Sole Survivor - Legendary Sniper Rifle

Sole Survivor is a Sniper Rifle Arc Special in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Sniper Rifle - Arc - Special - Adaptive Frame

Source: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

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Weapon frame

Adaptive Frame

A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.

Base stats

StatValue
Impact70
Range45
Stability36
Handling42
Reload Speed43
Aim Assistance51
Zoom40
Airborne Effectiveness2
Ammo Generation41
Rounds Per Minute90
Magazine4
Recoil Direction80

Available perks

Barrel or sight options

  • Arrowhead Brake
    Lightly vented barrel.
    • Greatly controls recoil
    • Increases handling speed
  • Chambered Compensator
    Stable barrel attachment.
    • Increases stability
    • Moderately controls recoil
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Corkscrew Rifling
    Balanced barrel.
    • Slightly increases range and stability
    • Slightly increases handling speed
  • Extended Barrel
    Weighty barrel extension.
    • Increases range
    • Decreases handling speed
    • Moderately controls recoil
  • Fluted Barrel
    Ultra-light barrel.
    • Greatly increases handling speed
    • Slightly increases stability
  • Full Bore
    Barrel optimized for distance.
    • Greatly increases range
    • Decreases stability
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Hammer-Forged Rifling
    Durable ranged barrel.
    • Increases range
  • Polygonal Rifling
    Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.
    • Increases stability
  • Smallbore
    Dual strength barrel.
    • Increases range
    • Increases stability

Magazine or battery options

  • Extended Mag
    This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower.
    • Greatly increases magazine size
    • Greatly decreases reload speed
    • Increases airborne effectiveness
  • Alloy Magazine
    Faster reload when the magazine is nearly empty.
  • Appended Mag
    This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
    • Increases magazine size
  • Armor-Piercing Rounds
    Rounds cause extra damage to combatants' shields and overpenetrate targets.
    • Slightly increases range
  • High-Caliber Rounds
    Shots from this weapon knock the target back farther.
    • Slightly increases range
  • Ricochet Rounds
    Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces.
    • Increases stability
    • Slightly increases range
  • Flared Magwell
    Optimized for fast reloading.
    • Slightly increases stability
    • Greatly increases reload speed
  • Light Mag
    Improved reload and range.
    • Increases reload speed
    • Slightly increases range

Left column perks

  • Snapshot Sights
    Faster time to aim down sights.
  • Rapid Hit
    Rapid precision hits temporarily increase stability and reload speed.
  • Outlaw
    Precision kills greatly decrease reload time.
  • Eddy Current
    Temporarily increases reload speed and handling after sprinting or while amplified. This effect is improved when you are amplified.
  • Light Touch
    This weapon gains reload speed, handling, and aim down sight speed when you are amplified, radiant, or have Devour.
  • Elemental Capacitor
    Increased stats based on the currently equipped Super.
    • [Solar] increases your reload speed.
    • [Arc] increases handling.
    • [Void] increases stability.
    • [Stasis] moderately controls recoil and increases movement speed when aiming down sights.
    • [Strand] increases airborne effectiveness.
  • Envious Arsenal
    Dealing damage with both other weapons before readying this weapon refills it from reserves.

Right column perks

  • Voltshot
    Reloading this weapon after defeating a target overcharges this weapon for a short period of time, causing it to jolt on its next hit.
  • Frenzy
    Being in combat for an extended time increases damage, handling, and reload for this weapon until you are out of combat.
  • Eye of the Storm
    This weapon becomes more accurate and boosts handling as your health gets lower.
  • Firing Line
    This weapon deals increased precision damage when near two or more allies.
  • Gear Shift
    Reloading after a final blow or becoming amplified grants a period of increased damage. Stacks 5x.
  • Mega Kill Clip
    Reloading after a final blow grants a period of increased damage. Additional final blows before reloading further increases the duration of the damage period.
  • Elemental Honing
    Dealing unique elemental damage grants this weapon a stacking damage bonus. This bonus is increased for kinetic weapons.

Origin trait or grip options

  • Gun and Run
    Defeating targets builds stacks of Gun and Run for a short duration. Sprinting for a short time consumes a stack to partially reload this weapon's magazine from reserves; on Bows, this briefly improves draw speed.

Masterwork options