Revenant

This article concerns the subject and the content related to it in *Apex Legends*. For the subject in *Apex Legends Mobile*, see Revenant (Mobile). For the background of the subject in Apex Legends universe, see Revenant (character).

 **Voice Actor** | Darin De Paul

 **Revenant** is a  Skirmisher Legend. He was introduced in  Season 4 and is locked from the base game. He can be unlocked using digital currency: either  12,000 or  750, or by buying the Champion Edition downloadable content. Revenant received a complete rework in  Season 18.

## Abilities

### Shadow Pounce

 Cooldown

* Info
* Tips

* Leap forward. Hold the tactical to leap further, up to 3 seconds for maximum distance.
	+ Ranging from 20m minimum, to 50m
* Can leap onto a wall and quickly transition to climbing.
* Can't perform any actions other than moving
* Cooldown reduces by half while ultimate is active

* Use this to engage and disengage from fights as this ability propels you relatively far
* Memorize how long it takes for the pounce to fully charge up. It also has a visual cue (smoke and flames) and an audio cue for when it's fully charged
* Use it to chase escaping enemies as you launch yourself, at a minimum, 20 meters and at a maximum, 50 meters
* The Shadow Pounce doesn't have much verticality when not fully charged but it usually provides good vertical movements, however, when fully charged, it does provide relatively good upwards movement
* When using the ability and looking directly downwards, it will give you more horizontal speed and thus more distance.

### Assassin's Instinct

 Cooldown

* Info
* Tips

* Revenant's crouch-walking speed is the same as his walking speed.
* Revenant can climb walls more than 6 times as high (26.5 meters, or 8 stories tall) as a normal Legend
	+ He can also climb shorter walls 25% faster because it takes longer for his climbing speed to decelerate
	+ He also has more horizontal movement while climbing walls, and can go around corners.
* Highlight in-view enemies that are low on health.
	+ If Revenant is the one that reduced the enemy's health, he will also mark them for his teammates. The marker can be seen through obstacles.
	+ The enemy must be less or equal to 40 health and within 30 meters from Revenant.

* Use this to outflank enemy squads or ambush squads in high buildings, if your team is attacking in one direction try to use this to attack from the side.
* Crouch ADS strafing is faster than normal strafing and makes your hitbox smaller.
* Legends make no noise while crouched. Use this and your extra speed to confuse enemies and shake them off your tail.
* With many weapons, crouching can increase accuracy. Use this to have increased accuracy at the same time as strafe speed.
* Use the low health view on the Mixtape game modes to get free kills.

### Forged Shadows

 Charge time

* Info
* Interactions
* Tips

* When activated, create a 75HP Shadow Shroud around him.
* Lasts 25 seconds.
* Blocks all excessive damage before the Shadow Shroud is depleted, after which extra damage is transferred directly to Revenant's Shield or Health.
	+ Provide extra protection from direct incoming damage (melee, bullets, explosives).
	+ Does not absorb damage from radius/AOE effects (ring, fire, Caustic gas, energized  Castle Wall).
* Negates the slowdown when hit by an  Arc Star.
* Destroys  Arc Snares upon contact
* Revenant's upper body hitbox is larger while Shadow Shroud is active, and returns to normal once depleted.
* The Shadow Shroud will slowly recharge overtime; direct damage will pause the regen.
* Shadow doesn't regen before it is depleted entirely first.
* Securing a knock or assist knockdown will bring back the shadow shroud to full health immediately, extend the Shroud's duration for 5 seconds (capped at 25 seconds), and recharge tactical.
* Crypto's  Drone EMP depletes the Shadow Shroud.

* Friendly Pathfinders can grapple Revenant when "Forged Shadows" is active

* Use this ultimate before engaging in a fight, as an extra 75 health is relatively strong.
* Use the ability aggressively and in tandem with the Shadow Pounce, as the aggressive nature of both abilities pair very well with each other. As well as this, Shadow Pounce's cooldown goes from 25 seconds to 12 seconds during Forged Shadows.
* Use the ability to escape if you're low health, an extra 75 health could provide a bit of extra protection to escape.

## Lore

*Main article:* Revenant (character)

## Cosmetic Items

### Skins

There are a total of 84 Legend skins for Revenant; 3 Mythic, 29 Legendary, 12 Epic, 23 Rare and 17 Common.

* Mythic
* Legendary
* Epic
* Rare
* Common

* Apex Nightmare
Tier 1
* Apex Nightmare
Tier 2
* Apex Nightmare
Tier 3

* Shadow on the Sun
 1,200
* Bird of Prey
 1,200
* Unholy Beast
 1,200
* False Idol
 1,200
* Necro Nightmare
 1,200
* Revelations
 1,200
* The Afterlife
Needs Bird of Prey
* Relic of Death
* Deathproof
* Forged Knight
* Frost Ancient
* Sacred Divinity
* Blood Ritual
* A Gaze Eternal
* Synthetic Shinobi
* Seeing Red
* Bleached Bone
Needs False Idol
* Predatory Instinct
Needs Unholy Beast
* Ra Fury
Needs Shadow on the Sun
* Burial at Sea
* No Chill
* Necromancer
* Deadly Teddy
* Mail Order Monster
Level 50
* Deadly Relic
* Soulless Sentry
* Former Glory
* Night Phoenix
* Penumbra

Note:

1. ↑ This skin changes Revenant's Legend select animation.

* Daemon Hunter
 400
* Fiber Optics
 400
* Hack the System
 400
* Heat Sync
 400
* User Friendly
 400
* Death Row
 400
* From The Deep
* Guerrilla Ghoul
* Skinwalker
Level 01
* Deep Sea Dread
* Blight Walker
* Candy Carnage
December 2022

* Arachnophobia
 60
* Bloodline
 60
* Desert Scorpion
 60
* Disruptor
 60
* Fresh Paint
 60
* Green Screen
 60
* Labyrinth
 60
* Pincushion
 60
* Prehistoric
 60
* Purgatory
 60
* Refraction
 60
* Scribblers
 60
* Unholy Alliance
 60
* Urban Legend
 60
* Wishbone
 60
* Royal Death
* Gilded Rose
February 2020
* Killswitch
* Death Etching
Level 01
* Tide Pool
Season 6
* Teal Torment
Level 01
* Sakura Steel
June 2021
* Aura of Vengance

* Original
Default
* Classic
Default
* Arctic
 30
* Cardinal
 30
* Clearwater
 30
* Evergreen
 30
* Flamingo
 30
* Hydro
 30
* Limelight
 30
* Mandarin
 30
* Midnight
 30
* Orchid
 30
* Rage
 30
* Sahara
 30
* Skyward
 30
* Vino
 30
* Yellowjacket
 30

### Finishers

*Main article:* Finisher
* Snap Decision
Default
* Imminent Shutdown
 1,200
* Soul Eater

#### Dead Man's Curve

The set contains:

* A Banner Pose: No Escape
* A Melee Weapon Skin: Dead Man's Curve
* An Intro Quip: "You don't wanna see this up close, skin bag."

#### Death Grip

The set contains:

* A Banner Frame: Soul Sacrifice
* A Melee Weapon Skin: Death Grip
* An Emote: Fight Your Demons

### Prestige Skin Set

The set contains:

* A skin set: Apex Nightmare
	+ Tier 1: instantly earned.
	+ Tier 2: deal 30,000 damage with Revenant to obtain.
	+ Tier 3: deal 100,000 damage with Revenant to obtain.
* A skydive trail: Cerberus, instantly earned and usable with all Legends.
* A finisher: Soul Eater, unlocked at Tier 3. Can only be used while any tier of Apex Nightmare is equipped.

### Emotes

*Main article:* Emote
* Fight Your Demons
* Overload -  1,200
* Robotic Scourge -  1,200
* Suffering Silence -  400
* Killer Joke
* Sharpened Reach - Level 33
* Stay Sharp - Default

### Skydive Emotes

*Main article:* Skydive Emote
* Dodging Death
Level 13
* Exhumed
Level 83
* Third Time's A Charm
* Spinal Stretch
Level 90
* Dead Weight

### Banner Frames

* Mythic
* Legendary
* Epic
* Rare
* Common

* Soul Sacrifice

* Element of Surprise
 1,200
* Shades of the Past
 1,200
* Silent Assassin
 1,200
* Slice and Dice
 1,200
* Tessenjutsu
 1,200

* Bark at the Moon
 400
* Stay On Target
 400
* Ritualistic
Level 27
* Death Tuner
Level 18
* Drip Feed
Level 76
* Rest In Pieces
Level 91
* Studied the Blade
Level 16
* Tsunami Breach
Level 88
* Death Protection
Level 42
* Night Terrors
Level 55
* Ancient Portal
* Tumultuous Temple
Level 79

* Edge of Sanity
 60
* Entombed
 60
* Hydraulic
 60
* Interlock
 60
* Veiled Threat
 60
* Solitary Confinement
 60
* Deadly Fortune
Season 6
* Grim Wrapper
December 2022

* Rookie Card
Default
* All-Seeing
 30
* Double-Edged
 30
* Hivemind
 30
* Networked
 30

### Banner Poses

* Mythic
* Epic
* Rare
* Common

* No Escape

* Last Rites
 400
* Off Switch
 400
* Off the Beaten Path
 400
* Ravenous
 400
* ReRun
 400
* The Equalizer
 400
* Fully Assimilated
* Stalker

* A Day's Work
 60
* Reach
 60
* Rebirth
 60
* Silencio
 60
* Stalker
 60
* Supernatural
 60
* System Error
 60
* The Collection
 60
* Victory
 60

* Simulacrum
Default

### Holosprays

*Main article:* Holospray
* Death Is Coming
 1,200
* Death Comes For Us All
 400
* Enter The Shadows
 400
* I'm The Nightmare
 400
* Shut It!
 400
* You'll Just Be Gone
 400
* Can't Hold Me
 400
* Obey
Level 40
* Bored To Death
Level 90
* I Am Beautiful
* Prey
* You're Already Dead
 Level 91
* Monster From The Deep
* And For My Next Trick
Level 57
* Night Terror

### Music Packs

*Main article:* Music Pack
* Revenant Music Pack
Level 70
* Revenant Reborn Music Pack
Level 50

### Transitions

*Main article:* Transitions
* Just Business
Level 48
* Mirror Images
Level 57
* Lies
Level 62
* The Program
Level 73
* The Cycle
Level 78
* No More Lies
Level 96
* Sleep with the Fishes
Level 34
* Like Father, Like Daughter
Level 41
* Biggest Fans
Level 85
* Nothing Personal
Level 83
* The Art of Control
Level 11
* Shiny and New
Level 45

## History

	+ Reduced time extension from knocks from 10s to 5s.
	+ Extra damage to the shroud will bleedthrough to Revenant if it breaks.
* Shadow Pounce
	+ Slightly increased pounce angle compensation when looking at the ground.

August 30, 2023 Patch* Revenant can no longer damage his Forged Shadows with his own melee but will take damage from his own ordnance

 August 08, 2023 Patch* Reworked:
	+ Class changed to  Skirmisher.
	+ New passive ability:  Assassin's Instinct.
	+ New tactical ability:  Shadow Pounce.
	+ New ultimate ability:  Forged Shadows.
	+ Updated Revenant's Legend select animation and healing animation.

August 09, 2022 Patch* Death Totem will now show a placement preview when activated instead of placing immediately.

September 14, 2021 Patch* Death Totem:
	+ Added some visual effects to increase visibility for when a totem is placed nearby.

August 03, 2021 Patch* Death Totem:
	+ Added a visual and audio cue when Death Totem protection is about to end which can be seen/heard by other players.
	+ Added a brief slow after being recalled.

July 19, 2021 Patch* Fixed an issue where having  **Revenant's** Heirloom equipped would cause slides to not travel very far while healing.

June 29, 2021 Patch* Slightly decreased hitbox size.
* Stalker: Significantly increased climb height.
* Silence: Duration decreased from 20 seconds to 15 seconds.
* Death Totem: Duration reduced by 5 seconds.

March 09, 2021 Patch* Silence: Now disables Mirage’s cloaked revive/respawn as well as Octane’s  Swift Mend.

January 05, 2021 Patch* Death Totem:
	+ Fixed an issue causing other players to teleport with Revenant if they punch Revenant when he has very little health.
	+ Fixed an issue that didn’t allow Revenant to deploy the totem while on the Trident.

November 04, 2020 Patch* Death Totem: Fixed an issue with Revenant getting pushed into geometry when his totem was deployed in tight spaces.

October 06, 2020 Patch* Fixed an issue with the HUD of the Replicator staying on the screen when the totem effect wears off.

August 18, 2020 Patch* Death Totem:
	+ For 2 seconds after being recalled by the totem, players cannot use Wraith’s  Dimensional Rift.
	+ Fixed an issue with enemies getting teleported with Revenant when they melee him before he teleports back to the totem.

June 30, 2020 Patch* Death Totem: Fixed an issue where if death protection wears off during a revive, it cancels the revive.

June 23, 2020 Patch* Silence:
	+ Will now cancel:
		- Pathfinder mid-grapple
		- Wraith mid- Into the Void attempt (before it activates).
	+ Will now prevent:
		- Mirage cloaked revive and decoy control activation.
		- Lifeline  Combat Revive.
	+ Fixed an issue with the audio of the ability cutting off halfway through its playback.
* Death Totem:
	+ Range removed.
	+ Fixed an issue with the totem not being rendered from over 200 meters.
	+ New health bar for when players are in Death Protection.

May 12, 2020 Patch* Death Totem: Fixed an issue with it being visible through smoke or gas.
* Adjusted hitbox for his crouch area.

April 07, 2020 Patch* Silence:
	+ Increased duration of status effect from 10 seconds to 20 seconds.
	+ Now disables Gibraltar’s  Gun Shield.
	+ Increased the duration of area of effect from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.
	+ Now has 2 charges.
	+ Fixed bug where sometimes players would lose aim assist after being hit with the ability.
* Death Totem:
	+ Characters are now respawned with 50 health (or whatever health they had when they activated it, if lower) instead of 1.
	+ Fixed bug for cases when Revenant places the totem on the train, a player is respawned to it while on the train, and the train is moving, the player could be respawned somewhere else on the map or even off the map.
	+ Fixed bug for cases where players that were under Revenant’s Death Protection could still be healed by Lifeline’s  D.O.C. Heal Drone and Wattson’s  Interception Pylon.
* Removed  Low Profile.
* Fixed issue where sometimes players could hear and in rare cases, be hit by Revenant’s abilities while in the Firing Range when he’s not there.

March 03, 2020 Patch* Silence: Fixed getting assist credit when placing the ability on a player who is downed.
* Death Totem:
	+ For cases where sometimes the totem could be destroyed or disabled when placed too close to some geometry, it will now be refunded back to the player at full charge when this happens.
	+ Fixed a bug where if players were respawned while spectating someone under Revenant's death protection, they would return in that state permanently and unable to use healing items.

February 04, 2020 Patch* Introduced.

## Teasers

### Original

* Revenant was teased throughout  Season 3 before his reveal in  Season 4.
	+ His first appearance was as the announcer in the Shadowfall game mode. He also appeared in its promotional material, such as in the trailer as a silhouette in front of the moon.
	+ When Season 4 was officially announced, the developers announced that Forge would be the next Legend added and was given lots of promotional material, only to be murdered by Revenant in the short 'Up Close and Personal'. This was later revealed to be a misdirect not just for average players, but also for data miners, which included many pieces of fake Forge data planted in the game's files.
	+ After the Forge SFTO was released, a series of images regarding Hammond Break-ins was released on January 29, January 30, and February 01 of 2020.

Passive - Stalker* *You crouch walk faster and can climb walls higher, with no footsteps*

Tactical - Silence* *Throw a device that deals damage and disables enemy abilities for 15 seconds.* Has 2 charges

Ultimate - Death Totem* *Drop a totem that protects users from death. Totem can be used by anyone, putting users in a shadow form for 25 seconds. Instead of getting killed or downed, users will return to the totem with 50HP. Armor is deactivated during Death Totem*

### Reborn

* During Season 17, Revenant got new voice lines for using healing items, in which he complains about having a headache. Some Legends will also notice his issues.
* From July 17, 2023, his icon in the Legend select screen in Battle Royale started to glitch out. In game, when in certain locations on Storm Point (such as Command Center), Revenant player's view would glitch out and have codes would flash in front of him.
	+ Many of the codes refereed to the people he most recently killed
* On July 17, 2023, the Kill Code lore event began with the release of Part 1, and eventually a playable section was released to allow players explore the armored bunker where Revenant was worked on. In the Neon Network event, players could unlock further teasers as "Kill Code: Interlude"
* On July 31, 2023, Kill Code Part 2 was released, confirming his rework.
* On August 3, 2023, the Season 18 Gameplay Trailer was released to showcase his reworked abilities.

### Datamined and Leaked Data

* Revenant was conceptualized as a 'synthetic shinobi' character. Many different abilities were tested for him, including a 'Mark for Death' ability which permanently put a marker above a target's head so they could be tracked by Revenant's squad. This ability would later be altered slightly and given to Ash, another 'shinobi' type simulacrum character, as her passive.
	+ Earlier datamining reveals other abilities tested include a poison bomb, a decoy you could teleport to, an ability that briefly makes you faster and silent, and an ultimate that creates a doorway in a wall. Datamining also reveals his name was at one point 'Blackout'.
	+ This was later referenced by Revenant's Synthetic Shinobi skin.
* During his rework, various abilities had been tested, including but not limited to wallrunning, modified Totem (which provide Shadow Shroud to teammates within radius), One version shares much abilities with that of Phantom. The only known change that was confirmed was the removal of silence from Revenant, by duplicating Silence function on Seer's Tactical in the Dressed to Kill Collection Event in preparation.

## Trivia

* In a rare animation, Revenant would do a series of hand signs while activating his ultimates. The five signs are hand signs from the manga series *Naruto*, specifically that of Tiger → Snake → Dog → Dragon → Clap hands, the hand signs for "Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation".
	+ Revenant had another animation causing him to pull out his skull and pressing in the eyes to activating his ultimates.
	+ Revenant had a newer animation, his right-hand intertwines with a shadow version emerging from his wrist and they flip places when activating his ultimates, which is a reference to the character June Moon turning into Enchantress from 2016's Suicide Squad movie.
* Revenant's hitbox is large enough to be considered having  Fortified, but the developers are worried of community backlash.
* Revenant launched with  Low Profile because he originally shared the same skinny hitbox as Pathfinder (who also had Low Profile at the time), but Revenant's hitbox was modified last-minute without the developers knowing. Low Profile was later taken off him.
* Revenant has the most select animations out of any legend.
	+ His original animation, only available when the Classic skin is equipped, where he falls from the ceiling and goes into shadow form after crushing a skull.
		- He is also the only legend to have a separate select animation for a Common skin.
	+ His base, newer, animation, shows Classic Revenant about to shoot, when the new Revenant appears behind him, aims the gun at his head, shoots him and then holds the gun with his finger in the trigger guard.
	+ His unique select animation, only available with the Penumbra skin, shows him hooked up to a bunch of wires, breaking free, then  Shadow Pounce towards the screen.

## Gallery

Videos

Images
* Project 617 Trial 7578.
* Project 617 Subject XAC.
* Project 617 test results.
* OTV's statement on Forge's death.
* Email to Hammond employees on Revenant's break-ins.
* A corrupted file found at several crime scenes.
* The discussion that got Revenant into the Apex Games.
* Concept art of Revenant.
* Concept art of the silencer device.
* Concept art of Revenant and the Unholy Beast skin.
* Concept art of human Revenant.
* An official screenshot of Revenant from  Season 4.
* A render of Revenant's Relic of Death skin.
* A render of Revenant's Sacred Divinity skin.
* A render of Revenant's Deathproof skin.
* Concept art of Revenant's Deathproof skin.
* Concept art of Revenant's Shadow of the Sun skin.
* Concept art of Revenant's Necro Nightmare skin.
* Concept art of Revenant's Revelations skin.
* Catalyst's Death tarot card, depicting Revenant

Merchandise
* A Funko Pop of Revenant that was released in July 2022.
* Action figure released by Jakks Pacific.
* A special edition of the Revenant action figure, based on the opening of the Season 4 Launch Trailer.

## References

1. ↑ Revenant Loading Screen text “No More Lies”
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pathfinder's Quest, chapter 10
3. ↑ @tommiecas on Twitter
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 It took “a little over a year” and “some pretty big gameplay changes” to create Revenant, Apex Legends design director Jason McCord says
5. ↑ Balance w/ Respawn Dev Jaybiebs & Liquid Hodsic | "The Bird's Eye" Competitive Apex Legends Podcast
6. ↑ Carlos Pineda on Twitter
7. ↑ Apex Legends on Twitter
8. ↑ Apex Legends on Twitter
9. ↑ Apex Legends on Twitter
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Revenant teasers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Hethe Srodawa on Twitter
12. ↑ Luca Xu on Twitter
13. ↑ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Vg56r4
14. ↑ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4XVOen

1. ↑ Additionally, during  Season 18, Revenant will be available for all players; completing challenges during the season will lead to him being unlocked permanently.