This Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel how to get Legendary weapons guide explains where to find the most difficult to obtain weapons, the Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Legendary gear items. Forget about rare Unique purple weapons, Legendary orange weapons is where it’s at!
Find out where to get Legendary weapons in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.
The overview for 32 of these Legendary weapon locations is listed below.
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Legendary Weapons Locations Guide
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Legendary Weapons List
List organized in alphabetical order. Although complete, this list is a work-in-progress and will be updated if more than the current 32 Legendaries are discovered!
88 Fragnum Legendary Weapon Location
1. 88 Fragnum Pistol (Torgue)
Description:
• It’ll blow your head clean off.
• Fires multiple projectiles like a shotgun. Increased critical damage.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by Vendors or through the Slot Machine.
Video Guide: Where to find the best Vending Machine for Legendary Weapons.
Fast travel to “Titan Robot Production Plant”. Go to the Vending Machine East of your location. This Vending Machine is the most consistent in producing Legendary Weapons in the “Item of the Day” section. If you didn’t get a Legendary Weapon, pause the game, select save & quit, load your game back up and check the Vending Machine again. In the video you see a very lucky 2 Legendary Weapons in a row! – Your level doesn’t matter, the “Item of the Day” matches your level.
Badaboom Legendary Weapon Location
2. Badaboom Rocket Launcher (Scav)
Description:
• Multi-kill.
• Fires multiple rockets at once.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by Vendors or through the Grinder.
Video Guide: How to get unlimited Legendary Weapons from the Grinder.
Blowfly Legendary Weapon Location
3. Blowfly Pistol (Dahl)
Description:
• These flies!!!
• Fires a six round burst.
• Deals bonus corrosive damage.
How To Unlock: Gets dropped by the Colonel T. Zarpadon boss after defeating him in the “The Eye of Helios” Main Mission near the end of the game. This is the boss you are going to have to farm to obtain this weapon. (For a video guide check “The ZX-1” section below.)
Alternatively, it can be a random drop from the Grinder or the Slot Machine.
Cat o’ Nine Tails Legendary Weapon Location
4. Cat o’ Nine Tails Laser (Dahl)
Description:
• The cat’s out of the bag.
• Shots ricochet and split into additional projectiles.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by Vendors, the Slot Machine, or through the Grinder.
Cryophobia Legendary Weapon Location
5. Cryophobia Rocket Launcher (Maliwan)
Description:
• No argument here.
• Fires a continuously exploding projectile.
How To Unlock: Gets dropped by The Bosun boss after defeating him in “Pity’s Fall”. Make your way through the main missions until you reach “Intelligences of the Artificial Persuasion” at the end of this mission, you’ll have to fight a boss named “Bosun”. This is the enemy you will have to farm. If he doesn’t drop the legendary rocket launcher, pause the game, select save and quit. When you load backup, kill him again until the legendary weapon drops.
Note: To make things easier be sure to use the jump pads to get through the map quicker.
Alternatively, you may also get it as a random drop from the Slot Machine.
Video Guide:
Excalibastard Legendary Weapon Location
6. Excalibastard Laser (Hyperion)
Description:
• Thou art most badass.
• Firing increases accuracy.
• Criticals have a 100% chance to freeze.
• Frozen enemies shatter by melee kills from this weapon cause a Cryo elemental nova that freezes other nearby enemies.
• Parts are fixed, including the Hyperion barrel, grip, stock & sight, the blade accessory, and Cryo element.
How To Unlock: First, you’re required to reach a Badass Rank of 2500 or higher. Second, go to the “Stanton’s Liver” area and at the very first big bridge you can cross go left. Next keep hugging the mountain wall on your left and when you encounter the chasm do a double jump to reach the rock in which Excalibastard is stuck. Can only be pulled out of the stone once per character, and it scales to your current level.
Note: Your Badass Rank increases as you complete challenges. Follow your Badass Rank progress on the far right of the menu screen.
Video Guide:
Fatale Legendary Weapon Location
7. Fatale Submachine Gun (Hyperion)
Description:
• Stone-cold killer.
• Firing increases accuracy. Faster accuracy gain than normal Hyperion SMG.
• Cryo element only. Freezes enemies solid.
• +75% Bonus Critical damage.
How To Unlock: Gets dropped by the Drongo Bones boss after beating him in the “Rough Love” Side Mission. Or sometimes as a random drop from the Slot Machine.
Flakker Legendary Weapon Location
8. Flakker Shotgun (Torgue)
Description:
• Flak the world.
• Has a greatly increased spread and explosion size.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by Vendors or the Slot Machine.
Hammer Buster II Legendary Weapon Location
9. Hammer Buster II Assault Rifle (Jakobs)
Description:
• My dad… scientist… you know the drill.
• Fires as fast as you can pull the trigger.
• Extremely high damage.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Grinder or Vendors or through the Slot Machine.
HellFire Legendary Weapon Location
10. HellFire Submachine Gun (Maliwan)
Description:
• We don’t need no fire…
• Deals bonus fire damage.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by Vendors, the Slot Machine, or through the Grinder.
Invader Legendary Weapon Location
11. Invader Sniper Rifle (Maliwan)
Description:
• The executioner has arrived.
• Fires a five round burst when scoped.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop through the Grinder.
IVF Legendary Weapon Location
12. IVF Submachine Gun (Tediore)
Description:
• OMG! TWINS!
• Thrown grenade spawns two child grenades.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine or through the Grinder.
Video Guide: Fast travel to Serenity’s Wasteland and farm the Secret Boss ” Iwajira” for the legendary weapon “Thingy” and a purple SMG. This will take you 15 reloads to obtain these weapons. Fast travel to Concordia and duplicate the legendary rocket launcher, then grind 2 legendary rocket launchers and the purple SMG. If the IVF doesn’t grind, press the middle button, then sign out of your profile. Then go back and try it all over again. It will take you 10 reloads until the IVF grinds.
KerBoom Legendary Weapon Location
13. KerBoom Assault Rifle (Torgue)
Description:
• Torgue got smarter BOOM!
• Fired rounds explode, bounce, then explode again.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine or through the Grinder.
Logan’s Gun Legendary Weapon Location
14. Logan’s Gun Pistol (Hyperion)
Description:
• Gun. Gunner!
• Shots explode and pass through targets until it hits a wall.
• Incendiary only.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine.
Longnail Legendary Weapon Location
15. Longnail Sniper Rifle (Vladof)
Description:
• Nailed it!
• Penetrates shields and deals damage directly to health.
How To Unlock: Gets dropped by The Invincible Empyrean Sentinel final boss after defeating him in “The Vault of the Sentinel” Main Mission at the very end of the game. Or as a random drop from the Slot Machine or through the Grinder.
Video Guide: This weapon is dropped by the Final Boss of the game or the boss from the side mission “the best story ever told”. If he doesn’t drop the weapon dashboard the game and kill the boss until he drops it. It can take up to 50 dashboards to get this weapon.
Maggie Legendary Weapon Location
16. Maggie Pistol (Jakobs)
Description:
• Monty’s wife don’t take no guff.
• Fires multiple projectiles like a shotgun.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by Vendors, the Slot Machine, or through the Grinder.
Magma Legendary Weapon Location
17. Magma Sniper Rifle (Maliwan)
Description:
• Liquid hot.
• Elemental effect can spread to close by targets.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine.
Major Tom Legendary Weapon Location
18. Major Tom Assault Rifle (Dahl)
Description:
• Destroy the martian spiders!
• Fires a three shot horizontal spread when hip fired, and five shot spread when aiming down sights.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine.
Min Min Lighter Legendary Weapon Location
19. Min Min Lighter Laser (Tediore)
Description:
• Approached but never identified.
• Fires a slow moving lightning ball that explodes when shot by another laser or after a period of time passes.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine or through the Grinder.
Mongol Legendary Weapon Location
20. Mongol Rocket Launcher (Vladof)
Description:
• The Horde will always return!
• Rockets spawn child rockets the longer it travels.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine.
Nukem Legendary Weapon Location
21. Nukem Rocket Launcher (Torgue)
Description:
• Name dropper.
• Rockets fire an an arch and cause a massive explosion complete with nuclear A-bomb mushroom cloud.
How To Unlock: Gets dropped by the Flame Knuckle boss in “Helios Station”. This will be one of the first bosses you can farm to obtain a Legendary Weapon. If he doesn’t drop the weapon, then dashboard the game and kill the boss until he drops it. You should able to obtain this weapon after around 30 dashboards.
Alternatively, you may also get it as a random drop from the Slot Machine.
Video Guide:
Pitchfork Legendary Weapon Location
22. Pitchfork Sniper Rifle (Dahl)
Description:
• Mainstream’d
• Fires 5 projectiles in an arrow pattern.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by Vendors or through the Grinder.
Shooterang Legendary Weapon Location
23. Shooterang Pistol (Tediore)
Description:
• You little ripper.
• Once thrown, it bounces around as a boomerang while shooting.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine or through the Grinder.
Shredifier Legendary Weapon Location
24. Shredifier Assault Rifle (Vladof)
Description:
• Speed kills
• Spinigun with incredibly high startup speed and rate of fire.
• Very large ammo capacity.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine or through the Grinder.
Skullmasher Legendary Weapon Location
25. Skullmasher Sniper Rifle (Jakobs)
Description:
• A real head turner… turned to mush… ahahaha!
• Fires multiple projectiles like a shotgun.
How To Unlock: Is a dead drop by Nel. You will go to the “Regolith Range” area and make the long climb up the two tallest buildings on the south end of the map. First you must shoot the rock in front of the building to release the air to launch on top of the air duct. Now make your way up the building by jumping on the air ducts on the back of the building. At the top of the building you will find the first letter. To get on to the tallest building in this area you’ll have to use the jump pad to the left of the building. This will launch you on top of a balcony where you’ll find a small building to the right you. Now now jump on to the small building and onto the air duct then leap over to a huge screw on the side of the building. From there jump onto the ramp and make your way up to find the last letter.
Alternatively, you may also get it as a random drop from the Slot Machine.
Video Guide:
Sledge’s Shotty Legendary Weapon Location
26. Sledge’s Shotty Shotgun (Scav)
Description:
• The legend lives.
• Two shot burst fire.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine or through the Grinder.
Striker Legendary Weapon Location
27. Striker Shotgun (Jakobs)
Description:
• Fandir? Thirteen.
• Increased critical damage.
How To Unlock: Gets dropped by the Red Belly boss in “Crisis Scar”. You should be able to obtain this weapon after around 30 reloads.
Alternatively, you may get this Legendary shotgun as a random drop by the Grinder or Vendors or the Slot Machine.
Video Guide:
The ZX-1 Legendary Weapon Location
28. The ZX-1 Laser (Dahl)
Description:
• Replay!
• Shots home in on first target hit. The effect ends when reloaded.
• All parts are fixed.
How To Unlock: Gets dropped by the Colonel T. Zarpadon boss after defeating him in the “The Eye of Helios” Main Mission near the end of the game. This is the boss you are going to have to farm to obtain this weapon.
Also gets dropped by The Invincible Empyrean Sentinel final boss after defeating him in “The Vault of the Sentinel” Main Mission at the very end of the game.
Alternatively, you can also get it as a random drop from the Grinder or Slot Machine.
Fun fact: This weapon is also a reference to the movie “The Fifth Element”!
Video Guide:
Thingy Legendary Weapon Location
29. Thingy Rocket Launcher (Scav)
Description:
• Somebody ain’t what they appear to be.
• Fires an orb that splits into three homing orbs.
How To Unlock: Gets dropped by the Iwajira boss after defeating him in “Serenity’s Waste”. Fast travel to the Serenity’s Wasteland area. Leave the Janey Spring’s building, there will be a cliff to your right, jump on the cliff and head to the building ahead of you. There will be some more cliffs to the left of the building, jump on the cliffs then jump on to the left side of the building. Follow the building until you see a small cliff right in front of you. Jump to the small cliff then jump over the river of lava on to another small cliff, look to your right and you’ll see a cave. Proceed into the cave until you see a hole in the ground. Jump into the hole when you’re ready to fight the secret boss! It’s recommended to be at level 29 to easily kill Iwajira alone. It can take around 10 fights to obtain this Legendary Weapon, but note that Borderlands games usually have a 1 in 75 chance to drop Legendary’s.
Alternatively, you may also get it as a random drop from the Slot Machine.
Video Guide:
Torrent Legendary Weapon Location
30. Torrent Submachine Gun (Dahl)
Description:
• Spray it to slay it.
• High recoil reduction. Bullets ricochet. Five shot burst with high rate of fire and low delay.
How To Unlock: Can be obtained from Meg. You will have to farm the boss “meg”. To find this boss you will have to complete the side mission “An Urgent Message”. You can pick up the mission “An Urgent Message” from the bounty board in Jack’s office immediately after you complete the main mission “Home Sweet Home”. After completing “An Urgent Message” the professor will give you another mission called “Paint Job” to complete. When you’re finished completing “paint shop” the professor will ask you for one more favor, and that’s to “Kill Meg” . This is the boss we will be farming to get the torrent. If she doesn’t drop the weapon dashboard the game and kill the boss until she drops it. It can take up to 50 dashboards or more to get this weapon.
Alternatively, you may get it as a random drop by the Grinder or Slot Machine.
Video Guide:
Viral Marketer Legendary Weapon Location
31. Viral Marketer Shotgun (Hyperion)
Description:
• Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Lol check this out guys
• Bullets ricochet off target.
• Corrosive only.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by Vendors, the Slot Machine, or through the Grinder.
Zim Legendary Weapon Location
32. Zim Pistol (Scav)
Description:
• Would you like to know more?
• High damage and low recoil.
How To Unlock: Is a random drop by the Slot Machine or through the Grinder.
How To Get Legendary Weapons General Tips:
A) You may get Legendaries as a drop from a a random enemy (on average a 1 in 75 drop chance).
B) As a drop from a pre-defined boss enemy or as an extreme reward (both indicated above, but in the best of cases a 1 in 10 drop chance).
C) And in very rare occasions you may get one from opening the Golden Key Chest in the Concordia central hub.
Note: The Legendary rarity is indicated by an orange color on its inventory background and in the weapon’s color tones as well.
Legendary Weapon Pictures & Stats
Click on any of these Legendary weapon thumbnails to see the full-size picture gallery:
I hope these tips helped you on your way to find the Legendary weapon you want the most.
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