It is hard to classify Once Human. It has some great survival gameplay, but also has a long, story-driven narrative much like a role-playing game. It has solid base-building mechanics and some very challenging boss fights. Players can choose to play on either a PvP server or a purely PvE one.
Once Human: Every Bow, Ranked
Bows are rarely the ideal weapon in Once Human, but there are still a few versions that are worth investing in for players using a long-range build.
Sniper Rifles are a very viable option as a primary weapon in this horror survival game. However, some are better than others. Almost all weapons in Once Human can be upgraded by the addition of mods, which are looted from bosses and gear crates dotted around the open-world map.
5 Final Territory
Fortress Warfare Mod
- Mod slot: Weapon
- Use on: AWS.338 Black Panther Sniper Rifle
- Tier: Epic
- Bonuses: When Fortress Warfare ends, Weapon DMG +8%, Movement Speed +8% for 10s.
There is no legendary tier weapon mod with bonuses that impact the Fortress Warfare special ability, making this epic mod the best available. It works well with the AWS.338 Black Panther Sniper Rifle, which comes with the Fortress Warfare ability as standard.
Once Human: 6 Best LMGs, Ranked
For Once Human players looking to put together a devastating high-damage build, look no further than these powerful LMGs.
After aiming down the sights of this sniper rifle for 3 seconds, Fortress Warfare is automatically triggered, but on a 10-second cooldown. The longer a player aims down the sights, the greater the attack bonus, up to a maximum of 30%. Once Fortress Warfare has been triggered, the player gains 3 stacks of Brutal Mayhem, with weak spot damage increased by 25%. Every shot the player takes after this reduces the attack bonus by 1%.
4 Burning Wrath
Burn Mod
- Mod slot: weapon
- Use on: HAMR Crumble Sniper Rifle
- Tier: Legendary
- Bonuses: Triggering Burn has a 25% chance to grant +1 Burn stack.
Burn is an interesting special ability to have on a sniper rifle, it is more suited to heavy weapons such as the LMG in most cases. However, a combination of the HAMR Crumble Sniper Rifle and the Burning Wrath works well.
The HAMR Crumble Sniper Rifle is a fairly low-level, early-game weapon though, and only has limited baked-in bonuses. On every weak spot hit, there is a 60% chance to trigger burn, and burn damage is increased by 10%. With the mod added, the weapon then has the chance of stacking burn on a target, which can be truly devastating. Overall, not the greatest weapon and mod combo in the game, but effective in the right hands.
3 Super Charged
Unstable Bomber Mod
- Mod slot: Weapon
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Use on:
SN700 - Gulped Lore
Sniper Rifle
- Tier: Legendary
- Bonuses: Triggering Unstable Bomber grants Unstable Bomber DMG +5.0% for 5 seconds, up to 10 stacks
The Super Charged weapon mod in Once Human works well with the SN700 Gulped Lore Sniper Rifle, as it synergizes with the rifle's baked-in bonuses. The SN700 gives an 80% chance to trigger Unstable Bomber on a weak spot hit. When an enemy dies under Unstable Bomber, the explosion range is reduced by 10%, and the damage is increased by 20% for 30 seconds. This effect can stack up to 5 times.
Once Human: 6 Best Assault Rifles, Ranked
Assault rifles are a solid ranged weapon in Once Human, dealing damage at medium range and causing frequent status effects with their high fire rate.
Furthermore, when using this combo, Unstable Bomber is guaranteed to do critical damage equal to 1% of all incoming weak spot damage. Overall, this is a great early-game combo of weapon and mod, if a player is lucky enough to loot the mod early on.
2 Spreading Marks
Bull’s Eye Mod
- Mod slot: weapon
- Use on: AWS.338 Bingo Sniper Rifle
- Tier: Legendary
- Bonuses: When a marked enemy is defeated, The Bull's Eye will spread to 1 enemy within 15m.
The Bull’s Eye mechanic in Once Human revolves around marking specific targets and then placing precise shots. The AWS.338 Bingo Sniper Rifle combined with the Spreading Marks mod is a great combination.
Once Human: Best Submachine Guns, Ranked
SMGs are a short-range automatic weapons in Once Human, less popular than assault rifles, but they can still be useful.
The AWS.338 Bingo is designed around the Bull’s Eye special ability. It grants a 70% chance to trigger Bull’s Eye on a weak spot hit. However, Bull’s Eye is guaranteed to happen on the first shot after the player equips this rifle as well. This gives an additional 15% weak spot damage for 10 seconds, which can be stacked up to 3 times. If an enemy dies under Bull’s Eye, attack is increased by 15% for 20 seconds. If the RNG falls right, the additional stacks of weak spot damage can take even the toughest target down quite rapidly.
1 Bounce Rampage
Bounce Mod
- Mod slot: weapon
- Use on: HAMR Brahminy Sniper Rifle
- Tier: Legendary
- Bonuses: Bounce deals more DMG as more targets are hit, up to DMG +45%
First of all, the Bounce mechanic needs to be explained. The easiest way to do this is to say that the word Bounce was a poor translation of the Chinese word ricochet by the Once Human developers. Substituting the word ricochet for the word bounce makes it easy to understand.
The HAMR Brahminy Sniper Rifle is arguably the best sniper rifle in the game, and the addition of the Bounce Rampage mod only makes it better. It has an 80% chance to trigger Bounce status damage on a weak spot hit. When Bounce occurs, there is a 35% chance of a ricochet continuing on to hit other parts of the target. If the target dies before the ricochet, it will move on to the next target, based on the highest health points.
Once Human
- Released
- July 9, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
- Developer(s)
- Starry Studio
- Genre(s)
- Survival, Shooter, Open-World
