Borderlands 2 Farming The Warrior

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  1. I have been farming the warrior and when I first beat him he was 2 levels above me. However, I have leveled to 36 just farming him and he is still level 35. Does he ever level with you.
  2. Jan 4, 2019 - But if you can't beat a boss it might be worth farming to make the Borderlands 2 Guide: How to Get Experience and Level Up Fast (Farming).

Start a two-player co-op game with the first character as player 1 (and the other character as player 2, obviously). Give desired item(s) to player 2 and have player 2 save and leave game.

This page lists unique and rare loot rewards and legendary weapons found in Borderlands 2. Legendary weapons are usually dropped when you defeat a boss, but they don't always appearif you're intent on grabbing one and didn't get a drop at the end of a battle, remember that you can always go back and battle bosses again. Just save/quit your game and come back.

Contributors' Note: If you own any of these guns, please help fill in the sub-pages with the relevant info.

Legendary Weapons[edit]

Rare Assault Rifles
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Weapon Dropped from: Location
Madhous
Mad DogLynchwood in Breaking the Bank
VerucMobleyThe Dust in, 'The Good, The Bad, and the Mordecai'
Hammer BusterMcNally The Dust, after completing mission 'The Bane'
KerBlasterMidge-mongSouthern Shelf
Shredifier Random drop Possible drop from The Warrior, Hyperius, Master Gee and Pete the Invincible.

Rare Pistols
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Weapon Dropped from: Location
GubLaney WhiteThe Fridge
HornetKnuckledragger, Constructor Southern Shelf, Overlook
MaggieMick ZafordThe Dust (support the Hodunks)
Thunderball FistsCaptain Flynt Southern Shelf
GunerangRakk Man The Fridge
Unkempt HaroldSavage Lee Three Horns, Marrowfield, Red Chest - The Bunker
InfinityDoc MercyThree Horns Valley
Logan's GunWilhelmEnd of the Line

Rare Rocket Launcher
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Weapon Dropped from: Location
BadaboomKing MongEridium Blight
PyrophobiaIncinerator ClaytonFrostburn Canyon
BunnyChubby enemies
Nukem Black Queen The Dust
MongolDukino's MomLynchwood
Norfleet Vermivorous the Invincible Possible spawns in Tundra Express, Caustic Caverns and the Creature Slaughter Dome DLC

Rare Shotguns
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Weapon Dropped from: Location
Conference CallThe WarriorVault of the Warrior
Striker Old Slappy Side Mission from Sir Hammerlock called 'Slap Happy'. Located in The Highlands-Outwash
DeliveranceTumbaWildlife Exploitation Preserve
FlakkerThe Warrior Vault of the Warrior
Sledge's Shotgun Smash HeadThe Fridge
Redy Stedy Teeth of TerramorphousTerramorphousTerramorphous Peak

Rare Snipers
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Weapon Dropped from: Location
PitchforkTerramorphousTerramorphous Peak
InvaderSaturnArid Nexus - Badlands
Skullmasher Son of MothrakkWildlife Exploitation Preserve
VolcanoThe Warrior Vault of the Warrior
Longbow Badass CreeperCaustic Caverns
White Death/Lyudmila GettleThe Dust

Rare SMGs
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Weapon Dropped from: Location
SlaggaHodunk, also The WarriorThe Dust
Emperor The Assassins Southpaw Steam & Power
Bitch BNK3R The Bunker, which you reach by going through Thousand Cuts. You cannot fast travel to 'The Bunker'!
Hellfire ScorchFrostburn Canyon
Baby MakerMadame Von Bartlesby, Mad Dog, Loot Midget
Tundra Express, Lynchwood, Sawtooth Cauldron

Rare Shields
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Weapon Dropped from: Location
The Transformer PimonWildlife Exploitation Preserve
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Chubby Enemies
The ShamBNK3R The Bunker, which you reach by going through Thousand Cuts. You cannot fast travel to this location!
The BeeHunter HellquistArid Nexus Badlands
Fabled Tortoise BlueCaustic Caverns
Black HoleForemanOpportunity
ImpalerThe Warrior Vault of the Warrior
Neogenator SpychoFrostburn Canyon
Hide of TerramorphousTerramorphous Terramorphous Peak
The Cradle Henry The Highlands

Rare Grenades
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Weapon Dropped from: Location
Bonus Package Boom BewmSouthern Shelf
Bouncing Bonnie Loot Midgets Any locker/crate, higher chances of spawning in the 4 crates found in the middle of the Wildlife Preservation Reserve.
Fastball Boll Three Horns
Fire Bee Random Drops from any suitable loot source (i.e. any kill/chest/crate/locker in the game!)
LeechThe Warrior Vault of the Warrior
Quasar Ultimate Badass Varkid Spawns in Tundra Express, Caustic Caverns, or the Creature Slaughter Dome DLC
Rolling Thunder Wilhelm End of the Line
Storm Front Rat Brothers Bloodshot Stronghold
Pandemic Mortar Sawtooth Cauldron
Nasty Surprise Vermivouris the Invincible Spawns in Tundra Express, Caustic Caverns or the Creature Slaughter Dome DLC

Class Mods
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Weapon Dropped from: Location
Slayer of TerramorphousTerramorphous Terramorphous Peak
Legendary Siren Vermivorous the Invincible, Loot Chests Tundra Express, Caustic Caverns, Creature Slaughter Dome DLC
Legendary Commando Vermivorous the Invincible Tundra Express, Caustic Caverns, Creature Slaughter Dome DLC
Legendary Gunzerker Vermivorous the Invincible, Loot Chests Tundra Express, Caustic Caverns, Creature Slaughter Dome DLC
Legendary Assassin Vermivorous the Invincible, Loot Chests Tundra Express, Caustic Caverns, Creature Slaughter Dome DLC
Blood of TerramorphousTerramorphous Terramorphous Peak
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Unique Weapons and Quest Rewards[edit]

Pistols[edit]

Weapon Dropped from: Location
Teapot Quest reward from Tiny TinaYou Are Cordially Invited: Party Prep
Judge Drops from Assassin Oney Southpaw Steam and Power
Miss Moxxi's Rubi Quest reward from MoxxiRakkaholic Anonymous
Fibber Quest rewardA Real Boy
Veritas Quest rewardClan War: Wakey Wakey
Flynt's Tinderbox Drops from Captain Flynt Southern Shelf
Gwen's Head Found in a box near the Buzzard campThe Dust
Lady Fist Quest reward from Una MailboxUncle Teddy
Dahlminator Quest rewardThe Lost Treasure
Law Drops from the Sheriff of LynchwoodLynchwood

Shotguns[edit]

Weapon Dropped from: Location
Thre Dog Drop from Assassin Rouf Southpaw Steam and Power
Triquetra Quest rewardClan War: End of the Rainbow
Moxxi's Heartbreaker Quest rewardSafe and Sound
Shotgun 1340 Quest reward from MarcusOut of Body Experience
Blockhead Drops from Badass CreepersCaustic Caverns
Octo Quest rewardSlap Happy
Orphan Maker Quest rewardMessage In A Bottle - Oasis
Roksalt Quest rewardSplinter Group
Landscaper Quest rewardFamily Feud: Dueling Banjos and Fiddles
Tidal Wave Quest reward Hyperion Mailbox in Uncle Teddy
Teeth of Terramorphous Drops from Terramorphous Terramorphous Peak

Assault Rifles[edit]

Weapon Dropped from: Location
Scorpio Quest rewardBearer of Bad News
Evil Smasher Quest rewardThe Chosen One
Hail Quest rewardBandit Slaughter: Round 5
Stomper Quest rewardHungry Like the Skag

Sniper Rifles[edit]

Weapon Dropped from: Location
Buffalo Quest rewardDemon Hunter
Fremington's Edge Drops from Assassin Reeth Southpaw Steam & Power
Trespasser Quest rewardAnimal Rights
Sloth Quest reward from MordecaiRakkoholics Anonymous
Morning Star Quest rewardHyperion Contract 873
Chère-amie Quest rewardHyperion Slaughter: Round 5

Rocket Launchers[edit]

Weapon Dropped from: Location
Roaster Quest rewardNote to Self-Person
Miss Moxxi's Creamer Quest rewardCreature Slaughter: Round 5
The HiveSaturnArid Nexus - Badlands

SMGs[edit]

Weapon Dropped from: Location
Bane Quest rewardThe Bane, Lynchwood
Miss Moxxi's Good Touch Reward from tipping Moxxi $20,000 or moreSanctuary
Miss Moxxi's Bad Touch Reward from tipping Moxxi $10,000 or moreSanctuary
Lascaux Found in a pond in the cavesFrostburn Cavern
Chulainn Quest rewardClan War
Commerce Drops from Assassin WotSouthpaw Steam and Power
Bone Shredder Drops from Bonehead 2.0Arid Nexus - Badlands

Shields[edit]

Weapon Dropped from: Location
Order Quest rewardBFFs
Love Thumper Quest rewardBest Mother's Day Ever
Deadly Bloom Quest rewardHelping Out Overlook
Aequitas Quest rewardClan War: Wakey Wakey
1340 Shield Quest reward from Dr. ZedOut of Body Experience
Pot o' Gold Quest RewardClan War: End of the Rainbow
Flame of the Firehawk Quest rewardCult Following: The Enkindling

Grenades[edit]

Weapon Dropped from: Location
Kiss of Death Quest rewardHell Hath No Fury
Fuster Cluck Quest rewardThe Pretty Good Train Robbery
Sky Rocket Unlocked with Special Editions of Borderlands 2 Can be obtained from the Deluxe Vault Hunters Edition, Ultimate Loot Chests Edition or the Collectors Edition pack.
Breath of Terramorphous dropped by TerramorphousTerramorphous Peak

Relics[edit]

Weapon Dropped from: Location
Sheriff's Badge Drops from Sheriff of LynchwoodLynchwood
Deputy's Badge Quest rewardShowdown
Comments

What is the sweet spot for experience gain? Is it more effective to fight the highest level enemies I can find, or am I penalized for being out of my depth? Are certain areas of the game better/best for experience gain/leveling? Are bosses better than areas with infinite minions? Would I get exp faster in a higher-level co-op game? What are the most time-effective techniques for rushing/boosting a character (either solo or co-op)?

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Kill flesh stick again and again in the Tina special guest quest. best if your coop partner stays by her and keeps beginning the mission while you are where he spawns waiting for him with a shotgun or else. at lvl 14 its 1800exp every time. i leveled to 20 in 5 minutes.

Note: If you restart the quest too quickly fleshstick will stop spawning and you will have to reload the area. To avoid this, wait until Tiny Tina finishes her line ending with 'my abode'. If you mess up, first she won't speak her next line. If this happens, wait a minute or two (to let Tina finish the sentence, even though you can't hear it) and start the mission once more, Tina should talk again.

badp
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Caustic caverns is probably the best place to level your character, from what Ive seen the creatures there level up with you and are always your level or a few higher (caustic caverns is available after chapter nine in sanctuary hole).

user27134
OptrixOptrix

What I found interesting is if you kill one of the 3 Rakk flying around in vault of the warrior one will continuously spawn from a spot around the arena flying at you and attempting to attack you.

This becomes quite awesome because they do not stop coming at you, if you're prepared to stand on the spot (at the bottom of the stairs just before you fall into the arena is the best) for a while, it's good xp.

At level 50 playing TVHM they give you an average of 300 XP per kill. If you have adequate power in your shots or a good gun with a decent size mag they will drop like a rock. If you have the bee one hit or if not maybe from 2-3 or 5-7 depending on power of gun. This becomes around 3000 to 6000 xp if you can kill 10-20 rakks, in one magazine. So after only 4 mags you get the same xp as if you killed the warrior.

This is great for boosting another character, just throw him in your game and kill rakk with your lv 50 guy and xp is yours. It is a bit time consuming but not as much as other methods, and it's damn easy. About 20 minutes to get lv 47 commando to lv 48.

Hope this helps :)

user41987user41987

Due to patches on the warrior killing exploit, one of the best ways to speed level is repeating Bar Room Blitz in Pyro Pete's Bar (Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage DLC) over and over. Every time a level 50 character completes the mission for you, you gain a level (up to level 25).

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Borderlands 2 Farming The Warrior

The fastest way to level is to level a seperate account on your xbox to 50 by whatever means you find fastest (I used warrior farming, or just playing through with second account on).

Once you have a level 50 on the seperate account, use that account to finish playthrough 1 and almost all of playthrough 2. Stop on the last mission (Talon of God) right before you call the moonshot to kill the warrior. Save the game and quit.

Now reload the game and a second account (most likely your normal account). Run down there with your second account, moonshot the warrior (25k+exp), collect the lvl 50 legendary that drops pretty much everytime, shoot jack (79k+exp), Pause the game with the second player (account your leveling, not the one with the quest) exit the game with that character which saves for only that toon.

Now with your first player (one with the quest) signout of your profile, this will take you back to the title screen without saving, allowing you to repeat as many times as you want.

You can level any new toon to 50 in about 1 hour, this is the fastest I have found without actually cheating.

On a second note, while playing through the game with that level 50, have a second person logged in as well, that toon will not only complete all quests, but they will also be around level 45 when your toon finishes the game.

Good luck and happy leveling.

TmoriartyTmoriarty

Recently posted from Reddit - /r/Borderlands, 'Easy way to level up any character':

In the mission: Rock, Paper, Genocide, Marcus makes you shoot a stat, vulnerable enemy. If you decide to shoot the enemy with the wrong elemental type, you still get the xp for the kill, and Marcus just spawns another enemy for you to kil! If you happen to have an Infinity Pistol or any other gun that rapidly kills, you can rack up xp VERY quickly.

and

You get most experience from the Bot target.

galacticninjagalacticninja
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Slappy the Thresher in the Highlands Outwash can be fought over and over again. When you're in the low 20s, it gives about 3k XP and lots of nice loot, almost always blue and purple drops and I've gotten loads of eiridium from it as well.

HieuHefHieuHef

Head to the Dust after completing the mission 'The Good, The Bad and the Mordecai', you can then farm Mobley, Gettle and McNally (plus the Black Queen if you want). At level 26, the first 3 all gave 3.5k experience and had a chance to drop a unique weapon.

There are youtube videos showing the shortcut to get up to the church where Mobley & Gettle respawn. There are also a few weapon chests in those areas.

EddieEddie

I ended up fighting Dukino's Mom at level 32 for 7600 exp. per farm. The route leading to the Bosses Chamber has openable items for completing the open containers challenge. Lynchwood was a fun farm area for sure. There is a legendary rocket launcher drop from the Boss as well!

KyleKyle

The best experience farm I've found so far is the Vault of the Warrior. You can complete it relatively easily at level 35 and power level any character you want up to 40 in relatively good time. After you've finished the game the first time (that is there is no Handsome Jack to deal with), you can just spawn the warrior and hide out by the map exit.

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There's a tradeoff between fighting very high XP gain enemies, and fighting relatively low XP gain enemies but killing them much faster. This break-even point tends to move as you level, so a general rule of thumb might be that if you find yourself getting knocked down often in an area, and/or kills are relatively far between, you're probably better off finding an easier area to farm in.

That said, I'll note a few areas I've farmed XP in, and some pros/cons to each. I used these methods to level 3 secondary characters up to the 20's while co-oping with a post-TVHM level 53 Axton in order to get character-related achievements.

In the Vault of the Warrior area, there are infinite numbers of Rakk that you can fight constantly. It's time consuming to get here, as you have to go all the way through Hero's Pass to reach the Vault. There are some pretty rough fights, including a Badass Constructor. You can run past these guys, but on TVHM with a level 53 Axton, I still found myself going down pretty frequently.

If you have the Torgue DLC, the Bar Room Blitz mission can be done over and over again for XP. Of the several repeatable missions in the DLC, this one seems to be the easiest and most profitable. The enemies here are always 50-52, even on Normal mode, so you'll want to be mid 50s in order to kill them fast enough to make it profitable. If you can't just wreck face on these guys, you're not going to gain XP fast enough.

You can go pretty much anywhere on TVHM and find enemies that are in the high 40's and low 50's. If you're getting kills consistently, you'll level quickly. It then boils down to where there aren't many annoying enemies that slow you down and give you trouble.

I personally prefer Arid Nexus: Badlands. There are JNK Loaders here, which are easy to cripple and kill. There are also a lot of skags, which are also easy kills. Second to this might be the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve, where there are many of the same enemies, plus some Stalkers.

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Borderlands 2 Can You Farm The Warrior

The warrior on TVHM will rack up experience but to get even more there are infinite spawning rakks but after a while of farming them the change to a different location.if not to high of a level I would farm the bunker with a good sniper rifle like the lyuda.Plus farming the bunker gives you a chance to get legendary loot and heads for your character.So good farming.

VenatorVenator

I found it was easy to farm the bunker on the second playthrough; get a high level person (I use the assassin with the sniper tree decked out) and go to Thousand Cuts. Join with the player that you wish to level up and keep him/her at the spawn point.

I use the assassin with the bee shield and a high level sniper and an infinity pistol to rush through the bots until you get to the bunker, spray him in the eyes and you kill him very fast, I end up doing 100k+ damage per shot, so spray 1 or 2 rounds into him and the second player receives around 25000xp each time and I receive an about $100k and around 10 eridium.

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Kristian McKeanKristian McKean

Go to fight the warrior and stick to the exit to Eridium Blight. There the warrior will not be able to attack you. Just break the weak spots with machine guns and hit it with a sniper.

user42496user42496

If you want easy experience, run Sawtooth Cauldron over and over with a lower level second player in co-op. There are about 130 enemies in this area. If you run it with a level 50 character to level up a second character, each enemy is worth between 300 to 2000 XP. This area is also great for farming badass points for your characters due to the high number of enemies that you can just run through.

Moonshot farming is the fastest way, though. 25000 XP every time you hit the button for your second character. Make sure you do it right though, because if you mess it up you have to start all the way back at the beginning to get a character back to that spot.

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