Sinner's Sacrifice

Sinner's Sacrifice in-game

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In the end, the pain will pay dividends.

— Victor

Sinner's Sacrifice machines are breakable objects in the map that may be broken using a melee attack to earn   Souls and other rewards.

Locations

There are a total of 10 Sinner's Sacrifice locations and 3 types of sites on the map.

• 6 sites of the machine by itself
• 2 "hybrid" camps of 1 machine and 2 Medium Denizens
• 2 "hybrid" camps of 2 machines and 1 Medium Denizen

They spawn 8 minutes after game starts and respawn 5 minutes after being broken (solo) or fully cleared ("hybrid").

Sites are shown on the map with a icon (a rectangle with a circle within it). It should be noted that the icon represents the site and not the Sinner's Sacrifice machine. The icon of a "hybrid" camp will not disappear from the map after breaking the machine but instead when fully cleared.

Behavior

Interacting with the machine

Music that plays on loop from the Sinner's Sacrifice

Each machine has 500 health and can only be damaged by melee attacks. A light melee deals 50 damage, and a heavy melee deals 100 damage.

The machine retaliates against attackers by dealing 80 damage back per a melee hit with the total retaliation damage to a hero being 320-640 depending on the mixture weights of melee strikes: Primarily eight light melee strikes 8 x 80 = 640 retaliation damage vs. four heavy melee strikes 4 x 80 = 320 retaliation damage. There is virtually no time difference between light or heavy melee exclusivity, with the exception of Billy, who has faster light melee recovery and thus can hit jackpot faster than with heavy melees.

Abilities that deal melee damage, such as Viscous' Puddle Punch or Calico's Leaping Slash, will not affect the machine.

The machine's health is indicated by the lightbulbs at the top of the machine: The first melee attack will cause all the lights to turn on and further hits will cause them to turn off from right to left. A light melee will turn off one bulb per hit and a heavy melee turns off two bulbs.

Note: Pocket with Barrage stacks can deal more damage per hit to the Sinner's. This is likely a bug.

Jackpot

Jackpot fanfare music

Ideal jackpot timing for a heavy melee last hit

After being reduced to one or zero bulbs (400 damage taken), the Sinner's Sacrifice will enter a looping 3-second timing minigame. The lights will begin turning on from left to right accompanied by a count of 8 sound effects.

Hitting the machine within the final 1.3-second window when all the bulbs are on will cause a "Jackpot," represented by the last hit dealing 100 damage regardless of melee type, fanfare playing, and the slot rolls landing on three red eyes. If the Jackpot timing is missed, the player receives the same soul reward as a regular final hit.

Retaliation damage is deactivated during this state.

Rewards

Souls

Each Sinner's Sacrifice internally holds a total bounty value that increases over the course of a match. This value starts at  310 and grows by  3.35 per minute from the beginning of the match.

Source	Soul Value	Soul Gain (/min)	Notes
Sinner's Sacrifice	310	+3.35

This total value is distributed in Unsecured Souls with each hit:

• A light melee grants the total value divided by 20, rounded.
• A heavy melee grants the total value divided by 10, rounded.
• The final hit grants the total value divided by 2 (rounded), plus one heavy melee payout.
• A Jackpot adds 1 bonus soul to the final hit payout.

The payout is intended to grant half of its souls from melee attacks and the other half when destroyed. However, due to rounding on each hit, the total souls granted may be slightly more or less than the internal value shown above.

If multiple people hit the machine, subsequent melee attacks will attempt to evenly distribute the payout to everyone that has hit it. If there is a remainder after the division, the most recent attacker receives the extra soul.

Buffs

Successfully hitting the Jackpot provides the player with stacks of permanent buffs.

• Hitting the jackpot with a light melee gives the player 1 buff.
• Hitting with a heavy melee gives 4 buffs.

To get the jackpot with a heavy melee last hit, the heavy melee needs to be charged before the 2nd-to-last lightbulb lights up.

Permanent Buffs granted

Stat	LVL 1 (0 min)	LVL 2 (10 min)	LVL 3 (30 min)
Fire Rate	+1.5%	+2%	+2.5%
Max Ammo	+3%	+5%	+7%
Cooldown Reduction	+0.5%	+0.75%	+1%
Weapon Damage	+3%	+4%	+6%
Max Health	+15	+20	+30
Spirit Power	+2	+3	+4

Each buff type has a 1/7 (14.29%) drop rate, with the exception of Health buffs, which have a 2/7 (28.57%) rate. It uses a pseudo-random distribution, meaning that for every 7 buffs received, the player is likely to get at least 1 of each type and 2 for Health. Getting the same buff multiple times in a row decreases the odds of getting it again next time. The distribution considers buffs received from all sources.

Update history

View the full update history: Sinner's Sacrifice/Update history

Update	Changes
December 16, 2025	Sinner's Sacrifice bounty reduced by 10%
November 21, 2025	Sinner's Sacrifice: Return damage increased from 60 to 80
July 29, 2025	Sinner's Sacrifice: Retaliate damage increased from 40 to 60. Sinner's Sacrifice: Heavy melee end success bonus now grants 4 buffs rather than 3 (these also take a little longer to kill now due to the melee timing changes). Neutrals bounty increased by 15% (strong neutrals +25%)

3D model

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Sinner's Sacrifice

Trivia

Neon Prime Vault

• In Neon Prime and early Deadlock, Sinner's Sacrifices were originally designed as Vaults, and didn't have the jackpot mechanic.
  • Their current minimap icon is still based on the Vaults, being depicted as a rectangle with a circle in the middle.