Decals are coming to Apex Legends alongside Season 15: Eclipse, making them the first new cosmetic item type to be introduced to the game since emotes were added in Season 9. Decals function as decorative items that they can be used to further customize a player’s team. , adding a personal touch to your arsenal. Still, you can’t just stick them on anything and call it a day, these stickers only stick to certain things.

Apex Legends Design Director Evan Nikolich recently spoke with GameSpot’s Jordan Ramée about upcoming changes to the game’s cosmetics. Decorating your weapon is one thing, most games have some sort of weapon customization these days, but decorating your shield cell is quite another, and these stickers don’t stick to just anything. Read on for detailed information on the newest cosmetic item in Apex Legends.

Stickers can be added to the following items:

• shield cells
• shield batteries
• syringes
• first aid kits
• Phoenix Kits

At the moment, only healing items can be decorated with stickers, though that may change in the future. Nikolich told us that decals are exclusive to healing items “for now,” but declined to elaborate. However, he confirmed a few things:

• The stickers will be available for purchase.
• They may be included in the Eclipse Battle Pass, but Nikolich can’t say for sure.
• The recent change to animations for healing items was implemented in preparation for the arrival of stickers.

As for who is making them, the stickers are exclusively designed in-house at the moment. Many of them feature the work of Respawn’s lead animator, Moy Parra. In his spare time, Parra makes animated shorts for his ToonCraft YouTube channel, creating content depicting the legends interacting outside of combat. The results are often hilarious and always entertaining. In fact, some of Parra’s ToonCraft creations are coming to the game in the form of stickers, including an adorable sticker showing Wattson dressed up as Nessie (as seen in one of Parra’s YouTube videos). Parra’s chibi art style fits the aesthetic of the sticker perfectly.

Nikolich tells us that all decals will be designed in-house for the time being, but he doesn’t rule out the possibility of fan artists getting involved in the future, similar to how Respawn reached out to community artists in the past, commissioning fan-created transition screens, cosmetic skin designs, and even VTuber avatar models.

Players won’t see the full card collection until Apex Legends Season 15: Eclipse launches on Tuesday, November 1. In the meantime, make sure you’ve gotten your Golden Ticket and finished your Hunted Battle Pass before it expires. .

Apex Legends is free to play on console and PC. A mobile version of the game, Apex Legends Mobile, is available for download on Android and iOS devices.