Ammo

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

Energy Ammo[]

Weapons that use Energy Ammo tend to have a discrete fire rate; their bullets are not affected by drag and tend to travel faster and drop less compared to weapons using other types of ammo.

In Battle Royale, 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. In Arenas, a stack of 240 rounds fills one inventory slot.

There are five weapons that utilize Energy Ammo:

Devotion LMG - LMG
HAVOC Rifle - AR
L-STAR EMG - LMG
Triple Take - Marksman weapon
Volt SMG - SMG

Heavy Rounds[]

Weapons that use Heavy Rounds tend to deal more damage per round but fire slower and have more bullet drop compared to weapons in its class that use other types of ammo.

In Battle Royale, 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. In Arenas, a stack of 240 rounds fills one inventory slot.

There are five weapons that utilize Heavy Rounds:

30-30 Repeater - Marksman weapon
C.A.R. SMG - SMG
Hemlok Burst AR - AR
Prowler Burst PDW - SMG
VK-47 Flatline - AR

Light Rounds[]

Weapons that use Light Rounds tend to have a faster fire rate but deal less damage per round compared to weapons in its class that use other types of ammo.

In Battle Royale, 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. In Arenas, a stack of 240 rounds fills one inventory slot.

There are eight weapons that utilize Light Rounds:

Alternator SMG - SMG
C.A.R. SMG - SMG
G7 Scout - Marksman weapon
M600 Spitfire - LMG
P2020 - Pistol
R-301 Carbine - AR
R-99 SMG - SMG
RE-45 Auto - Pistol

Shotgun Shells[]

Shotgun Shells are used by shotguns.

In Battle Royale, Shotgun Shells 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. In Arenas, a stack of 64 shells fills one inventory slot.

There are three weapons that utilize Shotgun Shells, all of which are shotguns:

Sniper Ammo[]

Sniper Ammo is used by snipers. Weapons using Sniper Ammo can cause "collateral" shots, piercing through multiple enemies if they are close enough to each other. This also applies to deploying Amped Cover. The Charge Rifle is a strange case because it does not pierce through players, but it can pierce through a deploying Amped Cover.

In Battle Royale, Sniper Ammo spawns in stacks of 12 (or 24, if spawned with a weapon in a Supply Bin) and a stack of 24 fills one inventory slot. In Arenas, a stack of 64 rounds fills one inventory slot.

There are four weapons that utilize Sniper Ammo:

Charge Rifle - Sniper
Longbow DMR - Sniper
Sentinel - Sniper
Wingman - Pistol

Mythic Ammo[]

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

Mythic Arrows.
Mythic Light Rounds.
Mythic Heavy Rounds.
Mythic Energy Ammo.
Mythic Shotgun Shells.
Mythic Sniper Ammo.

There are four weapons that utilize Supply Drop Ammo:

Bocek Compound Bow, which utilizes Mythic Arrows
Kraber .50-Cal Sniper, which utilizes Mythic Sniper Ammo
Mastiff Shotgun, which utilizes Mythic Shotgun Shells
Rampage LMG, which utilizes Mythic Heavy Rounds.

History[]

Patch notes

August 09, 2022 Patch

Arrows:
- No longer spawn on ground loot.
- Can no longer be picked up after firing.
Added Mythic Arrows.
Sniper Ammo:
- Increased ammo on pickup from 12 to 14.
- Increased stack size from 24 to 28.

December 07, 2021 Patch

Pinging ammo now specifies the amount.

September 14, 2021 Patch

Arrows:
- Increased ammo on pickup from 14 to 16.
- Increased stack size from 28 to 32.

May 11, 2021 Patch

Arrows:
- Reduced ammo on pickup from 16 to 14.
- Reduced stack size from 48 to 28.

May 04, 2021 Patch

Introduced Arrows. Compatible with the Bocek Compound Bow.

August 18, 2020 Patch

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

April 07, 2020 Patch

Sniper Ammo:
- Reduced ammo on pickup from 10 to 8.
- Reduced stack size from 20 to 16.

April 1, 2020

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

March 03, 2020 Patch

Reduced Light, Heavy, and Energy Ammo stack sizes from 80 to 60.

February 04, 2020 Patch

Introduced Sniper Ammo. Compatible with 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 stack size from 64 to 16.
Increased Energy Ammo 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[]

Prior to Season 6, Mythic 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 from Legendary to Mythic to differentiate them from fully kitted weapons.
Before the introduction of Sniper Ammo in Season 4, the Kraber .50-Cal Sniper and Longbow DMR used Heavy Rounds, while the Charge Rifle 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 Peacekeeper is an energy weapon that fires blue projectiles, but since it is a shotgun, it uses Shotgun Shells instead of Energy Ammo.
There is a myth that only Heavy Rounds can slow enemies down unlike other ammo types. According to former 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.
arrow's are the ammo type to get removed from the game