Apex Legends Season 5 Update Brings Multiple Major Changes

The wait for Apex Legends Season 5 is over as it is May 12, and update 1.37 went live. The highly anticipated next chapter of the game brings an array of exciting additions. These include the new Legend, Loba, extensive map changes to Kings Canyon, a brand new Battle Pass, and new Season Quests. Moreover, the update also brings plenty of buffs, including a rework for Mirage, tweaks, bug fixes, and more. Let’s dive into the patch notes for Fortune’s Favor without further ado.

Loba Andrade joins Apex Legends

The most infamous thief in the Outlands is stylish, sophisticated, and resourceful. Loba joined the Apex Games, looking to avenge her parents’ death at the hands of Revenant. Using her tactical, passive, and ultimate abilities, she can teleport to places, locate high-tier loot, as well as teleport loot into inventory. Check out her abilities in detail here.

Map changes in Kings Canyon

In her launch trailer, Loba ends up doing substantial damage to an area in Kings Landing after a failed attempt to destroy Revenant’s preserved conscious head. Due to this, Skulltown and Thunderdome have fallen. Salvage has been added as a new POI. The Offshore Rig connects Wetlands and Relay. Excavation of the Capacitor replaces Wetlands and adds a new underground pathway to Singh Labs. Some other map changes have taken place, but these are the significant ones.

Moreover, Charge Towers have also been added. Activating these new devices charges the Ultimate of legends standing on the platform instantly.

Season Quests, Season 5 Battle Pass, Ranked Series 4 And Reconnect Feature

The first-ever Season Quest named The Broken Ghost has been added to Apex Legends. Players need to collect Treasure Packs to go on PvE Weekly Hunts to collect 9 pieces of a relic. New Rewards, Story, and Gameplay, generate along the way. Get a complete understanding of the Season Quest here.

Additionally, the creation of a Season Tab sees all seasonal content shifting there. Here, you can find the Battle Pass, Quest, and Challenges tabs, including future events in this season.

The brand new Season 5 Battle Pass adds fresh Daily and Weekly challenges. Players have over 100 exclusive items to unlock. Some of these include exclusive Legendary skins, gun charms, skydive emotes, Apex Packs, XP Boosts, load screens, etc.

Season 5 also brings a new Ranked Series. Although the format is the same, it has a new key feature, Reconnect.

Players that leave a match unexpectedly can now rejoin their match in progress. To reconnect, players simply need to restart the game and enter the lobby. The feature will be available for all competitive modes. However, there are certain rules and conditions. You can read its full description in the patch notes provided by Electronic Arts.

Conditional Legend Chatter

Under certain pairings, Legends will speak to each other differently when prompted with typical dialogue cues. For example, Loba does not thank Revenant for a revive. There are many pairings. To see the full extent of the chatters, you’ll need to drop in and experiment!

Mirage rework, buffs and tweaks for other Legends

The rework for Mirage adds more depth to his gameplay. The trickster has learned a few new tricks to bamboozle his enemies in Season 5 and beyond.

Here’s the Mirage rework we’ve all been waiting for:

• 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
  • Cooldown 60 seconds.
• 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.

Bloodhound, Crypto, Lifeline, Caustic, Octane received a slight buff. Meanwhile, Gibraltar and Pathfinder have been nerfed slightly.

Weapon and loot updates, bug fixes and QOL in Apex Legends

Season 5 brings some Fully-kitted Gold Weapons. It includes Longbow DMR, Hemlok, Spitfire, EVA-8, and RE-45.

Apart from that, Mastiff, Peacekeeper, Alternator, RE-45, Havoc, Longbow DMR, and Wingman received additional updates. Weapon attachments such as the Hop Ups and Gold Armors have also received tweaks.

Finally, the developers have fixed a wide range of bugs and have brought several QOL changes to Season 5 with the 1.37 update. One of these QOL changes includes the addition of dedicated Apex Legends servers for the Middle East region.

The patch notes for Season 5 is enormous, but the new season is going to be way more exciting! If you want to read in detail about the map changes, Reconnect feature, buffs and nerfs for certain Legends, weapon and loot updates, bug fixes, and QOL changes, you can do so by reading the patch notes.