Apex Legends: Marked Patch Notes Unveil Bloodhound Rework, Energy Weapon Overhaul, and World's Edge Update

Apex Legends is launching its latest season, Marked, on August 4th, 2026. This update brings a significant Bloodhound rework, buffs to Loba and Rampart, an energy weapon systems overhaul, new Corrupted Attachments, a World's Edge map rework, and various quality of life and balancing changes.

Matchmaking & Server Stability

Season 29's matchmaking tests (1-Tier Premade Restrictions and Diamond+ Solo-Queue-Only) are under review, with a blog post detailing results and next steps coming soon. Season 30 also introduces beefed-up servers to improve stability, reduce lag, and minimize slo-mo servers across all game modes and regions.

World's Edge Map Rework

World's Edge receives an update focused on reducing POI disparity and reintroducing fan-favorite locations. The changes aim to complement Bloodhound's rework and advance their story.

• East Village: Added rock and tree cover, modified terrain at the Dam base, and added ziplines to access the Dam.
• Tree Settlement replaces The Tree.
• War Camp replaces Survey Camp.
• Sorting Factory: Central connection to the train tunnel, modified platforms, new tunnel and vertical zipline from the southwest, new platforms and ziplines around train tunnel exits, and new train cars.
• Monument/Fragment: Restored the stacks/construction building at Fragment West.
• Landslide: Merged Big Maude with Landslide.
• Stacks/Lava City: Restored original camp, added cover, platforms, and buildings.
• Countdown: Improved loot quality in the underground vault.
• Harvester: Adjusted collision on angled rooftops.
• Numerous bugs, rat spots, and navigational issues fixed.

Map Rotations

To highlight the World's Edge changes, rotations will be modified during the first week:

• Tuesday, August 4th: Ranked and Pubs will feature World's Edge for 24 hours.
• Saturday, August 8th - Sunday, August 9th: Ranked will feature World's Edge for 48 hours.

Standard rotations will include World's Edge, Storm Point, and E-District for Pubs & Ranked. Mixtape and Wildcard modes also see updated map lists.

Revamped Power Journey & Loot Systems

The looting experience has been overhauled to address loot inflation and create a more engaging progression. High-tier loot spawn rates are reduced across all maps.

• World: Purple attachment spawn rate reduced. Overall attachment spawn quantity remains the same.
• Arsenals: Now time-locked, activating simultaneously with Evo Harvesters. Reduced number of Arsenals per POI.
• Upgrade Panel: Upgrades one attachment slot by one tier (max purple). Provides an Optic if missing. Reactivates after Bin Reset.
• Bin Reset: Mythic and Gold Bins removed. No longer upgrades loot tier on reset.
• Flyer & Prowler Deathboxes: Gold tier loot removed.
• Gold Tiered Loot: Gold Attachments and Gold Backpacks removed from the loot pool. 4-10x Threat Sight unaffected.
• Hot-Zone has been removed.
• Support and Assault Legend Perk Bins: Extended and Weapon Supply Bins removed.
• Loot Rollers: Gold tier loot removed, fewer attachments, now cycle white-tiered loot.
• Loot Ticks: Fewer attachments and weapons, more consumables.
• Map POIs: Adjustments to loot vaults on World's Edge and Olympus, Mirage A Trois, Trials, Fight Night, Icarus Bridge, and Phase Driver.
• MRVNs: Spawns reduced to 12 (from 24), MRVN Arm drops removed, now single-use.
• Wildlife (Prowlers & Spiders): Attachment smart loot removed, now only drop healing and ammo.

UI Stat Overhaul

Weapon stats are now more transparent and readable. Players can explore detailed stats and how attachments affect performance.

• Lobby: New Playground tab in Legend Locker > Weapons to preview weapon info and attachment effects.
• In-game: Weapon Loot Cards show detailed damage, range, fire rate, and firing modes. Quick comparison between equipped and picked-up weapons. Attachment Loot Cards show stat changes when equipped.

Corrupted Attachments

New high-tier attachments offer unique bonuses with negative trade-offs, allowing for specialized weapon performance. Only one Corrupted Attachment can be equipped per weapon.

• Overflowing Magazine: Increased magazine size, reduced reload speed.
• Headseeker Barrel: Increased headshot damage, reduced hipfire accuracy.
• Tactical Laser: Improved reload speed, reduced ADS recoil control.
• Agile Standard Stock: Eliminates move speed penalty, increased ADS move speed, reduced magazine size.
• Rapid Sniper Stock: Increased rate of fire, reduced magazine size.

These can be found in the core loot pool, Round 2 and 3 care packages, and high-tier loot locations.

Energy Ammo Rework

Energy ammo boxes are removed. Energy weapons now have a regenerating ammo pool, similar to Care Package weapons, making them powerful in shorter fights but less so in sustained engagements.

• Energy weapons come with a stockpile of multiple magazines worth of ammo (e.g., Havoc: 3 mags, L-Star: 4 mags).
• Stockpile size updates with magazine attachments.
• Energy weapons regenerate one magazine's worth of ammo over 18 seconds (pauses while shooting/reloading).
• New HUD element displays remaining energy ammo as a percentage or bullet count.

Volunteer Jumpmaster

Players can now volunteer to be Jumpmaster during Character Select, providing a deterministic way to take control of the drop. If multiple players volunteer, one is randomly selected.

Purrfect Pals Weapon Charm

The Marked Battle Pass Free Track includes the Purrfect Pals weapon charm, featuring two cats, Tia and Sophia. This charm honors former Respawn developer Benjamin Sklar, who passed away last year.

Mythic CAR: Mark of the Gods

The Marked Seasonal Pack offers a chance to unlock the “Allfather’s Fury” Mythic CAR, featuring Bloodhound-inspired divinity with 5 customization tiers and unique FX.

Legends

Bloodhound

Bloodhound receives a significant rework to encourage a more aggressive playstyle, focusing on leading the squad and creating openings.

• Passive: Now sees a red trail near fresh enemy clues. Reduced visual clutter by removing many clue types (only traversal and eliminations remain). White ravens fly further (400m) and can be activated remotely. Clues and trails hide when the owner dies.
• Tactical: Full-body scans for 3 seconds, followed by 4 "snapshot" scans. Cooldown no longer partially refunds if a scan hits a white raven and at least one enemy.
• Ultimate (NEW): Allfather’s Cloak: Throws a device that cloaks anyone in range, granting 20% increased movement speed and threat vision. Cloaking area lasts 8 seconds, cloak lasts 12 seconds after leaving. Cloak breaks on damage, firing, or most abilities, but Bloodhound's abilities can be used without breaking it.

• Upgrades:
  • Level 2: (NEW) Hidden Sight (Ult refreshes Tac, Tac while cloaked hides visuals) and (NEW) Bird’s Eye (White ravens split to two nearest enemies). Removed Taste of Blood.
  • Level 3: (NEW) True Predator (Shooting temporarily interrupts cloak).

Loba

Loba receives buffs to improve survivability and team support, especially with the new looting changes.

• Tactical: Reduced equip time (0.6s to 0.4s). Projectile range increased by 15%, travel time reduced by 30%.
• Ultimate: Cooldown reduced (150s to 120s).
• Upgrades: Level 3 Upgrade Brand New Bag now grants purple bags (due to gold bags removal).

Rampart

Rampart gets buffs to her passive, tactical, and ultimate to help her compete in the current meta.

• Passive: Gains locked hop-up progress 50% faster.
• Tactical: Wall health increased at lower EVO levels (400/600/800 to 600/700/800). Amped wall health increased by 25. Wall deployment time reduced by 0.5s.
• Ultimate: Increased base move speed while firing or spinning Sheila (70 to 104).
• Upgrades: Level 2 Upgrade Combat Reserve now grants stowed reloads (red weapon access removed).

Valkyrie

Valkyrie's power level is reduced to balance her high pick rate.

• Tactical: Base damage reduced (25 to 15). Missile attack angle adjusted to prevent flying over tall structures.
• Ultimate: 15% base height reduction.
• Upgrades: Level 2 Eye In the Sky: Reduced through-walls scan distance to 100m. Level 3 Supersonic: Reduction in blast-off time improvement (40% instead of 50%).

Axle

Axle's Kickstart drone is toned down to address its oppressive nature.

• Tactical: Reduced max slide boost time (5s to 3s).
• Ultimate: Now affects self & allies (Axle takes damage/stun/displacement; allies take stun/displacement but no damage).
• Upgrades: Replaced Automata with Long Haul (restores Tac max slide time to 5s). Shuffled order of Level 2 and 3 upgrades.

Seer

Seer's Tactical is further addressed to reduce its oppressive frequency.

• From 7/2 Hotfix:
  • Upgrades: Home Base (Faster Tac Charge in Ult zone) modifier reduced to 2.5 (8s cooldown). Home Base moved to Level 3. Energizing Focus (Regen shield on tact hit) moved to Level 2.
• Marked:
  • Tactical: Reduced turn slow applied.

Loot & Attachments

Care Package Rotation

• G7 Scout returns to floor loot (Double Tap removed, no Sniper Optics, reduced damage to 33, reduced RoF, reduced magazine sizes).
• 30-30 Repeater enters Care Package (Increased damage to 51, reduced ADS Charge Time to 0.25s, improved reload speed, Dual Shell removed, Shattercaps Hop-Up added).

Gold Weapon Rotation

Gold Weapons are no longer limited to a smaller set of weapons.

AMPS

• Power Booster Amp: Removed Tactical Charge granted on knock.

Weapons

• Hemlok Breach AR: Increased Breach Charge Cooldown to 30s, reduced damage to Hardlight and structures by 50%, reduced damage to 21.
• Alternator SMG: Reduced damage to 18 (Double Tap to 14), reduced magazine sizes.
• RE-45: Reduced damage to 16, purple magazine reduced to 24.
• R-99: Reduced damage to 12.

Locked Hop-Ups

• Gold Weapons: Accelerator Hop-Up equipped on all gold weapons without an existing Hop-Up.
• Accelerator: Gains 15% ultimate charge on knock, additional 30% EVO from damage. No longer gives ultimate charge from damage.
• Turbocharger: Increased points to unlock on Devotion to 500.

Ranked

Ranked ladders are extended to 5 days, offering more opportunities to compete. The first ladder begins August 11th, 2026.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Ranked Auras always marked as new.
• Fixed random favorite skins showing different skins in lobby/locker/game.
• Fixed Alter portal issue on Caustic Treatment.
• Fixed reversed text on Skippy’s Mythic Alternator skin for Switch 2.
• Legend Bug Fixes: Caustic's skydive animation, Vantage's Ultimate damage multiplier, Crypto’s drone not using mobile respawn beacons.
• Engine: Various bug fixes and performance improvements.

Quality of Life

Numerous collision, lighting, gameplay, and unintended rat spot issues addressed across all maps, including specific fixes for World’s Edge, Olympus, Storm Point, and E-District.