Charge Rifle

This article concerns the subject and the content related to it in *Apex Legends*. For the subject in *Apex Legends Mobile*, see Charge Rifle (Mobile).

The **Charge Rifle** is a railgun introduced in  Season 3 that utilizes  Sniper Ammo.

When the trigger is pressed, there is a 0.85 second charge delay before the shot is fired. The projectile the Charge Rifle fires is subjected to a damage increase the further it travels: starting with 75 damage at 57 meters, it gradually increases by 1 damage every ~7 meters traveled (76 DMG at 56-62 meters, 77 DMG at 63-69 meters, and so on), eventually reaching 110 damage at 300+ meters.

## Stats

### Attachments

*Main article:* Attachments
Optics
* 1x HCOG "Classic"
* 1x Holo
* 1x-2x Variable Holo
* 2x HCOG "Bruiser"
* 6x Sniper
* 2x-4x Variable AOG
* 3x HCOG "Ranger"
* 4x-8x Variable Sniper
* 4x-10x Digital Sniper Threat

Others
* Extended Sniper Mag (Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary)
* Sniper Stock (Common, Rare, Epic)

### Damage Profile

Closest range

Farthest range

## Weapon Mastery

 20
 40
 60
 80
 100

## Lore

The Charge Rifles used in the Apex Games are manufactured by Vinson Dynamics. Notable changes from its Frontier War-era model include a smaller profile, more compact build, and a completely reworked firing system, shooting out a beam that rapidly increases in damage instead of charging for a single massive blast.

In 2735, Vinson Dynamics shared plans internally for a redesign of the Apex Games' implementation of the Charge Rifle.

## Skins

There are a total of 74 skins for the Charge Rifle: 19 Legendary, 9 Epic, 30 Rare, and 16 Common.

* Legendary
* Epic
* Rare
* Common

* Charged Warrior
 1,200
* For Honor
 1,200
* Elegant Experiment
 1,200
* Contemporary Counterpart
 1,200
* Oak Thump
 1,200
* Arachnoid
* Hard Coded
* Safety First
* Red Prism
* Feudal Glory
* Curse of the Amazon
* Laser Eviscerator
Level 100
* Cosmic Cannon
Level 110
* Sting Ray
* Divine Lance
* Eclipse Bringer Charge Rifle.png

 Eclipse Bringer
* Emerald Eye Charge Rifle.png

 Emerald Eye
* Northern Way Charge Rifle.png

 Northern Way
* Arcane Ward

1. ↑ It was named "Nocturnal Elegance" before it was changed due to sharing the name with a Devotion LMG skin.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 This skin is reactive.

* Eye of the Storm
 400
* Trial by Fire
 400
* Code of Honor
 400
* Off the Grid
 400
* Break the Enemy
 400
* Calibrated
Level 99
* Lagoon Idol
* Thunderbuss
* Plasmatic Precision

* Generation X
 60
* Outback
 60
* Sweet 16
 60
* Cold Fusion
 60
* Shattered
 60
* Stellar
 60
* Jungle Frenzy
 60
* Cloudburst
 60
* Yellow Snake
 60
* Skyrise
 60
* Jester
 60
* Derez
 60
* Chaos Theory
 60
* Triumphant Arch
 60
* New Moon
 60
* Frozen Path
Level 10
* Overcharged
Level 47
* Gilded Hunt
Level 22
* Mainframe Online
Level 63
* Sun Baked
Level 41
* Dead Eye
Level 56
* Fan Out
Level 86
* Corrupted Hive
Level 86
* Aubergine Dream
Level 90
* Pink Ink
Level 41
* Scales & Stripes
Level 15
* Triangular
Level 52
* Overclocked Upgrade
Level 52
* The Dopple Gang
Level 20
* Temple Runner Charge Rifle.png

 Temple Runner
Season 19

* Factory Issue
Default
* Midnight
 30
* Cardinal
 30
* Arctic
 30
* Sunfire
 30
* Clearwater
 30
* Flamingo
 30
* Sandstorm
 30
* Rainforest
 30
* Evergreen
 30
* Orchid
 30
* Bengal
 30
* Yellowjacket
 30
* Lagoon
 30
* Clover
 30
* Oceanic
 30

## History

* Increased projectile size.

  August 08, 2023 Patch* Changed firing type from hitscan to projectile-based.
* Removed pre-firing laser.
* Damage now gradually increases the longer the projectile travels.
	+ Reduced close range distance (for damage purposes) from 100 to 55 meters.
	+ Increased mid range distance (for damage purposes) from 150 to 300 meters.
	+ Reduced long range distance (for damage purposes) from 400 to 300 meters.
	+ Increased close range damage from 45 to 75.
	+ Increased mid range damage from 45 to 110.
	+ Increased long range damage from 15 to 110.
* Reduced ammo consumed per shot from 2 to 1.
* Changed magazine size from 6 to 4 / 5 / 6 / 8.
* Added projectile passthrough, retaining 80% of their damage.
* Reduced tactical reload speed from 4 to 3.5.
* Reduced full reload speed from 5.1 to 4.6.
* Projectiles can now open Doors.
* Added to the loot table of Fully Kitted Weapons for  Season 18.
* (**Undocumented**) Increased headshot damage multiplier from 1.75× to 2×.
* (**Undocumented**) Changed pickup animation.

  May 09, 2023 Patch* Reduced magazine size from 8 to 6.
* Reduced spawn rate.

  August 03, 2021 Patch* Added to the loot table of Fully Kitted Weapons for  Season 10.
* Arenas:
	+ Reduced purchase cost from 700 to 600.
	+ Reduced Level 1 upgrade cost from 250 to 200, and Level 2 from 300 to 200.
	+ Increased Level 3 upgrade cost from 400 to 450.

  October 06, 2020 Patch* Fixed an issue with the initial blast of the beam not destroying Rampart's  Amped Cover.

  August 18, 2020 Patch* Increased ammo consumed per shot from 1 to 2.
* Increased base magazine size from 4 to 8.

  May 12, 2020 Patch* Fixed an issue with the beam shooting from the scope while using the Hard Coded skin.

  February 04, 2020 Patch* Changed ammo type from  Energy to  Sniper.
* Improved iron-sights accuracy.
* Reduced ammo consumed per shot from 3 to 1.
* Reduced base magazine size from 12 to 4.

October 25, 2019 Patch* Reduced fire rate from 1.1 to 0.95.
* Reduced damage falloff starting distance from 300 meters to 250 meters.
* Reduced damage at max damage falloff from 60 to 30.
* Removed  Extended Energy Mags compatibility.
* Increased base magazine size from 9 to 12.

October 17, 2019 Patch* Reduced damage falloff starting distance from 300 meters to 250 meters.
* Reduced damage falloff ending distance from 500 meters to 400 meters.
* Increased ammo consumed per shot from 1 to 3.
* Increased mag size from 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 to 9 / 12 / 15 / 18.

  October 01, 2019 Patch* Introduced.
* Added to the loot table of Fully Kitted Weapons for  Season 3.

## Gallery

* Concept Art by Eric Simard.
* Concept art for the Elegant Experiment skin.
* Concept art for the Arachnoid skin.
* Concept art for the Safety First skin.
* Concept art for the Oak Thump skin.
* Concept art for the Curse of the Amazon skin.

## Trivia

* Prior models of the Charge Rifle were manufactured by  Wonyeon as an anti-Titan weapon.
	+ The Charge Rifle is currently the only anti-Titan weapon adapted for use in the Apex Games.
* The Charge Rifle's "magazine" is a battery.

## See also

* Charge Rifle (*Apex Legends Mobile*)
* Charge Rifle (*Titanfall* and *Titanfall 2*)

## References

1. ↑ PlayApex on Twitter
2. ↑ Eric Simard on ArtStation
3. ↑ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/6aYYq0
4. ↑ Gadget-Bot Productions on ArtStation
5. ↑ Gadget-Bot Productions on ArtStation
6. ↑ Charge Rifle's Trivia section on Titanfall Wiki