49 Fun Facts About Apex Legends

Which company publishes Apex Legends?

Respawn Entertainment develops the game and EA, which bought the studio in 2017, publishes it.

On what date did Apex Legends launch on PS4, Xbox One and Windows?

Apex Legends launched on February 4, 2019 with no prior announcement and passed one million unique players within eight hours of release.

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?

Respawn capped lobbies at 20 squads, or 60 players, believing three-person teams gave everyone a better shot at winning than rivals' 100-player lobbies.

EA pledged in 2021 that its patent on which Apex Legends feature, the genre's gold standard, would be free for any developer?

EA opened the ping system patent, plus four accessibility patents, to all developers without fear of litigation from August 2021; the non-verbal wheel has been copied widely since.

Apex Legends launched in 2019 with how many playable Legends, before seasonal updates expanded the roster?

Just 8 Legends made the launch roster, Gibraltar and Lifeline among them; everyone else arrived in seasonal drops.

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; the tracker was raised on traditional beliefs by their uncle Artur, and their vague backstory fuelled early fan theories.

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

Pathfinder, a chipper MRVN searching for his creator, has a grappling hook and zipline gun that make him one of the game's most consistently popular picks.

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.

According to her lore, how many real-time years was Horizon trapped at the edge of a black hole?

Horizon's lore says 87 years passed at home while she hung at the black hole's edge, betrayed and stranded by a colleague while collecting Branthium; far less time passed for her.

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?

Valkyrie is Kairi Imahara, daughter of the Apex Predators pilot Viper; her jetpack is built from technology salvaged from his Northstar Titan.

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 seeking revenge on which Legend for murdering 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 was an Apex Predators boss in Titanfall 2; as scientist Ashleigh Reid she worked with Horizon on Project Iris before her mind was moved into a simulacrum body.

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 exclusive to Apex Legends Mobile and never joined the main game?

Fade, Apex Legends Mobile's launch exclusive, and Rhapsody, a DJ added later, vanished with the mobile game's May 2023 shutdown and never came to the main game.

Since Season 16, every Apex Legends character belongs to Assault, Skirmisher, Recon, Controller or which fifth class?

Support became the fifth class in the Season 16 class rework, giving Lifeline, Loba, Gibraltar and Newcastle a shared perk of crafting fallen allies' banners.

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.

Squads on Olympus, the 'city in the clouds', can ride around in which vehicle?

The Trident is a three-seat hover vehicle introduced with Olympus in Season 7, the update that also brought Apex Legends to Steam.

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

Broken Moon's zip rails let squads ride rails across the map at speed; it launched in Season 15, Eclipse, alongside Catalyst and the gifting feature.

Which tropical map was introduced in Season 11, Escape?

Storm Point, a tropical island map with gravity cannons and wildlife nests, arrived in Season 11, Escape, the season that also added the CAR SMG.

When Kings Canyon was 'reforged' in Season 14, the fan-favourite Skull Town returned under what new name?

Relic is a rebuilt Skull Town; Skull Town and Thunderdome had been sunk in Season 5, and Season 14's Reforged update brought the area back under the new name.

Which map arrived in Apex Legends Season 22, Shockwave, the first season to be split into two halves?

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 Season 1?

Wild Frontier ran from March 19 to June 18, 2019, adding Octane and adjusting the hitboxes that define each Legend's damageable zone.

Which fan-favourite 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, a compound bow that fires arrows, arrived in Season 9, Legacy, which also introduced Valkyrie and the 3v3 Arenas mode.

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

The 30-30 Repeater is a lever-action rifle, cycled by hand between shots; it arrived in Season 8, Mayhem, alongside Fuse.

The round-based 3v3 Arenas mode, with a per-round gear shop, was removed in which update?

It borrowed its buy-phase from Counter-Strike and Valorant and was replaced by the Mixtape playlist of 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.

The 2019 Iron Crown event drew fury because its coveted cosmetic axe effectively cost how much?

Unlocking the axe meant first collecting 24 event items sold in $7 Iron Crown packs, roughly $170 in packs; Forbes called the model 'hilariously out of touch' and Respawn apologised.

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

Analytics firm SuperData put Apex Legends' first-month revenue at $92 million, a record for a free-to-play launch; by May 2022 EA said lifetime revenue had passed $2 billion.

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.

Which studio, known for its DOOM and Rocket League ports, handled the Nintendo Switch version?

Panic Button, the studio behind the Switch ports of DOOM and Rocket League, built the Switch version, which slipped to March 9, 2021 and earned 'mixed or average' reviews on Metacritic.

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

Tencent's Lightspeed & Quantum Studios, which also makes PUBG Mobile, co-developed Apex Legends Mobile; the spin-off launched May 17, 2022 and shut down on May 1, 2023.

In July 2021 hackers hijacked Apex's in-game messages to promote saving which games?

The hijacked messages pointed to savetitanfall.com, a campaign about hacker-broken servers in Titanfall and Titanfall 2; a community investigation later concluded the site's owners were themselves behind some of the attacks.

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.

In 2023 Respawn opened a third studio to keep Apex running for '10 to 15 years' in which city?

Respawn's Madison, Wisconsin studio, announced in 2023, joined the Los Angeles headquarters and the Vancouver office opened in 2020, the first satellite dedicated to the game.

What total prize pool did the Apex Legends Global Series announce for its first year in 2019?

EA announced a $3 million total prize pool for the inaugural ALGS in December 2019; COVID-19 then forced the whole season online, and it ended with five separate regional champions.

Which Australian organisation won the ALGS Year 2 Championship, the series' first live event?

DarkZero Esports, an Australian organisation, won the 2022 final at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, taking the biggest share of a $2 million prize pool.

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, was named MVP as TSM won the February 2023 Split 1 Playoffs at London's Copper Box Arena, the first ALGS event held in the UK.

The ALGS Year 4 Championship in February 2025 was held in which Japanese city?

The ALGS Year 4 Championship was held at Sapporo Dome in Hokkaido in early February 2025; Greek organisation GoNext took the title.

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

After each match the most-picked Legend was removed from the pool for the rest of the series, alongside a new POI draft.