In Apex Legends you gain experience and level up after each map, starting from level one. Leveling up earns players Apex Packs and Legend Tokens and you do it just by playing, however, winning games and getting kills will earn you more experience. The game hasn’t been out for very long but we imagine some of the more avid players are a pretty high level by now. You might be wondering what the level cap is and what happens when you reach it, so we’ve got you covered there. According to the FAQ page for Apex Legends, the level cap is currently 100 but players will still earn Legend Tokens through gaining XP in matches. This means that even though you’ve reached the cap, there’s still a reason to keep on playing and grinding. Here’s what EA writes about the level cap: Players can increase their Player Level by earning XP from playing matches. Each time a player levels up, they will earn rewards like an Apex Pack, Legend Tokens, or both. Player Level caps at 100. After reaching Level 100, players can earn additional Legend Tokens by gaining enough XP during matches. The first season of Apex Legends begins in March and will come with a Battle Pass. It’s unclear what will happen to your player level at the point. Fortnite, for example, levels up both your Battle Pass and your player level each season so we could see something similar in Apex Legends. We don’t yet know what will be coming with the Battle Pass once it launches so you’ll have to stay tuned for that. We can confirm it will be a mixture of seasonal cosmetics and Apex Packs and will not include exclusive Legends. What we do know is Apex Legends has taken the battle royale world by storm and has consistently topped Fortnite on Twitch since its release, proving it has some staying power. Apex Legends is out now for PS4, Xbox One and PC. See Also<doc-sep>Apex Legends is a battle royale game that features eight different playable 'Legends', all equipped with unique skill-sets to aid them in battle. Each character has definite strengths and weaknesses, and some are generally more useful than others. For those who wish to give this new game a try, here is an early character tier list and guide for the eight different characters the game features. S-Tier Great Legends for Any Situation Lifeline Team Utility: ★★★★★ Combat: ★★★★☆ Tactical Ability: D.O.C Heal Drone - Call out a drone that heals nearby teammates over time. Passive Ability: Combat Medic - Revive knocked down teammates faster than normal while being protected by a shield wall. Healing items are 25% faster to use. Ultimate Ability: Care Package - Call in a drop pod that carries 3 high-quality defensive gear and/or weapon attachments. The first Legend featured on this list is Lifeline. Lifeline is the "medic" or "support" character of Apex Legends, and her skill kit revolves around supporting her teammates through healing and providing them with gear. Her tactical ability, D.O.C Heal Drone, is a tool that can be dropped to heal Lifeline or all three members of a squad simultaneously. Her passive ability also grants her a shield when performing a revive on downed teammates, making for more secure revives in all situations. The second part of Lifeline's passive, 'healing items are 25% faster to use', is one of the core reasons why Lifeline's fragging capability is so great despite the fact that she's a support character. During a gunfight, she can patch herself up quickly in tight situations - especially if you use your drone in combination with your healing items, allowing for an aggressive type of gameplay. Her ultimate ability, Care Package, drops a pod from the sky that contains three pieces of loot, ranging from defensive equipment to weapon attachments. This ability provides under-geared teammates with high-quality loot, and it could be a game-changer, especially in the early stages of a match. You can even use it as a deployable cover in the later rounds of a game! Bangalore Team Utility: ★★★★★ Combat: ★★★★☆ Tactical Ability: Smoke Launcher - Fire a smoke canister that explodes into a cloud of thick smoke on impact. Passive Ability: Double Time - Taking fire while sprinting makes you move faster for a brief time. Ultimate Ability: Rolling Thunder - By throwing a flare, call in an artillery strike that slowly creeps across the landscape. Rockets lodge themselves into the ground before exploding. Unlike most other FPS games, where anyone can equip themselves with smoke grenades, Apex Legends feature only one character that can produce smoke clouds for cover. Smoke bombs are extremely useful in basically every battle royale shooter they are a part of, and Apex Legends is no exception. The applications are varied and often vital; using a smoke bomb, you can revive downed teammates with relative safety, create temporary cover in sticky situations, and make your run to the next building safer. Bangalore can hold up to two smoke canister charges, and their charge up is relatively quick, so don't be too conservative about using them to aid yourself and your teammates. Bangalore's passive ability, Double Time, briefly increases Bangalore's movement speed if she is shot while sprinting. This ability greatly increases Bangalore's chances of escaping from a disadvantageous gunfight and allows her to reposition around an area quickly. Paired with the Smoke Launcher and her ultimate ability, Bangalore can sow chaos on the battlefield, making her a very efficient fragger. Lastly, Bangalore's ultimate ability, Rolling Thunder, calls down volleys of rockets around the flare that she throws. Upon impact, the rockets lodge onto the earth and explode after a brief delay. Those caught in the explosion take damage and become dazed. This crowd control ability could be used to draw people out from hiding and/or secure an area. Be careful though, the rockets cover quite a distance, and they could daze you and your teammates as well! Synergizes well with Bloodhound, and the Threat Detector weapon attachment. A-Tier Solid Picks, Combat Oriented Wraith Team Utility: ★★★☆☆ Combat: ★★★★★ Tactical Ability: Into the Void - Enter and quickly traverse through void space, keeping you safe from all damage for a short amount of time. You cannot perform any other action while in the void. Passive Ability: Voices from the Void - A voice warns you when danger approaches. As far as you can tell, it’s on your side. Ultimate Ability: Dimensional Rift - Link two locations with portals for 60 seconds; gain increased movement speed between portal casts and your entire team can use them. Wraith is the 'rogue' character of Apex Legends, and she possesses two very powerful abilities. Her tactical ability, 'Into the Void', is one of - if not the most powerful personal Tactical Ability in the game; it allows Wraith to become immune to damage for a short amount of time while gaining increased movement speed. This ability allows Wraith to play quite aggressively as a flanker, since she can weave in and out of fights. It's also worth noting that Wraith takes no damage from the circle when she is in the void. Wraith's passive ability, 'Voices from the Void', is an ability that warns the player if an enemy is either looking or aiming at Wraith. This is a very powerful scouting tool that helps Wraith and her teammates get a general idea of where the enemy is located in large open areas. Her ultimate ability, 'Dimensional Rift', allows Wraith to link two locations via portal . A portal is opened upon the first cast and Wraith is granted a movement speed buff; cast the ability again to place the second portal. Your whole team can use the portals to quickly travel between locations (but keep in mind that enemy Legends can use the portal as well). This ability can be very useful for your team in a wide variety of situations. Some examples include: scouting with the rift to either escape any danger you meet or allow your teammates to quickly join you when an area is secure, and making your escape if your team is sandwiched between two or more teams. Since she does not have to rely on teammates as much, Wraith is an excellent choice for solo play and is one of the more popular characters in Apex Legends. Bloodhound Team Utility: ★★★★☆ Combat: ★★★☆☆ Tactical Ability: Eye of the Allfather - Briefly reveal hidden enemies, traps, and clues throughout structures in front of you. Passive Ability: Tracker - See tracks left behind by your foes. Ultimate Ability: Beast of the Hunt - Enhances your senses, allowing you to move faster while highlighting your prey. Bloodhound is a hunter-like Legend that can track enemies through their footprints and other assortments of clues left behind by them. His entire skill kit is built around effectively locating enemies, and that is why Bloodhound makes an excellent scout. Bloodhound's tactical ability, 'Eye of the Allfather', reveals enemies and clues in a small circle around him. Although this ability sounds like gold on paper, in actual practice, its small range and the fact that the enemies can see your cast - revealing your own location - makes this ability very lackluster in most situations. Where this ability is most useful is when you're tracking down that last member of a squad or when you know when an enemy squad is in your building. What really makes Bloodhound useful is his passive and ultimate ability. Bloodhound can spot fresh footprints and even see how old they are with his passive ability. With the information from the prints, Bloodhound can generalize which direction the enemies went, and how far they are. His ultimate ability, 'Beast of the Hunt', grants Bloodhound increased movement speed and turns his vision black-and-white while highlighting enemy Legends in red. This ability is an incredible scouting tool that allows Bloodhound to spot distant enemies with ease. As this ability comes with a very long skill duration and a short skill cooldown, you don't need to be too conservative with this ability. The increased movement speed and the ability to more easily spot your enemies can also give you an edge in gunfights. One element that makes Bloodhound less desirable to play solo is that you need to be able to communicate with your team to make full use of his kit. Your teammates can't see the tracks that you are seeing, so make sure to actively feed them information! Mirage Team Utility: ★★☆☆☆ Combat: ★★★★★ Tactical Ability: Psyche Out - Send out a holographic decoy to confuse the enemy. Passive Ability: Encore! - Automatically drop a decoy and cloak for five seconds when knocked down. Ultimate Ability: Vanishing Act - Deploy a team of Decoys to distract enemies while you cloak. Mirage is an offensive Legend that uses decoys to confuse his enemies. His Tactical Ability, 'Psyche Out', sends out a holographic decoy that runs in the direction that the player cast the skill. This ability could be used very creatively in the game; some examples include: to scout, to lure enemies out, and to cover a flank. The ability also has a very low cooldown, allowing Mirage to constantly cause confusion on the battlefield. Mirage's ultimate ability, 'Vanishing Act', works similarly to Wraith's Tactical Skill in terms of it being an escape tool, but Mirage's is a bit more powerful as it doesn't leave behind a trail; it almost always guarantees a safe escape. Upon cast, Mirage deploys a number of decoys that stand still around him, while he himself turns completely invisible for a short amount of time. With this ability, Mirage can escape sticky situations to quickly reposition around an area and start causing chaos again with his decoys. Mirage can feed his team information by using his decoys as a tool to draw out enemy fire and is an excellent fragger due to the nature of his kit. One big downside to Mirage is that his tricks don't always work, especially against players that have played Mirage frequently themselves. Against experienced players, you will need to be more creative with how you use your decoys. B-Tier Situational Legends Pathfinder Team Utility: ★★★☆☆ Combat: ★★★☆☆ Tactical Ability: Grappling Hook - Grapple to get to out-of-reach places quickly. Passive Ability: Insider Knowledge - Scan a survey beacon to reveal the ring’s next location. Ultimate Ability: Zipline Gun - Create a zip line for everyone to use. Pathfinder is a Legend that packs a lot of vertical mobility, and he has the highest skill-ceiling out of every Legend in the game. His Tactical Ability is a powerful tool that allows for fast movement and lets Pathfinder reach places that other Legends would struggle to get to. He can also gain insane momentum through his Grappling Hook to catapult himself across the air at incredible speeds. Combined with his Ultimate Ability, Pathfinder has the potential to be a great scout/flanker as he is the best Legend at utilizing high ground. One big reason why Pathfinder isn't that appealing to play, however, is that his Passive and Ultimate Ability doesn't provide much in terms of combat utility. In addition, both of his active abilities rely on nearby terrain and his passive ability is very situational. In the hands of an experienced player, Pathfinder could be a monster of a Legend; flanking with his Grappling Hook and providing his teammates with the utility to effectively traverse through an area. However, as a big portion of his kit is situational, and many hours of practice is required to perfect his Grappling Hook, he is placed on the B-tier of this list. Gibraltar Team Utility: ★★★★☆ Combat: ★★★☆☆ Tactical Ability: Dome of Protection - Throw down a dome-shield that blocks attacks for 15 seconds. Passive Ability: Gun Shield - Aiming down sights deploys a gun shield that blocks incoming fire. Ultimate Ability: Defensive Bombardment - Call in a concentrated mortar strike on a marked position. Gibraltar is the "tank" of Apex Legends, and is suitably the largest Legend in the game. Gibraltar is a strong gunfighter due to his Passive Ability.<doc-sep>
Mirage is a unique looking character. Using technology to create holograms of himself, he can be used to misdirect other squads while you sneak up and destroy them. Both Caustic and Mirage are the only two Legends stuck behind a paywall, so you will need some Apex coins to get them out. What if you hate spending money in games? There is a way to unlock Mirage without spending your hard-earned pennies but it can't be done on day one. Each time you level up you are awarded 600 legend tokens and you can unlock the Player characters at 12,000 tokens. That means you will need to reach level 20 before you can "purchase" them for free. If you can't wait that long or you are happy to give Respawn some money, here is the quickest way to do it. Products used in this guide How to unlock mirage Just follow these simple steps: Head over to the The Microsoft Store to pick up at least 1,000 Apex Coins. Log in to your Xbox account to make sure your Apex Coins go to the right account. Turn on your Xbox One. Launch Apex Legends. In the main character select screen, press RB to navigate over to the Store tab. Once in the Store tab press RB again until you reach the legend tab. Cursor over to the icon of Mirage and press A to select him. Here you can use 750 Apex coins or, if you have leveled up sufficiently, use your legend points to purchase him. Select Unlock with x where x is the currency of choice. You will have access to Mirage in your character roster and will be able to unlock all of his cosmetics as you play. Mirage looks like one of the more unique Legends, as he has a lot of illusion based powers. Related: Unlock Caustic Our top equipment picks These are the only two things you need to buy to unlock Mirage, and the game Apex Legends is free to play.