Pearlescent

Pearlescent (or Cyan) weapons/items are a confirmed rarity type that are encountered in the third DLC, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. They can be found in weapon boxes, dropped by Crawmerax the Invincible, bosses during This Bitch is Payback, and less commonly by Lancers. They can also be dropped by BadAss Bruisers, Lance Pyros, Badass Engineers, Drifters and on rare occasion can be found by opening Crimson Lance chests.

Items with Pearlescent rarity
These are the only confirmed Pearlescent items, all added with DLC3.
 * Serpens* (Machine Gun)
 * Bessie* (Sniper Rifle)


 * Stalker* (Machine Pistol)
 * Nemesis* (Repeater Pistol)
 * Undertaker* (Rocket Launcher)
 * Aries* (Revolver)
 * Avenger* (Assault Rifle)
 * Tsunami* (SMG)
 * Jackal* (Shotgun)
 * Rose* (Shield)
 * Omega* (Shield)
 * Ironclad* (Shield)

This is a complete list of Pearlescent Weaponry, any others found in game not bearing these names are most likely illegitimate such as the "Bitch Bitch" or the "Unforgiven Unforgiven".

Trivia

 * Pearlescent is the rarest quality for the moment, and also the only rarity over Purple to contain a shield.
 * The rarity of Pearlescent weapons are above 1 to 66 "" weapons.
 * Each manufacturer has its own pearlescent weapon/shield, except for Atlas, who has 2.
 * "Pearl" named weapons should not be confused with Pearlescent weapons. Pearl weapons are Atlas' rare type that are simply pearl-plated weaponry (white weapons) and can be found on any Atlas weapon. An Atlas Pearl Pearlescent would be Atlas' rarest weapon in the game.

Pre Knoxx

 * Pearlescent was an old bug in Borderlands before the advent of the Secret Armory of General Knoxx where "white" weapons would appear over "orange" weapons in the menu. It was fixed in the patch preceding DLC3.


 * For all information for this old bug, visit Pearlescent (Before General Knoxx)