Apex Legends Shadow Society Event Features New Universal Heirloom Weapon, New LTM
Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has announced a new in-game event set to start next week. The Shadow Society Event is a new spin on the standard Collection Event with an exciting twist: Instead of earning an Heirloom Weapon for a specific Legend, players who collect all 36 of the event’s premium cosmetics will instead earn a unique deathbox cosmetic. Players can also unlock an Apex Artifact–a new type of Heirloom Weapon they can equip to any Legend they own–by opening Shadow Society Event Packs.
In addition to a collection of slick new cosmetic skins that let players embrace their inner detective, the film noir-themed event also features a new 4v4 LTM called Lockdown and an Event Shop where players can spend points earned by completing event challenges to unlock free cosmetic skins, Apex Packs, and other valuable loot.
Cobalt Katar–the Apex Artifact players can unlock by opening Event Packs–is similar to the Buster Sword cosmetic melee weapon that was made available during Apex’s recent Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth crossover event. The only way to guarantee you get your hands on it is to purchase all 36 cosmetics directly (or purchase 36 Event Packs). But the Cobalt Katar unlocks at random, meaning some players may receive it upon opening their very first Event Pack, while others might not unlock it until opening their 36th Event Pack. Players who do choose to purchase/unlock all 36 cosmetics will also get the Cobalt Deathbox, a unique deathbox cosmetic similar to the One-Winged Angel Deathbox cosmetic players received for completing the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth cosmetic collection.