49 Fun Facts About Apex Legends

Which company publishes Apex Legends?

Electronic Arts bought developer Respawn in December 2017, and Respawn's own producer admitted that being 'bought by EA' was one reason players might be sceptical of the new game.

How did Respawn release Apex Legends in February 2019?

With no advance announcement: Respawn expected fans awaiting Titanfall 3 to turn on a free-to-play battle royale, so it revealed and released the game on the same day and let players judge it.

About 100 influencers who had secretly played Apex Legends teased it during which event?

Influencers who had played Apex Legends in secret teased it during the Super Bowl LIII halftime show; Respawn CEO Vince Zampella reportedly found the tactic 'gross' because it reminded him of the Fyre Festival hype.

Apex Legends runs on a heavily modified version of which game engine?

Apex Legends runs on a heavily modified Source engine, the same one behind Titanfall 2, reworked to handle the far larger draw distances of a battle royale map.

A standard trios match of Apex Legends holds up to how many three-person squads?

20 squads of three fill a 60-player lobby; after trial runs as a limited-time mode, Respawn made a two-player Duos queue permanent in April 2020.

Apex Legends' publisher pledged in 2021 that its patent on which in-game feature would be free for any developer?

The ping system lets squads flag loot, enemies and routes without speaking; its US patent was granted on 24 August 2021, the same day its owner pledged not to sue anyone who used it.

Which of these Legends was part of the eight-strong launch roster of Apex Legends in February 2019?

Mirage, the bartender who fools opponents with holographic decoys, was one of the eight launch Legends; he built the tech with his mother and entered the Games chasing fame.

Which Legend was the first added after launch, arriving with Season 1?

Octane arrived with Season 1 in March 2019; the daredevil's design drew on Titanfall 2's Stim ability and on speedrunners of that game's Gauntlet.

Which Legend is a former IMC science pilot who lost much of her memory in phase-technology experiments?

Wraith, once IMC scientist Renee Blasey, woke in a detention facility with no memory; her Phase Shift was redesigned repeatedly because a straight port from Titanfall 2 was too hard for opponents to read.

Which launch Legend is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns?

Bloodhound is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns; orphaned young, the high-tech tracker was raised by their uncle Artur in the Old Ways, a creed that spurns technology.

Which Legend is an unfailingly optimistic MRVN robot searching for its creator?

Pathfinder, a relentlessly cheerful MRVN, booted up decades ago with no idea who built him, and first joined the Apex Games hoping that fame would catch his maker's attention.

Lifeline's healing drone goes by what name?

Lifeline's D.O.C. drone patches up teammates; Ajay Che walked away from her family's war-profiteering fortune to do humanitarian work.

Which Legend came home from a space mission to find that 87 years had passed?

Horizon, astrophysicist Mary Somers, was betrayed by a colleague and left stranded in orbit around a black hole, where time runs slower; she got home 87 years after promising her son she would return.

Respawn worked with cultural consultants from which people when writing Mad Maggie?

Respawn consulted Māori cultural advisers when writing Mad Maggie; a haka was written specifically for the character rather than adapting a traditional one.

Valkyrie is the daughter of which Titanfall 2 antagonist?

Viper, a Titanfall 2 boss pilot, was the father of Valkyrie, born Kairi Imahara; she built her jetpack around the flight core salvaged from his Northstar.

Which announced Apex Legends character was killed off during his interview in a fake-out to mislead dataminers?

Forge, announced as Season 4's Legend, was killed on camera mid-interview; Respawn had even planted misleading files in the game before revealing the real Season 4 Legend.

Loba entered the Apex Games to hunt down which Legend, the killer of her parents?

Revenant, a simulacrum assassin, killed Loba's parents in front of her as a child; he was once human hitman Kaleb Cross, whose mind was copied into a string of robot bodies.

Catalyst builds barricades and hazards out of which substance?

Catalyst shapes ferrofluid, a magnetic liquid, into barricades and spikes; she learned to work it on Cleo, the moon of her home planet Boreas.

Which Legend was a main antagonist of Titanfall 2 before becoming playable in Season 11?

Ash is fought as a boss in Titanfall 2; she first reached Apex Legends in a Season 5 quest as a severed robot head that players had to rebuild, long before she became playable.

Vantage, the sniper Legend, is accompanied by a bat named what?

Vantage's companion bat is Echo; she was raised in isolation on the icy planet Págos after the prison transport carrying her mother crashed there.

Which Legend, added in 2024, can create passages straight through solid walls?

Alter, released in Season 21 in May 2024, opens Void Passages through walls; Respawn built new testing tools because no existing map had been designed with wall portals in mind.

Conduit powers her exosuit with material salvaged from the battery of what destroyed machine?

Conduit's exosuit runs on a battery she salvaged from a wrecked Monarch Titan; the longtime Apex Games spectator entered the competition to provide for her family.

Which two Legends were playable only in Apex Legends Mobile, which shut down in 2023?

Fade and Rhapsody were built as mobile-first Legends, Fade for the first mobile season and DJ Rhapsody for the second; both vanished when the mobile game was taken offline in May 2023.

The Season 16 class rework sorted every Apex Legends character into Assault, Skirmisher, Recon, Controller or which fifth class?

Support Legends, the ones who protect, revive and resupply a squad, got their own perk: only they can open the hidden compartment of an extended supply bin.

Which Apex Legends map debuted in Season 3, Meltdown, with players fighting across volcanic and frozen landscapes?

World's Edge mixes lava and ice; a season later a giant Harvester tore open lava faults in the middle of it.

Olympus, the 'city in the clouds' of Apex Legends, arrived in Season 7 with which squad vehicle?

The Trident carried a whole squad at once: one player drove while two rode the sides, free to keep shooting or heal on the move.

The lunar map Broken Moon is distinguished by which traversal feature?

Zip rails work like ziplines but carry squads faster and farther, so teams can swing around Broken Moon in seconds; the map arrived in Season 15, Eclipse.

Which tropical Apex Legends map was introduced in Season 11, Escape?

Storm Point is a tropical island; in Season 13 a huge sea creature came ashore there, and after the Legends killed it, its carcass stayed on the map as a landmark.

Which Kings Canyon location, destroyed in Season 5 of Apex Legends, returned in Season 14 rebuilt as Relic?

Skull Town collapsed along with Thunderdome in Season 5; two years later, Season 14's 'reforged' Kings Canyon brought it back, partly rebuilt, under the name Relic.

Which map arrived in Apex Legends in Season 22, Shockwave?

E-District was Season 22's big addition, with no new Legend; the same season let players dual-wield the Mozambique and P2020 akimbo.

What was the title of the first season of Apex Legends, launched in March 2019?

Wild Frontier opened on March 19, 2019 with the game's first battle pass and a round of adjustments to the Legends' hitboxes.

Which weapon from Titanfall 2 made its Apex Legends debut in Season 6, Boosted?

The Volt SMG crossed over from Titanfall 2 in the same season that stripped all normal armour except gold from the loot pool in favour of Evo Shields.

Which weapon debuted in Apex Legends Season 9, Legacy?

The Bocek Bow fires arrows instead of bullets, and the longer the draw, the harder the arrow hits; it arrived in Season 9, Legacy, alongside Valkyrie.

The 30-30 Repeater, added in Season 8, is what kind of gun?

A lever-action rifle, the 30-30 Repeater hits harder the longer a player aims before firing; it arrived in Season 8 as the pride of Salvo, home planet of that season's Legend, Fuse.

Which round-based 3v3 mode, with a shop between rounds, did Apex Legends remove in Season 16?

Arenas pitted two squads of three against each other over several rounds; Season 16 dropped it for the Mixtape playlist, which rotates Team Deathmatch, Control and Gun Run.

What is the highest tier in Apex Legends ranked play?

Apex Predator is the top rank, above Master; it is capped at the top 750 players per platform, so others climbing can push you out of it.

Which 2019 Apex Legends event drew a backlash over its paid loot boxes?

Iron Crown sold its cosmetics in $7 loot boxes and offered a coveted axe only to players who had collected all 24 items; after the outcry Respawn apologised and began selling items directly.

How much did Apex Legends make in its first month, a record for a free-to-play launch?

SuperData estimated $92 million, the best launch month ever for a free-to-play game, yet Apex Legends still trailed Fortnite on that month's PC and console revenue charts.

Which Legend's real name is Tae Joon Park?

Crypto is Tae Joon Park, a hacker who fled under an alias after being framed for a murder; his Surveillance Drone scans and reveals enemies for his squad.

Apex Legends came to which platform in March 2021, in a port handled by Panic Button?

Nintendo Switch: Panic Button, known for its Switch ports of DOOM and Rocket League, built the version, which was first due in 2020 and slipped to March 9, 2021.

Which Chinese company owns Lightspeed & Quantum Studios, co-developer of Apex Legends Mobile?

Tencent's Lightspeed & Quantum, the studio behind PUBG Mobile, co-developed Apex Legends Mobile; it launched in May 2022 and was shut down on May 1, 2023, less than a year later.

What do Apex Legends players call the shrinking barrier that forces squads together and damages anyone outside it?

The Ring shrinks in rounds and hits harder each time; in the game's story, the Legend Wattson and her father engineered it as a containment field for the Apex Games.

Respawn's founders Jason West and Vince Zampella had earlier co-founded which studio?

West and Zampella co-founded Infinity Ward in 2002 and created Call of Duty there before Activision fired them in an acrimonious 2010 split that led to Respawn.

Which Legend, raised by search-and-rescue volunteers, shields his squad with a Dome of Protection?

Gibraltar took up rescue work after a teenage joyride on his father's stolen motorcycle ended in a mudslide, and his father lost an arm pulling him and his boyfriend out.

Which Legend is a former pesticide scientist who fights with traps full of Nox gas?

Caustic, born Alexander Nox, developed pesticide gases at Humbert Labs, became a fugitive after turning to lethal experiments, and joined the Apex Games to keep testing his formulas.

Which organisation's Australian trio won the ALGS Year 2 Championship in Raleigh in 2022?

DarkZero Esports, an American organisation, signed the trio from Reignite, which had won the Stockholm playoffs using a last-minute substitute after its star tested positive for COVID.

Which TSM in-game leader was named MVP when the team won the ALGS Year 3 Split 1 Playoffs in London?

ImperialHal, TSM's in-game leader, took MVP as TSM won at London's Copper Box Arena under the new Match Point format: a team had to reach 50 points and then win one more game.

Which country hosted the ALGS Championship in both 2025 and 2026?

Japan: after GoNext won the Year 4 title in Sapporo in early 2025, EA struck a two-year deal with the city, and the Championship returned to the same dome in January 2026.

What competitive rule did ALGS Year 5 introduce for the first time?

Legend bans mean every Legend starts a series available, but after each match the most-picked one is removed for the rest of it, so no team can ride one line-up all series.