Voxiom Sniper Guide - One-Shot Thresholds for Both Rifles

How do snipers work in Voxiom.io?

Two rifles share the class: the Light Sniper Rifle (6-round magazine, 12 reserve) and the Heavy Sniper Rifle (3-round magazine, 9 reserve). Both reward the same discipline — pre-aim a lane, land the first shot, reposition — but they differ in one decisive property: the Heavy is the highest single-shot damage weapon in the game and the only weapon that penetrates rock and metal blocks.

The headline numbers, from the community weapon tables at version v0.9.2.0:

Sniper	Mag	Reserve	Head C	Body C	Head L	Body L
Light Sniper Rifle	6	12	67	45	105	73
Heavy Sniper Rifle	3	9	82	55	150	100

Rarity moves both rifles up the same ladder — Common to Uncommon to Rare to Epic to Legendary — and the upgrade chain costs iron and emeralds at a Work Station.

When does a sniper one-shot?

Headshots kill unshielded opponents at specific rarity breakpoints, and knowing them changes how aggressively you shoot:

Rifle	One-shot headshot from	Legendary headshot
Light Sniper	Legendary rarity	105 damage
Heavy Sniper	Rare rarity	150 damage

The four-rarity gap between those thresholds is why Heavy owners play more confidently: from Rare onward, any clean headshot is a kill on an unshielded target, while the Light needs Legendary before its 105 crosses the line. Body shots never one-shot at any rarity — the Heavy’s 100 Legendary body damage comes closest.

Which sniper should you upgrade first?

Upgrade the one that matches your patience, not the bigger numbers:

• Choose the Light if you reposition after every shot and value follow-ups. Six rounds per magazine forgive a missed opener, and at Legendary it inherits the one-shot headshot anyway.
• Choose the Heavy if you commit to lane discipline. Three rounds means a miss is a full reload cycle, but Rare-rarity one-shot potential and wall penetration create fights other weapons cannot start — shooting through the rock and metal cover everyone else hides behind.

In team modes, the Heavy’s penetration turns static defences into liabilities: that fortified corner in Capture the Gems stops being safe the moment a Heavy is watching it (see winning Capture the Gems for the map contexts).

How do you actually land sniper shots?

Sniper gameplay in a buildable voxel world is geometry practice more than flick practice:

1. Shoot from angles you built. Place a block, peek the edge, fire, crouch back — the build mode (Q) exists for this.
2. Own the high ground. Headshot hitboxes are easiest to hit from above, and falloff punishes nobody at sniper range.
3. Pre-aim spawns and crossings. Both maps funnel movement through gates and tunnels; arrival timing beats reaction speed.
4. Break line of sight after every kill. The kill feed is a sniper-spotting tool for the enemy team too.

What counters snipers?

Aggression through cover. Sniper damage evaporates when the fight closes to shovel range, and block penetration only helps the Heavy against static cover — a moving target behind shifting wooden walls is the hardest shot in the game. If you are the one being laned, smoke the angle with a reposition, never a straight sprint.

Why bring a sniper into close-range maps at all?

Because the threat warps the map. Enemies who suspect a Heavy Sniper rotate through cover and avoid clean lanes, which hands map control to your team before a shot is fired. The gun’s presence changes routing even when it is not firing.

For where each rifle sits against the full arsenal, see the weapon tier list and damage tables; for pairing a sniper into complete kits, read the best loadouts guide.