Apex Legends: Showdown Patch Notes (Aug 4, 2025): what changed

Elite Weapons take the firepower from Ballistic's personal stash and into your hands. These variants pack a punch and replace their typical counterparts for a limited-time. Showdown brings the RE-45: Burst, which swaps to Energy ammo and comes with a spin-up mechanic.

Legend Amps are game-changing passives available in Unranked and Ranked BR matches. With five options to choose from, there's an optimal Amp that could sway things in your favor in any type of fight.

Locked Hop-Ups means that the looting for these boosts are no more. Each weapon comes pre-equipped with its Hop-Up waiting to be activated and unlocked for the rest of the match.

Enjoy up to 60 FPS, depending on monitor/hardware capability and compatibility (1920x1080 docked, 1792x1008 undocked)

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Akimbo P2020 enters

EVO rewarded by Harvesters increased to 425 (was 350)

Overhauled placement to guarantee spawns closer to the geo-center and away from POIs cores

Spawn rate reduced to 8 or 9 depending on Map size (was 17-20)

Purple tier loot items

Early game: fairly uncommon with a higher chance to spawn in high tier loot locations such as Care Packages, Vaults, and the Hot Zone

After Bins Reset: all bins have a higher chance to spawn an Amp

• Mythic, Legendary, Extended, and Weapon supply bins guarantee one

Infinite Ammo Amp: gain infinite ammo for non-care package weapons

• Temporarily locks two inventory slots. These slots can hold ammo, but you cannot drop their contents.

Bottomless Batteries Amp: Batteries are not consumed upon use

• Must have at least 2 Batteries in your inventory to activate

Over Armor Amp: gain an additional 25 shield capacity

• Stacks with Ring Expert, but cannot exceed 125 total shields

Heal Overflow Amp: after using a cell or syringe, the corresponding health bar will fully heal over time

• Taking damage stops the regeneration

Power Booster Amp: reduces cooldown for Tac and Ult

• Refresh a Tactical charge when knocking an enemy

Limited-time standard-issue weapons are replaced with one from Ballistic's private collection

Features devastating new mechanics from across the Outlands

Showdown's Elite Weapon is the RE-45: Burst

• Swaps Light ammo for Energy ammo
• New spin-up mechanic that fires 3-round bursts in rapid succession

Hop-Ups removed from floor loot

Now pre-equipped and locked to weapons, start as inactive

Can't be removed or transferred

White, blue, and purple kitted weapons do not come with Locked Hop-Ups

Gold kitted and Care Package weapons come with their Hop-Ups already unlocked

• Purple kitted weapons compatible with Gun Shield Generator come with Hop-Ups unlocked

Removed Gold and Mythic helmets from floor loot

Paintball weapons are no longer offered at vending machines

Blue and purple kitted weapons are now offered at vending machines

Reduced time to unlock weapons by 2 seconds

Top drawer contents now give support items to everyone

Secret drawer and EVO value remain unchanged

Removed icons from minimap and full-map

Before Bin Reset: small chance of spawning an Amp and/or an Ult Accelerant

After Bin Reset: guaranteed Amp and/or Ult Accelerant

Top drawer contents now give assault items to everyone

Secret drawer and EVO value remain unchanged

Removed Icons from minimap and full-map

Before Bin Reset: small chance of spawning Amp and/or Hop-Up Booster

After Bin Reset: guaranteed Amp and/or Hop-Up Booster if a squadmate needs one

Amps and Hop-Up Boosters added to the pool

Zone Overcharge: now continuously regenerates shields while in zone

• Taking damage stops this for 6s

Ring Consoles: players can spawn a taller custom EVAC from Ring Consoles they have scanned

Speed increased by 5%

Canister breaks and travels through doors

Projectile speed increased to 2900 (was 2500)

Pull out time reduced to 0.25 (was 0.35)

Cooldown reduced to 30s (was 35s)

Smoke now reactive: ordnance and abilities can disable it for 5s when used inside/nearby

Cooldown reduced to 210s (was 270s)

Reduced anim frame to fire projectile to 1 (was 5)

Ultimate Cooldown+ & Tactical Cooldown: removed

Cover Me: moved to Level 2

Electric Smoke: electrifies Tac dealing 100 damage to enemy Ults and destroys Tacs

Refuge: removed, integrated into Cover Me

NEW ECM Payload: electrifies Ult dealing 10 more damage, destroys enemy deployables

NEW Medal of Honor: faster revives and passive triggers running towards knocked allies

Damage Increased to 10-15 (was 4-10)

Now causes aim punch to victims when causing damage

Caustic's Health Bar does not show while inside

Increased visibility both outside and inside his own gas

Green highlighting is still active

Clouds now have threat indicators for victims

Now Grounds enemies: slowing them once and draining them of movement cooldowns

"Slow" changed: immediately drains velocity to the desired speed even if the target is moving at high velocity or in the air

Gas now reactive: ordnance and abilities can disable it for 5s when used inside/nearby

NEW Passive: Field Research (was Nox Vision)

• Gain research points from poisoning enemies, opening unique Death Boxes, and scanning ring consoles
• Unlock an upgrade point for every 100 research points (max 2)
• Can uniquely have all 4 upgrades unlocked at once

Trap health increased to 225 (was 150)

Trap can be activated earlier while inflating

Reduced toss and stow by 0.1s

Increased trap activation radius to 260 (was 140)

Increased gas radius to 300 (was 282)

Doubled lifetime to 22s (was 11s)

Caustic traps take ring damage

Increased activation delay to 0.8s (was 0.2s)

Traps take bullet damage while inflating

Traps take critical (1.4x) damage when hit in the o-ring/base

Reduced cooldown to 2min (was 3m)

Reduced toss and stow time by 0.05s

Increased projectile speed to 1500 (was 1300)

Increase duration to 20s (was 15s)

Parabolic Force & Residual Toxins: removed (integrated into base kit)

NEW Extra Traps: one additional charge, increased max in world by 2

Breathe It In: moved to Level 2

NEW Gas Fighter: Tac recharges 300% faster while in gas

Particle Diffuser: increases Ult radius by +50%

Grants 100 Locked Hop-Up Points on pick-up

Only found in Weapon and Legendary Supply Bins

Can not be picked-up without a Locked Hop-Up weapon

Does not appear in Loba's Black Market

150 Locked Hop-Up Points to unlock

Compatible with Peacekeeper, L-STAR, and Alternator

Must have weapon in hand in order to receive additional Ult gain on knock

Assist window reduced to 3s (was 10s)

Ult gain on knock increased to 30% (was 20%)

No longer comes pre-equipped to white, blue, and purple kitted weapons

300 Locked Hop-Up Points to unlock

Compatible with Volt, Spitfire, and EVA-8

Greatly improves weapon handling

Slightly increases magazine size

Adds paintball rounds for some battlefield flair

250 Locked Hop-Up Points to unlock

Compatible with Hemlok, R-301, and Rampage

250 Locked Hop-Up Points to unlock

Compatible with Charge Rifle and Prowler

400 Locked Hop-Up Points to unlock

Compatible with Wingman, Longbow, and 30-30

Widened reverse hipfire spread

Removed improved scaling from high-tier barrels and stocks (Previous Hotfix)

Mag size reduced to 48 (was 52) (Previous Hotfix)

Widened reverse hipfire spread

Increased damage to 25 (was 24)

Decreased reload time

Improved hipfire accuracy

Added to floor loot

Also found on Energy Arsenals

Removed from floor loot

Damage per pellet increased to 7 (was 6)

Reduced rate of fire

Purple and Gold bolts now match other shotguns

Slightly tightened blast pattern

Increased rate of fire in akimbo and single fire modes

Increased rate of fire when using a white or blue shotgun bolt

Increased magazine size to 6 (was 5)

Increased choke time

Widened blast patten

Increased rechamber time

No longer deals headshot damage

Lighting overhaul: now takes place during the day

Lotus: new rotation added

Added adjacent doorways to many shops for additional flow

Removed some buildings and clutter to improve readability

Legend stacking possible

Level up weapons

Reduce respawn timers

Grant a percentage of shield & Ult charge

Kickstart health regen

Return to core Wildcard experience

Match start: squads are randomly assigned a POI

Pre-Legend Select: players are presented with a map preview of Drop Zone

After Legend Select: players deploy via squad Dropship to assigned zone with nearby enemy POIs marked for imminent threat

During landing: added warning for incoming threats if an enemy squad invades Drop Zone

Heat Shields are disabled in Ranked

Bronze: 10 RP (was 0 RP)

Gold: 38RP (was 35 RP)

Platinum: 48 RP (was 45 RP)

1st: 20 RP (was 26 RP)

2nd: 18 RP (was 22 RP)

3rd: 16 RP (was 18 RP)

4th: 14 RP (was 16 RP)

5th: 12 RP (was 16 RP)

6th: 10 RP (was 16 RP)

7th: 10 RP (was 14 RP)

8th: 10 RP (was 14 RP)

9th: 8 RP (was 12 RP)

10th: 8 RP (was 12 RP)

11th-15th: 6 RP (was 10 RP)

16th-20th: 4 RP (was 10 RP)

2nd Place: 100 RP (was 95 RP)

3rd Place: 75 RP (was 70 RP)

6th Place: 40 RP (was 30 RP)

Added report option for Wallhacking/Impossible Gamesense

Burst weapon firing sounds now stop if the weapon overheated due to Ballistic's Tac

Fixed inconsistent behavior when picking up some weapon attachments

Fixed intermittent issues when predicting aim punches from ring damage

Firing Range: fixed a few bugs that allowed other players in the server to impact your game

Replicator: can no longer craft on a side with an item printing

Ring visual effects now consistently show up in Kings Canyon

Storm Point's Northpad Tower drops sniper loot again

Ziprails make a first person noise when attaching

Corrected the used weapon name for eliminations from electrified door

Dropping Gold Helmet no longer removes effects of Energized Healer upgrade (Previous Hotfix)

Double doors no longer have one door electrified if the other breaks

Ultimate Conductor no longer gives Ult charge from self damage (Previous Hotfix)

Ultimate Conductor gives burst Ult charge correctly

Bangalore: Ult missile no longer destroyed if it hits Newcastle Tac

Bots: improvements to behavior

Lifeline: updated Halo's enemy coloring to help differentiate against the ring

Newcastle: Ult can now be targeted and placed over Alter's Tac portals

Replicator: updated color and associated assets to blue (was purple)

Vantage: scanning an enemy will no longer show shield information if enemy's eliminated. Previously, dead enemies would show if banner was active. (Previous Hotfix)

Wattson: electrified doors no longer end if the fence placer dies or disconnects

Updates and tuning to some VFX, primarily on 1P Impact FX revolving around Armor and Flesh Impacts

Armor: 90% less smoke, 40% less debris

Flesh: less lingering blood with shorter lifespan, smaller blood size debris

New tonemapping for a more natural appearance of highlights with very bright colors

VFX: more consistent brightness regardless of in-game auto exposure, preventing extreme brightness in dark areas