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Apex Heirloom Tracker Guide

A useful tracker keeps three things separate: confirmed eligible-pack progress, uncertain historical rewards, and collection history. Combining them produces a precise-looking number that EA's public rules do not support.

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Maintain three ledgers

Confirmed eligible-pack progress

This is the only number used by the guarantee and probability model. Add a row only after identifying the actual pack type and confirming that eligibility was not paused.

Uncertain historical rewards

Old screenshots, remembered purchases, or rewards with an unknown pack label belong here. Keep a possible minimum and maximum if useful, but do not silently move the maximum into the confirmed total.

Collection history

Record event/direct Mythic unlocks and current Heirloom Shards balances for your own inventory history. The LootCalc tracker deliberately does not convert these values into pack odds or infer that every acquisition path resets the guarantee counter.

Suggested tracker columns

date,ledger,source,pack_label,count,paused,evidence,note
YYYY-MM-DD,eligible-pack,level reward,visible pack name,1,false,screenshot URL,
YYYY-MM-DD,uncertain,old promotion,unknown,1,false,,classification needed
YYYY-MM-DD,collection,event,direct Mythic unlock,1,false,receipt URL,ledger only
YYYY-MM-DD,collection,account,Shards balance,150,false,screenshot URL,ledger only

Cross-progression without false arithmetic

Keep pre-merge platform notes, but do not add the two values or automatically choose the larger one. EA does not expose a public Heirloom counter that LootCalc can read, and public cross-progression information does not provide a general formula for reconstructing it. After a merge, use only a count supported by post-merge records or clearly label the value as uncertain.

When the tracker reaches 500

Stop the probability calculation. Check whether excluded event packs were counted, whether eligibility was paused, and whether packs from an earlier cycle were included. The tracker must not use modulo arithmetic to turn 500 into zero or infer how many Shards awards occurred.

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FAQ

Should event or direct Mythic unlocks be added to pack progress?

No. Record them in a separate collection ledger. They are useful account history but do not become eligible-pack count.

Can I add pre-merge platform estimates together?

Do not add or select a platform total unless an official source or your post-merge records establish the resulting counter. Preserve both estimates as notes and mark the active count uncertain.

What should I do if my estimate reaches 500?

Recheck excluded pack types, eligibility pauses, and cycle boundaries. If the count remains credible, contact EA Support rather than rolling the number over.

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