HAVOC Rifle
Full-auto charged energy rifle.
HAVOC Rifle stats
EA changed Head damage, Leg damage in the patch of 20 June 2025 without publishing the new value, so those numbers are out of date until they do.
Shots to kill
Shots needed to down a legend through each Legend Armor level, at 20 body damage per shot. Every legend has 100 health with the armour on top — since February 2024 that armour is inherent and levels up on EVO points rather than being looted as a body shield.
| Legend Armor | Total HP | Body shots | Head shots |
|---|---|---|---|
| No armour | 100 | 5 | — |
| Level 1 | 150 | 8 | — |
| Level 2 | 175 | 9 | — |
| Level 3 | 200 | 10 | — |
| Level 4 | 225 | 12 | — |
Counts assume every shot lands on the same body part with no damage falloff and no attachments fitted. Compare weapons in the damage calculator.
In the game files
HAVOC Rifle ships in Apex Legends as mp_weapon_energy_ar.
Other assault rifles
Recent changes
Season 30 · 3 August 2026
- Energy ammo rework: carries a regenerating stockpile of 3 magazines instead of using ammo boxes.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Marked Patch Notes
Season 26 · 10 September 2025
- Locked hop-up: Turbocharger (600 points to unlock).
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Get explosive in the Wild Iron Event
Season 26 · 4 August 2025
- Hop-ups left floor loot, and the HAVOC has no locked hop-up.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Showdown Patch Notes
Season 25 · 20 June 2025
- Damage increased to 20 (was 19) with better recoil.
- Now takes the Accelerator hop-up.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Face Off in the Future Icons Event
Season 25 · 5 May 2025
- Returned to floor loot. Damage reduced to 19 (was 21), with more hip-fire spread and recoil, and Selectfire was removed.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Prodigy Patch Notes
Season 24 · 10 February 2025
- Care Package version: damage increased to 21 (was 18), headshot damage 27.
- Beam Shot damage increased to 70 (was 53), headshot damage 105.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: Apex Legends: Takeover Patch Notes
Season 23 · 5 November 2024
- Moved into the Care Package: damage increased to 19 (was 18), 36-round magazine, better hip-fire, and a Beam Shot select-fire mode.
Summarised from EA's patch notes. Read the original: New Updates Coming with Apex Legends: From The Rift