August 09, 2022 Patch

The **August 09, 2022 Patch** is a major patch introducing the fourteenth Season of *Apex Legends*.

## New content

* New Legend: **Vantage**
* New map update: **Kings Canyon**
* New attachment:  **Laser Sights**
	+ Replace  Barrel Stabilizers on SMGs and Pistols.
* **Level Cap Increase**
	+ Players can now level past account level 500 through 3 additional tiers of 500 levels bringing the effective level maximum to Level 500 Tier 3. This increase adds 345 additional Apex Packs earnable via account leveling, and ensures that everyone can earn an heirloom just by playing the game. The total number of  Apex Packs earnable via account leveling is now 544.
* Battle Pass Challenges
	+ Certain Battle Pass challenges can now be completed in either Battle Royale or non-Battle Royale modes, giving you the flexibility to complete the Battle Pass your way.

## Balance changes

Crate Rotation
* G7 Scout returns to the floor.
* Volt SMG returns to the floor.
* Bocek Compound Bow enters the crate.
* Rampage LMG enters the crate.

 Crafting Rotation
* Wingman returns to the floor.
* CAR SMG returns to the floor.
* Devotion LMG enters the crafter.
* RE-45 +  Hammerpoint combo enters the crafter.

Gold Weapon Rotation
* Longbow DMR, G7 Scout, Mozambique, R-99, Hemlok

SMGs
* Base hipfire spread increased.

Assault Rifles
* Base hipfire spread increased.

 EVA-8 Auto
* Recoil improvements.
* Now takes  stocks.
* Removed 1 pellet from blast pattern.
* Fire rate increased to 2.3 from 2.0.
* Pellet damage increased to 7 from 6.
* Bolt rate of fire bonuses increased.
	+ Blue: 1.15 to 1.2.
	+ Purple: 1.2 to 1.3.

 Bocek Compound Bow
* Damage at full draw increased to 70 from 60.
* Tempo draw speed increased to 0.38 from 0.32.
* Shattercaps pellet damage increased to 12 from 11.
* Fired arrows can no longer be collected.
* Arrows spawns have been removed from the floor.

 Rampage LMG
* Damage increased to 28 from 26.
* Rampage comes with a  Thermite Grenade.

 Volt SMG
* Damage reduced to 15 from 17.

 C.A.R. SMG
* No longer takes barrel attachments.

 G7 Scout
* Damage reduced to 34 from 36.
* Headshot multiplier reduced to 1.75 from 2.0.
* Double Tap hop-up burst fire delay increased to 0.4 from 0.375.

 LSTAR
* Increased projectile speed.
* Increased number of shots before overheat at base to 24 from 20.

 RE-45
* Increased ironsight FOV to 70 to be consistent with other pistols.
* Increased strafe speed by 5% to be consistent with other pistols.

 Wingman
* Wingman now uses  sniper ammo and  magazines.

 Sniper Ammo
* Sniper ammo inventory stack increased to 28 from 24.
* Sniper ammo boxes now contain 14 rounds instead of 12.

 Spitfire
* Recoil adjustments to increase vertical barrel climb.
* Spitfire now uses  light ammo and  magazines.

 30-30 Repeater
* Dual Loader has been worked into the base 30-30 Repeater.
* Now takes  Skullpiercer Rifling.

 Mastiff
* Projectile growth reduced.
* Base fire rate reduced to 1.1 from 1.2.
* Dual Loader removed.

 Sentinel
* Deadeye's Tempo has been worked into the base Sentinel.

 Hop-Ups
* Double Tap
	+ Adds burst fire mode to EVA-8 and G7 Scout.
* Skullpiercer
	+ 35% headshot damage increase on Longbow, Wingman and 30-30 Repeater.
* Removed  Deadeye's Tempo &  Shatter Caps from floor loot.
* Boosted Loader has been reduced to Epic quality from Legendary.

 Backpack Gold Perk
* New Perk: Deep Pockets.
	+ Batteries and  Medkits now stack to 3 in inventory.
	+ Phoenix Kits now stack to 2 in inventory.

 Knockdown Shield Gold Perk
* New Perk: Guardian Angel (Previous Backpack Perk).
* Self Revive removed from the game.

 Arc Star
* Reduced stick damage on armor to 10 from 40.
* Remove aim slow on stick, remains on detonation.
* Detonation damage increased to 75 from 70.

Explosive Holds
* Added Blue attachments to possible spawns.
* Added  Laser Sights to the pool.
* Reduced spawn rate of gold magazines.

 Valk
* VTOL Jets
	+ Acceleration on activation decreased by about 8%.
	+ Fuel consumption on activation increased by 33%.
	+ Aerial boosting & strafing take a 20% debuff when hit by slowing effects.
	+ Added a third orange state to the fuel meter UI between green (>60%) and red (<30%).
* Missile Swarm
	+ Aim/turn slow removed.
	+ Move slow duration decreased from 2.5s -> 2.0s.
	+ Reducing the explosion radius from 175 -> 125.
* Skyward Dive
	+ Height reduction of 25%.
	+ Launch time reduced from 5.5s -> 5.0s. Coupled with the height reduction, players in Valk ult now travel upward at a slightly slower speed.

 Horizon
* Black Hole
	+ Adjustments to N.E.W.T’s hitbox to make destroying it more reliable.
	+ N.E.W.T. takes 50% more damage from explosives.

 Wattson
* Improvements to  Perimeter Security placement system.

 Newcastle
* Retrieve the Wounded:
	+ Increased move speed during revive by 25%.
	+ Reduced turn slow while reviving by 50%.
	+ Increased White Knockdown shield health from 150 -> 200.
	+ Increase Blue Knockdown shield health from 250 -> 300.
* Mobile Shield:
	+ Increased hp from 350 -> 500
	+ Doubled max movement speed.
* Castle Wall:
	+ Added turn slow to electrical barrier effects and increased the severity of the slow effect to movement.

 Mad Maggie
* Riot Drill:
	+ Projectile Launch Speed doubled.
* Wrecking Ball:
	+ Will travel twice as far while dropping the same amount of magnets.
	+ Duration increased from 5 sec → 10 sec.
	+ Magnet Spawn delay increased from 0.4 sec → 0.8 sec.
	+ Wrecking Ball will deal damage to enemy placeable objects:  Black Market,  Castle Walls,  Exhibit,  Death Totem,  Mobile Shield,  Black Hole,  Amped Cover, and  Gas Barrels. It will also destroy Gibraltar's  Dome of Protection.

 Mirage
* Mirage Decoys will now be scanned by Valk when skydiving.
* Mirage Decoys will now be picked up by Seer’s  Heart Seeker.

 Crafting Update
* Team-Use Harvesters:
	+ When any player interacts with a Materials Harvester, all players in their team will be given the Materials.
* Removed  Shatter Rounds from crafting.
* Removed  Hammerpoints from base crafting and added to RE-45 Weapon Craft.
* Heavy, Energy, and Sniper mags price increased to 35 from 25.
* Laser Sight added to crafting: 25 materials.
* Stock and  Barrel price reduced to 25 from 35.
* Added  Skullpiercer Rifling Hop-Up to crafting.
* Added  Double Tap Trigger Hop-Up to crafting.
* Added  Kinetic Feeder Hop-Up to crafting.
* Increased Shotgun Bolt price from to 30 from 25.
* Reduced  2-4x ACOG optic price to 30 from 35.
* Replicators and Crafting Materials have been rebalanced across the maps.

Ring Adjustements
* Ring 1 Damage increase from 2 to 3 hp/tick (equivalent to Ring 2)
* Ring 1 Preshrink Time decreased from 180s to 60s.
* Ring 1 Closing Time:
	+ Kings Canyon - 4:10 -> 4:32
	+ World's Edge - 3:42 -> 4:32
	+ Storm Point - 4:15 -> 4:35
	+ Olympus - 4:10 -> 4:32

World's Edge
* Removed some frustrating final rings at Staging that were causing heal offs.
* Fragment East Loot buffed from Low Tier to Medium.
* Added OOB to west rocks at Lava Siphon.

## Quality of life

 LSTAR
* Removed bright red flash when hitting non-armored targets.

 Rampart
* Now ignores friendly collision on  Amped Cover placement (i.e. placing walls around teammates will feel more smooth).

 Revenant
* Death Totem will now show a placement preview when activated instead of placing immediately.

Other
* New Mode/Map name UI element on load screen and start flow.
* "Winning" and "Champion" tags added to the scoreboard.
* Added ability to use "tap" interact prompts when they conflict with "hold" (e.g. reloading near downed teammates is now a lot more reliable on controller).
* Added flourish to the crafting materials in the top right of the HUD when they increase.
* Added a flourish to items if they become craftable while in the crafting station UI.
* Added accessibility switch for turning on and off TTS (Text-to-speech), defaulting to what your console or system has it set to (where available)
* When dropping from the dropship, the location of the POI player lands in is now displayed.
* Vending Machines in Big Maude now have buyer protection.

## Stability, performance, bug fixes

 Mad Maggie
* Fixed  Wrecking Ball not blinding and slowing enemies.

 Caustic
* Fixed gas ramping bug where transitioning from friendly to enemy gas would initially damage for more than intended.

 Mirage
* Fixed a bug where Mirage Decoys were picked up by Seer’s  Exhibit as AI and not players.

Other
* Hipfire reticles now change size based on the FoV.
* Fixed bug where canceling a Lifeline  revive would cancel it for other teammates also being revived by Lifeline.
* Fixed bug where players could not deal melee damage to Caustic  Gas Barrels or Octane's  Jump Pads.
* Fix for issue where the buy menu would close each time a teammate completes a purchase/and or closes the buy menu.
* Crypto's  Ultimate now destroys Wattson's  Pylon.
* Fix for issue where Crypto’s heirloom animation audio would play globally when using a survey beacon.
* Fix for issue where players could sometimes get stuck while crouched between a  Replicator and  Black Market after crafting.
* Fixed bug where players could not unlock the "Fully Kitted"  badge.
* Fix for issue for Legends losing functionality like meleeing, using an ability, etc, while mantling.
* Fix for bug where players could not switch ammo types for the C.A.R. SMG.
* [  Newcastle ] Fix for issue where Newcastle could get stuck in their  Ultimate animation while riding a zipline.
* [  Newcastle ] Fixed bug where throwables placed on a  Mobile Shield would start floating after the Mobile Shield disappears.
* [  Newcastle ] Fix for cases where players wouldn’t take damage from ordnance or activate Caustic’s  barrels when positioned between a Tactical Shield and its drone.
* [  Newcastle ] Fix for bug where throwable abilities placed on a  Mobile Shield could float away after the Mobile Shield disappears.
* [  Wraith ] Fix for bug where Wraith would still take damage in the Ring while  phasing.
* Fix for a reload bug with the Mastiff and 30-30 Repeater where players could not ADS until reloading animation was finished.
* Fixed bug where Crypto's melee animations wouldn’t show his heirloom while in third person.
* Fixed an issue that could cause some stuttering and framerate spikes on consoles, especially  PlayStation 5 and  Xbox Series X/S.
* Fix for bug where the Dropship would sometimes spawn players outside the ship.
* Fixed a bug where  Heat Shields would disappear when placed under a  respawn beacon, or  mobile respawn beacon, and then the beacon was used.
* Fixed a bug where Pathfinder's  zipline would be destroyed if placed on top of a  respawn beacon and then the beacon was used.
* Fix for a bug where Mirage decoys would not show up on scan for a few Legends.

## Undocumented changes

* Supply Drop Weapons now all have the same chance to spawn regardless of the current Round.
* Epic  Hop-Ups now all have the same chance to spawn.
* Legendary  Hop-Ups now all have the same chance to spawn.
* EVA-8 Auto's  Double Tap Trigger fire mode:
	+ Increased fire rate from 6 to 7.
	+ Increased burst delay from 0.7 to 0.8.
	+ Reduced burst delay multiplier provided by  Shotgun Bolts:
		- Level 1 from 0.925 to 0.91
		- Level 2 from 0.875 to 0.83
		- Level 3 from 0.825 to 0.77.
* Horizon's  Black Hole now takes damage from all friendly instances of damage, including her own.
* Updated the currency UI in the top right corner of the Lobby.
	+ Legend Tokens value is now visible again.
	+ Values above 1,000 are shortened as "<value>**K**". The noun is localized and differs depending on the game's selected language.
* Updated M600 Spitfire first equip animation.
* Joining a server displays the game mode name instead of the map as title, followed by the map under it.
	+ In the top left corner, the game mode and map are displayed until the dropship appears.
* Level 4 Gear Perks in the inventory are now displayed both under the type of item, and to the left of the item name.
* The player's squad's Banners disappear instantly moments before the Banners of the Champion squad are shown, instead of fading away.
* While in a Ranked Leagues game, the previous Ranked Season highest rank reached is shown under the player's squad's Banners.