Alter's passive in Apex Legends allows players to loot death boxes through walls and more

A discovery was recently made by the Apex community that Alter's passive in Apex Legends is effectively allowing players to loot death boxes through walls. Termed Gift from the Rift, it is described in-game as "Can remotely interact with a death box to claim one item. Cannot be a shield core."

This ability was underestimated by many as it looks and plays very differently on the battlefield. Another observation was made where a player was able to loot a shield core using Alter’s passive, despite the obvious counter statement in the ability description.

This article will discuss how Alter's passive in Apex Legends is being explored by the community in Season 21 and their reaction to the same.

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Alter's passive ability to loot through walls was first brought to the limelight on X (former Twitter) by a user @hodsic. He confirmed that it is not necessary to have a line of sight on the death box first before being able to loot behind walls. This means Alter can access all deathboxes around her irrespective of surrounding geometry. This is what @hodsic showcased in his tweet.

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Another notable discovery was made on Alter’s passive in Apex Legends where she can loot shield cores through walls. This was highlighted by a Reddit user u/Sad-Particular-5269 who posted the following video to showcase the mechanic.

This appears to be a bug as it contradicts the ability’s description in-game. However, upon further discussion and inspection, it was clarified that Alter can loot shield cores if she's close to the death box just like any other legend, even if there's a wall between her and the death box.

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