Sniper Rifle

Sniper Rifle
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Basic Information
Used by:	Sniper
Slot:	Primary
Availability:	Stock
Nameable:	Yes
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	25
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Normal Unique Strange Decorated
Loadout Stats
Sniper Rifle 1 - 100

“

You'll be needin' another use for that neck! Click to listen — The Sniper

”

The Sniper Rifle is the primary weapon for the Sniper. It is a single-shot bolt-action rifle with a wooden stock and a massive telescopic scope with an attached laser sight.

The rifle has excellent accuracy, no damage falloff, and is one of two weapons with a zoom sight (the other being the Sydney Sleeper). The zoom display features a charge meter and a small red or blue dot in the center (the laser dot). When zoomed-in, the charge meter increases gradually from 0% to 100% during 4 seconds indicating the amount of damage that will be done by the shot. The laser dot of your team's color will appear where you are aiming when zoomed-in. The size of the dot increases as the shot charges. The charge meter resets to 0% after a shot is fired or when the scope is unzoomed. Players are therefore required to continually zoom in on an opponent if they wish to deal the full amount of damage against an enemy. During zoom, movement speed for the class is slowed to 27%, and slowed even further to 0.01% when crouching. Furthermore, zooming cannot be performed when the Sniper is jumping or falling. Firing the Sniper Rifle when not zoomed will deal minor damage.

Should the player deliver a shot to an enemy's head while zoomed in, this will result in a Headshot, which will deliver a guaranteed Critical hit. The Sniper Rifle is unable to deliver random Critical hits any other way however, except during Humiliation, when subject to a Kritzkrieg's ÜberCharge, or when under the effect of any other Crit-boost (e.g. after the Intelligence is captured on CTF maps). Headshots cannot be scored if the Sniper fires while unscoped.

Observant players will be able to detect a Sniper Rifle being used by the team-colored dot that will appear on walls or floors wherever the Sniper is aiming while zoomed in at the time. Competent Sniper players can circumvent this problem by deliberately aiming at objects in the foreground, luring enemies into a false sense of security.

Damage

• Base: 50 (0% charge or unscoped), 150 (100% charge)
  • Damage increases by 1 for every 1% charged.
• Bodyshot: 43-57 (0% charge or unscoped), 128-172 (100% charge)
• Headshot (scoped only): 150 (0% charge), 450 (100% charge)
  • Damage increases by 3 for every 1% charged.
• Mini-Crit: 67.5 (0% charge or unscoped), 202.5 (100% charge)
  • Damage increases by 1.35 for every 1% charged.
• Critical hit (humiliation or Kritzkrieg only): 150

Note: Distance from the target does not affect the Sniper Rifle's damage. Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.

Function times

• Attack Interval: 1.5
• There is a 200 ms delay before a zoomed Sniper shot can get a Critical hit.
• There is a 1 second delay before the damage of a zoomed Sniper shot increases.

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Related Achievements

Pyro

Firewatch Ignite 10 Snipers while they are zoomed in.

Sniper

Be Efficient Get 3 kills with the Sniper Rifle without missing a shot. Dropped Dead Kill a Scout in midair with your Sniper Rifle or the Huntsman. Jumper Stumper Kill a rocket or grenade-jumping enemy in midair with your Sniper Rifle or the Huntsman.

The Last Wave Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you waving to them. Trust Your Feelings Get 5 kills with the Sniper Rifle without your scope. Dead Reckoning Kill an enemy with an arrow while you're dead.

Update history

September 21, 2007 Patch

• Fixed occasional Sniper zoom crash.

December 31, 2007 Patch

• Fixed Sniper quick-switch exploit allowing them to avoid zoom/unzoom times.

January 14, 2008 Patch

• Added new option for the Sniper Rifle to the advanced multiplayer options. If disabled, the Sniper Rifle won't re-zoom after firing a zoomed shot.

January 15, 2008 Patch

• Fixed being able to zoom too quickly after firing a zoomed shot.

February 14, 2008 Patch

• Added a small delay (200 ms) before a zoomed Sniper shot can get a Critical hit.

February 2, 2009 Patch

• Sniper Rifle can now Crit while under Crit-boosts.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Fixed Sniper Rifle not penetrating friendly players.

Bugs

• When the Sniper Rifle ejects a shell, the shell comes out of the side opposite the ejection port.
• It is possible to earn the achievement Dead Reckoning with a Sniper Rifle by firing at the exact same moment an enemy Sniper fires at you, though the achievement claims you must use an arrow. However, this is infinitely harder than using the Huntsman to do this.

Gallery

• Sniper Rifle 1st person cropped.png

  First-person view.

See also

• Sydney Sleeper
• Sniper Rifle strategy
• Headshot