Event

There are three main types of events in Apex Legends: season launches, Themed Events, and Collection Events. 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)	June 04, 2019 - June 18, 2019 (2 weeks)	Apex Elite Queue	Challenges	✕	✕
Voidwalker (S02E02)	September 03, 2019 - September 17, 2019 (2 weeks)	Armed and Dangerous	✕	Wraith
Grand Soirée (S03E03)	January 14, 2020 - January 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)	April 07, 2020 - April 21, 2020 (2 weeks)	✕	Duos Map rotation	Bloodhound
Fight or Fright (S06E02)	October 22, 2020 - November 03, 2020 (1 week, 5 days)	Shadow Royale	✕	✕	✕
Holo-Day Bash (S07E01)	December 01, 2020 - January 04, 2021 (5 weeks)	Winter Express	✕	✕	✕
War Games (S08E02)	April 13, 2021 - April 27, 2021 (2 weeks)	Second Chance Armor Regen Ultra Zones Auto Banners Killing Time	✕	✕	✕

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)	August 13, 2019 - August 27, 2019 (2 weeks)	Solos	✕	Bloodhound	Octane	✕
Fight or Fright (S03E01)	October 15, 2019 - November 05, 2019 (3 weeks)	Shadowfall	✕	Lifeline	✕	✕
Holo-Day Bash (S03E02)	December 12, 2019 - January 07, 2020 (3 weeks, 5 days)	Winter Express	✕	Pathfinder	Mirage	✕
System Override (S04E01)	March 03, 2020 - March 17, 2020 (2 weeks)	Déjà Loot	Evo Shields Heirloom Shards	Octane	✕	✕
Lost Treasures (S05E01)	June 23, 2020 - July 07, 2020 (2 weeks)	Armed and Dangerous Evolved	Mobile Respawn Beacons	Mirage	Crypto	✕
Aftermarket (S06E01)	October 06, 2020 - October 20, 2020 (2 weeks)	Flashpoint	Cross platform play Performance display	Caustic	✕	✕
Fight Night (S07E02)	January 05, 2021 - January 19, 2021 (2 weeks)	Airdrop Escalation	Loot MRVNs Playlist takeovers	Gibraltar	Pathfinder
Anniversary (S08ACE)	February 09, 2021 - March 02, 2021 (3 weeks)	Locked and Loaded	✕	150	✕	✕
Chaos Theory (S08E01)	March 09, 2021 - March 23, 2021 (2 weeks)	Ring Fury	Heat Shields Survival Slot No-fill matchmaking	Bangalore	Caustic	✕
Genesis (S09E01)	June 29, 2021 - July 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 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]
• Summer Splash (July 13, 2021 to July 27, 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).
  • 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.