Road Dog

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Road Dog is a respawnable mini-boss encountered in Borderlands 3.

What happens when Road Dog in Borderlands 3 becomes enraged? toggle section

Upon becoming enraged, Road Dog in Borderlands 3 undergoes an evolution, gaining prefixes in this sequence: Raging, Super Raging, Mega Raging, Ultimate Raging, and Godly. Each kill accelerates his evolution. Defeating him contributes to the BIG HURT challenge and increases the likelihood of acquiring legendary weapons such as the Redline shotgun, the Hellwalker, and the Splatter Gun.

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What is the significance of killing Road Dog in Borderlands 3? toggle section

In Borderlands 3, eliminating Road Dog, a rare-spawn enemy located in a COV camp in The Splinterlands, contributes to the BIG HURT challenge. Road Dog also has a higher probability of dropping legendary weapons such as the Redline shotgun, Hellwalker, and Splatter Gun. Upon repeated defeats, Road Dog evolves, gaining prefixes like Raging, Super Raging, Mega Raging, Ultimate Raging, and Godly.

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Where can you find Road Dog in Borderlands 3? toggle section

In Borderlands 3, Road Dog is a rare enemy located in a COV camp in The Splinterlands' central region. Defeating Road Dog contributes to the BIG HURT challenge and increases the likelihood of obtaining legendary items such as the Redline shotgun, Hellwalker, and Splatter Gun.

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What does Road Dog evolve into with subsequent kills in Borderlands 3? toggle section

In Borderlands 3, the mini-boss Road Dog evolves through a series of name prefixes with each kill. The sequence of evolution is: Raging, Super Raging, Mega Raging, Ultimate Raging, and finally Godly. Road Dog's location is a COV camp in The Splinterlands' central area.

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Background

Road Dog is unique Goliath found in a COV camp in the central part of The Splinterlands.

Appearances

Borderlands 3

Strategy

Instead of dual-wielding assault rifles, Road Dog holds a meat hook on his right hand, which can be used to pull a Vault Hunter to him from distance. Beside that, he is not so different from a common Goliath.

Notes

If enraged, and with subsequent kills, Road Dog will evolve and receive a name prefix in the following order: Raging > Super Raging > Mega Raging > Ultimate Raging > Godly.
Killing Road Dog counts towards the BIG HURT challenge.
Road Dog is the exclusive drop source of Redline shotgun.
Road Dog has an increased chance of dropping Hellwalker shotgun and Splatter Gun artifact.

Trivia

Road Dog is a reference to Roadhog from Overwatch.

Enemies encountered in Borderlands 3

Enemies

Creatures

Jabbers	Badass Jabber • Burning Jabber • Charged Jabber • Frail Jabber • Frosty Jabber • Gassy Jabber • Jabber • Rad Jabber • Squire Jabber • Stunted Jabber • Thieving Jabber

Nekrobugs	Aerox • Djira • Korax • Korax Drone • Manta • Mantakore • Vanda

Rakks	Badass Chromatic Rakk • Bloated Rakk • Corrosive Rakk • Irradiated Rakklesnake • Needler Rakk • Rakk • Scorpion Rakk • Shock Rakk Bloody Harvest: Rakk-O'-Lantern

Ratches	Badass Ratch • Ratch • Ratch Broodmother • Ratch Gnat • Ratchling • Ratch Nest • Ratch Spitter • Ratch Swarm Bloody Harvest: Bloody Badass Ratch • Bloody Ratch • Bloody Ratch Gatekeeper • Bloody Ratch Nest

Saurians	Baby Toxic Grog • Badass Toxic Grog • Badass Ramtaurus • Fire Grog • Grog • Pollygrog • Reaver • Ramtaurus • Ravager • Slinger • Shiny Grog • Tyrant • Uplifted Pollygrog • Uplifted Ravager Bounty of Blood: Abaddon Mount • Augmented Devil • Augmented Hellion • Baby Wyrm • Croaker Devil • Devil Mount • Frail Dactyl • Hellion Mount • Imp • Knockjaw Hellion • Lucivore • Pale Abaddon • Prime Abaddon • Scourge • Scum Devil • Shadow Devil • Snapper • Stinging Devil • Storm Scourge • Wild Hellion • Wyrm

Skags	Adult Skag • Alpha Skag • Badass Skag • Barfer Skag • Chubby Skag • Skag Pup • Spitter Skag • Succulent Skag • Succulent Alpha Skag • Vermiling

Spiderants	Chubby Spiderant • Royal Spiderling • Spiderant • Spiderant Bishop • Spiderant King • Spiderant Knight • Spiderant Rook • Spiderant Queen

Varkids	Badass Varkid • Sterile Varkid • Super Badass Varkid • Varkid Larva

Wolvens	Guns, Love, and Tentacles: Feeder Wolven • Hunter Wolven • Prime Wolven • Wolven • Wolven Howler

Krichs	Guns, Love, and Tentacles: Detonator Krich • Electrified Krich • Flaming Krich • Floating Krich • Plated Krich • Prime Detonator Krich • Prime Floating Krich • Prime Krich • Sickener Krich • Vulnerable Krich

Belliks	Bounty of Blood: Bellik • Bellik Matriarch • Juvenile Bellik • Lightbender Bellik • Prime Bellik • Tauran Bellik

Children of the Vault

Fanatics	Anointed Fanatic • Badass Fanatic • Devout Fanatic • Fanatic • Longshot Fanatic • Shredder Fanatic

Tinks	Apocalyte • Anointed Tink • Badass Tink • Hag Rider Tink • Loot Tink • Mutated Tink • Noviciate • Psycho Tink • Sapper Tink • Shotgun Tink • Tink • Tink Tank Fantastic Fustercluck: Boombringer • Welcoming Psycho Tink Director's Cut: Almost Dead Tink • Ready to Die Tink

Psychos	Anointed Psycho • Badass Psycho • Firebrand • Infected Psycho • Looter Psycho • Martyr • Psycho • Slugger

Goliaths	Anointed Goliath • Badass Goliath • Festering Goliath • Goliath • Li'l Goliath

Hags	Anointed Hag • Badass Hag • Gale Hag • Hag

Enforcers	Anointed Enforcer • Bruiser • Badass Enforcer • Enforcer • Mauler Designer's Cut: Bandit Revenant

Turrets	Badass Tink Sentry • Blockade Sentry • Family Jewel Security • The Big-D • Tink Sentry

Troopers	Designer's Cut: Blinkrunner

Heavies	Designer's Cut: Scrapper Heavy

Mechs	Designer's Cut: Spikehound

Robots	Designer's Cut: Punkball

Vehicles	COV Drop Ship

Guardians

Badass Wraith • Elder Spectre • Elder Wraith • Fallen Guardian • Grave • Herald • Infernal Revenant • Possessed Sera • Possessed Spectre • Possessed Wraith • Revenant • Sera • Spectre • Ward • Wraith
Guardian Breach: Schismatic Diadem

Maliwan

Fusions	Designer's Cut: Fusion Sapper

Jocks	Designer's Cut: Shock Jock

Muscles	Designer's Cut: Corporate Muscle

Troopers	Assault Trooper • Badass Trooper • Breach Trooper • Coffee Runner • Flash Trooper • Jet Trooper • Med Trooper • Riot Trooper Bloody Harvest: Dissection Trooper • Gatekeeper Trooper • Gravedigger Trooper • Gravewalker Trooper • Mortician Trooper Maliwan Blacksite: Cloak Trooper • Reflect Trooper

NOGs	Badass NOG • Ninja NOG • NOG • NOGromancer

Heavies	Badass Contaminator Heavy • Badass Icebreaker Heavy • Badass Powerhouse Heavy • Badass Pyrotech Heavy • Contaminator Heavy • Heavy Gunner • Icebreaker Heavy • Powerhouse Heavy • Pyrotech Heavy Bloody Harvest: Badass Pathologist Heavy • Badass Pyre Heavy • Gatekeeper Heavy • Pathologist Heavy • Pyre Heavy

Mechs	Arbalest • Badass Frontrunner • Frontrunner • GenION • Gunwolf • Hoplite • Nullhound • Reaper Maliwan Blacksite: Huskarl • Isaz Auga • Kraken • Thor Designer's Cut: Harker's Hound

Bots	AMBER LAMPS • Billyclub Bot • Bit Bot • Defender • Deputy Bot • EMS Bot • Fire Bot • Hacked Bot • Harbinger • Maliwan Bot • Medic Bot • Oversphere • Recycler Bot • Service Bot • Sheriff Bot • Stinger Maliwan Blacksite: Death Sphere

Constructs	Bloody Harvest: Shielding Phylactery

Vehicles	Maliwan Cyclone • Maliwan Drop Ship

Undead
(Bloody Harvest &
Bloody Harvest Returns)

Ghost • Loot Ghost • Badass Ghost

Looters
(Moxxi's Heist)

Looter	Greedy Looter • Longshot Looter • Looter • Spreadshot Looter • VIP Armored Looter • VIP Looter

Bookie	Bomber Bookie • Bookie • Crap Riding Bookie • Shotgun Bookie • VIP Armored Bookie • VIP Bookie • Wildcard Bookie

Wildcard	Clubber • Hotshot Wildcard • Infected Wildcard • Suicide Wildcard • VIP Wildcard

Thug	Thug • VIP Mobster

Tourists	Tourist • Li'l Tourist • VIP Tourist

Crapshooters	Crapshooter • VIP Crapshooter

Hyperion

Lieutenants (Fantastic Fustercluck)	Badass Lieutenant • Lieutenant • Marksman Lieutenant • Riot Lieutenant

Majors (Fantastic Fustercluck)	Badass Major • Berserk Major • Buckshot Major • Deranged Major • Major

Berserk Patients (Fantastic Fustercluck)	Badass Berserk Patient • Berserk Patient

Sergeants (Fantastic Fustercluck)	Badass Sergeant • Pummeler Sergeant • Sergeant • Soldier Sergeant

Loaders (Moxxi's Heist & Guns, Love, and Tentacles & Fantastic Fustercluck)	Badass Corrosive Loader • Badass HOT Loader • Badass ICE Loader • Badass Shock Loader • Badass Wee Loader • EXP Loader • GUN Loader • HOT Loader • ICE Loader • P-Loader • RIOT Loader • RPG Loader • SGT Loader • SVY Loader

Other (Moxxi's Heist)	Badass Turret • Bouncer Bot • Casino Bot • Cleaner Bot • Constructor • Mimic Machine • Surveyor

Frostbiters
(Guns, Love, and Tentacles)

Mumbler	Badass Mumbler • Fearful Mumbler • Mumbler • Onslaught Mumbler • Point Blank Mumbler

Gnasher	Flinger • Gnasher • Ripper

Wailer	Club Wailer • Firewalker Wailer • Voidcalled Wailer

Brutes	Bludgeoner • Brute

Turrets	Frostbiter Sentry

Bonded
(Guns, Love, and Tentacles)

Malech	Ascendant Malech • Farseer Malech • Malech • Nightmare Malech • Revived Malech • Shade Malech • Shade of Voltborn • Specter Malech

Grawn	Ascendant Grawn • Bulwark Grawn • Grappler Grawn • Grawn • Revived Grawn • Slasher Grawn

Skrit	Ascendant Skrit • Lifeblood Skrit • Loot Skrit • Necromancer Skrit • Revived Skrit • Skrit

Khel Vod	Ascendant Khel Vod • Empowered Khel Vod • Empowered Ascendant Khel Vod • Enslaved Khel Vod • Khel Vod

Other	Onlooker • DAHL Defense Cannon

Eridium Cartel
(Revenge of the Cartels)

CryptoSec	Badass CryptoSec Trooper • Badass Crypto Wolf • Crypto Prowler • CryptoSec Bully Bot • CryptoSec Deathsphere • CryptoSec Flash Trooper • CryptoSec Oversphere • CryptoSec Riot Trooper • CryptoSec Shepherd • CryptoSec Stinger • CryptoSec Thor • CryptoSec Trooper • CryptoSec Watch Bot • Crypto Wolf

Purpatrators	Badass Mini Jabber • Badass Petite Fanatic • Elfin Enforcer • Li'l Goliath • Mini Jabber • Petite Fanatic • Pint-Sized Psycho

Burnt Ends	Badass Gourmand • Badass Slaughterer • Badass Sous Chef • Culinary Artist • Day Old Meat • Food Inspector • Meat Boiler • Meat Fillet • Meat Fryer • Meat Slicer • The Processor

Other	Cartel Thug

Devil Riders
(Bounty of Blood)

Outlaws	Badass Outlaw • Longbarrel Outlaw • Outlaw • Outlaw Rider • Rapidshot Outlaw • Scattershot Outlaw

Rustlers	Badass Rustler • Blast Vulture • Blunderbuss Rustler • Combustion Rustler • Demolition Vulture • Divebomb Vulture • Fiend Rustler • Rustler • Rustler Rider • Vulture

Fiends	Badass Fiend • Beater Fiend • Fiend • Flame Fiend • Suicide Fiend

Honchos	Badass Honcho • Firefight Honcho • Honcho • Honcho Rider • Pugilist Honcho • Telezapper Honcho

Bandits
(Fantastic Fustercluck)

Marauders	Badass Marauder • Elite Marauder • Killer Marauder • Marauder • Sharpshooter Marauder

Li'l Bandits	Li'l Badass • Li'l Bomber • Li'l Marauder • Li'l Psycho • Li'l Shotgunner

Psychos	Bullet Rider

Bruisers	Badass Bruiser • Bruiser • Heavy Bruiser • Jawbreaker

Nomads	Nomad • Nomad Torturer

Blackhearts
(Fantastic Fustercluck)

Blackheart Bishop • Blackheart Knight • Blackheart Pawn • Blackheart Rook

Bosses

Main Bosses

Borderlands 3	The Agonizer 9000 • Aurelia • Captain Traunt • General Traunt • GenIVIV • Gigamind • The Graveward • Katagawa Ball • Katagawa Jr. • Mouthpiece • The Rampager • Shiv • Troy Calypso • Tyreen the Destroyer • Warden

Moxxi's Heist	Fabricator • Freddie the Traitor • Jackpot • Scraptrap Prime

Guns, Love, and Tentacles	Eleanor • Empowered Grawn • Empowered Scholar • Wendigo

Bounty of Blood	Bellik Primis • Kormash • The Quartermaster • Butcher Rose • Ruiner

Fantastic Fustercluck	Evil Lilith • Locomöbius • Dr. Benedict • Psychoreaver

Designer's Cut	Heavyweight Harker

Director's Cut	The Seer

Mini-Bosses

Borderlands 3	Anointed Alpha • Anointed X-2 • Anointed X-3 • Anointed X-4 • Archimedes, The Anointed • Big Donny • Billy, the Anointed • Brayden, The Anointed • Carnivora (vehicle) • Long Arm the Smasher • Lt. Preston • Luke, The Anointed • Muldock, the Anointed • Nathan, The Anointed • Pain and Terror • Rachael, The Anointed • The Berserker • The Summoner • The Tink-Train

Moxxi's Heist	Dandelion • Handsome Jacket • Handsome Slacks • Petunia • Tony Bordel • Tricksy Nick

Guns, Love, and Tentacles	Diss M. Antler • Eista • Matriarch • Tom and Xam • Vincent

Bounty of Blood	Oaken Wolf

Fantastic Fustercluck	Evil Brick • Evil Mordecai

Director's Cut	Beef Plissken • Sumo • The Gravekeeper

Optional Bosses

Targets of Opportunity	Baron Noggin • Crushjaw • DJ DeadSk4g • Handsome Jackie • Heckle and Hyde • Hot Karl • Judge Hightower • Psychobillies • Sky Bullies • Sylestro and Atomic

Legendary Hunt	Antalope • Blinding Banshee • Brood Mother • Chonk Stomp • Chupacabratch • Jabbermogwai • Lavender Crawly • Manvark • Phoenix • Skrakk

Mission bosses	The Abomination • Anointed X-2 • Anointed X-3 • Anointed X-4 • Archer Rowe • Apollo • Artemis • Anointed Alpha • Azalea • Coffee Commander • Core Daddy • Dental Dan • Gary • God-King's Chosen • God-Queen's Chosen • Holder • The Holy Dumptruck • Interrogator • Jenny of Raden-3 • Killavolt • King Bobo • King Gnasher • King's Champion • Lagromar • Lena of Eden-6 • Max • Mincemeat • Omega Mantakore • Private Beans • Queen Ant Wanette • Queen iOsaur • Rak’nagob, Destroyer of Worlds • Ramsden • Rax • Rohner • Sheega • Trudy the Toeless • Trufflemunch and Buttmunch • Tumorhead • Turnkey Tim • Under Taker • Vermilingua

Rare Spawns	Borman Nates • Captain Thunk • Demoskaggon • Dinklebot • El Dragon Jr • I'm Rakkman • IndoTyrant • Maxitrillion • Mother of Grogans • Power Troopers • Princess Tarantella II • Road Dog • Red Jabber • Road Dog • Sloth • The Unstoppable • Urist McEnforcer • Warty • Wick

Proving Grounds	Arbalest of Discipline • Hag of Fervor • Sera of Supremacy • Skag of Survival • Tink of Cunning • Tyrant of Instinct

Circles of Slaughter	Blue Fire • Red Rain • Titan • Tremendous Rex

Takedowns	Maliwan Blacksite: Valkyrie Squad (Hildr, Rota and Sigrdrifa) • Wotan the Invincible ("Wotan's Better Half", Wotan's Brain) Guardian Breach: Anathema the Relentless • Scourge the Invincible Martyr

Moxxi's Heist	Bloody G. • Bomber Gary • The Debt Collector • DEGEN-3 • Double Down Domino • EVIL Saint Lawrence • Facemelt • Fat Jackass • FLAY Loader • Golden Bullion • Gorgeous Armada • Gorgeous Roger • Junpai Goat Eater • Loco Chantelle • Machine Gun Mikey • Rudy Varlope • The SHARK • SLAY Loader • Stanley • Steel Dragon of Eternal Pain • Third Rail • Yvan

Guns, Love, and Tentacles	Abrigga • Amach • Brother Biblio • Brother Codex • Brother Lexios • Captain Dyer • Crivan • Dessica • DJ Spinsmouth • Fungal Gorger • Gideon • Gmork • Jerick • Kratch • Kritchy • Kukuwajack • Peliya • Procurer • Shiverous the Unscathed • Voidspawn • Voltborn • What Was Once Harriet • The Yeti

Bounty of Blood	Abbadoxis • Adelai Bronson • Caber Dowd • Cal Bronson • Degan Bronson • Dickon Goyle • Doc Stanley • Father of Eagles • Garriden Loch • Haddon Marr • Hydragoian • Ipswitch Dunne • Jerrick Logan • Kender Bronson • Lani Dixon • Lasodactyl • Lectrikor • Minosaur • Pterodomini • Slithermaw • Soapy Steve • Vorducken • Waylon Hurd • Wrendon Esk

Fantastic Fustercluck	Blackheart King • Eadric Edelhard • General Blisterpus • Mokdan Urgash • SpongeBoss BulletPants • The Caretaker

Director's Cut	Hemovorous the Invincible • Vermivorous the Invincible

Events

Bloody Harvest and Bloody Harvest Returns	Captain Haunt

Revenge of the Cartels	FISH SLAP! • Franco Firewall • Joey Ultraviolet • Josie Byte • Roaster • Security Chief Joe • The Tenderizer • Tyrone Smallums

Road Dog

Contents

Quick Answers

Background

Appearances

Strategy

Notes

Trivia