The rarest item inApex Legendsis the coveted Heirloom. These unique melee weapons give awesome animations and are bragging rights forApex Legendsplayers, whether it’s Octane’s butterfly knife, Wraith’s kunai, Pathfinder’s boxing gloves, and so on. Unfortunately, their rarity means that a lot of luck is involved as there is a less than 1% probability of obtaining them.
This luck factor is offset with two systems inApex Legends: collection events and the pity system. Collection events introduce new heirlooms alongside other cosmetics, leading some to buy the heirloom (as is going on withWattson’s heirloomright now). This means buying all the cosmetic packs, which come in at roughly $160 bucks. Otherwise, the pity system guarantees that players get 1 heirloom after opening 500 Apex packs, and a new chart shows how close day one players who have done everything are to this number.
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According to calculations done by Redditor +_nevrmynd on the Mike Zaradona Apex Pack calculator, a day one player who has done everything is currently about 87% of the way to a guaranteed Heirloom (if they haven’t gone one based on luck). This means completing everyApex LegendsBattle Pass, hitting level 500, collecting every free pack and event pack possible, and so on. Including completing this season’s Battle Pass, this means players are about 70 packs away from a guaranteedApex Legendsheirloom.
Given thatApex Legendswas released in 2019, that’s a long time to still be 70 packs away. Day one players may be closer if they have bought packs in the store, but they are also likely further if they haven’t gotten every single thing possible. While this number reflects a day one player who has done everything inApex Legends, players can modify and estimate their own percentagesHERE.
TheApex Legendscommunity may turn out to be a bit dividedwith these numbers. On the one hand, they are supposed to be rare (even if some can be directly bought essentially), but on the other hand, that’s a long time to be at 87%. Some may be especially soured given there are players out there with one, two, or far more based on sheer luck or funds.
It’ll be interesting to see, too, ifApex Legends ever shakes up the current heirloom system. Some players have argued for getting one at level 500, and this could be the caseif Respawn ever increases the player level cap inApex Legendsagain. Perhaps it’ll add them at a faster rate but add something like second heirlooms. It all remains to be seen, but for the hardcore and dedicated player, there are roughly 70 packs left once they complete theApex Legendsseason 11 Battle Pass.
Apex Legendsis available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
