Potential Apex Legends Crypto Heirloom Appears in Leak

A potential heirloom for Crypto may have been spotted in an Apex Legends data mine, suggesting the hacking Legend may be the next to receive one of the rare, prestigious cosmetics.

Frequent Apex Legends data miner KralRindo uncovered the model and animations for a weapon called the Data Knife. Based on the name of the weapon, KralRindo suggested the heirloom would likely go to data scientist Crypto.

While the completeness of the assets could be read to indicate it is nearly ready for release, a more likely explanation exists. The Data Knife was a weapon in both Titanfall games as a default item for all pilots in the game. It is used to hack into Spectres and Turrets and to hang from walls in those games.

Should the Data Knife be reused in Apex Legends, it would not be the first asset to do so. The L-STAR also previously appeared in Titanfall, and many of the game's other weapons are variations on weapons that debuted in Titanfall.

If the Data Knife is to be the next heirloom, it would likely arrive in May, at the start of the next season of Apex Legends.

Previous heirloom sets have gone to Pathfinder, Bloodhound and Wraith.