Bolt-action rifle

Bolt-action rifle

An ancient pattern bolt-action rifle. With its long range, and low fire rate, it is unlikely to drive animals to revenge, which makes it a favorite weapon for hunting.

Base Stats

Type

Equipment – Weapons

Tech Level

Industrial

Weapon Class

Industrial

Market Value

255 

Mass

3.5 kg

Ranged Combat

Mode

Single-Shot

Damage

18 dmg (Bullet)

Armor penetration

27%

Warm-Up

102 ticks (1.7 secs)

Cooldown

90 ticks (1.5 secs)

Range

36.9 tile(s)

Accuracy

65% - 80% - 90% - 80%

Avg. accuracy

80.4%

Velocity

70 (m/s)

Burst Count

1 (per burst)

DPS

5.63 (4.52)

Stopping power

1.5

Melee Combat

Melee Attack 1

Stock
9 dmg (Blunt)
13% AP
2.0 seconds cooldown

Melee Attack 2 

Barrel
9 dmg (Blunt)
13% AP
2.0 seconds cooldown

Melee Attack 3 

Barrel
9 dmg (Poke)
13% AP
2.0 seconds cooldown

Melee Average DPS

4.5

Melee Average AP

13%

Creation

Crafted At

Required Research

Gunsmithing

Skill Required

Crafting 5

Work To Make

12,000 ticks (3.33 mins)

Resources to make

60 + 3

Technical

Has Quality

True

weaponTags

Gun

tradeTags

WeaponRanged

The bolt-action rifle is a moderately heavy, single-shot firearm in RimWorld which deals a slightly higher amount of damage per shot; moderate time between shots; long range and very high overall accuracy.

The bolt-action rifle will deteriorate when left outdoors, under the usual conditions.

Acquisition

Bolt-action rifles can be crafted at a Machining table once the Gunsmithing research project has been completed. They require  60 Steel,  3 Components, 12,000 ticks (3.33 mins) of work, and a Crafting skill of 5.

Bolt-action rifles can be purchased from outlanders and orbital combat suppliers, or obtained from the following raider kinds:

Raider Kind	Chance	Average Quality	Health
Scavenger Gunner	11.67%	Normal	40-110%
Pirate Gunner	22.61%	Normal	70-230%
Town Guard	18.63%	Normal	60-200%
Mercenary Gunner	12.17%	Normal	70-320%
Ancient Soldier	10.28%	Normal	100%

A single example is also given at the beginning with Crashlanded scenario.

Analysis

With a range of 36.9 tiles, the bolt-action rifle has extremely good range - the 2nd highest in the game, only beaten by an actual sniper rifle. It also has great accuracy, even beating the charge lance. In addition, the bolt-action rifle is able to stagger humans, cougars, and all insectoids. This makes it great as a hunting weapon, for field engagements (e.g. attacking siege camps), or as a general support weapon.

However, the bolt-action rifle performs poorly in close ranges. In close quarters, it is easily outclassed by the likes of the revolver and autopistol, let alone any sort of burst-fire weapon.

Because this gun is most effective at a distance, a competent shooter is required to get the most use out of it. This is because a pawn's own Shooting Accuracy, which is in part dependent on Shooting skill, is more important when the target is further away. For example, a baseline Shooting 0 pawn has a ×3% multiplier on their real chance to hit a target 30 tiles away, regardless of the weapon used. A Shooting 8 pawn has ×29% multiplier from the same distance. With Shooting 0, it wouldn't matter if their gun had 10% accuracy or 80% accuracy, they'd struggle with hitting anything from 30 tiles.

Stats

Against an unarmored human, a bolt-action rifle can kill with 3 hits to the torso, 2 hits to the head or neck, or 1 hit to the brain; cripple or destroy limbs in 2 hits; and destroy eyes and digits with a single hit. It'll generally take around 4 hits (~14.5 seconds average) to incapacitate that human from pain shock.

Overall, the bolt-action rifle is best paired with a careful shooter up to level 13, then with a trigger-happy shooter beyond that point.

Attack table

Ranged

Bolt-action rifle			Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Market value
Quality	Dam.	AP
Awful	16.2	24.3%	52%	64%	72%	64%	5.07	2.63	3.24	3.65	3.24	128
Poor	18	27%	58.5%	72%	81%	72%	5.63	3.32	4.05	4.56	4.05	191
Normal	18	27%	65%	80%	90%	80%	5.63	3.66	4.5	5.07	4.5	255
Good	18	27%	71.5%	88%	99%	88%	5.63	4.05	4.95	5.57	4.95	320
Excellent	18	27%	78%	96%	100%	96%	5.63	4.39	5.4	5.63	5.4	380
Masterwork	22.5	33.75%	87.75%	100%	100%	100%	7.04	6.19	7.04	7.04	7.04	635
Legendary	27	40.5%	97.5%	100%	100%	100%	8.45	8.28	8.45	8.45	8.45	1275

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality. Values shown in Red indicate the weapon is out of range at the reference point for this range band. The value is provided due to the interpolated nature of accuracy between range points.}

Melee

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Attacks

Bolt-action rifle			Stock (Blunt)					Barrel (Blunt)					Barrel (Poke)					Human: Left & rigth fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
Quality	DPS	AP	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance
Awful	3.98	11.6%	7.2	2s	10.4%	3.6	8.33%	7.2	2s	10.4%	3.6	8.33%	7.2	2s	10.4%	3.6	8.33%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 37.5%	100	128
Poor	4.07	11.82%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	20%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	20%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	20%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 20%	100	191
Normal	4.4	12.75%	9	2s	13%	4.5	25%	9	2s	13%	4.5	25%	9	2s	13%	4.5	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	255
Good	4.74	13.73%	9.9	2s	14.3%	4.95	25%	9.9	2s	14.3%	4.95	25%	9.9	2s	14.3%	4.95	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	320
Excellent	5.08	14.7%	10.8	2s	15.6%	5.4	25%	10.8	2s	15.6%	5.4	25%	10.8	2s	15.6%	5.4	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	380
Masterwork	5.92	17.14%	13.05	2s	18.85%	6.53	25%	13.05	2s	18.85%	6.53	25%	13.05	2s	18.85%	6.53	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	635
Legendary	6.59	19.09%	14.85	2s	21.45%	7.43	25%	14.85	2s	21.45%	7.43	25%	14.85	2s	21.45%	7.43	25%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 12.5%	100	1275

^{For the full effects of qualities, see Quality.}

Bolt-action rifle vs. comparable weapons

This section goes over how well the bolt-action rifle fares against comparable weapons (similar value, tech level or similar characteristics) in 1 vs. 1 combat.

Methodology

• All testing is semi-automated which allows for large sample sizes to be gathered per set of results with ease
• All pawns have skill levels of 14 in ranged and melee
• No pawns have any traits that affect combat performance
• All pawns are of at least 18 years of age and completely healthy
• Pawns are divided by walls to prevent stray shots from skewing results in any way
• Weather is always kept clear
• No cover is used for either team

Results in the tables below are the percentages of battles that bolt-action rifles either won or tied against the weapon listed in the first column of said tables, with a sample size of 2,000 battles per result. Higher percentages are better.

Unarmored

For the unarmored testing, all pawns wore normal quality plainleather pants, plainleather button-down shirts, plainleather dusters and plainleather cowboy hats.

Other Weapon	3	7	12	18	25	32	40
Sniper Rifle	72.94%	73.11%	70.76%	67.98%	64.76%	63.01%	-
Assault Rifle	14.70%	13.75%	14.55%	20.45%	27.29%	-	-
Revolver	25.94%	35.20%	44.38%	58.87%	79.46%	-	-

Armored

For the armored testing, all pawns wore normal quality flak pants, flak vests, plainleather button-down shirts, flak jackets and steel simple helmets.

Other Weapon	3	7	12	18	25	32	40
Sniper Rifle	73.07%	70.27%	68.81%	64.03%	61.41%	59.91%	-
Assault Rifle	20.85%	23.55%	22.40%	27.77%	32.62%	-	-
Revolver	32.68%	40.00%	48.04%	64.51%	81.97%	-	-

Version history

• Approximately A9 - Renamed from Lee-Enfield to Survival rifle.
• A16 - Renamed from Survival rifle to Bolt-action rifle
• Beta 19/1.0 - Barrel melee attack damage reduced 10 -> 9, cooldown increased from 1.9s -> 2s. Stock cooldown increased from 1.8 -> 2.
• 1.0 - Accuracy was nerfed in Prior to that, it was the most accurate weapon in-game, capable of reaching 100% accuracy at all ranges above Masterwork quality.

• 

  The first texture of the bolt-action/survival rifle.

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