| “ | Sniper Rifle: Heavy. Powerful and accurate rifle with a bolt-action mechanism with an extremely slow reload.
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- — In-Game Description
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is a Sniper Rifle in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Season 5.
The Exotic version of this weapon is the Boom Sniper Rifle.
Functionality[]
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is a hard hitting, slow reloading Sniper Rifle. It deals a decent amount of damage to players, but even more to vehicles. It has poor hip-fire accuracy due to its class as a Sniper Rifle.
The Heavy Sniper Rifle in action.
The Heavy Sniper Rifle destroying a wall.
Stats[]
The Heavy Sniper Rifle uses 
Heavy Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 2.5x.
|
Heavy Sniper Rifle (Rare) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 76.8 |
| DAMAGE | 120 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 0.64 |
| RELOAD TIME | 4.0s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 150 |
|
|
Heavy Sniper Rifle (Epic) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 80.64 |
| DAMAGE | 126 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 0.64 |
| RELOAD TIME | 3.8s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 158 |
|
|
Heavy Sniper Rifle (Legendary) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 84.48 |
| DAMAGE | 132 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 0.64 |
| RELOAD TIME | 3.6s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 165 |
|
|
Heavy Sniper Rifle (Mythic) |
|---|---|
| DPS | 88.32 |
| DAMAGE | 138 |
| MAGAZINE SIZE | 1 |
| FIRE RATE | 0.64 |
| RELOAD TIME | 3.4s |
| STRUCTURE DAMAGE | 173 |
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is a Fast-Moving Projectile weapon. As it uses a scope, the fired bullet will always shoot from the center of the crosshair. There is no damage falloff on the Heavy Sniper Rifle's projectiles.
Obtained[]
From when the weapon was last available in Chapter 4: Season 3:
| Rarity | Chest | Rare
Chest |
Floor
Loot |
Supply
Drop |
Fishing
(Plain) |
Fishing
(Hole) |
Creative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ |
| Epic | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Legendary | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✖ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mythic | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✓ |
Strategy Guide[]
This section outlines a strategy.
Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.- Players should aim above targets at long ranges to compensate for the bullet drop. The further the target, the higher the player should aim. Each line under the cross when aiming down sight resembles 200 meters, meaning, when standing 200 meters from your target, aim with the first line under the cross.
- Players should 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.
- As the weapon does very high structure damage, the player could stand next to a structure which an enemy/enemies is/are hiding behind, shoot it from point-blank range, and then either replace the wall with their own for quick editing or use a close-ranged weapon such as a shotgun to attack opponents behind it. This is only effective against wooden structures as it can not break structures made of stone or metal with one shot.
- If looking to choose between a Heavy Sniper Rifle, Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper, or Hunting Rifle, you should first keep in mind that they all deal the same damage to the head. Then consider that the Heavy Sniper deals a lot more damage to players, structures, and vehicles than both, but it is slower to shoot and reload.
Weapon ID[]
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is referred to as Sniper Heavy in the files.
- Rare: WID_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_R_Ore_T03
- Epic: WID_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_VR_Ore_T03
- Legendary: WID_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_SR_Ore_T03
- Mythic: WID_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_UR_Ore_T03
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is referred to as Rufus Sniper Heavy in the files.
- Rare: WID_Rufus_Sniper_Heavy_R
- Epic: WID_Rufus_Sniper_Heavy_VR
- Legendary: WID_Rufus_Sniper_Heavy_SR
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is referred to as Clyde Sniper Heavy in the files.
- Rare: WID_Clyde_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_R_Ore_T03
- Epic: WID_Clyde_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_VR_Ore_T03
- Legendary: WID_Clyde_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_SR_Ore_T03
- Mythic: WID_Clyde_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_UR_Ore_T03
History[]
Chapter 2: Season 1[]
Update v11.00[]
Update v11.31[]
December 18th 2019[]
Chapter 2: Season 2[]
Update v12.00[]
- Unvaulted in Epic and Legendary.
Update v12.50[]
- Reduced damage from 150/157 to 126/132.
Chapter 2: Season 3[]
Update v13.00[]
Chapter 3: Season 1[]
Content Update v19.20[]
- Changed the crosshairs to that of the Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper.
Chapter 3: Season 2[]
Update v20.00[]
- Decreased the headshot damage multiplier from 2.5x to 1.5x.
- Lowered the reload time from 3.9/4.1 to 3.6/3.8.
- Increased the damage to vehicles from 150/157 to 630/660.
- Lowered the damage to structures from 1050/1100 to 630/660.
Update v20.10[]
- Unvaulted in Epic and Legendary.
- Introduced Rare variant.
- Content Update v20.20 (4/28/2022): The Epic and Legendary Heavy Sniper Rifle now can be obtained in Supply Drops in Competitive Modes.
Chapter 3: Season 3[]
Update v21.00[]
- Introduced Mythic to Fortnite: Creative.
- Rare, Epic and Legendary now available in Competitive.
July 6th 2022[]
- No longer available in Competitive.
Chapter 3: Season 4[]
Update v22.00[]
- Vaulted.
- Increased Headshot multiplier back to 2.5x.
Chapter 4: Season 1[]
Update v23.40[]
- Unvaulted in Rare, Epic and Legendary.
- Increased fire rate from 0.33 to 0.64.
Update v23.50[]
Chapter 4: Season 2[]
Update v24.00[]
- Unvaulted in Rare, Epic and Legendary.
- Added Sniper Glare.
Update v24.40[]
- May 24th 2023
- Lowered the damage to structures from 600/630/660/690 to 150/158/165/173.
Chapter 4: Season 3[]
- Update v25.11:
- Vaulted with the addition of the Explosive Repeater Rifle.
Chapter 4: Season OG[]
Update v27.11[]
- November 23rd, 2023
- Unvaulted in Epic and Legendary.
Chapter 5: Season 1[]
Update v28.00[]
Chapter 2 Remix[]
Update v32.00[]
- Unvaulted in Epic and Legendary.
Sounds[]
| Sound Type | Rarity | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Pullout | Rare, Epic and Legendary | |
| Scope In-Out | ||
| Shooting | ||
| Reload | ||
| Pickup | ||
| Drop |
News Tab[]
| Image | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
|
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November 2nd 2024 |
Trivia[]
- The Heavy Sniper Rifle is based on the American Barrett M82.
- When first released in Season 5, the Heavy Sniper Rifle dealt the most damage in a single shot of any weapon, dealing 157/392 with its Legendary version.
- The Rare variant of this weapon was initially planned to be available in the Spy Games LTM, but it was scrapped and reused in the Team Brawl LTM. It would later be released as a normal rarity in the core game modes.
- Currently, an Uncommon variant of this weapon exists in the files. It deals 114 damage and has a 4.2s reload time.
- The Heavy Sniper Rifle did not get a new icon or model when reworked for Chapter 2: Season 2, and still uses its icon from Season 5, despite it being noticeably lower quality.
- Prior to its nerf in Chapter 4: Season 2, the weapon was able to one shot any structure.
- In Save the World the Obliterator uses the same model as the Heavy Sniper Rifle.
Gallery[]
Promotional Material for Chapter 1.
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Promotional Material for Chapter 3.
