Newcastle

Newcastle
Mobile Guardian
Details
Real Name	Jackson Williams
Alias	Lamont Craig
Gender	Male
Age	40
Homeworld	Gridiron
Gameplay
Legend Type	Defensive
Tactical Ability	Mobile Shield
Passive Ability	Retrieve the Wounded
Ultimate Ability	Castle Wall
Passive Perk	Fortified
Real-world Info
Voice Actor	Gabe Kunda

Newcastle is a Legend introduced in Season 13 that is locked from the base game. He can be unlocked using digital currency: either 12,000 or 750.

Abilities

Mobile Shield

	Tactical	Q///
	Mobile Shield
	Description	Throw a drone that projects a moveable energy shield.
	Cooldown	15 seconds

• Info
• Interactions
• Tips

• Throws a drone that projects a large shield in front of it.
  • Maximum throw distance is 25m; it will then travel to the reticle
  • If the drone hits an enemy, it will deal 20 damage.
• Mobile Shield's movement speed is equivalent to crouch speed with weapons out.
• Lasts 20 seconds unless destroyed. A loud hum can be heard when the drone is about to fade out.
• Press the tactical button again to target a new location for it to float to, without changing shield's orientation
  • Doing so within 5m radius of the drone, and turning up to 90 degrees (oriented relative to the drone), will also reorients the front toward the marker on the ground, in addition to move the drone to the marker
• The shield consists of an upper half and lower half. Each half has 350 health, and can be destroyed separately.

Newcastle and his squadmates cannot damage a friendly shield, nor shoot through it.

Cuts off line of sight for Wattson's Perimeter Security fences, deactivating them.

Due to the fact that the shield is slow in movement, consider the general vincinity of where you will fight.

Due to above, consider its overall cooldown time as 35 seconds instead.

The Mobile shield's effective range is anywhere you have line of sight.

• Deployment provide users a safe space to confirm enemy's precise location

If your fighting area is small, consider throwing the shield close to you (so it will deploy soon), then redirect it to your destination.

As the shield works from either faces, when escaping from a fight with enemies firing from behind, throw it in front of you close to your feet, and then redirect toward your running direction.

Retrieve the Wounded

	Passive
	Retrieve the Wounded
	Description	Drag downed allies as you revive and protect them with your Revive Shield.
	Cooldown	?

• Info
• Interactions
• Tips
• Bugs

• Pressing "use" once to start the revive process.
  • Player does not have to hold down the "use" to complete the revive.
  • Press "use" again to cancel revive.
• The health of the Revive Shield is dependent on the level of Newcastle's Knockdown Shield:
  • Level 1: 150
  • Level 2: 250
  • Level 3/Level 4: 500
• The Knockdown Shield starts to regenerate after [?] seconds and takes [?] seconds to fully recharge.

When Revenant's Silence hits the reviving player, it cancels the revive.

If a Newcastle is silenced by Silence, then he can no longer shield-and-drag teammates, and instead will manually revive teammates.

Cannot drag himself around while using Self-Revive

Cannot utilize Wraith's portal while reviving

Conducting the following actions while reviving will automatically disengage the revive:

• Falling
• Using Gravity Cannon
• Using Octane's jump pad
• Using Horizon's gravity lift

Since you do not need to hold down the "use" button, you have extra finger dexterity to move around, and even redirect your mobile shield if you had it out.

Note that using the passive to revive has a loud audio cue, in addition to being visible

• A way to stealth the revive is to drop the knockdown shield before using it; however, the sound of revive still remain.

A get-around the slow recharge of the knockdown shield is to drop it and pick it back up.

While you cannot use Wraith's portal while reviving, you can still drag your teammate. Thus it is still viable to drag and "revive" your teammate to a wraith's portal for safety.

Reviving a squadmate in Battle Royale causes the Knockdown Shield's health to appear to drop to 0% and not regenerate.

• A get-around the bug is to drop the knockdown shield and pick it back up.

Castle Wall

	Ultimate	Z/+/+/+
	Castle Wall
	Description	Leap to an ally or target area and slam down, creating a fortified stronghold.
	Charge time	2 minutes

• Info
• Interactions
• Tips
• Bugs

• Target an area, which Newcastle will leap to. Upon landing, a large wall will be constructed facing the direction Newcastle is looking.
  • Leaping has a maximum range of 35 meters.
  • Can choose to target a squadmate or squadmate's Death Box to land on, which extends the range to 75 meters.
  • Knockback will occur when landed near the enemy.
• Maximum 1 wall; the old wall is taken down when Newcastle land and make the wall.
• The wall is made of 9 segments, each with 750 health.
  • The segments in the middle and the ends are much larger than the other six.
  • Newcastle can take down segments of his wall by pressing H//.
  • Each part of the wall can be destroyed with 2 melee attacks.
  • The short segments, when destroyed by attacks, will also bring down the other short segments near them
• The outward facing side is electrified for 30 seconds, stunning and dealing 20 damage to enemies who attempt to climb over it.
• If Newcastle uses the ultimate, but for some reason does not land and make the wall (including being downed), 70% of the charge is refunded.

If Newcastle targets a squadmate to land on, the flight path will adjust to account for their movement, even if they use an ability like Burglar's Best Friend or Death Totem which teleports them. However, if the squadmate teleports more than 75 meters away, the jump is simply canceled.

You can turn around mid-leap to orient the wall differently.

You don't need direct line of sight to target a squadmate to land on. As long as there's a viable flight path, you can jump to them.

• You can also target squadmates who are far above you.

You can target a teammate's deathbox at any distance, and fly for 200 meters before stopping. Since the wall isn't placed, the ultimate charge will be refunded to 70% at such situation.

Fortified

	Perk
	Fortified
	Description	Incoming damage reduced by 15%. Not slowed by bullets.
	Cooldown	?

• Info
• Tips

• Take 15% less damage from every attack, except headshots.

Don't overestimate this ability, 15% less generally translates to surviving 1 more shot.

Lore

Main article: Newcastle (Character)

“

Lamont Craig wasn’t like other dads in the neighborhood. Sure, he dropped the kids off at school and acted out multiple voices every night for Story Time with his toddler. But Lamont had secrets—the first being his real name, Jackson Williams. A top soldier for the IMC, Jackson went AWOL when he ignored direct orders to fight what he believed was a losing battle. He knew he would never be safe from the remnants of the IMC--and neither would his sister, Anita, as long as she was with him. So when he was presumed dead in a ship explosion, he used that opportunity to leave his life behind, even if it meant leaving her behind too. Years later, "Lamont" moved to an idyllic little town called Harris Valley, where he fell in love and got married. Harris Valley was so peaceful that they didn’t need law enforcement. All they needed was their knight, Newcastle. But the knight had secrets of his own: Newcastle had sold off the town to pay off his debts, and thugs from a gang called the Forgotten Families came to collect. They killed Newcastle when he couldn’t pay, unaware that Lamont was watching. He defeated them using his military acumen, but the Forgotten Families had plenty of reinforcements. So Lamont came up with a dangerous solution. With Newcastle’s armor, he could take on his identity and do what Newcastle could not: get into the Apex Games. With prize money like that, he could definitely pay off the debts. But not without the risk of being discovered by his little sister, the Apex Legend, Bangalore.

Cosmetic items

Skins

There are a total of 44 Legend skins for Newcastle; 5 Legendary, 7 Epic, 16 Rare, and 16 Common.

• Legendary
• Epic
• Rare
• Common

• 

  Complex Rebirth
  1,200

• 

  Green Mosaic
  1,200

• 

  Starbound Savior
  1,200

• 

  Valiant Defender
  1,200

• 

  Heroic Command
  3,000

Note:

Story:

• 

  Daemon Hunter
  400

• 

  Fiber Optics
  400

• 

  Hack the System
  400

• 

  Heat Sync
  400

• 

  User Friendly
  400

• 

  Firewall
  Level 1

• 

  Stone Skies
  May 2022

• 

  Alpha Royal
  60

• 

  Arachnophobia
  60

• 

  Bloodline
  60

• 

  Dire Wolf
  60

• 

  Disruptor
  60

• 

  Formal Finery
  60

• 

  Labyrinth
  60

• 

  Prowess
  60

• 

  Racing Stripes
  60

• 

  Snakeskin
  60

• 

  Super Rad
  60

• 

  Unholy Alliance
  60

• 

  Volcanic
  60

• 

  Wallflower
  60

• 

  Wishbone
  60

• 

  Golden Guard

• 

  Original
  Default

• 

  Amethyst
  30

• 

  Arctic
  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

• 

  Yellowjacket
  30

Finishers

• Crushing It
  Default

• Franchise Player
  1,200

• (Unnamed finisher) - Default

Badges

See: Newcastle/Badges

Emotes

• Ground Pound - 1,200
• Rhythm Machine - 600
• Working the Angles
• Standing Guard - Default

Skydive Emotes

• One, Two, Three
  Level 2

• Air Defense
  Level 91

Banner Frames

• Legendary
• Epic
• Rare
• Common

• Broken Promises - 1,200
• Golden Age - 1,200
• Last Stand - 1,200
• Stacked Defense - 1,200
• To Family - 1,200

• 

  The Hot Seat
  Level 42

• 

  Cellular
  May 2022

• Abandoned Past - 60
• Astonishing Tale - 60
• Guardian's Mark - 60
• Strapped In - 60
• The Great Guardian - 60

Castle Call - 30

First Deploy - 30

Hidden Hero - 30

Unbreakable - 30

Holosprays

Main article: Holospray

• 

  Wham!
  1,200

• 

  Defense!
  400

• 

  Flex
  400

• 

  Got Your Back
  400

• 

  Hometown Hero
  400

• 

  I Bring Justice And Wins!
  400

• 

  Need A Protector?
  400

• 

  No Matter What, I'll Be Here
  400

• 

  Run It
  400

• 

  Time To School Y'all
  400

• 

  Duty. Fidelity. Honor.
  3,000

• 

  You Can't Choose Your Family
  Level 43

Emotes

• Ground Pound - 1,200
• Rhythm Machine - 400
• Standing Guard - Default

Transitions

Main article: Transition

Music Packs

Main article: Music Pack

• Newcastle - Level 77

Voice lines

See: Newcastle/Voice Lines

History

Patch notes

May 10, 2022 Patch

• Introduced.

Development

• According to former writer Tom Casiello, Jackson was originally intended to be a Legend known as Downfall, who was an anarchist and a protester, had bomb-throwing abilities, and would have came out in 2020 or 2021. This also would have put him in direct conflict with his pro-military sister, Bangalore. However, releasing such a Legend at the height of Black Lives Matter protests would have been disastrous and the idea was abandoned. Furthermore, Downfall got shelved when his designer left Apex Legends.
• Newcastle's modern kit is based on a prototype Legend named Axiom. This character was designed based on a "defensive push," containing the mobile shield but having more of a "breach-and-clear" playstyle. Axiom was scrapped out of belief that their kit would be too selfish.
  

Teasers

• Jackson Williams was introduced early on as a background character, being the missing brother of Bangalore.
• Newcastle was first mentioned in a Season 4 teaser.
• On April 22, 2022, the Apex Legends Twitter account posted an image of Bangalore reviewing Jackson's autopsy report.
• On April 23, 2022, the Apex Legends Twitter account posted an image of Bangalore viewing her empty dropship quarters, preparing to return to Gridiron.
• On April 24, 2022, the Apex Legends Twitter account posted an image of various Legends preparing for Bangalore's farewell party.
• On April 25, 2022, the Season 13 Launch Trailer was released, which confirm Jackson being Newcastle, the Legend for Season 13.
• On April 27, 2022, the Apex Legends Twitter account posted an image of Newcastle's workbench.
• On April 28, 2022, "Hero" was released.
• On May 2, 2022, the Season 13 Gameplay Trailer was released.
• On May 5, 2022, Newcastle's Character Trailer was released.

Datamined and Leaked Data

Newcastle was never heard from again until a leak that happened during Season 12, where he appears along the other Legends in the Legends menu. A massive leak on March 22, 2022 showed Newcastle's full model, abilities, and some of his cosmetic items. The only difference between leaked version and the release version is the Mobile Shield is unbreakable in the leaked version.

During The Williams Sendoff, A line in the Korean Subtitle utilized "Newcastle" in places where "Jackson" would have been for other language.

Trivia

• Newcastle is the only Legend with a finisher that is exclusively used against a particular legend, that being Bangalore.
  • This also makes Newcastle the only Legend with two default finishers.
• A previous version of his official bio on the EA webpage implied the main reason he left the IMC is due to epiphany of IMC's war crimes, emphasizing on him being on the side of "bad guys" ; this was brought up by some players and was eventually corrected on the English version of the webpage. Other language's version of Jackson Bios, such as those in Chinese, retain the translation of the old write up.

Gallery

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  Newcastle with his helmet off.

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  Jackson Williams alive in 2727.

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  Jackson and Bangalore share a Red Velvet cake on Hestia II.

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  Jackson's alleged autopsy.

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  Newcastle confronting the beast on Storm point.

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