In Apex Legends, sometimes grabbing a dead teammate’s banner during or after a fight can be pretty risky. Luckily, there is another way to get the banners back, and you don’t even need to be near the fight to do it. Crafting Respawn Banners was added in Apex Legends in Season 16: Revelry, and allows certain Legends to bring back their allies from a safe distance. Let’s take a look at how to make a Crafted Respawn Banner in Apex Legends.
Choosing a Support Class Legend
First and foremost, it is important to note that you only craft Respawn Banners with a Support Legend on your team. The option will not show up if you only have the other classes, as it is a Support Class Perk. Note that anyone on a squad with a Support Legend can craft the banners, not just the Support Legend.
There are currently five Support Class Legends in the game: Lifeline, Mirage, Gibraltar, Loba, and Newcastle. Pathfinder used to be a Support Legend but is not anymore. Thus, he does not have this Perk.
Related: How to use every Legend Class Perk in Apex Legends
Crafting a Crafted Respawn Banner
After your teammate dies, you will need to find some Crafting Materials if you don’t already have them, and a Replicator.
When you are either playing as a Support Class Legend or have a Support Legend on your team, in addition to the Daily, Weekly, Seasonal, and Permanent sections of the Replicator, you will also have access to a Perk section. There will be an icon with two Respawn Banners on it in that section. It requires 30 Crafting Materials to craft. If you have enough materials, you can craft one or two ally banners with a single crafting.
If an another ally dies after you have already crafted the banner, you will either need to retrieve their banner the normal way or craft another 30 Crafting Material Crafted Respawn Banner. The banner will not automatically contain your second dead ally.
One thing you need to be careful about is that if your only Support Legend rage quits, permanently crashes, or otherwise leaves the game early, all remaining players will lose the ability to craft banners. So be wary of this.