Apex Legends Season 2 For PC Windows 10, Xbox One and PS4, What’s New

After a massive success of Apex Legends season 1, EA has announced that season 2 is coming to all compatible platforms. As initial hype around Apex Legends has started to fade a bit in the recent weeks, Electronic Arts in collaboration with Respawn wants to keep players engaged by making the gameplay a little less challenging and a bit more rewarding. A new event is coming to Apex Legends Season 2 for PC, Xbox One and PS4. Official Apex Legends changelog and release notes for the upcoming season are shared below.

apex legends season 2 changes

Season 1 battle pass failed to light up the imagination of most players as many complained that it’s too grinding with not enough rewards for players. Respawn has acknowledged the issue and has revealed its plans to improve the Battle Pass in season two. With new changes, the grind engine will be much easier to unlock, with the time to hit level 100 now much-reduced. Other highlights include three new Legendary skins, and other interesting stuff added to the reward system. Here’s a complete overview of the changes coming this Apex Legends season 2:

Daily/Weekly Challenges and Improving the Grind

Starting in Season 2, you’ll be able to complete a mix of Daily and Weekly Challenges to level up your Battle Pass. While we don’t want to introduce wacky challenges that drastically warp the way you play the game, these challenges should provide some interesting variation from game-to-game. This means all players should feel more rapid Battle Pass progression and the journey will hopefully be more fun and interesting. This addition should allow Apex Legends players who can only dedicate a few hours a week to the game to make a very deep cut into their Battle Pass progression.

Moar Legendaries!

We’re adding three Legendary items to the Battle Pass and there will now be a Legendary item every 25 Battle Pass levels in the premium track, including at purchase (that’s level 1, level 25, level 50, level 75, and level 100). Our goal is to have a nice balance of cool character exclusives and cosmetics for everyone (like weapon skins). The level 100 reward will be an evolving weapon skin with a special recolor version for those players who make it to level 110.

New Cosmetic Types and No Badge or Stat Tracker Rewards on Premium Path

We removed badges and basic stat trackers completely from the premium Battle Pass rewards track for Season 2. You’ll still get a seasonal badge, but it’ll be a single, evolving badge that won’t take up any additional reward slots! We’ve kept seasonal win trackers in the free path, and they will all be earnable in the first 10 levels. You’ll also be able to earn items from three new content categories in place of badges/trackers. We’ll be revealing details about these categories closer to the launch of Season 2.

Earn Enough Crafting Metals for a Legendary Item

We’re replacing the Voice Lines with Crafting Metal rewards. You’ll now be able to earn enough Crafting Metals (1,200) to craft the Legendary item of your choosing. So, if there’s an existing item you’ve been coveting, you’ll be able to get it in Season 2. You can still get additional Crafting Metals from the various Apex Pack rewards in the Battle Pass as well.

apex legends season 2 what's new

As it seems, the reviled Battle Pass is finally making its way out of the playing experience. We hope that Respawn finetunes the reward/work balance to the optimum level in this season. A limited-time special event, The Legendary Hunt, is also featuring in Apex Legends this time.

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Apex Elite Queue

  • Test yourself against the best with the Apex Elite queue. Make it to the Top 5 in any match to earn your way into a select queue full of other Top 5 winners.
  • Here’s the catch: in order to continue playing in the queue you will have to keep placing in the Top 5.

Legendary Hunt Challenge Rewards

  • Complete a set of limited-time challenges and earn new Rare, Epic, and Legendary skins.

Double XP Weekend

  • From Friday, June 7 at 10 a.m. PST through Monday, June 10 at 10 a.m. PST, earn double XP on base progression and Battle Pass progression.

Battle Pass Bonus XP

  • Finish Top 5 in any match and earn an entire Battle Pass level (once per day).

Legendary Hunt Store Skins

  • Every three to four days during the event, we’ll have new Legendary Hunt themed skins rotating through the in-game store for direct purchase.

Two Additional Legendary Skins for all Battle Pass Owners

  • Players who have the Wild Frontier Battle Pass will get the Legendary Honored Prey R-301 skin.
  • Players who reach Battle Pass level 15 before the end of the event will get the Wraith Night Terror Legendary skin.

Apex Legends on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 is a free-to-play battle royale game. The official release date for season 2 is not announced yet. Respawn will share more details about it in the EA Play E2 livestream scheduled for June 8.