Imperial Blaster Rifle

The Imperial Blaster Rifle is a standard-issue heavy weapon used by elite Imperial forces. Found as drops from high-level Imperial NPCs across the galaxy. Favored by Commandos and Riflemen for its solid damage range and extended reach.

Acquisition

Drops from Imperial Officers and Stormtrooper Commanders, particularly on Corellia and Naboo. The schematic variant can be researched by experienced Weaponsmiths.

Combat stats

• Damage: 145–270 energy (per-shot, pre-mitigation)
• Attack speed: 4.2s base
• Effective range: up to 64 m
• Damage type: energy
• Requires: Level 22, Commando or Rifleman

Values are the canonical NGE looted-drop tier per SWGEmu wiki + SWG Fandom. Crafted Weaponsmith variants of the Imperial Blaster Rifle can exceed this band with experimentation. Its Rebel counterpart in the same rifle slot is the A280 Blaster Rifle, which sits one quality tier higher. Both feed into the same rifle-class damage pipeline against armor energy resist.