Apex Legends Season 16 patch notes are out and there are a lot of changes. Here’s the full rundown.
It's official the brand new season of Apex Legends will be called Revelry, and will welcome some major changes to the game. The official Apex Legends Season 16 patch notes have now been released.
Apex Legends Season 16 will come out on Valentine's Day, February 14.
Apex Legends Season 16 patch notes
Legend changes coming in Apex Legends Season 16
A total of seven Legends will receive changes for the upcoming Season 16, with Seer the recipient of quite a massive nerf.
Elsewhere Bloodhound, one of the original characters, sees their Ultimate reworked and white ravens now offering the recon legend additional intel.
Here is a full list of the changes:
Seer
- Passive - Heartbeat Sensor
- Audio from Seer’s passive is now more audible to enemy players
- Activation is now delayed to match raise animation of weapon or unarmed
- Lock-On indication will now only show on heartbeat cadence of target
- Tactical - Focus of Attention
- No longer shows full body scan on scanned targets
- Ultimate: Exhibit
- No longer reveals on initiation
- Duration reduced from 30s to 25s
- Cooldown increased from 120s to 180s
Bloodhound
- Passive - Tracker
- White Ravens
- Ethereal White Ravens will now occasionally spawn near Bloodhound when no enemies are around.
- White Ravens can be interacted with or scanned to trigger them to fly towards the nearest enemy player
- The White Raven will leave a misty trail behind for Bloodhound to follow, and will share this direction with their team on the map.
- Using a White Raven will recover 25% Tactical / Ultimate charge
- Scanning a White Raven will fully refund the Tactical Charge
- White Ravens
- Tactical - Eye of the Allfather
- Reduced full body scan time from 3s to 1s
- Diamond target on scanned enemy is unchanged
- Ultimate - Beast of the Hunt
- No longer recharges or speeds up the cooldown rate of Bloodhound’s Tactical
- Will launch a White Raven that flies towards the nearest enemy
- Killing an enemy while in Beast of the Hunt will also trigger a White Raven
Mirage
Passive - Now you see me…
- Mirage and his ally now remain cloaked after a revive for 3s
- Weapons remain stowed while cloaked
- Drawing your weapon will remove the cloaking effect early
Mirage Clones
- Bamboozles are now only triggered by bullet fire and melee
- Enemies who are bamboozled now receive notification on their screen
- Bamboozle icon marker now tracks the Bamboozled player’s movement
- Bamboozle icon marker duration increased from 2.5s to 3.5s
Pathfinder
Passive - Insider Knowledge
- Pathfinder’s passive benefits are no longer gained by scanning Survey Beacons
- Pathfinder’s passive benefits (Ultimate charge and 10s Ultimate Cooldown reduction) are now gained by revealing Care Packages with the Skirmisher ability
Ultimate - Zipline Gun
- Max Range increased by ~60%.
- Max Speed increased by 66%.
- Acceleration and exit speed adjustments.
- Targeting improvements, including updated visual and audio cues.
- Can no longer place the end station on OOB zones.
Wraith
Ultimate - Dimensional Rift
- Max Portal Distance has been doubled (~76m to 152m)
- Portal Duration reduced from 60s to 45s
- Wraith now increases speed over time when creating longer portals
Horizon
Tactical - Gravity Lift
- Increased weapon spread in Gravity Lift
- Increased vertical speed of Gravity Lift by 10%
Lifeline
Passive - Combat Revive
- Reduced the slow penalty on Lifeline when initiating a revive
Ultimate - Care Package
- Decreased the drop animation speed of Care Package from 14s to 8s
- Increased the deployment range of Care Package
Weapon changes for Apex Legends Season 16
Judging by the Apex Legends Season 16 patch notes, EA and Respawn are making a clear effort to make shotgun and SMGs the weapon of choice for close combat over ARs.
Legendary Shotgun Bolt
- New shotgun bolt rarity tier added to floor loot and crafters
- Gold Perk: Automatically reloads rounds while sliding. Activates while equipped or stowed.
Care Package Rotation
- Hemlok Burst AR enters the Care Package
- Rampage LMG returns to the floor
Weapon Crafting Rotation
- Longbow DMR enters the crafter
- Volt SMG enters the crafter
- G7 Scout returns to the floor
- C.A.R. SMG returns to the floor
Gold Weapon Rotation
- Nemesis, Rampage, PK, Wingman, R99
Anvil Receiver Hop-Up [R-301, Flatline]
- Removed from floor loot and crafting
Hammerpoint Rounds Hop-Up [Mozambique, P2020]
- Added to floor loot and crafting
- Rarity tier increased to Legendary
C.A.R. SMG
- Reduced base ammo capacity to 19 (was 20)
R-99
- Increased damage to 12 (was 11)
Assault Rifles
- Significantly reduced hipfire accuracy
R-301
- Reduced damage to 13 (was 14)
Hemlock Burst AR [Care Package]
- Damage increased to 23 (was 20)
- Headshot Multiplier increased to 1.8 (was 1.75)
- Improved recoil
- Integrated Boosted Loader Hop-Up
- Boosted Loader: Faster reloads at low ammo that overload the magazine with 9 extra rounds
Mastiff
- Spread pattern adjusted to be tighter
- Added Tactical Stocks attachment to improve reload speed and handling
- Increased projectile size at close range
Peacekeeper
- Added Tactical Stocks attachment to improve reload speed and handling
- Increased projectile size at close range
EVA-8
- Increased projectile size at close range
Rampage LMG [Floor]
- Reverted to non-Care Package version
- Damage reduced to 26 (was 28 in Care Package)
- No longer auto-energizes when picking up
- Energy decays slower when not firing
RANKED - MAP ROTATION
Ranked queue will now rotate through all maps in play, 24 hours per map. The maps for the first split are:
- World's Edge
- Storm Point
- Broken Moon
This means that Olympus will not be in the map rotation.
EA to "evolve the game" and warns that "nothing is safe"
"Nothing is safe, everything you know and love, there may be changes coming down the line. You've been warned," said Steve Ferreira, Apex Legends' Game Director.
One example of this is confirmation that they will be shutting down Arenas and adding a Team Deathmatch mode.
Nemesis: New energy weapon coming in Apex Legends Season 16
The Nemesis is a brand new energy weapon for Apex Legends Season 16. EA devs said they are "tuning this one hot" to compete with the likes of the R-301 and the Flatline. We got a glimpse of the new gun in the Apex Legends Revelry launch trailer.
"Meet the Nemesis, a new energy class assault rifle that fires four rounds per burst. With a ramping burst delay that decreases the time between bursts and simulates a fully automatic weapon, the Nemesis is guaranteed to ruin the day of at least one Legend next match."
EA's official description of Apex Legends' latest weapon
Apex Legends Season 16 patch notes: No new Legend
EA have confirmed that Season 16 will be the first season to not include a new Legend. Instead they have put their focus on reworking existing legends.
"We're going to be doing a deep dive on existing legends, make a few buffs and a few nerfs. A few that we are going to touch are Lifeline, Seer and Wraith."
Brand new Apex Legends class system
"This season we’ll be adjusting all Legends and introducing a rework to our Class system that we’re calling 'Remastered Legend Classes'," said EA in their official post.
There will be a total of five classes each with "some kind of meaningful, unique perk - whether that be the way a Legend can interact with new loot bins or ways to revive team-mates".
Apex Legends new classes
- Assault
- Recon
- Skirmisher
- Controller
- Support
Class | Legends | Perks |
|---|---|---|
Assault | Bangalore Ash Fuse Mad Maggie Revenant | - Access the Secret Compartment of Weapon Supply Bins Contains 4 "smart loot" attachments for you or your team's current loadout (One loot slot is reserved for optics) Secret compartment drops a weapon if no-one on your team has a weapon. |
Skirmisher | Wraith Valkyrie Octane Horizon Mirage Pathfinder | - Can spot incoming Care Packages to see the highest value contents in them Can also see when the item has been taken by another team (turns grey) Can ping map icons or in-world icons for team |
Recon | Bloodhound Crypto Seer Vantage | - Can Use Modified Survey Beacons Reveal all enemy positions on the Map/Mini-Map for 30s Enemies in pulse range are alerted to beacon use |
Controller | Caustic Wattson Rampart Catalyst | - Use Ring Consoles to find the next Ring Location |
Support | Lifeline Loba Gibraltar Newcastle | - Craft ally banners (even if expired) Current Cost = 30 Crafting Materials Banner can be recovered from the Crafter once crafting is complete A crafted Banner will contain all recoverable teammate |
This is a very major change coming as part of the Apex Legends Season 16 patch notes.
You can read the full breakdown in our piece on the Apex Legends new classes rework.