Apex Legends Mobile’s latest in-store event, the Neon Rebellion Versus Drop (the Season 2 version of an Arsenal Drop) is now available in the portable Battle Royale in-game store. The Neon Rebellion Versus Drop includes a collection of 20 cosmetic items, from user avatar frames and skydive emotes to Eternal and Legendary-tier character and weapon skins.
The cosmetics are unlocked randomly and each reward has a different chance of being unlocked. But Arsenal Drops are much more complicated than they appear at first glance, and the game’s complex buying strategy can be quite confusing for the average player, so we’ve put together a guide to give a detailed look at the mechanics of this Versus Drop. If you’re a little daunted by the opportunity-based shopping event, don’t worry — we’ve done the math so you don’t have to.
To work
When you open the Apex Legends Mobile app, a popup announcement will appear advertising the Neon Rebellion Versus Drop. Select “Go!” to go directly to the store event screen. But don’t worry if you’ve already closed the popup. There are two other methods to access the Event Hub, although both are somewhat complicated. The first method is quite simple: if you have your particular patient, you can also find the event listing by waiting for the event banner ad to appear on the right side of the lobby.
Method number two allows players to manually access the event hub by selecting the shop tab on the main lobby screen. Opening the store will show a broken link to the Neon Rebellion event hub, so once you open the store tab, ignore that ad and select the “Emporium” tab instead from the vertical menu to the right of the screen. This will take you to another page promoting the event that doesn’t have a broken link. Select the Neon Rebellion Versus Drop and you’ll be taken to the event’s loot page, where you can check out the available prizes – and your chances of unlocking them all.
Loot box prices
The Versus drop cosmetics cannot be purchased directly. Instead, they must be unlocked by purchasing loot boxes with Syndicate Gold. But there’s a catch: While the first box costs just 30 Syndicate Gold (about $0.30 USD), the price of opening a loot box increases with each round.
To get all 20 cosmetics, you need to open 20 boxes. The cost of each box is as follows:
- Box #1: 30 SG
- Box #2: 45 SG
- Box #3: 65 SG
- Box #4: 90 SG
- Box #5: 140 SG
- Box #6: 185 SG
- Box #7: 230 SG
- Box #8: 280 SG
- Box #9: 325 SG
- Box #10: 370 SG
- Box #11: 465 SG
- Box #12: 560 SG
- Box #13: 650 SG
- Box #14: 745 SG
- Box #15: 930 SG
- Box #16: 1,100 SG
- Box #17: 1,300 SG
- Box #18: 1,500 SG
- Box #19: 1,700 SG
- Box #20: 2,000 SG
Players wishing to get all 20 cosmetics will need to spend a total of 12,710 Syndicate Gold, which is equivalent to approximately $110 USD, taking into account the price of Syndicate Gold bundles and the number of bonus coins associated with each bundle.
Chances
As with previous store drop events, each of the event’s 20 cosmetic items will be on one of six rows. Each row has a different chance of being selected when you open a loot box. Then one of the items in the selected row will be unlocked and removed from the loot pool, improving your odds for each box you open and ensuring you don’t receive duplicate rewards. The odds of unlocking a cosmetic from each of the six rows are as follows.
- Row 6: 50% chance
- Row 5: 33% chance
- Row 4: 10% chance
- Row 3: 5% chance
- Row 2: 1.5% chance
- Row 1: 0.5% chance
Unlike all previous mobile game store drops, the odds listed in the Neon Rebellion event description match those on the main event rewards page, confirming that these odds are indeed correct.
Cosmetics
When it comes to the event’s exclusive cosmetics, you’ll find the following items in these rows:
Row Six: 50%
- Amazing Biting Emote Pack (Epic)
- Death Fog Mirage Holospray (Epic)
- Party All Night Rhapsody holospray (Epic)
- Love you! Rhapsody Emote Pack (Epic)
Row five: 33%
- Swatch Order Corrosive skin (rare)
- Toxic Dose user avatar frame (Epic)
- Rowdy’s Solo Rhapsody Banner Frame (Epic)
- Prism Star Rhapsody Skin (Epic)
Row Four: 10%
- Bombs away! Biting Skydive Emote (Epic)
- Weapon skin Scan Lines Peacekeeper (rare)
- Blazing Dream Flatline weapon skin (rare)
- Mix It Up Rhapsody skydive emote (rare)
Row three: 5%
- Chrome Revolution Caustic Skin (Epic)
- Septic Shock Charge Rifle Weapon Skin (Epic)Vibrant Hazard RE-45 Weapon Skin (Epic)Beat Uprising Rhapsody Skin (Epic)
Row two: 1.5%
- Viridian Array Mastiff Shotgun Weapon Skin (Legendary)
- Nova Blast Mozambique Weapon Skin (Legendary)
Row One: 0.5%
- Toxic Defiance Corrosive Skin (Legendary)
- Restless Rager Rhapsody Skin (Legendary)
The Neon Rebellion Versus Drop is available through Monday, May 8 at 5pm PT / 8pm ET. But if you’re looking for an event with free rewards, check out our Network Hacker Event guide and our Season 2 event overview.
Also, don’t forget to take part in this week’s user survey – you’ll get a free reward for completing it! To access the user survey, select the “Seasonal Event” banner on the right side of the main lobby screen. Once you’re on the Distortion hub page, select the “Limited time” tab at the top of the screen. The first event on this page is the User Survey, but if you can’t see it, make sure you’ve selected the Player Feedback tab on the right side of the Limited Time page. You’ll see an image of Lifeline hugging her beloved DOC drone and a link to the survey. Once you’ve completed and submitted it, go back to the Player Feedback tab and select the ‘Claim’ button at the bottom of the screen. This allows you to redeem 500 free seasonal currencies, which you can use in the Distortion Store.
To find the Distortion Store, select the “Seasonal Event” banner again, but do not go to the Temporary tab. Instead, look to the right side of the screen and select the “Distortion Storage” tab at the bottom of the vertical list. This will take you to the Distortion Store where you can spend your seasonal currency on your choice of 16 unique, mobile-exclusive cosmetic rewards, from character and weapon skins to weapon charms and Syndicate Packs, the Distortion Store has it all. But there’s no rush – the store is open until August 23, so it’s best to save as much seasonal currency as possible and wait until the last day of the season to spend it so you can grab as much free Distortion Store as you can to make loot possible.
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