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Rifle Certification is an Advanced Combat skill that improves rifles in Starfield. Read on to learn the effects of the Rifle Certification skill, how to unlock and rank up the Rifle Certification skill, and the backgrounds that know it.

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Rifle Certification How to Unlock and Overview

Rifle Certification Skill Overview

Rifle Certification Skill
Starfield - Rifle Certification Skill Skill Tree:
Combat
Tier:
Advanced
Whether used for combat, hunting, or some other deadly purpose, the rifle has become a mainstay of Settled Systems weaponry.

How to Unlock Rifle Certification

Spend 4 Skill Points in the Combat Tree

As Rifle Certification is a higher-tier Advanced skill, it is unlocked by spending a total of 4 skill points in the Combat skill tree before it can be learned.

How to Farm Skill Points Fast

Backgrounds with the Rifle Certification Skill

There are no backgrounds that start with the Rifle Certification skill.

List of All Backgrounds

How to Rank Up Rifle Certification Skill

All Rank Challenges and Effects

Rank Challenge Effects
1 Spend a total of 4 Skill Points in the Combat tree. Rifles do 10% more damage.
2 Kill 20 enemies with a rifle. Rifles do 20% more damage.
3 Kill 50 enemies with a rifle. Rifles do 30% more damage.
4 Kill 100 enemies with a rifle. Reload rifles 30% faster while you're standing still.

Kill Enemies with Rifles to Complete the Challenge

Starfield - Kill Enemies with Rifles to Complete the Challenge
You can easily complete the rank challenges by killing any hostile enemy with the many available rifles in the game.

You can farm enemy kills by doing Bounty Missions, going from one point of interest to another, or killing fauna. Note that some locations will have the enemies respawn after waiting for around 300 UT hours.

All Rifle Weapons

Weapon Stats How to Get
Starfield - Brawler Brawler's Equinox Type: Laser Rifle
Damage: 2 EM
Ammo: 3KV LZR
Weapon ID: 000EC310 		Buy from Apex Electronics in The Well
Starfield - Equinox Equinox Type: Laser Rifle
Damage: 13 Engy
Ammo: 3KV LZR
Weapon ID: 0001BC4F 		Loot from enemies, Kreet Research Lab
Starfield - Orion Orion Type: Laser Rifle
Damage: 27 Engy
Ammo: 3KV LZR
Weapon ID: 002773C8 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Unmitigated Violence Unmitigated Violence Type: Laser Rifle
Damage: 125 Engy
Ammo: 3KV LZR
Weapon ID: 1F02EF 		Defeat The Hunter after siding with The Emissary in the Unearthed main quest
Starfield - Unrestrained Vengeance Unrestrained Vengeance Type: Laser Rifle
Damage: 24 Engy
Ammo: 3KV LZR
Weapon ID: 19F7 		Received from The Hunter during the High Price to Pay main quest
Starfield - Eternity Eternity's Gate Type: Particle Beam Rifle
Damage: 17 Phys / 50 Engy
Ammo: Heavy Fuse
Weapon ID: 329ABB 		Defeat The Emissary after siding with The Hunter in the Unearthed main quest
Starfield - Reflection Reflection Type: Particle Beam Rifle
Damage: 42 Phys / 137 Engy
Ammo: Heavy Fuse
Weapon ID: 0022A90D 		Buy from The Trader in New Game Plus
Starfield - Va Va'ruun Inflictor Type: Particle Beam Rifle
Damage: 38 Phys / 113 Engy
Ammo: Heavy Fuse
Weapon ID: 0026D8A0 		Buy from Centaurion Arsenal in New Atlantis
Starfield - AA-99 AA-99 Type: Rifle
Damage: 20 Phys
Ammo: 11mm
Weapon ID: 002BF65B 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Acid Rain Acid Rain Type: Rifle
Damage: 3 Phys
Ammo: 7.77mm
Weapon ID: 002E3E85 		Buy from Apex Electronics in The Well
Starfield - Avatar Avatar Type: Rifle
Damage: 256 Phys
Ammo: 6.5mm MI
Weapon ID: 001AC6B4 		Buy from The Trader in New Game Plus
Starfield - Beowulf Beowulf Type: Rifle
Damage: 43 Phys
Ammo: 7.77mm
Weapon ID: 0004716C 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Desperation Desperation Type: Rifle
Damage: 22 Phys
Ammo: 11mm
Weapon ID: 000EC2F1 		Beat the high score in the Red Mile Run
Starfield - Despondent Assassin Despondent Assassin Type: Rifle
Damage: 62 Phys
Ammo: 9x39mm
Weapon ID: 14920B 		Complete Davis Wilson's Questline
Starfield - Drum Beat Drum Beat Type: Rifle
Damage: 10 Phys
Ammo: 11mm
Weapon ID: 0018DE2C 		Loot from enemies, purchase in shops
Starfield - Feather Feather Type: Rifle
Damage: 19 Phys
Ammo: 11mm
Weapon ID: 002E82A0 		Buy from Crimson Fleet Vendors
Starfield - Fiscal Quarter Fiscal Quarter Type: Rifle
Damage: 5 Phys
Ammo: 6.5mm
Weapon ID: 19F5 		Complete All That Money Can Buy Main Quest
Starfield - Fury Fury Type: Rifle
Damage: 20 Phys
Ammo: 7.62mm
Weapon ID: 002E0729 		Buy from Crimson Fleet Vendors
Starfield - Gallow Gallow's Reach Type: Rifle
Damage: 18 Phys
Ammo: 7.62mm
Weapon ID: 32046C 		Looted in Petrov's Room
Starfield - Grendel Grendel Type: Rifle
Damage: 4 Phys
Ammo: 7.77mm
Weapon ID: 00028A02 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Hard Target Hard Target Type: Rifle
Damage: 139 Phys
Ammo: .50 Caliber
Weapon ID: 00546CC 		Buy from select shops in New Atlantis, Akila City, and Neon City
Starfield - Head Ranger Head Ranger Type: Rifle
Damage: 37 Phys
Ammo: .50 Caliber
Weapon ID: 002FAD3F 		Buy from Laredo Firearms in Akila City
Starfield - Hunterwulf Hunterwulf Type: Rifle
Damage: 14 Phys
Ammo: 7.77mm
Weapon ID: 002E3E83 		Buy from Crimson Fleet Vendors
Starfield - Justifier Justifier Type: Rifle
Damage: 31 Phys
Ammo: .50 Caliber
Weapon ID: 001BAA3C 		Complete The Hammer Falls faction quest for the Freestar Rangers
Starfield - Kodama Kodama Type: Rifle
Damage: 16 Phys
Ammo: 7.77mm
Weapon ID: 00253A16 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Lawgiver Lawgiver Type: Rifle
Damage: 37 Phys
Ammo: .50 Caliber
Weapon ID: 0002D7F4 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Maelstrom Maelstrom Type: Rifle
Damage: 5 Phys
Ammo: 6.5mm
Weapon ID: 002984DF 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Magpulse Magpulse Type: Rifle
Damage: 85 Phys
Ammo: 6.5mm MI
Weapon ID: 00023606 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Magshear Magshear Type: Rifle
Damage: 12 Phys
Ammo: .50 MI
Weapon ID: 0002EB3C 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Magsniper Magsniper Type: Rifle
Damage: 268 Phys
Ammo: 6.5mm MI
Weapon ID: 0002EB45 		Buy from select shops in New Atlantis, Akila City, and Neon City
Starfield - Marksman Marksman's AA-99 Type: Rifle
Damage: 31 Phys
Ammo: 11mm
Weapon ID: 002F99FE 		Buy from Centurian Arsenal in New Atlantis
Starfield - Mindtear Mindtear Type: Rifle
Damage: 13 Phys
Ammo: .50 MI
Weapon ID: 002AC049 		Buy from Kore Kinetics in Neon City
Starfield - Old Earth Assault Rifle Old Earth Assault Rifle Type: Rifle
Damage: 18 Phys
Ammo: 7.62mm
Weapon ID: 0026ED2A 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Old Earth Hunting Rifle Old Earth Hunting Rifle Type: Rifle
Damage: 36 Phys
Ammo: 9x39mm
Weapon ID: 0021BBCD 		Buy from select shops in New Atlantis and Akila City
Starfield - Peacekeeper Peacekeeper Type: Rifle
Damage: 17 Phys
Ammo: 11mm
Weapon ID: 1A52E5 		Complete the Groundpounder side quest
Starfield - Peacemaker Peacemaker Type: Rifle
Damage: 112 Phys
Ammo: .50 Caliber
Weapon ID: E7ED1 		Complete Peacemaker mission
Starfield - Pirate Legend Pirate Legend Type: Rifle
Damage: 4 Phys
Ammo: 6.5mm
Weapon ID: 002FAC64 		Buy from Crimson Fleet Vendors
Starfield - Power Beat Power Beat Type: Rifle
Damage: 66 Phys
Ammo: 11mm
Weapon ID: 0022A8E1 		Buy from Crimson Fleet Vendors
Starfield - Revenant Revenant Type: Rifle
Damage: 13 Phys
Ammo: .50 MI
Weapon ID: 8AF62 		Loot in the Eye of the Storm quest
Starfield - Speechless Fire Speechless Fire Type: Rifle
Damage: 36 Phys
Ammo: 9x39mm
Weapon ID: 002E0731 		Buy from Best Defense in Polvo
Starfield - Tempest Tempest Type: Rifle
Damage: 19 Phys
Ammo: 11mm
Weapon ID: 3CE4B0 		Defeat Delgado and Loot His Body in the Eye of the Storm Faction Quest
Starfield - The Buzzcut The Buzzcut Type: Rifle
Damage: 3 Phys
Ammo: 7.77mm
Weapon ID: 0020772C 		Buy from Neon Tactical in Neon City
Starfield - The Last Breath The Last Breath Type: Rifle
Damage: 139 Phys
Ammo: .50 Caliber
Weapon ID: 0022A8E2 		Buy from The Trader in New Game Plus
Starfield - Tombstone Tombstone Type: Rifle
Damage: 23 Phys
Ammo: 11mm
Weapon ID: 0002EB36 		Loot from enemies
Starfield - Vampire Vampire's Gift Type: Rifle
Damage: 20 Phys
Ammo: 7.77mm
Weapon ID: 002FAC66 		Buy from Gualter During Hostile Intelligence

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