Apex Legends currently has a small pool of hop-ups for select weapons, but others have been identified through game files and have never been released. Here are all the uncovered hop-ups and whether they will be released anytime soon.
As Respawn Entertainment has added new content to Apex Legends in the form of legends, weapons, skins, attachments, and skins, dataminers and leakers have got their hands on the details about unreleased items.
For the most part, these were hop-ups. Even though the current loot pool only includes a handful of these attachments, fans are always looking for more and hoping their weapon of choice gets a hop-up.
With Season 8 underway, more of these have been leaked. So we’ll cover a full list of them, what they could do, and whether they might still be coming to the Apex Games.
Double Tap Trigger was one of Apex’s best hop-ups, but was removed in Season 8.
Armorsmith
The most recent hop-up leak has come in the form of the Armorsmith, which leakers found in the game’s files after Season 8’s first hotfix.
According to leaks, it bears a resemblance to the once popular Disruptor Rounds hop-up as it would with the RE-45 and Alternator weapons. But instead of dealing additional damage, it would help you fortify your shield faster than normal.
Compared to some of the other leaked attachments we’ve seen, it’s possible it will be released sometime in the future, and maybe as early as Season 9.
The Armorsmith hop-up would likely increase your shield earning rate.
Heat sink
Aside from the Armorsmith, Season 8 has also caused leaks over a hop-up known as Heatsink. Leaked for the first time in Season 6, more voicelines have been added for Horizon and Fuse, respectively, in Season 7 and 8. There isn’t much to say about the hop-up, other than these voting lines from the current roster of Apex characters.
What’s interesting, though, is that the name has surfaced in multiple fan concepts before, each suggesting it could help the L-Star and Charge Rifle.
Incendiary rounds
Throwing it all the way back to 2019, Incendiary Rounds’ leak is a little less cryptic than others. As the name suggests, they would simply be bullets that will cause fire damage when used.
Considering that Fuse is now in Apex and his kit revolves around fire, it could have been a perfect addition to the legend with an Aussie voice. While it’s been a while since the attachment was leaked and we haven’t heard anything since, it may have been dropped by Respawn.
Sentinel hop-up & gold sniper stock
A similar cryptic hop-up leak has also surfaced about sniper rifles. Previously, leaks suggested that snipers would get a gold sniper stockpile similar to the autoloader magazine available now, but it didn’t.
In Season 8 there is a hop-up spot on the Sentinel, sparking new rumors. Respawn has said it’s just a visual bug, though, so make it whatever you want.
Currently, only the Longbow sniper can hop-up in Apex – the Skullpiercer Rifling – but maybe more will come in the future. Sniper users certainly hope so.
A new Hop-Up for the Sentinel could be in the works.
As Apex continues to expand and enter new seasons, more hop-ups are likely to be discovered, but there may be instances where the developers are only testing ideas rather than adding them.
We will keep updating this post with more hop ups and attachments leaked.