There are three main types of events in Apex Legends: season launches, Themed Events, and Collection Events.[1] Minor events also exist.
Season Launches[]
Main article: Season
These are to coincide with the launch of a new season and will include a new Legend, a major map update, new loot items (weapons, ordnances, etc.), and potentially new features. These events also include significant balance changes.
List of Seasons[]
Season 1 (March 19, 2019 to June 18, 2019) - [13 weeks]
Season 2 (July 02, 2019 to October 01, 2019) - [13 weeks]
Season 3 (October 01, 2019 to February 04, 2020) - [18 weeks]
Season 4 (February 04, 2020 to May 12, 2020) - [14 weeks]- Season 5 (May 12, 2020 to August 18, 2020) - [14 weeks]
- Season 6 (August 18, 2020 to November 04, 2020) - [11 weeks and 1 day]
- Season 7 (November 04, 2020 to February 02, 2021) - [12 weeks and 6 days]
- Season 8 (February 02, 2021 to May 04, 2021) - [13 weeks]
- Season 9 (May 04, 2021 to August 03, 2021) - [13 weeks]
Major Events[]
Themed Events[]
These events come with a limited-time mode, event challenges that let players earn cosmetics, and a mix of event limited and base game cosmetics available for direct purchase. They may also include a small map change or town takeover; a Stories from the Outlands is sometimes released with town takeovers.
| Event | Duration | Limited-time mode(s) | New feature(s) | Town Takeover | Stories from the Outlands | Trailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Legendary Hunt(S01E01) |
Jun. 04, 2019 - Jun. 18, 2019 (2 weeks) |
Apex Elite Queue | Challenges | ✕ | ✕ | |
 Voidwalker(S02E02) |
Sep. 03, 2019 - Sep. 17, 2019 (2 weeks) |
Armed and Dangerous | ✕ | Wraith | ||
 Grand Soirée(S03E03) |
Jan. 14, 2020 - Jan. 28, 2020 (2 weeks) |
Gold Rush Duos LIVE.DIE.LIVE Third Person Mode Always Be Closing Armed and Dangerous Kings Canyon After Dark DUMMIE's Big Day |
Prize Trackers | ✕ | ✕ | |
 The Old Ways(S04E02) |
Apr. 07, 2020 - Apr. 21, 2020 (2 weeks) |
✕ | Duos Map rotation |
Bloodhound | ||
 Fight or Fright(S06E02) |
Oct. 22, 2020 - Nov. 03, 2020 (1 week, 5 days) |
Shadow Royale | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | |
 Holo-Day Bash(S07E01) |
Dec. 01, 2020 - Jan. 04, 2021 (5 weeks) |
Winter Express | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | |
 War Games(S08E02) |
Apr. 13, 2021 - Apr. 27, 2021 (2 weeks) |
Second Chance Armor Regen Ultra Zones Auto Banners |
✕ | ✕ | ✕ | |
 Thrillseekers(S09E02) |
Jul. 13, 2021 - Aug. 03, 2021 (3 weeks) |
✕ | Overflow | ✕ | ✕ |
Collection Events[]
These events come with a limited-time mode, event challenges that let players earn cosmetics, and a "collection" of 24 event limited cosmetics available via 
Event-specific Apex Packs or direct purchase. They may also include a small map change or town takeover; a Story from the Outlands is sometimes released with town takeovers. Collection Events offer far more cosmetics than Themed Events and feature Heirlooms, which can be obtained by completing the collection.
| Event | Duration | Limited-time mode(s) | New feature(s) | Heirloom Set | Town Takeover | Stories from the Outlands | Trailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iron Crown(S02E01) |
Aug. 13, 2019 - Aug. 27, 2019 (2 weeks) |
Solos | ✕ | Bloodhound | Octane | ✕ | |
| Fight or Fright (S03E01) |
Oct. 15, 2019 - Nov. 05, 2019 (3 weeks) |
Shadowfall | ✕ | Lifeline | ✕ | ✕ | |
| Holo-Day Bash (S03E02) |
Dec. 12, 2019 - Jan. 07, 2020 (3 weeks, 5 days) |
Winter Express | ✕ | Pathfinder | Mirage | ✕ | |
 System Override(S04E01) |
Mar. 03, 2020 - Mar. 17, 2020 (2 weeks) |
Déjà Loot | Evo Shields Heirloom Shards |
Octane | ✕ | ✕ | |
 Lost Treasures(S05E01) |
Jun. 23, 2020 - Jul. 07, 2020 (2 weeks) |
Armed and Dangerous Evolved |
Mobile Respawn Beacons | Mirage | Crypto | ✕ | |
 Aftermarket(S06E01) |
Oct. 06, 2020 - Oct. 20, 2020 (2 weeks) |
Flashpoint | Cross platform play Performance display |
Caustic | ✕ | ✕ | |
 Fight Night(S07E02) |
Jan. 05, 2021 - Jan. 19, 2021 (2 weeks) |
Airdrop Escalation | Loot MRVNs Playlist takeovers |
Gibraltar | Pathfinder | ||
 Anniversary(S08ACE) |
Feb. 09, 2021 - Mar. 02, 2021 (3 weeks) |
Locked and Loaded | ✕ |  150 |
✕ | ✕ | |
 Chaos Theory(S08E01) |
Mar. 09, 2021 - Mar. 23, 2021 (2 weeks) |
Ring Fury | Heat Shields Survival Slot No-fill matchmaking |
Bangalore | Caustic | ✕ | |
 Genesis(S09E01) |
Jun. 29, 2021 - Jul. 13, 2021 (2 weeks) |
Legacy Maps | ✕ | Revenant | ✕ | ✕ |
Minor Events[]
Minor events may include a sale in which limited-time cosmetics are offered in the Store, and/or a limited time game mode(s) (LTM). Unlike major events, they do not have trailers, they generally do not have Prize Tracks or challenges, and they are not listed as major events in the game's files.
List of Minor Events with a Sale and LTM(s)[]
- Valentine's Day (February 13, 2019 to February 19, 2019) - [6 days]
- Valentine's Day Rendezvous (February 12, 2020 to February 19, 2020) - [1 week]
- September Soirée (September 10, 2020[note 1] to October 06, 2020) - [3 weeks and 5 days]
List of Minor Events with just a Sale[]
- Black Friday (November 26, 2019 to December 03, 2019) - [1 week]
- Summer of Plunder (July 21, 2020 to July 28, 2020) - [1 week]
- Black Friday (November 24, 2020 to December 01, 2020) - [1 week]
- Golden Week (April 27, 2021 to May 04, 2021) - [1 week]
- ALGS Championship Sale (May 18, 2021 to June 01, 2021) - [2 weeks]
List of Minor Events with just an LTM(s)[]
- Battle Armor (April 28, 2020 to May 12, 2020) - [2 weeks]
- Always Be Closing Evolved (August 11, 2020 to August 18, 2020) - [1 week]
List of Minor Events with just a set of challenges[]
- A Wee Experiment (October 13, 2020 to November 04, 2020) - [3 weeks and 1 day]
- Decrypt the Passcode (April 16, 2021 to May 04, 2021) - [2 weeks and 4 days]
- Arenas Flash Event (May 11-18, 2021, May 25-June 01, 2021 and June 08-15, 2021) - [1 week each of 3 events]
Trivia[]
- Fight or Fright and Holo-Day Bash are the only major events that return. They both were initially released as Collection Events and came back as Themed Events.
- According to the official event structure overview released back in Season 2, possible extensions to Apex Legends' lore is a feature of Themed Events. However, as of Season 7, this appears to be no longer the case since the Fight Night event, a Collection Event, came with a Story from the Outlands.
- Events are sometimes further categorized beyond Themed and Collection: Grand Soirée is also called an Arcade Event; The Old Ways is also called a Lore Event. (By this logic, Voidwalker and Fight Night should also be Lore Events.)
- The Battle Armor event was not a planned event. It was a last-minute addition after the launch of Season 5 got moved back one week.
- Some events come with a special event-themed Music Pack. There are some exceptions.
- Grand Soirée, Fight Night, Anniversary, and War Games never got their own music packs.
- The returning Event Holo-Day Bash (2020) had no "new" music pack, but had the same as the original Holo-Day Bash (2019) Christmas-themed music pack.
- However, the other returning Event Fight or Fright (2020) had an own music pack and did not share the same with Fight or Fright (2019).
- However, the other returning Event
- Voidwalker had no own music pack, but "shared" and released the music pack of Wraith.
- Legendary Hunt had its own themed music, but it was not rewarded as a selectable music pack because music packs were not integrated into Season 1.
Notes[]
- ↑ This event actually began on the 8th, but was suddenly postponed to the 10th after DUMMIEs Big Day was removed due to a bug that caused the entire server to crash if someone AFK’ed on character select. It was replaced with Kings Canyon After Dark on September 10th, with DUMMIEs Big Day eventually returning on September 22nd.
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