Apex Legends Version 2.62 Patch Notes (1.000.076)

Apex Legends version 2.62 is available on PS4, PS5, PC, and Xbox. According to the official Apex Legends 2.62 patch notes, the latest update introduces the E-District map, new class perks for Controller and Recon Legends, improved Survey Beacons, and enhanced Stat Tracker customization. Unlock the Premium Battle Pass through in-game challenges or Apex Coins. Apart from this, today’s Apex Legends update 2.62 also addresses various minor issues.

Previously, Apex update 2.35 added new features and changes to the game. Recently, Apex version 2.36 was also released with minor tweaks. Unfortunately, players are still experiencing a number of issues with the game. Today’s Apex Legends update 1.000.076 will fix a few of these issues.

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Apex Legends Patch 2.62 Notes

SHOCKWAVE PATCH NOTES

NEW MAP: E-DISTRICT

E-District is our latest map addition, designed to offer players a fresh and innovative experience. While retaining core elements of great Apex maps, E-District pushes boundaries with numerous buildings, emphasis on verticality, and varied landscapes. These features ensure diverse fights and end-ring locations across the map.

MAP ROTATION The following maps will be available in Pubs and Ranked for the first half of this season:

• Broken Moon
• E-District
• Storm Point

E-District will be the dedicated featured map for a limited time:

• Pubs: First week after launch (August 6-12)
• Ranked: First 72 hours after launch (August 6-9)

CONTROLLER & RECON CLASS PERKS

CONTROLLER CLASS New Class Perk: Zone Overcharge

• Controllers gain extra shield capacity when in the zone
• Automatically grants 25HP shield capacity overcharge
• Permanent while in zone (white ring area on map)
• Lost when leaving zone (after 5s delay)
• Can be healed with cells, batteries, and abilities while in zone
• Fills automatically if entering zone at full shields
• Additional shield core overcharge will drain normally, but zone overcharge remains
• Never enhances Legend Armor beyond maximum (red) capacity

New Quality of Life: Remote Pick-Up

• Remotely pick up undamaged Tacticals by looking back and pressing a button
• Prompt to recover ALL possible objects if area is abandoned
• Remotely recovering objects restores Tactical charge

RECON CLASS New Class Perk: Threat Vision

• Gain threat vision when aiming down sights
• Highlights enemies in line of sight during ADS
• Doesn’t work through walls or smoke
• Limited by scope or zoom range of ability

SURVEY BEACONS

• Faster to use: ~3s (was ~7.5s)
• Shortened range: ~500m (was entire map)
• All beacons now turned on with every map
• Scanning grants 75 EVO (was 200 EVO)
• Pulses 3 times over 15s, each pulse taking a 5s snapshot of enemies in range
• Releases large in-world scan wave visible to players
• Scanned enemies display along mini-map edges

STAT TRACKERS UPDATE

• Stat and Art now separate on Legend Banner Cards
• Art made universal, applicable to any Legend Banner Card
• Three new Stat Trackers unlocked automatically during Shockwave

SHOCKWAVE BATTLE PASS

• Premium Battle Pass unlockable through in-game challenges before Split 1 end (September 17th, 10:00am PT)
• Challenges include:
  • Play 2 Trios matches on a specific map
  • Deal 1,000 damage as Recon or Controller Legend in BR
  • Open 15 Supply Bins in any mode
  • Deal 500 damage in BR with a specific weapon
  • Complete 10 Battle Pass levels
• From Split 2 (September 17th), Premium Battle Pass available for 950 Apex Coins
• Better rewards and faster completion (60 levels)

BALANCE UPDATES

Care Package

• EVA-8 returns to floor loot:
  • Blast pattern size slightly increased
  • Damage increased to 7 (was 6)
  • Fire rate decreased
  • Takes Boosted Loader Hop-Up (4 shots remaining activation, quick reload overflows Magazine by 2)
  • Slight recoil increase
• R-99 enters Care Package:
  • Increased ADS strafe speed
  • Improved recoil
  • New damage fall-off feature (14 damage close range, falls to 10 at 11+ meters)
  • No movement penalty when equipped
• EVO Cache Spawn Rate in first wave increased to 100% (was 50%)

Gold Weapon Rotation

• Mozambique Akimbo, P2020 Akimbo, R-301, Rampage, Sentinel

GAMEPLAY UPDATES

Aim Assist

• Console crossplay into PC lobbies: reduced 18%
• Console performance mode crossplay into PC lobbies: reduced 22%
• Controller on PC: reduced 25%

Aim Flinch

• Removed from all weapons & most abilities
• Damage from ring still incurs Aim Flinch

Loot Bin Reset

• All loot bins close and reroll loot mid-match
• Increased chance for high tier and rare loot
• Some bins convert to Legendary loot bins with smart loot

Mythic Bin

• One spawns per match containing:
  • Random Care Package weapon
  • Gold versions of squad’s current weapons
  • Medical supplies and grenades
  • Large XP bonus
• Requires extended interaction to open
• Displayed on map and minimap

Loot Pool

• Reduced spawn rate of Purple and Gold attachments by ~50%

Death Boxes and Loba’s Black Market Reorganization

• Healing items now in dedicated row
• Shield Cores moved to top of Gear category

Traversal

• Mantling at same time/spot as teammate no longer forces both to drop

BATTLE SENSE

Ammo Awareness & Feedback

• Critical Ammo state at 0 relevant ammo in inventory
• Earlier on-screen Low Ammo indicators with ammo type icon
• Ammo pings display icon in kill feed
• Auto-ping when emptying weapon of reserve ammo
• Ground ammo tooltips show compatibility with equipped weapons

Enemy Health Bars

• Displays enemy’s Armor and Health state briefly after dealing damage
• Requires direct line of sight

Enemy Highlight

• Red outline highlight for enemies (similar to blue for allies)
• Most prominent at close range, fades with distance
• Requires direct line of sight

Both Enemy Health Bars and Highlights toggleable in Settings

AMMO & ATTACHMENTS

Ammo Spawn Rates

• Energy: reduced individual spawn rate
• Light & Heavy: slight increase to individual spawn rate
• Shotgun & Sniper: increased individual spawn rate

Ammo Stack Changes

• Light: 72 per stack (was 60), 24 per brick (was 20)
• Energy: 54 per stack (was 60), 18 per brick (was 20)
• Shotgun: 20 per stack (was 16), 10 per brick (was 8)

Hop-ups

• Disruptor Rounds removed from floor loot
• New Hop-Up: Gun Shield Generator
  • Usable by all LMGs
  • Deploys frontal Gun Shield when ADS
  • Absorbs 40 damage
  • Recharges 12 seconds after damage/breaking
  • Improves Gibraltar’s Gun Shield (75 health, same recharge time)

WEAPONS

Akimbo

• Dual wield two P2020s or two Mozambiques
• Aiming tightens hipfire spread
• Mirrored attachments
• Automatic fire
• Increased rate of fire
• Longer reload times
• Doubled magazine size
• Optics disabled
• Toggle select fire to holster second weapon and re-enable optic

LMGs

• All benefit from Reverse Hipfire mechanic
• New Hop-Up: Gun Shield Generator

Alternator Magazine size changes:

• Base: 19 (unchanged)
• White: 23 (was 22)
• Blue: 26 (was 25)
• Purple/Gold: 28 (was 27)

CAR Magazine size changes:

• Base: 19 (unchanged)
• White: 22 (was 21)
• Blue: 24 (was 23)
• Purple/Gold: 27 (was 26)

Devotion (Care Package)

• Decreased empty reload speed
• Added Gun Shield Generator
• Improved Reverse hip fire (14 shots for max hipfire, was 21)

Flatline Magazine size changes:

• Base: 19 (was 20)
• White: 23 (was 25)
• Blue: 27 (was 28)
• Purple/Gold: 29 (was 30)

Havoc

• Significantly reduced hipfire accuracy

Hemlok

• Slightly increased Burst Delay
• Damage reduced to 19 (was 20) Magazine Size Reduction:
• Base: 18 (unchanged)
• White: 21 (was 24)
• Blue: 24 (was 27)
• Purple/Gold: 30 (unchanged)

P2020 (Single)

• Damage increased to 21 (was 18)
• Hammer Point damage decreased to 23 (was 27) Magazine size changes:
• Base: 10 (was 14)
• White: 11 (was 16)
• Blue: 12 (was 18)
• Purple/Gold: 14 (was 21)

Mozambique (Single)

• Hammer Point Damage for full blast reduced to 54 (was 60)
• Significantly increased rate of fire
• Decreased Shotgun Bolt rate of fire multiplier at all levels

Mastiff

• Damage increased to 15 (was 11)
• Pellet count reduced to 6 (was 8)
• Changed blast pattern shape

Peacekeeper

• Damage increased to 11 per pellet (was 9)
• Pellet count reduced to 9 (was 11)
• Changed blast pattern shape

R-301 Magazine size changes:

• Base: 21 (was 18)
• White: 23 (was 20)
• Blue: 28 (was 25)
• Purple/Gold: 31 (was 28)

RE-45 Magazine size changes:

• Base: 18 (was 16)
• White: 20 (was 19)
• Blue: 23 (was 22)
• Purple/Gold: 26 (was 25)

Rampage

• Increased projectile size while Revved Up

LEGENDS

Alter Void Nexus:

• Knocked channel time decreased to 2s (was 3s)
• Chase portal duration decreased to 8s (was 10s)
• Chase portal opening delay increased to 8s (was 6s)
• Increased travel speed by ~40%
• Ult cooldown reduced to 3 min (was 3.5m)
• Knocked players can travel to friendly Void Nexus without looking at it
• Removed option to destroy own Void Nexus

Upgrades:

• Level 2: Ringmaster (gain access to Ring Consoles) replaces Ult Cooldown

Ballistic

• Whistler lock-on time decreased to 0.1s (was 0.3s)

Crypto

• Surveillance Drone cooldown decreased to 30s (was 40s)

Upgrades:

• New: “It’s called Off the Grid” (Crypto cloaks in drone)
• Improved Satellite Imagery (Ult scans hit targets for 4s, tracks through walls)
• Quick Ping removed, improved handling integrated into base kit

Lifeline

• Upgrade – Gold-Plated: Gold EVO Cache replaced with Battery

Rampart Sheila changes:

• Ammo drains from pip charge with use
• Maximum 1 placed turret allowed
• Requires 1 PIP of Ultimate charge to draw/place
• No longer requires full charge to equip
• Uses Ammo-Style Ultimate model

Seer

• Focus of Attention: healthbars persist for Silence duration Heartbeat Sensor:
• Passive move speed increased to weapon sprint speed
• Quieter when active

Upgrades:

• Focus Scan removed
• New Split Focus: gain additional Tac charge

Vantage Echo Relocation:

• No longer requires LOS to launch
• Can cancel mid-charge
• Tac reticle turns red when echo is behind
• Slides around obstacles to reach Echo

Sniper’s Mark:

• 2nd Shot Multiplier now 2.5x (was 2x)
• Can use Ult Accel with “Reload” when in ult

Spotter’s Lens:

• New Ranged Tracking (10s enemy tracking on PING within Passive range, not shown within 100m)
• Recon Info added to all optics
• Expanded passive scanning screen area

Upgrade – Ult Reload: doubles Ult Accel use speed, provides 2 extra bullets

Wattson Upgrades:

• Power Pylon: now regenerates shield charge
• Split Current removed
• New Emergency Power: Increases Interception Pylon Shield Regen Rate

RANKED

New Season Reset Rules:

• No RP reset for Rookie IV to I
• Bronze IV to Platinum IV reset to Bronze IV 1000 RP
• Platinum III to I reset to Bronze III-I (1500-2500 RP)
• Diamond IV to I reset to Silver IV-I (3250-4800 RP)
• Master and above reset to Gold IV 5650 RP

Special Cases:

• New Players (Level 20+): Start at Rookie IV 1 RP
• Returning Players: Start at Bronze IV 1000 RP

RANKED RUMBLE Returns September 13-17, 2024

• Best of 10 matches format
• Free rewards
• No match limit
• No Re-Entry mechanic
• Only top 10 match results count for final standings

MODES

Bot Royale

• New mode for new/learning players
• Squad battle against smaller lobby of enemy bot squads
• Standard battle royale rules
• Play with Bots or Human friends
• Overhauled Bot Legends: improved pathfinding, shooting, ability deployment, game object interactions
• New Bot Legends: Bangalore, Bloodhound, Conduit, Fuse, Gibraltar, Lifeline, Octane, Seer, Vantage, Wraith

Revival LTM

• New Respawn Mechanic: Respawn into skydive near teammates if one is alive
• Respawn Timers increase each round and with each squadmate death
• Timers decrease when dealing damage, earning knockdowns/kills, executing enemies
• Killing an enemy briefly reveals their squadmates
• Players start with blue knockdown shields
• Respawning ends at specific rounds (Round 5 for Trios, Round 4 for Straight Shot)

Straight Shot Revival Starts August 20, 2024

• Features new respawn mechanic
• Akimbo P2020 and Mozambique replace single versions
• Enemy Highlight and Health Bars enabled
• Purple/gold LMGs include Gun Shield Generator hop-up

MIXTAPE

• Akimbo weapons added to all Loadouts and Gun Run
• R99 replaced with akimbo weapon variants

Mixtape Map Rotations (detailed weekly rotations from August 6 to September 16)

LTM: Akimbo & LMG Only Loadouts August 13-19, 2024: TDM on various maps August 30-September 3, 2024: Weekend of Lockdown (decreased Ult charge while capturing points) September 3-9, 2024: Big TDM (15-minute time limit, 75 score limit, Shield Regen on kills)

NEW PLAYER EXPERIENCE

Welcome Pass and Challenges

• For new accounts after Shockwave launch
• Complete challenges to progress through Welcome Pass
• Challenges completable in BR modes and Bot Royale
• Unique challenges for foundational skills
• Rewards for each Welcome Pass level
• Start with Wraith, Bloodhound, Lifeline
• Unlock Bloodhound, Pathfinder, Gibraltar, and choice Legend through progression

WORLD SYSTEMS

• Improved end ring generation system

BUG FIXES

• Fixed using Death Boxes through walls
• Cleaned up disconnected players in Mixtape
• Fixed Firing Range Mythic weapons issue
• Fixed Storm Point zipline kick-off issue
• Fixed bad actor ping crashes
• Fixed prowler spawn den bullet collision hull
• Adaptive Supersampling fixes for screen tearing and distorted Legend banner poses
• Death Box improvements (stuck in doorways, lootability, shield core for disconnected enemies)
• Fixed Alter’s ult free use on moving objects
• Fixed Bangalore smoke highlight issues
• Fixed Seer passive movement hitch
• Fixed Loba’s Black Market theft from explosive holds

GRAPHICS

• Optimized Performance Mode on Xbox Series X/S and PS5
• DX12 (PC) fixes and optimizations
• Removed Adaptive Supersampling video settings option on PC
• Mitigated performance impact of Death Boxes and champions banners

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The following changes were added previously.

General Fixes

• Persistence Transfer Cancelled: Fixed issue causing this error.
• French Language Pack (PS5): Resolved a crashing issue.
• Spot Shadow Detail Setting: Resolved a crash related to this setting.

UI Updates

• Quads UI: Updated to show all four teammates in the Summary menu after winning a match.

Performance Improvements

• Xbox Series S: Various performance fixes for Balanced mode.

Visual Fixes

• Broken Moon: Fixed flickering textures and shadows.
• Firewalter Fitzroy Skin: Resolved visual issue.

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The following changes were added recently.

• Ranked parties are now restricted to a maximum 3-rank tier difference between players.
• Previously earned Ranked badges now accurately reflect the correct rank.
• Resolved the Connection error Code:Cloud encountered when reconnecting after a crash.
• Gifted items can now be previewed correctly upon receipt.
• Various minor fixes applied for localization, items, and cosmetics.
• Several adjustments made to improve stability on Switch.

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