A weapon's prefix is determined primarily by its accessory or elemental capacitor, if present. If the weapon lacks both an accessory and an element, its prefix may be determined by another part such as the barrel or grip.

Weapons may lack a prefix entirely. Such weapons will have no accessory, no elemental capacitor, no barrel or other part providing a special prefix, and a grip that does not itself provide a prefix.

Assault Rifle Prefixes

Accessory Effect	Bandit / Scav prefix	Dahl prefix	Jakobs prefix	Torgue prefix	Vladof prefix
Damage +	Nassty / Severe	Attack	Boss	Nasty	Ferocious
Fire rate +, accuracy -	Wyld Asss / Savage	Feral	Wild	Wild	Rabid
Melee damage +	Nifed / Pointy	Breach	Razor	Stabbing	Skewering
Bullet speed +	Fast Bulets / Over-Drive	Deep	Cowboy	Slippery	Swift
Stability +	Taktikal / Stable	Patrol	Horse	Rhythmic	Resolute
Magazine size +	Expandifide / Engorg'd	Onslaught	Flush	Plump	Expansive
Accuracy +	Akurate / Dead-On	Scout	Deadshot	Rigorous	Severe

Sniper Rifle Prefixes

Accessory Effect	Dahl prefix	Hyperion prefix (Old / New)	Jakobs prefix	Maliwan prefix	Vladof prefix
Melee damage +	Cartel	Conditional / Contingent	Tl'kope	Sublime	Britva
Accuracy +	Surgical	Client-Focused / Longitudinal	Siah-siah	Dandy	Zammechat
Critical damage +	Night	Enterprise / Venture	Tumtum	Gentleman's	Razrez
Stability +	Liquid	Stability / Cohesion	Chikamin	Fashionable	Dobby
Magazine size +	Operational	Capital / Resource	Hyiu	Monstrous	Bolshy
Fire rate +	Suppressive	Streamlined / Operational	Klook	Banbury	Skorry
Damage +	Pacifying	Investment / Auditing	Skookum	Barking	Gromky

Pistol Prefixes

Accessory Effect	Bandit / Scav prefix	Dahl prefix	Hyperion prefix (Old / New)	Jakobs prefix	Maliwan prefix	Tediore prefix	Torgue prefix	Vladof prefix
Melee damage +	Baynaneted / Pointy	Close Quarters	Multi-Purpose / Action	Bowie	Evisceration	Permasharp	Thrusting	Patriot's
Accuracy +	misles / Guid'd	Floated	Trustworthy / Earnest	Straight Shootin'	Punctilious	Dependable	Explicit	Righteous
One trigger squeeze fires two shots	Dubble / Two-Time	Twin	Compensated / Redundant	Two Fer	Binary	Two for One	Double Penetrating	Dva
Stability +	Marxmans / Dead-Eye	Tactical	Authentic / Core	Gunstock	Elegant	Clean	Stiff	Resolute
Magazine size +	Extendified / Increas'd	Loaded	Endowed / Maximized	Loaded	Surfeit	Jam Packed	Crammed	Unending
Damage +	murduerer's / Smasher's	Neutralizing	Tenacious / Win-Win	Dastardly	Potent	Super	Hard	Purging
Fire rate +	Rapider / Kwik-Smart	React	Swift / Dynamic	Trick Shot	Expeditious	Peppy	Intense	Vengeful

Shotgun Prefixes

Accessory Effect	Bandit / Scav prefix	Hyperion prefix (Old / New)	Jakobs prefix	Tediore prefix	Torgue prefix
Melee damage +	Slising / Cutting	Downsizing / Restructuring	Barbed	Swiss	Bad Touch
Magazine size +	Drumed / Fair-Go	Expandable / Scalable	Sidewinder	Extra Large	Desperate
General Boost +	Redy Stedy / Mateship	Conglomerate / Social	Well Kept	New and Improved	Sinewy
Accuracy +	Sketer / Skeet	Executive / Potential	Huntin'	Original	Potent
Critical damage +	Critikal Hit / Bloody Oath	Decisive / Critical	Doc's	Royal	Juicy
Reload speed +	Quik Loadeder / Kwik-Load'd	Streamlined / Reactive	Texas	Basic	Impetuous
Pellet Count +	Assssult / Battler	Enforceable / Practicable	Rustler's	Gentle	Casual

Submachine Gun Prefixes

Accessory Effect	Bandit / Scav prefix	Dahl prefix	Hyperion prefix (Old / New)	Maliwan prefix	Tediore prefix
Melee damage +	Cuting / Slicing	Bladed	Forthright / Cutting Edge	Acuminous	Perma-Sharp
Accuracy +	Akurate / Spot-On	Deft	Considered / Analytical	Guileless	Guaranteed
Damage +	Murduring / True-Blue	Stopping	All-In / Rightsizing	Consummate	Hefty
Bullet speed +	Bulets Go Fasterifed / Kwikner	Flying	Promotional / Proactive	Impetuous	Brisk
Stability	Ballanced / Steady	Stoic	Incorporated / Corporate	Lucid	Quality
Reload speed +	Agresive / Kwik-Load'd	Skirmish	Accessible / Social	Apt	Refill

Rocket Launcher Prefixes

Accessory Effect	Bandit / Scav prefix	Maliwan prefix	Tediore prefix	Torgue prefix	Vladof prefix
Magazine size +	Roket Pawket / Deep Pokket	Plentious	Bonus	Deep a	Worker's
Accuracy +	Snyper / Zero'd-In	Pertinent	Ultraprecise	gaa dunk ga	Victorious
Melee damage +	gratuitius / Knifey	Proximate	Multi-Use	pokee doke	Revolt
Reload speed +	fast actons / Clever	Prudential	Stocking	dippity	Ruthless
Fire rate +	Rappid / Kwik-Smart	Predacious	Bustling	dum pa	Turbulent
Damage +	Big / Heap'd	Puissant	Large	derp	Rugged
Projectile Speed + (less arc)	Speeedee / Rev'd Up	Punitory	Rocket Speed	Fidle Dee	Paritisan [sic]
Weapon Swap Speed +	Quik Drawler / Kwik-Change	Parataxis	Swapper's	Fwap A	Moscovite's

Laser Prefixes

Laser prefixes are determined solely from the weapon's grip and element. The presence or absence of an accessory (rare, on a laser) has no effect on the weapon's prefix.

Incendiary lasers, the most common variety, take their prefix from the manufacturer of the grip part. Note that on a laser, the grip part extends horizontally from the left side of the foregrip, where it is difficult to identify in profile. The easily profiled handgrip on the rear of the weapon is part of its buttstock, which affects the weapon's recoil and handling, but not its name.

Body		Grip
Body		Dahl	Hyperion	Maliwan	Tediore
Dahl		Flashpoint	Star	Galactic	Planetary
Hyperion	old	Scalding	Calescent	Feverous	Sizzling
Hyperion	new	Lensed	Hyper	Catalyzing	Heated
Maliwan		Conflagrating	Pyrophoric	Coruscating	Ebullient
Tediore		Nuclear	Thermal	Fusion	Torch

Lasers of other elements take their prefix from their element, disregarding the grip manufacturer.

Body		Element
Body		Corrosive	Cryo	Shock
Dahl		Disintegrating	Inhibiting	Catalyzing
Hyperion	old	Acerbic	Frosted	Dazzling
Hyperion	new	Destabilizing	Niveous	Stimulating
Maliwan		Oxidizing	Cryogenic	Ionizing
Tediore		Alkaline	Refridgerated [sic]	Alternating

Weapons by prefix (Borderlands 2 & Pre-Sequel)

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