4 Hottest Drops on the New Apex Legends Map, Olympus

Kate Irwin
3 min readNov 29, 2020

The new Apex Legends map, Olympus, was released on November 4th. By now, a lot of you probably have your own favorite drop spot. But where are the hottest spots, time and time again? Where’s the new Skull Town?

source: Respawn Entertainment

Between Turbine and Hammond Labs

There’s this spot directly in the center of Olympus on top of turbine that has a single building and a bunch of waterslides (yes, waterslides!) that lead down toward Hammond Labs. And, oh man, is that single building on top of Turbine third, fourth and fifth party central! If you go to this spot, get out your R-99 and be ready for that crossfire coming from all directions. Because it’s the center of the map, a lot of squads end up converging there. And it’s so openly visible that it’s easy to see when people are fighting up there, making it a tempting target for nearby squads. Here’s the building I’m referring to:

source: Respawn Entertainment

ESTATES

Estates is, without a doubt, what I’d call the Skull Town of Olympus. There’s tons of tiny buildings all close to each other and open space in the middle and all around. There’s usually some good loot if you get lucky. The main…

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Kate Irwin

Writer, gamer, and journalist. I have an MFA in writing from Columbia University. Published in PCMag, Decrypt, Input, Game Rant, other places.