Weapons by prefix (Borderlands)

Due to the fact that weapons are randomly generated by the names of the prefixes and quality, the stats aren't always accurate. This is a list of the suffixes used on weapons. In addition, while a weapon will usually get a descriptor that matches up with a part on the gun (for example, Spiked and the +150% melee damage handle attachment that goes with it), it is possible for a gun to get a descriptor and then another part that overrides the part associated with that descriptor.

The structure of a generated weapon is as such Weapon Name = [Manufacturer] [Manufacturer Tier] [Model] [Model Number] [Material Grade] [Prefix] [Title]; Manufacturer, Model, Prefix, and Title all affect stats of the weapon, Manufacturer Tier is the range of level requirement the weapon falls under, and Model Number affects the base appearance of the weapon. For example, the Jakobs Antique GGN9 XX Long Thunder, Jakobs is the manufacturer, Antique is the Tier, GGN is the Model, 9 is the Model Number, XX is the Material Grade, Long is Prefix, and Thunder is Title.

Body types
Most gun types have five specific body types available. They determine the gun's prefix, damage, rate of fire, and recoil. Testing has revealed the following:
 * Body Type 1 guns are more or less "middle of the road" performers. They don't excel anywhere, but they usually don't have any major weaknesses either.
 * Body Type 2 guns are second best at damage. However, they are also the second worst body type for rate of fire and recoil.
 * Body Type 3 guns are the worst at damage, but to compensate they have the second best fire rate and the lowest amounts of recoil.
 * Body Type 4 guns are tied for the best at damage, but are the worst in fire rate and recoil.
 * Body Type 5 guns are the best guns around - they are tied for highest damage with Body Type 4 and have the best fire rates and second best recoil. Understandably, these guns are also the rarest of the five common body types.
 * Body Type 6 guns are only found on Tediore weapons that have ammo regeneration.
 * Since Patch 1.3.0, all Tediore body6 for ammo regeneration have been changed to use existing body numbers for that weapon type. Therefore, there are no more body6 weapons after said patch.

1Only for machine pistols.

2These sniper rifles are semi-automatic and magazine based.

3Also used by support machineguns.

Manufacturer Tiers
Each manufacturer often provides the same weapon in different base quality. When you start the game, you can only find or buy standard issue weapons. As your character progresses and gains additional levels, more powerful versions of those basic weapons will start to appear. Usually, the main differences between a given weapon from the same manufacturer but from two different tiers are the base damage and the level requirement.

You can see the manufacturer's tier by sorting your weapon by brand, either in your inventory or in the shop interface.

Manufacturers also do not have a tier listed on any weapon below level requirement 13.

Material Grade
Material grade naming varies by manufacturer. Values are taken straight from localization files; quotation marks enclose intentionally included (or excluded) space characters.

Material grades change the color and texture of guns. They scale the effect of the manufacturer on a weapon's stats. On a Maliwan gun, for example, a better grade improves the chance of elemental effects triggering. This is not always good: signature weaknesses of some brands also increase. Material has a strong effect on the weapons rarity.

Weapon Prefix
Weapon Prefix are words that may affect the visuals and the stats. A gun can be without a prefix, this being the case generally in the more common weapons (specifically white rarities). Those that are found on two or less (like Double and Sighted) are put into their respective categories. A weapon will only display one prefix, even if two or more could apply - for instance, a Torgue Double Anarchy (SMG) may appear as a "Steel Anarchy" using the manufacturer material prefix, but the Double accessory is still there.

Combat Rifles
Burst/Semi-automatics

General Stats
Specific
 * Combat - Balanced
 * Battle - Overall better stats
 * War - Even better overall stats
 * Genocide - Best overall stats
 * Deathly - Increased Damage, Reduced Recoil
 * Intense - Increased Accuracy, +50% Critical Hit Damage
 * Punishing - Increased damage, adds knockback
 * Scoped - Scope (without penalties to other stats)
 * Short - Reduced Damage, Reduced Recoil, Increased Reload Speed

Fully Automatic

 * Frantic - Increased rate of fire, increased reload speed
 * Glorious - Increased recoil reduction, increased magazine capacity
 * Rowdy - Higher damage, Lower accuracy
 * Shattering - +20% Damage, adds knockback
 * Support - Increased Magazine, Lower rate of fire, Longer reload

Pistols
Both Repeaters and Machine Pistols


 * Double - Fires 2 projectiles at the same time and consumes 2 ammo, reduces accuracy by 11%, reduces damage per projectile by 14%, adds 2 bullets to the clip (might be percentage based clip increase instead)
 * Fanged - +100% Melee Damage
 * Sighted - Has a scope or sight, no obvious changes to over all stats

Repeaters, Machine Pistols, and Revolvers
 * Stabilized - Decreased Recoil, Increased Accuracy

Repeaters

 * Bad - Overall better stats
 * Cruel - Even better overall stats
 * Nasty - Good overall stats
 * Wicked - Best overall stats

Machine Pistols

 * Vile - Overall better stats
 * Grim - Even better overall stats
 * Mean - Overall good stats
 * Cold - Best overall stats, Decreased Bullet Velocity

Revolvers

 * Bladed - +100% Melee Damage
 * Bloody - Increased Damage
 * Brutal - Overall better stats
 * Primal - Even better overall stats
 * Raw - Increased Fire Rate, Lower Accuracy
 * Savage - Best overall stats
 * Swift - Increased Fire Rate, Decreased Recoil

General Stats
Specific
 * Big - Overall better stats
 * Massive - Even better overall stat
 * Colossal - Best overall stats
 * Devastating - Increased Damage
 * Evil - Increased projectile speed
 * Helix - 3 rockets fire in an spiral at once
 * Recoiless - Increased accuracy
 * Spread - Fires a 5 shot burst, horizontal pattern
 * Triple - Fires a 3 shot burst

Shotguns
All Types


 * Riot - Increased RoF, Decreased Accuracy

General Stats
Specific
 * Grievous - Good Quality
 * Lethal - Even Better Quality
 * Fatal - Best Quality


 * Angry - Increased Reload Speed, Small Magazine Increase
 * Assault - This prefix does nothing. It only states the type of shotgun.
 * Painful - Increased Damage
 * Raging - Increased Fire Rate
 * Spiked - +150% Melee Damage. Also changes melee animation.

Combat Shotguns

 * Frenzied - Increased Fire Rate
 * Hunter's - Slightly increased damage, but fires 7 pellets instead of 9. Typically has a tighter spread then other non-unique shotguns.
 * Jagged - Bonus Melee Damage
 * Terrible - Increased damage

All Types

 * Fearsome - Best overall stats
 * Solid - Even better overall stats
 * Hard - Overall better stats
 * Sighted - Usually low zoom, but not always

Bolt/Pump Action

 * Distant - Increased Accuracy, Reduced Recoil
 * Heavy - Increased Damage
 * Long - Increased Accuracy
 * Rolling - Increased Reload Speed

Semi-Automatic

 * Brisk - Increased fire rate
 * Deep - Increased Damage
 * Sober - Increased Accuracy
 * Vicious - Increased Reload Speed
 * Liquid - Increased Fire Rate

General

 * Patrol - Standard stats, weak.
 * Hostile - Even better overall stats
 * Violent - Overall better stats
 * Malevolent - Best overall stats

Specific

 * Double - Fires 2 projectiles at the same time and consumes 2 ammo
 * Relentless - Increased Rate of Fire
 * Ruthless - Reduced Recoil

Elemental prefixes
It should be noted that the prefix tiers do not always correspond to the element multiplier.
 * Tier 1: Exploding, Corrosive, Flaming, Shock
 * Tier 2: Blast, Caustic, Incendiary, Static
 * Tier 3: Detonating, Vitriolic, Burning, Lightning
 * Tier 4: Erupting, Pestilent, Combustion, Fulgurating

Weapon Title
Weapon Title tells you the series of the weapon and what effects it will have. Any weapon with flavor text is unique to that manufacturer. To know what each flavor text means, go here.

Burst/Semi-Automatics

 * Cobra - Burst fire, affects weapon accuracy and recoil
 * Stomper - Small ammo clip, has scope, does good damage, 3 round burst, and lowers bullet velocity
 * Pounder - Semi-Automatic Fire only (1 click fires 1 shot), generally high damage and accuracy, low fire rate and clip size


 * Rifle - Balanced


 * Destroyer - Flavor text ("The destructor has come") Unloads the entire magazine when scoped. Hyperion only
 * Guardian - Flavor text ("Hold your ground... Forever") Ammo regeneration. Tediore only
 * Raven - Flavor text ("2 more bullets make all the difference") Shoots in bursts of 5 rounds instead of 3. Higher stability. Dahl only
 * Avenger - Flavor text ("Uncommon Power") High zoom, +50% critical hit damage, single shot, slow ammo regeneration. High magazine, higher damage, high tech. Tediore only

Fully Automatics

 * Machine Gun - Basic title


 * Havoc - Balanced increase in damage, magazine size, recoil reduction, and fire rate
 * Mauler - Increased damage
 * Massacre - Increased accuracy
 * Bastard - Flavor text ("TORGUE, Bastard Guns for Bastard People!") Very high damage and increased magazine size; lower accuracy and increased recoil. Torgue only
 * Ogre - Flavor text ("Ogre SMASH!") Explosive rounds, x3-4. Atlas only
 * Revolution - Flavor text ("Guns of the Revolution will never fall silent!") Extended magazine, lower fire rate. Vladof only
 * S&S Draco - Flavor text ("Dragon Fire!") Incendiary x2-4, increased magazine capacity, increased accuracy, lower recoil. S&S only
 * Serpens - Flavor text ("Poison in your veins") Corrosive x3 or x4, serpentine bullets. Large Magazine and High chance to proc. High Accuracy and High Damage. S&S only

Repeater Pistols

 * Lacerator - +200% Melee Damage
 * Needler - Increased rate of fire
 * Swatter - Higher accuracy


 * Raptor - Higher Damage


 * Repeater - Balanced, closest to default stats
 * Firehawk - Flavor text ("Bring the HEAT!") Incendiary x4, can proc up to x6. High Accuracy. Maliwan only
 * Gemini - Flavor text ("Double Whammy.") Fires two bursts of two projectiles each. S&S only
 * Hornet - Flavor text ("Feel the Sting") Fires two-round bursts of corrosive rounds. Dahl only
 * Invader - Flavor text ("12 bullets invade your skull") Unloads the entire magazine when scoped. Hyperion only
 * Protector - Flavor text ("Ammo is no longer an issue") Ammo regeneration. High rate of fire. Tediore only
 * Rebel - Flavor text ("Never stop shooting!") Extended magazine. High Damage, High rate of fire. Vladof only
 * Troll - Flavor text ("Pain Heals") Regenerates health. Atlas only
 * Violator - Flavor text ("Your move, Creep.") Fires 3-round bursts with 3 bullets each. Torgue only
 * Nemesis - Flavor text ("There is no escape") Shock 3x / x4, procs adds additional corrosive projectiles, fixed pattern. Hyperion only

Machine Pistols

 * Torment - Extreme fire rate and usually good damage bonus


 * Fury - higher rate of fire
 * Rage - 5 Shot Burst Fire


 * Machine Pistol - +20 Magazine Size
 * Reaper - Flavor text ("Slice, Slice") +300% Melee damage. Killing an enemy with this weapon's blade will restore health. High Fire Rate, high Accuracy. Hyperion only
 * Thanatos - Flavor text ("Big Tony Says "Hi"") Extended magazine. S&S only
 * Vengeance - Flavor text ("Vengeance is yours") Chance to bypass shields. Vladof only
 * Stalker - Flavor text ("You can run, but you can't hide.") Bullets ricochet 5 times. slow velocity. Vladof only

Revolvers

 * Razor - +200% Melee Damage


 * Masher - Multiple projectiles per round. (x7)


 * Justice - Increased Accuracy, Increased Damage
 * Law - Increased rate of fire, Medium accuracy
 * Viper - Increased Accuracy


 * Revolver - Balanced
 * Patton - Flavor Text ("May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.") Predefined Build. Increased damage. Atlas Only
 * Anaconda - Flavor text ("Long and Strong") Increased accuracy and damage. Dahl only
 * Chimera - Flavor text ("A beast of many forms - Fire, Lightning, and Poison") Explosive x3 - x4. The bullets themselves deal explosive damage, but have a chance to be another element: incendiary, shock or corrosive. Atlas only
 * Defiler - Flavor text ("Give Sick") Corrosive x4, chance for increased contagion. Maliwan only
 * Equalizer - Flavor text ("Unending Firepower") Ammo regeneration. Tediore only
 * Unforgiven - Flavor text ("It's a helluva thing...") +100% extra critical hit damage. Jakobs only
 * Aries - Flavor text ("Your life is mine") Shock and transfusion rounds. Increased Damage. Atlas only

Rocket Launchers

 * Destructor - Increased damage
 * Harpoon - Increased accuracy, Increased rocket velocity, Smaller clip
 * Rocket Launcher - Balanced
 * Mongol - Flavor text ("Beware the Horde!") Vladof only
 * Nidhogg - Flavor text ("Death rains from above") Hyperion only
 * Redemption - Flavor text ("Monster Kill!") Torgue only
 * Rhino - Flavor text ("The Unstoppable Force") Maliwan only
 * Leviathan - Flavor text ("It Rises!") Torgue only
 * Undertaker - Flavor text ("Take 'em UNDER") Torgue only

Grenade Launchers (not in the game)

 * Onslaught - Flavor text ("Artillery Strike!") Dahl only
 * Rainmaker - Flavor text ("I feel a storm coming") S&S only
 * Terror - Flavor text ("Mister Jakobs send his regards") Jakobs only

Combat Shotguns

 * Matador - +3 projectiles fired, higher damage, lowest accuracy (often 0.0)
 * Scattergun - +2 projectiles fired, lower accuracy
 * Shredder - +2 projectiles fired, lower accuracy
 * Shotgun - Balanced


 * Carnage - Flavor text ("Holy crap! It shoots rockets!")
 * Bulldog - Flavor text ("One Bad Dog!") Dahl only
 * Defender - Flavor text ("I can do this all day...") Tediore only
 * Fire - Flavor text ("Have a nice day!") Torgue only
 * Hydra - Flavor text ("Five heads of Death") Atlas only
 * Striker - Flavor text ("Sniper Rifles are for Chumps.") Jakobs only
 * Jackal - Flavor text ("This dog bites") Dahl only

Assault Shotguns

 * Brute - Increased Damage


 * Death - Increased Accuracy


 * Sweeper - Low accuracy, high spread


 * Butcher - Flavor text ("Ahhh... Fresh meat!") Hyperion only
 * Crux - Flavor text ("Bring out your Dead") Maliwan only (Actually called the Plague in the game files, a typo causes this and the S&S Crux to share names.)
 * Crux - Flavor text ("Cross their heart, hope they die.") S&S only
 * Hammer - Flavor text ("Drop the Hammer!") Vladof only

Sniper Rifles (General)

 * Drive - Increased rate of fire, Lower accuracy
 * Lance - Increased accuracy, Lower power?
 * Sniper - Balanced
 * Thunder - Higher damage

Sniper Rifles (Bolt/Pump Action only)

 * Gamble - Lowered accuracy, 250% Critical Hit Damage (as opposed to 200%), if elemental, then increased effect (x3 or x4)
 * Hawkeye - Increased accuracy
 * Cyclops - Flavor text ("I have you in my eye, sir.") Atlas only
 * Skullmasher - Flavor text ("Makes their brains hurt") Jakobs only
 * Surkov - Flavor text ("For the Motherland.") Vladof only
 * Volcano - Flavor text ("Pele demands a sacrifice!") Maliwan only
 * Bessie - Flavor text ("That's my girl...") Jakobs only

Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifles

 * Cobra - Flavor text ("I LIKE IT!") Torgue only
 * Invader - Flavor text ("BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM") Hyperion only (Actually called the Executioner in the game files, a typo / copypaste caused this.)
 * Nailer - Flavor text ("Thwack!") Dahl only
 * Orion - Flavor text ("A hunter lives among the stars...") S&S only
 * Penetrator - Flavor text ("Sniper killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?") Dahl only
 * Wrath - Almost always elemental and sometimes x3 sometimes x4

Sub-Machine Guns

 * Anarchy - Fires 3 projectiles for 1 ammo cost, and highly reduced accuracy (In truth they fire 4 projectiles with 2 ammo cost due to Anarchies having the Double accessory, the Prefix itself may be overwritten by a material Prefix)
 * Bruiser - Higher damage, Medium fire rate


 * Thumper - Higher Damage, Lower Fire Rate (Capped at 4.2)


 * Stinger - Very high fire rate (12.0+), and Medium to High damage


 * SMG - Balanced


 * Bitch - Flavor text ("Smack 'em") Hyperion only
 * Gasher - Flavor text ("Tear it up") Torgue only
 * Hellfire - Flavor text ("We don't need no water...") Maliwan only
 * Savior - Flavor text ("Hallelujah") Tediore only
 * Wildcat - Flavor text ("The ultimate close quarters feline.") Dahl only
 * Tsunami - Flavor text ("Flee the wave!") Maliwan only