Apex Legends Season 17: Arsenal is nearly here, with less than 24 hours left before launch. Today, Respawn gave players a good look at the stylish new cosmetics scheduled to hit Apex Legends when Arsenal goes live tomorrow, May 9.
With this season’s debut legend, Ballistic, being known for taking down the competition in style, it’s no surprise that the Arsenal battle pass would lean into Ballistic’s over-the-top aesthetic. As seen in the trailer, the Arsenal battle pass is stuffed to the gills with 110 levels of eye-catching cosmetics with a deadly-but-beautiful flair.
Horizon’s new “Singularity Specialist” Legendary-tier cosmetic skin takes center stage in the new trailer–or was meant to, anyway. But for all its charm, Horizon’s new skin was immediately overshadowed by Wattson’s Legendary-tier “System Shock” cosmetic skin, a brightly-colored cyberpunk getup that features a purple-haired Wattson sporting heterochromatic eyes–one of which appears to be artificial. New legend skins for Lifeline, Gibraltar, and Season 17’s debut legend, Ballistic, are also featured in the trailer, but players will have to wait until launch day to learn more about those skins.
As for weaponry, there’s a lot to love in Season 17’s battle pass, with the trailer allowing viewers to catch a glimpse of several gorgeous weapon skins, but unfortunately, not all of them are named. One weapon skin this does not apply to, however, is the Legendary “Pulse Eater” Devotion LMG weapon skin, which is named and shown in detail in the new trailer.
The Arsenal battle pass also continues Apex’s tradition of including two Legendary-tier Reactive weapon skins–special skins that (temporarily) evolve in appearance throughout the course of a match as players rack up kills. This season, the CAR SMG is getting the Reactive weapon treatment with the inclusion of the “Frontier Faithful” and “Outlands Obliterator” Reactive weapon skins in the Arsenal battle pass. As with all previous seasons, the first Reactive weapon skin can only be unlocked by reaching level 100 of the battle pass. Players who go above and beyond, grinding out 10 extra bonus levels on their Arsenal battle pass will receive the second Reactive weapon skin when they hit level 110, completing the battle pass.
Obviously, players won’t get a look at the entire collection of seasonal battle pass cosmetics until Arsenal goes live tomorrow, but from what we’ve seen so far, it’s unlikely that players will be disappointed. Just like the trailer says, the Arsenal battle pass is almost certainly guaranteed to keep you “locked, loaded, and looking good.”
Apex Legends Season 17: Arsenal goes live tomorrow, May 9 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.
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