The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle is a Sniper Rifle in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was added in the Pre-Season with the launch of Battle Royale.
Functionality[]
The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle is a weapon that fires a single, fast-moving, projectile bullet, which is affected by gravity. The weapon is fitted with a Scope, has only one bullet in its magazine, and must be reloaded after every shot.
Stats[]
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifles range from dealing 99 damage per shot to 121 damage per shot (74.25 - 90.75 damage per second). All Bolt-Action Sniper Rifles use Heavy Bullets. The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle has a headshot multiplier of 2.5x.
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle (Common) | |
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DPS | 74.25 |
DAMAGE | 99 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
FIRE RATE | 0.75 |
RELOAD TIME | 3.3s |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | ? |
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle (Uncommon) | |
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DPS | 78.75 |
DAMAGE | 105 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
FIRE RATE | 0.75 |
RELOAD TIME | 3.15s |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | ? |
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle (Rare) | |
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DPS | 82.5 |
DAMAGE | 110 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
FIRE RATE | 0.75 |
RELOAD TIME | 3s |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | ? |
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle (Epic) | |
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DPS | 87 |
DAMAGE | 116 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
FIRE RATE | 0.75 |
RELOAD TIME | 2.5s |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | ? |
Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle (Legendary) | |
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DPS | 90.75 |
DAMAGE | 121 |
MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
FIRE RATE | 0.75 |
RELOAD TIME | 2.35s |
STRUCTURE DAMAGE | ? |
The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle uses a Fast Moving Projectile. As it uses a scope, the fired bullet will always shoot from the center of the crosshair. There is no damage falloff on the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle's projectiles.
Sounds[]
Sound Type | Rarity | Audio |
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Pullout | Common, Uncommon and Rare | |
Epic and Legendary | ||
Shooting | Common, Uncommon and Rare | |
Epic and Legendary | ||
Reload | Common, Uncommon and Rare | |
Epic and Legendary | ||
Pickup | Common, Uncommon and Rare | |
Epic and Legendary | ||
Drop | Common, Uncommon and Rare | |
Epic and Legendary |
Obtained[]
Rarity | Chest | Rare
Chest |
Cosmic
Chest |
Floor
Loot |
Supply
Drop |
Fishing
(Plain) |
Fishing
(Hole) |
Crafting |
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Common (Vaulted since v11.00) | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
Uncommon (Vaulted since v12.00) | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
Rare | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ |
Epic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ |
Legendary | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ |
Combining a Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle with:
- 1 Alien Nanites creates a Rail Gun.
Strategy Guide[]
- Players should aim above targets at long ranges to compensate for the bullet drop. The further the target, the higher the player should aim. They should also aim in the direction a target is moving at long ranges to compensate for the bullet travel time. The faster and further the target, the further the player should aim.
- The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle is able to deal over 250+ damage to the head in every rarity except Common. Because of this, always aim for headshots to eliminate your opponent in a single, well-placed shot.
- The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle features sniper glint while aimed in, so make sure to only aim in when you're certain you can line up and hit your shot quickly. Otherwise, you may reveal your position prematurely.
- The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle should not be used against opponents in close quarters, as its hip fire accuracy is incredibly poor and it only has a single shot in its magazine.
- The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle can be used against a freshly-placed wooden build piece to destroy it and replace it as your own.
- The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle is best used in combonation with the Sniper Surplus augment, as it allows you to fire two rounds before reloading rather than one.
- You can pair the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle with the Bloodhound augment to track players who manage to survive your shots.
History[]
Pre-Season[]
- Update v1.6: Introduced the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle. It comes in Rare, Epic, and Legendary rarities.
Season 5[]
- Update v5.40: Vaulted the Legendary Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle.
Season 7[]
- Update v7.30: Vaulted the Rare and Epic Bolt-Action Sniper Rifles.
Season 9[]
- Content Update 2 v9.30 (July 14th): Unvaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle in Rare, Epic, and Legendary rarities.
- July 15th: Vaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle in Rare, Epic, and Legendary rarities.
- Update v9.40: Unvaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle in Rare, Epic, and Legendary rarities.
Chapter 2: Season 1[]
- Update v11.00: Updated the Model and icon of the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle to fit the new Chapter 2 visuals.
- The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle now has a different model for different rarities.
- Update v11.00 Hotfix: Removed the Common Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle within hours of release.
Chapter 2: Season 2[]
- Update v12.00: Vaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle.
Chapter 2: Season 3[]
- Update v13.00: Unvaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle in Rare, Epic, and Legendary rarities.
Chapter 2: Season 6[]
- Update v16.00: Vaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle.
Chapter 2: Season 7[]
- Update v17.00: Unvaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle in Rare, Epic, and Legendary rarities.
- Content Update v17.10: Rare to Legendary rarities of the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle can be crafted into a Rail Gun of the same rarity using Alien Nanites.
- Update v17.40: Vaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle for the Sneak Week.
- Flying High Week: Unvaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle.
Chapter 2: Season 8[]
- Update v18.00: Vaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle in all rarities.
Chapter 3: Season 1[]
- Update v19.00: Fixed the Epic and Legendary reload times to be correct (2.5s for Epic and 2.3s for Legendary, instead of vice versa).
- Content Update v19.20: Changed the crosshair to that of the Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper. The weapon still remains vaulted.
Chapter 3: Season 4[]
- Update v22.00: Increased damage from 95/100/105/110/116 to 99/105/110/116/121. The weapon is still vaulted.
Chapter 4: Season 2[]
- Update v24.00: Increased its fire rate from 0.33 to 0.75. The weapon is still vaulted.
Chapter 4: Season OG[]
- Update v27.00: Unvaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle in Rare, Epic, and Legendary rarities.
- Update v27.10: Vaulted the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The player can manually delay a reload by remaining scoped in with this weapon, allowing players to visualize where their bullet lands, which would be much more complicated if the player was forced out of the scope.
- The Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle is technically not Bolt-Action when considering the weapon's mechanics in the game. If the weapon were bolt action, it would allow a second shot to be chambered before reloading. However, the weapon appears to be single-action and single-shot in-game. As such, the weapon is incorrectly named.
- The Common Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle is the only Common variant of a Sniper Rifle outside of Limited Time Modes and Creative Mode.
- Previously, the Epic Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle had a faster reload than the Legendary one due to a balancing mistake to slow down the Legendary version's reload time, but not compensating for the Epic version. As such, this weapon technically had a faster DPS due to this weapon requiring it be reloaded after every shot
Visuals[]
- The Common, Uncommon, and Rare variants of the Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle are based on the British Accuracy International AWM. In reality, the AWM is a bolt-action sniper rifle which can fire multiple shots before reloading.
- The AWM as standard has a magazine size of 5.
- The Epic and Legendary variants are based on the Swiss Brügger & Thomet APR. In reality, the APR is a bolt-action sniper rifle that can fire multiple shots before reloading.
- The APR as standard has a magazine size of 10.
- The Chapter 1 Icon for the weapon was not a bolt action weapon at all, regardless of gameplay. The model for the Sniper Rifle did not have a bolt loader. Instead, it used an automatic bolt like an automatic weapon. As such, the bolt was modeled for the Chapter 2 icon.
- Prior to Chapter 2, both the low and high tier rarities of the weapon used the same model and icon.