Operator

Operator
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General
Type	Sniper rifle
Credits	4,700
Wall Penetration	High
Killfeed Icon
Length	172.25 cm 46.86 cm scope
Creator	Teknika Firearms
Primary Fire
Fire Mode	Semi
Fire Rate	0.6 rounds/sec
Run Speed	5.13 m/sec
Equip Speed	1.5 sec
Reload Speed	3.7 sec
Magazine	5
Reserve	10 (2 magazines)
See here for more stats about multipliers, TTK, spread, and accuracy penalties
Damage
0 - 50m	Head - 255 Body - 150 Leg - 120
0 - 50m	Head - 255 Body - 150 Leg - 120
Alt Fire
Function	Aim Down Sights
Zoom	Dual Zoom toggle between 2.5x and 5x
Fire Rate	100% (0.6 rounds/sec)
Move Speed	72% (3.694 m/sec)
Note(s)	Slight spread and recoil reduction Crosshair follows recoil

“

Get cozy and you can control important ground.

”

The Operator is a Sniper rifle that is a primary weapon in VALORANT.

Summary

“

A fierce bolt-action sniper rifle with high-powered dual zoom. Extremely immobile but fires an incredibly powerful round that can devastate a team with one shot.

”

The Operator is a high-cost sniper rifle and the most expensive gun in the game. As a sniper, it has a scope with two zoom settings on its Alternate Fire mode that has perfect accuracy when standing still. The Operator's Primary Fire accuracy on the other hand is extremely inaccurate.

The Operator's power comes from its high-damage bullets, being able to instantly kill any enemy with a single shot to the body, though with its low rate of fire every missed shot comes with a cost. Compared to the Marshal and the Outlaw, both of which cannot kill fully shielded enemies with a single body shot, the Operator is also better at picking off enemies with a wallbang shot than the Marshal due to its higher penetration, though the Outlaw's higher fire rate can make it a better choice instead for this if an additional shot is needed.

Stats

• Headshot multiplier: x1.7
• Leg shot multiplier: x0.8

TTK

Damage Range	Body Part	100 HP		125 HP		150 HP
		Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)	Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)	Bullets to kill	Time to kill (s)
0–50 m	Head	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Body	1	0.000	1	0.000	1	0.000
	Legs	1	0.000	2	1.667	2	1.667

Spread values

Firing Mode	1st Shot Spread (°)		Max Spread (°)		Movement penalties (+°)
	Standing	Crouched	Standing	Crouched	Crouched	Walking	Running	Airborne
Primary Fire	5	4.5	5	4.5	7.5	10	15	15
Alternate Fire	0

Update History

v9.03

• Fixed an issue with auto re-scoping staying active while the gun goes through a reload.

v8.07

• Fixed skins' audio being bugged for Elderflame.

v8.01

• Fixed bullet tracers with the Operator when penetrating through corners.

v3.0

• Price decreased from 5000 >>> 4700

v1.09

• Increased price from 4500 >>> 5000
• Decreased scoped movement speed from 76% >>> 72%
• Adjusted weapon deadzone from becoming inaccurate at 30% movement speed >>> 15% (become inaccurate sooner, become accurate later when stopping)
• Firing rate reduced from .75 >>> .6
• Instant/Fast equip time increased from 0.3 >>> 0.5
• Leg shot damage decreased from 127 >>> 120

Skins

Store

Image	Edition	Skin	Cost	Upgrade Levels	Variants
		Araxys	2,175	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Purple Variant 2: Black Variant 3: Silver
		Convex	875	—
		Cryostasis	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Finisher	—
		Daydreams	875	—
		Elderflame	2,475	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Blue Variant 3: Dark
		Endeavour	875	—
		Forsaken	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Gold
		Glitchpop	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Blue Variant 2: Red Variant 3: Gold
		Gravitational Uranium Neuroblaster	1,775	Level 2: VFX	Variant 1: Chrome Variant 2: Black Variant 3: Red/Blue
		Imperium	2,175	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Ruby Variant 2: Pearl Variant 3: Obsidian
		Infantry	875	—
		Intergrade	875	—
		Ion	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	—
		Kohaku & Matsuba	1,275	—	Variant 1: Dark
		Luxe	875	—
		Magepunk	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Pink Variant 3: Orange
		Minima	1,275	—
		MK.VII Liberty	1,275	—	Variant 1: Desert Variant 2: Sea Variant 3: Tundra
		Mystbloom	2,175	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: VFX Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Blue Variant 2: Orange Variant 3: Purple
		Origin	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Red Variant 3: White
		Prelude to Chaos	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: White Variant 3: Blue
		Prism	1,275	—
		Radiant Entertainment System	2,975	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Dance Fever Variant 2: K.nock O.ut!!
		Reaver	1,775	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Black Variant 3: White
		RGX 11z Pro	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher Level 5: Kill Counter	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Blue Variant 3: Yellow
		Sentinels of Light	2,175	Level 2: VFX Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Pink Variant 2: Red/Green Variant 3: Blue/Purple
		Silvanus	1,275	—
		Spline	1,775	—	Variant 1: Green Variant 2: Red Variant 3: Blue
		Team Ace	1,275	—
		Tethered Realms	1,775	—
		Tigris	1,275	—
		Valiant Hero	1,775	Level 2: Sound Effects Level 3: Animation Level 4: Finisher	Variant 1: Sunset Variant 2: Dusk Variant 3: Night
		VALORANT GO! Vol. 2	1,775	—
For each weapon with upgrade levels and/or variants,  10 per upgrade level, and after a weapon is fully upgraded,  15 per variant. Variants must be used with the fully upgraded weapon skin set.

Battle Pass

Like every other primary weapon, all Operator skins from Act Battle Pass are in Premium track.

Image	Edition	Skin	Act Pass	Tier	Variants
		Aerosol	EP 02 Act 1	25	—
		Blush	EP 07 Act 1	25	—
		Cavalier	EP 02 Act 2	45	—
		Frequency	EP 09 Act 2	25	—
		Genesis	EP 03 Act 3	25	—
		Iridian Thorn	EP 05 Act 3	45	—
		K/TAC	EP 03 Act 1	45	—
		Libretto	EP 07 Act 3	25	—
		Nitro	EP 03 Act 2	45	—
		Red Alert	EP 01 Act 2	45	—
		Retrowave	EP 08 Act 2	25	Variant 1: Navy Variant 2: Gold Variant 3: Violet
		Spitfire	EP 05 Act 1	25	—
		Striker	EP 04 Act 2	45	Variant 1: Green/Yellow/Black Variant 2: Pink/Teal/Purple Variant 3: Blue/White/Red
		Tilde	EP 06 Act 2	25	Variant 1: Red Variant 2: Purple Variant 3: Green
For each weapon with variants,  15 per variant.

Trivia

• During the Beta, the weapon's full name was the BSW-460 Operator (Ballistic Sniper Weapon).
  • The 460 implied the Operator used cartridges like a .460 Steyr.
• On the default skin, the weapon's name is printed OPR47R.
• The Operator's design has similarities to the Accuracy International AX50, Barrett M107 (magazine well and trigger guard), and Barrett M98B (pistol grip).
• Despite the Operator's and the Odin's heavy physical appearance, the Bucky and Judge are the weapons slowest to run with.
• The Operator is the only purchasable gun in the game that does not currently use a x0.85 leg shot multiplier, as is otherwise standard across the rest of VALORANT's armory. It previously used to be consistent with other weapons but this changed upon the Operator's leg damage being directly nerfed in 1.09.