Apex Legends

Apex Legends

Developers
	Respawn Entertainment
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Source
Release dates
Windows	February 4, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	88
OpenCritic	86
IGDB	89
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play
Microtransactions	Boost, Cosmetic, Infinite spend, Loot box, Free-to-grind, Unlock
Series	Titanfall

Titanfall
Titanfall	2014
Titanfall 2	2016
Apex Legends	2019

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

General information

Official forum

Official subreddit

Official Twitter

Official Discord

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Origin

All versions require Origin DRM.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Free-to-play	Game is free-to-play and microtransactions are heavily promoted in-game.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	Every Season (every few months), a new Battle Pass is released which temporarily boosts the speed at which these currencies and cosmetics are gained. The Battle Pass can be purchased using Apex Coins.
Currency	Apex Coins are a real money purchase but can be earned as in-game rewards over time. Apex Coins can be used to purchase cosmetics and unlock characters, which are frequently added into the game at regular intervals.
Free-to-grind	It is possible to unlock every character within a reasonable playtime without spending real money by earning Legend Tokens after competing in games. However the purchase of the Battle Pass, Apex Coins and Apex Packs allows users to skip the grind.
Infinite spend	No practical limit to how much real money can be spent in the game.
Loot box	Apex Coins can be spent on Apex Packs which are loot boxes that drop cosmetics which do not duplicate, and guarantees a Legendary quality cosmetic every 30 packs. Apex Packs also have a very small chance to award 'heirloom shards' currency which is used to purchase 'heirloom' quality cosmetics, and are guaranteed every 500 packs.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the -novid command line argument

Limit FPS to prevent crashes

Use the +fps_max 60 command line argument

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Respawn\Apex\

Locale is saved in %PROGRAMDATA%\Origin\LocalContent\Apex\Origin.OFR.50.0002694.dat

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin

Video settings

Video settings

In-game 5760x1080 Nvidia Surround

Input settings

In-game input settings

In-game controller settings

Audio settings

Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it.
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		60	Versus 20 squads of 3 against each other.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Party Not Ready

When pressing Ready, the game states Party Not Ready, even when playing alone.

Close and open the game, or enter then leave training mode[citation needed]

Crash to desktop

There have been numerous reports of crash to desktop on both Nvidia and AMD GPUs.^{[citation needed]}

Downgrading to GPU driver version 417.71 (using DDU) is known to fix the issue[citation needed]

Upgrading to driver version 419.35 is known to fix the issue[citation needed]

Device Hung - NVidia RTX errors

"Device hung" crashes are still not yet fixed by Nvidia/Respawn

Downgrading to NVidia driver version 436.48 stops the error

Issues fixed

Low FPS/stuttering on Nvidia Optimus platforms

Some Nvidia drivers might not properly detect Apex Legends as a game and automatically select and make use of the Nvidia discrete GPU to render the game on Nvidia Optimus platforms, instead it will default to using the integrated GPU that resides in the CPU (Intel-based GPU).

Configure the Nvidia display drivers to make use of the high-performance Nvidia graphics card for the game

Open the NVIDIA Control Panel. Under Manage 3d settings, open the Program Settings tab. Add a profile for Apex Legends (r5apex.exe). Change Select the preferred graphics processor for this program to High-performance NVIDIA processor. Notes The Select the preferred graphics processor for this program option is only available on Nvidia Optimus platforms that uses switchable graphics cards, such as laptops and console-sized PCs. If this option is not available then either the system is not an Nvidia Optimus platform, or incorrect iGPU and dGPU drivers are installed. Refer to your system manual and OEM drivers section to locate the proper Intel and Nvidia drivers to use.

Cannot look around in-game

Disable Origin In-Game Overlay
Locate game in Origin Library. Open game Properties Page. Uncheck 'Enable Origin In Game'. Notes This is usually caused by a conflict of another overlay, i.e. disable Discord's overlay.

Mouse stuttering

Lower mouse polling rate
Open your mouse specific settings. Check if polling rate is high. Lower polling rate to 500 or below. Notes Lowering polling rates reduces the rate of mouse updates to the PC.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat

Command line arguments

View this Steam Support Article regarding launch options as well as the relevant Valve Developer wiki page for further information and a list of useful Source engine launch options.

These arguments must be set in Origin or in the Windows executable shortcut.

-high can cause an issue where the Apex client believes there is an Origin update. Remove -high if you have this problem. Example screenshot here.

Flag	Description
-novid	Skips intro videos/logos.
-freq X	Set refresh rate to Integer X.
-high	Forces the game to launch as a high priority process. Can cause a login server issue, see note above.
-fullscreen	Launches the game in exclusive fullscreen mode.
-window	Launches the game in windowed mode. Use with -noborder to launch the game in borderless fullscreen.
-noborder	Launches the game in borderless mode. Use with -window to launch the game in borderless fullscreen.
+cl_showfps 1 or 4	Displays FPS/Network information in the top-right corner (1) or top-left corner (4).
+cl_showpos 1	Displays information of the player's position/velocity at the top-left corner.
+fps_max unlimited	Uncaps the FPS
+miles_channels X	Sets the number of audio channels to Integer X. For example, 2 results in stereo sound.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	AMD-FX 4350 Intel Core i3-6300	AMD Ryzen 5 Intel Core i5-3570K
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	22 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 7730 Nvidia GeForce GT 640 DirectX 11 compatible	AMD Radeon R9 290 Nvidia GeForce GTX 970

The game requires CPU with SSSE3 and POPCNT instructions. Pre-Nehalem/Silvermont and pre-Bulldozer/Bobcat chips are unsupported.