How can you find sniper rifles in early game?

[Ichangedmyname]

I just took my first diamond mine but cant find any snipers.

[Muton]

you should have a few Gehwers by now, nothing better yet

[Leonid]

First: you can hire Kalina (gewehr rifle).
Second: sector I2, crate at watchtower (another gewehr rifle). Sector h3 also some of them.
Third: Red Diamonds mine (another rifle, i dont write what it is because of spoilers).
So, there are plenty of sniper rifles.

[orochiart]

Gewehr 98 is first sniper rifle. You get it on Ernie Island. There is also a small chance that early Legion Sniper soldier can drop it as loot. (Later they drop M24)

there is a chance to get Dragunov and M24 as random loot from secret stashes.

If you can't wait for random loot to drop sniper rifle you can also go to Diamond Red mine all the way north (A2 sector?) . If you kill mine overseer, you can get sniper rifle.

[amills1]

I think they sell a sniper rifle on the docks just south of the red diamond mine. Same with the hunters camp (I can't recall it's location but it isn't too far east of there).

[Gladius Victorius]

Hunters Camp sell a Dragonov Moddet the Docks near the Nord Mine sell a Sniper Rifle not sure if it always the same there but that from the Hunter is always there and get refresh after some day

[The Great Cornholio]

The poacher camp sells a Dragunov with thermal scope, it respawns after a few days.

When you control a few town/mine sectors and Bobby Ray's "upgrades" for the first time he starts selling Dragunovs and M24's which completely trivializes the game. For me that happened with two mines and Larry's outpost taken.

[[SCZ]Celestrian]

Originally posted by The Great Cornholio:

The poacher camp sells a Dragunov with thermal scope, it respawns after a few days.

as far as i´m aware, this is not correct, however my info is from before the weapon-shipment patch, so correct me if this got changed.

before that patch, you could go to the hunter camp and buy the modded dragunov, accept the flay quest and finish it. upon finishing it, you could buy another modded dragunov. however after that 2nd purchase no more spawned more me.


you can search for "big crates" (there should be a guide, which shows the "loot-level" of the sections) on sectors. just make sure you make a quicksave before entering, check the crate and if it´s trash -> quickload and try again.
as far as i remember, this guide also names a few "good" sectors.
the RNG lists seem quite long so, this is a very desperate attempt and possible not an option when there are enemies on the map, which you would have to clear first.


personally i have the feeling (from months ago), that when milita kills an enemy squad, the loot is WAY better. could be wrong tho.

[The Great Cornholio]

Originally posted by SCZCelestrian:

Originally posted by The Great Cornholio:

The poacher camp sells a Dragunov with thermal scope, it respawns after a few days.

as far as i´m aware, this is not correct, however my info is from before the weapon-shipment patch, so correct me if this got changed.

before that patch, you could go to the hunter camp and buy the modded dragunov, accept the flay quest and finish it. upon finishing it, you could buy another modded dragunov. however after that 2nd purchase no more spawned more me.

No, they keep respawning every 5-6 days. Nothing to do with Flay.

[[SCZ]Celestrian]

then i´m VERY sure this was changed or fixed, but whatever doesnt matter.

i like it & good info

[BT]

Originally posted by Gladius Victorius:

Hunters Camp sell a Dragonov Moddet the Docks near the Nord Mine sell a Sniper Rifle not sure if it always the same there but that from the Hunter is always there and get refresh after some day

That’s probably the easiest to get early game.

Tbh Gewehr is enough early game …