Apex Legends Season 5 Fortune's Favor patch notes

What changed

• NEW

  New Legend: Loba

  Loba is a new legend who throws a bracelet to teleport, places a Black Market that pulls nearby loot into your inventory, up to two items per legend, and sees nearby epic and legendary loot through walls.

  • Tactical - Burglar’s Best Friend: Teleport to hard-to-reach places or escape trouble quickly by throwing your Jump Drive bracelet.
  • Ultimate - Black Market Boutique: Place a portable device that allows you to teleport nearby loot to your inventory. Each friendly or enemy Legend can take up to two items.
  • Passive - Eye for Quality
  • Nearby epic and Legendary loot can be seen through walls.
  • The range is the same as Black Market Boutique.
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• CHANGELegend Updates

  Caustic

  Caustic's gas no longer slows teammates, and Caustic traps can no longer be triggered from the other side of a door.

  • Friendly gas no longer slows teammates.
  • Caustic traps are no longer triggered from the other side of a door.
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• NERFLegend Updates

  Gibraltar

  Gibraltar's Dome Shield lasts a shorter time, so the cover goes away sooner.

  Dome Shield duration 18s → 12s

  TipPlay around the shorter duration; retreat faster or use dome only for critical revive moments.

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• GA

  CHANGEWeapon And Loot Updates

  Gold Armor

  Gold Armor now doubles what Shield Cells and Syringes restore per use instead of making you heal faster.

  • Added Perk: Shield Cells & Syringes give double the amount per use.
  • Removed Perk: Removed 50% heal speed.

  TipGold Armor is an inventory perk now rather than a speed one: each cell and syringe gives double the amount, so pass your spares to a teammate. Budget full heal time behind cover again.

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• HU

  ROTATIONWeapon And Loot Updates

  Hop Ups

  The new Skullpiercer hop-up adds headshot damage to the Longbow DMR and Wingman, and the Anvil Receiver is vaulted.

  • Adding Skullpiercer Hopup for DMR and Wingman. DMR w/ Skullpiercer - Headshot scale 2.1 -> 2.5 Wingman w/ Skullpiercer - Headshot scale 2.0 -> 2.25
  • Vaulted Anvil Receiver.

  TipAdapt your attachment paths; Skullpiercer now works with these weapons and Anvil does not.

  Official source
• CHANGEWeapon And Loot Updates

  Mastiff

  The Mastiff moves from the care package to floor loot and is much weaker, with less pellet damage, weaker headshots, a wider spread and a slower fire rate, though it holds more shells.

  • The Mastiff is being rotated out of the care package to a regular weapon with its power reduced accordingly.
  • Damage per pellet 18 → 13
  • Headshot multiplier 2.0 → 1.25
  • Increased blast pattern distances for the outer pairs of pellets.
  • Blast pattern scale ADS multiplier 0.5 → 0.55
  • Fire rate 1.3 → 1.0
  • Reduced projectile size to be more in line with other regular shotguns.
  • Shell count 4 → 6
  • Increased projectile speed to standard shotgun speed.
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• CHANGELegend Updates

  Mirage

  Mirage's decoys now last 60 seconds and can be taken over to copy Mirage's moves, the ultimate sends out a team of mimicking decoys, and Mirage cloaks while reviving or using a respawn beacon, as does the teammate.

  Tactical: Psyche Out: Decoys now last for 60 seconds.

  • Tactical: Psyche Out
  • Pressing the character utility action button allows Mirage to gain control of his decoy.
  • When controlling the decoy, it will mimic Mirage’s every move.
  • Decoys now last for 60 seconds.
  • Releasing another decoy will remove the previous decoy.
  • Ultimate: Life of the Party
  • Mirage deploys a team of decoys that mimic his every move (think “Emergency Dance Party" from DUMMIEs Big Day).
  • Cooldown 60 seconds.
  • Now You See Me... (Passive): Now You See Me…: In addition to cloaking when downed, Mirage also cloaks while using a respawn beacon and reviving a teammate (the teammate is also cloaked).
  • Mirage’s “You got Bamboozled” line will now trigger when you bamboozle an enemy, instead of when you release a decoy.
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• NERFLegend Updates

  Pathfinder

  Pathfinder's Grappling Hook takes much longer to come back, so you can use it less often.

  Cooldown for Grappling Hook 15 seconds → 35 seconds

  TipYour escape and mobility tool is on lockdown - plan positioning carefully and don't waste grapples on small movements.

  Official source
• CHANGEWeapon And Loot Updates

  Peacekeeper

  The Peacekeeper moves into the care package and gets stronger, with tighter spread, faster rechamber, quicker reloads and bigger pellets for more consistent close-range hits.

  • Peacekeeper is being rotated out of a regular weapon and into the care package weapon with its power being increased accordingly.
  • Tightened pellet spread pattern.
  • Rechamber time 1.2 → 0.9
  • Reduced reload times from 2.65 to 2.45 base and 3.6 to 3.35 empty.
  • Increased projectile size to improve consistency at close range.

  TipUse it to dominate close range; the tighter spread and faster cycling make you harder to escape.

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• BUFFWeapon And Loot Updates

  Alternator

  The Alternator holds more rounds in the base magazine and at every extended mag level, so you reload less often.

  • Increased Mag size from 16 to 19.
  • Level 1 Extended mag is now 22, Level 2 is now 25, and Level 3 is now 27.

  TipMore ammo per magazine means longer sustained pressure - use it to spray and control duels without reloading.

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• CHANGELegend Updates

  Bloodhound

  Bloodhound's scan reveals enemies for a second longer and comes back faster.

  Tactical: Eye of the Allfather: Sonar Detection 3 seconds → 4 seconds

  • Tactical: Eye of the Allfather
  • Sonar Detection 3 seconds → 4 seconds
  • Cooldown 35 seconds → 25 seconds

  TipScan more often to find squads early; track targets longer to maintain pressure through rotations.

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• BUFFLegend Updates

  Crypto

  Crypto can now ping banners while flying the drone to warn teammates that other squads are nearby.

  Tactical: Drone: Crypto can now ping banners, while in drone, to warn teammates of nearby squads.

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• NERFWeapon And Loot Updates

  Havoc

  The Havoc kicks more, both up and sideways, and its first two shots have more recoil, so it is harder to control.

  • Vertical recoil increased.
  • Horizontal recoil slightly increased.
  • Recoil on the first 2 shots increased.
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• CHANGELegend Updates

  Lifeline

  Lifeline finds secret compartments in more loot bins, but those compartments no longer contain Knockdown Shields.

  • Increased Lifeline bin ratio to 20%
  • Removed Knockdown Shields from Secret Compartment loot pool

  TipAs Lifeline, stop skipping bins: the compartment triggers more often and a knockdown shield can no longer take up the slot. Route through bin clusters rather than looting them on the way past.

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• BUFFLegend Updates

  Octane

  Octane's Launch Pad comes back faster, so you can place it more often.

  Launch Pad cooldown is reduced from 90 seconds to now 60 seconds.

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• BUFFWeapon And Loot Updates

  RE-45

  The RE-45 hits a little harder and reloads faster.

  • Damage 11 → 12
  • Reduced reload time from 1.74 to 1.5 base and 2.12 to 1.95 empty

  TipThe reload cut matters more here than the single point of damage. The base reload is still quicker than the empty one, so topping up before the magazine runs dry now saves even more time.

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• NERFWeapon And Loot Updates

  Longbow DMR

  The Longbow DMR deals slightly less extra damage on headshots.

  Headshot scale 2.15 → 2.1

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• NERFWeapon And Loot Updates

  Wingman

  The Wingman deals slightly less extra damage on headshots.

  Headshot scale 2.1 → 2.0

  TipA multiplier change lands on shot counts, not on how the gun feels in the hand. Check in the firing range that a head-hit sequence still finishes a target, rather than finding out mid-fight.

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