Ranked Arenas are back in Apex Legends Emergence update

The Emergence update introduces Ranked Arenas in Apex Legends, which is entirely separate from Ranked BR and features some important design differences

The Emergence update introduces a new exciting mode for competitive players: Ranked Arenas. It was a long overdue for Apex fans and Season 10 Emergence seems to have addressed this.

The Ranked system in Arenas is completely separate from Ranked BR and features some important design differences.

Ranked Arenas in Apex Legends

The new Ranked Arenas game mode pits two teams of three in a smaller, competitive format. Players need to complete 10 placement matches to determine their initial Match Marking Rank (MMR) and starting rank.

In this mode, winning is the only thing gamers need to worry about. To excel in this mode, they must get their squad together and dominate the scene right from the beginning.

Map rotation in Ranked Arenas

Ranked Arenas will share the same overall map schedule as unranked Arenas. Party Crasher, Phase Runner, and Overflow will be in rotation along with one BR location that changes every two weeks.

The Emergence update has three new BR locations that will replace the ones from Apex Legends: Legacy. These will once again be one location from each BR map.

• King’s Canyon – Hillside
• World’s Edge – Dome
• Olympus – Oasis

Level Penalties in Ranked Arenas

Respawn Entertainment wanted to maintain competitive integrity in Ranked Arenas, in line with Ranked BR. Players that abandon a Ranked Arenas match will be hit with a temporary matchmaking ban and will be unable to queue for Ranked Arenas until the ban is over.

Along with this, if a player’s teammate abandons him, he will receive loss forgiveness for that match. With loss forgiveness, he won’t lose any AP and at worst will earn 0 AP for that match.