Apex Legends season one starts tomorrow with £8 battle pass Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Apex Legends season one starts tomorrow with £8 battle pass Octane is officially unveiled, at long last. News by Emma Kent Contributor Updated on 18 Mar 2019 30 comments As predicted in leaks last week, the Apex Legends first season and battlepass is arriving this week. Tomorrow, in fact. Named Wild Frontier, season one will start tomorrow at 5pm UK time (10am Pacific) and introduce leaked legend Octane: a metal-legged adrenaline junkie with a variety of high-risk abilities. According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, Octane can "trade health for speed", while he also has an "endless supply of Stim health regeneration" and a launch pad ultimate. If you want to know what that looks like, peek over here. The battle pass, meanwhile, seems incredibly similar to Fortnite's model. Costing the same amount, with a base rate of 950 Apex Coins (about £8 if you buy the smallest coin pack), players can earn 100 unique rewards. Purchasing the battle pass will instantly get you three brand new skins: the Lifeline revolutionary skin, the Wraith survivor skin, and the Mirage outlaw skin. If you want to splash the cash and purchase 2800 Apex Coins, you can also instantly unlock 25 levels of the pass. I know someone in the Eurogamer office who'll probably buy this and then claim they earned those levels. Again, as with Fortnite, buying the pass later in the season will automatically unlock all the items you should have earned at your level. Judging by the different icons for the battle pass levels, it looks like battle pass tiers will be separate from your standard Apex Legends XP level. Again, like Fortnite. The battle pass offers a variety of skins, banner cards Apex Coins and XP boosts. There aren't yet any definitive numbers on how much XP players can earn in each tier, although the Apex Legends community manager has stated the pass will earn players a total of 1000 Apex Coins - enough to buy the battle pass for next season. There are also a couple of free rewards for "everyone who plays Apex Legends season one", including one Wild Frontier legend skin, five Apex Packs and 18 Wild Frontier stat trackers. Nothing is truly free, however, and it looks like you'll still have to work to unlock that grimey-looking Octane skin at level 48. Personally, I'm a little underwhelmed by the offering, as there seems to be a distinct lack of snazzy character skins - particularly at the higher levels. Perhaps it's still preferable to just directly buying loot boxes. If you want a longer look at the, er, delightful Apex Legends season one battle pass rewards, make sure to check out our guide. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 5 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store