Apex Legends Season 17 Patch Reveals Map Updates, Changes to Legend Class, Weapons, More

Respawn has unveiled patch notes for Season 17 of Apex Legends, which is all set to drop tonight.

The new season of the popular battle royale will feature a ton of new additions, which includes the arrival of new Legend August Brinkman, aka Ballistic. Along with that, the patch notes for the upcoming season reveal a ton of new changes to the game. This includes weapons, maps, Legends, and more.

Weapon changes in Season 17 of Apex Legends

Some of the most intriguing changes to the game comes from the weapons department. This includes the new buffs for the L-Star, 30-30 Repeater, and Triple Take.

There’s also the addition of Weapon Mastery, a new progression system for the game’s various weapons. Every player will begin with Lvl 1 weapons at the start of Season 17. Players can then level up the weapon by dealing damage, securing kills and more with it. Every 20 levels, players will earn a weapon-specific trial and at Lvl 100, they will master the weapon, which gives them weapon-specific badges, lifetime performance trackers, legendary weapon mastery banner frames, and a Legendary Weapon Apex Pack.

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New updates to Legends

From Season 17 onwards, Catalyst’s Dark Veil won’t be able to scan highlights and diamonds. Additionally, Mirage has also moved from the Skirmisher to the Support class.

Along with all these new additions, Season 17 also has changes for Ash, Bloodhound, Rampart, Wraith the Assault, Skirmisher, Support class in general, and more.

Changes to World’s Edge

As part of Season 17: Arsenal, World’s Edge undergoes a makeover in Apex Legends. The developers have added a new POI in the map called Monument, which celebrates the franchise’s past, present, and future. There’s also another new POI in Stacks on the map’s Southern side.

To know more about the changes to World’s Edge, check out Apex Legends’ blog post about it.

Quality of life and other improvements

Moreover, in other news, Apex has also revamped the Ping wheel by removing lesser used pings in favour of new ones. The developers have also confirmed fixes for many bugs in the game, including those seen in Team Deathmatch and Control.

To know more about the new changes coming to Apex Legends, check out the Season 17 patch notes from the developers at Respawn.