30-30 Repeater changes in Apex Legends

The 30-30 Repeater becomes a care package weapon with more damage, faster ADS charge and reload, and swaps Dual Shell for Shattercaps, which splits hipfire shots into a pellet blast.

• Damage 43 → 51
• Reduced ADS Charge Time to 0.25 seconds (was 0.4)
• Improved Reload Speed
• Dual Shell Hop-Up Removed
• Shattercaps Hop-Up added
• Rounds split into a blast pattern when hip firing
• 7 Pellets per blast
• 8 Damage per pellet (56 Damage total)
• Can Headshot with a 1.25x multiplier
• Stockpile Size: 50

TipLearn the new hip-fire ranges; treat it like a shotgun in close quarters.

The 30-30 Repeater does more damage per shot.

Base damage 41 → 43

The 30-30 Repeater does less damage per shot, charged shots get a smaller damage boost and charging takes slightly longer.

• Base damage 43 → 41
• Decreased charged damage multiplier
• Slightly increased charge time

TipBoth the base damage and the charged multiplier came down, so the charged shot lost more than the quick one. Weigh a fast follow-up against holding for charge.

The 30-30 Repeater deals less extra damage on headshots.

Headshot multiplier reduced (Previous Hotfix)

The Skullpiercer on the 30-30 Repeater now deals less headshot damage, both charged and uncharged.

Reduced Skullpiercer headshot damage: Uncharged 86 → 80

• Reduced Skullpiercer headshot damage
• Uncharged 86 → 80
• Charged 130 → 120

The 30-30 Repeater hits harder both uncharged and fully charged, and its bullets are slightly bigger at long range, so distant shots are a little easier to land.

• No charge damage 39 → 43
• No charge headshot damage: 69
• Full charge damage 53 → 58
• Full charge headshot damage: 93
• Slightly increased projectile size at long range

TipThe uncharged shot gained too, so a snap shot at a briefly exposed target is worth taking rather than waiting on full charge. The projectile is only bigger at long range, so distance is where it got forgiving.

The 30-30 Repeater can no longer use the Skullpiercer hop-up.

Skullpiercer Hop-Up removed

The 30-30 deals less damage, holds fewer shots in every upgraded magazine and loses Dual Loader so it loads one shell at a time, but its reload speeds up after three shells in a row.

• Base damage 42 → 39
• Ammo capacity
• Base capacity unchanged (6)
• White Magazine 8 → 7
• Blue Magazine 10 → 8
• Purple & Gold Magazine 12 → 10
• Skullpiercer headshot multiplier 2.1 → 2.0
• Dual Loader removed as an integrated Hop-Up, now only loads 1 shell per reload
• Marksman Stock reload speed bonus normalized to match other sniper weapons
• Reloading 3 shells in a row now increases reload speed by 20% for the remainder of the reload

TipPoke less efficiently with reduced damage and smaller magazines; prioritize cover and aim for headshots since burst damage is lower overall.

The 30-30 Repeater is less accurate when hipfiring.

Increased hipfire spread

The 30-30 Repeater is back in floor loot and fires a larger projectile when fully charged.

• 30-30 Repeater returns to the floor
• Projectile size increased when fully charged

The 30-30 Repeater now takes Skullpiercer Rifling and has Dual Loader built in.

Now takes Skullpiercer Rifling.

• Dual Loader has been worked into the base 30-30 Repeater.
• Now takes Skullpiercer Rifling.

Shatter Caps on the 30-30 Repeater and Bocek can no longer be toggled; they always affect hipfire while aiming stays a precision shot, and pellets do slightly less damage on both.

No longer able to toggle on/off

• Passively affects hip-fire for both weapons: ADS remains precision shot
• No longer able to toggle on/off
• 30-30 pellet damage 8 → 7
• Bow pellet damage 12 → 11

TipYour aim is the selector now: hip-fire throws pellets, ADS is the precision shot. That means you change modes mid-fight with nothing to press, and no wrong state to be caught in.

The 30-30 Repeater reloads faster with a stock attached.

Reload speed from stocks is increased.

TipSniper stocks now cut the 30-30's worst weakness, its reload. In Arenas the first upgrade is also cheaper to reach.

The 30-30 Repeater deals more damage on leg shots and lets you move faster while aiming down sights.

• Leg damage multiplier 0.75 → 0.85
• Move-speed while aiming down sights has been increased to match other marksman weapons -- faster than snipers, slower than ARs

TipA leg hit costs you less than it did, so on a strafing target at range take the low shot rather than holding out for the chest. Scoped move speed went up too, so keep aiming while you strafe instead of unscoping.