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If you're familiar with the Borderlands games, then you'll know that it always has an abundance of guns to collect. So as you'd expect, Borderlands 3 keeps in line with this tradition and has even exceeded the number of guns available compared to previous games. Whether you earn them from side missions or they're dropped by a Maliwan soldier, you're rarely going to experience a shortage of loot. In the face of patch fixes and changes to the game, one thing that never changes is the plentiful supply of guns. There's really so much, and with the upcoming Bloody Harvest DLC finally detailed, we know even more guns are on the way.
Many of the cool guns in Borderlands 3 are your basic assault rifle, pistol, or shotgun with a cool paint job while others offer way more over-the-top functionality. The team at GameSpot has sunk dozens of hours into the game so far and have discovered plenty of guns from brands DAHL, Hyperion, XOV, Vladof, Torgue, Maliwan, Atlas, and Tediore in our respective playthroughs. Below you can find some the wildest top-tier guns we've found across the higher-tier Rare (Blue), Very Rare (Purple), Legendary (Orange) categories, as well as details on their stats and other peculiarities.
For more Borderlands 3, be sure to check out our guide on which character you should choose before starting the game. In addition, check out our in-depth Borderlands 3 beginner's guide. For all else, check out our roundup of all things Borderlands 3.
In our Borderlands 3 review, critic Jordan Ramee gave the game an 8/10 and said, "Borderlands 3 has a few stumbling blocks when it comes to bosses, but these fights are overshadowed by the game's rewarding gunplay and over-the-top humor. The game's character-driven narrative acts as a satisfying finale for the loot-shooter franchise, and the new mechanics and features--especially the reworked skill trees and weapon manufacturer effects--give you plenty of agency in how you want to play through it. If you've never been a fan of the franchise, it's unlikely Borderlands 3 does enough things differently to change your mind, as the game best excels at continuing what the series has always done: deliver a humorous tall tale of misfits looting and shooting their way to heroism."
Which gun are you hankering to get your hands on in Borderlands 3? Let us know in the comments below.
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Compressing Superball (Legendary)
*This Maliwan pistol that shoots fireballs that are reminiscent to Mario's fire flower.
The Duc (Legendary)
*A high-fire rate Jakobs pistol that shoots sticky grenades that explode upon reloading.
Moar Dayumned Wizzperer (Rare)
*A COV assault rifle with an alien Barrel fires a beam of irradiated death which explodes enemies.
Wagon Wheel (Legendary)
Venomous Hornet (Legendary)
Cloud Kill (Legendary)
*A Powerful Maliwan SMG with a high fire rate and corrosive damage.
Double-Penetrating Vigorous Raisen's Thorns (Legendary)
*A Torgue pistol that's ideal for mid-range combat against armored targets.
Ginormous Bangarang XL (Legendary)
*A Tediore pistol that, when thrown, travels in a boomerang-like path that returns back to you in an arc--shooting every which way the entire time.
Double-Penetrating Occultist (Legendary)
*A Torgue pistol that's ideal for close-range combat against bandits.
Hazardous Sellout (Legendary)
*A Maliwan pistol that allows Tyreen Calypso to monitor and playfully insult your performance.
Venomous Ripper (Legendary)
*A DAHL submachine gun that deals more damage after it feeds on the blood of your victims.
Hazardous Trevonator (Legendary)
*A Maliwan shotgun that's ideal for close-range combat against armored targets.
Eridian Fabricator (Legendary)
*An Eridian shotgun that allows you to create a never-ending supply of loot--provided you have the Eridium to spare.
Stuffed Quadamizer (Legendary)
*A Torgue rocket launcher that fires a volley of radiation rockets, then corrosive rockets, and then incendiary rockets before having to reload; three types of damage for three times the fun.
Expert Storm (Legendary)
*A Maliwan sniper rifle that creates storm clouds with its shots that can continue to shock surrounding enemies--so don't worry about missing the headshot, just get close enough.
Smart-Gun XXL (Legendary)
*A Tediore SMG that on reload is thrown at enemies and explodes like a grenade. However, if thrown onto the ground, it roams around on its own and fires at enemies until out of ammo.
Gettleburger (Rare)
*A Torgue rocket launcher that fires hamburgers with all the condiments. It does knockback damage but then explodes soon after, sending bandits flying.
The Killing Word (Rare)
*A COV pistol that fires sonic waves of doom that look cool but actually just do regular physical damage.
Porta-Pooper 5000 (Rare)
*A COV rocket launcher that fires Irradiated “waste.”
Cloud Kill (Legendary)
*A Maliwan SMG that doesn't require much time to charge before firing.
Shocking 9-Volt (Legendary)
*A Dahl SMG that fires a “V” pattern of sparking bullets.
Extreme Hangin’ Chadd (Legendary)
*A COV pistol that doesn’t spend any ammo.
Dastardly Hand of Glory (Legendary)
*A burst-fire Jakobs assault rifle whose bullets ricochets when getting critical hits.
Tamed Hail (Legendary)
*A DAHL assault rifle that lobs bullets in an arc.
Superfluous Devoted (Legendary)
Terminal Thunderball Fists (Legendary)
*This Maliwan pistol shoots a tracking bullet onto enemies that results in a ball of thunder to drop from the sky onto them.
Reciprocating Try-Bolt (Legendary)
*This Torgue assault rifle shoots electrified bullets.
Bankrolled Predatory Lending (Legendary)
*This Hyperion SMG has a shield that absorbs bullets back into its magazine.
MOARR Linage (Legendary)
Savvy Bitch (Legendary)
Dastardly Maggie (Legendary)
Double Penetrating Potent Laser-Sploder (Legendary)
This Torgue assault rifle shoots both lasers and rockets at the same time.
The Garcia (Legendary)
Itchy Echo (Legendary)
Stark Devoted (Legendary)
Dastardly Unforgiven (Legendary)
Hawt Embrace the Pain (Legendary)
Nuclear Jericho (Legendary)
The Lob (Legendary)
Stark ASMD (Legendary)
Arctic Relentless Hawkin (Legendary)
Decaying Vanquisher (Legendary)
Loyal The Dictator (Legendary)
Adundant Stark Krakatoa (Legendary)
Ruby's Wrath (Legendary)
Rebel Yell (Legendary)
Shocking Vanquisher (Legendary)
Venemous Trained Kaos (Legendary)
Adapting Ripper (Legendary)
High Capacity Warlord (Legendary)
Adapting Sleeping Giant (Legendary)
Woodblocker (Legendary)
Cash-Infused Crossroad (Legendary)
Handsome Jackhammer (Legendary)
Cash-Infused The Butcher (Legendary)
Quickdraw Monocle (Legendary)
Iron-Willed Monocle (Legendary)
The Flood (Legendary)
Abundant Projectile Recursion (Legendary)
Poison Polybius (Legendary)
Turbo Ten Gallon (Legendary)
Gratifying Devils Foursum (Legendary)
Storming Infinity (Legendary)
Ruthless Infinity (Legendary)
Engulfing Krovvy Ogre (Legendary)
Lucian's Call (Legendary)
Coolheaded Unforgiven (Legendary)
Packin' Devastator (Legendary)
Shrinking Rock-hard Bearcat (Legendary)
Stuffed Tunguska (Legendary)
Vengeful Damned (Legendary)
Hyperfocus XZ41 (Legendary)
Rowan's Call (Legendary)
Hyper-Hydrator (Legendary)
Girth Blaster Elite (Legendary)
Standardized Carrier (Legendary)
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