Barb's Rifle

Barb's Rifle
Release	5 December 2022
Wintermute	No
Renewable	No (unique item)
Properties
Item type	Tools
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Examine	A pale green .303 with a custom stock. A trucker's companion and a durable friend on the open road. Reliable beyond all else.
Values
Weight	4.50 kg (9.9 lbs)
Actions
Backpack	Use, Actions, Drop
On ground	Take It, Equip It, Leave It
Advanced data
Item key	GAMEPLAY_Rifle_Barbs

DLC-Exclusive content. This content requires the Tales from the Far Territory addon to be installed before it can be seen or used in regular gameplay.

Barb's Rifle is a unique variant of the Hunting Rifle in The Long Dark, added by the Tales from the Far Territory expansion.

Overview

The rifle's unique function is that it degrades 0.3333% less per shot than the standard Hunting Rifle; only using 1% condition per shot. This means a full condition Barb's Rifle can fire a total of 100 times before breaking as long as the player has a Rifle Skill under level 5. This durability comes at the cost of weight as its custom stock increases the total weight to 4.5kg unloaded which is 0.5kg heavier than the standard Hunting Rifle.

Barb's rifle also features a unique set of iron sights with a pointed front sight post, letting you better see where your shot will land.

Successful hits on live animals provide experience to the Rifle Firearm skill.

Locations

Barb's Rifle will spawn a once or multiple times(including glitches) per world in various states of repair in a set of randomly selected Coastal Highway locations such as:

• Inside Quonset Garage.
• In one of the many Fishing Huts leaning against the wall next to the stove.
• In a train log car near the trailer at Train Unloading.
• Under the concrete bridge near Rockfall.

Differences from Hunting Rifle

• Base weight is 0.5kg more than the Hunting Rifle
• Total durability is 33% more than Hunting Rifle

Trivia

• At Rifle Skill Level 5's 50% reduction in per shot durability use, Barb's Rifle can fire 200 shots from full durability; using only 0.5% durability per shot. This makes Barb's Rifle one of the best rifles for use on Stalker, as its higher durability and the lack of cleaning kits available means you can spend less time repairing it at a milling machine.
• The rifle appears to have been painted with a military olive green paint that has long since faded showing the fir wood furniture underneath, the stock depicts an image of a barking wolf on each of its sides, and there are 12 tally marks on the rifle's side.
• Barb's Rifle has a unique stripper clip painted in green camo that can be seen when reloading.
• Barb's rifle is the most cost-effective rifle to repair, this makes it the best variant for long term use.
• Barb's rifle will not spawn on Interloper difficulty.
• Despite the description mentioning the rifle being more reliable, it has the exact same jamming rate and threshold as all other rifles.
• Barb's rifle belongs to Barbara Quincy, owner of the Quonset Garage, according to a Buffer Memory.
• Barb's rifle is based on the No. 4 Rifle, a later version of the Lee-Enfield rifle, albeit with a different magazine. On the actual rifles, the magazine did not change much.

Gallery

The rifle's location in the Train Unloading area

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The Rifle's location under the concrete bridge

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Update History

• UPDATE 5 December 2022 (Update):
  • Added to game.