The Ring

Mirage escaping The Ring.

The Ring is a frequently shrinking circular zone, outside of which players will take constant damage. As the game progresses in Rounds, the ring will deal more damage and shrink to smaller and smaller sizes until the whole map is enveloped.

Any recon legend can show their team where the next round's ring will be when they interact with a Survey Beacon.

Stats

Round	Wait period	Time to close	Damage/tick	Ring Diameter after closing
1	3:00	4:20	2	1015m
2	2:30	0:45	3	680m
3	2:15	0:45	10	410m
4	2:00	0:35	20	105m
5	1:30	0:30	20	80m
6	1:30	0:10	15	40m
7	2:00	0:10	15	4m
8	0:20	0:05	25	0m

There is a roughly 60 seconds period before Round 1 starts during which players cannot see where the ring will shrink to. It takes 24 minutes for the Ring to cover the entire map.

Lore

The Ring, formally the "Modified Containment Ring", was commissioned by the Syndicate for the Apex Games, made possible via the work of Natalie Paquette and her father Luc, who died on the day of its unveiling.

Past names for the ring include "The Circle" and "The Forcefield".

History

Patch notes

November 12, 2020 Patch

• Ring 3 damage per tick increased from 5% to 10%.
• Ring 4 and 5 damage per tick increased from 10% to 20%.

November 04, 2020 Patch

• Adjusted Ring damage values for Ring 2 to Ring 7.
  • Ring 2: 3% per tick (from 5%)
  • Ring 3: 5% per tick (from 10%)
  • Ring 4: 10% per tick (from 20%)
  • Ring 5: 10% per tick (from 20%)
  • Ring 6: 15% per tick (from 25%)
  • Ring 7: 15% per tick (from 25%)

July 02, 2019 Patch

• Adjusted Ring values including closing speed, time to wait and damage per tick.

June 13, 2019 Patch

• Reduced Apex Elite Queue Round 1 damage from 15 to 7, Round 2 damage from 20 to 15, and Round 3 damage from 25 to 20.

June 10, 2019 Patch

• Increased damage in Apex Elite Queue to 15 in the first round, 20 in the second, and 25 for all remaining rounds.