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Needler
Needler-HaloCE.png
A cropped screenshot of the Needler. Original image by User:JackVibe.
The Needlers in Halo: Combat Evolved (top) and Anniversary (bottom).
Gameplay role

Faction:

Covenant

Weapon class (?):

Pistol

Weapon type (?):

Needle

Firing mode:

Automatic

Effective range:

Close to medium

Counterparts:

Human (UNSC)
Assault Rifle
Covenant
Plasma Rifle
Weapon stats

Damage:

Detonation: 10 (attached only)

Splash damage:

Supercombine: 60 out to 0.5 wu, down to 40 at 1 wu (radius)
EMPs shields

Projectile effects:

Tracking, Attaches to units, Detonates 0.75s after coming to rest, Supercombines (7 projectiles), EMP

Projectile speed:

SP: 4 wu/s
90 degrees per second turning speed

MP: 5 wu/s
100 degrees per second turning speed

Hitscan range (?):

SP: ~0.133 wu
MP: ~0.166 wu

Max range (?):

SP: 20 wu
MP: 25 wu

Rate of fire:

3 to 10 rounds per second

Spread (?):

4 degrees
(2 degrees min error)

Magazine size:

20 rounds

Reserve ammo capacity:

80 rounds (4 magazines)

Auto aim (?):

6 degrees out to 25 wu

Sticky aim (?):

12 degrees out to 25 wu

Melee damage (?):

Melee

Tag name (?):

needler [1]
mp_needler [2]

 

The Needler is a weapon featured in Halo: Combat Evolved and its remaster, Combat Evolved Anniversary. It is one of the most unique weapons in the game, and has since gone on to appear in all subsequent games in the series.

Information on the Needler found in Halo: Campaign Evolved can be found here.

Universe and lore

Main article: Needler

In the original Combat Evolved, the Needler featured is the Type-33 needler, a weapon used by the infantry of the Covenant.

In Anniversary, the weapon's model was replaced with that of the Nahle'hax-pattern needler from Halo: Reach,[3] though in-game materials (the Library) still refer to it with the original Type-33 designation.

Gameplay

Counterparts

Campaign

Classic graphics.
Anniversary graphics.
The Needler in Classic and Anniversary graphics in Combat Evolved Anniversary on Halo: The Master Chief Collection.

The Needler is one of three useable Covenant weapons found throughout the campaign of Halo. It may be used by Elites, Grunts, and Jackals. It is one of the most unique weapons in the game for its primary mechanic: the needles that it fires track enemy targets. When seven or more needles impale a given enemy, the enemy will explode in a supercombine, usually killing them. Supercombines function similarly to grenades and can deal damage to the player if they're close to the enemy they're firing at; likewise, the supercombine can result in the detonation of nearby grenades. This effect, along with all other explosives, is amplified by the Boom skull.

Needles can impact soft targets whether they're dead or alive, as well as environmental geometry, the latter will result in no supercombine or harm to the player.[4][5][6] Additionally, they will bounce off of the shields of Jackals and Hunters , ricocheting in random directions. Despite this, Hunter armor is susceptible to the Needler, and chaining supercombines on them is possible.

If needles lodge into a target but do not cause a supercombine, after a few seconds the individual needles will explode, dealing minor health damage to the victim. This can be deadly on Legendary difficulty, as even once the player has found cover during a firefight they may still be killed by the small detonations of the needles that have already hit them.

Multiplayer

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Damage Modifiers

detonation damage

dirt sand stone snow wood metal (hollow) metal (thin) metal (thick) rubber glass force field grunt hunter armor hunter skin elite jackal jackal energy shield engineer engineer force field flood combat form flood carrier form cyborg cyborg energy shield armored human human sentinel monitor plastic water leaves elite energy shield ice hunter shield
0 0 0 0 0 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 1 0 1 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 0.6 0 1.2 1.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

explosion

dirt sand stone snow wood metal (hollow) metal (thin) metal (thick) rubber glass force field grunt hunter armor hunter skin elite jackal jackal energy shield engineer engineer force field flood combat form flood carrier form cyborg cyborg energy shield armored human human sentinel monitor plastic water leaves elite energy shield ice hunter shield
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.2 0.5 1 1 1.5 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 4 1 0

Skins

In the Combat Evolved component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, there are a number of weapon skins available for the Needler, all of which launched during Series 2: Spark in July of 2020.

Needler
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Icon Name Description Unlock requirements
Default Default skin. Unlocked by default
HCE Needler Brutal Skin.png
 Brutal A Jiralhanae's best friend. Series 2, Tier 16 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Needler Zealot Skin.png
 Zealot Glory in an honorable death. Series 2, Tier 25 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Needler Schism Skin.png
 Schism For those seeking redemption. Series 2, Tier 34 (Spartan Point 1)
HCE Needler Ultra Skin.png
 Ultra The Evocati don't mess around. Series 2, Tier 55 (Spartan Point 1)

Production notes

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Gallery

Prerelease Halo

  • Concept art of the Needler.

    Concept art of the Needler.

  • Concept art of the Needler.

    Concept art of the Needler.

  • A Sangheili Minor wielding a Needler in an early build.

    A Sangheili Minor wielding a Needler in an early build.

Halo: Combat Evolved

  • First-person view of the Needler in an early build.

    First-person view of the Needler in an early build.

  • First-person view of the Needler.

    First-person view of the Needler.

  • A SpecOps Elite wielding the Needler.

    A SpecOps Elite wielding the Needler.

  • A Grunt wielding a Needler.

    A Grunt wielding a Needler.

  • A Grunt Major wielding a Needler.

    A Grunt Major wielding a Needler.

  • Captain Keyes wielding a Needler.

    Captain Keyes wielding a Needler.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

  • The Needler in Anniversary.

    The Needler in Anniversary.

  • The Needler in the Library codex.

    The Needler in the Library codex.

  • Pre-release image of the needler in first-person view.

    Pre-release image of the needler in first-person view.

  • A first-person view of the needler.

    A first-person view of the needler.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Classic graphics
  • The Needler in use on Halo.

    The Needler in use on Halo.

  • The Needler's melee in action, revealing the underside of the weapon.

    The Needler's melee in action, revealing the underside of the weapon.

  • The result of the Needler's supercombine, with an empty needler.

    The result of the Needler's supercombine, with an empty needler.

  • The Needler in use on The Silent Cartographer.

    The Needler in use on The Silent Cartographer.

  • The Needler being inspected by the player.

    The Needler being inspected by the player.

  • The result of the Needler's supercombine, featuring a fully reloaded needler.

    The result of the Needler's supercombine, featuring a fully reloaded needler.

Anniversary graphics
  • The Needler in use on The Truth and Reconciliation.

    The Needler in use on The Truth and Reconciliation.

  • The Needler's melee in action, revealing the underside of the weapon.

    The Needler's melee in action, revealing the underside of the weapon.

  • The result of the Needler's supercombine.

    The result of the Needler's supercombine.

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Editing Kit, game file tags\weapons\needler\needler.weapon
  2. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Editing Kit, game file tags\weapons\needler\mp_needler.weapon
  3. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 294
  4. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved manual, page 21
  5. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets, page 28-29
  6. ^ Bungie.net, Guides: Covenant Weapons (Retrieved on Oct 28, 2004) [archive]

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