Sydney Sleeper

Sydney Sleeper
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Kill Icon
Basic Information
Used by:	Sniper
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	nrek
Released:	September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #13, Uncrate #27 (Strange), Uncrate #75 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	25
Reload type:	No Reload
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Sydney Sleeper Level 1 - 100 Sniper Rifle +25% charge rate On Scoped Hit: Apply Jarate for 2 to 5 seconds based on charge level. Nature's Call: Scoped headshots always mini-crit and reduce the remaining cooldown of Jarate by 1 second. No random critical hits No headshots

“

Where'd I get you that time? The liver? The kidney? I'm losing track. Click to listen — The Sniper aiming anywhere but the head

”

The Sydney Sleeper is a community-created primary weapon for the Sniper. It is a single-shot pneumatic dart gun with an air tank with spare darts (with corks) attached to the stock, a scope fitted to the top and feathers tied to the barrel. When equipped, the Sniper will appear to have darts in his breast pocket.

Like the Sniper Rifle, the Sydney Sleeper can scope, and has a charge function when scoping. However, upon zooming in whilst scoped, a flashing Jarate icon will appear next to the charge meter, indicating that the shot will cover an enemy target with a Jarate effect, scaled from 2 to 5 seconds, depending on the charge level. While scoped, the Sydney Sleeper is able to extinguish teammates that are on fire. The Sydney Sleeper has a 25% faster charge rate, meaning that it will take 2.8 seconds, reduced from the Sniper Rifle's 3.3 second charge time, to fully charge a shot whilst scoped.

When the Sydney Sleeper makes a headshot while scoped in, the victim will take mini-crit damage, and the cooldown of Jarate, if equipped, will be reduced by one second.

The weapon's main drawback for precision Snipers is its inability to deal critical hits with headshots, therefore relying more heavily on assists to finish off key targets. However, this also means that the Sniper can be less accurate, and with the Jarate effect, targets can easily be dealt with by your teammates.

The kill icon for the Sydney Sleeper was contributed by MasterOfOrigami.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Effect		Jarate
Damage
Base damage	100%	0%: 50 100%: 150
Critical		0%: 150 100%: 450
Mini-crit		0%: 68 100%: 203
Function times
Attack interval		1.5 s
Effect duration		0%: 2 s 100%: 8 s
Maximum charge time		2.8 s
Zoom-in charging delay		1.3 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Croc-o-Style Kit
	Sydney Sleeper Darwin's Danger Shield Bushwacka Ol' Snaggletooth
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Huntsman		Reclaimed Metal		Sydney Sleeper
	+		=

Class Token - Sniper		Slot Token - Primary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Reclaimed Metal		Righteous Bison		Sydney Sleeper		Machina
	+		+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Sydney Sleeper		Eyelander		Bazaar Bargain
	+		+		=

Refined Metal		Croc-o-Style Kit weapon		Ol' Snaggletooth
x4	+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Sydney Sleeper Strange Sniper Rifle - Kills: 0 +25% charge rate On Scoped Hit: Apply Jarate for 2 to 5 seconds based on charge level. Nature's Call: Scoped headshots always mini-crit and reduce the remaining cooldown of Jarate by 1 second. No random critical hits No headshots Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

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. Saturation Bombing Jarate 4 enemy players with a single throw.

The Last Wave Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you waving to them. Triple Prey In a single round, get a kill with 3 different weapons. Trust Your Feelings Get 5 kills with the Sniper Rifle without your scope.

 Spy

Wetwork Stab an enemy to death while under the influence of Jarate.

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• The Sydney Sleeper was added to the game.

October 6, 2010 Patch

• The Sydney Sleeper no longer penetrates targets.
• The Sydney Sleeper no longer randomly crits.

October 8, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Sydney Sleeper was added to the crafting blueprint for the Ol' Snaggletooth.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• The Sydney Sleeper was given a unique kill icon.

January 19, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed view models having RED skins while on the BLU team.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
• [Undocumented] Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on Medieval maps for items that are not allowed in medieval mode.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• The Sydney Sleeper's charge rate was increased by 25%.

April 20, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The attribute "+25% charge rate" for the Sydney Sleeper is now indicated as a positive (blue) attribute in the backpack. Previously it was negative (red).

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• The Sydney Sleeper was added to the crafting blueprint for the Bazaar Bargain.

August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)

• Added a bell when the Sydney Sleeper is fully charged.
  • Toggled in the Adv. Options dialog.
• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

October 18, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a problem where the rifle wouldn't damage sticky bombs.

July 2, 2012 Patch

• Fixed Sydney Sleeper’s bonus not properly protecting against Decapitating Headshots.

February 11, 2014 Patch

• Fixed being able to Jarate invulnerable targets with the Sydney Sleeper.

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

• Changed attribute:
  • Jarate now applies on all scoped shots, duration scales with charge duration (2 to 8 seconds).

July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • When fully charged, or when making a headshot, now applies Jarate in a radius.
  • Scoped shots now extinguish teammates.

August 29, 2016 Patch

• Strange Part: Allies Extinguished can now be applied to Strange Sydney Sleeper rifles.

March 28, 2018 Patch #1

• Fully-charged body shots and headshots no longer splash Jarate on players around the target.
• Reduced length of on-hit Jarate to 2 to 5 seconds (from 2 to 8 seconds).
• Added: "Nature's Call: Scoped headshots always mini-crit and reduce the remaining cooldown of Jarate by 1 second".

Unused content

• There is an unused dart model that coincides with this weapon.

Bugs

• Unscoped Sydney Sleeper shots can extinguish burning teammates.
• The attribute No headshots is incorrectly listed, as the Sydney Sleeper can deal mini-crits headshot damage.

Trivia

• Originally, the Sydney Sleeper was planned to be a secondary weapon.
• A custom reload animation was submitted, but has not been added to the game.
• When crit boosted, the Sydney Sleeper can perform headshots.

Tips for use

• When using The Sydney Sleeper, hit as many enemies with it as you can, by doing this, you're basically providing your team with damage buffs against certain targets from across the map, and without even having to hit headshots!
• If you can't quite reach a cloaking spy with your Jarate, you can shoot them with this and still make them trackable for your team.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view.

• 

  The darts on the RED Sniper's pocket.

• 

  The darts on the BLU Sniper's pocket.

• 

  Unused Sydney Sleeper dart.

• 

  Old version of the Sydney Sleeper being used as a secondary weapon.

See also

• Covering
• Sydney Sleeper strategy