• N3 Col
•  | 
• Honorable Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

The Halo 3 Weapons do damage in Hit points. Most appear to do the same amount of damage to one's Shield points (Sp) as they do to one's Body points (Bp), but there are exceptions.

There are also a few weapons that are headshot capable, or rather have a headshot bonus. These weapons are the Magnum, Carbine, Battle Rifle, Sniper Rifle, and Beam Rifle. Any damage done to a Player's head hitbox after their shields are down, or rather there Shield points are equal to zero
(sp = 0), does infinite (∞) damage to the rest of the player's Hp. This could also be referred to as an automatic, or instant kill.

In Bungie's 2/08/08 Weekly Update, it was revealed that each Player has 115 Hit points- 70 in Shield and 45 in Body points. This allows one to easily conclude that the Overshield Powerup initially adds another 70 hp to a player's Shield points, with each additional layering of shield also being worth another 70 shield points. All of the following was compiled based on this information.

* Please note that all data is approximated and shows only the maximum damage one can inflict.

Weapon Damage per Hit

* Assault Rifle: 7.5 dmg
* Battle Rifle: 6.0 dmg, 18.0 dmg/burst
* Beam Rifle: 80.0 dmg
* Brute Shot: 38.0 dmg
* Carbine: 10.0 dmg
* Energy Sword: 150.0 dmg
* Gravity Hammer: 230.0 dmg
* Machine Gun Turret: 15.0 dmg
* Magnum: 15.0 dmg
* Mauler: 107.0 dmg
* Missile Pod: 126.0 dmg
* Needler: 5.0 dmg (after 8 needles embed themselves they deal 225 dmg explosively)
* Plasma Pistol: 10.0 sp-dmg & 2.4 bp-dmg (charged-shot deals ∞ sp-dmg / 0 bp-dmg)
* Plasma Rifle: 14.5 sp-dmg & 3.5 bp-dmg
* Rocket Launcher: 220.0 dmg
* SMG: 4.8 dmg
* Shotgun: 150.0 dmg
* Sniper Rifle: 80.0 dmg
* Spartan Laser: 284.0 dmg
* Spiker: 9.0 dmg

* Normal Melee: 70 dmg
* Strong Melee; Spiker, Mauler:72 dmg
* Heavy Melee; Rockets, Laser, Hammer, (Fuel Rod): 80 dmg
* Massive Melee; Brute Shot, (Sentinel Beam): 90 dmg

Note - while Bungie has never stated that any weapon's melee does more than 72 damage, conclusive tests seem to prove otherwise.

Have also placed this information here since original post-
HaloWiki: Weapon Damage

Submitted by Acknown3-

Reload/Cooldown times (aprox. values)

Assault Rifle 1.8 s
Battle Rifle 2 s
Beam Rifle 2.9 s
Brute Shot 3 s
Carbine 2.4 s
Magnum 1.9 s
Mauler 2.4 s
Needler 1.1 s
Plasma Pistol 2.1 s
Plasma Rifle 2.6 s
Rockets 4.3 s
Shotgun 2/4.5** s
SMG 1.4 s
Sniper Rifle 2.6 s
Spartan Laser 2.4 s
Spiker 1.6 s

[Edited on 04.30.2008 4:15 PM PDT]

• CulturalPArAd0X
•  | 
• Honorable Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

Hmmm...interesting. How did you determine these numbers?

• N3 Col
•  | 
• Honorable Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

It was relatively easy since Bungie gave us the damage for the BR and AR. Simply used a ruler a piece of paper and a calculator. I already knew what the BR should be so I measure it first and got 6 dmg per shot. After that it just took a little time experimenting. For the weapons that do more damage than one can usually endure i made it so that in game I had 4x overshields.

Im actually surprised noone else has done it yet, but thanks for the feedback. It would be cool if more people began calculating so that the information can be peer reviewed.

• N3 Col
•  | 
• Honorable Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

I have finished editing Halopedia with the some of the new information (at least for now) =). Hopefully this information can be made useful to players. On a side note, I am going to begin calculating reload / overheat cooldowns, rate of fire, etc. in an attempt ot further expand my weapon analysis database that I am concocting. Hopefully I will be able to use some of the things I have learned in Stats and Prob AP to further expand on the tactics used in Halo 3.

• iIXIi Onslaught
•  | 
• Absent Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

Posted by: SuperDeathCobra
I have been using the Carbine over the BR the last few games.... this post backs ups my suspicions.
if u lead your shots, the BR STILL over powers the carbine.

• Anonymous User (Deleted)

Maybe you can HAZ it.

• Alpha Ten
•  | 
• Noble Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

Good job. I commend you on your contiuing into the specs of all weapons. If possible try calculating damage for vehicular guns.

• N3 Col
•  | 
• Honorable Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

Great idea Alpha Ten. I'll make sure to encompass vehicles too. And when I get the specs I will add the flamethrower (not sure how to calculate it) and missile pod (forgot about it lol). Right now I am only concentrating on weapons actually used in matchmaking, though, so no fuel rod just yet. Thanks for the replies guys.

• TheAsianDragon2
•  | 
• Noble Heroic Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

When you tested the shotgun, how far were you away from the enemy?

• TheAsianDragon2
•  | 
• Noble Heroic Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

Posted by: ImpaledManager
what determines if it is a normal to heavy to massive etc. melee?
Strong melee is spiker and mauler. Heavy is Rocket, spartan laser, and gravity hammer's melee. Massive melee is brute shot

[Edited on 03.04.2008 3:43 PM PST]

• Alpha Ten
•  | 
• Noble Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

I think for the flamethrower, you can calculate for one burst, which is one pull of the trigger. Or, see how many flames come out in one unit, then divide the damage by how many flames came out.

• Alpha Ten
•  | 
• Noble Member
• 
•  | more 
• groups
•   | 

You missed another weapon, the Plasma Turret.

• Anonymous User (Deleted)

Mauler can kill with one shot? Interesting...