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This article concerns the subject and the content related to it in Apex Legends. For the subject in Apex Legends Mobile, see Horizon (Mobile). For the background of the subject in Apex Legends universe, see Horizon (character). |
| “ | Dear Dr. Mary Somers,
You don’t know what it meant to me to hear his voice again. Well, that was daft… Of course you know what it meant.
I dinnae know what I can say to you that you don’t already know, but maybe some things have faded with time. For that, I can offer a wee refresher…
I had so much doubt. I’ve been goin’ full tilt for so long—solving an energy crisis, escaping a black hole, fighting my way to the Apex Games—that doubt rarely had time to seed. Being a bloody genius doesn’t hurt much either.
But I felt it not but a week ago. What if I don’t make it back?
Then I heard your message — and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. But you knew that too, didn’t you?
I hope to do you and him proud, you brilliant lassie. Til we meet again. |
| Horizon | |
|---|---|
| |
| Gravitational Manipulator | |
| Details | |
| Real Name | Dr. Mary Somers |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 39 (Give or take another 87 years...) |
| Homeworld | Psamathe |
| Gameplay | |
| Class |  Skirmisher
|
| Tactical Ability |  Gravity Lift
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| Passive Ability |  Spacewalk
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| Ultimate Ability |  Black Hole
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| Real-world Info | |
| Voice Actor | Elle Newlands [2] |
Horizon is a Skirmisher Legend. She was introduced in 
Season 7 and is locked from the base game. She can be unlocked using digital currency: either 
12,000 or 
750, or by buying the Champion Edition downloadable content.
A Legend with gravity-based abilities, Horizon's tactical ability Gravity Lift, when deployed on the ground, lifts any player that steps into it into the air. Her passive ability Spacewalk increases her in-air movement speed and decreases her movement delay after falling from a height. Her ultimate ability Black Hole throws a device that causes nearby enemies and grenades to be pulled toward its center.
Abilities[ | ]
Gravity Lift[ | ]
|
Tactical | Q/ / /
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|---|---|---|
| Gravity Lift | ||
| Description | Reverses the flow of gravity, lifting players upward and boosting them outward when they exit. | |
| Cooldown | 25 seconds | |
- Throws a device which creates a 30 meter cylinder above it. Players that enter the cylinder are lifted upwards.
- Players inside the lift can move horizontally. Exiting boosts the player upwards and outwards.
- Players that reach the top will hover there for 0.5 seconds, then be ejected.
- Stays active for 10 seconds.
- Cooldown starts after 10 seconds. (If the Gravity Lift is immediately activated, the cooldown starts when the ability ends.)
- Can be destroyed by Wattson’s
Interception Pylon. - Can also lift Tridents.
- Can bend the trajectory of ordnances, causing them to be lifted as well.
- Aside from helping your squad reach high ground, you can also use it to disorient enemies by throwing it under their feet.
- Gravity Lift can block off doorways and corridors. Make sure not to block off yourself or your teammates.
- You can use Gravity Lift to Launch your knocked teammates to safer locations. Make sure to toss your Gravity Lift away from your knocked teammate so they don't go in an unintended direction.
- It can stick to the top of Gibraltar’s
Dome of Protection.
Spacewalk[ | ]
|
Passive | |
|---|---|---|
| Spacewalk | ||
| Description | Increase air control and reduce fall impacts with Horizon’s custom spacesuit. | |
- Horizon experiences no landing shock from landing after a long fall.
- If Horizon lands while crouching, she will immediately transition into a slide.
- Horizon makes quicker turns in mid-air.
- Horizon's greater air control allows her to strafe out of the pre-determined launch paths of Gravity Cannons or Octane's
Launch Pad.
- Unlike other legends, if you are falling down a shaft with a zipline, Horizon does not have to grab the zipline to avoid a fall stun.
Black Hole[ | ]
|
Ultimate | Z/+ /+ /+
|
|---|---|---|
| Black Hole | ||
| Description | Deploy N.E.W.T. to create a micro black hole that pulls players in towards it. | |
| Charge time | 3.5 minutes | |
- Throws a low-gravity device. 2 seconds after landing, players in a [10] meter radius are pulled towards the device.
- Lasts 12 seconds.
- N.E.W.T. has 175 HP and can be destroyed to cancel the pull.
- N.E.W.T. is susceptible to friendly damage.
- Enemies are highlighted if their position is behind the N.E.W.T.
- Can be destroyed by Wattson's
Interception Pylon and Crypto’s Drone EMP. - Can change the speed and trajectory of Caustic's Nox Gas Grenade.
- Takes 50% more damage from explosives.
- Doors within its radius will be destroyed.
- Try to combine the black hole with area-of-effect attacks like Grenades, Caustic's Nox Gas Grenade and Fuse's The Motherlode.
- If you yourself are caught in the black hole, you can either use mobility abilities, such as Wraith's Into the Void, or destroy it to escape the black hole.
- Can destroy Wraith’s Dimensional Rift if at least one side of the portal is within range of N.E.W.T. This is maybe due to some geometry on Olympus.
- In very rare cases, the ability can get deflected by Bloodhound's Eye of the Allfather, even though the scan should be a visual effect.
Legend Upgrades[ | ]
Legend Upgrades are special perks introduced in Season 20 to all Battle Royale modes. These add upgrades to a Legend's abilities as you level up your Evo Armor. Only one option may be chosen per level-up for a maximum of two perks total.
- Big Bang: See nearby ordnance through walls and on deathboxes.
- Ammuvision: See ammo in deathboxes.
- Tactical Upgrade: Reduce Gravity Lift's cooldown by 5 seconds.
- Ultimate Upgrade: Reduce Black Hole's cooldown by 30 seconds
Lore[ | ]
| “ | Almost a century ago, the Outlands were dangling on the edge of a cataclysmic energy crisis. Dr. Mary Somers, a charmingly eccentric astrophysicist, was hired to find a solution. Mary moved her family to the scientific research station on Olympus and set to work. With the help of her apprentice, Dr. Reid, Mary discovered Branthium - an element she was convinced could be the key to limitless energy. But Branthium can be found only on the accretion disk of a black hole, so Mary and Dr. Reid departed on a dangerous mission to prove her theory right.
Mary promised her son Newton she’d return safe and sound. But Dr. Reid betrayed her, stealing the Branthium and sending her shuttle into the black hole’s orbit. Using her wits, Mary modified her robotic vacuum companion N.E.W.T. to escape. But time moves differently on the outskirts of a black hole, and she was 87 years too late. From that day on, she had one goal: to find a way to get back to her son. She joined the Apex Games as Horizon, master of gravity, to fund her research on time distortion and fluctuation. Her first foray into the Games was on Olympus, where her old life once was and where she had promised to return. That wasn't the only part of her old life that found her again - a certain research assistant, older and now much more metallic, has darkened Dr. Somers' door. |
Cosmetic Items[ | ]
Skins[ | ]
There are a total of 73 Legend skins for Horizon; 2 Iconic, 22 Legendary, 12 epic, 21 Rare and 16 Common.
- Hidden Blossoms
- Flower Girl
Solaris
1,200
Terra Nova
1,200
Dark Matter
1,200
Golden Boson
1,200
- Overfloater 1,200
- Neon Stardust
- Supermassive
Needs Dark Matter - Galactic Guardian
- Biotic Luminary
Level 50 - Brave Hero
Needs Terra Nova - Jewel of Olympus
- Rising Storm
- Atom Heart Mother
- Brood Mother
- Phoenix Rising
- Biophysic
- Singularity Specialist
Level 50 - Deep Space Scientist
- Lethal Lass
- Brood Anomaly
- Spectral Slayer
- Player Three
Daemon Hunter
400
Fiber Optics
400
Hack the System
400
Heat Sync
400
User Friendly
400
- Cosmic Hitchhiker 400
- Absolute Zero
- High Polish
- Anya's Armor
Level 1 - Below Zero
- Thermodynamic
- Inverse Polarity
Brain Candy
60
Collider
60
Death Adder
60
Dire Wolf
60
Disruptor
60
Field Trip
60
High Frequency
60
Hypothesis
60
Life Cycle
60
Prowess
60
Racing Stripes
60
Royal Decree
60
Sizzle Reel
60
Superunknown
60
Woodland Warfare
60
- Copper Constellation
Level 01 - Inverse Polarity
November 2020 - Flux Capacity
- Hieroglyph Heroics
- Porcelain Powered
Season 10 - Ornamental Orbit
Original
DefaultArctic
30
Cardinal
30
Clearwater
30
Evergreen
30
Flamingo
30
Hydro
30
Limelight
30
Mandarin
30
Midnight
30
Orchid
30
Rage
30
Sahara
30
Skyward
30
Vino
30
Yellowjacket
30
Finishers[ | ]
All Charged Up
DefaultEvent Horizon
1,200
First Law
1,200
Heirloom Set[ | ]
Horizon Heirloom Set
The set contains:
- A Melee Weapon Skin: Gravity Maw
- A Banner Pose: Scientific Method
- An Intro Quip: "When you see me, you'll know it's the end. Or a new beginning. It's all relative, really.".
Badges[ | ]
Emotes[ | ]
- Lighter than Air - 1,200
- Mom Dance - 1,200
- Inspiration - 400
- Oh Behave - Level 12
- Hover Pen - Default
Skydive Emotes[ | ]
- Game Time
Level 51 - Black Swan Dive
Level 92
Banner Frames[ | ]
Astrodial Mischief
1,200
Caffeinated Chemistry
1,200
Lost In Space
1,200
NEWT's Cradle
1,200
Station Commander
1,200
- Ensnared Escape 400
- Precious Cargo
Level 52 - Lush Landing
Level 58 - Cosmic Canyon
Level 79 - Xenothrone
- Gravity Grooves
Level 97 - Gravity Vortex
Level 56 - Eldritch Horror
- Cosmic Horror
- Crystal Charge
Containment Unit
60
Don't Try This At Home
60
Energy Investigation
60
First Class
60
Gravitational Pull
60
- Foreign Contaminant 60
- Good Fortune
Season 10
Rookie Card
DefaultA Friend Indeed
30
Starshine
30
Tessellate
30
Universal Blueprint
30
Banner Poses[ | ]
Scientific Method
Agent NV5A
400
Nailed It
400
One Small Step
400
- Tropical Menagerie 400
Working Together
400
Dream Catcher
60
Epiphany
60
Head In The Clouds
60
Hyperfixated
60
Little Newtie
60
Perfect Partnership
60
Projectile Accelerator
60
To The Stars
60
Uplifting Experience
60
Ready For Launch
Default
Holosprays[ | ]
There's Research Afoot
1,200
A Bit Of A Float
400
Best Buddy
400
Field Work
400
I Need A Tea Break
400
Not An Exact Science
400
Science Time!
400
Time For Bold Action
400
- A Promise To Keep
Level 49 - Wee Marvel of Science
Level 57 - Meets Immovable Object
Level 36 - My Newtie's Hungry Today
Level 57
Music Packs[ | ]
- Horizon
Level 08
Transitions[ | ]
- Me, Myself & Regret
Level 60 - Timetravel is Money
Level 81 - A Matter of Time
Voice lines[ | ]
History[ | ]
| Patch notes |
|
Development[ | ]
- Originally, Horizon was a character named Firebug with fire-based abilities and was a germaphobe.[4]
- She was also said to be an evil genius CEO-type similar to Lex Luthor.[5] Interestingly, there was another datamined Legend named Downfall who had the title "Populist Pyromaniac". This was later revealed to be one of the possible legends Jackson Williams could have been tied to before being shelved.[6].
- Horizon's character was created by the Respawn writer Sam Gill who wrote all her dialogue.[7][8] Her short "Promise" was written by Amanda Doiron, and it was one of the first things she wrote when she started at Respawn.[9]
- Horizon is named after Mary Somerville.[10]
[ | ]
- In "The Broken Ghost" quest, Ash recites some lines from Horizon. Lifeline comments Ash "tried to be a 'wee bit' Scottish."
- At the end of the Season 6 gameplay trailer, Kuben Blisk says "Something big is on the horizon."
- In "The First Ship" quest, Kuben Blisk tells Ash that "an old friend of hers is back", with Horizon resurfacing at almost the same time. Season 11's quest Chapter 1 confirms that Blisk was indeed referring to Horizon.
- On October 13, 2020, the first set of gravity lifts, that were placed around Kings Canyon and World's Edge at the start of Season 6, began to activate. Horizon asks the player to meet her in the Firing Range to do some tests for her. After completing the "A Wee Experiment" challenges, Horizon introduces herself as Dr. Mary Somers, a.k.a. Horizon. The player is given the Horizon's Test Subject badge.
- On the same day, the Apex Legends Champion Edition Trailer was released which teases a new Legend for Season 7 and Horizon's silhouette. When the trailer promotes that the Edition unlocks "9 Legends," Horizon can be seen to the right of the banners in the background, between Rampart and Revenant's heads.
- On October 19th, 2020, the Apex Legends Twitter account tweeted a transmission from Horizon of her saying "branthium" (which was also mentioned by Ash at the end of "The Broken Ghost").
- On October 21st, 2020, the Apex Legends Twitter account tweeted another transmission from Horizon. This time she says "...a wee bit of betrayal...eh, dearie? I was so daft." (These lines were said by Ash at the end of "The Broken Ghost")
- On October 23rd, 2020, the Apex Legends Twitter account tweeted a third transmission from Horizon. She reveals that she is on a ship and has been off-world for 5 months but is scared to do the math for how long that would mean back home (due to time dilation). She is working on how to fuse the branthium without critical mass. She also wonders what "he" is doing.
- On October 26th, 2020, "Promise" was released.
- On October 28th, 2020, the Season 7 Launch Trailer was released.
- On October 30th, 2020, the Season 7 Gameplay Trailer was released.
Trivia[ | ]
- Horizon's black hole ability is similar to the Gravity Star from Titanfall 2.
- At the end of Season 7, players who played Horizon were able to re-route the Phase Runner by activating the panel at Hammond Labs. It would take them to a secret inaccessible area at Bonsai Plaza, to hear a message from Newton, as well as earn some free rewards. Upon completion of the message, the Phase Runner would take the player to Rift Aftermath as normal. (This can only be done once per match by anyone.)
- Her All Charged Up finisher is the only finisher to have ever been changed, as, in the 8.1 Update, the time to complete the finisher was increased from 4.21 seconds to 6 seconds and added a little more animation in the beginning. This is because the finisher was faster than other legends’ finishers before the change, even Pathfinder's Hi-5 finisher, the current fastest finisher in the game, making it one of the most powerful finishers in the game.
Gallery[ | ]
- Videos
- Images
A photograph of Horizon and Newton.
Concept art by Brett Marting.[11]
Concept art by Brett Marting.[11]
Concept art from Ashes to Ash.
![Concept art by Brett Marting.[11]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/apexlegends_gamepedia_en/images/5/54/Horizon_Concept_Art_1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210720032636)
![Concept art by Brett Marting.[11]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/apexlegends_gamepedia_en/images/6/6e/Horizon_Concept_Art_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210720032637)
References[ | ]
- ↑ Horizon Loading Screen Text "A Matter of Time"
- ↑ Respawn on Twitter
- ↑ Respawn on Twitter (2022-08-09). "One more change that didn't quite make it into the patch notes: ...".
- ↑ Horizon was originally a Fire Type, and this was what it was like (Apex Legends)
- ↑ Apex’s Horizon went from an “evil genius CEO” with fire abilities to an endearingly odd scientist who slings black holes
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tommiecas/status/1518699930914676736
- ↑ Amanda Doiron on Twitter
- ↑ Amanda Doiron on Twitter
- ↑ Amanda Doiron on Twitter
- ↑ RV-YaBoiBrian on Reddit
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 ArtStation - Apex Legends, Brett Marting
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