Ammo

Apex Legends has five types of ammo. Additionally, there are special ammo types for Supply Drop weapons found in Care Packages.

Light Rounds

Light Rounds or Light Ammo are used by ARs, SMGs, and pistols. They are found in stacks of 20 or sometimes 40, and can be stacked up to 60 in each inventory slot.

Weapons that use Light Rounds tend to have high rates of fire compared to their counterparts.

There are 6 weapons that use Light Rounds.

• G7 Scout - AR
• R-301 Carbine - AR
• Alternator SMG - SMG
• R-99 SMG - SMG
• P2020 - Pistol
• RE-45 Auto - Pistol

Heavy Rounds

Heavy Rounds or Heavy Ammo are used by ARs, LMGs, and pistols. They are found in stacks of 20 or sometimes 40, and can be stacked up to 60 in each inventory slot.

Weapons that use Heavy Rounds tend to do more damage per round compared to their counterparts, but the bullets have lower velocity and a more pronounced drop.

There are 4 weapons that use Heavy Rounds.

• Hemlok Burst AR - AR
• VK-47 Flatline - AR
• M600 Spitfire - LMG
• Wingman - Pistol
• .30-30 Repeater- AR

Energy Ammo

Energy Ammo are used by AR, LMG, and SMG energy weapons. They are found in stacks of 20 or sometimes 40, and can be stacked up to 60 in each inventory slot.

Energy Ammo projectiles have very little projectile drop, are not slowed by drag, and have the fastest flight velocity in each weapon class.

There are 4 weapons that use Energy Ammo:

• HAVOC Rifle - AR
• Devotion LMG - LMG
• L-STAR EMG - LMG
• Volt SMG - SMG

Shotgun Shells

Shotgun Shells or Shotgun Ammo are used by shotguns. They are found in stacks of 8 or sometimes 16, and can be stacked up to 16 in each inventory slot.

There are 3 weapons that use Shotgun Shells:

• EVA-8 Auto
• Mastiff Shotgun
• Mozambique Shotgun

Sniper Ammo

Sniper Ammo is used by snipers. They are found in stacks of 12 or sometimes 24, and can be stacked up to 24 in each inventory slot.

There are 4 weapons that use Sniper Ammo:

• Longbow DMR
• Triple Take
• Charge Rifle
• Sentinel

Drop Rate

NOTE: These do not include ammo stacks that spawn alongside weapons. The rarity of the weapons that use a type of ammo affects the overall rarity of the ammo type.

Ammo	All tiers
Heavy	32%
Light	26%
Energy	26%
Sniper	14%
Shotgun	02%

Special Ammo

Special Ammo are used by Supply Drop weapons. They are unique to the weapon, take no inventory space, cannot be dropped, and cannot be replenished.

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  Special Light Rounds.

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  Special Heavy Rounds.

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  Special Energy Ammo.

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  Special Sniper Ammo.

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  Special Shotgun Shells.

Currently, there are 3 Supply Drop weapons:

• Kraber .50-cal Sniper - uses Special Sniper Ammo.
• Peacekeeper - uses Special Shotgun Shells.
• Prowler Burst PDW - uses Special Heavy Rounds.

History

Patch notes

August 18, 2020 Patch

• Sniper Ammo:
  • Increased pick up from 8 to 12.
  • Increased Stack Size from 16 to 24.
• Energy Ammo:
  • Reduce amount picked up from 30 to 20.

April 07, 2020 Patch

• Sniper Ammo:
  • Reduced ammo per pickup from 10 to 8.
  • Reduced inventory stack size from 20 to 16.

March 03, 2020 Patch

• Light / Heavy / Energy ammo stacks reduced from 80 to 60.

February 04, 2020 Patch

• Added Sniper Ammo for the Sentinel, Longbow, Triple Take, and Charge Rifle.
• Increased Energy Ammo per pickup from 20 to 30.

July 02, 2019 Patch

• Reduced Shotgun Shells stack size from 64 to 16.
• Energy Ammo max stack increased from 60 to 80.

February 22, 2019 Patch

• Fixed exploit where players could refill ammo in the inventory screen for the Kraber .50-Cal Sniper and Mastiff Shotgun.

Gallery

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  Box of Light Rounds.

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  Box of Heavy Rounds.

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  Box of Energy Ammo.

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  Box of Sniper Ammo.

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  Box of Shotgun Shells.

Trivia

• Supply Drop ammo used to be gold along with the Supply Drop weapons themselves. Their rarity was upgraded to red to differentiate them from fully kitted weapons.
• Before the introduction of Sniper Ammo in Season 4, snipers used the other ammo types.
• Non-energy weapons fire orange-yellow projectiles, regardless of if they are using Light Rounds, Heavy Rounds, Shotgun Shells, or Sniper Ammo. Energy weapons fire blue projectiles (or, in the case of the L-STAR EMG, red projectiles).
  • The Charge Rifle, Triple Take, and Peacekeeper are energy weapons, but they do not use Energy Ammo because they are snipers and shotguns. The Charge Rifle and Triple Take used to use energy ammo before the sniper rework. The Peacekeeper never used energy ammo, but its codename is "energy_shotgun" in the files and concept art reveals that it uses "battery shells" for its ammo.
  • Non-energy projectiles can get energized if they pass through Rampart's Amped Cover. Additionally, the Sentinel can temporarily energize itself with its unique charge mechanic.
• There is a myth that Heavy Rounds slow enemies down unlike other ammo types. According to Respawn developer Daniel Klein, all ammo slows non-fortified characters down by 10% for 1/4 of a second. This can only happen once every 3 seconds.