From free pack hacks to Titanfall-inspired design origins, Apex Packs have a long and strange history — and with so many types of packs in the game today, it’s easy to forget how wild things have gotten. With the current season giving out more free Apex Packs than ever before, it’s the perfect time to take a deep dive into Apex Pack facts, odds, myths, and even glitches you may have missed.

Here’s the ultimate breakdown of the weirdest things you never knew about Apex Packs.

🎁 Heirloom Shards? They Didn’t Always Exist

Back in Seasons 0–3, if you pulled a mythic item from an Apex Pack, you didn’t get shards — you got a random heirloom, with no choice. Many unlucky Players were handed Pathfinder’s boxing gloves whether they wanted them or not.

Eventually, Respawn introduced Heirloom Shards, letting players choose the heirloom they actually wanted.

📉 Rarer Than Shards: Triple Legendary Pulls

Think heirloom shards are rare? Try pulling three legendaries in a single standard pack. The odds?
➡️ 1 in 2,197 — making it one of the rarest pulls in the game.

But don’t expect anything useful… odds are it’ll be two banner poses and a legendary skin you’ll never use.

💎 Real Story: 3 Heirloom Drops in 100 Packs

A player once opened a 100-pack bundle (6,700 AC) and pulled 3 heirloom shards in a single session.
Yes — 450 shards in one go.
Yes — it was recorded and verified.
No — we’re not jealous (okay, maybe a little).

🤖 Apex Packs Are Literally Titanfall Enemies

No, seriously. Apex Packs were visually inspired by explosive ticks from Titanfall 2. Respawn developer Moy Parah originallypitched them as loot bots that resembled bomb drones.

You can even see tick parts behind the Apex Pack shell in early concept videos. Lore connection, confirmed.

🧭 Apex Packs Exist in the Actual Game World

They’re not just menu cosmetics. You can find Apex Packs in-game as hidden NPCs on King’s Canyon and Broken Moon.

Listen for squeaks
Find the pack
Punch it to get actual in-game loot of random rarity

Yep — punching packs in the wild is a thing.

🔒 Heirloom Guarantee System & Level Cap Fix

Originally, free-to-play players couldn’t reach the 500-pack pity timer without spending money. But Respawn changed that.

Now, thanks to an expanded level cap, you can reach 500 free packs over time — guaranteeing one free heirloom as long as you grind enough.

🪙 Treasure Packs: RIP

Before the battle pass rework, daily Treasure Packs could grant:

Apex Packs
Crafting
Battle Pass Stars

But they’re gone now. So is a low-key method of getting free Apex Packs just by logging in.

🎨 The Iconic Rarity Exists — But Barely

Iconic rarity has only appeared in:

Post Malone Event
Final Fantasy Collab

They’re priced at 2,250 Apex Coins (more than standard legendaries) and glow differently in pack openings — but aren’t functionally different.

🧰 The Rise of Pack Types

Once upon a time, there were two pack types:

Standard
Event Collection Pack

Now we have:

Weapon packs
Charm packs
Sticker packs
Thematic packs
Battle pass packs
Single-skin packs
Even holospray-only packs

Respawn is deep in pack experimentation mode, and it shows.

📦 Rare Pack Opening Animations

Pack opens usually walk off the screen — but rare animations include:

Jumping
Flying off
Special flashes (added as Easter eggs)

If you’re lucky enough to see one — you’ve hit a visual jackpot, even if the loot inside isn’t great.

🔁 Multi-Pack Opening? Stolen from Apex Mobile

Respawn borrowed the idea of opening multiple Apex Packs at once from apex legends mobile — a feature originally built for its gacha-heavy system.

Now, you can bulk open packs, saving you from RSI if you’ve stockpiled hundreds.

🧠 Glitches, Hacks, & Heirloom Pack Legends

Mande once had thousands of Apex Packs gifted to him by a hacker — Destroyer2009 — who had backend access. Respawn let him keep them.
RossTheSquirrel saw a glitch that said he had 25,155 packs to open after a Twitch gift drop. Sadly, not real.
Apex Pack Glitch: Once, opening a pack would only show 2 out of 3 items, leading to lost heirlooms for some. This has since been fixed.

⚖️ Respawn’s Pack Testing Process

A developer admitted Respawn opens around 5 million test packs before launching a new season — just to make sure glitches don’t hit live servers.

🇧🇪 Belgium Players Can’t Open Packs

Due to strict gambling laws, Apex Packs are banned in Belgium.
But here’s the twist: Belgian players can buy milestone items directly — no packs required. Kinda lucky, kinda not.

📦 Pack Progression Tip

If you own most of the game’s cosmetics, Apex Packs will start giving you more crafting materials by default.
They won’t give you duplicates of rare Mirage skins — they’ll just give you 600 crafting instead.

🧠 Crown Currency? Yes, It Existed

During the Iron Crown Event, packs dropped a unique currency called Crowns, which could be spent in a special store.
Never returned. Looks super weird to new players.