Weapon types: Difference between revisions

'''Precision weapons''', sometimes called "anti-materiel" weapons{{Ref/Reuse|Id=HRManual}}, are any weapon capable of instantly killing a character upon hitting an area of the body marked as "head". As the name suggests this is the actual head of most characters, although there are some exceptions. Certain enemies such as [[Drones]] in ''Halo 2'' or the [[Warden Eternal]] are immune to headshots, while in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' the exposed backs of [[Hunters]] are susceptible to headshot damage. In all games up until ''Halo 5: Guardians'' scoring a headshot on an unshielded enemy with a headshot capable weapon will instantly kill them, regardless of how much health they had remaining. Starting with ''Halo 5: Guardians'' weapons with headshot multipliers were introduced, and in ''Halo Infinite'' the [[shock rifle]] features a headshot multiplier that still applies while shields are active. The term precision weapon is retained to describe weapons that can still kill with a single unshielded headshot. Headshot damage can be applied to kinetic, plasma, hardlight, and shock weapons. Even the impact damage of some explosives cause headshot damage.