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Gameplay

Ares RG

Railgun

Ammunition

MIPS

Range

55m

Magazine

6

Zoom

2.55x

Firepower

Damage

123.0

Precision

1.3

Rate of Fire

60RPM

Accuracy

Hipfire Spread

4.10°

ADS Spread

0.0°

Crouch Spread Bonus

0.0%

Moving Inaccuracy

0.0%

Handling

Equip Speed

0.94s

ADS Speed

0.50s

Weight

38.0%

Recoil

33.8%

Aim Assist

0.80°

Reload Speed

4.46s

Dimensions

First appearance

Marathon (2026)

"Heavy ballistic railgun. Charges up to fire massive projectile at extreme velocity."

— In-game description

Design details

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Gameplay

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Unlike most other weapons, the Ares RG is a ballistic weapon that requires charging before firing. By holding down the Fire key, the weapon begins charging up its projectile, indicated by a gauge filling up near the top of the weapon's optic. After 1.25 seconds of charging, the weapon is sufficiently charged, and can be fired by releasing the Fire key. Alternatively, the wielder can release the charge without firing by swapping weapons after the charge is built.

Similar to sniper rifle-class weapons, the Ares RG has high damage potential and high accuracy. A single shot to the body can eliminate UESC Recruits and down Runners without shield implants, and a headshot comes just shy of downing a Runner with a Deluxe shield implant. Furthermore, its ADS accuracy is unparalleled- any shot made in ADS will always hit where the crosshair is located, even while moving. However, it lacks the range and the ability to quickly fire that most sniper rifles have, making it more suited to taking out unaware targets at mid-to-long range.

The Ares RG can be equipped with Chip, Generator, and certain proprietary Magazine mods.

Acquisition

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Unique Variants

• Warmonger RG - Unique Deluxe variant with enhanced accuracy and handling.

Update History

Update 1.0.6

• All Railguns will now no longer auto-fire when the maximum charge time has been met. Also, charged Railguns can now be held indefinitely.
• Reduced base charge time from 2 seconds to 1.25 seconds.
• Increased magazine size at all stat tiers:
  • Base magazine size increased from 4 shots to 6 shots.
  • Max magazine size increased from 10 shots to 12 shots.
• Slightly increased aim assist cone scale during overcharging by ~10%.

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