Coinciding with the launch of Apex Legends on Switch, next week the battle royale is getting another Collection Event with a bunch of new cosmetics, a playlist called Ring Fury, and a Caustic Town Takeover. Yeah, I’m not totally sure I want to check out Caustic’s idea of home renovations either.
Starting on 9th March and running until the 23rd, the Chaos Theory Collection Event brings a number of free earnable cosmetics, which largely seem to have an orangey-brown theme. You can earn 1000 points per day, with challenges that refresh daily and additional “stretch challenges” that give out unique badges if completed during the event.
Alongside the free stuff, there’s also a bunch of premium skins that you’ll have to purchase either with Apex Coins or Crafting Metals – or alternatively, through buying Event Apex Packs. If you really want to buy all 24 of these packs (something that in previous events has totalled over £100), you can unlock the new Bangalore heirloom – but this item will also become available through regular heirloom crafting (via Apex Packs) once the event is over.
The Ring Fury playlist, meanwhile, is a new mode for Apex that follows regular battle royale rules – but with each round one or two ring flares will appear within the arena, basically creating a bunch more slowly-expanding rings that you’ll need to avoid. As ring flares deal equal damage to the existing overall ring, these will get pretty lethal towards the end of a match. Thankfully, a new item called a heat shield can be thrown down to prevent damage from ring flares – and each player gets given one at the start of a round, with more scattered around the map. The shields also increase the use of healing items by 50 per cent and revives by 25 per cent, but they degrade over time – making them only a temporary shelter.