Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle

This article is about the Battle Royale sniper rifle. For the Save The World semi-automatic sniper subtype, see Standard Sniper.

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
Details
Category	Battle Royale Weapons
History
Introduced	Patch 1.6
Vaulted	Patch 6.21, Patch 10.00

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle was a Sniper Rifle in Battle Royale. It is available in Uncommon, Rare and Epic, Legendary (Spy Games only) variants and has a head shot multiplier of 2.5x. It uses Heavy Bullets. The Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle was Vaulted in Patch 6.21, then unvaulted on Patch 9.10 but was Re-vaulted on Patch 10.00. The Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle was vaulted a second time because since the Storm Scout Sniper Rifle was just introduced. It may have also been vaulted due to a nerf in the scope that probably made the weapon useless as a sniper since it now has reduced zoom.

The Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle used to be available in Epic and Legendary variants, but the rarities were decreased to Uncommon and Rare variants following Patch 5.40, but the Epic variant returned in Patch 12.20 and Legendary variant returned in Patch 12.30.

The Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle is available in its Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary variants in the Spy Games LTMs during the Spy Games event in Chapter 2, Season 2.

The Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle might make a return in the future because it was shown in the new Houseparty Trailer.

Stats

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
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Bullet Type
DPS	90
Damage	75
Fire Rate	1.2
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	2.5
Structure Damage	75

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	93.6
Damage	78
Fire Rate	1.2
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	2.3
Structure Damage	78

Spy Games Exclusive

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle+
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	546.75
Damage	81
Fire Rate	6.75
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	2.1
Structure Damage	81

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle+ with gun smith tech
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	573.75
Damage	85
Fire Rate	6.75
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	1.9
Structure Damage	85

Holding he trigger won't work since the gun is Semi-automatic, to make it actually having a fire rate of 6.75, you will have to tap the trigger 6.75 times a sec. Though, when this version got introduced it was fully-automatic, it eventually got fixed back to semi-automatic and it was too overpowered.

Former Stats

5.00 Content Update - Patch 5.40

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	90
Damage	75
Fire Rate	1.2
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	2.5
Structure Damage	75

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	93.6
Damage	78
Fire Rate	1.2
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	2.3
Structure Damage	78

Initial BR release - Patch 5.00 Content Update

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	75.6
Damage	63
Fire Rate	1.2
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	2.5
Structure Damage	63

Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
Details
Bullet Type
DPS	79.2
Damage	66
Fire Rate	1.2
Magazine Size	10
Reload Time	2.3
Structure Damage	66

Availability

Chapter 1

Rarity	Chest	Floor Loot	Supply Drop
Uncommon	✅	✅	❌
Rare	✅	✅	❌
Epic	✅	✅	❌
Legendary	✅	✅	✅

Texture

Patch	Uncommon	Rare	Epic	Legendary
Since 1.6

Sound

• Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle Pullout

• Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle Shooting

• Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle Reload

• Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle Pickup

• Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle Drop

Changes

Patch Notes

Patch 10.00 (August 1, 2019)

Weapons + Items

• Vaulted
  • Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
  • Over time, we have added many mobility options, both itemized and map-based. We feel that Season X is better experienced with a reduction in mobility. As with all changes, we’ll keep a close eye on how this affects the player experience.

Patch 9.40 (July 17th, 2019)

Weapons + Items

• Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle now has reduced zoom while scoped.

Patch 9.10 (May 22,2019)

Weapons + Items

• Unvaulted Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
  • Available in Vending Machines, Chests, and Floor Loot
  • Available in Uncommon and Rare variants
    • Since the Thermal Rifle and Scoped Revolver have both recently been vaulted, this week we wanted to bring back an oldie but goodie to round out the medium/long-range item line-up.

7.20 Patch Notes (January 21,2019)

Weapon + Items

• Suppressed Submachine Gun, Remote Explosives, Smoke Grenade, Light Machine Gun, Sneaky Snowman, Revolver and Semi-Auto Sniper added to Creative mode.

6.21 Patch Notes (November 1, 2018 )

Weapons + Items

• Vaulted

• Semi-Auto Sniper

• These items will remain available in Playground Mode.

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6.02 Patch Notes (October 10, 2018 )

Weapons + Items

• Loot drop rate adjustments

• Decreased Rare Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle drop chance from 0.92% to 0.71%

• Note: The overall number of Explosive Weapons and Snipers in a given game has not changed, however, there is a greater distribution of rarity and variants.

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5.40 Patch Notes (September 6, 2018 )

Weapon + Items

• Rarity color adjustments (NOTE: The original percentages for drops were incorrect. We have since updated the percentages to clarify the exact change to the weapons).

• Some items have been removed or modified to better reflect their effectiveness. This only affects their colors and other characteristics are unchanged.
• Semi-Auto Sniper rifle decreased from Epic and Legendary to Uncommon and Rare.

• Increased the frequency that the Semi-Auto sniper rifles drop to align more with their rarity class.

• Increased Uncommon Semi-Auto sniper drop chance from 1.22% to 2.06%
• Increased Rare Semi-Auto sniper drop chance from 0.13% to 0.96%

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Vault Log

Patch	Vault	Unvault
5.40	✅ Epic & Legendary
6.21	✅ Uncommon & Rare
9.10		✅ Uncommon & Rare
10.0	✅ Uncommon & Rare

Strategy

• Although the Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle was not as powerful as the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle or the Hunting Rifle, its greater magazine capacity of 10 rounds made it an excellent weapon to suppress the enemy at long distances and you had a chance to hit them again after missing a shot, but the enemy would have most likely detected you and started defending themselves.
• The Epic and Legendary variants of the weapon in spy games had the same fire rate of the Pistol of 6.75, but with a way higher dps and could kill someone with a headshot of 202.5 and 212.5 in the 2 variants respectively.
• Headshots provide great damage, but still lacked power against targets with full health and shields. (Except for Epic and Legendary since they one-shot a opponent with full health and shields.)

Trivia

• Ironically, Battle Royale's Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle uses the same model as Save the World's Automatic Sniper Rifle.
• The Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle was most likely based off of the Galil Sniper Rifle with a few features of a Ruger Mini-14.
• Before Patch 5.40, the Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle was available in Epic and Legendary variants, although it was less powerful than a Rare Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle and the Epic and Legendary Heavy Sniper Rifle. After Patch 5.40, the Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle now comes in Uncommon and Rare rarities to match the damages.
• The Uncommon Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle deals the same damage as the Epic Hand Cannon and the Uncommon variants of the Tactical Shotgun. It also deals half the damage of the Heavy Sniper Rifle.
• This is the eighth item to be unvaulted, following the Grenade.
• This weapon is one of the six items to be introduced, then vaulted, then unvaulted, and then re-vaulted. The other five are Guided Missile, Clinger, Suppressed Submachine Gun (Since unvaulted on 9.30 Content Update), Dual Pistols, and Impulse Grenade.
• The Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle has the same pullout sound as the Tactical Submachine Gun and exactly like the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle.
• The Epic and Legendary Semi-Auto Sniper Rifles can one shot a full shielded and full health opponent with a headshot (202.5/212.5 Damage), but the Uncommon and Rare variants can't.
• Ironically it shoots automatically.