Patience and Time (Year 1)

For the Year 2 sniper rifle, see Patience and Time (Year 2).

Patience and Time
Overview
Type	Sniper Rifle
Slot	Special
Rarity	Exotic
Minimum Level	20
Technical Specifications
155 - 170 ATTACK
Rate of Fire	26
Impact	22 - 25
Range	70 - 78
Stability	81 - 100
Reload	58
Magazine	4
Other Specifications
Zoom	70 - 75
Aim Assist	50 - 65
Recoil Direction	50 - 70
Equip Speed	20
Fire Mode	Single
Quality	70
Tier	6
Inventory Information
Stack	1
Transferable	True
Item Action	Dismantle
How to Obtain
Random drop?	Yes
Vendor	Xûr
Price	17 Strange Coins
API Information
Item Hash	3118679309

If you've got it, they'll never see it coming.

― In-game description

Patience and Time is an exotic sniper rifle. It can be purchased from Xûr for 17 Strange Coins or obtained from engrams, Crucible matches, Vanguard Strikes, Nightfall strikes, raids, or Prison of Elders.

Sources

Patience and Time can be retrieved from one of the following activities/vendors:

	Crota's End
	This item can drop during the Crota's End Raid.

	Unknown
	This item can drop in situationally dependent ways.

	Vault of Glass
	This item can drop in the Vault of Glass Raid.

	Xur, Agent of the Nine
	Xûr, Agent of the Nine, sometimes sells this item in the Tower.

	Prison of Elders
	This item can drop as a Prison of Elders reward.

	Nightfall
	This item can drop from Nightfall activities.

	Strike
	This item can drop as a Strike reward. Exotic items can only drop from the most challenging Strike playlist.

	Crucible
	This item can drop as a Crucible match reward.

Upgrades

Patience and Time can be upgraded with the following perks:

Column 0

		Arc Damage
		This weapon causes Arc Damage.

		Ascend
		Increases the Attack value of this weapon to the highest available in Year 1.

Column 1

		Field Choke
		More range and Impact. Increased recoil.

		CQB Ballistics
		Greatly reduced recoil. Significant penalty to range.

		Aggressive Ballistics
		More predictable recoil. Enhanced Impact. Shorter range and more recoil.

Column 2

		Third Eye
		Radar stays active while aiming down this weapon's sights.

Column 3

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

Column 4

		Custom Optics
		Precision glass for lower zoom, wider view.

		Fitted Stock
		Increases weapon stability.

		Field Scout
		Increases carried Ammo capacity.

Column 5

		Patience and Time
		You gain active camouflage while aiming down the sights.

Column 6

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

Column 7

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

Trivia

• During Bungie's gameplay demo on the Sony stage at E3 2013, this weapon was referred to as "Shut Up and Get Behind Me" by Jason Jones, and during a separate gameplay presentation, it was referred to as "Better Than Yours" by another Bungie employee. This led to some confusion as to the weapon's name, but employees at E3 2013 confirmed during a closed-doors session that these names were made up as jokes.^{[citation needed]}
• Patience and Time was formerly known as Closing Time.
• Tom Doyle described Patience and Time's history as being originally "owned by a group of survivalists operating on the new frontier."^{[citation needed]}
• Patience and Time's rendering uses everything in the Destiny engine's upgraded palette. According to Doyle, "Dave Stammel really wanted to push our new shader system with this weapon. We have as many different materials as possible on this asset: gunmetal, plasteel, wood, plastic, and ghillie netting. It showcases the rendering strength and diversity of our new engine."^{[citation needed]}

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