The BL3 Guide will show you the best, most powerful, and legendary in-game weapons you will get early on in Borderlands 3. These weapons might take a lot of grinding, but at the end of the day, they will provide you with some major benefits.
When discussing the best weapons we can get in BL3, the highest classes that come in our minds are BL3’s Unique Weapons and Legendary Weapons. The guide below lists the best early-game weapons you can get in the Borderlands 3.
10. SkekSil
You will be given the Legendary Hunt Crew Challenge when you reach Ascension Bluff. There will be a lot of Skrakks that you have to hunt down and a large creature flying in the air. Sir Hammerlock will ask you to hunt them down for weapons and gear.
Once you go behind a rock, you will see the flying creature. You have to hunt it down to get SkekSil. The gun is an amazing and quite powerful weapon that deals high fire damage, and also, some bullets out of it can explode, dealing even more damage. The only problem is that it has an unlimited magazine, which will cause the weapon to overheat and break.
9. Bankrolled Predatory Lending
When you are in the Droughts region, again from the Legendary Hunt Crew Challenge, you will be given a task, but this time, you have to hunt down the Lavander Crawley that creeps out of the cave.
When you hunt them down, the weapon will drop there. The gun has the unique effect of using one dollar each time a bullet comes out of it. Spending the dollars is worth it, though, as the gun is really powerful and does a lot of damage.
8. Smart Gun XXL
This gun will be accessible after you defeat Gigamind in the main story mission. Once you farm the gun, you can shoot regular attacks. Though they are not that powerful, they still do some pretty good damage.
The specialty of the gun is that it lets you summon brain robots who throw some green beam. Other than that, these bots explode on impact with the enemies which does a great deal of damage to the enemies.
7. Mind-Killer
In the Cult Following mission, you will face a Level 10 boss called Mouthpiece. Defeating the boss will drop a Maliwan-made miracle, the Mind Killer shotgun. The gun does not shoot buckshot; instead, it shoots sound waves, which do a lot of damage to the enemies.
6. One Pump Chump
In Lectro City, near the subway, you will have to open a door. To open the door, you must complete an order by pushing the button on the left and then turning the wheel on the right. Then pull the lever, pull another lever on the left and the One Punch boss will appear. The boss doesn’t usually appear on the first try, so keep trying until he appears.
The boss is really strong and as the name suggests, he will kill you in one punch. Kill the boss, and he will drop the One Pump Chump. The shotgun has a specialty that there is a 50% chance that on shooting from this weapon, the gun will not consume any ammo. This means you won’t have to reload the weapon for multiple shots as the gun won’t consume any ammo.
5. The Big Succ
Another extremely important and beneficial early-game weapon is dropped once you complete the first objective after starting the Skag Dog Days quest. The weapon is an under-barrel grenade launcher that deals 9 to 64 damage and is used mostly for crowd control.
The grenades come in high quantity and are usually more than you have to use, but this makes the weapon best for early use in the game.
4. The Killing Word
Killing Word is a signature gun that is dropped every time you fight with Mouthpiece. When you enter the Holy Broadcast Center during the Cult Following quest, you will fight one of the first real bosses in BL3.
He always drops his signature Children of the Vault gun during the fight. The weapon has a 56% accuracy and a 9.45 fire rate per second. The drawback of the gun is its unlimited magazine, which causes the gun to overheat and break apart.
3. Buttplug
This gun is received as a reward from Ellie for completing the Dump on Dumptruck side quest in The Droughts. The quest demands that you hit Dumpstruck on his behind, on his … behind, yes.
The unique weapon is then rewarded to you, and even in the description of the weapon, it is written that it works best from behind, which means that if you shoot enemies on their ass, then it can end the enemies in one hit.
2. Brashi’s Dedication
At the Holy Broadcast Center, when you complete the Head Case quest, you are given this as a reward from Vic for saving Vaughn’s best friend from the VR torture chamber. The weapon significantly damages enemies with or without a shield as it switches between Shock and Corrosive elements. The weapon is the best early-game weapon for expert hands.
1. The Leech
Once you complete the Taking Flight quest in the drought region, the weapon is rewarded to you by Ellie. The main story quest must be completed, and then you can pick up the pistol before leaving Pandora.
The pistol is 80% accurate and deals 40% melee damage. Its alternate fire mode is an under-barrel taser, which, upon fire, deals more damage for an additional seven seconds.
