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Apex Legends™
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Respawn · Electronic Arts
Dec 17, 2025 · 8mo ago

Latest Update: Apex Legends 12/16/2025

AI summary3mo

A small update disabling a crashing wildcard upgrade and adjusting the Trident's damage requirements.

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  • TridentPlayers now require a higher minimum movement speed to deal damage with the Trident, making it harder to hit enemies while stationary or slow.LowerHigher

Other changes1

  • Flash Freeze WildcardThe Flash Freeze Wildcard upgrade has been disabled due to causing game crashes for some players.EnabledDisabled

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Apex Legends™ · Dec 17, 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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