Pathfinder

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I’m Marvin, but my best friends call me Pathfinder. I love being an Apex Legend because that means my banner is on display for everyone in the Outlands to see, especially my creator whoever they are. Competing alongside so many skilled fighters each match is really cool and it makes me very excited to know that I am everyone’s favorite squadmate to fight with; my friend Mirage told me that. He also said that I don’t get sarcasm, which was also nice to hear...I think.

Pathfinder
Forward Scout
Details
Real Name	MRVN
Gender	Male
Age	75
Date of Birth	Feb 04, 2658
Weight	937 lbs (425 kg)
Height	6'2" (188 cm)
Home World	Unknown
Gameplay
Legend Type	Recon
Tactical Ability	Grappling Hook
Passive Ability	Insider Knowledge
Ultimate Ability	Zipline Gun
Real-world Info
Voice Actor	Chris Edgerly

Pathfinder is a Legend that is free and unlocked in the base game.

Pathfinder is a Recon Legend very useful on movement and rotation. His Grappling Hook ability allows you to reach higher places and to tactically reposition while his Insider Knowledge and Zipline Gun abilities allow him to support your squad by letting them know the position of the next ring and provide a zipline on-the-fly to allow quick escapes and to reposition respectively.

Lore

Pathfinder is the picture of optimism, despite his circumstances. A MRVN (Mobile Robotic Versatile eNtity) modified to specialize in location scouting and surveying, he booted up thirty-three years ago in an abandoned laboratory with no idea who created him or why. With only his MRVN designation to hint at his identity, Pathfinder set off in search of his creator by stowing on merchant ships and traveling everywhere between Solace to Gaea for a couple of years. After one of his legs broke due to someone attempting to steal said leg, he took odd jobs to gain information about his maker and to get the money to fix his leg.

In 2725, while working as a waiter in Malta, he met Victor Maldera who arrested him after inadvertently killing one of the restaurant's customers. Maldera took a look at his logs and saw that Pathfinder was able to witness, and have video evidence, of Alexander Nox's escape from the Humbert Labs. Maldera, who was obsessively pursuing the case, wanted to get a copy of the footage, it was during this that Pathfinder had the first actual clue to one of his creators, a certain Amélie P. The resulting scuffle (due to him witnessing a mafia member murdering another person) had him incapacitated for an unknown amount of time, although he was eventually activated again and promptly resumed his search.

It was during a chance meeting with bartender Elliott Witt in Solace City that he learned about the Apex Games. It has been four years since then, and he has learned a lot from his travels and his experiences in the games, but he was nowhere close to finding his creator than he was before. That was until he found a depreciated MRVN unit on Olympus, and with help from Lifeline, Octane and Gibraltar, find the required battery to power it up. The now-activated MRVN played an audio log that gave Pathfinder more clues about his creator, or creators. With notes from the audio logs on-hand he went on a quest to look for answers from his friends, the Legends.

Abilities

Grappling Hook

	Tactical	Q//
	Grappling Hook
	Description	Grapple to get to out-of-reach places quickly.
	Cooldown	10–30 seconds

• Throws a grappling hook that will attach to the first solid object it hits (including players and ziplines) and pull you towards it.
• The maximum length of the grappling hook is 21 meters. There is a circle on Pathfinder's crosshair that turns blue to indicate when the surface you're pointing at is within grapple range.
• By aiming to the side, you can swing in that direction instead of being pulled straight in. The grapple will disconnect after swinging to a 90° angle, and you will keep your momentum.
• The grappling hook can also attach to players, pulling the two of you together.
• The cooldown's length scales based on the distance Pathfinder travels, with more emphasis placed on horizontal movement. It stops increasing when Pathfinder's velocity returns to standard sprinting speed or after 5 seconds, whichever comes first.

• If you grapple onto a zipline, you will immediately start riding it when you reel yourself in.
• The grapple can attach to Crypto's Surveillance Drone, Loba's Black Market Boutique and Wattson's Interception Pylon.
• The grapple will cancel if you get hit by Revenant’s Silence.

• When your hook connects to a surface, you will get a slight push forward towards the direction you are aiming.
• If thrown at an object while maintaining momentum in a different direction, you will swing while being pulled towards the object, allowing for tactical repositioning.
• Jumping just after the grappling hook reaches a surface will grant you a bit of extra momentum.
• While being an extremely useful tool to reach high positions or just move faster on the map, it can also be used for flanking and evading opponents, which can often turn fights in your favor.
• Keep in mind that both you and your grabbed opponent can continue shooting while the hook is retracting.
• The animation can be canceled at any time by pressing the crouch button or the attack button.

• Grappling a Death Box combined with a Launch Pad will cause the trap to fly upward indefinitely with the player still grappling it.

Insider Knowledge

	Passive
	Insider Knowledge
	Description	Scan a Survey Beacon to reduce the cooldown of Zipline Gun.
	Cooldown	N/A

• Using a survey beacon decreases Pathfinder’s Zipline Gun cooldown by 10 seconds.
• Up to 4 rings means the cooldown can get reduced from 120 seconds down to 80.
• Scanning a survey beacon also fully charges Pathfinder’s ultimate.

• A survey beacon can be used again when the Ring’s next round starts.

Zipline Gun

	Ultimate	Z/+/+
	Zipline Gun
	Description	Create a zipline for everyone to use.
	Charge time	120 seconds

• Creates a zipline between your current location and a target location, which you, your teammates, and enemies can use to move quickly between both points.
• The other end of the zipline can be attached to any surface, allowing them to lead to places that players can't stand.
• The maximum length of the zipline is 100 meters. Up to 4 ziplines can be active on the map at once.

• The Train that moves on the tracks on World's Edge can destroy the zipline.
• Can zoom in about 1.5x while preparing a zipline.

• The zipline is very useful for getting to usually unreachable locations, escaping an unwinnable fight, or just progress quickly on the map (to escape the ring, for example). Ziplines can be deployed to most surfaces, however certain structures (frame of the map) may not be used. You cannot use them to reach "out of the map" zones.
• In an emergency, you can interrupt the use of a zipline by selecting any other item (weapons/healing) or ability (Grappling Hook).
• Remember foes can use them too, don't get cornered or ambushed by your own zipline!
• You can also use this ability to set up an ambush for an enemy squad after your escape, very quickly changing the tables dramatically.
• Remember, a zip line follows a straight line. DO NOT send zip line straight into battle. Going head-on will get you killed.
• If you think your team is in a dangerous position, you can plant a zipline as an escape route. Even though your team might not use it immediately, you can use it as a quick escape route.
• Make use of Pathfinder's passive Insider Knowledge to cooldown zipline faster.

Recon

	Perk
	Recon
	Description	Scan a Survey Beacon to reveal the Ring's next location.
	Cooldown	N/A

• Allows you to access the 12 survey beacons available on the map in any given match to determine the circle location after the currently marked circle.
• The interaction with the survey beacon takes 7 seconds, during which you are vulnerable.

• A survey beacon can be used again when the next round starts.

Cosmetic items

Skins

There are a total of 66 Legend skins for Pathfinder: 20 Legendary, 7 Epic, 23 Rare and 16 Common.

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  Angel City Pacer
  1,200

• 

  Quicksilver
  1,200

• 

  Model P
  1,200

• 

  The Aviator
  1,200

• 

  Omega Point
  February 2019

• 

  Bot of Gold
  10,500
  Needs Quicksilver

• 

  Green Machine
  10,500
  Needs The Aviator

• 

  War Machine

• 

  Iced Out
  Level 25

• 

  Joyfinder

• 

  SRVN MRVN
  1,800

• 

  Pole Position
  6,500
  Needs Angel City Pacer

• 

  Plastic Fantastic

• 

  Waveracer
  10,500
  Needs Angel City Pacer

• 

  Full Metal Robot

• 

  Full Throttle
  Level 25

• 

  Memoir Noir
  2,500

• 

  Friendly Fire

• 

  War Path

• P.A.T.H.

• 

  Hack the System
  400

• 

  Daemon Hunter
  400

• 

  User Friendly
  400

• 

  Heat Sync
  400

• 

  Neural Net
  400

• 

  Sunfire Initiate
  1,000

• 

  Copper Core

• 

  Circuit Breaker
  60

• 

  Woodland Warfare
  60

• 

  Tie Dye
  60

• 

  Tropic Streak
  60

• 

  Head Trip
  60

• 

  Tartan Fleece
  60

• 

  Desert Scorpion
  60

• 

  Bloodline
  60

• 

  Unicornucopia
  60

• 

  Mortal Coil
  60

• 

  Warlord
  60

• 

  Calm Seas
  60

• 

  Wishbone
  60

• 

  Sweet 16
  60

• 

  Crash Test
  60

• 

  Dreadnought
  Level 01

• 

  Hidden Tracks
  November 2019

• 

  BP-1

• 

  Team Lift
  Level 01

• 

  Glistened

• 

  Swimming Buddy
  July 2020

• 

  Score Secured
  500

• 

  Wrapped Up

• 

  Original
  Default

• 

  Midnight
  30

• 

  Cardinal
  30

• 

  Arctic
  30

• 

  Mandarin
  30

• 

  Orchid
  30

• 

  Flamingo
  30

• 

  Clearwater
  30

• 

  Vino
  30

• 

  Evergreen
  30

• 

  Limelight
  30

• 

  Yellowjacket
  30

• 

  Skyward
  30

• 

  Hydro
  30

• 

  Rage
  30

• 

  Sahara
  30

Finishers

Main article: Finishers

• Friendly Introduction
  Default

• Hi-5
  1,200

• Iron Haymaker
  1,200

Badges

Main article: Pathfinder/Badges

Heirloom Set

Main article: Heirloom

Pathfinder's Heirloom Set

This set was made available during the Holo-Day Bash event. Anyone who completed the Holo-Day Bash Collection set was given this automatically.

The set contains:

• A Melee Weapon Skin: Boxing Gloves
• A Banner Pose: Lights Out
• A Kill Quip: "Did you see how great I was? I did all kinds of really amazing moves... are you listening?"

Skydive Emotes

Main article: Skydive Emote

• Hi, Friends
  Level 80

• I Can Fly!
  Level 93

• The Kneeslapper
  Level 13

• Raven Rampage
  Level 68

• Swing And A Miss
  Level 63

Holo-Sprays

Main article: Holo-Sprays

• 

  This Is Going To Be Fun!
  1,200

• 

  Hi, Friends!
  400

• 

  Exciting!
  400

• 

  Oh No
  400

• Low Five - 400
• Stick To Your Guns - 400

Music Packs

Main article: Music Packs

• 

  Pathfinder Music Pack

Loading Screens

Main article: Loading Screens

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  Seeking the Creator
  Level 64

• 

  Pathfinder the Poet
  Level 95

• 

  Seasonal Special
  Level 36

Voice lines

Main article: Pathfinder/Voice lines

History

Patch notes

March 09, 2021 Patch

• Removed Low Profile.

November 04, 2020 Patch

• Grappling Hook:
  • Pathfinder no longer needs to be on the ground for Grappling Hook to be considered finished.
  • The speed to which Pathfinder needs to drop for Grappling Hook to be considered finished was increased from 300 units per second to 500 units per second.
  • Reduced maximum cooldown from 35 seconds to 30.
  • Reduced maximum travel time to 5 seconds, instead of uncapped. This means that effectively, you can never incur more than a 35-second cooldown.
  • The amount of distance you can travel before you hit maximum cooldown was roughly doubled.
• Zipline Gun: Fixed an issue with ziplines going through platforms when deployed from underneath.
• Made adjustments to Pathfinder’s hitbox.

October 12, 2020 Patch

• Fixed an issue with Pathfinder's shoulder staying in view after using Grappling Hook.

October 06, 2020 Patch

• Grappling Hook: Cooldown is now based on the distance traveled. The shortest possible pull has a 10s cooldown; the maximum cooldown is still 35s.

August 18, 2020 Patch

• Insider Knowledge: Changed so that each time Pathfinder scans a survey beacon, Zipline Gun cooldown will be reduced by 10s.

June 23, 2020 Patch

• Grappling Hook:
  • Now canceled when mid-air if silenced by Revenant.
  • Fixed an issue preventing running if a failed grapple occurred.
• Insider Knowledge: Fixed an audio issue with Survey Beacons being too loud when used.

May 12, 2020 Patch

• Grappling Hook: Increased cooldown from 15 seconds to 35 seconds.

April 07, 2020 Patch

• (Undocumented) Grappling Hook: Increased cooldown from 13 seconds to 15 seconds.
• Low Profile: Leg shots now deal as much damage as body shots.

February 04, 2020 Patch

• Made Pathfinder a Recon Legend instead of Support.

October 01, 2019 Patch

• Grappling Hook: Reduced the grapple projectile velocity by 33%, meaning it takes a fraction of a second longer to connect the grapple to the wall. The behavior, once you are connected, remains the same.
• Insider Knowledge: Fixed a bug where Survey Beacon locations would disappear from the full map after activating them.
• Zipline Gun: Increased cooldown from 90 seconds to 120 seconds.

August 13, 2019 Patch

• Made adjustments to hitbox.
• Zipline Gun: Fixed a bug where activating a healing item while aiming the zipline would cancel it.

July 02, 2019 Patch

• Updated the hit box to better conform with the base model.
• Added Low Profile Perk which increases incoming damage by 5%.

June 04, 2019 Patch

• Grappling Hook:
  • When grappling a zipline, the trajectory will now pull players to a point below the zipline rather than above. This makes it so players are more likely to connect with the zipline instead of flying over it.
  • Now has a blue crosshair indicator that will appear when the Grapple is in range of objects it can connect to.
• Zipline Gun: Added cooldown [.5 seconds] before you can reuse the last zipline you were on.

March 19, 2019 Patch

• Adjusted hitboxes for Gibraltar, Caustic, and Pathfinder to better align with their shapes.
• Insider Knowledge: Increased the number of beacons in the world from 10 to 12.
• Zipline Gun: Fixed zipline not deploying when jumping.
• Grappling Hook: Fixed the exploit where you could do infinite wall-climb.

February 19, 2019 Patch

• Grappling Hook: Can now grapple ziplines.

Trivia

• Pathfinder's abilities are derived from Titanfall 2's Grapple tactical ability. His interest in high-fives is a reference to a MRVN who would attempt to high-five players on the dropship, only to become sad when it receives none.
• Pathfinder is one of the only Legends in the game with a custom hitbox. Generally, Legend hitboxes are either small, large, or medium and all Legends within those categories have the same hitbox. Pathfinder was originally given the large hitbox used by Legends like Gibraltar, but because he is so skinny, Pathfinder would get hit by bullets that look like they should miss him. As a result, he was given a unique tall but thin hitbox to better match his model. This dramatically increased his win rate and he had to be given Low Profile to compensate. Pathfinder's hitbox was increased in Season 7 and Low Profile was later removed.
• Pathfinder has many interactions with Bloodhound's raven Artur, who attacks him. In the Season 3 Launch Trailer, Bloodhound kills Pathfinder "for Artur," which could either be for the raven, or for Bloodhound's late uncle that the raven is named after. Bloodhound and their uncle were from a tribe that spurned technology.
• Pathfinder is currently the only legend to switch legend classes. Up until Season 4, he was originally classified as a Support Legend but is now classified as a Recon Legend.
• When asked if Pathfinder ever had sex, community manager Jay Frechette vaguely (and likely jokingly) replied that Pathfinder has been around for a long time and may have stories. However, writer Tom Casiello tweeted that he disagreed with the idea of Pathfinder being with anyone romantically.
• Pathfinder is not capable of lying. Originally there was a segment about it for "The Broken Ghost" but it got cut due to length.
• In the "Family Portrait" comic, Pathfinder goes to a party wearing his SRVN MRVN skin, making that skin canonical. When it was pointed out that Pathfinder changed his entire body just to go to a party, writer Tom Casiello stated the inclusion of the skin was debated internally. Ultimately, "it's just fun" won over logic and Tom asked people not to dwell on it or overthink it.

Gallery

Videos

Images

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  Pathfinder's Memory Log.

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  Pathfinder cleaning windows and dreaming of fame.

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  Pathfinder's Default screen faces.

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  Pathfinder's screen faces for SRVN MRVN skin.

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  Pathfinder's screen faces for Plastic Fantastic skin.

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  Concept art of Pathfinder.

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  Early concept for Pathfinder's banner.

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  Concept art for the survey beacons.

Merchandise

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  A Funko Pop of Pathfinder released on November 2019.