Apex Legends™ patch notes & updates

Ranked Integrity Update – Rookie Rank Exploit We recently identified and quickly resolved an exploit that allowed some players, primarily on PlayStation 5, to enter Ranked matches as Rookie IV regardless of their actual rank.

Hack the fight in Apex Legends™: Cipher

Crypto’s new firmware update, the Akimbo Wingman, new Strongholds, Revenant and Lifeline rebooted, Ranked Legend bans, and more

Apex Legends™ EA Play* Weapon Charm

Add some flair to your arsenal with the Gold Hanging In There Weapon Charm. Just launch Apex Legends™ from Nov 3-30.

Apex Legends™: Cipher Patch Notes

ICYMI: CIPHER OVERVIEW Apex Legends: Cipher is here! It’s bringing new features, new weapon combos, and big changes to Ranked alongside the usual slew of bug fixes and balancing passes. Read on for info about the Akimbo Wingman, Strongholds, new Ranked features and more!

Apex Legends: Latest Update 10/20/2026

AMD has rolled out a new mainline driver update that resolves crashes for players with 9070 series GPUs in Apex.

Apex Legends™: Ranked Roadmap

TLDR; Read on to hear all about major changes to Ranked coming in Season 31 and 32, including: NEW Legend Banning · Scoring adjustments for wide-skill matches · UI clarity improvements · NEW Iron, Emerald, and Grandmaster Ranks · NEW Pro-Am League · Ranked rewards overhaul · and…

Apex Legends: Latest Update 10/6/2026

UPDATE: TESTING: Following early data showing promising impacts to queue times and tighter match skill-widths, we will be expanding this test to Wildcard matchmaking as well.

Apex Legends: Latest Update 10/02/2026

FIXED: Resolved an issue impacting Steam users that resulted in settings being reset after every relaunch of the game. This was largely impacting players with unique folder structures and Apex installation locations, most commonly seen in APAC.

Apex Legends: Latest Update 9/28/2026

REMINDER: Last week, in response to player feedback, we brought back the Core Wildcard mode alongside Apex KO. As a reminder, you should expect slightly longer queue times for either mode, with the higher skilled lobbies being most impacted.

EA Javelin Anticheat is Coming to Apex Legends

For a fully localized version of the following, . Intro Effective September 29th, 2026, Apex Legends will be switching its PC anticheat system to EA Javelin Anticheat. We extend our deepest gratitudes to the Easy Anti Cheat team at Epic Games for a long and fruitful partnership.

Apex Legends VS Street Fighter 6 Event

Street Fighter 6 smashes into the Outlands in a new trailer

Apex Legends: Latest Update 9/17/2026

KNOWN ISSUE: Happy Split Two launch week, everyone. We are currently tracking and working to resolve the following bugs: -Entering an Alter portal may drop players in the incorrect place -Players are able to clip through the ground of some structures on Broken Moon -Game…

Apex Legends™: Marked Midseason Patch Notes

INTRO Welcome back to Split 2 of Apex Legends: Marked. To start the second half of the season, we’ve got Legend balancing changes, some adjustment to loot availability (including more healing items), buffs to a trio of long range weapons, and the usual array of tweaks, fixes and…

Apex Legends: Anti-Cheat Update - 09/10/2026

We’re happy to share an update in Apex’s fight against cheaters and cheat makers. Following our engagement, Collective Minds (creators of the Cronus Zen and Strike Pack hardware devices) has removed all cheats relating to Apex Legends from their website and Discord servers.

Apex Legends: Latest Update 9/3/2026

UPDATE: Anyone previously experiencing crashes on AMD hardware, there is a new patch available from AMD that will fully resolve the issue. Find more information here: [url="

Controller Anti-Cheat Enforcement & Ban Wave Update — 09/02/2026

We are implementing significant, new systems to detect players using unauthorized controller hardware or software in Apex Legends on all platforms including: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch 2.

Apex Legends™ EA Play* Weapon Charm

Members can launch Apex Legends™ from Sep 1-Oct 4, and it will be auto-granted.

Apex Legends: Latest Update 8/26/2026

FIXED: -Octane passive once again restores him to full health, as intended. -Fixed rare instances where players were locked out of nearly all actions in Battle Royale mode.

Apex Legends: Latest Update 8/25/2026

INVESTIGATING: We are investigating a crash impacting players with AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPUs. For immediate resolution, please roll back your drivers to the previous version (26.7.1).

Apex Legends: Latest Update 8/21/2026

Hey everyone, we're going to do something a little bit different. We're announcing changes today that will go live early next week (aiming for Tuesday morning).

✅FIXED: Removed an exploit that allowed Bloodhounds to quickly access their Ult using their Level 3 Upgrades

Apex Legends: Latest Update 8/19/2026

FIXED: The Ascended Hunt Daily Challenge to "level up all 3 wild cards in a single match" can now be completed as intended

✅FIXED: Victims of Gibby's mythic finisher will no longer disappear into another realm+1 more

Apex Legends: Latest Update 8/11/26

Hello, we just pushed an update for the following: ✅ FIXED -Mythic CAR reload animations will now display correctly -Hemlok Breach AR will now recoil as intended -The World's Edge minimap now accurately reflects players location -Lifeline's Tactical audio now plays correctly…

Apex Legends: Latest Update 8/4/2026

We just pushed a patch to address the following: ✅FIXED -A crash related to Lifeline's Ultimate interacting incorrectly with Hardlight Mesh -A crash related to Mythic weapons and a small portion of Reactive weapon skins (Steam only - other platforms coming soon)

Apex Legends™: Marked

Bloodhound rework, an updated World’s Edge, Corrupted Attachments, and more

Apex Legends™: Marked Patch Notes

INTRO Welcome to the latest season of Apex Legends: MARKED. In addition to Bloodhound’s rework, buffs to Loba and Rampart, an energy weapon systems overhaul, and brand new Corrupted Attachments, we’re also bringing you a World’s Edge map rework, quality of life tweaks, and a…