Proteus

Proteus
Weapon Class	Sniper Rifle
Damage	30x4 (Sniper mode) 30x8 (Shotgun mode)
Fire Mode	Pump-action
Magazine Size	8 rounds
Unlocked	· Complete 20 matches where you got kills with the Trek-50 and the M.2187 (MP) · Free via Season Pass · Unlocked via Supply Drops · Obtained via Magic Wheel (ZM)

The Proteus is a sniper rifle that was added to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in the June 27^th, 2017 update. The Proteus is very unique in that it is a pump-action sniper rifle/shotgun hybrid, and behaves as a buckshot while hipfiring and as a slug while aiming down the sniper scope. In sniper mode it fires four projectiles per shot, while in shotgun modes it fires around eight pellets.

Attachments

Optics

• Variable Zoom - Unlocked at weapon level 2.
• Tracking Chip - Unlocked at weapon level 4.
• Scout - Unlocked at weapon level 7.
• Thermal - Unlocked at weapon level 10.
• ELO - Unlocked at weapon level 13.

Other

• Quickdraw - Unlocked at weapon level 3.
• Foregrip - Unlocked at weapon level 5.
• Ballistic CPU - Unlocked at weapon level 6.
• Extended Mag - Unlocked at weapon level 8.
• Stock - Unlocked at weapon level 9.
• FMJ - Unlocked at weapon level 11.
• Suppressor - Unlocked at weapon level 12.

Variants

Name	Rarity	Gun Perks	Cost (Salvage)	Notes
Symbiosis	Common	Readiness	N/A	Unlocked via supply drops.
Duet	Rare	Scrambler, Focus	N/A	Unlocked via supply drops.
Chimaera	Legendary	Dynamic, Stockpile	N/A	Unlocked via supply drops.
Ice	Legendary	Glacial, Creeper	N/A	Unlocked via Days of Summer Week #5 supply drops.
Polarity	Epic	Reckless, Presence of Mind	N/A	Unlocked via supply drops.

Zombies

The Proteus can obtained from the Magic Wheel in all maps for 950 points.

Gallery

For variants images, see Proteus/Variants.

The Proteus in sniper mode

Aiming down the scope

The Proteus in shotgun mode

Aiming while in shotgun mode

Trivia

The old model of the Proteus, without a magazine

• Prior to an update, the Proteus' model had no magazine.
• The Proteus was subject to a glitch upon its release. If you hipfired in Sniper mode, one of the four pellets fired would always land a hit on an opponent, causing the weapon to become overpowered in Hardcore game modes, as it could kill people from across the map without having to aim (of course, you had to be faced in the general direction of the enemy). This glitch was patched by Infinity Ward the next day.