Sniper rifle

This article is about the weapon type. For the combat skill, see Sniper Rifles.

Sniper rifles are a long range weapon that allows players to hang back and pick off enemies one-by-one. They are heavy hitters, high-powered and accurate.

List of sniper rifles

The following table lists the Tier I stats of each sniper rifle for ease of comparison. Augmentation slots appear at Tier II.

Image	Name	Rarity	Technology	Fire Mode	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight	Augmentation Slots
	Black Widow	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	465	65	3	24	68	55	4
	Incisor	Uncommon	Milky Way	Three-shot burst	82	585	15	120	75	50	2
	Inferno1	Ultra Rare	Remnant	Semi-automatic	198	180	5	∞	65	45	4
	Isharay	Rare	Heleus	Single-shot3	615	75	1	14	74	60	3
	Lanat	Rare	Heleus	Semi-automatic	260	60	2	20	61	50	3
	M-90 Indra	Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	48	500	25	175	61	45	3
	N7 Valiant	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	295	125	5	45	79	45	4
	Naladen	Ultra Rare	Heleus	Semi-automatic	288	95	4	28	60	55	4
	Pathfinder Observer	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	190	110	6	24	70	50	2
	Raptor	Uncommon	Milky Way	Automatic	49	550	15	135	70	40	2
	Shadow1	Rare	Remnant	Continuous beam	64	600	20	∞	65	55	3
	Vanquisher	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	278	90	4	32	65	45	3
	Viper	Common	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	249	90	3	24	70	50	2
	Widow	Uncommon	Milky Way	Single-shot3	495	60	1	16	65	65	2

List of multiplayer sniper rifles

The following table lists the multiplayer Tier I stats of each sniper rifle for ease of comparison.

Image	Name	Rarity	Technology	Fire Mode	Damage	Rate of Fire	Max Clip Size	Max Ammo	Accuracy	Weight
	Black Widow	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	905	100	4	28	68	55
	Incisor	Uncommon	Milky Way	Three-shot burst	144	585	15	120	75	50
	Inferno1	Ultra Rare	Remnant	Semi-automatic	430	210	7	∞	65	45
	Isharay	Rare	Heleus	Single-shot3	1214	75	1	16	74	60
	Kishock Harpoon Gun2	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Single-shot	1320	100	1	20	62	55
	Lanat	Rare	Heleus	Semi-automatic	880	60	2	22	61	50
	M-90 Indra	Rare	Milky Way	Automatic	110	500	25	198	61	45
	N7 Valiant	Ultra Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	595	145	6	45	79	45
	Naladen	Ultra Rare	Heleus	Semi-automatic	695	137	5	36	60	55
	Raptor	Uncommon	Milky Way	Automatic	100	550	15	135	70	40
	Shadow1	Rare	Remnant	Continuous beam	93	600	20	∞	65	55
	Vanquisher	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	610	92	4	32	65	45
	Viper	Common	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	321	90	3	24	70	50
	Viper S2	Rare	Milky Way	Semi-automatic	650	90	3	30	70	50
	Widow	Uncommon	Milky Way	Single-shot3	1040	60	1	16	65	65

Notes

Weapons stats can be affected by a number of factors. Obvious factors include:

• Weapon mods (spare clips, scopes, barrels, etc.)
• Augmentations to weapons (kinetic coils, aerial lubricant, aerial stabilizers, etc.)
• Weapon Skills such as (Pistols, Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Shotguns)

Changes to a specific weapon, either through development with augmentations or through weapon mods, are reflected in the inventory entry for that specific item. They don’t appear on the blueprints.

Other explicit but perhaps less obvious factors include:

• Profiles
• Skill points invested in Combat Skills (other than the weapon skills) increase the bonuses from weapon skills
• Equipped armor
• Passive buffs from melee weapon augmentations are always active even if the melee weapon isn't in use

These effects are reflected in the blueprint stats without explicit notation.

The singleplayer stats shown on this page are baseline: Initiative I armor, no skill points assigned, no profile active.

Despite being classified as Rare, the singleplayer Pathfinder Observer only has 2 augmentation slots.

Equipped items have a green check mark .

Accuracy is a different weapon property than stability. The accuracy of a weapon will change the size of the aiming reticle. Stability reduces the kickback and rise of the weapon during firing.

There is a chance that a sniper rifle purchased, crafted, found, or recovered by a Strike team Item Loot Box will drop a random augmentation on deconstruction. (See Augmentation Drops for odds of recovery). Researchable augmentations not already known will not be recovered. This drop will not be shown on the deconstruct screen and you will have to compare your inventory before/after to determine if an augmentation was dropped.

The number of sniper rifle kills can be tracked on the Accomplishments tab in the statistics menu.

The multiplayer stats shown are accurate as of Multiplayer Update - November 7, 2018.

¹ The Remnant weapons (Shadow and Inferno) do not require reloading; the real firing limitation comes from overheating.

² The Kishock Harpoon Gun and Viper S are multiplayer only weapons and can't be crafted.

³ Despite what the description says, the Isharay and Widow are not single-shot weapons but semi-automatic. Using skills to increase clip size, it is possible to get more than one shot per thermal clip.

See also

• Sniper rifle mod