Apex Legends offers free loot boxes in the Battle Pass for Season 1. But if you don’t want random loot, you can currently use a simple trick to make the loot more specific.
What is the problem with the loot boxes in the Pass? The Battle Pass for Season 1 in Apex Legends contains several free loot boxes at certain levels. These include a guaranteed epic item once and later a legendary item.
The problem is that there are tons of items in Apex. Your guaranteed Epic or Legendary loot can also be a skin for a hero you don’t play, a silly banner, or an alternate look for the unpopular weapon Mozambique.
Belgium as a region disables random loot
What does Belgium have to do with loot boxes? In Belgium, RNG loot boxes are considered gambling since a court ruling and are therefore mostly illegal. As a result, publishers like EA had to back down and remove loot boxes from their games, including in Apex Legends.
In Belgium, there is no random loot, only crafting parts.
This is how crafting works: The crafting parts can be specifically converted into loot. Exactly the stuff you want. You simply select the desired object in your weapons or legends menu and click on “Unlock”.
Here’s how many crafting parts you need:
- Common: 30
- Rare: 60
- Epic: 400
- Legendary: 1,200
This is how much crafting parts you get in Belgium: Belgian players regularly receive crafting parts. In total, there are:
- Level 26: 250 parts
- Level 43: 60 parts
- Level 53: 60 parts
- Level 73: 60 parts
- Level 83: 60 parts
- Level 86: 800 parts
- Level 93: 60 parts
That adds up to 1,350 crafting parts, enough to craft any legendary part immediately. Overall, this is less than you would get from loot boxes, which would guarantee 5 rare and one epic and legendary item each. But the prospect of guaranteed loot instead of RNG loot is more attractive to many players.
This is how you bypass the loot boxes: So if you don’t want random loot, you have to move to Belgium or use this trick. Because according to some Reddit users, it’s currently quite easy to set your region to Belgium by adjusting your account on the EA website.
How that works is explained in the following video.
Wait, is that allowed? Apparently, yes, but don’t expect this workaround to last forever. EA surely won’t be happy that you are circumventing loot boxes so easily. It’s quite possible that additional restrictions will be implemented soon to ensure that you are really Belgian.
However, according to a Reddit user, this action might also send a signal to EA that loot boxes are simply not well-received by many players and that this needs to change.
