The sharpshooters among you can use a total of 17 sniper rifles in Ghost Recon Wildlands. We will show you how to unlock them.
The large open world in Ubisoft’s new tactical shooter offers situations where you can kill enemies from a great distance. Sniper rifles are particularly well suited for this, thanks to their high range and precision. In this article, we show you all sniper rifles from Ghost Recon Wildlands and the requirements to unlock these weapons.
Unlock new weapons
Weapons are rewards for exploring areas or defeating specific enemies. While you can pick up and use weapons from “normal” enemies, they do not remain permanently in your inventory. Wildlands offers you a selection of various weapon types such as:
- Light machine guns
- Submachine guns
- Sniper rifles
- Shotguns
- Assault rifles – Here’s how you can unlock all 23 assault rifles
- Handguns
- Compact SMGs
Unlock all sniper rifles
In Ghost Recon Wildlands, not only do you have many different types of weapons to choose from, but you also have a large selection of different models within each category. Currently, there are 17 sniper rifles available in Ghost Recon Wildlands. You can read their strengths and weaknesses on the following displays:
- Damage
- Precision
- Handling
- Range
- Rate of fire
- Noise reduction
- Piercing
We show you each sniper model and its unlock requirements:
M40A5
- Unlock M40A5: You can find this weapon in the Itacua Echo camp. Right after the liberation mission with the helicopter at the beginning of the game.
M1891
- Unlock M1891: Explore La Cruz or unlock this weapon in the shop.
SR-25
- Unlock SR-25: Explore Caimanes or unlock this weapon in the store.
Dragunov (SVD)
- Unlock Dragunov (SVD): Explore Villa Verde or unlock this weapon in the shop.
G28
- Unlock G28: Explore San Mateo or unlock this weapon in the shop.
SRS-A1
- Unlock SRS-A1: Explore Moyocoyo or unlock this weapon in the shop.
SR-1
- Unlock SR-1: Explore Koani to unlock this weapon.
HTI
- Unlock HTI: Explore Monuyoc Santo or unlock this weapon in the shop.
L115A3
- Unlock L115A3: Explore Puncu or unlock this weapon in the shop.
Mk 14
- Unlock Mk 14: Explore Koani or unlock this weapon in the shop.
MSR
- Unlock MSR: Explore Monuyoc Santo or unlock this weapon in the shop.
MSR Thermite
- Unlock MSR Thermite: Visit the shop to unlock this weapon.
Charge
- Unlock Charge: Visit the shop to unlock this weapon.
SRS-A1 Black Widow
- Unlock SRS-A1 Black Widow: Visit the shop to unlock this weapon.
Lanza Sagrada
- Unlock Lanza Sagrada: Defeat La Santera to unlock this weapon.
The Warhawk
- Unlock The Warhawk: Defeat Boyer “Boston” Reed to unlock this weapon.
Chica Mala
- Unlock Chica Mala: Defeat La Cabra to unlock this weapon.
The locations of the sniper rifles / Sniper-Rifles
To find the shown weapons, the YouTube channel INFsleeper has released a video. There you can see the locations of the sniper rifles and listen to their sound with and without a silencer.
Missing the right modification for your sniper? The locations of all scopes are here
















