Check out the best and most powerful legendary weapons in Borderlands 3 with this guide! Includes weapons for early and endgame, locations, stats and effects, weapon types, & more!!!
Best Legendary Weapons In TVHM
Best Legendary Weapons 1st Run
Legendary Weapons Overview
Legendary & Unique Item List
Recommended Legendary Weapons In TVHM
Tap on the Icon to see best weapons per type!!!
Best Pistols
| Pistols | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Queen's Call / King's Call |
| 2 | The Flood |
| 3 | The Occultist |
1: Queen's Call / King's Call
| How to Get |
|---|
| Defeat Tyreen the Destroyer |
Easily melt through enemies & bosses with the King's Call or the Queen's Call. Thanks to their unique ability, getting critical hits will return 3 bullets to your magazine and release 3 homing bullets on enemies.
Check How To Get Queen's Call2. The Flood
| How to Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
The Flood lets you unleash a flurry of shots in a second! With its high DPS, this non-elemental pistol lets you plow through enemies in a flash!
Check Out How to Get the Flood Here3: Occultist
| How to Get |
|---|
| Drops from Troy Calypso |
The Occultist is a weapon that boasts one of the highest damage potentials for a pistol in the game. It has high base damage, can push enemies, & even has a special ability that amps up its DPS.
Check Out How to Get the Occultist HereBest Assault Rifles
| Assault Rifles | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lucian's Call |
| 2 | Rowan's Call |
| 3 | Laser-Sploader |
1. Lucian's Call
| How to Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
An Assault Rifle with a high fire rate and low recoil. Critical hits return 2 bullets to your magazine, & ricochet 2 bullets to the nearest enemy! Can also come in elemental variants!
Check Out How to Get Lucian's Call Here2. Rowan's Call
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
An Assault Rifle that hits harder than the Lucien's Call. Despite this, it has a high recoil that may make it less accurate than the first weapon. This weapon also comes in elemental variants.
Check Out How to Get Rowan's Call3. Laser-Sploader
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
The Laser-Sploader can continuously fire a stream of elemental lasers. Occasionally, it will also fire an explosive energy ball. It is an excellent weapon for focusing fire on single targets.
Check How To Get Laser-SploaderBest SMGs
| SMGs | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bitch |
| 2 | Crossroad |
| 3 | Cutsman |
1. Bitch
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
The Bitch has an extremely fast fire rate to go along with its pinpoint accuracy. This makes the SMG a great weapon to have when firing on the move. This weapon may also come in elemental variants.
Check Out How to Get The Bitch Here2. Crossroad
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
A high burst damage weapon that fires 4 bullets per shot. This weapon also has elemental variants which allow you to increase damage outputs to shields, flesh, armors, and more!
Check How To Get Crossroad3. Cutsman
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
The Cutsman shoots two projectiles connected by a string of energy that hits enemies multiple times when they get caught in it. This greatly increases its damage potential!
Best Shotguns
| Shotguns | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hellwalker |
| 2 | Flakker |
| 3 | The Butcher |
1. Hellwalker
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
This weapon always comes in a Speedloading fire elemental variant, and anointed. Each shot from this weapon fires 10 bullets in a pentagram shape. Bullets will also be able to ricochet to multiple enemies.
Check Out How to Get the Hellwalker Here2. Flakker
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
Fires explosions from close to mid range that hit enemies multiple times. Due to its large splash damage radius, you can easily burst down enemies if you catch them in the middle of all those explosions.
Check How To Get Flakker3. The Butcher
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
This Shotgun has a fast rate of fire, and has a chance to return bullets into your magazine every time you pull the trigger. This gives you the potential to deal high damage without needing to reload as much!
Best Sniper Rifles
| Sniper Rifles | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lyuda |
| 2 | Malak's Bane |
| 3 | Krakatoa |
1. Lyuda
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
The Lyuda is a fast-firing Sniper Rifle that can spawn 2 more bullets after the initial shot has traveled a certain distance. This is useful when dispatching large targets from afar. Can also come in elemental variants.
2. Malak's Bane
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
Since it can become a Sniper or a Shotgun, the Malak's Bane is versatile when it comes to range. It's bullets ricochets twice to other enemies whenever it hits a target.
Check Out How to Get Malak's Bane Here3. Krakatoa
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
Fully automatic and with the unique ability to turn molten enemies to mini volcanoes, the Krakatoa is an elemental powerhouse that can take out mobs when used in the right spot.
Best Rocket Launchers
| Rocket Launchers | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hive |
| 2 | Ruby's Wrath |
| 3 | Freeman |
1. Hive
| How To Get |
|---|
| Princess Tarantella II |
With its homing rockets, the Hive can easily get you out of sticky situations quickly. Besides its homing rockets, it's main shot also explodes, dealing damage to anyone near it.
2. Ruby's Wrath
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
Fires a vortex grenade with a singularity effect, catching all enemies in an area in the blast. Enemies affected will temporarily be immobile and become marked. The Launcher will then fire up to 7 micro missiles that home in on marked targets.
3. Freeman
| How To Get |
|---|
| The Warden |
Being able to control your shot and dealing a lot of damage. The Freeman will allow you to actively control where your rocket will shot at!
Best Grenades
| Grenade Mods | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Quasar |
| 2 | Hex |
| 3 | Storm Front |
1. Quasar
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
The Quasar has great base damage and elemental damage. It's great for crowd control since it can attach to multiple enemies at a time!
2. Hex
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
Homes in on the closest target while firing a stream of elemental damage. This grenade mod is especially powerful when using the Recurring Hex variant.
Check Out How to Get the Hex Here3. Storm Front
| How To Get |
|---|
| Random World Drop |
This grenade will split into multiple bombs upon impact. Each bomb will then act as an electric pylon that will then chain lightning and deal high shock damage over a large area of effect. Excellent for melting enemy shields.
Check Out How to Get the Storm Front HereWeapon Level Scales After Beating Story
After clearing the story, all enemies and their loot will scale to your level. This means that defeating an enemy at level 50 will drop a level 50 weapon. When the story has not yet been cleared, enemies and loot will stay at their original level.
Check Out the All Story Walkthrough Here!Recommended Early Game Legendary Weapons
Early Game in Borderlands 3 is more or less from Level 1 - 20 in Normal Game Mode.!!!
One Pump Chump
| Weapon Type | Shotgun |
|---|
The One Pump Chump is a powerful weapon that always spawns with a 1000x damage multiplier. Although it only has a single-bullet magazine, there's a chance that it won't consume ammo when fired.
Check Out the One Pump Chump HereHow to Get the One Pump Chump
| Location | Lectra City, Promethea |
|---|
Head to Lectra City in Promethea and go to the location stated above. That section will have a puzzle that you'll need to solve to get to the One Punch Psycho, the unique enemy that drops the One Pump Chump.
SkekSil
The SkekSil releases 1-3 rockets after every other shot. Since it's a COV weapon, it has an unlimited magazine. The rockets will have the same element as the weapon does.
Check Out the SkekSil Weapon HereHow to Get the Skeksil
| Location | Ascension Bluff |
|---|
The Legendary Hunt Skrakk is found in a small area in Ascension Bluff. So far, it's the only enemy that the Skeksil drops from.
Mind-Killer
A shotgun that can be charged for more damage, the Mind-Killer can easily bring down enemies with its charged attack. It has a bit of splash damage when using the charge shots.
Check Out the Mind-Killer Weapon HereHow to Get the Mind-Killer
| Location | Mouthpiece, Ascension Bluff |
|---|
The Mind-Killer is a rare drop from the main story boss, Mouthpiece. You can farm Mouthpiece quite easily as he's near a checkpoint and respawns every after reload.
Recommended Mid Game Legendary Weapons
Mid game in Borderlands 3 is from Level 21 - 49 in Normal Game Mode.!!!
Crossroad
An SMG that shoots 4 rounds at a time, the Crossroads has a high damage threshold with high elemental damage and chance. It can spawn in any of the elemental types.
Check Out the Crossroad Weapon HereHow to Get Crossroad
| Location | Loot Tinks |
|---|
The Crossroad is one of the Legendary Weapons you can get from defeating Loot Tinks. Click on the link below for more information about Loot Tinks, their locations, and how to farm them.
Check Out Loot Tink Legendary Farming Methods HereLaser-Sploder
The Laser-Sploder is a unique rifle made by torgue that combines lasers with explosions! While holding down the trigger, small rockets will fire off and hit wherever the gun is being pointed at, doing tons of damage in the process.
Check Out the Laser-Sploder Weapon HereHow to Get Laser-Sploder
| Location | Loot Tinks |
|---|
The Laser-Sploder is one of the Legendary Weapons you can get from defeating Loot Tinks. Since a Loot Tink has a large loot pool, it might take a while to get it to drop.
What are Legendary Weapons?
Powerful Weapons with Unique Abilities
Legendary Weapons are some of the strongest weapons in the game with higher base stats and unique abilities on top of it. Some weapons can even perform well even against higher level enemies.
Check Out the Rarity Difference Guide HereRare Drops / Loot
Strong and extremely rare. Legendary Weapons have the lowest drop chance out of all the rarities. Even though they drop from specific bosses, they are not a 100% drop chance.
Recommended Early Game Legendary Weapons
Early Game in Borderlands 3 is more or less from Level 1 - 20 in Normal Game Mode.!!!
One Pump Chump
| Weapon Type | Shotgun |
|---|
The One Pump Chump is a powerful weapon that always spawns with a 1000x damage multiplier. Although it only has a single-bullet magazine, there's a chance that it won't consume ammo when fired.
Check Out the One Pump Chump HereHow to Get the One Pump Chump
| Location | Lectra City, Promethea |
|---|
Head to Lectra City in Promethea and go to the location stated above. That section will have a puzzle that you'll need to solve to get to the One Punch Psycho, the unique enemy that drops the One Pump Chump.
SkekSil
The SkekSil releases 1-3 rockets after every other shot. Since it's a COV weapon, it has an unlimited magazine. The rockets will have the same element as the weapon does.
Check Out the SkekSil Weapon HereHow to Get the Skeksil
| Location | Ascension Bluff |
|---|
The Legendary Hunt Skrakk is found in a small area in Ascension Bluff. So far, it's the only enemy that the Skeksil drops from.
Mind-Killer
A shotgun that can be charged for more damage, the Mind-Killer can easily bring down enemies with its charged attack. It has a bit of splash damage when using the charge shots.
Check Out the Mind-Killer Weapon HereHow to Get the Mind-Killer
| Location | Mouthpiece, Ascension Bluff |
|---|
The Mind-Killer is a rare drop from the main story boss, Mouthpiece. You can farm Mouthpiece quite easily as he's near a checkpoint and respawns every after reload.
Recommended Mid Game Legendary Weapons
Mid game in Borderlands 3 is from Level 21 - 49 in Normal Game Mode.!!!
Crossroad
An SMG that shoots 4 rounds at a time, the Crossroads has a high damage threshold with high elemental damage and chance. It can spawn in any of the elemental types.
Check Out the Crossroad Weapon HereHow to Get Crossroad
| Location | Loot Tinks |
|---|
The Crossroad is one of the Legendary Weapons you can get from defeating Loot Tinks. Check out this guide on where you can farm a Loot Tink for Legendary Weapons.
Check Out Loot Tink Legendary Farming Methods HereLaser-Sploder
The Laser-Sploder is a unique rifle made by torgue that combines lasers with explosions! While holding down the trigger, small rockets will fire off & hit wherever the gun is being pointed at, doing tons of damage in the process.
Check Out the Laser-Sploder Weapon HereHow to Get Laser-Sploder
| Location | Loot Tinks |
|---|
The Laser-Sploder is one of the Legendary Weapons you can get from defeating Loot Tinks. Since a Loot Tink has a large loot pool, it might take a while to get it to drop.
What are Legendary Weapons?
Powerful Weapons with Unique Abilities
Legendary Weapons are some of the strongest weapons in the game with higher base stats and unique abilities on top of it. Some weapons can even perform well even against higher level enemies.
Check Out the Rarity Difference Guide HereRare Drops / Loot
Strong and extremely rare. Legendary Weapons have the lowest drop chance out of all the rarities. Even though they drop from specific bosses, they are not a 100% drop chance.
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