Apex Virtual Battleground
A layer on top of the regular battleground: the same floors but far meaner, its own seasonal traits, its own leaderboard and — the point of it — a gamble where you pick the floor to start from.
Apex rules
Apex Virtual Battleground Supplementary Rules
[Higher Difficulty]: In the Apex Virtual Battleground, not only is each floor's difficulty significantly increased, but the difficulty scaling between floors is also higher compared to the Regular difficulty.
[Trait Changes]: The Apex Virtual Battleground uses new seasonal Traits, and the corresponding slots require specific Apex floor progress to unlock.
[Shared Talents]: Talent Points function and upgrade simultaneously across both modes.
[Ranking Points]: Weekly rankings in the Apex season are based only on your single highest score within the week (unlike the cumulative scoring in Regular difficulty).
[Leap Challenge]: In addition to starting the challenge via the same START button used in Regular mode, players can also use Leap mode to freely choose a starting floor. After surviving 60 Waves, the final result of that run will be recorded. Failing to complete it will not count toward any Waves or Points, so evaluate carefully and challenge boldly.
[Reward Settlement]: Participating in the Apex Virtual Battleground this week automatically grants the Regular Apex first-place reward and removes you from the Regular Leaderboard, entering you into competition for the Apex Virtual Battleground Leaderboard instead.
Gambling on a floor
The gamble is the second way in. You name a starting floor and have to survive 60 waves: clear it and the run counts towards your record and the leaderboard, fall short and nothing counts — neither floors nor points.
The starting floor is picked in a window from your record −200 to your record +600. Every skipped floor counts as cleared, so a high gamble banks a big score at once — if you can hold it.
Gamble calculator
Enter your best floor and combat power: the calculator shows the pick window, the recommended floor, the power the target expects 60 waves later, and the points a cleared gamble is worth. The window runs from your record −200 to +600.
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A regular run would start at floor 250 and pay 0 points — the gamble adds 0.
Apex ranking rewards
Its own leaderboard and its own rewards — richer than the regular ones.
| Place | Reward |
|---|---|
| #1 | |
| #2 | |
| #3 | |
| #4–5 | |
| #6–10 | |
| #11–20 | |
| #21–30 | |
| #31–50 | |
| #51–70 | |
| #71–100 | |
| #101–999 |
Apex floor rewards
One-off prizes for a new Apex best floor. No talent points here: only the regular battleground pays those.
| Floor | One-off prize |
|---|---|
| 20 | |
| 50 | |
| 80 | |
| 100 | |
| 125 | |
| 150 | |
| 175 | |
| 200 | |
| 225 | |
| 250 | |
| 275 | |
| 300 | |
| 325 | |
| 350 | |
| 375 | |
| 400 | |
| 425 | |
| 450 | |
| 475 | |
| 500 | |
| 550 | |
| 600 | |
| 650 | |
| 700 | |
| 750 | |
| 800 | |
| 850 | |
| 900 | |
| 940 | |
| 980 | |
| 1,000 | |
| 1,100 | |
| 1,200 | |
| 1,300 | |
| 1,400 | |
| 1,500 | |
| 1,600 | |
| 1,700 | |
| 1,800 | |
| 1,900 | |
| 2,000 | |
| 2,100 | |
| 2,200 | |
| 2,300 | |
| 2,400 | |
| 2,500 | |
| 2,600 | |
| 2,700 | |
| 2,800 | |
| 2,900 | |
| 3,000 |
Apex trait slots
Apex runs on its own seasonal traits: 11 slots are open from the start, 36 in total, and they unlock on Apex floors rather than regular ones.
| Floor | Slots unlocked | Open in total |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | +3 | 14 |
| 50 | +2 | 16 |
| 80 | +3 | 19 |
| 100 | +2 | 21 |
| 150 | +1 | 22 |
| 200 | +1 | 23 |
| 240 | +1 | 24 |
| 280 | +1 | 25 |
| 300 | +1 | 26 |
| 350 | +1 | 27 |
| 400 | +1 | 28 |
| 500 | +1 | 29 |
| 600 | +1 | 30 |
| 700 | +1 | 31 |
| 800 | +1 | 32 |
| 900 | +1 | 33 |
| 1,000 | +1 | 34 |
| 1,500 | +1 | 35 |
| 2,000 | +1 | 36 |
Boss slots: 4.
| Boss slot | Unlocks at floor |
|---|---|
| 1 | from the start |
| 2 | 40 |
| 3 | 80 |
| 4 | 150 |