Apex Legends Season 25 Reveals New Legend Sparrow & Return of Arenas

Apex Legends: Prodigy — the 25th season of Respawn’s hit battle royale — arrives on May 6, 2025, and brings major content updates, including:

• 🆕 New Legend: Sparrow, a bow-wielding archer
• 🎯 Return of Arenas, including a brand-new 1v1 Duels mode
• 💥 Weapon buffs, especially for the Bocek
• ⚙️ Legend reworks, with Pathfinder receiving notable buffs
• 🏆 New Ranked Ladder exclusive to the Prodigy event

Meet Sparrow — Apex's First Archer Legend

Sparrow is the game’s first true archer and is available to all players for the first two weeks of the season. To unlock him permanently, players must complete specific challenges.

Sparrow’s Abilities:

• Tactical – Tracker Dart: Tags and reveals nearby enemies
• Passive – Double Jump: Self-explanatory, high mobility
• Ultimate – Stinger Bolt: Fires six energy blasts in rapid succession, ideal for hitting multiple targets across squads

Interestingly, this reveal comes just days after layoffs at EA, which impacted several Respawn developers — including the writer responsible for Sparrow's story.

Pathfinder Buffs & Upgrades

Pathfinder is swinging back into the spotlight with:

• Tactical (Grapple Hook) cooldown now scales between 15–30 seconds
• Zipline Zen returns with 50% damage reduction
• New upgrades:Trade Double Tactical Charge for Variable Grapple Cooldown
• Add a Double Ultimate Charge

Arenas & Duels Return

Fast-paced 3v3 Arenas return in Season 25, alongside a brand-new 1v1 Duels mode arriving later in the season. Victory requires 3 round wins, sticking to the classic Arena format fans know and love.

Bocek Bow Gets Explosive Upgrades

The Bocek returns to ground loot and now:

• Can equip Frag Grenades, converting them into Explosive Arrows that detonate on impact
• No ammo spawns on the ground — arrows must be recovered from deathboxes or used arrows from other Bocek users

New Ranked Ladder for Prodigy

A standalone Prodigy Ranked Ladder is coming. It won't affect your standard ranked progress, but players can climb for seasonal leaderboard rewards by playing traditional ranked matches.

Release Date & Platforms

Apex Legends: Prodigy launches on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, across:

🖥️ PC | 🎮 PS4, PS5 | 🕹️ Xbox One, Series X/S | 🎯 Nintendo Switch