Apex Legends Season 8 introduces a new weapon: the 30-30 Repeater. It is a leveraged gun that “packs a punch,” unlike any other weapon in the game so far. But will it be good?
Season 7 of Apex Legends went against the trend by not adding a new weapon at all. This didn’t really bother anyone, as there was a whole new map to worry about, and the beloved R-99 was returned to the floor’s loot.
But players knew more weapons were coming after numerous sightings of unreleased weapons were spotted in dev streams, including this mysterious 30-30 Repeater that has now been confirmed.
We first saw the gun in the season 6 dev stream, while it was briefly on the ground.
The 30-30 repeater was first seen in Season 6’s dev stream.
What is the 30-30 repeater in Apex Legends?
Season 8’s new weapon is actually tied to lore. The new legend, Fuse, joins the games of the planet Salvo and takes the 30-30 Repeater with him.
Described as “Salvo’s most popular weapon”, Fuse poses with it in his promotional image. The 30-30 Repeater is a leveraged rifle that “tears apart the opposition with hard rounds.”
🚨 New Season 8 Weapon: The 30-30 Repeater.
Salvo’s most popular weapon, this lever-action rifle, sets the opposition apart with hard rounds. pic.twitter.com/4v1jFnQtfW
– Apex Legends News (@TitanfallBlog) January 18, 2021
30-30 Repeater Gameplay
Gameplay for this new weapon was provided by YouTuber Dazs, who was able to play Season 8 and the new content early on by joining EA’s Game Changer network.
As seen in the video below, it appears to have a relatively solid rate of fire, especially when you consider that it is a leveraged rifle. Hopefully the damage can also be at stake alongside the other weapons. Only time will tell, of course.
30-30 Repeater Ammo
It has now been confirmed that the 30-30 Repeater will indeed take on Heavy Rounds as was suspected based on early teasers. The base clip size is 6 rounds, but that can be increased with expanded magazines, including the new Level 4 gold extended mag, which offers an auto-reload feature.
- Basic ammunition: 6 rounds
- Level 1 extended mag: 8 rounds
- Level 2 extended mag: 10 rounds
- Level 3 extended mag: 12 rounds
The reload speed of the weapon is quite slow as each round is charged individually, so it’s a good idea to reload long before your clip runs out.
30-30 Repeater attachments
While we won’t know the full range of attachments available for the 30-30 until Season 8 is fully released, we have a good idea of all the compatible early gameplay attachments available. The attached attachments so far are stocks, all four levels of expanded warehouses and various sights such as the 1x, 2x, 3x and 2x-4x. You cannot equip a 4x-8x or 6x scope.
The location of the meter indicating your charged recording (see below) also changes depending on the view you are using; the charge bar will appear on the gun itself when using an iron sight or 1x scope and will appear on the optic itself if slightly more zoomed in, such as the 3x.
This inclusion of the 30-30 Repeater in the player’s inventory provides a glimpse of the mounting slots.
30-30 Repeater damage stats and charged shot
One of the interesting aspects of the Repeater is that it has a charge shot, a round that can be charged before firing for more damage. Here is the damage profile for the weapon with and without this charged shot:
- No Charge Shot body: 42
- No Charge Shot Head: 74
- Full Charge Shot Case: 57
- Fully charged shot head: 100
Obviously, it depends on the situation whether you should use the Charged Shot; it’s probably better to avoid it in firefights where you have to spam your shots, and only use it if you can afford that time slot between each round.
In general, Dazs describes the 30-30 as right between the Longbow and G7 Scout: “The G7 has a higher rate of fire but less damage and the Longbow has a lower rate of fire but more damage. The 30-30 is a perfect weapon for punching out a punch between medium and long range shots. “
30-30 Repeater Skins
The weapon should launch with more than 16 common and rare skins, five epic skins, and three legendary skins. We’ve already gotten a taste of one of the Legendary Camos in the Season 8 gameplay trailer, along with several other legends and weapon skins.
This is probably one of the legendary skins coming to the 30-30 Repeater in Season 8.
That’s all we know about the 30-30 Repeater in Apex Legends so far. Expect more information on the new weapon ahead of Season 8’s launch on Feb. 2.