Apex Legends Genesis Collection event restores Kings Canyon, World’s Edge, and Skull Town

Apex Legends players will return to the original Kings Canyon and World’s Edge maps in a new event, Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts announced Thursday. The Genesis Collection event starts June 29, runs through July 13, and adds limited-time cosmetics in addition to the restored maps. The event also comes with a host of balance changes, and we’ve listed Respawn’s official patch notes below.

Since Apex Legends first debuted in 2019, Respawn has shifted its maps around considerably. The developer has blown tunnels out to allow better access, and destroyed entire towns. Airships have crashed into mountains. And that’s just for the game’s original map, Kings Canyon. Most days, it’s impossible to experience these maps the way they were when players first encountered them. But Apex’s latest event changes that.

The Genesis Collection event adds the new Legacy Maps Takeover. During the event, the Trios and Duos queues will rotate between the season 0 version of King’s Canyon and season 3 version of World’s Edge. The map will change every hour. Skull Town, an area from the original version of Kings Canyon, will also appear as a new Arena for players to battle in. Similar to the maps, the Skull Town Arena will appear in the Arena playlist for an hour at a time.

In addition to the map changes, the Genesis Collection event also adds a host of free and paid cosmetics. Players who collect all 24 of the limited items, via direct purchase or through the special Genesis Event Apex Packs, will get an Heirloom item for Revenant. When the event ends, players can craft Revenant’s Heirloom — a very cool scythe — via the Heirloom crafting system.

Respawn’s new patch will make adjustments to several Legends as well as rebalancing a handful of weapons. Scroll down for the complete patch notes from Respawn.

Table of Contents

Legend Balance Updates

Octane

Launch Pad cooldown increased from 60 seconds to 90 seconds.

Dev Note: Octane remains the most popular legend by a large margin even after the stim nerf. Turns out jump pads are fun, but with the added utility from the two launch options, it’s only fair to bump up the cooldown.

Revenant

Slightly slimmed down hitbox (specifically his midsection, arms, and upper legs).
Stalker climb height significantly increased. It’s not literally unlimited now, but… that boy can really climb.
Silence duration decreased from 20 seconds to 15 seconds.
Reduced the duration of death protection by 5 seconds while using the Death Totem.

Dev Note: Revenant’s large frame places him at a significant disadvantage in gunfights, particularly against smaller legends who no longer have Low Profile. We’re shrinking some of his hitboxes to counteract this disadvantage, while also improving his ability to climb up walls and attack from unexpected angles. (We know this can be frustrating given how silent he is, so we’ll continue to monitor and add sound if necessary.) That said, we’re taking this opportunity to reduce some of the frustration that comes when playing against his tactical and ultimate.

Lifeline

Increased hit box size, mostly in the legs and waist.

Dev Note: Unlike Revenant, Lifeline excels in gunfights given her small hitbox. Even with the res shield gone, it’s no surprise the smallest character in the game saw an uptick in performance with the removal of Low Profile. She remains small, but these hitbox changes bring her closer to the medium sized legends.

Bloodhound

Eye of the Allfather scan revealed time decreased from 4 seconds to 3 seconds.
Beast of the Hunt duration decreased from 35 seconds to 30 seconds. Time can still be added by downing enemies.

Dev Note: Bloodhound has remained a popular and powerful pick for multiple seasons now, mostly because of the sheer amount of information that can be gained with one tap of their tactical. Shortening the scan duration still provides a snapshot of information for Bloodhound’s team without stifling all enemies caught anywhere in the large range for a full 4 seconds.

Wattson

Major Buff: Wattson can now place more than one Nessie on the map at a time with her Epic emote.

Dev Note: There can now be up to 20 Nessies active at once on any given map. Until that cap is reached, any Wattson can place as many as she likes. When the cap is hit, the oldest Nessie belonging to the Wattson who currently owns the most Nessies is removed.

Weapons Balance Updates

P2020

Increased Fire Rate from 6.25 -> 7.0
Increased Base Ammo from 12 -> 14
Increased Lvl 1 Mag from 14 -> 16
Increased Lvl 2 Mag from 16 -> 18
Increased Lvl 3 and Lvl 4 Mag from 18 -> 21

Spitfire

Increased Hip Fire spread

Dev Note: The Spitfire has continued to over perform so we’re hitting it’s close range hip fire accuracy which should help bring it in line.

30-30 Repeater

Slightly increased projectile speed
Reduced charge time from 0.5s -> 0.35s

Longbow

Damage increased from 55 -> 60

Arenas Price Adjustments

The figures below represent changes to the cost in materials to unlock or upgrade weapons, utilities, and Legend abilities in Arenas matches.

Weapon Prices

P2020 Lvl 1 Upgrade: 50 -> 25
P2020 Lvl 2 Upgrade: 125 -> 75
P2020 Lvl 3 Upgrade: 200 -> 150
RE45: 250 -> 200
EVA: 250 -> 300
Mastiff: 500 -> 400
R99: 550 -> 500
Volt: 500 -> 550
Spitfire: 550 -> 600
L-Star: 400 -> 500
R301 Lvl 2 Upgrade: 300 -> 350
G7 Scout: 350 -> 400
G7 Scout Lvl 3 Upgrade: 250 -> 200
30-30: 350 -> 400
30-30 Lvl 3 Upgrade: 250 -> 200

Utility Prices

Arc Star: 100 -> 125
Gold Backpack: 250 -> 300

Legend Ability Prices

Crypto EMP: 600 -> 500
Crypto Drone: 100 -> 50
Revenant Death Totem: 600 -> 500
Lifeline DOC Drone 50 -> 75
Fuse Knuckle Cluster 150 -> 75
Bloodhound Ult 350 -> 450

Arenas Balance Changes

Legend Ability Adjustments

Pathfinder’s Grapple starting charges reduced to 2 charges from 3.
Pathfinder’s Zipline round cooldown increased from every round to every other round.
Rampart’s Sheila round cooldown reduced from every 3 rounds to every other round.
Wattson’s Interception Pylon round cooldown increased from every round to every other round.
Octane’s Launch Pad cooldown increased from every round to every other round.
Octane’s Stim starting charges reduced to 2 charges from 3.

Other

Added a scoreboard to the map screen.
You can now report players by pressing [SPACE / Y] in the map screen
From Round 3 and onward, you’ll now start with a shield battery in addition to 2 syringes and 2 shield cells.
Care packages will also land 5s earlier to make the contained weapons a more viable option before the round closes out.
6x scope moved from base sniper weapons to Lvl 1 upgrade.

Arenas Map Adjustments

Party Crasher

Adjusted circle logic to favor downtown a bit more.
Simplified the minimap’s visual language.

Phase Runner

Raised cover height on certain props throughout the map to prevent unfair advantages to large rig Legends.
Added a few trees to reduce the ease of spawn sniping (looking at you, Reptar…).

Arenas Bug Fixes

The UI for Purple devotion now shows the attached turbocharger.
Players will no longer be chosen as Jump Masters during the legend select screen.
Updated the sniper stock to show an empty slot when needed.
Can no longer get stuck in the crouch position after dying while reviving a teammate during a round in Arenas.

Quality of Life Changes

Valkyrie

Updated fuel gauge UI to better indicate when you’re using fuel and when you’re running low.

Rampart

Will now have custom animations for LMG reload. These have no impact on her current reload times.

MISC

Added VO for when your Ultimate is ready, or not ready.
When your Ultimate gets to 100%, you’ll be prompted to tell your team with new VO for each Legend.
At any point in time, you can ping your Ultimate icon (in your inventory) to show your teammate what percentage you’re at (in quickchat).
Added VO for when you enter a Replicator, so your teammates know you are crafting and won’t leave you behind! Probably.
Added VO for pinging a friendly Trident, in addition to the neutral and enemy states that already existed.
You can now turn off FOV scaling when certain abilities are used. Look in the options.
Reduced the frequency of Ring endings near out-of-bounds areas (like canyon walls or map edges).
Healing items will now play the entire healing sound when used by other players, instead of just the beginning and ending.
Muting players will now also mute text to speech.

Bug Fixes

Bloodhound

Passive tracker icons will no longer be shown in the end-of-game screen.

Caustic

Fixed an issue with enemies not getting highlighted when in Caustic’s Nox Gas.

Fuse

Players can now see the number of grenades in the grenades stack when viewed on floor.
Fixed the 1P arm color on “Board to Death” to match the 3P view.
Fuse will no longer produce a third arm when ADS’ing and using the tactical at the same time.

Gibraltar

Being struck by a direct hit of Fuse’s Knucklecluster will no longer cause Gibraltar’s Gun shield to take unnecessary damage.
Gibby’s Ultimate will no longer damage a friendly’s Horizon’s Ult.
Gun Shield will no longer take additional bleed through damage.

Horizon

Horizon’s tactical will no longer ascend Caustic’s gas traps or Octane’s Jump pads to the heavens.
Fixed an issue with the appearance of Horizon’s teeth when using the “Golden Boson” skin.