Apex Legends Battle Pass Detailed; Here’s How Season 1 Works

EA has announced that the Season 1 battle pass, titled Wild Frontier, for Apex Legends is launching tomorrow, March 19. The battle pass releases alongside Octane, the ninth and newest Legend to join the battle royale game. Octane is not a part of the battle pass and will release separately, allowing you to buy him with Legend Tokens or Apex Coins. He’ll be the same cost as Mirage and Caustic–12,000 Legend Tokens or 750 Apex Coins.

Apex Legends’ Season 1 battle pass can only be purchased with Apex Coins, one of the three in-game currencies. Buying into the battle pass will cost you 950 Apex Coins. However, you don’t have to buy the battle pass right away to avoid missing out on rewards. “You’ll receive all the rewards up to your Battle Pass level (which is your current level for the season) retroactively!” EA wrote in the battle pass FAQ. “For example, if you’re on level 20 for the season when you buy the Battle Pass, you’ll unlock all rewards for every level up to 20, plus three special Battle Pass skins.”

The Season 1 battle pass has 100 levels in total, and contains an assortment of weapon skins, stat trackers, Legend voice lines, and Apex Coin and XP drops as rewards. Leveling up is entirely XP based, as there are no challenges–at least for this season. Respawn has suggested that the exact structure of the battle pass could change for future seasons.

Like other games that feature seasonal battle passes, all rewards unlocked with Apex Legend’s Season 1 battle pass remain during follow-up seasons. However, once Season 1 ends, you can no longer unlock the items included in this specific pass. Regardless, whether you buy the pass or not, you’ll be able to unlock free rewards during Season 1. You can get 18 new stat trackers, five Apex Packs, and a new skin for Octane. Most rewards are only available for those who buy the battle pass; that includes free Apex Coins–up to 1,000 are available if you level up enough, effectively letting you earn back the cost of the pass and giving you enough to buy next season’s.

Another reward of note is the game’s “first-ever three-stage evolving Legendary weapon skin.” This is for Havoc and, as you earn kills during a match, Respawn says the gun’s “eyes glow and its nostrils emit smoke,” among other things.

If you want to buy yourself a little help in unlocking the Season 1 battle pass rewards, there’s also a bundle–which you can purchase for 2,800 Apex Coins–that unlocks the next 25 levels for you. Like many other aspects of Apex’s battle pass, this essentially mirrors the way the wildly successful Fortnite has operated.

Apex Legends is available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC. In our Apex Legends review, Phil Hornshaw gave the game a 9/10, writing, “Apex Legends is a mix of smart shooter ideas that makes for a competitive, team-based game that gets at all the best parts of battle royale while addressing a lot of the weaknesses. Respawn’s intense focus on team play makes Apex more than just a worthy addition to the genre; it’s an indicator of where battle royale should go in the future.”

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apex-legends-battle-pass-detailed-heres-how-season/1100-6465641/