Apex Keeps Crashing: How to Fix It (2024)

Apex Legends, one of the best free-to-play battle royal titles of its type, is praised by the community for its perfect fluidity in movement and has recently even got a mobile version released worldwide.

Unfortunately, like all games, Apex Legends has its own fair of bugs that need troubleshooting. Below you can find an article that was written based on the analysis provided by gaming expert Johan Syren from the reputable iGaming source Casino Valley.

1. What are Crashes in Apex Legends?
2. Why Does Apex Keep Crashing?
3. How to Fix Apex Legends Crashing Mid Game?
   • Solution 1: Change Graphics Settings
   • Solution 2: Get Origin In-Game Off
   • Solution 3: Change Resolution
   • Solution 4: Modify Anti-Cheat Priority
   • Solution 5: Repair the Game
4. Has Respawn done anything to address Apex legends crashing?

What Are Crashes in Apex Legends?

The most common case is when the game crashes without warning. The gamers have encountered Apex Legends crashing and freezing on PC, Xbox and PlayStation.

Among the crashes players often report are multi-faceted crashes with codes like “DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG” or something similar. 

When you encounter Apex legends crashing on PC, it creates an “apex_crash.txt” file in your Documentsfolder that contains no personal or system information but shows active processes at the time of the crash, and dump file numbers.

This file can help you figure out if it the Apex Legends issue, or if the crash occurred due to a software conflict or a hardware fault.

Is Apex down? Do you experience infinite loading screens while playing?

Let’s discuss how you can easily resolve these issues with a few simple steps and procedures as, actually, most of the players can do it easily on their own.

Why Does Apex Keep Crashing?

To start with, you have to know that if the game starts to crash after its installation, then it’s most likely that your equipment you use for playing may not correspond to the minimum system requirements. 

If you know that it’s not the case and Apex Legends keeps crashing, then you may need to do some troubleshooting to fix it starting with a very simple checklist.

1. The most common issue that may cause Apex legends crashing is your graphics driver needing an update. So, check it for updates. If you have recently upgraded it and Apex keeps crashing, downgrade the driver.
2. Perform a clean boot of your PC to disable all the background tasks that might be interfering with Apex Legends.
3. Close all the programs running in the background that might interfere with the game.
4. Check your network connectivity as if it’s being unstable you end up lagging and Apex keeps crashing. Make sure, you are getting your internet via Ethernet cable connection not WI-FI. 
5. Check for the game added to Windows Defender Firewall exceptions following the path: Control Panel\ System and Security\ Windows Defender Firewall\ Allowed Apps

How to Fix Apex Legends Crashing Mid Game?

If none of the above-mentioned helped, it’s time to pass to active troubleshooting and finally ask yourself: how do I stop Apex from crashing?

Completing the instructions below will fix the issue for the majority of the players. Here are the solutions we suggest.

Solution 1: Change Graphics Settings

1. Search for the Graphics setting page on the search tab
2. Click Browse
3. Find your Origin Games folder > Apex > Apex
4. After that, double click “r5apex.exe”, this will add an Apex Legends option on the Graphic setting page.
5. Click Options
6. Set graphics performance to “High performance”
7. Go back into Origin Games folder > Apex > Apex
8. Right click “r5apex.exe” > properties
9. Under Compatibility, tick the box for “Run this program as an administrator” AND deselect the box for “Disable full screen optimizations”

Solution 2: Get Origin In-Game Off

1. Launch Origin > Games Library
2. Right-click the Apex Legends game photo
3. Head to Game properties > Advanced launch options
4. Copy past either option, depending on your monitor’s refresh rate, under Command line arguments. The first option for those using a 60hz monitor, and the second option for those who use a 140hz monitor.
– refresh 60 – GameTime.MaxVariableFps 60
– refresh 140 – GameTime.MaxVariableFps140
5. Hover over “Origin” at top left-hand corner > Application settings > More > Origin in game
6. Ensure “Enable Origin In-Game is turned off

Solution 3: Change Resolution

1. Launch the Apex Legends game client
2. In the game, click the setting icon at the bottom right of your screen
3. Click the video tab
4. Under Display mode, click right and switch the options until you see “Borderless Window”
5. Switch V-sync options until “Triple Buffered”
6. Set Adaptive Resolution FPS Target to 50
7. Enable Adaptive super-sampling

Solution 4: Modify Anti-Cheat Priority

1. Set to low Easy Anti-Cheat priority in Task Manager.
2. Launch Apex Legends.
3. Open Task Manager by command CTRL + ALT + DELETE.
4. Go to the Details tab.
5. Find the Easy Anti-Cheat program.
6. With the right-click select Set priority to low.

Should it fix the issue, you’ll have to do this every time you launch the game.

Solution 5: Repair the Game

1. Repair the game using the Origin client.
2. Open Origin.
3. Find Apex Legends and click it.
4. Click the gear icon to view the options.
5. Click “Repair”. 
6. Run the game again and see if the problem is fixed.

When it comes to fixing Apex legends crashing, these solutions are enough to fix it.

However, if the problem continues, then try reinstalling the game. 

Has Respawn done anything to address Apex legends crashing?

With season 1 has just launched, their patch notes DO NOT reveal any fix implemented to stop the game from crashing. That said, they have added a crash reporting system, which will help fix further issues in the future. However, Respawn has fixed a bug which crashed the client upon opening Apex packs.