World's Edge changes in Apex Legends

Purple attachments are rarer, and gold attachments, gold backpacks, Gold Bins and Mythic Bins are gone; Arsenals stay locked until Evo Harvesters activate, and upgrade panels now stop at purple.

World: Purple attachment spawn rate reduced across all game systems

• World
• Purple attachment spawn rate reduced across all game systems
• Overall attachment spawn quantity remains the same
• Arsenals
• Arsenals are disabled at match start
• Arsenals activate at the same time as Evo Harvesters.
• Minimap and In-World icons are hidden until activation.
• Reduced the amount of Arsenals per POI
• Upgrade Panel
• Upgrades one attachment slot by one tier
• Provides an Optic if the weapon is missing one
• Purple is now the max upgrade tier
• Upgrade panels reactivate after Bin Reset.
• Bin Reset
• Removed Mythic Bins
• Removed Gold Bins
• No longer upgrades loot to a higher tier on reset
• Flyer & Prowler Deathboxes: Removed possibility of gold tier loot
• Gold Tiered Loot
• Gold Attachments removed from the loot pool: 4-10x Digital Sniper Threat Sight unaffected by this change.
• Gold Attachments removed from Gold Weapons
• Gold Backpacks removed from the loot pool
• Hot-Zone has been removed
• Support and Assault Legend Perk Bins
• Removed Extended Supply Bins
• Removed Weapon Supply Bins
• Loot Rollers
• Removed possibility of gold tier loot
• Spawn fewer attachments
• Updated cycling rollers to cycle through white tiered loot as an option
• Loot Ticks
• Spawn fewer attachments and weapons
• Spawn more consumables
• Map POIs
• World’s Edge
• Loot Vaults
• Blue attachments added
• Adjusted to spawn more attachments and Amps, fewer backpacks
• Mirage A Trois
• Removed possibility of gold loot rollers
• Reduced chance of purple loot roller spawn from starting the party
• Trials: Reduced overall tier of loot received from completing the trials
• Olympus
• Fight Night
• Number of loot roller spawns 7 → 5
• Removed possibility of gold loot rollers
• Reduced chance of purple loot roller spawn
• Icarus Bridge
• Blue attachments added
• Adjusted to spawn more attachments and Amps, fewer backpacks
• Phase Driver
• Removed possibility of gold loot rollers
• Reduced chance of purple loot roller spawn from activating the Phase Driver
• MRVNs
• MRVN spawns 24 → 12
• Removed MRVN Arm drops
• MRVNs are now single use
• Wildlife (Prowlers & Spiders)
• Removed attachment smart loot from all Wildlife drops
• Will now only drop healing and ammo when killed

TipPlan your rotation to hit upgrade panels before mid-game; you can't rely on finding gold items anymore.

World's Edge gets more cover and ziplines around East Village and the Dam, Tree Settlement and War Camp as replacement POIs, better Sorting Factory routes, and Big Maude merged into Landslide.

• East Village: Added additional rock and tree cover in open areas around the POI
• East Village: Modified the terrain at the base of the Dam for less punishing traversal
• East Village: Added additional ziplines to access the Dam rotating from East Village (previously Climatizer)
• Tree Settlement replaces The Tree
• War Camp replaces Survey Camp
• Sorting Factory: Added a central connection to the train tunnel to keep this rotation from Lava Siphon
• Sorting Factory: Modified platforms to keep Lava Siphon's bridge leading to Fragment East
• Sorting Factory: Added a new tunnel and vertical zipline connection to enter the POI from the southwest near Tree Settlement
• Sorting Factory: Added new platforms and ziplines around each train tunnel exit for smoother traversal
• Sorting Factory: Added new train cars on the tracks in the station building
• Updated Monument/Fragment: Monument/Fragment: Restored the stacks/construction building at Fragment West to spread out combat at Fragment
• Updated Landslide: Landslide: Merged Big Maude with Landslide to improve viability as a landing location
• Stacks/Lava City: Restored the original camp that existed before Big Maude and placed additional cover nearby
• Stacks/Lava City: Placed additional platforms and buildings around the outskirts of the POI to improve rotations and endgames
• Countdown: Improved quality of loot in the underground vault
• Harvester: Adjusted collision on the angled rooftops of the long modular buildings to prevent slipping

The vending machines at Rampart's Big Maude on World's Edge now offer blue and purple kitted weapons instead of paintball weapons, and weapons there unlock faster.

• Paintball weapons are no longer offered at vending machines
• Blue and purple kitted weapons are now offered at vending machines
• Reduced time to unlock weapons by 2 seconds

Ring timings on Kings Canyon, World's Edge, Storm Point and Olympus are longer, and Ring 1 hurts more and starts closing much sooner; replicators and crafting materials are also rebalanced across maps.

Ring Adjustments: Kings Canyon 4:10 → 4:32

• Replicators and Crafting Materials have been rebalanced across the maps.
• Ring Adjustments
• Kings Canyon 4:10 → 4:32
• World’s Edge 3:42 → 4:32
• Storm Point 4:15 → 4:35
• Olympus 4:10 → 4:32
• Ring 1 Damage increase from 2 to 3 hp/tick (equivalent to Ring 2)
• Ring 1 Preshrink Time 180s → 60s
• Ring 1 Closing Time:

TipFaster ring phases force earlier team fights and rotation decisions; safety windows are tighter and reward map knowledge.

World's Edge no longer has some frustrating final rings at Staging that led to heal offs, Fragment East has better loot, and the west rocks at Lava Siphon are now out of bounds.

• Removed some frustrating final rings at Staging that were causing heal offs.
• Fragment East Loot buffed from Low Tier to Medium. .
• Added OOB to west rocks at Lava Siphon.

World's Edge adds more cover around Lava Siphon's lava pit and reworks the Control Tower windows to focus sightlines, and gondolas are much less likely to hold high-tier armor.

Added some additional cover around Lava Siphon's Lava Pit

• Redesigned windows at Lava Siphon’s Control Tower to focus sightlines
• Added some additional cover around Lava Siphon's Lava Pit
• Gondola loot has been tweaked.
• The chances of finding high-tier armor in them have been notably reduced. Climatizer and Lava Siphon will still remain as High Tier Loot POIs

Prowlers have more health on Storm Point and World's Edge, but any damage you do to AI, including World's Edge Prowlers and Kings Canyon Flyers, now counts toward upgrading your EVO armor.

• Prowler health across the game has gone up from 90 to 114 (Storm Point and World’s Edge)
• Prowlers on World’s Edge and Flyers on Kings Canyon now reward EVO points (25%) ... all damage done to AI now rewards progress to your EVO armor

TipFarming AI for EVO armor is now viable - damage to prowlers and flyers contributes toward your progression.