Sparky

Sparky

Class	Sniper Rifle
Type	Power
Ammo	Sniper Ammo
Tier	Iconic
Headshot	+250%
Armor Pen	50%
Attack Speed	0.4
Range	83 m
Weight	11.7
Location	Dogtown

Sparky is an Iconic SPT32 Grad that a Scav crew modded and then lost to V in Dogtown. It is a Power sniper rifle. Every headshot releases electric bolts that jump to enemies standing near the target. Each shot also has a chance to Shock. A precise long-range rifle can therefore hurt a whole group with a single good shot. It is free for the taking in Phantom Liberty, as long as V can clear the Scavs and their drone first. Sparky is a Phantom Liberty find in Dogtown. It is inside the building held by the Scavs during an Increased Criminal Activity near Terra Cognita.

Combat

Sparky is a sniper rifle, built for slow, careful shots from far away. Sniper rifles are slow to fire and reload, but each shot hits hard. A clean headshot is the goal of every shot.

The Iconic effect rewards those headshots twice. A headshot deals its normal heavy damage. Electric bolts then jump to enemies close to the target. Those bolts deal Electrical damage. The rifle's Shock chance can make them take more damage over time. A single headshot on one guard can hurt the whole group standing near it.

Only headshots trigger the bolts, so missed or rushed shots waste the effect. Sparky is at its best when V can take time to aim, from a rooftop or a ledge, against enemies standing close together. A slow sniper rifle is a poor choice in a chaotic close fight, so it works well alongside a fast sidearm.

How to Get Sparky Guide

Travel to Terra Cognita in Dogtown, with Phantom Liberty.
Find the Increased Criminal Activity held by the Scavs.
Destroy the Arasaka drone and take the key it guards.
Clear out the Scavs.
Ride the escalator to the upper floor and open the gated room to take Sparky.

Sparky Map Location

Sparky map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Compatible Mods

1 scope is compatible with Sparky.

Name	Image	Effect
HPO Kanone MAX Mk.77		Adds high zoom and lowers weapon sway

Upgrades

Sparky is an Iconic weapon, so it can be raised through the tiers in the Upgrades tab of the crafting menu. Each step costs crafting components, and the rifle must be in V's inventory to appear in the list.

The table shows what each tier step of Sparky costs.

Upgrade	Components	Requirement
Tier 1 to Tier 1+	75 Tier 1 components	-
Tier 1+ to Tier 2	40 components	-
Tier 2 to Tier 2+	75 Tier 2 components	-
Tier 2+ to Tier 3	40 components	-
Tier 3 to Tier 3+	75 Tier 3 components	-
Tier 3+ to Tier 4	40 components	-
Tier 4 to Tier 4+	75 Tier 4 components	-
Tier 4+ to Tier 5	40 components	-
Tier 5 to Tier 5+	75 Tier 5 components	-
Tier 5+ to Tier 5++	200 Tier 5 components	Phantom Liberty

Character Builds

Sniper rifles use the Cool tree. Focus adds headshot damage and unlocks Focus mode when V aims at full Stamina. Deep Breath slows time while Focus is active. Deadeye adds more headshot damage. Long Shot keeps full damage at any range while Deadeye is active. Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel guarantees crits on headshots and adds damage over distance. It works well with a rifle whose whole Iconic effect depends on headshots. High Noon speeds up the next reload after a headshot kill. California Reaper restores Stamina for the same kind of kill.

For cyberware, Visual Cortex Support adds crit chance the farther V is from the target. Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics raise crit chance for every shot. The Militech Apogee Sandevistan slows time and adds headshot damage. The slowed time helps V land several headshots in a row.

Select a Build

Cool Sniper Build

The build keeps its distance and picks enemies off one by one with headshots. The Sandevistan goes on before shooting an Elite, so several headshots land if the first one is not enough. A pistol or shotgun stays on hand for enemies that flank the sniping spot.

Attributes: Body 15, Reflexes 13, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 3, Cool 20.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Painkiller	Body 4	Slow Health regeneration in combat
Adrenaline Rush	Body 15	More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode
Feline Footwork	Cool 4	Faster and safer while crouched
Blind Spot	Cool 4	Slower enemy detection while crouched
Killer Instinct	Cool 4	More damage with knives, axes and silenced guns before combat
Gag Order	Cool 4	A quick hit after being spotted delays detection by others
Focus	Cool 9	More headshot damage and free shots while aiming
No Sweat	Cool 9	Kills cut the Stamina cost of Focus
Rinse And Reload	Cool 9	Faster reload after a kill while aiming
Head To Head	Cool 9	Kills reset Focus
Deep Breath	Cool 9	Time slows while Focus is active
Deadeye	Cool 15	More headshot damage and no spread at high Stamina
California Reaper	Cool 15	Stamina back after a headshot kill
High Noon	Cool 15	Fast slowed reload after a headshot kill
Long Shot	Cool 15	Full damage at any range during Deadeye
Quick Draw	Cool 15	Faster swaps to pistols and rifles
Ninjutsu	Cool 15	Sprint while crouched
Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel	Cool 20	Guaranteed crits on headshots during Deadeye
Glutton For War	Technical Ability 4	Kills recharge Health items and grenades
Health Freak	Technical Ability 9	One more Health item charge and faster recharge
All Things Cyber	Technical Ability 9	Stronger cyberware stats
License To Chrome	Technical Ability 15	Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot
Bolt	Technical Ability 15	Faster charge and Bolt shots that hit harder
Internal Clock	Technical Ability 15	Wider timing window for a Bolt shot
Shock Value	Technical Ability 15	Bolt shots ignore armor
Edgerunner	Technical Ability 20	Cyberware past the capacity limit for a small Health cost

Name	Slot	Effect
Blood Pump	Circulatory System	A Health item that heals over time
Biomonitor	Circulatory System	Uses a Health item when Health runs low
Kiroshi Clairvoyant Optics	Face	Scanning highlights nearby enemies
Axolotl	Frontal Cortex	Kills cut all cyberware cooldowns
Microgenerator	Hands	Reloading an empty gun charges an electroshock shot
Immovable Force	Hands	Less recoil and tighter spread
Reinforced Tendons	Legs	Double jump
NeoFiber	Nervous System	More Mitigation Chance and Strength
Visual Cortex Support	Nervous System	More crit chance at long range
Militech Apogee Sandevistan	Operating System	Slows time by 85% with crit bonuses
Epimorphic Skeleton	Skeleton	More max Health

Lore

Terra Cognita was meant to be a technology theme park in Pacifica. The money ran out and the park was abandoned. Once the area became Dogtown, Scav gangs moved into its buildings. One of those buildings hosts an Increased Criminal Activity marked on the map.

The Scavs here have more than guns. They guard their loot with a large Arasaka drone, and the key to their cache is held by that machine. Inside the gated cache waits the rifle they have been working on. Its in-game text calls it an incredibly precise sniper rifle, and adds that Scavs are meticulous like that. Its Iconic text says the Scavs modded the rifle so that its rounds emit electric bolts on each headshot.

Notes

Borzaya, O'Five and Overwatch are the other Iconic weapons built on the SPT32 Grad.

Weapon Categories

All Sniper Rifles

Every sniper rifle is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.

Iconic Sniper Rifles

Name	Headshot	Armor Pen	Location
Borzaya			Dogtown
Breakthrough	+300%	100%	Rancho Coronado
Foxhound
O'Five		50%	Arroyo
Osprey			Dogtown
Overwatch	+300%	50%	Badlands East
Rasetsu	+300%	50%
Sparky	+250%	50%	Dogtown

Standard Sniper Rifles

Name	Headshot	Armor Pen
Ashura	+150%	25%
Nekomata	+300%	50%
SPT32 Grad	+300%	50%