- This article is about is about the combat rifle in Borderlands. For other uses, see Sentinel.
The Sentinel is a unique combat rifle manufactured by Hyperion.
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Special Weapon Effects[]
A watchful eye – 3.9x zoom, decreased accuracy, increased reload speed.
Drop Guide[]
- Mission reward from Jack's Other Eye.
- Occasional drop from Rakkinishu.
Usage & Description[]
The Sentinel can be an underwhelming Combat Rifle when compared to similar weapons. Its modifiers aren't particularly bad, but almost all of its parts are pre-determined, giving it medium damage, relatively low rate of fire, and mediocre accuracy (for a combat rifle). It has a very powerful scope, but due to increased spread, cannot take advantage of its magnification bonus.
Notes[]
The flavor text refers to the scope on the gun. However, the increased zoom is not noted on the item card.
Trivia[]
- The weapon's name and flavor text is a reference to the Tubular Bells albums by Mike Oldfield: TB2 starts with The Sentinel [1]and TB3 The Watchful Eye. [2]
- In the BradyGames Borderlands Official Strategy Guide, the editors incorrectly state that the flavor text of this gun is "A worthless level 7 rifle".
Mechanics[]
The Sentinel special effect comes from the Sentinel_sight4 sight, which is exactly the same as sight4, but with more zoom. The Sentinel is always composed of barrel3, body4, stock2 and mag1. The Sentinel is made of a unique material, Sentinel_Material, which increases reload speed at the cost of Spread. See stat modifiers for an explanation on how to interpret all of these modifiers.
| Sentinel_Material |
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| Spread: +35% Reload Speed: -50% |
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