Respawn has pulled the curtain back on Apex Legends Season 30, and it is called Marked. The theme is the hunt, and almost every headline change ties back to it, from a top-to-bottom Bloodhound rework to a darker, colder version of World’s Edge. Season 30 goes live on August 3rd, 2026, and it is shaping up to be one of the biggest system-level shakeups the game has seen in a while.
In brief
- Bloodhound gets a full kit overhaul, including a brand new Ultimate that cloaks any Legend who steps inside it.
- World’s Edge returns with three new POIs, the comeback of Sorting Factory, and an aurora borealis lighting up the night sky.
- Corrupted Attachments arrive with real tradeoffs, energy weapons get reworked, and looting is being heavily trimmed down.
- Loba and Rampart both pick up buffs, and Respawn has confirmed Ranked updates are landing in Season 31 ahead of the major Season 32 overhaul.
Apex Legends Season 30 Marked Release Date
Season 30 Marked launches on August 3rd, 2026 across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC through the EA app, Steam, and Epic Games Store. As always, the game stays free to play, so there is nothing stopping you from jumping straight in once servers flip over.
Bloodhound Rework in Apex Legends Season 30
Bloodhound has been the game’s tracker since launch, but the kit has felt increasingly outdated as scan legends fell out of favor. Respawn is fixing that with a complete overhaul designed to lean fully into the hunter fantasy.
The Passive is the first thing that changes how you play. Enemies now leave a glowing trail behind them as they move, which turns Bloodhound into a genuine bloodhound instead of a legend who occasionally spots a footprint. White Ravens have also been improved with better range, and you can now trigger them with a quick glance rather than fiddling with an interaction prompt mid-fight.
The Tactical gets more value too. After the initial scan finishes, Bloodhound now gets additional snapshot scans, which means one press keeps feeding you information instead of giving you a single frame of intel and then going quiet.
The Ultimate is the headline as Beast of the Hunt is gone in its old form, and in its place Bloodhound deploys a device that cloaks every Legend who enters it. Cloaked Legends are not fully invisible, so this is not a free escape button, but the effect lingers for 12 seconds after you leave the area. It breaks the moment you take damage or fire your weapon.
On top of all that, Bloodhound is getting three new Upgrades, which should give you a bit of flexibility depending on whether you want to push intel or lean into the stealth side of the new Ult.
World’s Edge Map Update in Season 30
World’s Edge is back in rotation with a facelift that Respawn is describing with old god aesthetics. The night sky now glows with an aurora borealis, and the whole map has been pushed toward a colder, more ritualistic look that fits the Marked theme.
Three new POIs are joining the map. Bloodhound’s tribe has claimed Climatizer, which now features East Village-style architecture and a massive Longhouse at its center. Survey Camp has been replaced by War Camp, built as a tight arena showdown space where fights are meant to be close and messy. Tree Settlement is the third addition, and it brings vertical movement gameplay to a map that has traditionally been fairly flat outside of a few landmarks.
Longtime players will care just as much about what is coming back. Sorting Factory has returned and is once again competing with Fragment for hot drop traffic, which should finally take some pressure off the middle of the map. Construction stacks are back in Fragment as well, and Rampart has parked Big Maude on top of Landslide.
Corrupted Attachments and Energy Weapon Overhaul
Season 30 is also where Respawn starts messing with weapons at a systems level rather than just tuning numbers.
Corrupted Attachments are the new toy. These are attachments that hand you real power but attach a genuine cost to it. The example Respawn showed off was a corrupted sniper stock that cuts magazine size while boosting rate of fire, reload speed, and weapon handling. So instead of every attachment being a straight upgrade you slap on without thinking, you now have to decide whether the tradeoff actually suits how you fight.
Energy weapons have been completely reworked as well. From what has been shown, energy guns move away from traditional ammo counts and toward a percentage-based system, which is a major departure for guns like the Nemesis. Respawn is also adding visible weapon stats so you can actually see how an attachment changes performance instead of guessing.
Looting Changes and Nerfs in Season 30
Respawn is stripping a lot out of the loot pool. Support Bins and Assault Bins are being removed. Explosive Holds are gone. Loot bin resets are gone. Wildlife loot is gone. Every remaining loot source is being rebalanced around those removals.
Cutting these sources means you spend less time optimizing and more time actually using what you find. It also indirectly nerfs Support legends, who leaned hard on class-specific bins for value, so expect the class meta to shift once players get their hands on it.
Loba and Rampart Buffs in Apex Legends Season 30
Bloodhound is not the only legend getting attention. Loba and Rampart both walk away from this patch stronger.
Loba’s Black Market has been improved and now comes with a reduced cooldown, which matters a lot more in a season where loot sources are being cut. Her Tactical also moves faster and covers more ground, so the bracelet becomes a more reliable escape instead of something you throw and pray about.
Rampart gets a mobility answer to her biggest weakness. She can now move faster while firing Sheila, which means minigun pushes are actually viable rather than a commitment to standing still and dying. On top of that, her Amped Walls build faster and can take more damage before breaking.
Apex Legends 2026 Roadmap Update
Respawn also gave a check-in on the 2026 roadmap, and there is one meaningful change. A Major Ranked Update was already confirmed for Season 32, but the studio decided that asking players to wait until February for movement in the competitive mode was too long.
So Ranked updates are now also coming in Season 31. Respawn says it will keep evaluating, testing, and tweaking throughout Season 30, then deliver impactful changes in Season 31 before doubling down in Season 32. Details are still being held back, but the team has promised more information later this season.
This is a massive shift from Respawn, and the big question is how the loot removals feel in practice, because a hunt only works when both sides have teeth. We will find out on August 3rd.
