Apex Legends update 1.000.120 focuses on strong legend buffs for Gibraltar and Wraith, improved enemy audio awareness, the addition of the Hemlok Breach AR, Olympus map adjustments to reduce contested drops, and smarter bot combat behavior with healing and movement improvements. Today’s Apex patch 1.000.120 also delivers multiple legend fixes, smarter and more aggressive Apex Bots, improved audio awareness, and meaningful engine optimizations. Visual quality and CPU performance see incremental gains, while quality-of-life changes refine combat feedback and loot behavior.
Apex Legends version 1.000.120 Patch Notes for PS5 – March 23, 2026
Major Changes
Audio Changes
- Reduced volume of Hardlight mesh breaking
- Increased enemy footstep volume outside player view
- Footsteps become louder when enemies are behind the player
- Adjustments made based on community feedback
Legends Updates
Gibraltar
Passive
- Added Momentum Boost after maintaining sprint speed
- Punch damage doubled against Hardlight
Tactical
- Dome of Protection cooldown reduced to 13 seconds (was 17 seconds)
Ultimate
- Radius increased by 20 percent
- Faster missile call-in time
- Ultimate can be thrown before equip animation finishes
Upgrades
Level 2
- Thunder Dome electrifies dome, dealing 50 damage and slowing the first enemy
- Healing Dome increases duration by 4 seconds and doubles small healing item effectiveness
Level 3
- Triple Bombardment splits ultimate into three smaller charges
- Several previous upgrades removed
Wraith
Tactical
- Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds
Ultimate
- Cooldown reduced to 1.5 minutes
- Faster activation animation
Upgrades
Level 2
- Phase Dome creates a void zone during portal channeling
Level 3
- Tactical duration increased to 6 seconds
- Added double jump while in the void
Wattson
Tactical
- Fences reinforce nearby Hardlight meshes
- Fence damage increased to 35
- Deployment time reduced to 0.5 seconds
Ultimate
- Pylon reinforces Hardlight meshes within its area
Weapons Changes
Hemlok Breach AR (Elite Weapon)
- New automatic firing mode
- Added Breach Charge explosive shot with 15-second cooldown
- Increased damage to structures and Hardlight
- Integrated silencer included
30-30 Repeater
- Base damage increased to 43
RE-45 Burst
- Energy burst version is now the default weapon
P2020
- Reduced Hammerpoint unlock requirement to 425
- Magazine size increased to 9
EVA-8
- Improved reload speed
Prowler PDW
- Reduced burst fire delay
- Improved recoil control
Map Changes
Olympus
- Elysium moved to the northeast near Rift
- Terrain adjusted to support the new location
- Change reduces forced contests in competitive matches
Modes and Events
Mixtape Rotation (March 24 – May 5, 2026)
- Team Deathmatch: Skull Town, Fragment, Estates
- Control: Labs, Thunderdome, Lava Siphon
- Gun Run: Monument, Skull Town, Thunderdome
Wildcard Events
- Broken Moon Wildcard begins March 31, 2026
- April Friends Day event scheduled for April 1, 2026
Ranked Events Schedule
- Multiple ranked ladder events scheduled between April 2 and May 3, 2026
Bot Improvements
- Bots now seek cover and heal during combat
- Improved target selection and awareness
- Enhanced strafing and aggressive movement
- Smarter weapon switching based on distance
- Better use of ziplines, jump towers, and traversal mechanics
Quality of Life Changes
- Octane jump pad double jump can be used while healing
- Alternator double-tap hit markers removed for clearer visibility
- Vault keys no longer change deathbox color
- Improved weapon sight clarity on select skins
Bug Fixes
Legends
- Bloodhound
- Killing dummies in the firing range now correctly triggers all “on knock” behaviors
- Catalyst
- Fixed a dead spot in Piercing Spikes where enemies could stand without taking damage
- Piercing Spikes no longer activates from the owner being within range when friendly fire is enabled in the firing range
- Octane
- Fixed an issue where Stim Surge remained in the alternate hand while using Akimbo
- Players can now double jump off Octane’s jump pad while healing
- Fuse
- Level 3 upgrade Reignition now works correctly against firing range dummies
- Newcastle
- Fixed an issue where the wall could destroy Mad Maggie’s Wrecking Ball if deployed too closely
- Visual Fixes
- Fixed Sparrow’s SWAT Scout skin appearing bright red at long distances
- Fixed parts of Catalyst and Conduit’s Heart Machine skin remaining visible while being revived by Mirage
- Fixed decals on Crypto’s Destiny Gundam Spec II skin remaining visible while cloaked
Quality of Life
- 30-30 Repeater
- Cleaned up the iron sight on the “Long-Distance Agony” skin to match other variants
- Alternator SMG
- Removed extra hit markers in Double Tap mode to improve reticle clarity and target tracking
- Vault Keys
- Vault keys no longer affect the color of death boxes
Apex Bots
- New in-combat healing system
- Bots will seek cover and heal when damaged during combat
- New target acquisition and awareness system
- Bots make smarter decisions about which targets to focus on
- Bots are harder to sneak up on
- Improved strafing
- Bots can move toward targets while strafing to close distance more aggressively
- New weapon switching system
- Bots switch weapons based on distance to their target
- Improved traversal
- Bots use map movement tools such as ziplines, ziprails, and jump towers to pursue targets
Audio
- Fixed audio mix settings not saving properly on consoles
- Lowered volume of Hardlight mesh breaking
- Increased volume of enemy footsteps outside the player’s field of view
- Footstep volume now increases as enemies move further behind the player
Engine
- PC
- Added support for Windows Audio Session API (WASAPI) for microphone input
- Enables Windows 11 Voice Clarity audio enhancement support
- Graphics
- Static objects now use bindless resources and batching to reduce draw calls and improve CPU performance
- Olympus map uses improved occlusion culling algorithms for better CPU performance
- Systems that support ReBAR now upload data to the GPU faster, reducing texture and model pop-in
- Improved reflection intensity in dark areas
- Improved ambient occlusion and specular occlusion clarity
Previously, Apex Legends update 3.03 added Hardlight Mesh for breach-and-clear combat, major reworks for Fuse, Catalyst, and Bloodhound, shotgun buffs and marksman nerfs, backpack/knockdown shield overhaul, Ranked matchmaking adjustments, new Wildcard rotation, and a fully expanded Bot Royale Evolved mode. Unfortunately, players are still having issues with the game. Today’s Apex patch 1.000.120 will fix a few of these issues.
Download free Apex update 1.000.120 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
