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Sniper rifle

Sniper rifle

An ancient design of precision sniper rifle. Bolt action. It has an exceptionally long range, great accuracy and good power. Because it's so unwieldy, other weapons outclass it at close range.

Base Stats

Type
EquipmentWeapons
Tech Level
Industrial
Weapon Class
Industrial
Market Value
530 Silver
Mass
4 kg

Ranged Combat

Mode
Single-Shot
Damage
25 dmg (Bullet)
Armor penetration
38%
Warm-Up
210 ticks (3.5 secs)
Cooldown
138 ticks (2.3 secs)
Range
44.9 tile(s)
Accuracy
50% - 70% - 86% - 88%
Velocity
100 (m/s)
Burst Count
1 (per burst)
DPS
4.31
Stopping power
1.5

Melee Combat

Melee Attack 1
Stock
9 dmg (Blunt)
13% AP
2.0 seconds cooldown
Melee Attack 2 
Barrel
9 dmg (Blunt)
13% AP
2.0 seconds cooldown
Melee Attack 3 
Barrel
9 dmg (Poke)
13% AP
2.0 seconds cooldown

Creation

Crafted At
Machining table
Required Research
Precision rifling
Skill Required
Crafting 7
Work To Make
45,000 ticks (12.5 mins)
Work Speed Stat
General Labor Speed
Resources to make
Steel 60 + Component 8
Technical
Has Quality
True
weaponTags
SniperRifle
thingSetMakerTags
RewardStandardQualitySuper
tradeTags
WeaponRanged


The sniper rifle is a slightly heavier, single-shot firearm in RimWorld which deals a high amount of damage per shot; a long time between shots; very long range and high overall accuracy.

Acquisition

s can be crafted, each requiring and Expression error: Unexpected < operator. of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter.

Sniper rifles can also be purchased from outlander and orbital combat suppliers or from outlander faction bases, or recovered from raiders:

Raider Kind Chance Average Quality Health
Mercenary sniper 99.89% Normal 70-320%

Analysis

Sniper rifles have the longest range of all weapons, along with excellent long-distance accuracy. With high per-shot damage, they have a propensity to destroy limbs. Therefore, they are a poor choice if you intend to take prisoners after a raid.

While per-shot damage is high, snipers have a sluggish firerate. Their actual DPS is among the worst of firearms, just on par with the neolithic greatbow. Thus, snipers are a poor "general" weapon. If range is important, though, then snipers are a strong choice. They can be used to provoke sieges, kite centipedes, or be one of the safest weapons to hunt with. Due to poor DPS and slow firerate, it is a tedious weapon to kite with and should generally be avoided unless you really need the range.

As a shooter's personal accuracy is reduced for each tile of distance, sniper rifles are one of the most skill-heavy weapons in the game. For example, a shooter with a Shooting Accuracy of 95% (Shooting 6) would have a 0.95^30 chance, or only ~21%, to hit a target from 30 tiles. This is regardless of weapon - weapons apply another penalty after shooter-side accuracy. In contrast, a shooter with Shooting Accuracy 99% (Shooting 20) would have a ~74% shooter-side chance to hit, a DPS increase of +252%. If using a sniper for long-range combat, then have your highest skill shooters wield it.

Compared to the bolt-action rifle, the sniper rifle has worse firerate, DPS, and close-range accuracy in exchange for higher range, extra per-shot damage, and improved long-distance accuracy. The sniper rifle is more expensive, has a larger research requirement, and isn't common from raiders (barring sniper-only mercenary raids).

Stats

Against an unarmored human, the sniper rifle can kill with 2 shots to the torso or 1 shot to the head, brain or any vital organ. It'll generally take around 3 hits (~20.9 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.

Attack table

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    Rifles
    Dam. AP Accuracy
    (Touch)
    Accuracy
    (Short)
    Accuracy
    (Medium)
    Accuracy
    (Long)
    DPS
    (Optimal)
    DPS
    (Touch)
    DPS
    (Short)
    DPS
    (Medium)
    DPS
    (Long)
    Market
    value
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    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.

  • Version history

    • Aproximately A9 - Name changed from M-24 to Sniper Rifle, sprite changed.
    • Beta 19 - Received a great reduction in damage dealt, but fires slightly faster; overall, its DPS was massively nerfed.
    • Beta 19/1.0 - Barrel melee attack damage reduced 10 -> 9, cooldown increased from 1.9s -> 2s. Stock cooldown increased from 1.8 -> 2.

    Assault rifle

    Assault rifle

    A general-purpose gas-operated assault rifle for field or urban combat. It has good range, decent power, and good accuracy.

    Base Stats

    Type
    EquipmentWeapons
    Tech Level
    Industrial
    Weapon Class
    Industrial
    Market Value
    480 Silver
    Mass
    3.5 kg

    Ranged Combat

    Mode
    Burst
    Damage
    11 dmg (Bullet)
    Armor penetration
    16%
    Warm-Up
    60 ticks (1 sec)
    Cooldown
    102 ticks (1.7 secs)
    Range
    30.9 tile(s)
    Accuracy
    60% - 70% - 65% - 55%
    Velocity
    70 (m/s)
    Burst Count
    3 (per burst)
    Burst Ticks
    10 ticks (0.17 secs)
    (360 RPM)
    DPS
    10.88
    Stopping power
    0.5

    Melee Combat

    Melee Attack 1
    Stock
    9 dmg (Blunt)
    13% AP
    2.0 seconds cooldown
    Melee Attack 2 
    Barrel
    9 dmg (Blunt)
    13% AP
    2.0 seconds cooldown
    Melee Attack 3 
    Barrel
    9 dmg (Poke)
    13% AP
    2.0 seconds cooldown

    Creation

    Crafted At
    Machining table
    Required Research
    Precision rifling
    Skill Required
    Crafting 6
    Work To Make
    40,000 ticks (11.11 mins)
    Work Speed Stat
    General Labor Speed
    Resources to make
    Steel 60 + Component 7
    Technical
    Has Quality
    True
    weaponTags
    Gun, IndustrialGunAdvanced, AssaultRifle
    thingSetMakerTags
    RewardStandardQualitySuper
    tradeTags
    WeaponRanged


    The assault rifle is a moderately heavy, automatic ranged weapon which fires 3-shot bursts of rounds which deal a moderate amount of damage each; a slightly shorter delay between each shot; a moderate time between bursts; slightly longer range and moderate overall accuracy.

    Acquisition

    s can be crafted, each requiring and Expression error: Unexpected < operator. of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter.

    They can also be found in ancient shrines or purchased from outlander and orbital combat suppliers, and outlander faction bases. They can also be found on the following raider kinds:

    Raider Kind Chance Average Quality Health
    Mercenary Gunner 9.17% Normal 70-320%
    Elite Mercenary 53.37% Normal 100%
    Boss 53.37% Normal 100%
    Ancient Soldier 10.81% Normal 100%
    Trooper Content added by the Royalty DLC ? ? 70-230%
    Janissary Content added by the Royalty DLC ? ? 70-230%

    Analysis

    The assault rifle is the jack-of-all trades of RimWorld's firearms. Single-target damage is respectable, with accuracy and warmup time being good overall. Range is amazing - tied for third of all non-consumable weapons and only beaten by weapons with considerably less DPS. Statistically, the assault rifle's only significant deficiency is it's stopping power, as it's unable to stagger humans. Practically another consideration is its expense, though not as expensive as a charge rifle. You won't see raiders use assault rifles until the midgame somewhat limiting the chance to use looted rifles before the higher qualities available to colony-produced weapons take precedence.

    In terms of actual DPS, the assault rifle is consistently higher than the LMG, lower than the heavy SMG until beyond short range (12 tiles), and generally outdamaged before and after AP by the lower-ranged charge rifle. All four are completely outdamaged by less flexible weapons like the minigun and chain shotgun however. The assault rifle is a moderately skill friendly-weapon when the player manually controls the pawn's range, though the charge rifle and heavy SMG tends to fill that niche better.

    The assault rifle can be used to good effect in virtually any use case, whether in close-quarters, out hunting, or on the field. Other weapons surpass the assault rifle in specific roles, and they should be used instead when those roles are consistently utilized by the player, but no other weapon is as flexible and versatileas as the assault rifle. For this reason, they are a common choice for standard issue when not optimizing for a specific strategy.

    Stats

    Against an unarmored human, an assault rifle can kill with 4 hits to the torso, 3 hits to the head or neck, or 1 hit to the brain; cripple or destroy limbs in 3 hits; and cripple or destroy eyes and digits with a single hit. It'll generally take around 6 hits (~10.1 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.

    Attack table

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    Rifles
    Dam. AP Accuracy
    (Touch)
    Accuracy
    (Short)
    Accuracy
    (Medium)
    Accuracy
    (Long)
    DPS
    (Optimal)
    DPS
    (Touch)
    DPS
    (Short)
    DPS
    (Medium)
    DPS
    (Long)
    Market
    value
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    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.

  • Version history

    • Approximately A9 - Renamed from M16 to Assault rifle.
    • 0.12.910 - Rebalanced.
    • Beta 19/1.0 - Barrel melee attack damage reduced 10 -> 9, cooldown increased from 1.9s -> 2s. Stock cooldown increased from 1.8 -> 2.

    Bolt-action rifle

    Bolt-action rifle

    An ancient pattern bolt-action rifle. With its long range, and low fire rate, it is unlikely to drive animals to revenge, which makes it a favorite weapon for hunting.

    Base Stats

    Type
    EquipmentWeapons
    Tech Level
    Industrial
    Weapon Class
    Industrial
    Market Value
    255 Silver
    Mass
    3.5 kg

    Ranged Combat

    Mode
    Single-Shot
    Damage
    18 dmg (Bullet)
    Armor penetration
    27%
    Warm-Up
    102 ticks (1.7 secs)
    Cooldown
    90 ticks (1.5 secs)
    Range
    36.9 tile(s)
    Accuracy
    65% - 80% - 90% - 80%
    Velocity
    70 (m/s)
    Burst Count
    1 (per burst)
    DPS
    5.63
    Stopping power
    1.5

    Melee Combat

    Melee Attack 1
    Stock
    9 dmg (Blunt)
    13% AP
    2.0 seconds cooldown
    Melee Attack 2 
    Barrel
    9 dmg (Blunt)
    13% AP
    2.0 seconds cooldown
    Melee Attack 3 
    Barrel
    9 dmg (Poke)
    13% AP
    2.0 seconds cooldown

    Creation

    Crafted At
    Machining table
    Required Research
    Gunsmithing
    Skill Required
    Crafting 5
    Work To Make
    12,000 ticks (3.33 mins)
    Work Speed Stat
    General Labor Speed
    Resources to make
    Steel 60 + Component 3
    Technical
    Has Quality
    True
    weaponTags
    Gun
    tradeTags
    WeaponRanged


    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

    s can be crafted, each requiring and Expression error: Unexpected < operator. of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter.

    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

    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

    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

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    Dam. AP Accuracy
    (Touch)
    Accuracy
    (Short)
    Accuracy
    (Medium)
    Accuracy
    (Long)
    DPS
    (Optimal)
    DPS
    (Touch)
    DPS
    (Short)
    DPS
    (Medium)
    DPS
    (Long)
    Market
    value
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    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.

  • Bolt-action rifle vs. comparable weapons

    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

    • 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

    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

    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

    • 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.