Apex Legends Ranked Rules: Decay, Placements & Party Limits
Placements, ranked resets and squad rank restrictions in Apex Legends Ranked. These are the current rules from EA's help pages and Respawn's ranked roadmap.
Last reviewed against official sources November 8, 2026
Placements and the season reset
Apex has no fixed placement matches. At each reset you are given a starting tier from your hidden ranked matchmaking rating; brand-new players are seeded from their unranked rating.
Season reset
Ranked points reset twice a season. At the season start and at the start of split two. Season 31 began on 3 November 2026; Respawn plans to add Iron, Emerald and Grandmaster in Season 32.
When does the Apex Legends season end? →Who can you queue with?
Everyone in a premade ranked squad must be within two ranks of each other, or the squad cannot queue. The squad is matched at its highest member's ranked points.
Rookie – Apex PredatorSquadmates within two ranks of you
- Party sizes
- Solo, duo or trio.
Where these rules come from
Every rule on this page comes from the developer’s own patch notes, support pages or announcements, and is re-checked whenever a new season or patch lands. Rules we could not confirm there are left out rather than guessed.
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Can you queue ranked with friends of any rank in Apex?
No. Every member of a premade squad must be within two ranks of each other.
Does Apex Legends have placement matches?
No fixed ones: at each reset you start in a tier based on your hidden ranked rating.