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Respawn · Electronic Arts
May 5, 2025 · 16mo ago

New Updates Coming with Apex Legends™: Sparrow

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Introduction of Sparrow, a new Recon Legend featuring high mobility with a double jump, area-denial abilities, and specialized synergy with the Bocek Bow.

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  • Sparrow
    • Passive:Added a double jump and wall-launch capability, significantly increasing vertical mobility.Added
    • Passive:Can carry additional standard and explosive arrows for the Bocek Bow.Added
    • Tactical:Deploys a dart that reveals enemies walking in its line of sight with trails visible through walls.Added
    • Tactical:Tracker darts can be used to remotely activate Survey Beacons.Added
    • Ultimate:Fires an anchoring arrow that damages and slows opponents within its area of effect.Added
    • Legend Upgrade Lvl 2:Grants an additional Tactical charge and +2 traps in the world.Added
    • Legend Upgrade Lvl 2:Provides a speed boost when running towards a marked enemy.Added
    • Legend Upgrade Lvl 3:Ultimate now has 3 charges, though they fire fewer pulses in a smaller radius.13
    • Legend Upgrade Lvl 3:Recovers health and shields when enemies are damaged by the Ultimate.Added

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  • SparrowTactical:Enemies over 40 meters away from the Tracker Dart are marked with a distance indicator.40m m

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Apex Legends™ · May 5, 2025

Patch history

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  1. Apex Legends: Latest Update - 06/24/2026 - 6:00pm PTJun 25, 2026 · 2mo

    Technical updates focusing on EA App stuttering and the 'code:truck' error resolution.

  2. Apex Legends: Latest Update - 06/23/2026Jun 23, 2026 · 2mo

    A maintenance update addressing ranked player counts, map rotation bugs, FPS drops, and a correction to the Executioner Hop-Up's shield regeneration speed.

    +1
  3. Apex Legends: Latest Update 5/29/2026May 30, 2026 · 3mo

    Balance updates focusing on reducing Axle's Nitro Gate presence and adjusting Conduit's healing output and duration.

    +25
  4. Latest Update 5/27/26 (As of 5:16 PM PT)May 28, 2026 · 3mo

    Technical update providing workarounds for crashes and performance issues, and an update on ongoing FPS investigations.

  5. Matchmaking Test, Now LiveMay 19, 2026 · 3mo

    A matchmaking test has been implemented to restrict the Ranked tier differential allowed in premade squads to one tier.

  6. Apex Legends: Latest Update - 05/06/2026May 6, 2026 · 3mo

    A small update focusing on a movement exploit fix for Axle and investigating stability issues on Xbox and specific CPUs.

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  7. Apex Legends: Latest Update - 05/05/2026, 2:00pm PTMay 5, 2026 · 3mo

    This update focuses on investigating Xbox-specific platform issues regarding Battle Pass purchases and system crashes.

  8. Recent Server IssuesApr 7, 2026 · 4mo

    Server stability improvements and compensation for recent outages.

    +1

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