Summary
One luckyStarfieldplayer stumbled upon a legendary sniper rifle that’s so good it dissuaded them from ever doing another New Game Plus run. Their lucky find subsequently made the rounds on social media, illustrating howStarfield’sloot system can yield some extremely powerful weapons.
Bethesda’s galaxy-spanning RPG largely inherited the random loot mechanics fromFallout 76andFallout 4. So, whileStarfieldisn’t lacking in great unique weaponsand armor pieces that are found in the same locations on every run, the absolute best equipment that can be discovered will always be randomly generated, assuming the player is lucky enough.
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Reddit user PlsSendMonies4EV most certainly fulfilled that requirement, having recently stumbled on an amazing Magsniper boasting 1,765 points of base damage per hit. Thanks to the fact that they rolled a legendary, their find also ended up being infused with three random effects, all of which happen to be a great fit for a sniper rifle. Namely, this Shattering Professional’s Advanced Magsniper also benefits from a 15% damage boost while aiming down the sights—which is pretty much the only effective way to use a single-shotStarfieldrifle anyway—and boasts the Shattering effect that allows it to break through any armor.
While immensely useful, even those effects pale in comparison to the Instigating perk that makes the weapon deal double damage to targets at full health. Combined with the aiming buff, a single hit from this deadly rifle will hence deliver around 4,000 points of physical damage at a minimum. And while that’s already enough to one-shot the vast majority of enemies even onStarfield’shighest difficulty level, the final damage count could easily be much larger in case the player scores a critical hit. Unlocking the third rank of the Sniper Certification skill boosts one’s headshot critical hit chance with scoped weapons by 25%, which would make a potent sniper rifle of this sort even more devastating.
That’s without accounting for the sneak damage multiplier that the wielder of this newly discovered weapon could take advantage of. Granted, this specific Magsniper isn’t particularly conducive to stealth because it didn’t arrive with a suppressor, but that’s an easy enough fix for any character who brought theirWeapon Engineering skillup to level two and has access to a weapon workbench. Sneak damage bonus or no, thisStarfieldweapon promises some ridiculous DPS in pretty much every scenario.
Reflecting on their incredible find, the lucky player said they intend to equip the sniper with a Recon Scope to be able to tag enemies through walls. They also revealed that they are “100% not doing another run” after this discovery, asStarfield’sNew Game Plus modedoesn’t allow players to carry over their possessions from past playthroughs.
Starfieldis available now on PC and Xbox Series X/S.
