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Heirlooms in Apex Legends are special melee cosmetic items that can be equipped to unlock unique melee attacks and inspection animations. These cosmetics are extremely rare–and expensive, too–though they can be easier to acquire for a limited time when they’re first added to the game. Here is a complete guide to which legends have heirlooms, how to acquire them, and what they actually do.
What is an Heirloom?
An Heirloom in Apex Legends is a special cosmetic item that gives an individual Legend a special melee animation. The Heirloom does not give Legends a faster or more powerful melee attack; it is just a special animation. Legends will also hold the Heirloom item if they put away their weapons. Additionally, Heirlooms come with a unique banner pose and intro quip.
How to get an Heirloom set
Heirloom sets can be acquired in one of two ways, though the faster and potentially cheaper option is only available for a limited time. Currently, brand-new heirloom sets are added to Apex Legends during collection events. These collection events typically run for about two weeks and have 24 special cosmetic items available for direct purchase or obtainable through special event loot boxes. Purchasing all 24 items in the collection will automatically unlock the new heirloom.
While the items in a collection event can typically be directly purchased or crafted, the cheapest way to get all of them (assuming you don’t have or want to spend any Crafting Metals) will be to purchase 24 event loot boxes. These boxes are typically priced at 700 coins per pack, which equates to roughly $7 USD–although you get bonus coins for larger packs and can get a 10% discount for being a member of EA Play–so purchasing all of the items will take 16,800 Apex Coins, or roughly $168.
However, that number can fluctuate–Respawn has recently started including bundles in collection events that allow you to buy a lot of event-exclusive Apex Packs for cheaper than buying each pack individually, and certain events (like the Anniversary Collection event) don’t charge as much money for each individual pack. They aren’t huge savings (in the Anniversary Collection event’s case, as an example, buying all 24 packs was closer to $140). So it’s going to be very expensive regardless; however, it’s the fastest way to get an Heirloom item when it’s first added to the game.
How shards work
The other way to get an Heirloom item is to open an Apex Pack and earn 150 Heirloom shards. Heirloom shards are given in sets of 150 shards, the exact amount needed to get one Heirloom set. All of the Heirloom items can be obtained this way once they rotate out of their collection event and into the general cosmetic pool, but getting 150 Heirloom shards is a matter of pure luck. There is a less than 1% chance of obtaining these shards whenever you open a regular Apex Pack, although players are automatically guaranteed to earn 150 Heirloom Shards every 500 packs. So you can remove the need for luck by buying 500 Apex Packs, which at a cost of 1000 Apex Coins per pack would cost $500. Players who have all available Heirlooms cannot obtain more shards until a new Heirloom is available.
All Heirlooms currently available
Wraith
Kunai HeirloomFearless Banner Pose”You know what I look like – come find me.” Intro Quip
Bloodhound
Raven’s Bite HeirloomGlory Hound Banner Pose”I honor those who’ve risen, not those who’ve fallen.” Intro Quip
Lifeline
Shock Sticks HeirloomShock Sticks Banner Pose”Check yo self – or wreck yo self.” Intro Quip
Pathfinder
Boxing Gloves HeirloomLights Out Banner Pose”Did you see how great I was? I did all kinds of really amazing moves… are you listening?” Kill Quip
Octane
Butterfly Knife HeirloomSpin and Flick Banner Pose”Run fast. Hit fast. Win fast.” Intro Quip
Mirage
Too Much Witt HeirloomYou Really Love Me Banner Pose”Excited to see you all in the ring. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of ‘mes’ to go around.” Intro Quip
Caustic
Death Hammer HeirloomHammer Time Banner Pose”I look forward to getting my hands on you.” Intro Quip
Gibraltar
War Club HeirloomLike a Rock Banner Pose”When this is over, they’ll all know the name ‘Gibraltar.'” Intro Quip
Bangalore
Cold Steel HeirloomNo Gun, No Problem Banner Pose”Hope you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty” Intro Quip
Revenant
Dead Man’s Curve HeirloomNo Escape Banner Pose”You don’t want to see this up close, skin bag.” Intro Quip
Rampart
Problem Solver HeirloomWrench In Your Plan Banner Pose”I make things by hand.” Intro Quip
Wattson
Energy Reader HeirloomHandled With Care Banner Pose”Try as you might, you can’t Kilowatt…son” Intro Quip
Crypto
Biwon Blade HeirloomNo Escape Banner Pose”I will find you” Intro Quip
Legends without Heirloom sets:
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