Sniper

Sniper
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Support
Health:	125 /185 125 /185 with the Darwin's Danger Shield equipped
Speed:	100% (See Speed below for further details)
Meet the Sniper

“

Snipin's a good job, mate! It's challengin' work, outta doors. I guarantee you'll not go hungry, cause at the end of the day, long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is gonna want someone dead. — The Sniper on his profession

”

The Sniper is a rugged and ready crack shot from the Australian Outback. The Sniper's role on the battlefield is to eliminate important enemy targets using his Sniper Rifle's ability to headshot. He is effective at long distances, where the attacks of other classes struggle to hit enemies at all, and weaker at close range, where he is forced to use his Submachine Gun or Kukri. Thus, the Sniper prefers to hide in elevated or hard-to-see spots, where he can pin down enemies at chokepoints and pick off slower classes like the Heavy with ease.

Although he typically is known for instanteously killing enemies from afar, the Huntsman allows him to approach the frontlines, launching powerful arrows, while the Sydney Sleeper or mysterious Jarate allow him to take on a support role by causing enemies to take increased damage.

The Sniper is voiced by John Patrick Lowrie.

Bio

Name: Mr. Mundy Location of origin: Template:W Job: Precision Elimination Motto: "Pink Cloud of Death" Emblems:    Beta emblems:    Description: In his former life as a tracker of dangerous game in the unforgiving Australian outback, the Sniper would spend months by himself. Prolonged isolation taught him a valuable lesson: You don't have to rely on other people if you never miss.

Speed

Main article: Speed

Modifier	Speed
Standard	100 .0%
With a rifle zoomed in.	26 .7%
With a rifle zoomed in and the Cozy Camper equipped.	1 .6%
With the Huntsman drawn.	53 .3%
With the Huntsman drawn and the Cozy Camper equipped.	21 .3%

Basic strategy

Main articles: Sniper tips, Sniper strategy

• The longer you spend zoomed in using the scope, the more damage the shot will inflict.
• Aim for the head to inflict critical damage.
• Zoom in with the sniper rifle by hitting MOUSE2.
• Use your secondary slot Submachine Gun to deal with nearby enemies.
• When you use Jarate on a enemy, it will make every shot you hit a mini-crit, therefore try not to waste it.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Sniper Rifle		25	N/A	Base: 50–150 Headshot: 150–450	Charges while zoomed.  Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots.  No random critical hits.
Promotional / Craft AWPer Hand
Unlock Huntsman		1	12	Base: 50–120 Headshot: 150–360	Bullets replaced with an arrow projectile.  Hold primary fire to draw (and charge) the arrow; press secondary fire to retract the arrow.  Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots.  No laser pointer indicator.  Friendly Pyros can light arrows to add fire damage.  -70% maximum charge time.  +96% charging movement speed (total of 53% movement speed while charging)  -20% maximum charge damage.  Base damage unchanged.  -48% total ammo.  No random critical hits.  Arrows can be reflected, shot down, and vaporized.  Arrows lose their accuracy if the bow is drawn for more than 5 seconds.  Arrows can pin enemies to a wall upon being killed (purely cosmetic feature).
Promotional Fortified Compound
Craft Sydney Sleeper		25	N/A	Base: 50–150	Charges while zoomed.  On scoped hit, applies Jarate effect to the target for 2 to 5 seconds based on amount charged.  Charge rate increased 25%.  Nature's Call: Scoped headshots always mini-crit and reduce the remaining cooldown of Jarate by 1 second.  Scoped shots extinguish flames on wielder and allied players.  Headshots do not crit.  No random critical hits.
Craft Bazaar Bargain		25	N/A	Base: 50–150 Headshot: 150–450	Charges while zoomed.  Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots.  Each scoped headshot kill increases the weapon's charge rate by 25% up to 200%.  No random critical hits.  -50% base charge rate penalty.
Promotional / Craft Machina		25	N/A	Base: 50–173 Headshot: 150–518	Charges while zoomed.  Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots.  Fully charged shots deal +15% damage.  Fully charged shots penetrate players and damage enemies behind them.  Only fires when zoomed.  Shots leave a bright, easily traceable team-colored line behind them.  No random critical hits.
Uncrate Shooting Star
Craft Hitman's Heatmaker		25	N/A	Base: 40–120 Headshot: 150–450	Charges while zoomed.  Shots are more quiet.  Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots.  Gain Focus on kills and assists.  Press 'Reload' to activate focus.  When Focus is active:  Doesn't unscope between shots.  +25% faster charge rate.  Shots leave a bright, easily traceable team-colored line behind them.  -20% damage penalty on body shot.  No random critical hits.  Headshot kills cause decapitation.
Craft Classic		25	N/A	Base: 50–150 Headshot: 50–450	Does not automatically start charging when zoomed.  Hold down fire button to charge, release to fire.  Doesn't unscope between shots.  Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots.  Can charge without zooming.  Cannot headshot unless fully charged.  -10% damage penalty on body shot.  Shots leave a dim, clear line behind them.  No random critical hits.  Charged shots will gib victims.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock SMG		25	75	Base: 8 Crit: 24 [10 rounds / sec.]
Unlock Jarate	N/A	1	∞	N/A	Doused enemies take mini-crits on hit.  Partially nullifies cloak on enemy Spies.  Extinguishes flames on wielder and allied players.  +20% increase in recharge rate when you extinguish an ally.  Enemy Pyros can reflect Jarate.  Has a 20 second recharge.
Uncrate Self-Aware Beauty Mark
Unlock Razorback	N/A	1	N/A	N/A	Nullifies a single backstab attempt, temporarily "shocking" the Spy, preventing him from switching weapons or attacking (Spy can still cloak).  -100% overheal penalty  Regenerates after 30 seconds.  Grants its ability passively; does not need to be activated.
Craft Darwin's Danger Shield	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	+50% fire damage resistance on wearer.  The wearer is immune to the effects of afterburn.  Grants its ability passively; does not need to be activated.
Craft Cozy Camper	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	No flinching when aiming and primary weapon is fully charged.  Knockback reduced by 20% when aiming.  Regenerates health per second depending on time since damage was last taken; max is +4.  Grants its ability passively; does not need to be activated.
Craft Cleaner's Carbine		20	75	Base: 8 Crit: 24 [7.4 rounds / sec.]	Dealing damage charges a "Crikey" meter.  Alt Fire When Charged: Mini-crits for 8 seconds.  Mini-crits apply to all weapons.  -20% clip size.  -25% firing speed.  No random critical hits.

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Kukri		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Promotional Frying Pan
Craft Conscientious Objector
Promotional / Craft Freedom Staff
Drop Bat Outta Hell
Distributed Memory Maker
Promotional Ham Shank
Unlock Necro Smasher
Uncrate Crossing Guard
Promotional Prinny Machete
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Golden Frying Pan					Limited item from the Two Cities Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Craft Tribalman's Shiv		N/A	N/A	Base: 33 Crit: 98 Bleeding: 8 / sec. × 6 secs.	On hit: causes bleed for 6 seconds.  Deals 50% less damage.
Craft Bushwacka		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Crits whenever it would normally mini-crit.  Raises damage vulnerability by 20% when active.  No random crits.
Craft Shahanshah		N/A	N/A	Base: 49 / 81 Crit: 146 / 244	+25% increase in damage when health is less than 50% of max.  –25% decrease in damage when health is more than or equal to 50% of max.

Attack taunt

	Associated item	Description	Kill Icon
	Huntsman	Main article: Skewer The Sniper removes the arrow from his bow, twirls it behind him, then stabs it forward fiercely to stun the enemy momentarily. He then brings the arrow back to his bow again, killing the enemy. Can also kill enemies behind the Sniper when he withdraws the arrow.

Item sets

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

Main article: Item sets

Lawrence of Australia
	Bazaar Bargain Shahanshah Desert Marauder
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

The Camper Van Helsing
	Holy Hunter Silver Bullets Garlic Flank Stake
Effect	No effect

Hats

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Sniper achievements Sniper pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones. 1 General achievement

Update history

September 21, 2007 Patch

• Fixed occasional sniper zoom crash.

September 28, 2007 Patch

• Fixed third-person sniper aim animation not matching player's view exactly.

October 31, 2007 Patch

• Fixed a weapon switching exploit that allowed Snipers to fire slightly faster than intended.

December 20, 2007 Patch

• Dustbowl
  • Fixed gaps in stage gates that allowed Snipers to kill defenders during setup.
  • Limited line-of-sight at the first control point in stage 3 to remove a griefable Sniper spot.

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 Multiplayer->Advanced dialog. 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 now supports Crit Boost state like all other weapons (i.e., Kritzkrieg makes all shots critical hits).

May 21, 2009 Patch (The Sniper vs. Spy Update)

• Added new sniper rifle replacement, The Huntsman. Instead of a sniper rifle, you have a bow that allows you to move around faster while firing, and fire more quickly than the sniper rifle. Works better at medium range than the standard rifle.
• Added new SMG replacement, Jarate. If thrown on an enemy they will take more damage for short period of time. Also extinguishes flames on yourself or allies.
• Added new SMG replacement, The Razorback. Will protect you against a single spy backstab, and stun the spy for a short period of time. Comes with a 15% move speed penalty for the wearer (speed penalty has since been removed).
• Standard sniper rifle now shoots through friendly players.
• Added 54 new Sniper voice lines.
• Added 35 new Sniper achievements.
• The Heavy and Sniper now have new custom death animations.
• Added hat Trophy Belt.
• [Undocumented] Added a scar to the Sniper's face.

May 22, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Jarate effect on DX8 machines.

May 26, 2009 Patch

• Fixed server crash related to the Jarate.

May 29, 2009 Patch

• Added Sniper/Spy milestone achievements as an additional way players can get the new unlockables.
• Fixed attackers seeing the Mini-Crit particle effect for full Crits if the victim has the Jarate effect enabled.

June 8, 2009 Patch

• Fixed The Huntsman drawing a muzzle flash under lagged conditions.
• Fixed Jarate instantly exploding when thrown in some places, like the final area of Badwater Basin.
• Fixed Sniper "civilian" exploit where players could crash the server.

June 23, 2009 Patch

• Added log entries for player extinguished events using the Jarate.
• Changed the description of the "Triple Prey" achievement so it better describes how to get it.
• Critical arrows now have a trail and correctly deal enhanced damage.
• The Huntsman now defaults to be right handed.
• Friendly arrows will no longer trigger the near miss sound on you.
• [Undocumented] Fixed a bad detection case in the "Friendship is Golden" achievement.
• [Undocumented] Fixed several sources of floating arrows.
• [Undocumented] Removed the speed penalty from the Razorback.

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

• Fixed a couple of issues with the way critboosts affected The Huntsman and the Spy's knife.
• Fixed an exploit where you could reload The Huntsman faster than intended.
• [Undocumented] Added new hat bodygroups to the Sniper.
• Added hats: Master's Yellow Belt, Professional's Panama and Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative.

September 15, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Sniper using the reference pose if he has the Huntsman deployed when his team loses.
• Fixed the Huntsman not firing crit arrows when the Sniper is being CritBoosted.
• Fixed being able to fire the Huntsman under water if you jump into the water with the arrow charged.

December 18, 2009 Patch

• Fixed a client crash related to arrows.

December 22, 2009 Patch

• Updated the Baseball and Jarate HUD indicators to stay on screen when full.

January 6, 2010 Patch

• Changes to the TF Bots
  • Tuned Sniper spot finding algorithm to generate more diverse locations, partially addressing the "Predictable Sniper camping spots" issue.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Fixed Sniper rifle not penetrating friendlies
• Changed Huntsman pullback force so that it goes in the right direction (was still pulling as if the Huntsman was on the left hand side of the screen, which was default until a later update).

January 27, 2010 Patch

• Fixed Snipers being able to shoot enemies through gates.

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

• Added hat: Shooter's Sola Topi.

April 28, 2010 Patch

• The Huntsman changes
  • Removed restriction that arrows need to be aimed before they can be lit by a Pyro.
  • Bow can now be lowered without losing the lit arrow.
  • Changed bow so you can start charging it while you're jumping, but you can't fire until you're on the ground.
  • Fixed bug where flame effect would get stuck on if you change weapons with a lit arrow.
• Fixed a client crash that could result from players with arrows embedded in them.

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

• Added weapon: Tribalman's Shiv.
• Added hat: Bloke's Bucket Hat.

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• The Tribalman's Shiv bleed duration reduced to 6 second (was 8), and its damage penalty increased to 50% (was 35%).

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• Added weapons: Sydney Sleeper, Darwin's Danger Shield and Bushwacka.
• Added Hat: Ol' Snaggletooth.
• [Undocumented] The Tribalman's Shiv view model was updated to match the world model.
• [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" taunt.
• [Undocumented] Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative now shows up when using the "Inspect" key on allies.

October 6, 2010 Patch

• The Master's Yellow Belt and Killer's Kabuto paint effects are more noticeable.
• The Sydney Sleeper no longer penetrates targets.
• The Sydney Sleeper no longer randomly crits.

November 19, 2010 Patch

• Updated some item capabilities:
  • Improved the Spine-Chilling Skull and Voodoo Juju hat positions on the Sniper.
• Fixed not being able to light arrows after the first arrow is fired unless they're drawn back.

December 2, 2010 Patch

• Made the following hats paintable: Trophy Belt.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• Added new hats: 'Larrikin Robin'.
• Fixed the arrow burning effect getting stuck on if you changed class in a respawn room with your arrow lit.
• Throwing the Jarate now returns you to your previous weapon, instead of your Primary.

December 22, 2010 Patch

• The Sniper scope is now visible when viewing First Person Spectator mode on a zoomed Sniper.

January 19, 2011 Patch

• Fixed being able to attack teammates using arrows fired by the Huntsman.
• Fixed the Sniper Rifle and SMG view models having Red skins while on the Blue team.
• [Undocumented] Fixed the Sydney Sleeper view models having Red skins while on the Blue team.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Item changes:
  • Sydney Sleeper Charge rate increased 25%.
• Bot changes:
  • Improved Sniper bot algorithm for finding good sniping spots for both Capture Point and Payload scenarios.
  • Sniper bots will take opportunistic shots at targets while they move to their desired sniping spot.
  • Fixed bug where Sniper bots would sometimes stand around in their spawn room doing nothing.

April 20, 2011 Patch

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

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Added new hats: Crocleather Slouch and Villain's Veil.
• Community contributed voice responses rules have been implemented for the Skewer.

June 8, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] New laughing taunt animations have been added but are currently unused.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• Added weapons: Bazaar Bargain and Shahanshah.
• Added hat: Desert Marauder.

August 3, 2011 Patch

• Added hat: Anger.

August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)

• Added weapon: Machina.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Added hats: Swagman's Swatter and Your Worst Nightmare
• Added misc item: Crocodile Smile
• Sniper's Snipin' Glass is now a misc slot item
• Reduced chattiness when getting many sequential kills
• Added a missing line to the scoped revenge response
• Taunting with a Saxxy no longer play lines that reference a knife
• Added additional Jarate hit responses

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• Added hat: Holy Hunter.
• Added misc item: Silver Bullets & Garlic Flank Stake.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• Added misc item: Outback Intellectual
• [Undocumented] Added weapon: Festive Sniper Rifle

January 4, 2012 Patch

• The update to the game client schema removed the 'beard' equip region for the Desert Marauder

January 11, 2012 Patch

• Updated the Desert Marauder and the Villain's Veil so they can be equipped together
• The Bazaar Bargain functionality has changed: only one stored head is lost on a miss or a bodyshot and no heads are gained when missing while crit-boosted

February 2, 2012 Patch

• Updated the Itsy Bitsy Spyer so it can also be equipped by the Sniper.
• Added hat: Bushman's Boonie.

February 9, 2012 Patch

• Desert Marauder was made paintable.
• [Undocumented] Silver Bullets no longer show the Sydney Sleeper bullets.
• [Undocumented] The Sniper's Snipin' Glass is no longer marked as paintable.
• [Undocumented] Updated the materials of the Itsy Bitsy Spyer.
• [Undocumented] Updated the Desert Marauder with an improved model, texture and rigging.

March 1, 2012 Patch

• Added misc item: Teufort Tooth Kicker

March 15, 2012 Patch

• Added weapon: Cozy Camper

Bugs

• The Sniper's world model is only seen with a fingerless glove on his left hand, and a watch on his left arm, where all of his view models have a glove on both hands, and no watch.

Trivia

• In his fight scene with the Spy in Meet the Spy, the Spy makes a cut from the left side of the Sniper's cheek to his nose with his Knife. The scars were added to the Sniper's in-game model with the Sniper vs. Spy Update.
• The Sniper's voice actor, John Patrick Lowrie, is married to Ellen McLain who voices the Administrator, as well as GLaDOS from the Portal series and Half Life 2's Combine Overwatch Voice. Lowrie also voices all of the citizens in Half Life 2.
• The first BLU team Sniper resembled Template:W.
• The Sniper's sunglasses, hair and hat make an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as one of the hats selectable for the players' worms.
• The Sniper class from Monday Night Combat received the Sniper's regular stock hat, under the name "Mental Illness", during a cross promotion with Team Fortress 2. The name of the item is a reference to Meet the Sniper during the Sniper's conversation with his dad explaining that being an assassin, as he claims to be, is a job, while being a crazed gunman, as his dad thinks he is, is mental sickness.
• The Sniper is referred to as a "camper" by the other classes due to the fact that sniping is most often associated with the act of camping in a video game.

Gallery

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  Team Fortress Sniper model

• SniperTFC.jpg

  The Sniper class from Team Fortress Classic.

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  Concept art of the Sniper.

• Sniper4 concept2.png

  Concept art of the Sniper.

• Sniper concept3.png

  Concept art of the Sniper.

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  Concept art of the Sniper.

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  Concept art of the Sniper.

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  A cropped panel from page 9 of the Meet the Director comic showing the Sniper's parents and their home.

• Sniper1.jpg

  Trading card front

• Sniper2.jpg

  Trading card back

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  The Sniper's glasses and hat as a selectable Worms Reloaded worm hat.

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  The in-game item for Monday Night Combat, "Mental Illness".

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  Class card as seen on the TF2 Official Website

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  The Sniper's default arsenal

Related merchandise

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  Spy vs. Sniper Poster

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  Sniper Class Decal, White

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  Sniper Class Decal, Black

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  Meet the Sniper Lithograph

See also

• Meet the Sniper
• Headshot
• Sniper taunts
• Sniper responses
• Sniper voice commands
• Basic Sniper strategy
• Community Sniper strategy
• Sniper match-ups
• Anti-Sniper strategy
• List of references (Sniper)
• Sniper (Classic)

External links

• The Sniper page on the Official TF2 Website
• Sniper update
• TF2 Official Website - A sneak preview of the next class update!
• TF2 Official Website - You better hold onto your head, mate
• TF2 Official Website - The Sniper vs. Spy Update, Day 7
• TF2 Official Website - The Sniper vs. Spy Update