Sydney Sleeper

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The Sydney Sleeper is an unlockable primary weapon for the Sniper class. It appears to be a tranquilizer rifle outfitted with a long scope and decorated with feathers. The Sniper will also carry darts in his breast pocket when it is equipped.

This weapon is fairly similar to the Sniper Rifle; players can fire either plainly or through using the scope, it deals identical damage to the default weapon, and shots can be charged up whilst utilizing the scope. Upon reaching over 50% charge whilst scoped, a flashing Jarate icon will appear next to the charge meter, indicating that the shot will apply Jarate onto an enemy target for 8 seconds. In return, this weapon lacks the ability to deal Critical hits on Headshots. Kills made via headshot will register with the associated kill icon, but will not count as a Critical hit.


Damage

See also: Damage
  • Unscoped Shot: 45-50
  • Scoped (0% Charge): 45-50
  • Scoped (50% Charge): 70-80 (Jarate effect threshold)
  • Scoped (75% Charge): 90-110
  • Scoped (100% Charge): 130-160
  • Mini-Crit: 68 (0% charge or unscoped), 203 (100% charge)
  • Critical hit: 150 (0% charge or unscoped), 450 (100% charge)

Function times

  • Attack Interval: 1.5

Item set

Main article: Item sets
The Croc-o-Style Kit
Backpack The Croc-o-Style Kit Bundle.png
Effect

Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Blueprint

Huntsman Reclaimed Metal Sydney Sleeper
Item icon Huntsman.png + Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png = Item icon Sydney Sleeper.png

As a Crafting Ingredient

Refined Metal Sydney Sleeper Ol' Snaggletooth
Item icon Refined Metal.pngx4 + Item icon Sydney Sleeper.png = Item icon Ol' Snaggletooth.png

Related Achievements

Pyro

Firewatch
Firewatch
Ignite 10 Snipers while they are zoomed in.

Sniper

Be Efficient
Be Efficient
Get 3 kills with the Sniper Rifle without missing a shot.


Jumper Stumper
Jumper Stumper
Kill a rocket or grenade-jumping enemy in midair with your Sniper Rifle or the Huntsman.


Trust Your Feelings
Trust Your Feelings
Get 5 kills with the Sniper Rifle without your scope.
Dropped Dead
Dropped Dead
Kill a Scout in midair with your Sniper Rifle or the Huntsman.


The Last Wave
The Last Wave
Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you waving to them.

Spy

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

Previous Changes

October 6, 2010 Patch

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

Bugs

  • Jarate can be applied to ÜberCharged enemies, even though they won't take damage.
  • The darts in the breast pocket do not completely cover the bullets they replace.
  • The Sydney Sleeper lacks a BLU skin; The darts on the weapon are always RED.
  • The darts in the Sniper's breast pocket occasionally clip through certain hats while taunting with melee.
  • The Sydney Sleeper clips through the Sniper's arms when he taunts with it.

Trivia

  • The Sydney Sleeper's loadout stats list "No random critical hits" as one of its downsides. This is somewhat redundant, as the weapon it replaces, the Sniper Rifle, is also unable to get random Critical hits.
  • Originally, the Sydney Sleeper was planned as a secondary weapon. [1]
  • Despite looking like a projectile shooter, the Sydney Sleeper is a hitscan weapon. It does not leave a dart stuck into the target of which the Sniper would shoot at. However, unused darts can be found in game files, seen in the gallery below, which may mean that the Sydney Sleeper fired projectiles in beta test stages.
  • The name of the weapon, the dart projectile, and the gun could hint that it's a tranquilizer. But not the former Spy weapon.

Gallery

See also