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Season 12 map rotation
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All Battle Royale maps in rotation for Apex Legends Season 12: Defiance

So long, World's Edge.
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Published: Feb 2, 2022 11:43 am

Apex Legends has bounced around from time-to-time on how many Battle Royale maps it puts in rotation. It was one in the beginning, and then it has been two for a majority of Apex Legends’ existence. A three-map rotation was first introduced in Season 10: Emergence, showcasing all three maps in the game at the time, but quickly went back to two maps in Season 11: Escape.

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For Season 12: Defiance, Apex Legends is returning to the three-map rotation format. That said, now that there are four maps in the game, one will still be vaulted and taken out of play until a future season. The new update for the season is to Olympus, returning with it's new Sabotaged variant, and the other two returning maps are just as we remember them. Let’s take a look.

Related: All major in-game events for Apex Legends Season 12: Defiance

Season 12: Defiance Battle Royale Map Rotation

  • Sabotaged Olympus
    Introduced: Season 7: Ascension
    Updated: Season 12: Defiance
  • Obliterated Kings Canyon
    Introduced: Pre-Launch
    Updated: Season 8: Mayhem
  • Storm Point
    Introduced: Season 11: Escape
    Updated: N/A

Vaulted Maps (not in rotation)

  • Decimated World’s Edge
    Introduced: Season 3: Meltdown
    Updated: Season 10: Emergence

Note that these rotations can be circumvented for special events or limited time modes, but for the most part, these will be the maps in play for Battle Royale Trios and Duos. Ranked Leagues will have a separate set two-map split as normal.

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Radiant G! is a game journalist, indie game developer, artist, and writer who currently works freelance in the games industry full-time. He is Pro Game Guides' beat writer for Apex Legends coverage, and also runs his own Apex Legends team called Verve. He is also fiercely committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in the games industry, and helms Diverse Gaming Coalition.
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