CE:Sniper Rifle

Sniper Rifle
Gameplay role
Counterparts:	None
Weapon stats
Damage:	101 (can headshot)
Damage type (?):	sniper bullet
Projectile speed:	1000 wu/s
Hitscan range (?):	~33.33 wu
Max range:	1000 wu
Rate of fire:	2 rounds per second
Spread (?):	0.5 degrees 0 degrees zoomed
Magazine size:	4 rounds
Reserve ammo capacity:	24 rounds (6 magazines)
Zoom:	2x to 8x magnification
Tag name (?):	sniper rifle

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

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

Universe and lore

Main article: SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle

In the original Combat Evolved, the Sniper Rifle featured is the SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle, a 14.5×114mm anti-materiel rifle in the SRS99 series utilised by the UNSC Marine Corps and UNSC Navy.

In Anniversary, the weapon's model was replaced with that of the SRS99-AM sniper rifle from Halo: Reach, with in-game materials having updated to refer to it accordingly.

Gameplay

Campaign

A player using the Sniper Rifle on The Truth and Reconciliation.

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The Sniper Rifle is notably introduced in Halo during the third campaign level, The Truth and Reconciliation. In this mission the Sniper is the player's starting weapon and notably holds much more ammunition than usual (64 rounds, to the regular game's 24) - with the downside of having no ammunition refills available for the weapon at any point in the mission. In Anniversary and The Master Chief Collection, an achievement is awarded for completing the level with at least four rounds left in the weapon. Elsewhere the weapon can be found on the level Assault on the Control Room (including one instance notably held by Sergeant Johnson, Two Betrayals and Keyes.

The Sniper Rifle is one of two weapons in the game (alongside the Pistol) capable of performing a headshot, notably making it one of two weapons able to reliably kill a Hunter in one hit.

Multiplayer

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Changes from Halo: Combat Evolved to Halo PC, Halo: Custom Edition, and Halo: Anniversary

• Maximum telescopic zoom reduced from 10× to 8× (This change was carried over from international releases of Halo: Combat Evolved and is a visual only change. It does not affect the sniper's performance in any way).

Changes from Halo: CEA to Halo: The Master Chief Collection

• Reduced the size of the Anniversary graphics reticle.
• Maximum telescopic zoom reverted back from 8× to 10×.

Damage Modifiers

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	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	0.5	1	1	0	0.2	0	0.05	0.05	1	1	1	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Skins

In the Combat Evolved component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, there are a number of weapon skins for the Sniper Rifle.

Sniper Rifle v • d • e
Icon	Name	Description	Unlock requirements
	Default	Default skin.	Unlocked by default
	Desert	Looks very stylish with a poncho.	Series 2, Tier 10 ( 1)
	Great Journey	Don't worry... I know what the aliens like.	Series 2, Tier 42 ( 1)
	Woodland	Camping is a legitimate strategy.	Series 2, Tier 52 ( 1)
	Avalanche	Like Sidewinder, but with more polygons.	Series 2, Tier 80 ( 1)
	Golden	Bling on the ring.	Series 2 Challenge: Zero Five Eight Defeat 150 opponents with the Sniper Rifle in any game mode. The Exchange ( 2)

Gallery

Prerelease Halo

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  The scope of the SRS99C-S2AM in an early build of Halo: Combat Evolved.

Halo: Combat Evolved

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  A first person view of the SRS99C-S2AM in Halo: Combat Evolved.

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  First-person view of the SRS99C on Blood Gulch.

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  The 2× zoom

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  The 10× zoom.

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  A marine wielding the SRS99C.

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  A marine takes aim with the SRS99C.

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  John-117 using the SRS99C in combat.

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  Front view of the SRS99C.

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  The 2× scope of the SRS99C-S2AM in Halo PC.

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  The 8× scope of the SRS99C-S2AM in Halo PC.

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  The night-vision function of the scope of the SRS99C-S2AM in Halo PC.

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  The SRS99C-S2 AM's targeting reticule in Halo PC.

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  Two Spartans using the SRS99C on Timberland.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

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  Profile view of the SRS99 from Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

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  The SRS99 as it appears in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

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  The 2× zoom function of the scope in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

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  The 10× zoom function of the scope in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.