Olympus will join the rotation in place of King’s Canyon, bringing with it a number of new opportunities and challenges. Located high above the clouds, Olympus swaps the rocky terrain of King’s Canyon and lava-rich locales of World’s Edge for a rich, sprawling environment full of lush green grass, flowers and futuristic buildings that haven’t (yet) been ruined by battle. Olympus is also home to a number of research facilities and industrial complexes that hide Phase Runners, which teleport players to different locations much like a Wraith portal (although you will take storm damage). To give you a sense of its size, Dave Osei, Senior Level Designer at Respawn, noted that while Olympus is slightly bigger than King’s Canyon, it isn’t doesn’t quite reach the area of World’s Edge.

The new map will also be the only place you will be able to utilize the Trident, Apex Legends’ first ever vehicle. This three-person hovercraft is set up for trios who land at the very edges of the map and want to freely scavenge for loot and engage in firefights without fear of being eliminated by Ring damage. Jump towers are still a thing, but the Trident will make encounters a lot more interesting, simply because deployable abilities like Rampart’s minigun, Gibraltar’s Dome of Protection and Caustic’s Nox Gas Traps can be attached to the vehicle, turning it into a fast-moving defensive battlement or a toxic death machine. That said, you can’t mow anyone down with it, so it’s all about the high IQ plays.