Here’s what players can expect when they enter Apex Legends Season 27.
Apex Legends Season 27 arrives on Nov. 4, and it features gameplay upgrades, changes to Valkyrie, Rampart, and Horizon, an updated Olympus map, plus so much more. Ahead of its launch, Electronic Arts revealed all of the Apex Legends Season 27 patch notes as well.
Apex Legends patch notes: Season 27
Here are the Apex Legends patch notes for Season 27. According to the developers, Valkyrie can soon travel faster and farther through longer burns of her jetpack. Missile Swarm improvements, meanwhile, focus on making her tactical more reliable and add a short recon scan on hit. Other new upgrades let players get more out of her jetpack and ultimate.
Players on the game's competitive subreddit had mixed reactions to Valkyrie's changes. Some folks are excited about the new ability to fire her tactical while skydiving. Meanwhile, others criticized the addition of a brief body scan to her missiles, stating that it adds more wallhack effects to the game. Over on X, some folks wrote that they're excited to return to Apex Legends and play as Valkyrie. Of course, those who don't main or play as her are less enthusiastic.
Moving on to Rampart, the Season 27 update aims to boost her survivability and make her a more viable controller pick after recent struggles with low effectiveness and pick rate. Horizon, meanwhile, sits at her lowest pick rate yet continues to maintain a strong encounter win rate, with restored power and new upgrades making her a more appealing choice. Revenant also gets a nerf in terms of the velocity of Shadow Pounce.
Legend | Update | Patch Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Valkyrie | VTOL Jets (Cooldown) | Recharge delay significantly reduced (8 → 2.5 sec) Recharge time significantly reduced (~10.9 → 3 sec) Fuel doesn’t start recharging until you touch ground EMP effects drain jetpack fuel |
| VTOL Jets (Speed) | Horizontal fly speed and strafe amount significantly increased Vertical fly speed increased. Additional vertical speed when flying straight up Reduced initial speed boost for first 0.5 sec (~25% faster → ~5% slower) Total fuel reduced (8 → 6 sec) Initial fuel consumption slightly increased | |
| Missile Swarm | Removed self damage and stun effect Added short (1.5 sec) full body scan on hit Tac damage now puts movement passives on cooldown (like other EMP effects) Removed 5 seconds of cooldown (30 sec → 25 sec) Removed vertical clearance firing restriction Improved missile pathing to work better in some situations such as low clearance situations (firing indoors or at targets under a bridge) Increased max range (~100m → 125m) | |
| Skyward Dive | Increased launch height 15% (integrated Afterburners upgrade) Reduced cooldown by 30 seconds (3 min → 2.5 min) Reduced delay before takeoff (2 sec → 1.5 sec) Slightly reduced time slowly rising before takeoff (1.83 sec → 1.33 sec) Removed self cancel cooldown penalty Reduced damage cooldown penalty (54 sec → 30 sec) Allow tactical to be fired when skydiving (except from drop ship) Land faster when skydiving (spend less time slow falling near ground) | |
| Upgrades (Level 2) | Afterburners: Removed (included by default) Eyes in the Sky: Moved to Level 2 Full Coverage: Changes missile swarm pattern to 4x5 (was 3x5) | |
| Upgrades (Level 3) | Full Tank: Removed (jetpack reworked) NEW Supersonic: Ultimate launch time reduced ~50% REWORKED: Aerial Expert: Improves jetpack horizontal speed, significantly improves handling, decreases initial fuel consumption, slightly reduces total fuel. | |
| Rampart | Battle Modder | Adds additional effect to old passive (Modded Loader). Cover walls permanently gain health as Rampart gains Evo Levels. |
| Amped Cover | Adds amped shield roof to wall Walls can now be charged by doing damage through the amped shield or by having the wall be damaged by enemies. Wall charge is converted to a speed boost by going over the wall Wall can store up to 300 damage, which results in a 15 second speed boost at full charge. Speed boost time scales linearly with stored charge. Wall charge is only usable by teammates, and each teammate can use stored charge individually. Speed boost is automatically given to nearby teammates when the wall is destroyed. Damage to wall is stored at 25%, while damage through amped shield is stored at 100% Speed boost only applies when sprinting | |
| Amped Cover (Health and Damage) | Wall health increase by 200 per Evo level (400 → 800 at max level) Shield health increased by 25 per Evo level (175 → 225 at max level) Health while wall building reduced (120 → 100 ) Amped shield arc star damage multiplier removed (1.5x → 1.0x) Wall frag grenade damage multiplier increased (1.0x → 2.0x) | |
| Upgrades (Level 2) | Ultimate Cooldown: Removed Bandolier: Removed (replaced with Combat reserve) NEW: Combat reserve: Bigger ammo stacks, extra grenades slots, access red weapon supply bins NEW: Locked and Loaded: gain faster reloads and infinite ammo when behind amped cover and shield is in tact | |
| Upgrades (Level 3) | Ramped up: Unchanged Amped Reloads: Removed (replaced with Locked and Loaded) NEW: Rebuild Module. Amped cover will regen health and rebuild shield section after not being damaged for a period of time | |
| Horizon | Gravity Lift | Increased lift speed (300 → 375) Increased hover time at top of lift (0.5 sec → 1.5 sec) Cooldown reductions: Reduced cooldown by 5 seconds (25 sec → 20 sec) Reduced delay before cooldown starts 8 sec (10 sec → 2 sec) Effectively reduced cooldown from 35 sec → 22 sec |
| Black Hole | Reduced cooldown by 30 seconds (3.5 min → 3 min) Increased health (175 → 225) | |
| Upgrades (Level 2) | Ultimate Cooldown: Removed (included by default) Tactical Cooldown: Removed (included by default) NEW: Gravity Boots: Press crouch while in the air to fall much more quickly NEW: Newt Scoot: Press jump after exiting gravity lift to glide | |
| Upgrades (Level 3) | Conservation of Energy: Unchanged Combat Reserve: Removed NEW: Knock Expert: gain tactical charge on knocks | |
| Revenant | Shadow Pounce | Reduced maximum possible velocity |
Apex Legends Amped patch notes
In terms of the Olympus rework, the developers are using player feedback to improve its competitive integrity. For example, point of interests (POIs) like Energy Depot and Orbital Cannon now address lopsided rotations and features more cover in some areas.
Olympus Area | Patch Notes |
|---|---|
| New & Reworked POIs | Added Somers University POI (replacing Orbital Cannon) and moved Elysium nearby. Added Gravity Engine POI (replacing Energy Depot). Added Stabilizer POI (replacing Docks). Added Dockyard POI. Added large amounts of additional cover in open rotation spaces around the following POIs: Phase Driver, Oasis Clinic, Hammond Labs, and Estates. |
| Hammond Labs | Transformed terrain and added tunnels to protect players and provide additional options to attack the waterfall high ground. Moved additional cover from Control mode into the base map, including the home base structures. Added jump tower behind Hammond Labs. |
| Rift | Added new camp in the center of Rift to reduce open space. Added additional cover to open spaces in Rift. Replaced vacuum behavior of the Rift teleporter with a Horizon Lift to prevent players from entering accidentally. Added a large camp between Rift and Gardens to resolve the previously large open space and help players contest the high ground. |
| Grow Towers | Replaced the third Grow Tower with buildings and tunnels to help players safely rotate through the POI when teams are holding the towers. Added jump tower. |
| Turbine | Added a new camp underneath the highway between Turbine and Estates to prevent players from being gatekept at the ramp. Added a new rotation from the east tunnel that connects directly to Gravity Engine (previously Energy Depot). |
| Carrier | Added two extra doors at the central chokepoint to prevent prolonged stalemates. |
| Phase Driver | Increased Phase Driver loot cooldown from 45 seconds to 90 seconds. |
| Between Hammond Labs and Somers University | Added a new camp in the circular pit. |
| Bonsai Plaza | Added additional ziplines to access high walls around the POI. |
| General | Removed many Trident barriers across the map. |
As for other updates, they pertain to balance, gameplay, the new wishlist feature, loot and attachments, weapons, and more. All of these patch notes can be found on Electronic Arts' official website.
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