Weapon attachments (Apex Legends)

Weapon attachments are parts of weapons in Apex Legends that can be attachable and detachable. These serve the purpose of making the weapon better for use. The seven types of weapon attachments are bolts, barrel mods, laser sights, optics, stocks, magazines, and hop-ups. The only types of weapons in the game that cannot equip these attachments are fully-kitted weapons or Supply Drop weapons, which come with set attachments, usually of the highest quality and cannot be changed or removed (barring Optics). Each attachment serves a different purpose that boosts a weapon's performance.

Barrel Stabilizers

Barrel Stabilizers decrease muzzle drift. Level 4 barrel stabilizers also hid muzzle flash until they were removed in season 8 with the introduction of the Level 4 Extended Magazine. Fully-kitted and Care-package weapons for a while still had flash hiders if they could equip a barrel mod, but this was removed as well as of Escape. Aesthetically, they resembled various models of Suppressors, though they didn't actually make the firing sounds quieter nor did they decrease damage/bullet velocity in any way. These are equipable on LMGs, R-301, Hemlok, Longbow, and G7 Scout.

Laser Sights

Laser sights allow for better hipfire accuracy. This attachment can be found on any SMG or pistol (barring the mozambique). The laser is not visible to enemies, and can be customized in settings to be a color suitable to the player.

Extended Magazines

Like in the Titanfall games, Apex Legends allows you to equip extended magazines on most weapons. Uniquely to Apex Legends, weapons start out with unusually small magazines compared to other Battle Royale games at the time of release, and especially compared to Titanfall; an example would be the stock R-99 with 20 rounds compared to 40, increasing to a mere 27 with the highest level Extended Magazine (vs 48 in the Titanfall games). Besides balancing reasons, this is to encourage the use of Extended Magazines and make them more of a necessity than an optional attachment. Because Extended Magazines are now their own category in Apex Legends, they are considered to be straight upgrades, forgoing the need to choose between them and other attachments as one would in Titanfall.

There are 4 magazine types: Heavy, Light, Energy, and Sniper, each corresponding to their respective weapon ammo types - the Volt, an Energy weapon, would take Extended Energy Mags, just as the R-301 (a Light Ammo weapon) takes in Extended Light Mags. All mag types have 4 tiers (referred to by the Legends as "Levels") - Common, Rare, Epic and Legendary. They are also often referred to by players as their respective glowing colors - White, Blue, Purple, and Gold. The first three tiers (Common, Rare, and Epic) increase the magazine size, with Common offering the lowest magazine increase and Epic offering the highest. Legendary tier, which does not offer a greater mag size than epic, adds the ability to auto-reload the weapon when holstered after a few seconds. Shotguns cannot equip magazines along with the Bow.

Shotgun Bolts

In Apex Legends, Shotgun Bolts increase rate of fire for all shotguns in game. Level 4 Bolts do not increase firerate, but allow players to continuously single reload while they are sliding.

Weapon	Firerate increase (per Bolt Level)
	Common	Rare	Epic	Legendary
SA-3 Mozambique	15%	20%	25%
EVA-8 Shotgun	10%	20%	30%
Mastiff	10%	15%	20%
Peacekeeper	7.5%	13%	15%

Optics

Optics are weapon attachments that can be installed or uninstalled on top of your weapon. These attachments usually give a better sight of the enemy. However, certain weapons benefit from their stock sights (the Mastiff being one for newer players, as its stock sights aid in compensating for the horizontal spread). All Mythic Weapons (except for the Kraber which uses a unique 6x-10x scope that can neither be found on the ground nor taken off), Fully Kitted Weapons and Common weapons can use a variety of scopes depending on what weapon class they're in. If a weapon is a Handgun or Shotgun, the fully kitted version of that weapon will come with a 1x Digital Threat Scope. If a weapon is a Sniper Rifle, the fully kitted version of that weapon will come with a 10x Digital Sniper Threat Scope. If a weapon is a Marksman Weapon, it will come with a 2x-4x Variable AOG (other than the Bocek that uses a 3x HCOG 'Ranger'). If a weapon is an AR or LMG, it will come with a 2x HCOG 'Bruiser'.

Icon	Name	Features	Weapons
	1x Reflex Holosight	Close Range	All Weapons
	1x HCOG 'Classic'	Close Range	All Weapons
	1x-2x Variable Reflex Holosight	Close Range 2 Zoom Levels	All Weapons
	2x HCOG 'Bruiser'	Close Range	All Weapons
	6x Sniper Scope	Long Range	Snipers Rifles Only
	2x-4x Variable AOG	Close Range Mid-range 2 Zoom Levels	Assault Rifles Light Machine Guns Marksman Rifles Sniper Rifles
	3x HCOG 'Ranger'	Mid-range	Assault Rifles Light Machine Guns Marksman Rifles Sniper Rifles
	4x-8x Variable Sniper Scope	Mid-range Long Range 2 Zoom Levels	Sniper Rifles Only
	1x Digital Threat	Close Range Highlights Enemies	Pistols Shotguns
	4x-10x Digital Sniper Threat	Mid-range Long Range 2 Levels Highlights Enemies	Sniper Rifles only

Stocks

Stocks are attachments available to all weapons apart from the bow, shotguns, and pistols in Apex Legends. These attachments reduce the time it takes to switch between 2 weapons. This is especially helpful when you're in a fight and you run out of ammunition on one weapon, you can immediately switch to the other in less time. These also help in reducing aim drift, meaning that (especially longer range) fights can be easier to win. They also increase the reload speed.

Stock Type	Weapons	Weapon changes (per rarity tier)
		Common	Rare	Epic
Standard Stock	Shotguns, LMGs, SMGs, and ARs	15% faster draw/holster speed 3% faster reload 15% less sway range	20% faster draw/holster speed 7% faster reload 25% less sway range	25% faster draw/holster speed 10% faster reload 45% less sway range
Sniper Stock	Sniper Rifles and Marksman Rifles (excluding the Bocek Compound Bow)
		10% faster draw/holster speed 3% faster reload 30% less sway range	15% faster draw/holster speed 7% faster reload 50% less sway range	20% faster draw/holster speed 10% faster reload 80% less sway range

Hop-Up Attachments [W.I.P]

Hop-Up Attachments (shorthand: hop-ups) are specialized attachments available to certain weapons in Apex Legends. These provide some kind of major change to how a weapon operates, depending on the weapons and type of Hop-Up used. The Hop-Ups players can find in-game can vary depending on the season; some may return in a season at the same time that others are vaulted.

Current Hop-Up Rotation

Season	Hop-Ups
Breakout	Disruptor Rounds Hammerpoint Rounds Turbocharger Skullpiercer Rifling

List of Hop-Ups

Precision Choke

Icon	Name
	Precision Choke
	Effect
	tightens the spread of weapons
	Weapons
	Peacekeeper, Triple Take
Statistics
Peacekeeper will keep it's charge for a second while the triple take will immediately lose it upon going back to hipfire.

Select-fire Receiver

Icon	Name
	Selectfire Receiver
	Effect
	grants an alternate firing mode on weapons
	Weapons
	Prowler SMG, HAVOC
Statistics
HAVOC unlocks a hitscan single fire mode that consumed 4 ammo per shot, Prowler unlocks an automatic fire mode.

Skullpiercer Rifling

Icon	Name
	Skullpiercer Rifling
	Effect
	Increased headshot damage
	Weapons
	B3 Wingman (Integrated), Longbow, 30-30
Statistics
2.0 headshot multiplier for 30-30, 2.5 for Longbow, 1.9x for Wingman with zero headshot reduction from helmets

Turbocharger

Icon	Name
	Turbocharger
	Effect
	Reduced spin-up time
	Weapons
	HAVOC, Devotion
Statistics
Removes charge-up time before firing the HAVOC Increases initial RPM from 300 to 408 on Devotion, increases RPM Acceleration

Hammerpoint Rounds

Icon	Name
	Hammerpoint Rounds
	Effect
	Increased damage against unshielded targets
	Weapons
	Mozambique, P2020, RE-45, EVA-8 (integrated)
Statistics
1.35x damage multiplier for Mozambique and RE-45, 1.5x for P2020, 1.2x damage multiplier for EVA-8

Disruptor Rounds

Icon	Name
	Disruptor Rounds
	Effect
	Increased damage against shielded targets
	Weapons
	Peacekeeper, Alternator Formerly: RE-45, L-STAR
Statistics
1.2x damage multiplier for Alternator, 1.25x for Peacekeeper 1.3x damage multiplier for RE-45 in Season 15, 1.6x for L-STAR in season 17

Double Tap Trigger

Icon	Name
	Double Tap Trigger
	Effect
	unlocks second firing option that lets player fire two shots quickly in a burst
	Weapons
	G7 Scout, EVA-8
Statistics
it takes .1 seconds for the Scout to complete a burst, .14 for the EVA. Burst delay is .8 / .73 / .68 / .62 for the EVA burst delay is .4s for Scout

Anvil Receiver

Icon	Name
	Anvil Receiver
	Effect
	Increases damage in single-shot mode, consumes two ammo per shot
	Weapons
	R-301, VK-47 Flatline
Statistics
2.4x damage multiplier for Flatline, 2.5x for R-301 125 single firerate for Flatline, 210 for R-301

Quickdraw Holster

Icon	Name
	Quickdraw
	Effect
	tightens hipfire spread, reduces ADS time, reduces draw/holster times
	Weapons
	B3 Wingman, RE-45
Statistics
Partially integrated into both weapons ADS time reduced to ??? On RE-45 and Wingman Draw/Holster times reduced to ???/??? on RE-45 and Wingman Hipfire spread reduced to ???x on RE-45 and wingman

Shatter Caps

Icon	Name
	Shatter Caps
	Effect
	unlocks second firing mode that lets players fire weapon with spreadshot
	Weapons
	Bocek, 30-30
Statistics
Splits into 7 pellets for both weapons The Bocek will default to this when hipfiring, but uses one arrow when ADSing increases leg shot multiplier to 1x for both weapons, but reduces headshot multiplier to 1.25x does 7 damage per pellet on the 30-30, 5/8/12 for the Bocek

Deadeye's Tempo

Icon	Name
	Deadeye's Tempo
	Effect
	Firing at perfect moment increases firerate
	Weapons
	Bocek, Sentinel ESR
Statistics
Increases Sentinel's RoF by ~23% Increases Bocek's RoF by ~41% (assuming now is fully drawn back)

Boosted Loader

Icon	Name
	Boosted Loader
	Effect
	Gives players a faster reload and extra ammo when a weapon's magazine is almost empty
	Weapons
	Wingman, Hemlok
Statistics
grants 33% faster reload for Wingman, 27% for Hemlok Overloads magazine when there's 2 / 2 / 3 / 3 or less shots left in the Wingman, 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 for Hemlok Always overloads magazine by 3 for Wingman at all mag levels, 6 for Hemlok

Dual Shell

Icon	Name
	Dual Shell
	Effect
	reloads two ammunition at once
	Weapons
	30-30, Mastiff
Statistics

Kinetic Feeder

Icon	Name
	Kinetic Feeder
	Effect
	reloads weapon when played slides and reduces choke time
	Weapons
	Peacekeeper, Triple Take
Statistics
The reload-slide mechanism is now part of the Level 4 Shotgun bolt.

Trivia

• The Turbocharger has been the Hop-Up with the longest presence in the ground loot pool, having only been removed for Assimilation and Fortune's Favor.
• The Extended Energy Magazine is modeled after the L-STAR's magazine, which had a reloading animation in Seasons 2 and 3.
• The Extended Heavy Magazine is modeled after the Flatline's magazine.
• The Extended Light Magazine is modeled after the R-301's magazine.
• Revelry is the first season featuring a purely Legendary Hop-Up rotation.