Contents 1 Borderlands 2 Items With Pearlescent Rarity 3 Before General Knoxx 4 Traits 5 Notes 6 Borderlands 2

Borderlands

Pearlescent (Sometimes referred to as Cyan) weapons/items are a confirmed rarity type encountered exclusively in the third DLC, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx.[1] They can be dropped by Crawmerax the Invincible, Badass Bruisers, Lance Pyros, Badass Engineers, Drifters, on rare occasions can be found by opening Crimson Lance Chests, and even less commonly by the occupants of Lancers.

Items With Pearlescent Rarity

Those listed below are the only legitimate pearlescent items, all added with The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. Each manufacturer has only 1 pearlescent weapon, and each weapon type has only 1 pearlescent (with two exceptions, there are no pearlescent Assault Shotguns or Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifles). There are three pearlescent shields, one of which is an Atlas.

Manufacturer	Weapon Type	Model Name
Anshin	Shield	Rose
Atlas	Revolver	Aries
Atlas	Shield	Omega
Dahl	Combat Shotgun	Jackal
Hyperion	Repeater Pistol	Nemesis
Jakobs	Pump-Action Sniper Rifle	Bessie
Maliwan	SMG	Tsunami
Pangolin	Shield	Ironclad
S&S Munitions	Support Machine Gun	Serpens
Tediore	Burst Rifle	Avenger
Torgue	Rocket Launcher	Undertaker
Vladof	Machine Pistol	Stalker

Before General Knoxx

• Pearlescent was an old bug in Borderlands before the advent of the Secret Armory of General Knoxx where "white" weapons would appear over "dark orange" weapons in the inventory. It was fixed in the patch preceding The Secret Armory of General Knoxx . For all information for this old bug, visit Pearlescent (Before General Knoxx).

Traits

Pearlescent weapons are actually a hybrid cross between Unique and Legendary weapons. They are like Legendary weapons in that they can be looted from Crimson Lance Chest, and have both a Title and a Prefix (Unique weapons don't have a prefix). On the other hand, each Pearlescent weapon can only be rarely looted from a finite set of enemies, just like Unique weapons. Finally, Pearlescent weapons will spawn with some part restrictions, and always have specific material, just like Unique weapons.

Notes

• Pearlescent is now the rarest quality. The chance of obtaining pearlescent weapons is exceedingly small, so much so that it cannot be properly conveyed with any ratio comparison to "Legendary" weapons.
• Each manufacturer has its own pearlescent weapon or shield, with the exceptions of Atlas, which has two; and Gearbox and Eridians, which have none.
• Pearlescent items can only be as high in level as 68.

Borderlands 2

Pearlescent items have returned in Borderlands 2, as of April 2nd, 2013. Little is known of their drop rates at this point, other than the fact that they have an increased chance to drop from Badass enemies. Those listed below are all known Pearlescent weapons in Borderlands 2. It is also noted that there is only one Pearlescent weapon per manufacturer, making a total of eight Pearlescent weapons in the game.

Manufacturer	Weapon Type	Model Name
Dahl	Assault Rifle	Bearcat
Jakobs	Pistol	Unforgiven
Hyperion	Shotgun	Butcher
Maliwan	Sniper Rifle	Storm
Tediore	Submachine Gun	Avenger
Vladof	Pistol	Stalker
Bandit	Assault Rifle	Sawbar
Torgue	Rocket Launcher	Tunguska