Special Weapon Effects Borderlands 2
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Throughout Pandora, unique pieces of equipment can be found. These items contain special effects beyond that which is stated directly on the item card. Instead, there will be a line of "red flavor text", often a pop-culture reference, signifying the item has unique properties.
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About Special Effects
The special effect items found across Pandora will vary in rarity. While these items are unique, the stats (damage, accuracy, reload speed, etc) accompanying the item will vary, the unique special effect will remain the same.
A number of these special effect items are mission rewards, meaning they can only be obtained once per play through. The level of the reward item scales with the mission.
Legendary Items
All Legendary items (aside from the class mods) have a special effect. Apart from a few boss specific drops, all Legendary items are world drops. However, many of these items are associated with a particular boss, who has an increased drop rate for that particular item.
Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty
Introduced in Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty, there are five special effect items that have two pieces of flavor text. The first red flavor text (representing the beneficial effect) is the same. But then there will be a turquoise flavor text, or the curse (representing the negative effect).
Seraph weapons were also introduced in the first DLC. All Seraph items have a special effect. Seraph items can drop from Hyperius the Invincible, Master Gee the Invincible, Pyrocaustic Pete the Ultra Invincible from the second DLC, or from Voracidous the Invincible from the third DLC. Seraph items can also be purchased with Seraph Crystals from a Seraph Vendor.
Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage brings a new set of special effect items. Similar to the first DLC, a new vending machine, Torgue Vending Machine, has been introduced. Various Legendary items can be purchased from these vending machines via the item of the day deal. Torgue Tokens are used to make these purchases and are obtained various ways in the second DLC.
All items purchasable from the Torgue vending machine are manufactured by Torgue.
Pistols
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlminator | E-tech | Dahl | Dodge this. | Always Corrosive. Fires homing & ricocheting projectiles that stick to enemies and explode after a short while. | The Lost Treasure |
| Devastator | Seraph | Torgue | Hail. | Always Explosive. Fires two inaccurate explosive beams in a burst. | Seraph Vendor in
Oasis (120 crystals) |
| Fibber | Unique | Hyperion | Would I lie to you? | All stats on the weapon are inaccurate. Actual stats are highly variable. See weapon page for details. | A Real Boy: Human |
| Flynt's Tinderbox | Unique | Bandit | Good for starting fires. | Always Incendiary. High chance to cause fire effect. Bullets travel in an arc. | Captain Flynt |
| Greed | Unique | Jakobs | Thief. | Always Incendiary. No speed loss when aiming down the sights. | Captain Scarlett |
| Gub | Legendary | Bandit | Abt Natural | Always Corrosive. Massive magazine size, heavily increased damage. | Laney White |
| Gunerang | Legendary | Tediore | Give it a burl. | Reloading throws the gun like a boomerang and it chases the nearest target, which can be yourself. | Rakkman |
| Gwen's Head | Unique | Dahl | Thinking outside the box. | Burst-fires 7 rounds when zoomed in. | Various locations in The Dust |
| Hornet | Legendary | Dahl | Fear the swarm! | Always Corrosive. High elemental effect chance, 5-10 round bursts. | Knuckle Dragger |
| Infection | Seraph | Maliwan | Itchy. Tasty. | Extremely high elemental effect damage/chance, but extremely low projectile damage. Projectiles explode after travelling a certain distance. Always Corrosive. | Seraph Vendor in
Hunter's Grotto (120 crystals) |
| Infinity | Legendary | Vladof | It's closer than you think! (no it isn't) | Does not consume ammo. Spread pattern creates an infinity (∞) symbol. | Doc Mercy |
| Judge | Unique | Jakobs | I am free now. | Bonus critical hit damage. | Assassin Oney |
| Lady Fist | Unique | Hyperion | Love is a Lady Finger. True Love is a Lady Fist. | Deals +400% critical hit damage. Increased magazine size. | Uncle Teddy if you choose Una Baha |
| Law | Unique | Jakobs | De Da. | Always +100% Melee damage. 100% accuracy and recoil reduction while zoomed. If Order is equipped, melee strikes from Law restore health. | |
| Little Evie | Unique | Maliwan | Shock and awwwww! So cute! | Always Shock. Increased elemental damage and chance. Increases cool-down rate when on cool-down. | Lil' Sis |
| Logan's Gun | Legendary | Hyperion | Gun, Gunner! | Always Incendiary. Rounds explode directly on contact, then continue traveling until striking an inert surface, upon which after a small delay they explode again. | Wilhelm |
| Maggie | Legendary | Jakobs | Monty's wife don't take no guff. | Fires a 6 pellet shot (10 pellets if spawned with 'Two Fer' prefix) projectile, at the cost of 1 bullet (Costs 2 bullets with 'Two Fer' prefix). | Mick Zaford, rarely Loot Midgets |
| Pocket Rocket | Unique | Torgue | Did you ever have the feeling... | Always Explosive. Fires high-speed projectiles at the cost of 2 rounds. Increased explosion radius. | Torgue Vending Machine |
| Rex | Unique | Jakobs | Basically, it's a big gun. | In contradiction to it's itemcard the Rex does not fire as fast as one can pull the trigger. It does, however, sports an extremely high damage output and accuracy for compensation. | Bulstoss |
| Rubi | Unique | Maliwan | Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried. | High elemental chance. Damage dealt with the gun on enemies causes you to gain health (12%). | Rakkaholics Anonymous |
| Stalker | Pearlescent | Vladof | You can run, but you can't hide. | Significantly increased rate of fire and capacity. Fires slow-moving projectiles that bounce off surfaces up to four times each. | Badass human enemies |
| Teapot | Unique | Dahl | Havin' a tea Partay drinkin' mah Teeea! | Always Corrosive. Corrosive effect spreads to nearby enemies. | You Are Cordially Invited: Tea Party |
| Thunderball Fists | Legendary | Maliwan | I can have such a thing? | Always Shock. Shots fired produce electrical orbs, which travel for a couple seconds, and then explode for shock damage. | Captain Flynt |
| Unforgiven | Pearlescent | Jakobs | It's a helluva thing... | Absurdly high damage, very low fire rate (compared to similar Jakobs pistols), increased accuracy, hidden 500% critical hit damage bonus. | Badass Human enemies |
| Unkempt Harold | Legendary | Torgue | Did I fire six shots, or only five? Three? Seven. Whatever. | Always Explosive. Each trigger pull sends out a shot over a horizontal arc that slowly splits until 7 projectiles are traveling. Each shot costs 3 rounds. | Savage Lee (Unconfirmed) or Torgue Vending Machine |
| Veritas | Unique | Vladof | Shoulda stopped at one. | +10% duration to Fight For Your Life for every Aequitas or Veritas equipped in the party. | Clan War: Wakey Wakey |
Shotguns
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blockhead | Unique | Tediore | Also try Minecraft! | Always Incendiary. Fires a unique 3x3 spread of fireball blocks that ricochet off of surfaces. |
Badass Creeper |
| Butcher | Pearlescent | Hyperion | Fresh Meat! | Very low pellet count. Greatly increased fire rate. Achieves maximum accuracy much more quickly than other Hyperion shotguns. Each shot has a chance to add a bullet to the magazine instead of spending it. Fire rate increases under sustained fire. | Badass Human enemies |
| Conference Call | Legendary | Hyperion | Let's just ping everyone all at once. | Generates additional projectiles horizontally upon ricochet or after sufficient distance. The item card states reduced accuracy and recoil recovery; however, like the Bitch, this gun actually becomes very accurate very quickly. | The Warrior |
| Deliverance | Legendary | Tediore | Kiki got a shotgun | Reload-thrown weapon continues to fire after thrown and homes in on targets. | Tumbaa |
| Dog | Unique | Bandit | Because one barrel ain't enough, and two is too few. | Increased damage, fire rate and magazine size at the cost of stability. | Assassin Rouf |
| Flakker | Legendary | Torgue | Flak The World | Always Explosive. Heavily increased damage, Consumes 4 ammo per shot, extremely large spread, rounds detonate after reaching a certain distance, creating a massive field of explosions upon detonation. | The Warrior or |
| Heart Breaker | Unique | Hyperion | I don't want to set the world on fire... | Always Incendiary. Increased projectile count, fire rate, and critical hit damage. Shoots in heart shaped pattern. Any inflicted damage returns health to the wielder (2% of damage). | Safe and Sound |
| Hydra | Unique | Jakobs | 5 heads of Death! | Very high pellet count. Spread forms five groupings in a horizontal line. | Rouge |
| Interfacer | Seraph | Hyperion | Because it enters your face. Get it? IT ENTERS YOUR FACE! | Fires slow moving projectiles which spawn several other projectiles on a vertical row, on either side of the original projectiles, which flare out and then reconnect with their parent projectiles; similar to the Teeth of Terramorphous, but in a sideways motion. Also allows full movement speed when aiming down the sights. | Seraph Vendor in
Hunter's Grotto (120 crystals) |
| Jolly Roger | Unique | Bandit | A Pirate's Life for me! | High pellet count, pellets form a 'Skull and Bones' pattern. | Just Desserts For Desert Deserters |
| Landscaper | Unique | Torgue | Get off my lawn! | Always Explosive. Fires 4 projectiles at the cost of 2 ammo. Projectile spread forms a rectangle. Projectiles stick to any surface then explode. | Clan War: Zafords vs. Hodunks if you side with Hodunks |
| Octo | Unique | Tediore | Octo means 9. | Fires 8 pellets in 3x3 pattern with center left pellet missing. Pellets are slow moving and fly in a sine-wave pattern while leaving yellow orange trails. | Slap Happy |
| Orphan Maker | Unique | Jakobs | Makes Orphans Often., Curse of the Nefarious Backlash! | (red text) Incredibly low pellet count and a massive damage bonus. (blue text) Every shot fired will deal a small amount of damage (5% of weapon damage rating) to the wielding character. | Message In A Bottle (Oasis) |
| Retcher | Seraph/E-tech | Tediore | Ewww | Always Corrosive. Shoots corrosive balls similar to Splatguns. Reloading throws weapon and causes a small corrosive explosion. After initial explosion, weapon spawns two additional child grenades. | Seraph Vendor in Oasis (120 crystals) |
| RokSalt | Unique | Bandit | Don't retreat. Instead, reload! | Heavily decreased reload speed. | Splinter Group Also drops from Flinter |
| Shotgun 1340 | Unique | Hyperion | I like being a gun. | Hyperion Loader voice while firing, reloading, swapping, etc. | Out of Body Experience |
| Sledge's Shotgun | Legendary | Bandit | The Legend Lives | Burst-fires two shots per trigger pull, with a long delay between each burst. | Smash-Head |
| Slow Hand | E-tech | Hyperion | Take your time, Sugar... | Fires a slow-moving projectile with high elemental effect chance and splash damage. Unlike normal E-tech shotguns, it is not affected by gravity. | Badassasaurus Rex |
| Striker | Legendary | Jakobs | Fandir? Thirteen. | Additional critical damage, added with exceptional accuracy and minuscule spread. | Old Slappy |
| Teeth of Terramorphous | Unique | Bandit | His teeth made them flee in shame... | Always Incendiary. Fires two horizontal rows of 6 rounds which rise, then fall and close in on each other after a specific distance, much like a mouth closing. | Terramorphous the Invincible |
| Tidal Wave | Unique | Jakobs | Flee the Wave, Dude! | Fires 13 horizontal slow moving projectiles in a wave pattern that ricochets off of surfaces once if it does not hit an enemy. | Uncle Teddy if you choose Hyperion |
| Triquetra | Unique | Jakobs | Good things kill in threes. | Consumes 3 ammo per shot, increased damage and number of pellets. Pellets fire in a triquetra shape. | Clan War: End of the Rainbow |
| Twister | Unique | Jakobs | Putting trouble on the run. | Fires a cluster of spherical projectiles that quickly transform into a tornado over a short distance. Always Shock. | Omnd-Omnd-Ohk |
Assault Rifles
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearcat | Pearlescent | Dahl | I love the smell of popcorn in the morning. | High accuracy and damage. Fires three grenades in a spread which bounce off surfaces twice, then explode and spawn a number of child grenades. | Badass Human enemies |
| Boom Puppy | Unique | Torgue | Boom! Boom! Boom! BOOM! BOOOM!!!! GOOD DOGGY!!! | Always Explosive. Fires a low velocity, bouncing grenade which explodes each time it bounces. Grenade continues bouncing (which may ricochet off of walls - at times towards the player) for a number of seconds before final detonation. | Walking the Dog |
| CHOPPER | Unique | Bandit | Get to it. | Massively increased magazine size, empties it's magazine with one pull of the trigger. Extremely fast fire rate and low accuracy. Fires 4 projectiles at the cost of 6 and has an extended reload time. | Dexiduous the Invincible |
| Damned Cowboy | Unique | Jakobs | Speak Softly. Carry This. | In contradiction to its itemcard, Sir Hammerlock's Damned Cowboy does not fire as fast as one can pull the trigger. It does, however, sport an extremely high damage output and accuracy for compensation. | Bloodtail |
| Evil Smasher | Unique | Torgue | Evil will be SMASHED!!! WITH SMASHING!!! EVIL!!! SMASH!!! ER!!! | Always Explosive. High-velocity explosive bullets (from hip and sights). Double damage against bandits. Horrendous stats at first, but on reload has a small chance to heavily increase its damage, magazine size, fire rate and accuracy. | The Chosen One |
| Hail | Unique | Vladof | What play thing can you offer me today? | Fires bullets in an arc, hidden increased critical hit modifier. Damage done with this gun heals the wielder. | Bandit Slaughter: Round 5 |
| Hammer Buster | Legendary | Jakobs | Gar! Gorarr! My dad's a scientist! GWARRRR!!!! | Unusually high bullet damage compared to similar rifles. | McNally |
| KerBlaster | Legendary | Torgue | Torgue got more BOOM! | Always Explosive. Consumes 4 ammo per shot. Each shot fires one projectile which has a straight trajectory and explodes on impact. The explosion releases a grenade which also explodes one second later. | Midge-Mong or |
| Kitten | Unique | Vladof | We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. | Fires 3 bullets per shot at the cost of one ammo. Spread takes the shape of a smiley face, with two eyes and a wide grin. Heals the user when inflicting damage at a rate of 2.5% of the damage inflicted with the weapon. | Everybody Wants to be Wanted |
| Lead Storm | Seraph | Vladof | What a glorious feeling! | Fires flared, slow-arcing bullets, which split into 3 projectiles during travel. Extra high fire rate and magazine size. | Seraph Vendor in
Hunter's Grotto (120 crystals) |
| Madhous! | Legendary | Bandit | It's a Madhouse! A MADHOUSE!!! | Bullets fired will follow a slightly swerving path that swerves back and forth left-right or up-down (orientation is random), then will split into two upon impact and bounce, bullets become faster after every bounce. | Supposed to drop from Mad Dog, currently glitched |
| Rapier | Unique | Vladof | As I end the refrain, thrust home. Curse of the Porcelain Fist! | (red text) +200% melee damage. (blue text) The user takes increased damage from melee attacks. | Message In A Bottle (Hayter's Folly) |
| Sawbar | Pearlescent | Bandit | Supresssing Fires!!! | Increased magazine size, very slow reload speed, reduced rate of fire. Very high accuracy for a Bandit weapon. After a set time period, shots fired spawn three other projectiles that travel out at an angle before exploding. | Badass Human enemies |
| Scorpio | Unique | Dahl | Say not in grief: "He is no more," but live in thankfulness that he was. | Increased burst-fire count when zoomed. When not zoomed, fire rate fluctuates going from as low as 7 to up to 11 (sounds like an army snare drum). High accuracy. | Bearer of Bad News |
| Seraphim | Seraph | Dahl | Holy? Holy? Holey! | Always Incendiary. Fires projectiles in a slower velocity. 3-round burst while zoomed. | Seraph Vendor in
Oasis (120 crystals) |
| Shredifier | Legendary | Vladof | Speed kills. | Initially has a very high rate of fire, reaches top fire rate in half the time. The spin-speed is retained much longer than other miniguns, likely long enough to retain most or all of it's fire rate after reloading. Also sports an enhanced magazine size. | Obtainable from any suitable loot source |
| Stinkpot | Unique | Jakobs | We're Pirates. We don't follow the rules. | Always Corrosive. Can spread corrosion to other enemies. In addition, rounds which do not strike a surface dead-on will ricochet. | No-Beard |
| Stomper | Unique | Jakobs | Oh, sorry, was that your head? | High critical damage. | Hungry Like the Skag |
| Veruc | Legendary | Dahl | I want that rifle, Daddy! | Fires 3 projectiles at the cost of 2 bullets in a horizontally linear spread. When zoomed, fires a five-round burst of the same pattern, but each group gets progressively tighter towards the center bullet - the first group of the burst is the same as if hip-fired; the fifth is very close to centered. | Mobley |
Sniper Rifles
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | Unique | Jakobs | Bison Bison had had had had had Bison Bison Bison shi shi shi. | Boosted normal damage and very high critical damage, weapon always spawns without a scope. | Demon Hunter |
| Chère-amie | Unique | Maliwan | Je suis enchante, Ou est le bibliotheque? | Transfusion effect. Also heals player when an enemy is suffering from its elemental effect. | Hyperion Slaughter: Round 5 |
| Cobra | Unique | Jakobs | Found out about this I was like DAAAMN, I'm bringing that gun BACK! | Always Explosive. Has a hidden +180% damage modifier. | Burners |
| Elephant Gun | Unique | Jakobs | Hated by large numbers of people. | Extremely high damage output. Always spawns without a scope. | Arizona |
| Fremington's Edge | Unique | Hyperion | I can see my house from here. | Increased zoom, increased critical hit damage. | Assassin Reeth |
| Hawk Eye | Seraph | Jakobs | Eye certain. Finger Lightning. Aim Death. | Extremely high critical hit damage, high accuracy, and lowered overall damage output. | Seraph Vendor in
Hunter's Grotto (120 crystals) |
| Invader | Legendary | Hyperion | The Executioner has arrived. | Low damage. Fires a burst of 5 rounds when scoped. | Saturn |
| Longbow | Legendary/E-tech | Hyperion | Ceci n'est pas une sniper rifle! | Always Incendiary. Fires slow moving projectiles that look like arrows from the video game Minecraft. | Badass Creeper |
| Lyuda | Legendary | Vladof | Man Killer | Shoots one projectile which branches into three after a certain distance. Bullets travels horizontally at an angle from branch point. Increased critical hit damage. | Gettle |
| Morningstar | Unique | Hyperion | a Rose by any other name... | Powerful rifle, but berates the user any time they reload, kill an enemy or score a critical hit in a nagging, whiny voice. | Hyperion Contract #873 |
| Patriot | Seraph | Vladof | Our voice will not be silenced! | Fires slower-moving projectiles. | Seraph Vendor in
Oasis (120 crystals) |
| Pimpernel | Unique | Maliwan | Sink me! | When the bullet impacts it splits into five lower-damage elemental energy balls that are cast out in an even distribution from the point of impact for additional damage. | Don't Copy That Floppy |
| Pitchfork | Legendary | Dahl | Mainstream'd! | Fires 5 horizontal shots in a line for the cost of 2 ammo. | Terramorphous the Invincible |
| Skullmasher | Legendary | Jakobs | Makes your brain hurt. | Shoots five projectiles at the cost of one round. | Son of Mothrakk |
| Sloth | Unique | Dahl | Yeah, booze'll do that to ya... | Reduced bullet speed, increased damage. While equipped, Mordecai will maintain ECHO contact to the Vault Hunter and comment on actions such as going into fight for your life. | Rakkaholics Anonymous |
| Storm | Pearlescent | Maliwan | Tut, Tut, it looks like rain. | Always Shock. Decreased projectile damage, increased elemental effect damage. Increased accuracy. On impact, shots fired create a large area-of-effect blast and shock orbs that electrocute nearby enemies. | Badass Human enemies |
| Trespasser | Unique | Jakobs | I infrequently perish. | Shots bypass shields and Mordecai contacts you via ECHO to see if you're all right when getting a Second Wind. | Animal Rights |
| Volcano | Legendary | Maliwan | Pele humbly requests a sacrifice, if it's not too much trouble. | Always Incendiary. Large bonus to incendiary effect. Emits a fire cloud upon impact, spreading incendiary damage over nearby enemies. | The Warrior |
Rocket Launchers
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Pounder | Unique | Torgue | Nec Pluribus Impar, Bitches. | Always Explosive. Fires arcing cannonballs that skip or bounce once before exploding; provided the angle of incidence is sharp enough. Unusually high damage. | Big Sleep |
| Ahab | Seraph | Torgue | for hate's sake. | Always Explosive. Shoots a harpoon styled projectile that sticks into a target before exploding. The projectile will curve downward steeply. | Seraph Vendor in
Oasis (120 crystals) |
| Badaboom | Legendary | Bandit | Multi-kill. | Fires six rockets at the cost of one rocket ammo. | King Mong |
| Bunny | Legendary | Tediore | Hippity Hoppity! | When reloaded it drops out active grenades at random while bouncing like a rabbit leaping. | Chubby Enemies |
| Creamer | Unique | Torgue | non-dairy | Always Explosive. High rocket velocity, rocket splits in two and spreads after a certain distance. Inflicted damage restores health to the weapon's wielder. | Creature Slaughter Round 5 |
| Hive | Unique | Maliwan | full of bees. | Always Corrosive. Fires a stationary orb similar to a beehive for the cost of 4 ammo that emits small corrosive homing rockets, before exploding into acid. | Saturn |
| Mongol | Legendary | Vladof | The Horde will always return! | Fires a large rocket which in turn fires off smaller rockets as it travels. Also has unique white text, first saying it uses reduced ammunition, then having the unique line "just kidding, no it doesn't." The actual effect is that the Mongol uses two ammo per shot instead of every third shot using no ammo. | Dukino's Mom |
| Norfleet | Legendary/E-tech | Maliwan | Blows Up Everything!!! | Hurls three large purple balls of energy in a horizontal line. Each ball deals a tremendous amount of damage while covering a large area of effect. The flavor text is orange, for whatever reason. | Vermivorous the Invincible |
| Nukem | Legendary | Torgue | Name dropper. | Always Explosive. Fires highly-damaging mini-nukes for the cost of 2 ammo that travel in a steep arc. | The Black Queen or |
| Pyrophobia | Legendary | Maliwan | It's actually a fairly rational fear in this case. | Always Incendiary. Projectiles explode multiple times mid-flight before hitting their target. | Incinerator Clayton |
| Roaster | Unique | Bandit | Toasty! | Increased rocket speed and (if the element is other than explosive), increased elemental chance and damage. | Note for Self-Person |
| Tunguska | Pearlescent | Torgue | It will split the sky in two. | Always Explosive. Extremely high damage, increased blast radius, very slow reload. Projectile bounces off the ground, then explodes a few feet in the air. | Badass Human enemies |
SMGs
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actualizer | Seraph | Hyperion | We need to talk about your DPS report. | Weapon always has 200% bonus accuracy. However, this effect actually makes this weapon less accurate than comparable Hyperion SMGs. | Seraph Vendor in
Oasis (120 crystals) |
| Avenger | Pearlescent | Tediore | Counterbution revengence. The reckoning. | High overall stats. When thrown, bounces on the ground and fires full auto in circles until empty, then explodes normally. Regenerates SMG ammo while wielded. | Badass Human enemies |
| Baby Maker | Legendary | Tediore | Who's a widdle gunny wunny!!! | Thrown weapon spawns "child grenades," identical but smaller versions of the original gun. | Madame Von Bartlesby and |
| Bad Touch | Unique | Maliwan | When I'm good, I'm very good... | Always Corrosive. While wielding this gun, dealing damage (from either the gun or special abilities or even grenades) causes health regeneration (2% of damage inflicted). | Received from Moxxi after tipping her an unknown amount |
| Bane | Unique | Hyperion | in Spain, stays mainly on the plain. | Reduced movement speed. When fired the weapon yells out annoying sounds and phrases. | The Bane |
| Bitch | Legendary | Hyperion | yup. back. | Accuracy increases very quickly compared to other Hyperion SMGs, reaching near-pinpoint accuracy in less than one second. | BNK-3R |
| Bone Shredder | Unique | Bandit | The Lead Wind Blows! | Always has a double accessory. | Bone Head 2.0 |
| Chulainn | Unique | Maliwan | Riastrad! | Always Slag, but procs as both Shock and Slag. The wielder is slagged as long as the weapon is equipped. | Clan War: Zafords vs. Hodunks if you side with the Zafords |
| Commerce | Unique | Hyperion | I have a Soldier, a Siren, two Scooters and a Claptrap. | Always Shock. Slightly increased reload speed. | Assassin Wot |
| Emperor | Legendary | Dahl | you know... for him. | Low fire rate. Delivers a burst of 6 bullets to the target at reliable recoil. Very fast accuracy recovery. | Assassin Wot, Assassin Oney, Assassin Reeth, and Assassin Rouf |
| Good Touch | Unqiue | Maliwan | ...but when I'm bad, I'm better. | Always Incendiary. Dealing damage causes the player to regenerate health (2.5% of damage inflicted). Also vibrates while wielded. | Received from Moxxi after tipping her an unknown amount |
| HellFire | Legendary | Maliwan | We don't need no fire... | Always Incendiary. High fire elemental damage, incredibly high elemental effect chance, small explosion damage radius which deals reduced damage and infinite proc stacking. | Scorch |
| Lascaux | Unique | Dahl | The gun of the Bulls. | Modified Dahl Burst-fire module: fires 13-round bursts that leaves a bullet pattern similar to the Lascaux cave paintings. Always spawns with a Double Mod and +100% Recoil Reduction. | Frostburn Canyon |
| Sand Hawk | Unique | Dahl | In. Not unlike Errol. | Incredibly low fire rate for an SMG. Consumes three rounds per shot, producing 8 slow-moving projectiles in a horizontal bird-shaped pattern which shifts as though flapping its wings. | Whoops |
| Slagga | Legendary | Bandit | blagaga | Always Slag. Fires 3 slag projectiles per shot at a cost of one SMG ammo. | Tector & Jimbo Hodunk |
| Tattler | Seraph | Bandit | If thou'st would'st snitch'st, acquire thine stich! | Always spawns with a bayonet. Fires slow-moving projectiles with a large spread. Fires three shots at the cost of one ammo. | Seraph Vendor in
Oasis (120 crystals) |
| Yellow Jacket | E-tech | Hyperion | By the people. For the people. | Always Shock elemental, increased damage, enhanced magazine size, projectiles start off extremely slow and gradually pick up speed, only to disappear after a certain distance. Despite being invisible, they continue to accelerate and still do damage. Projectiles also have a small aoe blast radius, making it possible to damage multiple enemies with every shot. It has been known that with certain scopes that the light from the shock bullets will block out the screen. | Jackenstein |
Shields
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1340 Shield | Unique | Vladof | If you can't beat 'em, join 'em | Hyperion Loader voice module | Out of Body Experience |
| Aequitas | Unique | Vladof | The second is better. | +10% duration to Fight For Your Life for every Aequitas or Veritas equipped in the party. | Clan War: Wakey Wakey |
| The Bee | Legendary | Hyperion | Float like a butterfly... | Large amount of Amp shot damage, no Amp shot drain. Lowered shield capacity. Increased recharge rate and delay. | Hunter Hellquist |
| Big Boom Blaster | Seraph | Torgue | For all your big boom blasting needs! | Each booster dropped causes a small explosion as well as restoring one grenade and rocket ammo upon pick-up. | Seraph Vendor in
Badass Crater of Badassitude (120 crystals) |
| Black Hole | Legendary | Maliwan | You are the center of the universe. | Pulls nearby enemies towards you when shields are depleted, similar to the effect of singularity grenades, before releasing a powerful Shock Nova. | Foreman Jasper |
| The Cradle | Legendary | Tediore | ...to the grave. | When shield is depleted it is disposed of...with explosive results. | Henry |
| Deadly Bloom | Unique | Torgue | What do you mean...theoretically? | Releases Explosive Nova when shields or health is depleted. | The Overlooked: This is Only a Test |
| Evolution | Seraph | Anshin | Strength through adversity. | Adds health regeneration. Taking shield damage increases regeneration. Large elemental Resistance bonus. Health capacity is increased while Action Skill is active. | Seraph Vendor in
Oasis (120 crystals) |
| Fabled Tortoise | Legendary | Pangolin | Win by a hare | Highest capacity of any shield so far but reduced movement speed while active. Movement speed is increased beyond normal upon shield depletion. Greatly reduced health. | Blue |
| Flame of the Firehawk | Legendary | Maliwan | From the ashes she will rise. | Constant Fire Nova effect while shields are at 0. This effect lasts indefinitely, as long as the shield remains at 0, and triggers roughly every two seconds. | Cult Following: The Enkindling |
| Hide of Terramorphous | Legendary | Bandit | ...His hide turned the mightiest tame... | Is a combination of the Roid, FireNova, and FireSpike Shield types. Also gives an extremely high roid damage boost. | Terramorphous the Invincible |
| Hoplite | Seraph | Pangolin | Alone a mere soldier, together an unstoppable phalanx. | Very high shield capacity. Further increases shield capacity and decreases movement speed for every Hoplite in the party. | Seraph Vendor in
Badass Crater of Badassitude (120 crystals) |
| Impaler | Legendary | Maliwan | Vlad would be proud. | Launches Corrosive homing spikes when damaged at range. Deals Corrosive spike damage to melee attackers. | The Warrior |
| Love Thumper | Unique | Bandit | If thumping you is wrong, I don't want to be right. | Ludicrously increased recharge delay. When shield is depleted, in addition to normal Roid bonus the shield also causes Explosive Novas every time the user connects with a melee attack. These explosions can damage other vault hunters in co-op. | Best Mother's Day Ever |
| Captain Blade's Manly Man Shield | Unique | Torgue | What a fabulous window treatment. Curse of the Elementals! | (red text) Adds bonus Explosive damage to all melee attacks. This ability stays in effect, even while shields are totally depleted. (blue text) Wearer takes increased damage from elemental sources. | Message In A Bottle (Wurmwater) |
| Neogenator | Legendary | Anshin | For an impenetrable shield stand inside yourself. | Increased health and health regeneration. High elemental resistance, low shield capacity. | Spycho |
| Order | Unique | Bandit | Chung-gunk! | When Law is equipped, any melee damage done is converted to health. | BFFs |
| Pot O' Gold | Unique | Bandit | Blarney I say! 'Tis blarney! | When damaged, has a small chance to drop money as well as shield boosters. | Bagman |
| Pun-chee | Seraph | Bandit | You wanna go, asshole? | Improved recharge rate and delay. | Seraph Vendor in
Badass Crater of Badassitude (120 crystals) |
| The Rough Rider | Unique | Jakobs | It takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose. | 0 shield capacity. Increases resistance to all damage types. Increases maximum health. | The Bulwark |
| The Sham | Legendary | Vladof | Wow, I CAN do this all day. | Extremely high bullet absorption chance. Low shield capacity. | BNK-3R |
| Sponge | Seraph | Vladof | Highly absorbent! | High capacity combined with high bullet absorption chance. | Seraph Vendor in
Badass Crater of Badassitude (120 crystals) |
| The Transformer | Legendary | Vladof | There's more than your eye can see. | Grants immunity to Shock damage. High chance to absorb enemy bullets. Shock damage taken recharges the shield. | Pimon |
| Whisky Tango Foxtrot | Legendary | Dahl | Situation normal... ...all foxtroted up. | (flavor 1) Chance to drop an IED Booster when damaged. (flavor 2) Seen on IED Boosters. Launches 3 volleys of 3 Shock grenades each. Is launched at an enemy, rather than in a random direction. | Chubby Enemies |
Grenade Mods
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonus Package | Legendary | Torgue | 2x more awesome, bonus extreme! | Always Explosive. MIRV Grenade that spawns a high amount of child grenades, each of which spawns one additional child grenade. | Boom and Bewm and |
| Bouncing Bonny | Legendary | Dahl | Your sister is such a bitch. | Similar to a Bouncing Bettie Grenade; bounces around while releasing a blistering shower of bullets, while spawning a child grenade with every bounce. | Chubby Enemies (Unconfirmed) |
| Breath of Terramorphous | E-tech | Vladof | ...His breath was of fire... | Always Incendiary. Causes massive geysers of flame to erupt below the feet of any enemies caught inside the blast radius. | Terramorphous the Invincible |
| Crossfire | Seraph | Dahl | Find, fix, flank, finish! | When thrown, acts like a Bouncing Bettie grenade, but has a MIRV effect on each bounce, shooting out another grenade. The grenade shot out also has what looks like relic particles surrounding it. | Seraph Vendor in
Badass Crater of Badassitude (120 crystals) |
| Contraband Sky Rocket | Unique | Bandit | WARNING: Not intended for indoor use. | Upon detonation grenade pops up into the air and releases a burst of "fireworks." Damage scales to level. | Download bonus exclusive to pre-release limited edition packages. |
| Fastball | Legendary | Tediore | Forget the curveball Ricky, give him the heater. | Increased damage, explodes immediately upon contact. Thrown straight out like its namesake fastball, bouncing once off a surface but exploding upon second contact. All at the cost of a greatly decreased damage radius. | Boll (Unconfirmed) |
| Fire Bee | Legendary | Vladof | Bees are coming! | Always Incendiary. Fire Burst Grenade that spawns an incendiary child grenade with every spin, along with spinning around and releasing fire. | Unknown |
| Fuster Cluck | Unique | Bandit | Make it rain! | Spawns 6 child grenades midair when thrown. | The Pretty Good Train Robbery |
| Kiss of Death | Unique | Maliwan | It takes two to get one in trouble. | Transfusion effect. Homing elemental grenade that latches onto target's face until they die or grenade detonates. Upon exploding sends out beams that heal allies. | Hell Hath No Fury |
| Leech | Legendary | Maliwan | A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war. | Low-damage Transfusion Grenade that can neither be Slag or Explosive. All damage, including elemental DoT is instantly converted into health. | The Warrior |
| Meteor Shower | Seraph | Torgue | Not just for wishing on! | Always Explosive. High-yield MIRV Grenade that bursts into a high amount of child grenades (~12), each of which spawns one additional grenade. | Seraph Vendor in
Badass Crater of Badassitude (120 crystals) |
| Captain Blade's Midnight Star | Unique | Torgue | Hangin' around with you is no picnic. Curse of the Cackling Designer! | (red text) Always Explosive. Abnormally high damage for a MIRV Grenade. (blue text) Child grenades spawned will fly towards the wielder instead of the regular MIRV spread. | Message In A Bottle (Magnys Lighthouse) |
| Nasty Surprise | Legendary | Hyperion | Supplies! | Longbow Grenade that splits into four grenades upon exiting teleportation, teleporting near the feet of enemies. | Vermivorous the Invincible |
| O-Negative | Seraph | Maliwan | Universal donor! | Unusually high damage for a Transfusion Grenade. | Seraph Vendor in
Badass Crater of Badassitude (120 crystals) |
| Pandemic | Legendary | Vladof | Spread the sickness. | Always Corrosive. Corrosive Cloud Grenade that spawns three additional homing grenades upon detonation. These homing grenades seek out enemies, "infect" them with corrosion, before moving onto another. This effect lasts until the grenades disappear. | Mortar |
| Quasar | Legendary | Hyperion | E = mc^(OMG)/wtf | Always Shock. Singularity Grenade that attacks enemies with a lightning bolt similar to a Tesla Grenade while they are near the singularity, before exploding for massive Shock damage. | Ultimate Badass Varkid |
| Rolling Thunder | Legendary | Torgue | The thunder shall bring forth the pain! | Always Explosive. Behaves identically to a Rubberized MIRV Grenade, with the exception that it causes an explosion with every bounce. | Wilhelm and |
| Storm Front | Legendary | Vladof | Sometimes lightning does strike twice. | Always Shock. Tesla Grenade that spawns four child grenades, each of which has their own smaller area of effect while dealing less damage. | Mutants fought during Splinter Group |
Class Mods
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legendary Berserker | Legendary | Bandit | "Never look at my fist." | Boosts cooldown rate, fire rate and melee damage. Boosts five Tier 1 skills by 5 points each and increases movement speed while Gunzerking by 20%. | Vermivorous the Invincible, Pete the Invincible and Voracidous the Invincible |
| Legendary Hunter | Legendary | Jakobs | "I never die." | Boosts cooldown rate, critical hit damage and reload speed. Boosts five Tier 1 skills by 5 points each and entering Deception automatically restores 10% health. | Vermivorous the Invincible, Pete the Invincible and Voracidous the Invincible |
| Legendary Siren | Legendary | Maliwan | "(Giggles) I'm really good at this." | Boosts cooldown rate and gun damage. Boosts five Tier 1 skills by 5 points each and increases movement speed by 45% while using Phaselock. | Vermivorous the Invincible, Pete the Invincible and Voracidous the Invincible |
| Legendary Soldier | Legendary | Dahl | "It's like Christmas." | Boosts cooldown rate, gun damage and fire rate. Boosts six Tier 1 skills instead of five. | Vermivorous the Invincible, Pete the Invincible and Voracidous the Invincible |
| Legendary Psycho | Legendary | Bandit | "-One day I'll escape this hell and you'll be gone. - NIPPLE SALADS!" | Boosts burn damage and magazine size, but increases shield recharge delay. Boosts six Tier 1 skills instead of five. | Vermivorous the Invincible, Pete the Invincible and Voracidous the Invincible |
| Legendary Mechromancer | Legendary | Hyperion | none | Boosts cooldown rate. Boosts six assorted skills instead of five. | Vermivorous the Invincible, Pete the Invincible and Voracidous the Invincible |
Relics
| Name | Rarity | Manufacturer | Flavor Text | Special Effect | Location/Mission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood of Terramorphous | Legendary | Eridian | ...His blood could inspire... | Regenerates 0.5% of your health every second. | Terramorphous the Invincible |
| Blood of the Seraphs | Seraph | Eridian | Their power courses through you... | Increases health statistics and adds health regeneration. No longer changes stats each time the relic is equipped. | Seraph Vendor in
Oasis (50 crystals) |
| Breath of the Seraphs | Seraph | Eridian | Their return is to be feared... | Grants bonus damage and health regeneration for a short time after killing an enemy to gain Second Wind. | Seraph Vendor in
Hunter's Grotto (50 crystals) |
| Captain Blade's Otto Idol | Unique | Eridian | Every man for himself. Curse of the Sudden-er Death! | (red text) Restores a portion of the user's health on kill. (blue text) Decreases Fight For Your Life duration. | Message In A Bottle (The Rustyards) |
| Deputy's Badge | Unique | Eridian | Who the hell shot me? | Increases shotgun damage and reload speed. +10% duration to Fight For Your Life for every equipped Deputy's Badge in the party. | Showdown |
| Might of the Seraphs | Seraph | Eridian | Become the unstoppable force! | Enhances melee ability and melee override cooldown rate. | Seraph Vendor in
Badass Crater of Badassitude (50 crystals) |
| Sheriff's Badge | Unique | Eridian | Take turns and play nice. | Increases pistol fire rate, pistol damage, and Fight For Your Life duration. Also further increases Fight For Your Life time and max health by 15% each for every equipped Deputy's Badge in the party. | The Sheriff of Lynchwood |