Sniper Kill

This article is about the medal. For the achievement, see Sniper Kill (achievement).

The Sniper Kill medal (Sniper Rifle Kill in Halo 4 and Snipe in Halo Infinite) 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 Infinite it is awarded for a headshot with any Power sniper rifle including the Skewer and S7 Sniper.

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. In Halo Infinite it is represented as a green crosshair intersecting the top of a skull, on a green (Common-rarity) skill border.

In some titles 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 would unlock the Sniper Kill achievement.
• Earning 10 Sniper Kill Medals or Headshot Medals in a Halo 3 campaign level or (prior to the shutdown of Xbox 360 Halo online services on January 13, 2022) 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

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  The Halo 3 version.

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  The Halo: Reach version.

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  The Sniper Rifle Kill medal in Halo 4.

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  The Sniper Kill medal in Halo 5: Guardians.

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  The Snipe medal in Halo Infinite seen in the Technical Previews.

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  The Snipe medal in Halo Infinite.