Vibra-Pulse

For the unique submachine gun in Borderlands 3, see Vibra-Pulse (SMG).

Vibra-Pulse
Shockingly effective when turned on
Manufacturer:	Maliwan
Type:	Laser
Rarity:	Unique
Element:	Shock
Game:	Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Mission Reward:	Home Sweet Home
Special Part(s): GD_Cork_Weap_Lasers.A_Weapons_ Unique.Laser_Maliwan_3_VibraPulse GD_Cork_Weap_Lasers.Barrel. Laser_Barrel_Maliwan_Vibrapulse GD_Cork_Weap_Lasers.ManufacturerMaterials .Mat_Maliwan_3_Unique_Vibrapulse

Vibra-Pulse is a unique beam laser in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel manufactured by Maliwan. It is acquired by starting the mission Home Sweet Home and opening the weapon crate located in Moxxi's Up & Over Bar in Concordia.

Special Weapon Effects

Why not turn me on? – Always shock. Attacks have a chance to chain a lightning bolt to nearby enemies. Restores 2.5% of the damage inflicted while holding this weapon as health.

Usage & Description

The Chain laser makes the Vibra-Pulse excellent at depleting the shields of multiple targets at once and is useful for leeching health from a distance.

As the Vibra-Pulse is provided by Moxxi before players assault the Helios Station, it is a useful tool during the story events of Science and Violence: it can easily take out the large amounts of Stalkers and Torks present, which are usually a nuisance to kill due to their cloaking ability and small size, respectively.

Notes

Incendiary Maliwan laser giving off a shock lightning

Disconnected chain lightning arcs in Veins of Helios generated by the turret in Don't Get Cocky

• Chain lightning arcs generated by the Vibra-Pulse may become disconnected and will persist until the wielder exits the map. These arcs continue to play their sound effect and can become overwhelmingly loud when nearby. Visiting inventory or bringing up any other in-game interface stops the sound being played, but doesn't clear the arcs. The arcs will all converge onto a single point in the map, usually off in the distance.
• The Vibra Pulse's special chain lightning effect is glitched, and may carry over to other laser weapons the character currently has equipped, regardless of their type and elemental damage modifier, and even affect vehicle-mounted lasers and fixed turrets. Additionally if Return Fire is used, lasers reflected by it will also get the chain effect, making them a very good combo.
• The full title is Miss Moxxi's Vibra-Pulse. The part before the weapon's actual name is a prefix. It cannot be replaced since all parts are fixed.
• Before patch 1.0.7, the chest containing Vibra Pulse (Moxxi's Toy Box) could be reopened after it disappears in the main story. It would respawn when the Vault Hunter entered Concordia from Triton Flats, either using Moxxi's Back Door past the slot machines in Moxxi's bar, or the main door by the Black Market, or from The Meriff's Office. This bug allowed multiple copies of the Vibra-Pulse, Slammer, and Kiss of Death to be obtained.
• The contents of Moxxi's Toy Box are level 16 in Normal Mode and level 38 in True Vault Hunter Mode, regardless of the level of Home Sweet Home. They will scale to the level of the Vault Hunter after turning in The Beginning of the End in True Vault Hunter Mode, up to level 50.
• Athena can potentially Smite two enemies at once with the Vibra-Pulse, should the first shot arc to a second target.
• Wilhelm with Cold War can freeze a target with an arc.

Trivia

• When playing with a controller, equipping, switching to or zooming in, the weapon temporarily turns on vibration for 3-5 seconds, then fades, regardless of firing or not.
  • This and the Good Touch are the only two Moxxi weapons that have such feature.