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Apex Legends Launches Winter Wipeout With Hoverboards, Legend Reworks and Olympus Fixes

The limited-time update functions as a sandbox for hoverboards, fresh Wild Cards, plus broad legend reworks.

Overview

  • Winter Wipeout is live from January 6 to January 27, with event cosmetics remaining in the shop until February 10.
  • Hoverboards arrive in Wildcard as a survival-slot item that persists through respawns and enables double jumps, wall rides, faster ziplines, EVO trick combos, and ramming damage.
  • Octane gains scaling passive healing and a new Stim Surge that grants Fortified and healing through damage, while his Jump Pad now has two charges and improved handling.
  • Newcastle folds movement and revive upgrades into his base kit with new upgrade options, and Crypto streamlines drone play with long-range threat vision, faster launch and reentry, cloaked piloting, and zipline interaction.
  • New Wild Cards include Brain Freeze, Love Potion, and Protective Launch, plus system changes such as team-limited Respawn Beacon use, reduced extended and weapon supply bin spawns, extensive Olympus adjustments, and new winter skins and Horizon’s Apex Stellaris Prestige.