Holosight

The mid-range sight most rifles end up wearing: a clean dot with a wide view around it. Its real price is the Tech Trash, not the Level 2 bench.

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Characteristics

Category: Weapon

Stack size: 1

Workbench: Level 2

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 60 Scrap

Overview

In-game description

Uses laser projection to create a holographic sight which is always pointing at the target regardless of view angle.

Raiders are coming out of the treeline, you are on the compound wall with an assault rifle, and they are too far for iron sights but too close for a sniper scope. That gap is the holosight's job. You get a sharp dot and, around it, enough of the world to see the second guy flanking you.

Sight	Bench	Beyond HQM	Where it shines
Simple handmade sight	Level 1	nothing	the first guns of a wipe
Holosight	Level 2	one Tech Trash	sprays and bursts at mid range
8x scope	Level 3	nothing	single shots from far away

The row that matters is the middle one. Every holosight takes a Tech Trash, and C4 wants two of those, so a group saving up for a raid feels each one. Research it once, then craft it only for the guns that actually fight at range.

So which guns? Rifles you spray or burst with. Many players run it on the AK, the M16A2 and the M39, and on revolvers like the Python. On a bolt it is a waste, because there you want real zoom.