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Needler
The Needlers in Halo: Combat Evolved (top) and Anniversary (bottom).
Gameplay role
Faction:	Covenant
Weapon class (?):	Pistol
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)
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 mp_needler

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, though in-game materials (the Library) still refer to it with the original Type-33 designation.

Gameplay

Counterparts

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  Assault Rifle

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  Plasma Rifle

Campaign

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 in a given enemy, the enemy explodes in a supercombine, usually killing them. The needles bounce off environmental geometry.

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 for the Needler.

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

Production notes

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Gallery

Prerelease Halo

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  Concept art of the Needler.

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  Concept art of the Needler.

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  A Sangheili Minor wielding a Needler in an early build.

Halo: Combat Evolved

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

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  First-person view of the Needler.

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  A SpecOps Elite wielding the Needler.

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  A Grunt wielding a Needler.

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  A Grunt Major wielding a Needler.

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  Captain Keyes wielding a Needler.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

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  The Needler in Anniversary.

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

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  A first-person view of the needler.

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  The Needler in the Library codex.