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.

Contents 1 Items with pearlescent rarity 2 Before General Knoxx 3 Traits 4 Notes

Items with pearlescent rarity Edit

Those listed below are the only legitimate pearlescent items, all added with DLC3. 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 3 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 Edit

• 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 DLC3. For all information for this old bug, visit Pearlescent (Before General Knoxx).

Traits Edit

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 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 Edit

• 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.