Mantle Boost ability to all Legends, granting velocity on a timed input after a mantle
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Added options for customizing Mantle Boost input key or button
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Added option to remap character movement ability
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Added options for reducing the UI footprint on the HUD for Mantle Boost
Dev Note: We were inspired to add Mantle Boost by our players’ exploration of the unique momentum-based movement of Apex Legends. This new official Mantle Boost will enable all players to perform an advanced movement technique. It will be accessible, but it still requires skill to learn to use it and to know when it’s the right time to Boost.
Heat Shields Update
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Heat Shields removed from Core BR Modes (including Trios and Duos).
Dev Note: We rolled out the removal of Heat Shields in Ranked with Season 26, focusing decision making for players around strong strategic plays and rotations. We have seen positive outcomes with that change so we’re expanding the change to all Core BR modes. Playing outside the Ring should be a risky endeavor that is only a last resort. Don’t wanna get burned? Get a move on, Legend.
Tridents 2.0
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Foundational Improvements:
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Updated model and textures
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Collision tightened for a smoother ride and to allow occupants to be hit
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Trident can now be damaged and destroyed – starts at 800 health
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Trident occupants and the vehicle can be damaged independently
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Tridents can now damage enemies if hitting them at high speeds
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Camera and controls tuned for more responsiveness and precision
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Boost Meter has replaced the single use Boost
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New Movement Features:
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Jump: Press Jump to jump from the ground
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Glide: Hold Jump to Glide when off the ground. While gliding:
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Trident will very slowly lose altitude
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Trident can be steered in any direction
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Trident can boost forward
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New Healing and Spawning Features
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Auto-Healing: If a Trident avoids damage for a period of time, it will slowly regenerate health and regress its damage state
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Auto-Respawn: A destroyed Trident will be replaced by a new one at its original spawning location after an indicated delay
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Improved UI to better indicate to driver and passengers Trident health and damage information
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Control mappings adjusted to account for new features
Dev Note: The Tridents are receiving a tune-up this season with a number of redesigns to offer players a more interesting, responsive, and satisfying driving experience as well as provide exciting counter play options. Tridents no longer split damage between occupants which should make them feel like a safer tool to use when making large rotations. However, they'll no longer provide movable indestructible cover when being used more tactically during a firefight.
Click Here to Check the Full Apex Legends Amped Patch Notes
Disclaimer:
All details are based on official Apex Legends Season 27 “Amped” patch notes published by Respawn Entertainment on November 4, 2025. Gameplay adjustments and balance changes are subject to future updates.
