The Sniper Kill medal (Sniper Rifle Kill in Halo 4) is a medal awarded in campaign, multiplayer, Firefight and Spartan Ops. In Halo 3 and Halo: Reach it is awarded for killing an opponent with a headshot using the Sniper Rifle or Beam Rifle. In Halo 2, Halo 4, and the Halo 3 Beta it is also awarded for non-headshot kills. In Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians the medal is only awarded for kills with the Sniper Rifle as the Beam Rifle and Binary Rifle award their own medals.
In Halo 2 through Halo: Reach it is represented by purple crosshairs on a six-pointed gold star. In Halo 4 it is represented by white crosshairs on a blue circle on top of a grey four-pointed star.
After you kill an opponent with a sniper weapon, a message appears on your screen that says: "You sniped (player)".
Trivia
- The medal has a Bungie difficulty rating of 1 out of 10.
- Earning this medal in a Halo 2 for Windows Vista multiplayer match will unlock the Sniper Kill achievement.
- Earning 10 Sniper Kill Medals or Headshot Medals in a Halo 3 campaign level or free for all ranked playlist match unlocks the Headshot Honcho achievement.
- The medal does not appear in Halo 3: ODST, being replaced instead by the Headshot Medal.
Gallery
The Halo 3 version.
The Halo: Reach version.
The Sniper kill medal in Halo 4.
The Sniper kill medal in Halo 5: Guardians.
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