It is stated by Nerf that these blasters will have ranges up to seventy-five foot ranges and new Elite Darts compared to N-Strike's advertised thirty-five foot stock range. This will be achieved because the blasters (excluding the Hail-Fire and Stockade) will have direct plunger firing systems rather than their predecessors' previous reverse plunger firing systems.

Versions of the blasters released outside of the United States, Canada, and Asia will not have this firing range. To keep with other countries' safety standards, N-Strike Elite blasters will only have a firing range of fifteen meters (about fifty feet) The N-Strike Elite line in the United Kingdom only have the box claim of 20 meters. .

A confirmed flat range test by Foam From Above shows that the Retaliator and Rampage have a firing range of about fifty to sixty feet, meaning that the advertised range is angled. The Hail-Fire has similar ranges of around forty-five to fifty feet.