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Graphics: change history

14 changes across 6 patches (Aug 5, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026), newest first. Nerf Radar tracks the 10 most recent official updates for Apex Legends, back to Aug 5, 2024.
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  1. Apex Legends: Overclocked Midseason Patch Notes (Jun 22, 2026)Adjust 2Official notes ↗
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    Implemented a fix to address framerate hitching when banners cycle in the world.
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    Implemented a fix to address framerate hitching when banners cycle in the world.
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    Made adjustments to shadows and highlights on Broken Moon.
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    Made adjustments to shadows and highlights on Broken Moon.
  2. Apex Legends: Overclocked Patch Notes (May 4, 2026)Adjust 5Fix 1Official notes ↗
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    Improved occlusion data structures that were used by Olympus in the last midseason update are now used for all maps, slightly improving CPU performance.
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    Improved occlusion data structures that were used by Olympus in the last midseason update are now used for all maps, slightly improving CPU performance.
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    Fixed an issue that could lead to an occasional framerate dip when running at very high FPS on PC (e.g. 240+).
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    Fixed an issue that could lead to an occasional framerate dip when running at very high FPS on PC (e.g. 240+).
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    Cleaner Ambient Occlusion, which includes new specular occlusion. This will also be faster than the previous Ambient Occlusion in most cases, except at High or Ultra settings at high resolutions (4K on PC).
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    Cleaner Ambient Occlusion, which includes new specular occlusion. This will also be faster than the previous Ambient Occlusion in most cases, except at High or Ultra settings at high resolutions (4K on PC).
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    Improved accuracy of cubemap reflection intensity, especially in shadowed outdoor areas.
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    Improved accuracy of cubemap reflection intensity, especially in shadowed outdoor areas.
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    Improved accuracy of sky ambient lighting.
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    Improved accuracy of sky ambient lighting.
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    Improved baked lighting accuracy for many props in maps.
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    Improved baked lighting accuracy for many props in maps.
  3. Apex Legends: Showdown Patch Notes (Aug 4, 2025)Adjust 1Official notes ↗
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    New tonemapping for a more natural appearance of highlights with very bright colors.
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    New tonemapping for a more natural appearance of highlights with very bright colors
  4. Apex Legends: Prodigy Patch Notes (May 5, 2025)Adjust 2Official notes ↗
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    Storm Point updated to use a modern GPU-driven terrain rendering system.
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    Storm Point updated to use a modern GPU-driven terrain rendering system.
    • Players may not notice the difference since the overall map content has not been changed, but this system improves CPU rendering time, fixes lighting artifacts throughout the map, and allows for much greater texture fidelity through virtual texturing
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    Xbox One and Playstation 4 have been migrated to the Rendering Hardware Interface (RHI), which is now being used on all platforms. As a result, Xbox One and Playstation 4 leverage the same multithreaded rendering architecture as PC and current-gen consoles.
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    Xbox One and Playstation 4 have been migrated to the Rendering Hardware Interface (RHI), which is now being used on all platforms. As a result, Xbox One and Playstation 4 leverage the same multithreaded rendering architecture as PC and current-gen consoles.
  5. Apex Legends: Takeover Patch Notes (Feb 10, 2025)Adjust 1Official notes ↗
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    Improved CPU rendering performance on all consoles.
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    Improved CPU rendering performance on all consoles
  6. Apex Legends: Shockwave Patch Notes (Aug 5, 2024)Adjust 2Official notes ↗
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    Largely optimized Performance Mode on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5, for more consistent frame rates and fewer resolution drops.
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    Largely optimized Performance Mode on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5, for more consistent frame rates and fewer resolution drops
    • Xbox Series X and PS5 can expect 10 FPS or higher improvements in GPU-intensive scenarios
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    Mitigated performance impact of looking at Death Boxes and intermittent performance spikes from champions banners.
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    Mitigated performance impact of looking at Death Boxes and intermittent performance spikes from champions banners

Each step links to the full patch breakdown and to Respawn Entertainment's official notes. Changes listed under a general heading such as "Bug fixes" are not included here; search to find every mention.