Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper

Information

Rarity

Weapon Class	Ammo Type
Sniper Rifle	Heavy Bullets

Stats

DPS

57.6 (Common)
70.4 (Legendary)

Damage

90 (Common)
110 (Legendary)

Structure Damage

90 (Common)
110 (Legendary)

Critical Hit Damage

2.5x

Critical Hit Multiplier

225 (Common)
275 (Legendary)

Fire Rate

0.64

Magazine Size

Reload Time

3.7s (Common)
3s (Legendary)

Release Status

Added In	Release Date
Update v19.00	December 5th 2021

	This item is currently vaulted in Battle Royale. Dismiss All Headers
	It has been made unavailable to balance the loot pool, and may return in the future. It is still available in Creative and UEFN.

“

Sniper Rifle: Bolt-Action. Powerful and accurate rifle with a bolt-action mechanism and magazine containing multiple bullets.

”

— In-Game Description

The Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper is an Sniper Rifle in Fortnite: Battle Royale that was introduced in Chapter 3: Season 1.

Functionality

Functionality[]

The Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper is a slow firing, high damage sniper rifle with a three round magazine and 4x magnification scope.

The Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper fires a Fast Moving Projectile that is affected by gravity. It has no damage falloff over distance.

Stats

Stats[]

Current Stats since v22.00[]

The Hunter Bolt-Action Snipers uses Heavy Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 2.5x.

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Common)
DPS	57.6
DAMAGE	90
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	90
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3.7s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	225 ^(2.5x)

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Uncommon)
DPS	60.8
DAMAGE	95
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	95
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3.5s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	237.5 ^(2.5x)

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Rare)
DPS	64
DAMAGE	100
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	100
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3.35s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	250 ^(2.5x)

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Epic)
DPS	67.2
DAMAGE	105
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	105
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3.2s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	262.5 ^(2.5x)

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Legendary)
DPS	70.4
DAMAGE	110
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	110
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	275 ^(2.5x)

Unreleased[]

Note: The stats listed below only exist in the files and are not available in-game.

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Mythic)
DPS	73.6
DAMAGE	115
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	115
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	2.84s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	287.5 ^(2.5x)

Stats from v19.00 to v22.00[]

The Hunter Bolt-Action Snipers uses Heavy Bullets and has a headshot multiplier of 2x.

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Common)
DPS	51.84
DAMAGE	81
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	81
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3.7s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	162 ^(2x)

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Uncommon)
DPS	55.04
DAMAGE	86
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	86
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3.5s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	172 ^(2x)

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Rare)
DPS	57.6
DAMAGE	90
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	90
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3.35s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	180 ^(2x)

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Epic)
DPS	60.8
DAMAGE	95
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	95
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3.2s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	190 ^(2x)

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Legendary)
DPS	63.36
DAMAGE	99
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	99
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	3s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	198 ^(2x)

Unreleased[]

Note: The stats listed below only exist in the files and are not available in-game.

	Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper (Mythic)
DPS	66.56
DAMAGE	104
STRUCTURE DAMAGE	104
MAGAZINE SIZE	3
FIRE RATE	0.64
RELOAD TIME	2.84s
CRITICAL HIT DAMAGE	208 ^(2x)

Weapon Changes

Weapon Changes[]

Chapter 3: Season 1[]

Update v19.00[]

Added Common to Legendary rarities.
Added stats for a Mythic rarity.

Update v19.01[]

The ammo count now updates sooner in its reload animation.

Chapter 3: Season 4[]

Update v22.00[]

Increased damage from 81/86/90/95/99/104 to 90/95/100/105/110/115.
Increased structure damage from 81/86/90/95/99/104 to 90/95/100/105/110/115.
Increased headshot multiplier from 2.0x to 2.5x.

Chapter 4: Season 2[]

Update v24.00[]

Increased Projectile Speed by 50%.

Strategy Guide

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 bullet drop. The further the target the higher the player should aim.
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.
In Zero Build playlists, Rare and above Hunter Bolt-Action Snipers can eliminate an enemy in one shot even with 100 health, 100 shield, and 50 overshield. In Battle Royale playlists, any rarity can eliminate an enemy with 100 health and 100 shield.

Counters[]

The Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper has a somewhat slow reload speed, making engaging with an opponent attempting to reload it very beneficial.
The Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper has a very loud firing sound, even for a Sniper Rifle, making it easier to search for an opponent wielding it.

Weapon ID

Weapon ID[]

The Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper is referred to as Core Sniper in the files.

Common: WID_Sniper_CoreSniper_Athena_C
Uncommon: WID_Sniper_CoreSniper_Athena_UC
Rare: WID_Sniper_CoreSniper_Athena_R
Epic: WID_Sniper_CoreSniper_Athena_VR
Legendary: WID_Sniper_CoreSniper_Athena_SR

Mode Specific History

Mode Specific History[]

Battle Royale and Zero Build History

Battle Royale and Zero Build History[]

Chapter 3: Season 1[]

Update v19.00[]

Introduced Uncommon to Legendary rarities.

Chapter 3: Season 3[]

Update v21.00[]

Vaulted.

Chapter 3: Season 4[]

Update v22.00[]

Unvaulted Uncommon to Legendary rarities.

Chapter 4: Season 1[]

Update v23.00[]

Vaulted.

Creative History

Creative History[]

Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Season 1[]

Update v19.00[]

Introduced Common to Legendary rarities.

News Tab

News Tab[]

Image	Description	Date
	Welcome to Chapter 3 Creators! Here’s what is new in v19.00: ☑️ All new Battle Royale items ☑️ Squad Interact ☑️ Sliding ☑️ New Prefabs and Galleries ☑️ Quality of Life improvements Learn more: https://fn.gg/v19-00-cr	December 5th 2021

Image	Description	Date
	Finding Weapons Land quickly and find weapons on the ground or in chests before the action starts. The Island carries a varied slate of weapons - test them out and play to your strengths!	December 5th 2021
	Sniper Damage Increased Sniper weapon damage has increased. Take careful aim and sen your opponents back to the Lobby in one-shot with a headshot!	September 18th 2022

Trivia

Trivia[]

Due to a developer oversight, Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper remains as one of the only scoped Sniper Rifles to not have Sniper Glare.

Gallery

Gallery[]

Promotional Images

Promotional Images[]

Weapons
Assault Weapons	Assault Rifle ( Skye's • Enhanced • Ice Spice's • Embiggened) • Burst Assault Rifle ( Ocean's • Slone's) • Scoped Assault Rifle • Light Machine Gun • Minigun ( Brutus' • RG's) • Thermal Scoped Assault Rifle ( Huntmaster Saber's) • Drum Gun ( Midas' • Jules' • Shadow Midas') • Suppressed Assault Rifle ( Blitz Boss Ninja's Viper) • Heavy Assault Rifle ( Meowscles' Peow Peow • Meowdas' Peow Peow) • Infantry Rifle • Tactical Assault Rifle ( Modular • Legacy) • First Order Blaster Rifle • Stark Industries Energy Rifle ( Updated) • Makeshift Rifle • Primal Rifle ( Spire Guardian's) • E-11 Blaster Rifle • Pulse Rifle ( Slone's • Overclocked • Burst • Overdrive) • Sideways Rifle • Sideways Minigun ( Boss) • Combat Assault Rifle ( Modular • The Machinist's Modular • Squibbly's) • MK-Seven Assault Rifle ( The Foundation's • WIP Mythic Red Dot AR) • Ranger Assault Rifle • Striker Burst Rifle ( Slone's • Modular • Emma Frost's • Enhanced) • Hammer Assault Rifle • EvoChrome Burst Rifle ( The Herald's) • Red-Eye Assault Rifle ( Heisted Explosive • Red-Eye Caramba AR) • Havoc Suppressed Assault Rifle ( Highcard's • Heart's) • DC-15 Blaster Rifle • Flapjack Rifle ( Enhanced) • MK-Alpha Assault Rifle ( Relik's) • Twin Mag Assault Rifle • Modular Nemesis AR ( Montague's • Nemesis AR• Brute) • Modular Striker AR ( Nisha's • Striker AR • Enhanced) • Modular Enforcer AR ( Enforcer AR • Enhanced) • Modular Warforged Assault Rifle ( Ares') • Tri-Beam Laser Rifle • Holo Twister Assault Rifle ( Enhanced • Lawless Accelerant • Lawful Accelerant) • Fury Assault Rifle ( Enhanced • Eradicator Hop Rock) • Collateral Damage Assault Rifle ( Enhanced • Lawless Trinity) • A280-CFE Blaster Rifle ( Enhanced) • DC-15 Heavy Blaster Rifle • DLT-19 Blaster Rifle • Spire Rifle ( Enhanced) • O.X.R. Rifle ( Eradicator) • Leadspitter 3000 • Deadeye Assault Rifle ( Hush's) • Lock On Assault Rifle • Cube Rifle ( Hoprock) • Chaos Exploder Rifle ( Dark Voyager's Chaos Rifle) • Surgical Burst Rifle ( Voidblade's)
Shotguns	Pump Shotgun ( Double Trouble • Blitz) • Tactical Shotgun ( Enhanced Tactical Shotgun) • Heavy Shotgun ( Legacy • Heisted Breacher) • Double Barrel Shotgun ( The Dub) • Combat Shotgun ( Modular • Megalo Don's Modular) • Drum Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Charge Shotgun ( Kit's) • Dragon's Breath Shotgun ( Legacy • Dragon's Belch Shotgun) • Lever Action Shotgun • Makeshift Shotgun • Primal Shotgun ( Spire Assassin's) • Auto Shotgun • Striker Pump Shotgun • Ranger Shotgun • Two-Shot Shotgun • Prime Shotgun ( Blitz Boss Ninja's Get Good) • EvoChrome Shotgun• Thunder Shotgun • Maven Auto Shotgun ( Heisted Accelerant • Wolfe's) • Havoc Pump Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Sharp Tooth Shotgun • Infiltrator Pump Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Wood Stake Shotgun ( High Stakes') • Modular Hammer Pump Shotgun ( Peter Griffin's) • Modular Frenzy Auto Shotgun ( Oscar's) • Modular Gatekeeper Shotgun ( Cerberus' • Gatekeeper) • Modular Sovereign Shotgun ( Mysterio's • Sovereign) • Sentinel Pump Shotgun ( Enhanced • Unstable Frostfire) • Twinfire Auto Shotgun ( Enhanced • Lawless Twinfire Slap) • Oni Shotgun ( Enhanced) • Outlaw Shotgun ( Enhanced • Unstable Yoink) • Pump & Dump ( Lawless Blink) • Shiva Shotgun • ACP Scatter Blaster • BARM-ST12 Scatter Blaster • CA-87 Jawa Scatter Blaster • Sweeper Shotgun • Five Gun • Iron Pump Shotgun ( Pinpoint) • Twin Hammer Shotguns ( Brutus' • Twin Siphon) • Chaos Reloader Shotgun ( Dark Voyager's Obliterator) • Super Shredder • Extending Focus Shotgun ( Reacher)
Submachine Guns	Submachine Gun • Submachine Gun ( Heisted Run 'N' Gun) • Suppressed Submachine Gun ( Inkquisitor's) • Compact SMG ( Enhanced Compact SMG) • Tactical Submachine Gun • Rapid Fire SMG • Burst SMG • Machine SMG • Makeshift Submachine Gun • Primal SMG • Kymera Ray Gun ( Zyg and Choppy's) • Stinger SMG ( Gunnar's) • Combat SMG • Charge SMG • Twin Mag SMG ( Heisted Blink Mag • Tamzarian) • Sunburst Gauntlet • Bender's Shiny Metal Raygun • Scoped Burst SMG ( Thorne's) • Modular Hyper SMG ( Valeria's) • Modular Thunder Burst SMG ( Thunder Burst SMG • Apex) • Modular Harbinger SMG ( Hades') • Modular Drum Gun ( Midas' • Midas' Gilded Eye) • Dual Micro SMGs ( Gwenpool's) • Snoop Dogg's Drum Gun • Veiled Precision SMG ( Night Rose • Eradicator Shadow) • Surgefire SMG ( Enhanced) • Pump & Dump ( Lawless Blink) • F-11D Blaster ( Captain Phasma's) • E-11 Blaster • CR-2 Blaster • Red-Eye Submachine Gun • SM Beam Gun • SM Rhythm Gun • Five Gun • Holo Rush SMG ( Yule Trooper's) • Flex SMG ( Bigfoot's) • Cube Splitter SMG • Pulse Pistols
Pistols	Pistol ( Semi-Auto • Pinpoint • Where We Droppin) • Suppressed Pistol ( Semi-Auto • Dual Suppressed Pistols • Shadow Tracker) • Dual Pistols ( Hop Rock Dualies) • Hand Cannon ( Deadpool's • Modular • Modular Conductor) • Revolver • Scoped Revolver ( Night Hawk) • Six Shooter ( Marksman) • Flashlight Pistol • Flint-Knock Pistol ( Flight-Knock) • Makeshift Revolver • Primal Pistol • Combat Pistol • Sidearm Pistol • Tactical Pistol ( Overdrive) • Lock On Pistol • Mammoth Pistol ( Baron's Double Down • Lawless Explosive • Lawful Explosive) • Modular Ranger Pistol • Modular Monarch Pistol ( Doctor Doom's) • DL-44 Blaster Pistol ( Enhanced) • WESTAR-34 Blaster Pistols • Hyperburst Pistol ( Enhanced • Unstable Voltage Burst) • Killswitch Revolvers ( Killswitch's) • Wrecker Revolver ( Enhanced • Marksman) • Blade Blaster • Mr. Blasty ( Krusty's) • Deodorant Applicator • Cobalt Slingshot • Finger Guns • Hammer Revolver • Lancehead Pistol ( 9mm Baba Yaga)
Sniper Rifles	Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle ( Dragon's Breath Sniper) • Zapotron • Suppressed Sniper Rifle • Heavy Sniper Rifle ( Boom Sniper Rifle) • Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle • Automatic Sniper Rifle • Hunting Rifle ( Lawless Stink) • Storm Scout Sniper Rifle ( Storm Scout) • Amban Sniper Rifle• Lever Action Rifle • Rail Gun • Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper • Explosive Repeater Rifle • Reaper Modular Sniper Rifle ( Reaper) • Heavy Impact Sniper Rifle ( Lawless Tracking • Lawful Tracking) • Falcon Eye Sniper ( Enhanced • Lawless Final Mark Rifle) • Vengeful Sniper Rifle
Marksman Rifles	DMR • Cobra DMR • Ex-Caliber Rifle ( The Ageless Champion's) • Thermal DMR ( Diamond's) • Tactical DMR • Modular Huntress DMR ( Zeus') • IQA-11 Marksman Blaster Rifle ( Enhanced) • Deadeye DMR ( Kor's • Unstable Thunderclap) • Vector 7 ( The Foundation's Rift Rifle)
Bows	Boom Bow ( TNTina's Ka-Boom Bow)• Hawkeye's Bow • Makeshift Bow • Primal Bow • Primal Flame Bow • Primal Stink Bow • Mechanical Bow ( Exotic Recon Bow) • Mechanical Explosive Bow ( Raz's) • Mechanical Shockwave Bow • Grappler Bow • Unstable Bow
Crossbows	Crossbow ( Cupid's • Empowered) • Fiend Hunter Crossbow • Dual Fiend Hunters • Plunger Bow • Boom Bolt ( Ringmaster's • Moonflak)
Explosive Weapons	Rocket Launcher ( Pumpkin • Lawless Shockwave • Lawful Shockwave) • Quad Launcher ( Burst) • Guided Missile • Grenade Launcher ( Snowball • Egg • Orange Paint • Purple Paint • Cinematic Paint • The Big Chill) • Shockwave Launcher ( Kit's • Eradicator Shock n' Slow) • Proximity Grenade Launcher • Grenade ( Unstable Bounce) • Clingers • Dynamite ( Nitro Queen TNT • Bouncing Boomstick) • Bottle Rockets • Proximity Mine • Remote Explosive • Firefly Jar • Cuddle Fish • Recycler ( Spire Assassin's) • Alien Knockgun Launcher • Plasma Cannon • Paper Bomb Kunai • Anvil Rocket Launcher • Thunder Spears • Cybertron Cannon • Sticky Grenade Launcher ( Lawless Rift • Blitz Boss Ninja's Trash) • Shield Breaker EMP • Explosive Goo Gun ( Blitz Boss Ninja's Blue) • Swarmstrike • Seven Cluster Cannon
Melee Weapons	Pickaxe • Infinity Blade ( Reforged) • Thor's Stormbreaker • Lightsaber ( Darth Vader's • Jedi Padawan • Sith Apprentice • Jedi Training) • Kingsman • Predator Claw • Sideways Scythe • Basic Sword • Basic Hammer • Ol' Chopper • Kinetic Blade ( Thorne's Vampiric Blade) • Grapple Blade ( Blitz) • Brat Catcher • Donatello's Staff • Leonardo's Katanas • Michelangelo's Nunchaku • Raphael's Sai • Chains of Hades ( Blitz • Thorn Ripper) • Shuri's Black Panther Claws• Chainsaw ( Cartoon) • The Kneecapper ( Blitz) • Sub-Zero's Kombat Kit • Lucille • Scorpion's Kombat Kit • Rumi's Empowered Sword • GnatGala Special Melee • Forsaken Vow Blade • Dual Zangetsu

Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper

Overview

Functionality[]

Stats[]

Current Stats since v22.00[]

Unreleased[]

Stats from v19.00 to v22.00[]

Unreleased[]

Weapon Changes[]

Chapter 3: Season 1[]

Update v19.00[]

Update v19.01[]

Chapter 3: Season 4[]

Update v22.00[]

Chapter 4: Season 2[]

Update v24.00[]

Strategy Guide[]

Counters[]

Weapon ID[]

Mode Specific History[]

Battle Royale and Zero Build History[]

Chapter 3: Season 1[]

Update v19.00[]

Chapter 3: Season 3[]

Update v21.00[]

Chapter 3: Season 4[]

Update v22.00[]

Chapter 4: Season 1[]

Update v23.00[]

Creative History[]

Chapter 3: Season 1[]

Update v19.00[]

News Tab[]

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

Promotional Images[]