Father's Sins - Legendary Sniper Rifle

Father's Sins is a Sniper Rifle Void Special in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Sniper Rifle - Void - Special - Rapid-Fire Frame

Source: Wellspring Boss Zeerik, Lightflayer

It doesn't seem so heavy at first.

Weapon frame

Rapid-Fire Frame

Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.

Base stats

StatValue
Impact55
Range31
Stability31
Handling66
Reload Speed55
Aim Assistance73
Zoom35
Airborne Effectiveness1
Ammo Generation48
Rounds Per Minute140
Magazine6
Recoil Direction53

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

  • Accurized Rounds
    This weapon can fire longer distances.
    • Increases range
  • Appended Mag
    This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
    • Increases magazine size
  • Tactical Mag
    This weapon has multiple tactical improvements.
    • Slightly increases stability
    • Increases reload speed
    • Slightly increases magazine size
  • 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
  • Steady Rounds
    This magazine is optimized for recoil control.
    • Greatly increases stability
    • Slightly decreases range
    • Increases airborne effectiveness
  • Alloy Magazine
    Faster reload when the magazine is nearly empty.
  • Flared Magwell
    Optimized for fast reloading.
    • Slightly increases stability
    • Greatly increases reload speed

Left column perks

  • Shoot to Loot
    Shooting an Orb of Power picks it up. Shooting an ammo brick picks it up and automatically reloads all of your equipped weapons from reserves.
  • Lead from Gold
    Picking up Heavy ammo also grants ammo to this weapon.
  • Field Prep
    Increases ammo generation. Faster reload, stow, and ready speed when you're crouching.
  • Under Pressure
    Improved stability and accuracy as the magazine gets lower.
  • No Distractions
    Aiming this weapon for a short period reduces flinch.
  • Triple Tap
    Rapidly landing precision hits will return one round to the magazine.
  • Lone Wolf
    Slightly improves aim assist, aim down sights speed, and airborne effectiveness. Increases these effects when there are no nearby allies.
  • Light Touch
    This weapon gains reload speed, handling, and aim down sight speed when you are amplified, radiant, or have Devour.

Right column perks

  • Eye of the Storm
    This weapon becomes more accurate and boosts handling as your health gets lower.
  • Opening Shot
    Improved accuracy and range on the opening shot of attack.
  • Turnabout
    Using this weapon to break the shield of a combatant or a Guardian using their Super will grant you an overshield.
  • Rampage
    Kills with this weapon temporarily grant increased damage. Stacks 3x.
  • Focused Fury
    Dealing a portion of the magazine as precision damage grants this weapon bonus damage. The shot count is reset whenever the weapon is reloaded or stowed.
  • Snapshot Sights
    Faster time to aim down sights.
  • Withering Gaze
    Aiming this weapon for a short period of time without firing grants the ability to weaken the next target. Timer resets after firing or when you stop aiming down sights.
  • Bait and Switch
    Deal damage with all equipped weapons within a short time to give this weapon a damage boost.

Origin trait or grip options

  • Psychohack
    Sustained damage from this weapon exhausts the target for a short duration.

    Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.

Masterwork options