Apex Legends Season 13 Patch Notes: New Newcastle Legend, Map Update & More

Apex Legends Season 13 kicks off tonight, May 10, and Respawn has just released the patch notes for the new update. The focus of this new update was of course Newcastle, the newest legend to join the games.

Newcastle is a defensive legend who can drag downed allies to safety and protect them with her Shield of Rebirth. The rest of his kit revolves around the use of his various shields, including the Mobile Shield, a controlled drone that creates a moving energy shield.

Other major changes in Apex Legends Season 13 include the “monstrous”Storm Point update. The new POI features a washed up creature known as the Fallen Beast, and it makes for quite an interesting combat zone for players.

Apex Legends Season 13: Saviors Patch Notes

BALANCE CHANGES

Fortified Legends

• Fortified no longer reduces headshot damage

Creating a rotation

• Flatline and Longbow come out and are now the booty of the floor
• Rampage and R-301 go crafting

golden weapon

• Eva-8, Bow, Flatline, P2020, Spitfire

Helmet buff

• Blue helmet headshot damage reduction increased from 40% to 50%.
• Purple helmet headshot damage reduction increased from 50% to 65%.

NEWCASTLE

PASSIVE: DRIVE THE WOUNDED

Drag allies during respawn and protect them with your respawn shield.

TACTICAL: MOBILE SHIELD

Throw a controlled drone that creates a moving energy shield.

ULTIMATE: CASTLE WALL

Jump to an ally or target area and throw down, creating a fortified stronghold.

The new update includes a number of other QOL fixes and bugs, such as one that caused players inside the smoke of Bangalore to inadvertently receive aim assist on targets outside of the smoke. World’s Edge is also getting a bit of love for a makeover, as parts of the map will now have minor adjustments that could potentially make a big difference.

These include redesigned windows in the Lava Siphon lava pit. The loot in gondolas has also been changed, and the chances of finding high-level armor in them have noticeably decreased. Climatizer and Lava Siphon will continue to be high level POIs.