We wanted to share an update about a recent behind-the-scenes change we’ve made to improve your experience in Apex Legends.
As a long-term investment in the tech powering Apex, we’ve officially migrated our game servers to Amazon GameLift Servers. This partnership gives us more flexibility to identify and address issues across regions, ultimately helping us deliver a more consistent experience over time.
It’s worth noting that every player's connection is unique, and no single change will affect everyone the same way. But this move gives us stronger tools to dig into specific problem areas and, where possible, make improvements.
One early sign of progress: we've seen a noticeable drop in game server performance degradation, things like rubberbanding and hit registration issues. Post-migration, matches experiencing these issues have decreased. While this impacts a relatively small percentage of total matches, it's a meaningful step forward.
To celebrate the move and thank you for being part of this journey, we’ve lined up some fun things for you:
April 17–24: 1.5x XP on all sources
April 17–24: 2x XP when playing in a party
April 18–20: Double Battle Pass Stars on Weeklies
Thanks as always for playing, and we’ll keep you updated as we continue to invest in the future of Apex.
Apex Legends Fight Force Event
Blow the competition away with everyone’s favorite grenade launcher during the Fight Force Event. Drop into the limited-time, explosive EPG Extreme 3rd-person mode, where every player enters the fray armed with nothing but a Power Sword and EPG-1 grenade launcher.
What you see is what you get in this mode–no other weapons, ordnance, or survival items can be acquired or selected. You can also blast through the Fight Force Event reward track, as well as unlock combat-themed cosmetics, including the "Apex Adonis" Mirage Prestige Skin when you collect all 24 event cosmetics.
The final Creator Commissioner Challenges have also arrived, wrapping up the season with creator Kamanari Qpi. Work together in Week 1 to get kills in EPG Extreme, then finish off your individual challenges in week 2 to unlock Apex Packs and the Legendary Mastiff Skin, “Tombstick.”
His benevolence, Mirage, has presented our feeble vestiges with gifts from the Outlands. Earn his favor by playing the new 3rd-person mode EPG Extreme where Legends battle it out with Power Swords and EPG-1s. Praise his splendor by completing Creator Commissioner Challenges and ascending the reward track. Finally, don his glory with combat-themed cosmetics to earn Mirage's Prestige skin—his final form, a most perfect embodiment...of his body.
His benevolence, Mirage, has presented our feeble vestiges with gifts from the Outlands. Earn his favor by playing the new 3rd-person mode EPG Extreme where Legends battle it out with Power Swords and EPG-1s. Praise his splendor by completing Creator Commissioner Challenges and ascending the reward track. Finally, don his glory with combat-themed cosmetics to earn Mirage's Prestige skin—his final form, a most perfect embodiment...of his body.
Apex Legends Latest Update: 2025/4/8
We just pushed an update to make some adjustments to weapons and Legends, including the following balance changes:
LEGENDS
Ash
Increased ultimate's max distance travel time to 2.5s (was 1.4s)
Increased ultimate's minimum distance travel time to 0.5s (was 0.3s)
Mirage: Increased the number of decoys created during Ult to 6 (was 5)
Conduit: Increased Tac health regen per tick to 4 (was 3)
Seer
Decreased the time for Tac to hit targets to 0.8s (was 1.4s)
Decreased the time for Tac to finish to 0.9s (was 1.0s)
WEAPONS
Hemlok
Increased headshot damage by 2
Increased mag sizes by +3 for the base, white, and blue mags
L-Star
Increased the vertical and horizontal movement in the recoil pattern
Reduced the projectile size
P2020: Decreased damage to 24 (was 25)
Volt: Normalized hipfire to match other SMGs
Increased all SMGs headshot damage by 1
Ult gained from knocks and assists with Accelerated Weapons reduced to 20% (was 30%)
Fixed an issue where assists with Accelerated Weapons would sometimes not grant additional Ult charge
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We wanted to give a quick update on teaming and share some additional insights about our continued efforts. Player numbers can fluctuate, so we look at the overall percentage of players reporting teaming. This chart displays a decrease in teaming reports over the past several months.
Teaming (when multiple teams collude during a match for a shared goal) concentrates in higher Ranked matches. Overall, there were less than 0.005 teaming reports per unique player in Feb 2025. The 65% drop from the peak shows that our efforts are having a positive impact in both teaming reports and instances that are automatically detected. There’s still work to do and we’ll continue to investigate new ways to address this issue for further noticeable improvements.
In a previous update, we shared that we were working on a new feature for reporting that would provide you with an update when your report has had an impact. We're happy to announce that this in-game notification system has gone live! Thanks for your ongoing support and all of your reports including those on teaming.
Beast Mode Event
In Power Sword Royale, find and equip a Power Sword with its own specific abilities. In April Fools, have some fun with Mozambiques. Then, there’s Solos where it’s just you and your skill. Take the field as a Skirmisher and use two new perks — Trailblazer and Charged Knock — to dominate in the heat of the battle, and check out Alter’s latest ability updates.
Don't miss your chance to conquer creator community challenges together in week 1, then show off what makes you legendary in week 2! Unlock rewards like Apex Packs and the Legendary Bone Breaker Mastiff Weapon Skin.
Finally, unlock unstoppable cosmetics including Legendary Character Skins and the customizable Power Sword universal melee cosmetic.
In Power Sword Royale, secure a Power Sword with its own specific abilities. Then have fun with Mozambiques for April Fools, play Solos in the final week, and conquer creator community challenges to earn rewards. Plus, check out meta updates with new Skirmisher perks and Alter ability updates.
We recently identified two issues that we wanted to give you an update on.
1) On March 11 there was a brief period of time where the Spark Bonus Meter wasn't updating. This has since been fixed, and all players who completed the bonus meter or lost progress on their bonus meter have been granted one Beast of Prey Pack.
2) Additionally, there is an issue where it looks like Beast of Prey Packs do not count towards unlocking Loba's Heirlooms. This is a visual-only bug, and these packs do count towards unlocking her Heirloom.
