Apex Legends will switch its PC anti-cheat system to EA Javelin Anticheat on September 29, 2026, according to EA’s announcement, published September 24 on Steam. Players will need to download the game update; launching Apex Legends after installing it will trigger the migration automatically. EA says the change will not require players to enable Secure Boot in the BIOS at this stage.
How the migration will work
EA has not specified a deployment time. The announced steps are to install the update and then launch the game, which will start the migration to Javelin.
What EA expects from Javelin
EA describes Javelin as a PC anti-cheat solution designed to prevent and detect cheating in its games, with a stated focus on privacy and security. For Apex Legends, the publisher says the move should give its anti-cheat teams more visibility into emerging threats and more flexibility to improve detections as cheats evolve. Those are EA’s goals for the migration; they are not yet measured results for Apex Legends.
EA says Javelin has stopped millions of cheating attempts while maintaining accuracy above 99% in games that already use it. Those figures are not specific to Apex Legends, so they do not establish how effective the system will be in the battle royale.
EA also says it is continuing to invest in specialized data models and server-side detection methods for cheats specific to consoles. Its announcement describes that work separately and does not announce a console migration to Javelin on September 29.
For PC players, the practical change is automatic once the update is installed and the game is launched. EA’s current Secure Boot guidance also means players will not need to enter the BIOS to enable it for this migration.
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