User blog comment:Razldazlchick/Pearlescent Finds/@comment-1274226-20110124213806

There are three pieces of advice that I can give you that will help.

1. Check every single loot drop while playing the Secret Armory. This applies to Lance chests, killed Crimson Lance soldiers, drifter drops, Craw farming, etc. I have found a few pearlescent weapons, and the first two weren't found on Craw nor in the Armory--one was found as I was clearing loot after finishing the CoD missions. The other was found as I was picking through loot from a drifter kill. Even if you speed through a Lance soldier on the freeway, be sure to check his loot. You may have just driven right over that elusive pearlescent. Check everything.

2. Patience. Finding guns that drop at the rate that pearlescents do, I cannot stress this enough. You are going to have to be patient. Took me over four months of seemingly endless playing before I found my first pearlescent. If you are getting burned out, take a break, and come back later.

3. Time. No matter what, you're going to need to invest some time in order to be able to find even a single pearlescent weapon. It may take a few minutes, or hours, days, weeks, or months, but time is the primary sacrifice one must make when hunting these uber-rare guns.

(Perseverance + Patience)/Time = Increased likelihood of finding a pearlescent.