How gifting works in Apex Legends

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There’s a lot to love about Apex Legends, from the widely diverse cast of Legends to its very addicting and satisfying gameplay, developer Respawn is hitting its stride with this title. The game has recently introduced gifting, where you can send players on your friends list skins in the game. This kind gesture is a good way to celebrate a special occasion like a birthday. So if you have a friend that absolutely loves the game, you’ll want to figure out how gifting works in Apex Legends because it isn’t as simple as clicking a button.

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Before you can give anyone gifts in Apex Legends, there are things you need to do. First, you need to have login verification turned on. Login verification is EA’s 2FA where if you log in from an unrecognized device, a code will be sent to your email, phone, or an app authenticator of your choice. This prevents anyone from logging into your account and making purchases on it without your consent. You can go to your EA account’s security settings to set this up.

The next requirement is that your account has to be level 10 and so does anyone you want to send gifts to. While this a weird condition to have, this could be in place to prevent players from sending skins to accounts they’ve just made which they plan on selling down the road somewhere online.

The last and final criteria is that you had to have been friends with the player for at least two weeks. Once you meet all three of these prerequisites, you are ready to start gifting.

Once you find a skin or item you want to give your friend, click