Apex Legends Update 2.71 Patch Notes for PS4 and Xbox One

Apex Legends update 2.71 is available to download on PS4, PC, Switch, and Xbox. According to the official Apex Legends 2.71 patch notes, the latest update brings general stability and performance improvements. Apart from this, today’s Apex Legends version 2.71 also includes various tweaks and bug fixes.

Apex Legends 2.71 Patch Notes

Apex Legends™: From The Rift – Patch Notes

Summary of Key Changes:

• New Limited-Time Mode (LTM): Launch Royalereturns to the classic Apex Legends experience with original weapons, Legends, and maps.
• Lifeline Revived:Lifeline receives an aggressive new kit with enhanced mobility and healing abilities.
• Rift Relics:Tear through the Outlands with powerful cosmic weapons and new Survival Slot items.
• Support Class Perks:New class perks for Support Legends to improve healing and revive capabilities.
• New Universal Melee:Raptor’s Claw cosmetic added for all Legends.

New Mode: Launch Royale

• Classic Apex Experience:Play in the 2019 version of Apex Legends with original weapons, abilities, and no EVO Armor or Ability Upgrades.
• Challenges & Rewards:Complete Launch Royale challenges to unlock Legends, Apex Packs, and more.

Lifeline Revived

• New Abilities:
  • Combat Glide (Passive):Hold jump mid-air to glide using D.O.C.
  • D.O.C. Heal Drone (Tactical):Assign D.O.C. to follow and heal nearby allies.
  • D.O.C. Halo (Ultimate):Activate a shield system to boost healing speed for all players within the Halo.
• Upgrades:Improve Lifeline’s tactical abilities and D.O.C.’s fuel, assignment range, and cooldown.

Rift Relics

• Cosmic Weapons:Unstable Rift Relics drop powerful weapons like theEPG-1 Launcherwith rocket jumping and splash damage.
• New Hop-Ups:Gain health with every hit and instantly refill health and armor on headshots.
• Survival Items:Boost Kits in the Survival Slot provide additional advantages throughout the match.

Support Class Perks

• Heal Expert:Support Legends move at full speed while healing, and small meds heal double the amount.
• Revive Expert:Support Legends revive 25% faster and grant health regeneration to revived allies.
• Additional Perk:Banners now spawn Mobile Respawn Beacons in ally Death Boxes, visible only to Support Legends.

New Universal Melee: Raptor’s Claw

• Unlock Window:Available in the Void Mercenary Store from Nov 5, 2024, to Jan 7, 2025, with additional variants and matching Death Boxes.

Skill Display Improvements

• Live Match Balancing:A new system shows player rank distribution before matches, providing insight into matchmaking balance.

Battle Sense

• Health State Awareness:
  • Added voice lines for low health and shields.
  • Healing HUD icon flashes when low on health.
  • Heal prompt added for low health.
• Ammo State Awareness:
  • Added voice lines for low ammo.
  • Ammo counter pulses red at critical levels.
  • Low Ammo prompt lowered on HUD.
  • Settings option added to toggle or limit frequency of voice lines and prompts.

Care Package

• Devotion:
  • Returned to floor loot.
  • Spin-up time decreased.
  • Hipfire accuracy reduced; turbocharger removed.
• Havoc:
  • Moved to Care Package.
  • Improved hipfire, magazine size increased to 36.
  • Damage increased to 19 (from 18).
  • Added Select Fire: Beam Shot (high accuracy, high ammo consumption).
• Gold Weapon Rotation:C.A.R., Hemlock, L-STAR, Longbow, Mastiff.

Gameplay Updates

• Crafting Stations:All Legends can craft Banner Cards.
• Loot Bin Reset:
  • Proximity check added to ensure nearby players can retrieve loot during reset.
  • Gold Bins spawn fewer gold loot pieces.
• Mythic Bin Updates:
  • Can now be tracked and pinged through walls.
  • Grants upgrades based on weapon tier.
  • Spawn locations marked on maps, announced in-game.
  • Open time reduced to 10s (from 11s).

Ammo & Attachments

• Boosted Loader:Activates at 0 ammo, now available on Sentinel.
• Gunshield Generator:Recharge cooldown decreased to 10s (was 12s); spawn rate reduced.
• Hammerpoint Rounds:Reduced spawn rate.

Weapons

• L-STAR EMG:
  • Damage increased to 18 (was 17).
  • Gold magazines reduce cooldown more than purple.
  • Cool-off animations smoothed.
• Longbow:Damage increased to 60 (was 55).
• P2020 Akimbo:Improved base hipfire accuracy.
• Rampage LMG:
  • Increased revved decay rate and energized capacity.
  • Thermite charge now triggers a reload.
• Sentinel:Boosted Loader improves magazine size; energized capacity and total time increased.
• Spitfire LMG:Damage increased to 19 (was 18).
• Peacekeeper & Triple Take:Increased choke speed; Triple Take fire rate slightly increased.

Legends

Support Legends:

• New Class Perks:
  • Heal Expert:Full speed while healing, small med heals doubled.
  • Revive Expert:Faster revives with health regeneration; Mobile Respawn Beacons spawn with crafted banners or inside ally Death Boxes.

Conduit:

• Savior’s Speed:Works on Death Boxes, Respawn Beacons, and has no range limit for downed allies.
• Battpack:Now shows battery counts in Death Boxes.

Crypto:

• Surveillance Drone:Takes 10% ring damage per tick.
• Off the Grid Upgrade:Players can spot faint flicker effects on cloaked Cryptos; increased cloaked audio range.

Gibraltar:

• Dome of Protection:Cooldown reduced to 17s (was 30s), immune to Crypto’s EMP and Maggie’s Wrecking Ball.
• Upgrades:New offensive options like “Fast Shotties” (increased movement speed and auto-reload with shotguns).

Newcastle:

• Mobile Shield:Now invulnerable; can be repositioned even when downed.
• Retrieve the Wounded:Revive Shield HP increased by 50%.
• Castle Wall:HP increased to 500, grants shield regen to allies within range.

Revenant:

• Forged Shadows:Now regenerates up to 50 HP with a 3s delay.

Wattson:

• Gains access to newRevive Expertperk.

Modes

Launch Royale

• Return to Season 1 Apex Legends with original Kings Canyon map and loot distribution.
• Gameplay Changes:
  • No Evo Shields; armor pieces are static and must be picked up.
  • Reintroduced mechanics: “bunny hop” healing, “punch boosting,” infinite zipline jumps (max 3 before cooldown).
  • No class perks or fortified perks, and no auto shield regen on finishers (except for Gold Armor).

Legend Changes

• Stats and abilities reverted to Season 1 balancing.
• Notable Reintroduction: bunny hopping, punch boosting, and infinite zipline interactions.

Equipment Changes

• Season 1 tuning for attachments and equipment.
• Gold Item Passives Restored:
  • Gold Knockdown: Self-revive.
  • Gold Backpack: Fast heal.
  • Gold Armor: Shield regeneration on finisher.

Weapon Changes

• All weapons and attachments reverted to Season 1 tunings.
• Global headshot multiplier set to 2.0x.
• Original crate weapons like Mastiff and Kraber return in care packages.

Rift Relics

• New abilities and weapon mods added to gameplay throughBoost KitsandRelic Weapons.

Boost Kits:

• Hover: ADS in air for stable aim.
• Void Reflex: Sends player into Void when knocked, returning with critical health.
• Reactive Regen: Slow regen for health and shields.
• Squad Heal: Nearby teammates also heal when player uses consumables.
• Nessies: Summon Nessie companions to fight enemies.

Relic Weapons:

• Relic Alternator: Disruptor rounds.
• Relic Wingman: Skullpiercer attachment.
• Relic 30-30 Repeater: Healing from damage, headshots restore health and armor instantly.

Map Rotations

• Pubs & Ranked: Broken Moon, Storm Point, and World’s Edge.
• Mixtape Modes (Nov 12 – Dec 16):
  • TDM: Habitat, Zeus Station, Skull Town.
  • Control: Lava Siphon, Thunderdome, Barometer.
  • Gun Run: Skull Town, Fragment, Wattson.

Ranked Mode Changes

• Entry Cost Reduced:
  • Platinum: 45 RP (down from 55).
  • Diamond: 65 RP (down from 70).
  • Master+: 90 RP (down from 100).
• Ranked Display: Shows live rank distribution of all players in a match for better transparency.

Graphics & Performance

• DirectX 12 Finalized: Significant improvements in stability and performance, especially in CPU-bottlenecked scenarios.
• Fixed stuttering and low FPS issues, especially in the lobby.

Bug Fixes

• All Legends unlocked inBot Royale.
• FixedBallistic’s Ultaffecting the L-Star’s overheat animation.
• Addressed issues withGunshield Generatorand projectile damage carryover.

Quality of Life Updates

• Mobile Respawn Beaconsnow deploy faster.
• Newcastle’s Castle Wallimproved for better curve placement.
• Health bar visibility improved through smoke effects.

Apex Packs:

• NewRetro Packs: Reintroduces content from past events and Battle Passes.
• Loot Pool Browser: Preview loot probabilities and owned items.
• Mass Pack Opening: Open multiple Apex packs simultaneously with clear inventory display.

Firing Range:

• Death Boxesnow spawn for each player, dissolving after 90 seconds.
• Hard Combat Dummiesintroduced: aggressive AI, better aim, uses various weapons and throws Thermites.

New Mode: Launch Royale

• Classic Apex Experience: Play in the 2019 version of Apex Legends with original weapons, abilities, and no EVO Armor or Ability Upgrades.
• Challenges & Rewards: Complete Launch Royale challenges to unlock Legends, Apex Packs, and more.

Lifeline Revived

• New Abilities:
  • Combat Glide (Passive): Hold jump mid-air to glide using D.O.C.
  • D.O.C. Heal Drone (Tactical): Assign D.O.C. to follow and heal nearby allies.
  • D.O.C. Halo (Ultimate): Activate a shield system to boost healing speed for all players within the Halo.
• Upgrades: Improve Lifeline’s tactical abilities and D.O.C.’s fuel, assignment range, and cooldown.

Rift Relics

• Cosmic Weapons: Unstable Rift Relics drop powerful weapons like the EPG-1 Launcher with rocket jumping and splash damage.
• New Hop-Ups: Gain health with every hit and instantly refill health and armor on headshots.
• Survival Items: Boost Kits in the Survival Slot provide additional advantages throughout the match.

Support Class Perks

• Heal Expert: Support Legends move at full speed while healing, and small meds heal double the amount.
• Revive Expert: Support Legends revive 25% faster and grant health regeneration to revived allies.
• Additional Perk: Banners now spawn Mobile Respawn Beacons in ally Death Boxes, visible only to Support Legends.

New Universal Melee: Raptor’s Claw

• Unlock Window: Available in the Void Mercenary Store from Nov 5, 2024, to Jan 7, 2025, with additional variants and matching Death Boxes.

Skill Display Improvements

• Live Match Balancing: A new system shows player rank distribution before matches, providing insight into matchmaking balance.

MODES

Launch Royale

Take a trip back in time to experience what it was like to play Apex when it first launched. The following changes are meant to be a highlight of some of the most important differences and are not completely inclusive to all changes. Additionally, quality-of-life improvements from modern Apex Legends have been retained for a smoother experience.

• General Changes
  • Original Kings Canyon Map and POIs
  • Original Loot Distribution and loot items
  • Players drop with no equipment or healing items
  • Armor Core/Evo has been removed, each piece of armor is pickup only and does not evolve. Original shield swapping mechanics are now in play.
  • Original Ring timings and damage
• Legend Changes
  • No Class-based Legend Perks, fortified perks removed
  • Each Legend has had the majority of their stats and abilities reverted to the first season’s balance.
  • Re-introduced being able to “bunny hop” while healing
  • Re-introduced “punch boosting” where punching the ground behind you gives a slight speed boost
  • Players can infinitely jump on ziplines, max 3 interactions before cooldown is removed
  • Shields are not automatically regenerated on finishers, now exclusive to Gold Armor
• Equipment Changes
  • Equipment items and attachments have their original tunings from the first season
  • Gold Items have their passives changed to their original state:
    • Gold Knockdown – Self Revive
    • Gold Backpack – Fast Heal
    • Gold Armor – Shield Regeneration on Execution (this is not a trait granted by default anymore)
  • Original capacities on all Magazines
  • No Laser Sights, Sniper Magazines, Energy Magazines (they didn’t exist yet!)
  • Original HopUps: Select Fire, Energy Choke, Turbocharger, Skullpiercer
  • Helmet protections have been reverted to balance in first season
  • Ammo stacks in inventory has been changed to match original carrying capacities
• Weapon Changes
  • Original Attachments equipped on every gun
  • Original tunings on all weapons, Launch Royale variants have been created to authentically recreate the feeling of the original weapon handlings
  • All hipfire is reverted to its much tighter spread
  • All original Gold kitted weapons are restored
  • Global headshot damage is now 2.0x (with some exceptions per weapon)
  • Original Crate weapons come down in care packages: Mastiff, Kraber, LSTAR

Straight Shot Revival

• Includes Rift Relics
• Weekend Rotations
  • November 22-25, 2024
  • November 29-December 2, 2024

Trios Revival

• Includes Rift Relics
• Weekend Rotations
  • December 6-9, 2024
  • December 13-16, 2024

Rift Relics

The items available in Rift Relics will be updated regularly, adding an additional weapon to the lineup as well as rotating the available Boost Kits.

• Boost Kits
  • Hover: ADS in the air will allow the player to hover, keeping them afloat and steadying aim
  • Void Reflex: damage that would knock a player instead sends them into the Void for several seconds, returning at critical health
  • Reactive Regen: Health/Shield bars regen over time
  • Squad Heal: using a health/shield consumable also applies it to nearby teammates
  • Nessies: summon Nessie companions to fight on your behalf
• Relic Weapons
  • Relic Alternator: Launch Royale Alternator modified with Disruptor Rounds
  • Relic Mastiff: Launch Royale Mastiff
  • Relic L-Star: Launch Royale L-Star with high fire rate and limited magazine capacity
  • Relic Spitfire: Launch Royale variant with fast reload, improved hipfire, and heavy ammo
  • Relic Wingman: Launch Royale variant with Skull Piercer
  • Relic Prowler: Launch Royale Select Fire (automatic) Prowler with high power scope
  • Relic G7 Scout: Launch Royale G7 with sniper scope
  • Relic 30-30 Repeater: players heal for a percentage of the damage dealt to enemies and monsters
    • If the player succeeds in landing a headshot, health and armor are immediately highly refilled
    • Embedded Dual Loader
    • Mag size of 12
    • SkullPiercer Hop-Up
• Special Weapon – EPG-1: single fire, direct energy propelled launcher

MAP ROTATIONS

Pubs & Ranked

• Broken Moon
• Storm Point
• World’s Edge

Mixtape

• November 12-December 16, 2024
  • TDM: Habitat, Zeus Station, Skull Town
  • Control: Lava Siphon, Thunderdome, Barometer
  • Gun Run: Skull Town, Fragment, Wattson
• December 17-January 6, 2024
  • BigTDM: Habitat, Skull Town, Party Crasher
  • Control: Thunderdome, Production Yard, Lava Siphon
  • Gun Run: Fragment, Wattson, Skull Town
  • Lockdown: Zeus Station, Monument, The Core

RANKED

Entry Cost Tuning

• Lower entry cost above Platinum Tier
  • Platinum: 45 RP (was 55 RP)
  • Diamond: 65 RP (was 70 RP)
  • Master+: 90 RP (was 100 RP)

Ranked Skill Display Changes

• Disclosure of Ranks for all match players
  • Updates live as you and your opponents enter a match
  • Shows the true rank distribution of all Players as the match starts

Dev Note: This has been added specifically to address matchmaking and perception of unfairness in matches. We believe that this change gives our Players the right amount of information so that they feel informed about what they are up against as they enter a match.

GRAPHICS

• DirectX 12 is no longer a beta! Compared to DirectX 11, our data indicates that DirectX 12 has been both faster and more stable for most players, especially in BR matches when the game is more frequently bottlenecked by the CPU.
  • Fixed the most significant cause of stuttering and extremely low FPS in the lobby, which occurred while preloading maps for the first time. Framerates may still be reduced on low-end CPUs, but much improved compared to before.
  • Cursor should now be correctly aligned when using aspect ratios that don’t match screen resolution
  • Tooltips in inventory and Death Box menus should now be correctly placed when the game is in full-screen mode
  • Significantly improved shader compilation times in the main menu and the lobby for machines with 4 or fewer CPU cores. On a 2-core CPU with hyperthreading, we found that compiling shaders could be up to 5x faster.
  • Remaining known issue: streaming in higher levels of detail for models can still be slow on very low-end machines, leading to stuttering and sometimes missing or low-quality models in game.
• With Season 23, Apex Legends utilizes the extra performance of the PS5 Pro. Players can expect slightly higher resolution and more stable frame rates, as well as increase model quality in Performance Mode (120 Hz)

BUG FIXES

Looking for something else? Our public Trello board is updated weekly with the status of bugs that we can talk about ahead of the patch note drops. We also update our game status here for those of you not on other social platforms.

• All Legends will now be unlocked for Bot Royale
• Ballistic’s Ult will once again speed up the L-star’s overheat animation
• Fixed an issue where players would receive an aimpunch, when in a heat shield, when outside the ring.
• Gunshield Generator and Gibraltar arm shield should now respect the incoming direction of the projectile when deciding to deal carry over damage to the player
• Low Ammo indicators will no longer display when inside of Fight Night on Olympus
• Players will now be highlighted in the void when using PS5 performance mode

QUALITY OF LIFE

• Big Maudes is now stocking Akimbo Mozambiques and P2020s
• Mobile Respawn Beacons deploy much quicker
• Newcastle’s Castle Wall: improvement to allow the expanding wall to try to curve more (reduces cases of wall ending early in some scenarios)
• Health bars vs. smoke improvements
  • Added delay to the destruction of the smoke volumes to better match the smoke dissipation
  • Overall makes health bars less visible through the edges of smoke or during a smoke fade
  • Slightly expanded the size of the smoke volumes to better match the smoke visuals

Apex Packs

• BP Retro packs: new limited-time pack containing previously released Battle Pass items from a specific season
• Retro packs: bringing back content from previously released event packs such as the Raiders CE, Grand Soirée, and Legendary Hunt retro packs
• Loot Pool Browser: allows you to clearly preview the possible loot pool, probabilities, disclosure information, and any already-owned items enhancing visibility into what items can be obtained
• Mass pack opening: an easier way to open multiple packs that also gives players the option to select the pack type they want to open. Players can now easily see their inventory of Apex Packs, the loot pool of certain packs, and have the choice to open all or a select number of the type of pack they want to open.
• Spark Bonus Meter: earn limited-time rewards by filling the meter as you open eligible packs (marked by a “Spark” icon). This feature will be available for limited periods during the season.

Firing Range

• Death Boxes: dead players now spawn Death Boxes
  • Each player can only spawn one Death Box, and the previous one will dissolve if another death occurs in short succession
  • Death Box dissolves after 90 seconds
• Full Combat Hard Dummies: new option to fight against HARD Full-Combat dummies
  • Take cover, Much more aggressive and accurate with shots
  • and execute juke maneuvers when closer to a player
  • Use a variety of weapons, and can throw Thermites
• Nessie was a little late to trick or treating this year, but she brought a friend to make up for it

MODES

Tricks N’ Treats Trios

• October 15 to November 4, 2024
• Exclusively on E-District at Night
• Cyber Rev shell grenades
• Copycat Kits
• Consumable Candy: gives EVO points, Ult charge, and 25 points of shield healing over time
• Loot bin jump scares
• Revival respawn mechanic

MIXTAPE

• Halloween Gameplay
  • Cyber Rev Shell Grenades added to all Loadouts
  • Players automatically pick up candy that enemies drop when killed, rewarding them with Ult charge and 25 points of shield healing over time

Bug Fixes

• Added general stability fixes.
• Added gameplay performance improvements.

The following changes were added previously.

Void Reckoning Event

New Mode: Big TDM

• 12v12 Team Deathmatch: Engage in a large-scale brawl across 5 maps.
• Health Regeneration: Improved for better gameplay experience.
• Score Limit: Increased to 60.

Event Rewards

• Void Points: Earn by playing BR and Big TDM.
• Cosmetics: Unlock 22 knight-themed items, including “Crestfallen Stars” Reactive Havoc.
• Milestone Rewards: Unlock Newcastle’s Legendary “Galactic Garrison” by collecting event items.

Reward Shop

• Daily Challenges: Complete to earn Void Points.
• Shop Rotation: Weekly rotation of rewards and event badges.

Store Tab

• Legend Skins: Direct purchase available for skins like Wraith’s “Void Vanguard” and Caustic’s “Noxious Knight”.
• Milestone Rewards: Available for AC after the event.

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 patch 2.71 will fix a few of these issues.

Download free Apex Legends update 2.71 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.