Apex Legends Season 4 Brings Major Loot Changes Including New Sniper Ammo

Apex Legends Season 4 kicked off Tuesday on the one year anniversary of the battle royale's launch.

Season 4, titled Assimilation, introduces a new Legend called Revenant, a new Battle Pass, map changes and re-balances to loot across the map. The loot changes affect sniper rifles, weapons and ammo.

Apex Legends Season 4 Brings Major Loot Changes Including New Sniper Ammo

Here's a full list of the loot changes, according to the patch notes:

New Loot: Sniper Ammo

• All snipers now take new ammo type - Sentinel, Longbow DMR, Triple Take, Charge Rifle
• New attachment: extended magazine for Sniper ammo

Energy Ammo

• Now gives 30 ammo per pickup instead of 20

Removed Loot

• The following items have been removed from the game: Turbocharger hop-up, Extended mags for energy ammo

Gold Backpack

• UI update to better convey to the player when they are using or being revived with the perk

Weapons

Iron sights will be updated during Season 4 to represent more authentic and accurate aiming. The following weapons will be updated during the season:

• Longbow DMR
• Triple Take
• Charge Rifle
• Sentinel
• Havoc
• R-301
• Flatline
• Spitfire
• R-99
• Alternator
• Mozambique
• Mastiff
• RE-45
• Wingman

G7 Scout

• Moved from Sniper to Assault Rifle class
• Now only accepts AR optics and attachments
• Still accepts Double Tap hop-up
• Contributes to stats/challenges for ARs
• Reduced fire rate from 4.5 to 4.0
• Increasing time between shots for Double Tap from 0.425 to 0.475
• Fix bug where G7 had 0 ADS air spread

L-Star

• No longer a crate weapon, can be found around the map
• Uses energy ammo
• Reloading has been removed and the weapon will now overheat
• Damage reduced per shot from 19 to 18
• Rate of Fire decreased from 12 to 10
• Less horizontal view kick

Devotion

• Removed from loot pool and is now a crate weapon
• Magazine size: 54
• Total ammo stock: 162
• Turbocharger functionality

Havoc

• No longer accepts the Turbocharger hop-up but can still equip Select Fire
• Decreased time between shots when using Select Fire from .77 to .56

R-99

• Reduced damage per shot from 12 to 11
• Increased magazine side for first three tiers:
• Base: 18 to 20
• Common: 20 to 22
• Rare: 23 to 24
• Epic: 27

Prowler

• Increased damage per shot from 14 to 15

Hemlok

• Increased single-shot rate of fire from 5.6 to 6.4

Wingman

Adjusted magazine sizes:

• Base: 4 to 5
• Common: 6
• Rare: 8 to 7
• Epic: 10 to 8

EVA-8

• Double Tap hop-up: reduced the delay between bursts from 0.85 to 0.80

Mastiff

• Fixed an exploit that players discovered and reported where you could rapidly fire the Mastiff

Gold Weapons

The following weapons are included in the Gold set for Season 4:

• Havoc
• P2020
• Sentinel
• Prowler
• R-301

Apex Legends Season 4 is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Log in during the first week to receive an Anniversary gift.