Borderlands 2 – Legendary Item and XP Farming Guide

Ideal Build

Like many games, Borderlands 2 has a “perfect” or ideal set of equipment. These items are as follows.

• Level – 50
• Gun – Conference Call
• Shield – The Bee
• Class Mod – Legendary Class or Slayer of Terra
• Relic – Anything but the Vault Hunter one (doesn’t work)

So why is this build so important? Simply put, The Bee and Conference Call (shotgun) almost feel like they were designed to work together. The Bee gives you unlimited AMP damage (with full shield), which is supplemented by the pellets in the Conference Call (claimed to contain more than other shotguns) and is a lot easier to hit at range. Due to this insane combo, many gamers consider them to be the best items by far, but how do you get them? Well let’s get to level 50 first.

Power Leveling to 50

If you’re not level 50 already, I suggest playing though True Vault Hunter till you hit the end. This will bump every enemy, quest and drop to 49 or better, which is a MUST if you want to farm. Why is this a must? Well the difference between a level 49 items and 50 is absurdly vast. You can see an example of this below.

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So whats the best way to level? Well this is really based off your build. The first method is the “easy one”, which requires you breaking Varkid pods. More characters make them evolve faster, so you can quickly farm Adult Pod and score a whopping 1,000 xp (at level 50) per pod. You can find a level 50 breakdown below.

• Varkid – 300 xp
• Adult Pod – 1,300 xp
• Adult Varkid – 600 xp
• Badass Pod – 3,100 xp

I don’t advise going past Badass pod, as it’s a LOT less common to spawn a Super Badass, Ultimate Badass and especially a Supreme Badass Varkid. You can see a video of me doing this really quick below. I suggest going for Adult Pods (extremely common) and should give very good XP if you can’t kill big bosses.

If you have a good build, are trying to power level an alternate or just want to get XP faster, then I suggest you try this method. Start by selecting between The Bunker, The Warrior and Terra. I would suggest selecting The Warrior, since he will run away after taking a certain amount of damage and ultimately never damage you if you can maintain this amount. However, if you’re looking for a certain weapon, then select that boss to farm. At level 50, each of these bosses should give you 20,000+ XP (25,000 xp for The Warrior), so you can see this is significantly faster than farming Varkids. The only downside is that it’s only efficient if you can kill them fast enough. Finally, don’t forget that reloading the game (save / quit, remake) will spawn you in front of The Warrior (or any boss) and allow you to quickly kill him again.

Obtaining your Class Mod

In Borderlands 2, there are two types of Legendary class mods. The first type is the extremely common “Slayer of Terra”, which grants you +4 in all, but one of your starting skills and some fire damage. You can see an example of the Siren one above.

The other type is the Legendary _____ Class Mod, which gives you skill cooldown, a useful stat boost and +5 in all but 1 of your starting skills. Unlike the Slayer of Terra mod, this one is an extremely rare drop from Vermivorous. Since this is better left to later on, lets get the Slayer mod first.

Now there are two methods you can go about getting this mod. You can either A) Kill Terra till your class drops (should be quick) or if you’re having issues B) Simply ask me. I have a small collection of them from farming him for hours and will more than gladly give them out to people that ask for them. However, if you want to kill Terra, you can check out the video below.

The Bee

Once you hit playthrough 2.5, level to 50 and obtain your Slayer of Terra class mod, you’re finally ready to go after The Bee shield. To get the shield, make sure you have or have done the mission “This Just In” or the enemy you need won’t spawn. Once you’ve done or start this mission, head to the Arid Nexus Bonyard and kill Hunter Hellquest. He is in the tower you can see at the start, so it’s a fairly quick journey. If for some reason you can’t find him or are confused, you can see a quick video of me fighting him below.

At some point (ideally quickly) he will drop The Bee and you’ll be able to go after the shotgun.

Conference Call

After you get The Bee, all low damage, low agro bosses become an absolute joke. As mentioned above, The Warrior won’t actually attack if you do enough damage, so really any shotgun with The Bee should give you protection from his attacks. This fight should be a joke, but if you need it an extended guide is on the next page.