M16

The **M16** is an assault rifle that is useful at any range thanks to its moderate damage and magazine size. Good stats and versatility contribute to M16 being considered one of the best weapons in game.

## Obtaining

* Not available as floor loot.
* Secret Rooms may contain  **M16**.
* Rebel Cache may contain  **M16** with two boxes of 20  Big Bullets each.
* Mole Crate may contain  **M16** with two boxes of 20  Big Bullets each.

## Strategy

The **M16** is often considered an upgrade over an  AK, as it has better damage, accuracy, and bullet speed while retaining the same rate of fire as the AK.

Keep a distance from the opponent while using this weapon, and be aware of surrounding dead angles to prevent getting ambushed by opponents who use the  Shotgun or the  SMG.

## Damage based on distance

Damage output depends on the distance traveled by a bullet before it hits the target. A bullet fired from the **M16** can travel up to 120 / 120 SAU, or 960px / 960px.

point blank
20 SAU
40 SAU
60 SAU
80 SAU
100 SAU
120 SAU
**32** DMG **37** DMG**35.83** DMG**34.67** DMG**33.5** DMG**32.33** DMG**31.17** DMG**30** DMG
## Skins

Weapon appearance can be customized with one of the following weapon skins:

Common
**Default M16**
*Available to all players*

Common
**Orange M16**
10 M16 kills

Common
**Green M16**
25 M16 kills

Uncommon
**Blue M16**
45 M16 kills

Uncommon
**Red M16**
70 M16 kills

Uncommon
**Purple M16**
100 M16 kills

Rare
**Blue & Black M16**
*Playstation Plus Pack*

Rare
**Green & Black M16**
*Xbox Perks Bundle*

Rare
**Yellow M16**
140 M16 kills

Rare
**Pink M16**
190 M16 kills

Epic
**Flower Power M16**
Super Animal Pass Season 3

Epic
**Golden M16**
*Founder's Edition*

Epic
**SAW M16**
*Super Animal Pass Season 0*

Epic
**White M16**
250 M16 kills

Legendary
**Guitar M16**
Super Animal Pass Season 6

Legendary
**Vaporwave M16**
*Super Animal Pass Season 0.5*

Special
**SAR Tonight M16**
*SAR Tonight reward*

## Trivia

* The closest real world counterpart would be M16A3 Assault Rifle.
* **Vaporwave M16** has a custom sound effect when firing unique to that skin.
	+ The  **Guitar M16** also has a custom firing sound unique to its skin as well.
* Oddly enough, the stock from M16 is shorter than the real life counterpart.
* The real **M16** commonly have burst fire/single fire system, possibly the **M16** in game is based of M16A2 Enhanced/M16A3 which features the automatic fire system.

## Patch History

**v1.6**

* **M16'**s magazine capacity has been reduced from 30 to 25  Big Bullets.

**v1.0**

* **M16'**s bullet speed increased from 196 / 204 to 204 / 212.
* **M16'**s recoil while running has been increased from 32% to 40%.
* **M16** now has a smoother recoil pattern after the 4th shot (but before randomized recoil kicks in).

**v0.96.8**

* **M16'**s damage at point blank range reduced from 38 / 40 to 37 / 39, and damage at max range reduced from 31 / 33 to 30 / 32.

**v0.96.7**

* Adjusted epic M16 and legendary M16 bullet speeds to be 196 and 204 (previously were 221 and 233).

**v0.96.5**

* M16 recoil while moving changes from +20% to +32%.

**v0.96.3**

* Weapon recoil is non-random for the first few shots in a spray, but then becomes random after that. Automatic weapons such as the SMG or AK have 8 shots as non-random, but others like the Magnum or Deagle have 2. The Sniper goes random after its first shot, similar to its current version.

**v0.95.0**

* Move speed while shooting increased from 63% to 76%.
* Recoil per shot while moving increased from 1.1° to 1° per shot.

**v0.92.0**

* Epic M16's can now spawn in the world (only legendary remains exclusive to the Delivery Mole).

**v0.91.1**

* Initial running recoil reduced from 4.5° to 4.0°.
* Maximum recoil reduced from 9° to 7.5°.

**v0.90.2**

* Maximum recoil down from 10° to 9°.

**v0.90.0**

* New bullet spread system added.

**v0.87.0**

* Weapon recoil changes, recoil while moving now applies on a per-weapon basis.
* Smaller weapons such as pistols and SMG have less, and larger weapons like the AK, M16, and Sniper have more recoil while moving.

**v0.83.0**

* **Epic** rarity added.
* All weapon bullet speeds increased by about 6-8%.