Wordpress best products catalog store. Having beaten the main story quests of the game, I'm now running around mopping up side quests and preparing for a second playthrough of the game. I was curious where some of the best item farming places are in the game so I can deck out my character before starting playthrough 2.
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The best bosses to farm for items are BNK3R, Warrior and Terramorphous. You can't fast travel to these locations, so what you need to do is kill the boss, quit out of the game and then restart the game. The boss will be back and you'll be right at their front door instead of having to run the respective gauntlet before each boss.
Note that Orange/legendary drops are extremely rare except from certain bosses (even then orange drops are absurdly rare. Killed BNK3R 20 times this weekend and got squat). Farming is an effective way to get purple/blue weapons from any boss, but you'll need to target your farming if you want the legendaries.
Also note that Terra always spawns at level 52, so if you aren't level 50, don't bother. See also my guide on killing the crap out of Terramorphous. Similar to the advice in that question, The Bee is an effective way to farm any boss; it used to be insanely easy, now it's just significantly helpful. The Bee has been nerfed (more specifically Amp Shields in general) so the boost is less significant for multi-projectile weapons, so if you're using the Bee, try a single bullet per shot, high rate of fire weapon like a Spinigun instead of a shotgun.
BNK3R in particular is easy to farm for Assassins since the Bore skill is bugged for him and sometimes he'll take repeated hits from it (with increasing damage) and die in very few hits (or one).
However, regarding farming before playthrough 2..Don't farm before playthrough 2. Actually you need to be in playthrough 2.5 (e.g. complete playthrough 2) to get the best items possible. Don't farm until your level is maxed out; unlike Borderlands 1, damage follows an exponential scale in Borderlands 2. This means almost immediately after playthrough 1, orange level 30 guns are total crap compared to green level 35 guns. Ditto even up to level 45 guns. Everything is crap until you hit the level cap, just play normally until then and don't worry about farming.
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In the wildlife exploitation center, if you haven't received the mission from Tannis, is the mission 'Doctor's Orders'. DO NOT collect any of the echo recordings. Instead fight your way to where the 2nd echo is (just after the super badass loader ambush) and in the room where the recording is there are 4 boxes. Opening each box without grabbing any echo recordings will almost always yield 4 loot midgets/loaders. Killing these at higher levels can yield aprrox. one legendary gun per 4 loot midgets/loaders. I myself after 4 runs on this location have received the corporate bitch, the impetuous hellfire, the vengeful ker blaster, and the 2 for 1 gunnerang. In my opinion it is the most effective farming method.
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I'd say my favorite looting spot is The Fridge. There are several bosses there, Laney at the beginning for the gub, then enter 'the rats maze'. At the othe end you can kill smash-head for Sledge's shotgun. Then follow the path until you find a elevator.Go up to 'the Rakcave' and and kill Rakkman for the gunerang. Then jump down, head back towards the beginning, but this time (from the start point) head right, go down stairs and Kill Shorty for the last orange gun. 4 legendaries here!
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Best way to get loot to me is to farm the Warrior a certain way. You and a buddy (you as the host) have the Final mission to 'End This' and you head to heroes pass and kill Jack and Warrior. What you do is have your friend join with this active, kill Jack and Warrior and use lonar beacon bomb to blow the Warrior up. This gives a higher Orange loot drop rate than normal. It ONLY works with the mission active.
Any way, you kill the Warrior and Jack and if there is an orange weapon, have your buddy or whoever is not the host pick up and save and quit. Open your dashboard or find a way to quit without saving and then come back and do it again. Note that you do not get Orange loot every time but I'd say you have at least a 7/10 chance of getting one every time you do this.
I later duplicated the loot I got and ended up with my friends having all the same orange loot. This included the Conference Call Slag, Shock, and Fire damage. The Sham shield. The Leech grenade mod fire. And the Volcano, all at level 50.
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PepperguyPepperguy
The best farming you can do after finishing game is to kill warrior multiple times and hope for rare drops.
first you need to travel all the heroes pass again, once you are at warrior go and fight him, its you die you will re-spawn near save point don't jump down you can easily snipe him from the top of stairs without getting hit.
Once you killed it go loot all the stuff, don't leave the map save and quit and continue. you can fight warrior again as many times you want.
All the other places you wont get better loot, and soloing terramorphus in the first play-through is quiet impossible.
Apocalyp5eApocalyp5e
I farmed both the Warrior and Bunker and they both have crap, IMHO that is, on my way to Terramorphus. I had better luck when I played Zero, now I'm playing Axton and have got nothing but crap the whole game. The only good thing is having two turrets
StenSten
i killed jack and the warrior in playthrough one. ( i'm level 35 right now)and when i went back to the red chest at the end of heroes pass (right before the vault of the warrior) i'm farming level 34 purple and e-tech gear there. also easily maxed out my 500 eridium.
i just run through heroes pass with my deception and toss a few homing grenades aheasd at key pointsgrenades and make it to the chest w/o having to fight anyone. then step into the vault, step back, save and you respawn right at the red chest with no enemies around.
but until i beat jack and the warrior, the chest was only giving level 30.
St. EarlSt. Earl
I have found two orange weapons from trying to kill the black queen - I got them from killing the two men up by the church. There is a shortcut you can take up on the side of the hill, if you don't want to run all the way from the back of Ellie's. These two guys will start appearing after you complete the mission for Mordecai about the secret stash of weapons. The guys are extremely easy to kill if you have electric, fire, and corrosive weapons. The guy who kicks the church door open drops the veruc assault rifle, while the Hyperion agent can drop the Lyudia/White death sniper rifle.
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i farm the super chests in opportunity. there are 2 easy ones to get and once u learn the route to run its so quick and easy..I was averaging a e tech weapon every six boxes or so and purps and blues too..I do this at level 50 for max level gear drops..go and look up on youtube the video for farming the super chests in opportunity and you can learn the route
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I farmed loot midgets near the second beacon for Doctor's Orders in the Wildlife Reserve. Got at least 6 legendaries and one legendary grenade mod. Without a doubt the best farming place with time and location taken into consideration. Loot midgets are plentiful as long as Doctor's Orders is still active. Do not pick up the second beacon, just raid the boxes, chests, and lockers, save / quit, rinse and repeat.
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Hey everyone, I've been playing borderlands 2 for quite some time and it took me up until now to discover what I think is the best EXP farm the (vanilla) game offers. I'll share with you a step by step guide which should net you about 1.5 levels for each run as well as quality loot.
First, you're going to want to go to Arid Nexus - Badlands. From there, head straight forward and kill the first group of skags. Continue up and drop down to kill the skag group behind Fyrestone, then turn and make your way to the Fyrestone entrance. Dont go in, but feel free to snipe the few JNK - Loaders, and progress up the path that leads to T.K Baha's house. You'll fight another cluster of skags on the way, and then instead of proceeding to his house, fight the skag den to the left and proceed forward to fight the next skag den. At this point, work your way through the small JNK - Loader camp and then kill the skags in the last spawn area. You should now be by Bone Head 2.0's area, so proceed inside and kill him and his minions. Exit out the back, and make your way into Fyrestone, killing all the JNK - Loaders along the way. While you're here, grab the Claptrap chest and the Zed Chest, then proceed to Saturn (optional, but recommended especially for Maya players.) After you kill Saturn, grab the chest atop the roof and head towards the entrance to the map.
The EXP you gain here is phenominal: Rabid Skags: 5,000 a piece and spawn at most the spawn locations. Bone Head: 5,000 Saturn: 21,000 Common enemies: 3,000 - 7,000 for every 10 killed.
With this, it's very easy to obtain about 40-50,000 every run.
Now we leave the map and travel to Arid Nexus - Boneyard from the Badlands.
Ignore these enemies and drop down and make your way slightly left to the Hyperion Horn. Press it and hide behind a barrier. Kill the Badads Constructor and the 2 Ultimate Badass Loaders as well as all the little guys. After they have been dealt with, loot em and turn around, making your way past the main story pipeline and towards the fast travel station. You will come across 2 skag zones. One near the pipe, and one near the fast travel, kill all of these for more experience.
Edit: for those that have the mission completed, you can also breeze by and kill Hunter Helquist for a chance at the Bee shield.
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The experience here is less than before, but still worthwile.
Badass Constructor: 10,000 Ultimate Loader: 5,000 x 2 Rabid Skags: 5,000 Common Enemies: 3,000-7,000 for every 10 killed
Once you arrive at the fast travel, travel to Southpaw Steam and Power. Make your way through this area normally, and be sure to open as many chests/lockers as you can.
Each of the assassins will drop 5,000 exp, there is a good loot chest at the end, and many of the lockers actually contain solid loot and eridium. Because this is a circulat map, you can leave as soon as you're finished.
Next, make your way to the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve and fight though this. As before, common enemies will drop about a minimum of 3,000 and maximum of 7,000 for every 10 killed. Ultimate Badass Loaders spawn, granting you 5,000 exp. Legendary Loot Midgets are common, and Tubbys arent that rare. Timoney and Pumba may also spawn, giving you about 6,000 a piece for them, as well as 5,000 a piece for Rabid Stalkers. Son of Mothrak is the final boss, and he fetches a pretty penny as well. After you've completed the run, grab the two loot chests and make your way to the fast travel.
Now, you can either save and quit now, or go back to Arid Nexus - Badlands. By now, all the skags have reopened and you can try your luck with the Rabid Skags. The Hyperion horn has also reset, and have all the baddies in Southpaw Steam and Power, a few key enemies and loot (Bonehead, Saturn, Badass Comstructor, and chests) will not respawning, so now it's best to save and quit.
And repeat.
Why I have found this to be an amazing EXP farm is because no enemy you face is terribly challenging for huge profit; you get 7 guaranteed chests that drop amazing loot; and you find tubby and legendary enemies along the way, in addition to the unique/legendaries dropped by a few of the bosses you'll face.
All in all, you will face:
Rabid Skags: 5,000 exp Bone Head: 5,000 exp and unique weapon Saturn: 21,0000 exp, possible legendary drop Badass Constructor: 10,000 exp and eridium drop Badass Loader: 5,000 exp and good loot drops Hunter Helequist: 5,000 xp and possible legendary. All 4 Assassins: 5,000 each, legendary and unique drops Tubby Skags: 5,000 exp, legendary drops Legendary Loot enemies: 5,000 exp, lege dary drops Timon: 6,000 exp, possible legendary Pumba: 6,000 exp, possible legendary Son of Mothrak: 5,000 exp possible legendary.
I do realize it is faster to just save and quit after one run of the Badlands, but because all these maps are circular in design, they offer fast farms and good loot, and also help to break up the repetitive nature of just farming one area.
Hope you all enjoy.
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The ‘Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary’ DLC is brand new, and that means fresh grinding spots for Borderlands 2 fans. Loot has a new, even more powerful tier and you can grind levels all the way up to 80. That gives you even more opportunities to farm — and this new DLC includes two great ways to endlessly farm for powerful loot, even if you’re solo.
Both of these grinding methods, which players say are the best spots for farming loot in the game currently, can be accessed after you’ve completed the ‘Commander Lilith’ DLC. It isn’t too long, and both involve returning to areas you’ve already cleared before to endlessly fight respawning bosses. Each of the end-of-level bosses will respawn, and with the right equipment, you can devastate these guys. Learn all about the farming locations below.
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Both of these methods are only available in the ‘Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary’ DLC. Once you reach (almost) the end, you’ll be able to start farming. The trick is all about triggering one-way-teleporter checkpoints. These checkpoints save your location, so when you exit and reload, you’ll appear right next to one of these special porters.
Method #1: This method only works if you’ve completed the Helios Fallen mission and defeated the Uranus robot at least once. After that, you can farm him endlessly. Go to Helios Fallen, and then trigger the one-way travel beacon to Fire Control Alpha. When you restart, you can reset from that beacon instead of replaying the entire area — go down the elevator in the hallway outside Munitions Loading.
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Step through the open doorway, and the Uranus boss will spawn. Now you can simply run back down the hall and shoot the boss from safety. Take him down, and you’ll find effervescent drops, legendary drops, and lots of Eridium. If you used the one-way teleporter, you’ll respawn there after saving and quitting, making it even easier to complete fast runs.
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Method #2: This method isn’t quite as good as the other method, but it should work forever — this one probably won’t get patched. Travel to Mt. Scarab Research Center and travel to the end of the mission. Defeat the boss Cassius, and find the Research Center – Paradise Bio-Lab one-way teleporter. Trigger the checkpoint, then save and quick. You’ll reload at the porter, and you can farm the chests nearby endlessly.
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