Apex Legends

Apex Strongholds: capture rules and rewards

A Stronghold unlocks when capture reaches 100%. The team in the zone at that moment wins; earlier progress is shared, not reserved for the team that started it.

Watch the landing zone

A Stronghold and a Care Package arrive during Round 2 closing. The landing can crush and kill players underneath, so keep clear. If space allows, it deploys up to 4 indestructible barriers and 2 Hardlight frames as surrounding cover.

Sources: [1][2]

Control the zone to advance

Capture advances only while a single living team occupies the zone; more teammates speed it up, while enemy teams contest it. Progress is shared globally and does not decay. You must control the zone when it reaches 100%, even if another team built the earlier progress.

Sources: [1]

Open the bunker and claim rewards

Before capture, entry, Loba theft and Alter breaches are blocked. Capture opens the doors and roof hatch and grants a level-up to each living member of the winning team. Inside are 1 Care Package weapon, 3 gold guns, 3 amps and 2 corrupted attachments. The official notes do not specify a universal capture time.

Sources: [1]

Sources

  1. https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/apex-legends/news/cipher-patch-notes
  2. https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends/apex-legends/news/31-0-designers-notes

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