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Apex Legends Season 21 makes ranked changes, updates weapons and more

Abiad Hasib

Published: 08:10, 07 May 2024

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Apex Legends Season 21 makes ranked changes, updates weapons and more

The revamped Blood Moon map

Key Points from the Article

Alter, a new skirmisher Legend, is introduced in Apex Legends Season 21, which launches on May 7, 2024.
Ranked mode now requires all players in a Ranked squad to be within 3 Rank tiers.
Solo mode has a six-week Duos takeover, with 50 players total and a Second Chance Respawn feature.
Season Reset will affect your starting placement in Upheaval based on your previous Ranked season.

The revamped Blood Moon map

Apex Legends Season 21 arrives on May 7, 2024, featuring a new Legend named Alter. Other highlights include changes and updates to weapons, game modes, rankings, and gameplay.

Apex Legends Season 21 launches on May 7, 2024, introducing a new Legend, Alter. The biggest addition is Alter, a skirmisher who can create one-way portals and has the ability to pass through solid objects like doors, walls, and even the ground.

Here are all the highlights from the changes and updates made to Apex Legends Season 21.

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All map changes and updates:

Here are all the changes to maps in Apex Legends Season 21:

Broken Moon shattered

Broken Moon New POIs: Cliff Side, Experimental Labs, Solar Pods, Space Port, Quarantine Zone, Underpass
Broken Moon Breaker Wharf updated
Broken Moon has new rotations to switch things up and keep squads on the move

World’s Edge

New potential Ring Console spawns at Mirage à Trois and Survey Camp
Additional Survey Beacon spawns at Survey Camp and The Geyser

Storm Point

New possible Crafter spawn is at Command Centre
Added potential Survey Beacon spawns at The Wall, along with unnamed Points of Interest Northeast of Checkpoint and on the map's edge to the East of Storm Catcher

Besides these new possible spawn locations for Ring Console, Survey Beacon, and Crafter, they have been added to World’s Edge and Storm Point, creating a more balanced distribution across all potential spots.

Game mode and Competitive changes

Here are all the changes to the game mode and competitive scene in Apex Legends Season 21:

Ranked mode

All players in a Ranked squad must be within 3 Rank tiers; otherwise, they can't proceed to matchmaking
No changes to ranked scoring are planned for the launch of Upheaval

Solo mode

Six week Duos takeover
50 players in total
Second Chance Respawn feature
Automatically respawn once if eliminated in the first four rounds
The second chance turns into an EVO bonus if not used before the round cutoff
Health regenerates out of combat
Auto-healing starts after each kill
Additional adjustments to loot pool, circle sizes, and round times to accommodate solo play

Season Reset

Your final placement in the previous Ranked season will affect where you start in Upheaval
Ending in Rookie resets you to 1 RP
Ending above Rookie resets you to Bronze IV

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The Blood Moon Map received massive changes on Season 21

Weapon and attachment changes

Here are all the changes to weapons and attachments in Apex Legends Season 21:

The 30-30 Repeater

Skullpiercer Hop-Up removed

The Charge Rifle

ADS recoil improved and stabilised

Hop-Ups

Skullpiercer is no longer in the loot pool
Boosted Loader has been added to the loot pool
Reloading when the magazine is almost empty speeds up the process and loads extra rounds into the next magazine

The Longbow DMR

Skullpiercer Hop-Up removed
Barrel stabiliser attachment removed
Base recoil has been noticeably improved
Projectile gravity has been lowered
Time to enter and exit ADS has been reduced

The Triple-Take

Now takes Boosted Loader Hop-Up

Other miscellaneous changes

Here are all the notable changes in Apex Legends Season 21:

Enhanced security measures
Replicators that airdrop now emit a beam while descending to distinguish them from other drops
Requeue feature reinstated for Pubs BR and Mixtape at match end due to popular demand
Ballistic now allows any locked-set weapon to be placed in the sling, converting it to the correct locked-set tier and reverting to its original state when removed (excluding red-tier weapons)
Death Box Flyers: a prompt to automatically ping the location of the Death Box when knocked from a Flyer's grip
Improved consumable selection: when reaching full health or shields, or dropping your last item, consumables are now auto-selected with better logic, prioritising shield consumables or quick-heal syringes for newer players
Improved door interaction when self-resurrection is available
Map spawn audit for all Mixtape Modes: Phase Runner, Habitat, Thunderdome, and Zeus Station
Upgraded to the latest version of Easy Anti-Cheat