Rifle

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• Rifle
• Rifle Ammo
• Homing Ammo
• Turbo Ammo

Rifle
A long-range, rapid fire weapon. Specifically designed to deliver adequate performance within the designated work area.
Unlocked at	Sulfur Research - The Rifle
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Equipment/Rifle/BP_EquipmentDescriptorRifle.BP_EquipmentDescriptorRifle_C
Item
Stack size	1
Sink value	9 480
Equipment
Equipment slot	Hands
Ammo	Rifle Ammo  Homing Rifle Ammo  Turbo Rifle Ammo
Magazine size	15
Rate of fire	5/s
Reload time	3.2 s
DPS	11.53
Range	150 m

Rifle Ammo
Standard issue Rifle ammunition, useful for establishing dominance.
Unlocked at	Sulfur Research - The Rifle
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/CartridgeStandard/Desc_CartridgeStandard.Desc_CartridgeStandard_C
Item
Stack size	500
Sink value	25
Abbreviation	RA
Equipment
Magazine size	15
Damage	5

Homing Rifle Ammo
The bullet guidance system, build into this ammunition, allows it to accurately hit any target within the reticle area. Especially useful when dealing with agile threats, or for Pioneers who can't be bothered to aim properly.
Unlocked at	Caterium Research - Bullet Guidance System
Item
Stack size	500
Sink value	855
Abbreviation	HA
Equipment
Magazine size	15
Damage	6

Turbo Rifle Ammo
Lightweight, compact, and volatile. These rounds provide extreme capacity and fire rates, at the cost of accuracy.
Unlocked at	Sulfur Research - Turbo Rifle Ammo
Item
Stack size	500
Sink value	120
Abbreviation	TA
Equipment
Magazine size	75
Damage	4

The Rifle is a ranged weapon which fires one of three dedicated ammo types. It can hold 15 rounds and has a semi-automatic firecap of five rounds per second when firing normal ammunition. Each bullet hit deals five damage. Bullets travel in a straight line with infinite speed (hitscan), making it useful for sniping. The maximum firing range is 150 meters. The damage per reload of the Rifle is 60.

Rifle Ammo is the ammunition for Rifle. Unlike Iron Rebar for the Rebar Gun, the bullets travel in a straight line.

Obtaining

Unlocking

 Rifle and  Rifle Ammo are unlocked via the Sulfur Research chain in the MAM using:

50

100

200

 Homing Rifle Ammo is unlocked via the Caterium Research chain in the MAM using:

500

10

 Turbo Rifle Ammo is unlocked via the Sulfur Research chain in the MAM using:

1000

50

100

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Homing Rifle Ammo	20 × Rifle Ammo 50 / min						1 × High-Speed Connector 2.5 / min						Assembler 24 sec × 5	10 × Homing Rifle Ammo 25 / min 36 MJ/item		Caterium Research - Bullet Guidance System
Rifle	25 × Steel Pipe						2 × Motor						Equipment Workshop × 30	1 × Rifle		Sulfur Research - The Rifle
	10 × Rubber						250 × Screw
Rifle Ammo	3 × Copper Sheet 15 / min						2 × Smokeless Powder 10 / min						Assembler 12 sec × 3	15 × Rifle Ammo 75 / min 12 MJ/item		Sulfur Research - The Rifle
Turbo Rifle Ammo	25 × Rifle Ammo 125 / min						3 × Aluminum Casing 15 / min						Manufacturer 12 sec × 5	50 × Turbo Rifle Ammo 250 / min 13.2 MJ/item		Sulfur Research - Turbo Rifle Ammo
	3 × Packaged Turbofuel 15 / min
Turbo Rifle Ammo	25 × Rifle Ammo 125 / min						3 × Aluminum Casing 15 / min						Blender 12 sec	50 × Turbo Rifle Ammo 250 / min 18 MJ/item		Sulfur Research - Turbo Rifle Ammo
	3 × Turbofuel 15 / min

Usage

The Rifle deals less damage per-shot than the Rebar Gun, but since it has a magazine rather than being single-shot, it offers the ability to make follow-on shots. It also has a much longer effective range, and since it fires hitscans there is no need to lead targets or compensate for projectile drop.

With standard ammo the rifle is a relatively slow-firing weapon with little meaningful difference between holding the fire button and manually pressing it, with the crosshair initially a point which blooms slightly with repeat shots. Both alternate ammo types change the behaviour of the weapon, though not nearly as radically as the alternative ammo for the Rebar Gun. Turbo Ammo makes the Rifle a fast-firing automatic weapon and offers five times the magazine size. With this ammo, the weapon's fire rate accelerates the longer it is fired, peaking after five seconds: this is accompanied by much greater crosshair bloom. The fire rate takes time to return to the default (indicated by the crosshair slowly shrinking back to normal), meaning that short, rapid bursts offer a balance of firepower and accuracy. Turbo ammo deals slightly lower damage, at 4 per shot.

The Homing ammo defaults to an extremely broad crosshair, but this does not represent shot bloom: rather, it indicates the weapon's tracking area. The ammo will curve to hit enemies within the aiming circle even if the Rifle is not pointed directly at them. The bullets appear to be tracked as projectiles rather than hitscans, and have some trouble with agile enemies, especially small Stingers where shots will often strike the ground around them. The weapon otherwise operates the same way as with normal ammo in terms of fire rate and magazine size, with slightly higher damage of 6 per shot.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Homing Rifle Ammo	20 × Rifle Ammo 50 / min						1 × High-Speed Connector 2.5 / min						Assembler 24 sec × 5	10 × Homing Rifle Ammo 25 / min 36 MJ/item		Caterium Research - Bullet Guidance System
Turbo Rifle Ammo	25 × Rifle Ammo 125 / min						3 × Aluminum Casing 15 / min						Manufacturer 12 sec × 5	50 × Turbo Rifle Ammo 250 / min 13.2 MJ/item		Sulfur Research - Turbo Rifle Ammo
	3 × Packaged Turbofuel 15 / min
Turbo Rifle Ammo	25 × Rifle Ammo 125 / min						3 × Aluminum Casing 15 / min						Blender 12 sec	50 × Turbo Rifle Ammo 250 / min 18 MJ/item		Sulfur Research - Turbo Rifle Ammo
	3 × Turbofuel 15 / min

AWESOME Sink

 Rifle can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 9 480 points.

 Rifle Ammo can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 25 points.

 Homing Rifle Ammo can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 855 points.

 Turbo Rifle Ammo can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 120 points.

Tips

• While effective against almost every hostile creature, its long range makes it particularly good at dealing with Flying Crabs and Alpha Spitters.

History

• Patch 0.6.0.0:
  • Added  Homing Rifle Ammo and  Turbo Rifle Ammo
  • Renamed  Rifle Cartridge to  Rifle Ammo
  • Changed  Rifle Ammo recipe to use  Copper Sheets and  Smokeless Powder
  • Magazine size changed from 10 to 15
  • Increased stack size from 100 to 500
  • Reduced standard Ammo damage from 6 to 5
  • Reworked Rifle audio
• Patch 0.3.4.0:
  • Renamed Cartridge to Rifle Cartridge
  • Increased stack size from 50 to 100
• Patch 0.3.0.1: Rifle Cartridges are now correctly produced in the Manufacturer
• Patch 0.3: Cartridge no longer require Nobelisk to produce
• Patch 0.1.8: Added Rifle sounds
• Patch 0.1.5: Made Rifle and Cartridges officially available

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