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The bolt-action rifle is a moderately heavy, single-shot firearm in RimWorld which deals a slightly higher amount of damage per shot; moderate time between shots; long range and very high overall accuracy.

The bolt-action rifle will deteriorate when left outdoors, under the usual conditions.

Acquisition[edit]

Bolt-action rifles can be crafted at a machining table once the gunsmithing research project has been completed. Each requires 60 Steel, 3 Components, 12,000 ticks (3.33 mins) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter, and a crafting skill of 5.

Bolt-action rifles can be purchased from outlanders and orbital combat suppliers, or obtained from the following raider kinds:

Raider Kind	Chance	Average Quality	Health
Scavenger gunner	11.67%	Normal	40-110%
Pirate gunner	22.61%	Normal	70-230%
Town guard	18.63%	Normal	60-200%
Mercenary gunner	12.17%	Normal	70-320%
Ancient soldier	10.28%	Normal	100%

A single example is also given at the beginning with Crashlanded scenario.

Analysis[edit]

With a range of 36.9 tiles, the bolt-action rifle has extremely good range - the 2nd highest in the game, only beaten by an actual sniper rifle. It also has great accuracy, even beating the charge lance. In addition, the bolt-action rifle is able to stagger humans, cougars, and all insectoids. This makes it great as a hunting weapon, for field engagements (e.g. attacking siege camps), or as a general support weapon.

However, the bolt-action rifle performs poorly in close ranges. In close quarters, it is easily outclassed by the likes of the revolver and autopistol, let alone any sort of burst-fire weapon.

Because this gun is most effective at a distance, a competent shooter is required to get the most use out of it. This is because a pawn's own Shooting Accuracy, which is in part dependent on Shooting skill, is more important when the target is further away. For example, a baseline Shooting 0 pawn has a ×3% multiplier on their real chance to hit a target 30 tiles away, regardless of the weapon used. A Shooting 8 pawn has ×29% multiplier from the same distance. With Shooting 0, it wouldn't matter if their gun had 10% accuracy or 80% accuracy, they'd struggle with hitting anything from 30 tiles.

Stats[edit]

Against an unarmored human, a bolt-action rifle can kill with 3 hits to the torso, 2 hits to the head or neck, or 1 hit to the brain; cripple or destroy limbs in 2 hits; and destroy eyes and digits with a single hit. It'll generally take around 4 hits (~14.5 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.

Overall, the bolt-action rifle is best paired with a careful shooter up to level 13, then with a trigger-happy shooter beyond that point.

Attack table

Ranged

Bolt-action rifle			Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Market value
Quality	Dam.	AP	Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Market value
Awful	16.2	24.3%	52%	64%	72%	64%	5.07	2.63	3.24	3.65	3.24	128
Poor	18	27%	58.5%	72%	81%	72%	5.63	3.32	4.05	4.56	4.05	191
Normal	18	27%	65%	80%	90%	80%	5.63	3.66	4.5	5.07	4.5	255
Good	18	27%	71.5%	88%	99%	88%	5.63	4.05	4.95	5.57	4.95	320
Excellent	18	27%	78%	96%	100%	96%	5.63	4.39	5.4	5.63	5.4	380
Masterwork	22.5	33.75%	87.75%	100%	100%	100%	7.04	6.19	7.04	7.04	7.04	635
Legendary	27	40.5%	97.5%	100%	100%	100%	8.45	8.28	8.45	8.45	8.45	1275

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality. Values shown in Red indicate the weapon is out of range at the reference point for this range band.
The value is provided due to the interpolated nature of accuracy between range points.}

Melee

Feature	Toggle
Attacks

Bolt-action rifle			Stock (Blunt)					Barrel (Blunt)					Barrel (Poke)					Human: Left & right fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
Quality	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value
Awful	3.98	11.6%	7.2	2s	10.4%	3.6	8.33%	7.2	2s	10.4%	3.6	8.33%	7.2	2s	10.4%	3.6	8.33%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 37.5%	100	128
Poor	4.07	11.82%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	20%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	20%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	20%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 20%	100	191
Normal	4.4	12.75%	9	2s	13%	4.5	25%	9	2s	13%	4.5	25%	9	2s	13%	4.5	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	255
Good	4.74	13.73%	9.9	2s	14.3%	4.95	25%	9.9	2s	14.3%	4.95	25%	9.9	2s	14.3%	4.95	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	320
Excellent	5.08	14.7%	10.8	2s	15.6%	5.4	25%	10.8	2s	15.6%	5.4	25%	10.8	2s	15.6%	5.4	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	380
Masterwork	5.92	17.14%	13.05	2s	18.85%	6.53	25%	13.05	2s	18.85%	6.53	25%	13.05	2s	18.85%	6.53	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	635
Legendary	6.59	19.09%	14.85	2s	21.45%	7.43	25%	14.85	2s	21.45%	7.43	25%	14.85	2s	21.45%	7.43	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	1275

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

Bolt-action rifle vs. comparable weapons[edit]

This section goes over how well the bolt-action rifle fares against comparable weapons (similar value, tech level or similar characteristics) in 1 vs. 1 combat.

Methodology[edit]

All testing is semi-automated which allows for large sample sizes to be gathered per set of results with ease
All pawns have skill levels of 14 in ranged and melee
No pawns have any traits that affect combat performance
All pawns are of at least 18 years of age and completely healthy
Pawns are divided by walls to prevent stray shots from skewing results in any way
Weather is always kept clear
No cover is used for either team

Results in the tables below are the percentages of battles that bolt-action rifles either won or tied against the weapon listed in the first column of said tables, with a sample size of 2,000 battles per result. Higher percentages are better.

Unarmored[edit]

For the unarmored testing, all pawns wore normal quality plainleather pants, plainleather button-down shirts, plainleather dusters and plainleather cowboy hats.

Other Weapon	3	7	12	18	25	32	40
Sniper Rifle	72.94%	73.11%	70.76%	67.98%	64.76%	63.01%	-
Assault Rifle	14.70%	13.75%	14.55%	20.45%	27.29%	-	-
Revolver	25.94%	35.20%	44.38%	58.87%	79.46%	-	-

Armored[edit]

For the armored testing, all pawns wore normal quality flak pants, flak vests, plainleather button-down shirts, flak jackets and steel simple helmets.

Other Weapon	3	7	12	18	25	32	40
Sniper Rifle	73.07%	70.27%	68.81%	64.03%	61.41%	59.91%	-
Assault Rifle	20.85%	23.55%	22.40%	27.77%	32.62%	-	-
Revolver	32.68%	40.00%	48.04%	64.51%	81.97%	-	-

Version history[edit]

Approximately A9 - Renamed from Lee-Enfield to Survival rifle.
A16 - Renamed from Survival rifle to Bolt-action rifle
Beta 19/1.0 - Barrel melee attack damage reduced 10 -> 9, cooldown increased from 1.9s -> 2s. Stock cooldown increased from 1.8 -> 2.
1.0 - Accuracy was nerfed in Prior to that, it was the most accurate weapon in-game, capable of reaching 100% accuracy at all ranges above Masterwork quality.

The first texture of the bolt-action/survival rifle.

Weapons

Melee | Neolithic: Breach axe • Club • Ikwa • Knife (Jade) • Spear

Medieval: Gladius • Longsword • Mace • Axe • Warhammer

Ultra: Eltex staff • Monosword (Persona) • Plasmasword (Persona) • Zeushammer (Persona)

Improvised: Beer • Elephant tusk • Thrumbo horn • Wood

Ranged | Neolithic: Greatbow • Pila • Recurve bow • Short bow • Flamebow

Medieval: Nerve spiker

Industrial: Assault rifle • Autopistol • Bolt-action rifle • Chain shotgun • Heavy SMG • Launcher (EMP, Incendiary, Smoke, Toxbomb ) • LMG • Machine pistol • Minigun • Pump shotgun • Revolver • Sniper rifle • Hellcat rifle • Incinerator

Spacer: Charge lance • Charge rifle

Consumables: Doomsday rocket launcher • Triple rocket launcher

Throwables: EMP grenades • Frag grenades • Molotov cocktails • Tox grenades

Mechanoid: Heavy charge blaster • Inferno cannon • Needle gun • Thump cannon • Beam graser • Charge blaster turret • Hellsphere cannon • Mini-flameblaster • Mini-shotgun • Slugthrower • Spiner • Toxic needle gun

Structures: Autocannon • Mini-turret gun • Mortar (Weapon) • Uranium slug cannon • Auto-mortar • Inferno cannon (Turret) • Light charge blaster • Mini-slugger • Tactical turret gun

Related | Body part weapons: Prosthetic arm • Bionic arm • Archotech arm • Power claw • Field hand • Drill arm • Venom talon • Venom fangs • Knee spike • Elbow blade • Hand talon • Flesh whip

Integrated weapons: Grenadier armor • Phoenix armor

[Actual-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.

[Chance-2] Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

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+{{Info|The '''bolt-action rifle''' is a moderately heavy, single-shot firearm in RimWorld which deals a slightly higher amount of damage per shot; moderate time between shots; long range and very high overall accuracy.}}
 The bolt-action rifle will [[deterioration|deteriorate]] when left outdoors, under the usual conditions.
 == Acquisition ==
-Bolt-action rifles can be crafted at a [[machining table]] once the [[Research#Gunsmithing|Gunsmithing]] research has been completed; from {{Required Resources}}s and {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work. A crafting skill of at least 5 is required.
+{{Acquisition}}
-Bolt-action rifles can be purchased from outlander and orbital combat suppliers, or obtained from the following [[raider#Humanlike|raider]] kinds:
+Bolt-action rifles can be [[trade|purchased]] from [[outlanders]] and orbital combat suppliers, or obtained from the following [[raider#Humanlike|raider]] kinds:
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
 ! Raider Kind !! Chance !! Average Quality !! Health
 |-
-| Scavenger Gunner || 11.67% || Normal || 40-110%
+| [[Pirates#Scavenger gunner|Scavenger gunner]] || 11.67% || Normal || 40-110%
 |-
-| Pirate Gunner || 22.61% || Normal || 70-230%
+| [[Pirates#Pirate gunner|Pirate gunner]]    || 22.61% || Normal || 70-230%
 |-
-| Town Guard || 18.63% || Normal || 60-200%
+| [[Outlanders#Town guard|Town guard]]       || 18.63% || Normal || 60-200%
 |-
-| Mercenary Gunner || 12.17% || Normal || 70-320%
+| [[Raiders#Mercenary gunner|Mercenary gunner]] || 12.17% || Normal || 70-320%
 |-
-| Ancient Soldier || 10.28% || Normal || 100%
+| [[Ancients#Ancient soldier|Ancient soldier]]  || 10.28% || Normal || 100%
 |}
-Given at the beginning with [[Scenario system#Crashlanded|Crashlanded scenario]].
+A single example is also given at the beginning with [[Scenario system#Crashlanded|Crashlanded scenario]].
 == Analysis ==
-With a range of 36.9 tiles, the bolt-action rifle has extremely good range - the 2nd highest in the game,  only beaten by an actual [[sniper rifle]]. It also has great accuracy, even beating the [[charge lance]]. Only the [[pump shotgun]] has a higher average accuracy, and it only has a range of 16 tiles. The bolt-action rifle remains able to stagger [[human]]s, [[cougar]]s, and all [[insectoids]]. This makes it great as a hunting weapon, for field engagements (e.g. attacking siege camps), or as a general support weapon.
+With a range of 36.9 tiles, the bolt-action rifle has extremely good range - the 2nd highest in the game, only beaten by an actual [[sniper rifle]]. It also has great accuracy, even beating the [[charge lance]]. In addition, the bolt-action rifle is able to stagger [[human]]s, [[cougar]]s, and all [[insectoids]]. This makes it great as a hunting weapon, for field engagements (e.g. attacking siege camps), or as a general support weapon.
-However, the bolt-action rifle has a fairly poor close accuracy. In close quarters, it is easily outclassed by by the likes of the [[revolver]] and [[autopistol]], let alone any sort of burst-fire weapon.
+However, the bolt-action rifle performs poorly in close ranges. In close quarters, it is easily outclassed by the likes of the [[revolver]] and [[autopistol]], let alone any sort of burst-fire weapon.
-Because this gun is most effective at a distance, a competent shooter is required to get the most use out of it. This is because a pawn's own [[Shooting Accuracy]] (determined by skill) is more important when the target is further away. For example, a baseline Shooting 0 pawn has a {{%|0.89^30 round 2}} chance to hit from 30 tiles away, no matter how accurate their gun is. A Shooting 8 pawn has {{%|0.96^30 round 2}} accuracy from the same distance. With Shooting 0, it wouldn't matter if a gun had 10% accuracy or 80% accuracy, they'd struggle with hitting anything from 30 tiles.
+Because this gun is most effective at a distance, a competent shooter is required to get the most use out of it. This is because a pawn's own [[Shooting Accuracy]], which is in part dependent on [[Shooting]] skill, is more important when the target is further away. For example, a baseline Shooting 0 pawn has a ×{{%|0.89^30 round 2}} multiplier on their real chance to hit a target 30 tiles away, regardless of the weapon used. A Shooting 8 pawn has ×{{%|0.96^30 round 2}} multiplier from the same distance. With Shooting 0, it wouldn't matter if their ''gun'' had 10% accuracy or 80% accuracy, they'd struggle with hitting anything from 30 tiles.
 === Stats ===
-Against an unarmored human, a bolt-action rifle can kill with 3 hits to the torso, 2 hits to the head or neck, or 1 hit to the brain; cripple or destroy limbs in 2 hits; and destroy eyes and digits with a single hit. It'll generally take around 4 hits (~15.9 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.
+Against an unarmored human, a bolt-action rifle can kill with 3 hits to the torso, 2 hits to the head or neck, or 1 hit to the brain; cripple or destroy limbs in 2 hits; and destroy eyes and digits with a single hit. It'll generally take around 4 hits (~14.5 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.
 Overall, the bolt-action rifle is best paired with a careful shooter up to level 13, then with a trigger-happy shooter beyond that point.
-{{Weapon Quality Table}}
+{{Weapon Stats Table}}
 == Bolt-action rifle vs. comparable weapons ==
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 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
 ! Other Weapon !! 3 !! 7 !! 12 !! 18 !! 25 !! 32 !! 40
-|-
-! Charge Lance
-| style="background: #FFFF85" | 46.25% || style="background: #FFFF85" | 46.65% || style="background: #FFFF85" | 43.78% || style="background: #FFFF85" | 45.78% || style="background: #FFFF85" | 49.60% || style="background: #FFFF85" | 50.42% || -
 |-
 ! Sniper Rifle
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 ! Revolver
 | style="background: #FF9B72" | 25.94% || style="background: #FFCD7B" | 35.20% || style="background: #FFFF85" | 44.38% || style="background: #CDFF7B" | 58.87% || style="background: #69FF69" | 79.46% || - || -
-|-
-! Greatbow
-| style="background: #CDFF7B" | 64.67% || style="background: #CDFF7B" | 62.55% || style="background: #CDFF7B" | 59.92% || style="background: #CDFF7B" | 66.67% || style="background: #9BFF72" | 72.30% || - || -
 |-
 |}
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 {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
 ! Other Weapon !! 3 !! 7 !! 12 !! 18 !! 25 !! 32 !! 40
-|-
-! Charge Lance
-| style="background: #FFCD7B" | 37.68% || style="background: #FFCD7B" | 34.93% || style="background: #FFCD7B" | 34.10% || style="background: #FFCD7B" | 37.64% || style="background: #FFCD7B" | 41.52% || style="background: #FFCD7B" | 42.21% || -
 |-
 ! Sniper Rifle
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 ! Revolver
 | style="background: #FFCD7B" | 32.68% || style="background: #FFCD7B" | 40.00% || style="background: #FFFF85" | 48.04% || style="background: #CDFF7B" | 64.51% || style="background: #69FF69" | 81.97% || - || -
-|-
-! Greatbow
-| style="background: #CDFF7B" | 67.16% || style="background: #CDFF7B" | 67.46% || style="background: #CDFF7B" | 66.20% || style="background: #9BFF72" | 70.27% || style="background: #9BFF72" | 75.64% || - || -
 |-
 |}