The Winter Wipeout midseason 27 patch in Apex Legends has introduced a new limited-time event built around hoverboards on Olympus, expanded Wild Card modifiers, and major balance updates for multiple Legends.
You can drop into a Wildcard playlist where every squad member starts with a Hoverboard that supports double jumps, wall rides, high-speed rams, and trick chains that convert directly into EVO gains. Alongside the new Brain Freeze, Love Potion, and Protective Launch Wild Cards, several existing modifiers stay in rotation.
Coming to Legends, Octane, Crypto, and Newcastle have received reworks when it comes to healing, reposition, and supporting. The update also delivers targeted weapon buffs to staples like the R-301 and Flatline, quality-of-life changes to respawn and supply bins, and optimization passes on Olympus. Here’s a complete rundown of the Apex Legends mid-season 27 patch notes.
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Full Apex Legends midseason 27 patch notes
Winter Wipeout event overview
Winter Wipeout runs from Jan. 6 to 27, with its limited-time items remaining in the shop until Feb. 10, 2026. The event centers on the Wildcard mode, where Hoverboards and rotating modifiers redefine how teams take fights and traverse Olympus.
Every player spawns with a Hoverboard in the survival slot that persists through respawns, adding consistent, high-mobility options to each engagement. Hoverboards support double jumps, wall rides, high-fall speed boosts, zipline interactions, sliding for tighter turns, EVO-granting trick chains, and high-speed ramming attacks that damage and knock back enemies.
Three new Wild Cards enter rotation – Brain Freeze for bonus headshot damage and heavy slow, Love Potion for shared consumable healing, and Protective Launch for shield regeneration when using jump pads.
Returning Wild Cards such as Go-Go Ammo, Fast Draw, Burning Rubber, Speedy Charge, and Drone Support stay active.
Legend updates
Octane buff
Octane’s Swift Mend passive now scales with missing health, increasing its base healing from 1.5 to 3.0 health per second and reaching up to nine health per second at low HP.
A new Stim Surge layer allows Octane to restim while already active, granting Fortified, triggering Swift Mend, letting it heal through damage, and reapplying Stim for six seconds at no HP cost with a 20-second cooldown.
While Stimmed, Octane can now sprint and use consumables, with his Stim reuse delay reduced from 1.8 to 0.7 seconds and movement speed increased by five percent.
Jump Pad now folds Mad Hops and Aerial Agility into the base kit, giving two charges, improved double-jump handling, and immediate reuse after landing, with new upgrades like Squad Rush and Triple Jump enhancing team mobility.
Newcastle buff
Newcastle’s Heroes Hustle movement-speed bonus while carrying and reviving is now baseline, cutting the movement penalty from 25 percent to 75 percent.
His tactical gain the Swift Shield speed boost by default, raising movement speed from 160 to 250 while using the ability. Stronghold moves into the base upgrade slot, while Ready To Rumble now reloads weapons and fully regenerates shields when Newcastle completes a revive.
Defensive Line turns the Tactical and Revive Shield into crowd-control tools by knocking back enemies once when they collide with the shields.
Crypto rework
Crypto’s passive now grants long-range Threat Vision while piloting his drone and builds Satellite Imagery into his kit with longer scan duration and a brief EMP scan. His drone launches faster, re-enters more quickly, can collect EVO Harvesters, and benefits from Off the Grid baked in, cloaking Crypto while he is in the drone state.
New upgrades include Ally.MoveTo(), which lets Crypto Trailblaze to all allies, and Power Coupling, which grants Ultimate charge from scan beacons and enemy scans. A known issue currently prevents Crypto from gaining Ultimate charge from continuous scans unless enemies or Crypto leave and re-enter the scan radius.
Weapon balancing changes
AR staples receive minor buffs, with Flatline damage increased from 19 to 20 and R-301 damage raised from 14 to 15 to re-establish them as reliable midrange choices.
Rampage’s Revved energize duration jumps from 90 to 120 seconds with slightly more Revved shots, while Prowler’s burst delay is reduced and its Selectfire damage increased from 16 to 17.
The L-STAR gets increased initial projectile size and further growth over distance, and the RE-45 Burst and Mozambique both see improved or enlarged close-range projectiles, plus recoil improvements for the RE-45.
The Infinite Ammo Amp now applies to Care Package weapons, and extended and weapon supply bin spawn rates are reduced after their map icons returned.
Olympus and map updates
Olympus receives collision and ramp adjustments around the Gravity Engine and the MAZE, extra ziplines and cover at Dockyard, and increased loot density at Somers University’s center.
Additional beacons, ring consoles, cover adjustments, and performance optimizations aim to reduce FPS drops and smooth out combat and rotations across the map.
Playlist, Ranked, and Mixtape rotation
For pubs, Olympus, Storm Point, and Kings Canyon rotate, while Ranked features Olympus, Storm Point, and E-District.
Mixtape from Jan. 6 to Feb. 9 cycles TDM, Control, and Gun Run across locations such as Skull Town, Thunderdome, Fragment, Labs, Barometer, and Wattson Pylon.
Ranked Ladders 6 through 12 run in short windows between Dec. 25, 2025, and Feb. 8, 2026, giving you repeated chances to push for rewards over focused weekend-style bursts. Each ladder has clearly defined four-day start and end dates to structure grind periods throughout the split.
Bug fixes and quality of life
The patch fixes issues with Gun Shield Generator interactions, Heirloom holster-speed inconsistencies, and support-class mobile respawn interactions.
Legend-specific fixes address Mad Maggie’s Fortified tooltip, Valkyrie tactical interruptions, and Vantage’s tactical range finder, while Inbox updates centralize anti-cheat notes, login grants, and important communications.
Audio fixes include restoring the Octane Jump Pad landing sound and removing a high-pitched ringing near the Phase Driver on Olympus.
Event cosmetics add Legendary winter sports skins for Bloodhound, Alter, Fuse, Mad Maggie, Gibraltar, and Newcastle, plus a new Apex Stellaris Prestige skin and finisher for Horizon, all obtainable via event packs, Apex Coins, or Crafting Metals.
You can check EA’s website for more details about the midseason 27 patch.
