The beginner’s guide to inventory management in Apex Legends

Have you just started playing Apex Legends? How many times have you run into situations where you don't have stuff you need in your inventory? Like you're in an intense gunfight and you've just run out of ammo on your R-301. Or you've run away from a fight but don't have any heals? Apex Legends might look like a fast-paced shooter at face value, but the truth is, there's a lot more to it than just shooting and killing people. Inventory management plays a key role in Apex Legends.

The best players in the game know how to find exactly what they need and have it available at the ready when they're in clutch scenarios. All that goes into it is some good inventory management. And it's not very hard. They just tend to know exactly what they'll need.

It's not really that difficult, once you get the hang of things. Here's a crash course on inventory management in Apex Legends.

The first and most basic aspect of inventory management is understanding how inventory slots work in the game. A single inventory slot can hold a limited inventory of every type of item in the game, be it ammo, meds, consumables, or ordinances (throwables).

Here's a breakdown of what you can carry in a single inventory slot:

This will help you plan for yourself, how many of these items you need in your inventory and how many slots you'd be using.

The game has three levels of backpacks in addition to the base "no-backpack" level. You get more inventory slots on the higher-level backpacks, making it easier to manage your items.

To get the basics right, all the information you need is how many inventory slots you have, and what you can hold in them. As such, you'd probably want to know what are the essentials and how many of them you need at each backpack level.

Now that you know how inventory slots and backpacks work, the next thing you need to figure out is your loadout. Apex Legends has a wide range of weapons and weapon types and these play a major role in how you manage your inventory. For instance, if you're used to carrying a full-auto primary with a high burst damage secondary like most players, you'll need at least 3 stacks of your primary ammo and 2 stacks of secondary ammo. The number of meds and ordinances may vary depending on your playstyle. Your ammo stacks depending on the loadout you're running.

The above loadouts should give you a general idea on how much ammo you'll need for each type of weapon. Unless you're going for a dual full-auto loadout like the fabled R400 (R301+R99) combo, inventory management should come easy to you.

There are some legends that can get away with different loadouts.

At the end of the day, it's all about logic. Some of it comes down to personal choice because you know your playstyle the best. There are some essentials when it comes to the items you need to survive in Apex Legends and carrying them is important. Don't be afraid to think out of the box and accommodate possible circumstances you may run into. For instance, suppose you want to play the Havoc but you haven't found it yet. If you come across a turbocharger, pick it up and keep it handy until you find the Havoc. You can replace any non-essential item.

Take into account exactly what you need to survive a fight against at least two squads. In case you don't have everything you need and your team gets caught in a fight, always remember to loot death boxes whenever they're around you. You might just find what you've been looking for. Usually, the purple backpack is in the crafting pool so you might want to craft it at a replicator every time it's in rotation. It takes 75 crafting materials and every replicator on the map usually has at least 3 sets of 25 crafting materials around it.

In some cases, gold loot also affects how you manage your inventory. You can read our guide on gold tier loot to understand this better.

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