Weapons by title (Borderlands)

This page contains a list of all common weapon titles in Borderlands, along with their effect, and the condition required to unlock them.

The titles of unique, legendary or even pearlescent weapons have no effect on the weapon.

(The Borderlands 2 version of this can be found here)

Combat Rifles

Burst/Semi-Automatics

Title	Requirement	Effect
Rifle (Borderlands)	N/A	Basic title
Cobra	High Accuracy	Reduces Recoil
Pounder	Pounder Magazine	Single shot fire. Increase damage, lowers fire rate and clip size
Stomper	High Damage	Greatly increases Damage, but lowers bullet velocity

Fully Automatics

Title	Requirement	Effect
Machine Gun	N/A	Basic title
Havoc	High Fire Rate	Increased Magazine Size
Mauler	High Damage & Fire Rate < 10	Even more damage!
Massacre	High Accuracy	Reduced Recoil

Pistols

Repeater Pistols

Title	Requirement	Effect
Repeater	N/A	Basic title
Lacerator	Lacerator Accessory	+200% Melee Damage
Needler	High Fire Rate	Reduces Recoil, and increases Clip Size by 2
Swatter	High Accuracy	N/A
Raptor	High Quality	N/A

Machine Pistols

Title	Requirement	Effect
Machine Pistol	N/A	Basic title
Torment	High Damage	Even more damage, Increased Tech, and increases Clip Size by 2
Fury	Low Accuracy	Spread is further (greatly) increased. Increased Fire Rate and Clip Size
Rage	Rage Accessory	5 Shot Burst Fire. Increased Fire Rate and Recoil

Revolvers

Title	Requirement	Effect
Revolver	N/A	Basic title
Razor	Razor Accessory	+200% Melee Damage
Masher	Masher Accessory	Multiple projectiles per round (x7). Increased Spread and Recoil. Reduced Damage
Justice	High Accuracy & High Damage	N/A
Law	High Fire Rate	N/A
Viper	High Accuracy	N/A

Rocket Launchers

Title	Requirement	Effect
Rocket Launcher	N/A	Basic title
Destructor	High Damage	Even more Damage
Harpoon	1 Shot & High Accuracy	Increased Accuracy and Rocket velocity

Shotguns

Title	Requirement	Effect
Shotgun	N/A	Basic title

Combat Shotguns

Title	Requirement	Effect
Matador	Low Accuracy	+3 projectiles fired, increase Fire Rate
Scattergun	Low Accuracy	+2 projectiles fired
Shredder	Shredder Barrel	+2 projectiles fired
Carnage	Carnage Barrel	Shoots rockets

Assault Shotguns

Title	Requirement	Effect
Brute	High Damage	Even More Damage
Death	High Accuracy	Increased Stability, +15% Critical Hit Damage (not listed on weapon card)
Sweeper	Very Low Accuracy	+1 projectile fired

Sniper Rifles

Title	Requirement	Effect
Sniper	N/A	Basic title

Sniper Rifles (Bolt/Pump Action only)

Title	Requirement	Effect
Gamble	Low Accuracy	Even Lower Accuracy. Increased Critical Hit Damage, deeper Tech Pool
Hawkeye	High Accuracy	Increased Accuracy, better Zoom
Thunder	Higher damage	N/A

Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifles

Title	Requirement	Effect
Lance	High Accuracy	Increased Damage, Knockback
Thunder*	High Damage	N/A
Wrath	Deep Tech Pool	Increased Damage, Deeper Tech Pool

*The "Thunder" Title is actually different then the Bolt Sniper Rifle's. In game code suggests the Title should have appeared as "Driver".

Sub-Machine Guns

Title	Requirement	Effect
SMG	N/A	Basic title
Anarchy	Double Accessory & Low Spread	Fires 4 projectiles for 2 ammo cost, and highly reduced accuracy
Bruiser	High Damage	Even More Damage!
Thumper	Thumper Magazine	Very high Damage, but very low Fire Rate. Small Magazine size
Stinger	High Fire Rate	Reduced Recoil

Notes

• For further research see User:Bukkithead/Bukkit o Stuph.

See Also

• Title: Regarding the mechanics of Titles in borderlands.
• Weapons by prefix: A list of weapons prefixes.