Quick Links
Teased back in Season 22: Shockwave, in a cinematic announcing the Lifeline rework, we got a sneak peek at some amazing skins that tie into the lore ofApex Legends. Now, in Split 2 of Season 23: Into The Rift, we are finally getting our hands on these, as well as a few other ones in a uniquely structured event.
Packs and progression are quite different from usual events, and you can stand to gain quite a lot as a free-to-play player, too - so let’s cover all the ways you can stand to gain some free skins and everything the event has to offer.
The Astral Anomaly Milestone Event
The Event consists ofonly 15 rewards this time, six of which are legendary. This means that if you’re looking for a specific item, you’re more likely to get it as there aren’t as many rewards as usual.
To get the rewards, you need toopen Astral Anomaly packs;each pack will contain two regular pack drops and one of the following Event drops:
1.5%
6.75%
7.77%
Astral Anomaly Free Reward Shop
There is also afree Reward Shop, which refreshes weekly.Bytes from special challengescan be used to acquire rewards.
These can beviewed in the Challenges menu, under the Astral Anomaly Milestone Event category, and range from being very simple to complete, to pretty difficult.Rewards are highest in the simplest challenges, and the harder the challenge is, the lower the rewards are; so if you’re looking to just get the Event pack,the easy challenges are the way to go. Challengesrefresh every day, and are always the same five shown in the image above.
Event pack
Done And Dusted
Battle Pass Stars
250 Bytes Each, 2,500 Bytes Total
If you’d like to bag all the Event-exclusive rewards here, you’ll needa total of 2,550 Bytes, and you’ll need 5,050 Bytes total to get absolutely every reward, which includes the Battle Pass Stars.
Astral Anomaly Event Skins In Store
There are four Legendary skins which are in the Store for purchase as well,each costing 1,800 Apex Coins. Three of these areexclusive to the Store, and can’t be acquired anywhere else.
The first isOctane’s Stralightspeedskin, which is also available from the Astral Anomaly packs.
Next up isMad Maggie’s Heat Deathskin, featuring some very nice fiery effects.
Crypto’s Cosmo Logicalskin is up next, almost as an antithesis to Mad Maggie’s skin.
Finally, we gotSeer’s Higher Lifeformskin with a silvery coat of paint, which gives strong Warframe vibes.
How To Get Astral Anomaly Packs
There are quite a few ways to acquire packs in this Event,many of which are free, meaning you’re able to expect to get a nice handful of the rewards without paying a dime.
Direct Purchase
You can purchase packs directly withApex Coins, or craft them usingCrafting Materials.Each pack costs 1,650 Crafting Materials, but Apex Coin costs vary, and are explained below.
The prices rise witheach pack opened, butnot each pack purchased. If you get packs for free,the prices rise regardless, so if you’re looking to spend Apex Coins,buy them firstand then go with the free packs later. Buy themone by one instead of the 4-pack comboif you’d like to see exact pack costs; the 4-pack combodoes not discount your purchase any furtherthan buying them one by one.
Opened9+ Packs
1,000 Apex Coins
If you’re looking for the mostprice-effective wayto get rewards from the Event,buy three packs before going for the free ones.
Getting Packs For Free
There aretwo free packsyou can acquire during the duration of the event as well.
The first onecan be acquiredfrom the Reward Shop for the Event. The pack costs1,000 Bytes, so you can get it by doingone day’s worth of Event challenges.
The second, unexpectedly, can be acquired by doingRift Relic Trials. Each week a new Rift Relic Trials challenge is unlocked, and completingthe first one this weekwill net you an additionalAstral Anomaly Event pack.
Technically,there are two more packs you can get for “free”; in the battlepass, atlevel eightandlevel 50, you get100 Free Apex Coins. Since the first three packs in the Event cost 100 Apex Packs, you can gettwo more packs with these.
