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Sako 85

  • Bolt action
Stats per star
1★2★3★4★5★
Damage6066727884
Headshot100113127142157
Magazine55555
847872666045
0 m150 m250 m700 m max

The Sako 85 is a bolt-action sniper rifle in Population: One. It does 60 damage a shot and 100 on a headshot, and holds 5 rounds.

What the stars change on the Sako 85

Damage grows with the stars: 60 damage a bullet at one star, 84 at five, and 100 to 157 on a headshot.

The magazine holds 5 rounds at every star.

A star changes nothing else: not the reload, not the range or the falloff, not the aim down the sights.

How the Sako 85 fires

Bolt action: after each shot the bolt is worked by hand before the next, so the rate of fire is the player's.

Reloading is done by hand: the magazine to the well, then the bolt. The bolt can be worked from 170 ms after a shot; nothing in the game times the rest.

Playing the Sako 85

A one-star headshot does exactly a player's health. It holds two more rounds than the AWP and reaches less far at full damage, 150 m, and it does not slow the player down.

Shots to down with the Sako 85

A player has 100 health and up to 100 shield. On health alone the Sako 85 downs in 2 body shots or 1 headshot. Through a full shield it takes 4 body shots or 2 headshots, if everything lands.

At five stars: 2 body shots or 1 headshot on health alone, 3 body shots or 2 headshots through a full shield.

One headshot downs a player with no shield at any star.

Where the Sako 85 stops hitting hard

Full damage out to 150 m. Past that a bullet does 54 damage and falls to 45 over the next 100 m, then stays at 45 out to the Sako 85's 700 m range.

A bullet travels at 550 m/s, so a target moving sideways at distance has to be led.

Sako 85 or AWP and SPR

The AWP does 70 damage a bullet, bolt action. The SPR does 65 damage a bullet, up to 3 bullets a second.