Special Weapon Effects (Borderlands 2)

Throughout Pandora, unique pieces of equipment can be found. These items contain special effects beyond that which is stated directly on the item card. Instead, there will be a line of "", often a pop-culture reference, signifying the item has unique properties.

About Special Effects
The special effect items found across Pandora will vary in rarity. While these items are unique, the stats (damage, accuracy, reload speed, etc) accompanying the item will vary, the unique special effect will remain the same.

A number of these special effect items are quest rewards, meaning they can only be obtained once per play through. The level of the reward item scales with the quest.

Legendary Items
All items (aside from the class mods) have a special effect. Apart from a few boss specific drops, all items are world drops. However, many of these items are associated with a particular boss, who has an increased drop rate for that particular item.

Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty
Introduced in Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty DLC, there are five special effect items that have two pieces of flavor text. The first  (representing the beneficial effect) is the same. But then there will be a , or the curse (representing the negative effect)

weapons were also introduced in the first DLC. All items have a special effect. items can drop from Hyperius the Invincible, Master Gee the Invincible, or Pyrocaustic Pete the Ultra Invincible from the second DLC. items can also be purchased with Seraph Crystals from a Seraph Vendor.

Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage brings a new set of special effect items. Similar to the first DLC, a new vending machine, Torgue Vending Machine, has been introduced. Various items can be purchased from these vending machines via the item of the day deal. Torgue Tokens are used to make these purchases and are obtained various ways in the second DLC.

All items purchasable from the Torgue Vending Machine are manufactured by Torgue.