Apex Legends Season 29 patch notes: Axle, Deathbox Respawns and more

Apex Legends Season 29: Overclocked is here, and it will bring a variety of content to the battle royale experience. Among the major highlights of the new release is a new legend named Axle, Deathbox Respawns, and more.
The update will go live on May 5, 2026, at 10 AM PT for all regions across the world, and it will provide a much-needed breath of fresh air. You will certainly enjoy all the changes made by the developers.
The section below lists all the new features from the Apex Legends Overclocked patch.

Apex Legends Season 29: Overclocked patch notes

Here are the detailed patch notes for Apex Legends Season 29:

New Legend: Axle (Skirmisher)

• Passive - DRIFT: Axle accelerates faster than other Legends while sliding and has increased lateral control
• Tactical - NITRO GATE: Deploys a speed gate that sends anyone through it into a boosted, high-velocity slide for up to five seconds - affects both teammates and enemies
• Ultimate - KICKSTART: Fires an enemy-seeking drone that tracks targets, launches them into the air on detonation, briefly stuns them, and leaves them exposed
• Level 2 Upgrades: Second Tactical charge or second Ultimate charge
• Level 3 Upgrades: Jump Gate (adds a double-jump to Nitro Gate) or Sliding Shooter (bullets fired while sliding pull from inventory instead of magazine)

New Gameplay Systems

• Deathbox Respawns: Revive teammates directly at their deathbox in 7 seconds - loud and visible to enemies, but respawned players automatically recover unlooted gear; a lockout timer increases with each death
• Respawn Beacon Dropship: Dropship arrival shortened so players re-enter faster; hover time after respawn increased
• Chained Healing: Queue the next healing item before the current one finishes; three settings available - Off, Single, and Auto

Legend Changes

Vantage (Buffed)

• Tactical velocity increased, double jump range extended from 4m to 7m, cooldown reduced from 20s to 17s
• Ultimate gains a toggleable Canted Sight (2x optic), default normal scope increased from 3x to 4x
• Tracking a team with Spotter's Lens now generates 70% of an ultimate bullet

Conduit (Buffed)

• Split Charge incorporated into base kit, granting two charges by default
• Regen duration reduced from 9s to 6s; cooldown adjusted to 27s; cooldown delay removed

Ash (Buffed)

• Passive cooldown reduced from 12s to 10s
• Passive velocity increased from 425 to 450

Alter (Nerfed)

• Tactical cooldown increased from 20s to 25s
• Ultimate range decreased from 300m to 250m; recall time increased; Chase Portal open time reduced from 6s to 4s

Weapons and Loot

• Hemlok Breach AR: Breach Charge cooldown increased from 15s to 25s; now disperses gas and smoke
• L-STAR: Enters Care Package with damage increased from 19 to 20; new Redline Hop-Up added
• C.A.R.: Returns to floor loot; Galvanic Gavel Hop-Up removed; magazine sizes slightly increased
• Light Ammo: Stack size reduced from 72 to 60
• Gold Weapons: Devotion LMG, Hemlok Breach AR, Alternator SMG, Charge Rifle, Wingman

Map Changes

• Storm Point: Tridents removed
• Olympus: Tridents removed
• Broken Moon: Most rotational POI-to-POI Ziprails removed; intra-POI Ziprails remain; two Redeploy Balloons added to west side; two new rotation paths added

Matchmaking

• Solo queue adjustments coming later this split — solo players will matchmake against slightly lower-skill opponents in both Ranked and Unranked
• Longer max queue times for high-skill lobbies maintained to reduce mismatched games
• Limited bot testing continues in select regions for Unranked modes — bots will never appear on your team

Quality of Life and Audio

• Individual voice chat volume controls added for each squad member
• Improved voice chat clarity
• Firing Range gets Infinite Healing Toggle, Self-Revive Toggle, and Rebuild Hardlight Button
• CPU performance improvements on physics calculations, benefiting Ryzen X3D chip users in particular
• Cleaner Ambient Occlusion with new specular occlusion added

This was all you needed to know about Apex Legends Season 29 patch.

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