Ammo

All the weapons in Apex Legends utilize various types of ammo.

Light Rounds[edit | edit source]

Weapons that use Light Rounds tend to have a faster firerate compared to weapons using other types of ammo. Light Rounds spawn in stacks of 20 (or 40, if spawned with a weapon in a Supply Bin) and a stack of 60 fills one inventory slot.

There are six weapons that utilize Light Rounds:

Alternator SMG - SMG
G7 Scout - AR
P2020 - Pistol
R-301 Carbine - AR
R-99 SMG - SMG
RE-45 Auto - Pistol

Heavy Rounds[edit | edit source]

Weapons that use Heavy Rounds tend to have a slower fire rate and their bullets tend to drop more compared to weapons using other types of ammo. Heavy Rounds spawn in stacks of 20 (or 40, if spawned with a weapon in a Supply Bin) and a stack of 60 fills one inventory slot.

There are five weapons that utilize Heavy Rounds:

Energy Ammo[edit | edit source]

Weapons that use Energy Ammo tend to have a discrete fire rate and their bullets tend to travel faster and drop less compared to weapons using other types of ammo. Energy Ammo spawns in stacks of 20 (or 40, if spawned with a weapon in a Supply Bin) and a stack of 60 fills one inventory slot.

Energy Ammo projectiles have very little projectile drop, are not slowed by drag, and have the fastest flight velocity in each weapon class.

There are four weapons that utilize Energy Ammo:

Devotion LMG - LMG
HAVOC Rifle - AR
L-STAR EMG - LMG
Volt SMG - SMG

Shotgun Shells[edit | edit source]

Shotgun Shells are used by shotguns. They spawn in stacks of 8 (or 16, if spawned with a weapon in a Supply Bin) and a stack of 16 fills one inventory slot.

There are three weapons that utilize Shotgun Shells:

Sniper Ammo[edit | edit source]

Sniper Ammo is used by snipers. They spawn in stacks of 12 (or 24, if spawned with a weapon in a Supply Bin) and a stack of 24 fills one inventory slot. Weapons using Sniper Ammo can cause "collateral" shots, piercing through multiple enemies.

There are four weapons that utilize Sniper Ammo:

Drop rate[edit | edit source]

Note: these do not include ammo stacks that spawn alongside weapons. The rarity of the weapons that use a type of ammo affects the overall rarity of the ammo type.

Ammo	All tiers
Heavy	32%
Light	26%
Energy	26%
Sniper	14%
Shotgun	2%

Supply Drop Ammo[edit | edit source]

Supply Drop Ammo is used by Supply Drop Weapons. They are unique to the weapon, take no inventory space, cannot be dropped, and cannot be replenished.

Supply Drop Light Rounds
Supply Drop Heavy Rounds
Supply Drop Energy Ammo
Supply Drop Shotgun Shells
Supply Drop Sniper Ammo

There are three weapons that utilize Supply Drop Ammo:

Kraber .50-Cal Sniper, which utilizes Special Sniper Ammo.
Peacekeeper, which utilizes Special Shotgun Shells.
Prowler Burst PDW, which utilizes Special Heavy Rounds.

History[edit | edit source]

Patch notes

August 18, 2020 Patch

Sniper Ammo:
- Increased ammo on pickup from 8 to 12.
- Increased max stack size from 16 to 24.
Energy Ammo:
- Reduced ammo on pickup from 30 to 20.

May 12, 2020 Patch

The Kraber .50-Cal Sniper now utilizes Supply Drop Sniper Ammo instead of Supply Drop Heavy Rounds.

April 07, 2020 Patch

Reduced Sniper Ammo on pickup from 10 to 8 and max stack size from 20 to 16.

April 01, 2020

Increased Shotgun Shells on pickup from 8 to 16 and max stack size from 16 to 48 for a day only.

March 03, 2020 Patch

Reduced Light / Heavy / Energy Ammo max stacks size from 80 to 60.

February 04, 2020 Patch

Added Sniper Ammo for the Charge Rifle, Longbow DMR, Sentinel, and Triple Take.
Increased Energy Ammo on pickup from 20 to 30.

July 02, 2019 Patch

Reduced Shotgun Shells max stack size from 64 to 16.
Increased Energy Ammo max stack size from 60 to 80.

February 22, 2019 Patch

Fixed exploit where players could refill ammo in the inventory screen for the Kraber .50-Cal Sniper and Mastiff Shotgun.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Prior to Season 6, Supply Drop Ammo used to have a golden color like the one Supply Drop Weapons once had. Both the weapons and their ammo's rarity was upgraded to Heirloom to differentiate them from fully kitted weapons.
Before the introduction of Sniper Ammo in Season 4, snipers used the other ammo types: the Kraber .50-Cal Sniper and Longbow DMR used Heavy Rounds, while the Charge Rifle and the Triple Take used Energy Ammo.
Non-energy weapons fire orange projectiles, regardless of if they are using Light Rounds, Heavy Rounds, Shotgun Shells, or Sniper Ammo. Energy weapons fire blue projectiles or, in the case of the L-STAR EMG, red projectiles.
- The Triple Take and Peacekeeper are energy weapons that fire blue projectiles, but since they are a sniper and a shotgun, they use ammo for their respective classes instead of Energy Ammo.
There is a myth that only Heavy Rounds can slow enemies down unlike other ammo types. According to Respawn Entertainment developer Daniel Klein,^[1]^[2] all ammo slows down Legends without the Fortified passive perk by 10% for 1/4 of a second. This can only happen once every 3 seconds.