Apex Legends patch notes – what’ s new in Season 14 The Loadout The Loadout Apex Legends patch notes – what’ s new in Season 14 If you're looking for Apex Legends Season 14 patch notes, you're in the right place - here are all the changes for the battle royale's latest season Ben Sledge Updated: Aug 8, 2022 13:28 ET Apex Legends The latest Apex Legends update is, as you might expect, a game-changer. As a live service game, this battle royale is always getting updated and there's always a lot to look forward to. With new legends gracing the Apex Games and some interesting map changes, the major updates are always great to check out. However, the minute details of the smaller updates and the changes that get tagged onto events are equally as exciting. It's always worth checking out the Apex Legends patch notes when you get a minute. So, let's get stuck into some Apex Legends patch notes for Season 14 shall we? It's worth knowing that it's not just about weapon buffs and ability nerfs, either. Respawn Entertainment's loot pool is always changing and you might find that your favourite weapon is now limited to care package drops. There often changes to Apex Legends ranked mode too that you need to be aware of. Of course, the other stuff matters too – so don't worry if you're here looking for that. We have everything you need to know about the Season 14 update and any mid-season updates released by Respawn Entertainment. Apex Legends patch notes Season 14 Here are the patch notes for the big Season 14 update in Apex Legends, which dropped on August 8. REFORGED KINGS CANYON UPDATE In Season 5, Skull Town and Thunderdome were sunk by a massive explosion caused by Loba. Now that the Salvage operation is complete, the Syndicate has rebuilt the area for the Apex Games. Dredging machines have refilled the space with sand from the ocean floor, and a new battleground has been rebuilt with the iconic skull as its centerpiece. LEVEL CAP INCREASE Players can now level past account level 500 through 3 additional tiers of 500 levels bringing the effective level maximum to Level 500 Tier 3. This increase adds 345 additional Apex Packs earnable via account leveling, and ensures that everyone can earn an heirloom just by playing the game. The total number of Apex Packs earnable via account leveling is now 544. BATTLE PASS Certain Battle Pass challenges can now be completed in either Battle Royale or non-Battle Royale modes, giving you the flexibility to complete the Battle Pass your way. SEASON 13 RANKED RESULTS For Split 1 of Season 13, we have the following max tier distribution among players who played more than 10 hours of Ranked (versus Season 12's Split 1): 10.80% Bronze (0%) 28.78% Silver (3.78%) 44.45% Gold (25.12%) 14.60% Platinum (39.52%) 1.25% Diamond (26.63%) 0.10% Master & Apex Predator (4.95%) As of August 2nd 2022, we have the following max tier distribution among players in Split 2 who played more than 10 hours of Ranked (versus Season 12's Split 2): 2.22% Bronze (0.01%) 15.22% Silver (4.28%) 41.50% Gold (25.48%) 32.57% Platinum (42.80%) 8.05% Diamond (23.56%) 0.45% Master & Apex Predator (3.87%) Season 14 Ranked changes Entry Cost: +5 to all. Kill RP: Removed diminishing returns on eliminations . Rank Reset: No change. Resuming ranked reset of 6 divisions. Season 14 Balance updates Laser Sights New attachment to replace barrels for SMGs and Pistols. Gives reduced hipfire spread. Crate Rotation G7 Scout returns to the floor. Volt SMG returns to the floor. Bocek Compound Bow enters the crate. Rampage LMG enters the crate. Crafting Rotation Wingman returns to the floor. CAR SMG returns to the floor. Devotion LMG enters the crafter. RE-45 + Hammerpoint combo enters the crafter. Gold Weapon Rotation Longbow DMR, G7 Scout, Mozambique, R-99, Hemlok SMGs Base hipfire spread increased. Assault Rifles Base hipfire spread increased. EVA-8 Recoil improvements. Now takes stocks. Removed 1 pellet from blast pattern. Fire rate increased to 2.3 from 2.0. Pellet damage increased to 7 from 6. Bolt rate of fire bonuses increased. White: 1.1 to 1.1. Blue: 1.15 to 1.2. Purple: 1.2 to 1.3. Bocek Compound Bow Damage at full draw increased to 70 from 60. Tempo draw speed increased to 0.38 from 0.32. Shattercaps pellet damage increased to 12 from 11. Fired arrows can no longer be collected. Arrows spawns have been removed from the floor. Rampage LMG Damage increased to 28 from 26. Rampage comes with a Thermite Grenade. Volt SMG Damage reduced to 15 from 17. CAR SMG No longer takes barrel attachments. G7 Scout Damage reduced to 34 from 36. Headshot multiplier reduced to 1.75 from 2.0. Double Tap hop-up burst fire delay increased to 0.4 from 0.375. LSTAR Increased projectile speed. Increased number of shots before overheat at base to 24 from 20. Removed bright red flash when hitting non-armored targets. RE-45 Increased ironsight FOV to 70 to be consistent with other pistols. Increased strafe speed by 5% to be consistent with other pistols. Wingman Wingman now uses sniper ammo and magazines. Sniper Ammo Sniper ammo inventory stack increased to 28 from 24. Sniper ammo boxes now contain 14 rounds instead of 12. Spitfire Recoil adjustments to increase vertical barrel climb. Spitfire now uses light ammo and magazines. 30-30 Repeater Dual Loader has been worked into the base 30-30 Repeater. Now takes Skullpiercer Rifling. Mastiff Projectile growth reduced. Base fire rate reduced to 1.1 from 1.2. Dual Loader removed. Sentinel Deadeye's Tempo has been worked into the base Sentinel. Hop-Ups Double Tap – Adds burst fire mode to EVA-8 and G7 Scout. Skullpiercer – 35% headshot damage increase on Longbow, Wingman and 30-30 Repeater. Removed Deadeye's Tempo & Shatter Caps from floor loot. Boosted Loader has been reduced to Epic quality from Legendary. Backpack Gold Perk New Perk: Deep Pockets. Deep Pockets: Large medical supplies stacks higher in your inventory. Batteries and Medkits now stack to 3 in inventory. Phoenix Kits now stack to 2 in inventory. Knockdown Shield Gold Perk New Perk: Guardian Angel (Previous Backpack Perk). Self Revive removed from the game. Arc Star Reduced stick damage on armor to 10 from 40. Remove aim slow on stick, remains on detonation. Detonation damage increased to 75 from 70. Explosive Holds Added Blue attachments to possible spawns. Added Laser Sights to the pool. Reduced spawn rate of gold magazines. LEGENDS Valk VTOL JETS: Acceleration on activation decreased by about 8%. Fuel consumption on activation increased by 33%. Aerial boosting & strafing take a 20% debuff when hit by slowing effects. Added a third orange state to the fuel meter UI between green (>60%) and red (<30%). MISSILE SWARM: Aim/turn slow removed. Move slow duration decreased from 2.5s -> 2.0s. Reducing the explosion radius from 175 -> 125. SKYWARD DIVE Height reduction of 25%. Launch time reduced from 5.5s -> 5.0s. Coupled with the height reduction, players in Valk ult now travel upward at a slightly slower speed. Horizon Black Hole: Adjustments to N.E.W.T's hitbox to make destroying it more reliable. Black Hole: N.E.W.T. takes 50% more damage from explosives. Wattson Improvements to Perimeter Security placement system. Newcastle Retrieve the Wounded: Increased move speed during revive by 25%. Reduced turn slow while reviving by 50%. Increased White Knockdown shield health from 150 -> 200. Increase Blue Knockdown shield health from 250 -> 300. Mobile Shield: Increased hp from 350 -> 500 Doubled max movement speed. Castle Wall: Added turn slow to electrical barrier effects and increased the severity of the slow effect to movement. Mad Maggie Riot Drill: Projectile Launch Speed doubled. Wrecking Ball: Will travel twice as far while dropping the same amount of magnets. Duration increased from 5 sec → 10 sec. Magnet Spawn delay increased from 0.4 sec → 0.8 sec. Wrecking Ball will deal damage to enemy placeable objects: Black Market, Castle Walls, Exhibit, Death Totem, Mobile Shield, Black Hole, Amped Cover, and Gas Barrels. It will also destroy Gibraltar's Dome of Protection. Fixed Wrecking Ball not blinding and slowing enemies. Rampart Now ignores friendly collision on Amped Cover placement (i.e. placing walls around teammates will feel more smooth). Caustic Fixed gas ramping bug where transitioning from friendly to enemy gas would initially damage for more than intended. Mirage Mirage Decoys will now be scanned by Valk when skydiving. Mirage Decoys will now be picked up by Seer's Heart Seeker. Fixed a bug where Mirage Decoys were picked up by Seer's Exhibit as AI and not players. Revenant Death Totem will now show a placement preview when activated instead of placing immediately. CRAFTING UPDATE Team-Use Harvesters: When any player interacts with a Materials Harvester, all players in their team will be given the Materials.. Removed Shatter Rounds from crafting. Removed Hammerpoints from base crafting and added to RE-45 Weapon Craft. Heavy, Energy, and Sniper mags price increased from to 35 from 25. Laser Sight added to crafting: 25 materials. Stock and Barrel price reduced to 25 from 35. Added Skullpiercer Rifling Hop-Up to crafting. Added Double Tap Trigger Hop-Up to crafting. Added Kinetic Feeder Hop-Up to crafting. Increased Shotgun Bolt price from to 30 from 25. Reduced 2-4x ACOG optic price to 30 from 35. MAPS The maps rotating for public matches during Hunted are; Kings Canyon, World's Edge, and Storm Point. ALL BATTLE ROYALE MAPS Replicators and Crafting Materials have been rebalanced across the maps. Ring Adjustments Ring 1 Damage increase from 2 to 3 hp/tick (equivalent to Ring 2) Ring 1 Preshrink Time decreased from 180s to 60s. Ring 1 Closing Time: Kings Canyon – 4:10 -> 4:32 World's Edge – 3:42 -> 4:32 Storm Point – 4:15 -> 4:35 Olympus – 4:10 -> 4:32 World's Edge Removed some frustrating final rings at Staging that were causing heal offs. Fragment East Loot buffed from Low Tier to Medium. . Added OOB to west rocks at Lava Siphon. QUALITY OF LIFE New Mode/Map name UI element on load screen and start flow. "Winning" and "Champion" tags added to the scoreboard. Added ability to use "tap" interact prompts when they conflict with "hold" (e.g. reloading near downed teammates is now a lot more reliable on controller). Added flourish to the crafting materials in the top right of the HUD when they increase. Added a flourish to items if they become craftable while in the crafting station UI. Added accessibility switch for turning on and off TTS (Text-to-speech), defaulting to what your console or system has it set to (where available) When dropping from the dropship, the location of the POI player lands in is now displayed. BUG FIXES Hipfire reticles now change size based on the FoV Fixed bug where canceling a Lifeline revive would cancel it for other teammates also being revived by Lifeline. Fixed bug where players could not deal melee damage to Caustic Gas Barrels or Octanes Jump Pads. Fix for issue where the buy menu would close each time a teammate completes a purchase/and or closes the buy menu. Crypto's Ultimate now destroys Wattson's Pylon. Fix for issue where Crypto's heirloom animation audio would play globally when using a survey beacon. Fix for issue where players could sometimes get stuck while crouched between a Replicator and Black Market after crafting. Fixed bug where players could not unlock the "Fully Kitted" badge. Fix for issue for Legends losing functionality like meleeing, using an ability, etc, while mantling. Fix for bug where players could not switch ammo types for the C.A.R. SMG. Newcastle – fix for issue where Newcastle could get stuck in their Ultimate animation while riding a zipline. Newcastle – fixed bug where throwables placed on a Mobile Shield would start floating after the Mobile Shield disappears. Newcastle – fix for cases where players wouldn't take damage from ordnance or activate Caustic's barrels when positioned between a Tactical Shield and its drone. Newcastle – fix for bug where throwable abilities placed on a Mobile Shield could float away after the Mobile Shield disappears. Wraith – fix for bug where Wraith would still take damage in the Ring while phasing. Fix for a reload bug with the Mastiff and 30-30 Repeater where players could not ADS until reloading animation was finished. Fixed bug where Crypto's melee animations wouldn't show his heirloom while in third person. Vending Machines in Big Maude now have buyer protection. Fixed an issue that could cause some stuttering and framerate spikes on consoles, especially PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Fix for bug where the Dropship would sometimes spawn players outside the ship. Fixed a bug where Heat Shields would disappear when placed under a respawn beacon, or mobile respawn beacon, and then the beacon was used. Fixed a bug where Pathfinder's zipline would be destroyed if placed on top of a respawn beacon and then the beacon was used. Fix for cases when a Heat Shield could disappear when set under a Respawn Beacon that is activated. Fix for a bug where Mirage decoys would not show up on scan for a few Legends. Well, that's all we know about the Apex Legends patch notes for Season 14. We'll keep this updated with any mid-season updates and fill in any blanks when Respawn Entertainment highlights more. For now, check out our Apex Legends tier list and see where your main sits in the meta. More from The Loadout Over a quarter of Apex Legends' top players are now using Horizon This Week in Apex Legends news: rockets, roller coasters, and ranked Apex Legends Season 14 trailer scopes in on Vantage's kit and story Apex Legends Season 14 release time - when does Hunted begin? Apex Legends’ Vantage makes you a better sniper in more than one way Apex Legends might be getting a heavy rocket launcher in the future Ben Sledge Ben is a gaming writer and one of the original staff writers for The Loadout. Before he moved onto pastures new, Ben led the charge on Pokemon type chart, Apex Legends weapons tier list, and ALGS coverage. 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