Apex Legends:Upheaval Patch Notes - Apex Legends Guide - IGN (2024)

The Apex Legends: Upheaval Season update has arrived, and brings with it a Solos Takeover, the new Legend Alter, Apex Artifacts, and a map update to Broken Moon.

This page acts as a comprehensive breakdown of the Upheaval update for Apex Legends, including its a link to the full Patch Notes.

Takeover: Solos

This variant of Solos is replacing Duos from the beginning of the season. With pre-kitted weapons and attachments, auto heal and Second Chance enabled, and the ability to use Battle Sense to locate nearby enemies.

The Solos Takeover runs from May 7th, 2024 to June 24th, 2024.

New Legend - Alter

The new Legend Alter is the latest Skirmisher to be added to the game, and has ethereal abilities that let her do incredibly unique things. Her abilities are as follows:

Passive: Gift From The Rift

Alter can see and remotely interact with nearby death boxes to claim a single item. While she cannot take shield cores through the void, any other prize can be snatched from afar

Tactical: Void Passage

Alter fires a void blast from her tail that shatters against a surface to open a dimensional gateway through from one side to the other for a short time. Crossing through the portal is instantaneous, and can be done from either direction, but travelers will remain phased briefly after exiting.

The angle of this shot determines what surface the exit will open on and can be used to open passages through ceilings and ledges, allowing Alter to place her passages creatively through the environment

Ultimate: Void Nexus

Alter can deploy a Void Nexus that allies can remotely interact with to open a phase tunnel back to that point. When a tunnel is opened, that player will phase walk from their location to the Void Nexus and leave behind a portal that any player can follow through. The Nexus can be used even while downed, and it is an incredible way for Alter and her squad to regroup to a position of power for a reset.

Alter Upgrades

Alter's Level 2 and Level 3 upgrade options are as follows:

Apex Artifacts

Apex Artifacts are the all-new Mythic Melee cosmetic that can be wielded by any Legend. The first of which was the Cobalt Katar, which could be acquired through Shadow Society Event Packs. Starting with Upheaval, the Katar Base item will be available in the Mythic Shop, and can also appear in Milestone events. Upgrades can then be applied in the following categories:

• Bases
• Themes
• Power Sources
• Activation Emotes
• Death Boxes

All of these upgrades can be mixed and matched for over 200 different design combination options, letting you make your Katar wholly unique to you! If you unlocked the Shadow Katar during the Shadow Society event, you'll automatically receive the following upon Upheaval's launch:

• Cobalt Katar Base
• Cobalt Katar Theme
• Cobalt Katar Power Source
• Cobalt Katar Activation Emote

Chase Variant: Nitride

After collecting all 5 variants of an upgrade component, you will automatically unlock the Nitride variant of that piece.

Exotic Shards

Exotic Shards are a new currency that can be bought like Apex Coins, and a small amount (10 in the Upheaval season) can be earned in future events and Battle Passes. You can use Exotic Shards to collect each upgrade component.

Map Update: Broken Moon

Broken Moon is receiving a large overhaul, with the Hope colony now adrift in space between two planets. As a result, several POI's have been warped.

Quarantine Zone

Quarantine Zone replaces the intersection between Promenade East and West. Intended to make the POI fast and frenetic, the center of the map has been condensed and made rotation paths more predictable.

Breaker Wharf

Breaker Wharf has now taken the position of the Backup Atmostation. This change occured in order to bring gameplay and playstyle variety on this side of the map.

Space Port

Space Port is a smaller POI that fills the gap where Breaker Wharf used to be. This ensures action stays in this section of the map, and is a worthwhile drop spot for looting if your team can secure it.

Cliff Side

Cliff Side is positioned between the Quarantine Zone and Stasis Array POI's, and acts as another smaller POI that allows for firefights between high and low-ground positions. Its placement is also a good spot to plan your next rotation from.

Solar Pods

Using the new Lunar Buildings, Solar Pods bridges the gap between Foundry and Cultivation. By doing so, it speeds up the pacing of the map as a whole.

Underpass

Yet another small POI, this is a quieter drop for teams not looking to get into firefights immediately.

Experimental Labs

Experimental Labs is expanded out from a pre-existing camp, offering a less desirable drop location in exchange for increased loot.

Patch Notes

Balance Updates

• Care Package
  • Wingman returns to the floor
    • Projectile size reduced to pre-care package values
    • Damage reduced to 45 (was 50)
    • Skullpiercer Elite removed
    • Hipfire accuracy reduced
    • Now takes Boosted Loader Hop-Up
    • No longer takes magazines as an attachment
  • Devotion enters the Care Package
    • NEW Reverse Hipfire: sustained hipfire will tighten accuracy instead of widen
    • Damage increased to 16 (was 15)
    • Magazine size increased to 54 (was 48 at purple)
    • Reserve Ammo: 324
    • Empty reload time significantly reduced
• Gold Weapons Rotation
  • Nemesis Burst AR, Triple-Take, Peacekeeper, Prowler PDW, Longbow DMR
• Guaranteed Weapons out of Loot Bins
  • The first loot bin opened by an unarmed player will always contain a weapon
• Retrieving Banners from Death Boxes
  • Collecting a banner will no longer lock the player out of critical gameplay actions
    • Running, shooting, punching and reviving will all break out of the banner collect animation while still registering as a successful collection
    • Players can immediately interact with a Death Box a second time while the animation is playing or continue holding the interact button to collect and enter a Death Box in one flow
• Survival Items + Support Bins
  • Survival items now only spawn from a support bin’s tray if the team is in need

Weapons & Attachments

• 30-30 Repeater
  • Skullpiercer Hop-Up removed
• Charge Rifle
  • ADS recoil improved and stabilized
• Longbow DMR
  • Skullpiercer Hop-Up removed
  • Barrel Stabilizer attachment removed
  • Base recoil significantly improved
  • Projectile gravity reduced
  • ADS in and out time reduced
• Triple-Take
  • Now takes Boosted Loader Hop-Up
• Hop-Ups
  • Skullpiercer removed from the loot pool
  • Boosted Loader added to the loot pool
    • Reloading while near empty will speed up reloading and overload the next magazine with extra rounds
• 1x Digital Threat Optic
  • Removed from loot pool and all locked set weapons

Legends

• Ash
  • Arc Snare
    • Changed to left-hand cast
    • No longer stows weapons or interrupts consumable use when launching
  • Phase Breach: inspired by some Alter tech, nearby enemies will be highlighted for players traveling through the Void
• Ballistic
  • Whistler: damage from a planted smart bullet increased to 10 (was 5)
  • Upgrades
    • Care Package Insight: removed
    • NEW Sling-Shot: improves Ballistic’s base sling weapon to a blueset at Level 2 and a purpleset at Level 3

• Bloodhound
  • Beast of the Hunt
    • Cooldown increased to 4m (was 3m)
    • Knocks with Ult active no longer extend duration
  • Upgrades: Level 3
    • Tactical Cooldown: removed
    • Taste of Blood: buffed HP gain on knock to 50 (was 25)
    • NEW Long Hunt: knocks extend Beast of the Hunt duration

• Catalyst
  • Piercing Strikes
    • Cooldown decreased to 20s (was 25s)
    • Long Cast upgrade integrated into base Tactical
  • Dark Veil
    • Dark Veil length increased to 45m (was 40m)
  • Upgrades
    • Long Cast: removed
    • Long Veil: moved to Level 2
    • NEW Ferro-Door: fully rebuild and reinforce missing doors with Passive

• Caustic
  • Gas damage and slow now stops immediately after Caustic's squad is eliminated

Gas damage ramps from 4 >>> 10 max (was 5 >>> uncapped), damage on knocked players down to flat 4 (was 5)

• Conduit
  • Radiant Transfer
    • Can no longer target a Revenant while Forged Shadows is active
    • When Revenant activates Forged Shadows, any temporary shield generation ends immediately. Revenant will keep any temporary shields generated before activating his Ultimate.
  • Upgrades
    • Battery Collection: removed
    • NEW Battpack: can stack up to 3 Shield Batteries per inventory slot (doesn’t stack with Gold Backpack)

• Crypto
  • Neurolink
    • Network Traffic upgrade now integrated into base kit
    • Squadcount banners are now visible anytime the drone is in a deployed state
  • Upgrades: Level 2
    • Tac & Ultimate Cooldowns: removed
    • Network Expansion: moved to Level 2
    • NEW Quick Ping: improved drone handling (faster accel/decel)
  • Upgrades: Level 3
    • NEW Satellite Imagery: drone scan persists for an additional 1.5s
    • NEW Hackathon: cut the drone cooldown in half, gain a speed boost anytime he uses his Ult or the drone is destroyed

• Fuse
  • Upgrades
    • Big Bang: removed
    • NEW Ring Master: gain access to Ring Consoles
    • Scar Tissue:
      • Simplified and buffed damage mitigation to remove lingering burn effects
      • Take a flat 20 damage when crossing The Motherlode instead of 37 (50% of 75 hp) over time
    • Wreckless: fixed explosive damage mitigation not being applied on continuous Knuckle Cluster hits (should only take about 32 damage from a full Knuckle Cluster now with Wreckless)

• Newcastle
  • Mobile Shield: throw anim speed increased (~2.5x faster)
  • Castle Wall
    • Will now destroy incoming projectiles headed towards the front of the wall while energized. It will not destroy projectiles fired from behind the wall nor bombardments from other Legend’s Ultimate projectiles.
    • Castle Wall energized duration increased to 1m (was 30s)
  • Upgrade - Stronghold: increased energized duration to 3m (was 2.5m)
• Octane
  • Upgrades
    • Wreckless: removed
    • Mad Hops moved to Level 2
    • Thick Skin: now Level 2 and 3, updated to take 5 less Stim damage to reflect that it can be selected twice (was -25%)

• Wattson
  • Upgrades
    • Falling Stars: Pylons will stop spawning Arc Stars when her squad is eliminated
    • Split Circuit: no longer reduces shield regen capacity
• Wraith
  • Into the Void and Dimensional Rift: nearby enemies will be highlighted for players traveling through the Void

Maps

• Broken Moon shattered
  • New POIs: Cliff Side, Experimental Labs, Solar Pods, Space Port, Quarantine Zone, Underpass
  • Breaker Wharf updated
  • New rotations to switch things up and keep squads on the move
• Added new possible Ring Console, Survey Beacon, and Crafter spawn locations to World’s Edge and Storm Point, and further evened out the probability of a prop spawning at any specific location
  • World’s Edge
    • Added possible Ring Console spawn locations to Mirage à Trois and Survey Camp
    • Added possible Survey Beacon spawn locations to Survey Camp and The Geyser
  • Storm Point
    • Added possible Crafter spawn location to Command Center
    • Added possible Survey Beacon spawn locations to The Wall, and the unnamed POIs Northeast of Checkpoint and at the edge of the map East of Storm Catcher

Modes

• Solos
  • Six week Duos takeover
  • 50 players
  • Second Chance Respawn
    • Automatically respawn once if you die in the first 4 rounds
    • Second chance converted to EVO if unused by the round cutoff
  • Battle Sense: HUD indicator when enemies are within 50 meters
  • Auto Heals
    • Health regenerates out of combat
    • Auto heal starts after each kill
  • Additional adjustments to loot pool, circle sizes, and round times to accommodate solo play
• Mixtape
  • Lockdown added to rotation: Zeus Station, Monument
  • Mixtape Map Rotations
    • Default rotation
      • Control: Production Yard, Thunderdome
      • Gun Run: The Core, Wattson's Pylon
      • Lockdown: Monument, Zeus Station
      • TDM: Skulltown, Zeus Station
    • Mixtape rotation (5/24-5/28)
      • Gun Run: The Core, Wattson’s Pylon
      • Lockdown: Monument, Zeus Station
      • TDM: Skulltown, Zeus Station
    • 1st Week of Pride Month (6/1-6/7)
      • Control: Barometer
      • Gun Run: Wattson’s Pylon
      • Lockdown: Zeus Station
      • TDM: Zeus Station
    • Mixtape Rotation (6/11-6/17)
      • Control: Barometer, Caustic Treatment
      • Lockdown: Monument, Zeus Station
      • TDM: Skulltown, Zeus Station
    • TDM 24/7 (6/18-6/24)
      • Rules
      • Scorelimit: 35
      • Time Limit: 10 minutes
      • Increased health regen
      • Skull Town, Zeus Station, Monument, Thunderdome, Wattson’s Pylon, Fragment
  • LTM Rotations
    • 5/24-5/28 Control: Production Yard, Thunderdome, Caustic, Barometer, Lava Siphon
    • 5/31-6/3 Control: Production Yard, Thunderdome, Caustic, Barometer, Lava Siphon
    • 6/11-6/17 Gun Run: Skull Town, Zeus Station, Thunderdome, Wattson, Fragment, The Core

Ranked

• All players in a premade Ranked squad must be within 3 Rank tiers of each other or they will not be allowed to progress to matchmaking
• No tuning changes to be made to ranked scoring for the launch of Upheaval

Full Patch Notes

If you wish to read the Patch Notes in full, you can do so via the official Apex Legends websites Upheaval Patch Notes blog post.