Borderlands 4 Boss loot table: All Legendary drops in Fadefields

In Borderlands 4, Legendary gear is something mainly found in the drop tables of the bosses. While it's still possible to get Legendaries as the ocassional world drop from a random badass, the rarity is much higher compared to previous titles. In Borderlands 4, Legendary drops are now truly chase items you must grind for.

Thankfully, we also know the boss drop tables with regards to Legendary drop affinities. For those new to this franchise: all bosses have a static drop tables which include a few Legendary items, meaning they have a chance to drop one of these on death (multiple if you get exceedingly lucky).

This time, all story bosses you kill are also farmable through Moxxi's Encore machine with a small fee, so you can spot-farm a lot of Legendaries if you know which Borderlands 4 boss drops them. And that's exactly what this guide is here for.

All Legendaries you can farm from boss drop tables in Borderlands 4 (Fadefields)

These new Encore machines will pop up once a boss is unlocked (Image via 2K)

It's possible to get lvl 50 Legendaries by just farming a specific boss through Moxxi's Encore once you hit the level cap in Borderlands 4. Still, for clarity's sake, we are going to sort this list by bosses, and we will categorize them by the regions they're first found in.

A few things to note before we dive in:

Most of these bosses unlock as you progress thorugh the main story, but a handful of bosses are walled behind some sidequests and world activities too.
The exact drop chance for any of these Legendaries is not known, but they're quite rare in general. More often than not, you'll have boss attempts without any Legendary drops.
World boss versions of these bosses also have the same drop tables, but the chances are possibly different from the repeatable Moxxi Encore versions.
Right now, there's an inventory bug in Borderlands 4 where gear you pick up (including Legendaries) do not show up in your backpack. If you are facing this, the loot is indeed in your inventory. You may need to relaod the session to have them show up.
While it's possible to farm the bosses at any level to get catch-up gear, obtaining lower than lvl 50 Legendaries is almost never worth the grind. It's recommended to do it during campaign only if your build is highly reliant on a specific Legendary effect.

Note: At the moment, the guide covers only the Fadefields bosses; we'll add future regions as we confirm all the drop tables, so stay tuned!

The Fadefields boss drop tables in Borderlands 4

Splashzone (Main Mission Boss)

Unlocked after Recruitment Drive (main mission), Splashzone can drop the following Legendaries.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Lead Balloon	Shotgun	Lightweight: Projectiles float upward and spawn child Projectiles upon exploding
Firewerks	Shield	Spawns homing missiles when an armor segment breaks or when an enemy is killed by the player
Jelly	Grenade	Spawns duplicates on bounce

Horace (Main Mission Boss)

Unlocked after Down and Outbound (main mission), Horace can drop the following Legendaries.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Aegon's Dream	Assault Rifle	Prophetic: Shots alternate between cryo and fire damage. When changed into underbarrel mode, cryo shoots out of the left barrel and fire shoots out of the right.
Pacemaker	Pistol	Passively gain HP over time, increasing in rate when HP is low
Lucky Clover	Pistol	On Reload, fires 2 homing rockets

The Oppressor (Main Mission Boss)

Unlocked after A Lot to Process (main mission), The Oppressor can drop the following Legendaries.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Streamer	Heavy Ordnance	Launches stationary Projectiles that fire beams forward
Asher's Rise	Sniper Rifle	Crits apply status effects instead of increased impact damage
Blood Analyzer	Repkit	On use, grants immunity to last Elemental damage taken for 7 seconds

Bio-Bulkhead (Main Mission Boss)

Unlocked after One Fell Swoop (main mission), Bio-Bulkhead can drop the following Legendaries.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Waterfall	Grenade	Causes additional explosions when damaging targets
Budget Deity	Pistol	Launches 2 combo balls that place Atlas seeker on enemies
Sho-Kunai	Grenade	Grants +10% movement speed with each consecutive hit, max 7 stacks

Idolator Sol (Main Mission Boss)

Unlocked after Rush The Gate (main mission), Idolator Sol can drop the following Legendaries.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Golden God	Shotgun	Rage: When Overheating, the Bulletforge does not break, but instead continually consumes greater amounts of Ammo.
Goremaster	Shotgun	Chief Execution Officer: Deals Damage to enemies below Health.
Onslaught	SMG	Keep It Coming: There's a 30% Chance for every bullet fired to deal extra Damage and not consume Ammo.
Bio-Robot	Gravatar Class Mod	Whenever Harlowe Entangles an enemy, she creates alternating Cryo Hazards and Radiation Hazards.
Dancer	EXO-Soldier Class Mod	Overdrive bonuses are increased. Overdrive ends whenever Rafa's Action Skill ends.
Furnace	Forgemaster Class Mod	Damage from Fellfrost, Hoarcleave, Fulminating Fist, and Stormcutter is converted to Incendiary Damage.
Technomaster	Siren Class Mod	Eldritch Blast deals Ordnance Damage in addition to its other types. Killing an enemy, triggering Kill Skills, or using a Grenade will reset Eldritch Blast’s Cooldown.

Primordial Guardian Inceptus (Vault Monster)

The following Legendaries can be farmed from Primordial Guardian Inceptus, found in the Fadefields Vault (Arch of Inceptus, entered from Dissected Plateau).

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Husky Friend	Shotgun	Husky Auto Turret: Shoots a walking Husky Auto Turret that fires rockets; 24-second cooldown
Extra Medium	Shield	Explodes on fill & depletion, dealing damage around you
Ravenfire	Heavy Ordnance	Explosions radiate outward from the point of impact
Elementalist	Amon Class Mod	All Affinity Skills gain a stack when one does; +Movement speed for each stack
Filantropo	Rafa Class Mod	Spawns a free grenade when action skill is retriggered
Avatar	Vex Class Mod	Gain additional damage for each active Attunement; gain attuned element as elemental resistance

Sidney Pointylegs (Ripper Drill Boss)

Sidney Pointylegs, the Ripper Drill boss found in The Howl, drops the following Legendaries.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Noisy Cricket	Pistol	Lets out a radial sonic wave when fired
Swarm	Grenade	On explosion, splits into 3 homing grenades; Splits twice
Disc Jockey	Heavy Ordnance	Disc projectiles gain +20% damage per bounce up to 5 times

Foundry Freaks (Ripper Drill Boss)

Frank, Hank, and Sal, otherwise known as the Foundry Freaks, spawn during the Ripper Drill encounter in Idolator's Noose. Each of them have a low chance to drop the following Legendaries.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Chuck	Grenade	Auto-throw: Locks in on the target, and has a homing property; always finds it target, even if it's a flying enemy
Bloody Lumberjack	Assault Rifle	Bullets deal damage again after making impact

Voraxis (Augur Mine Boss)

Voraxis is the boss found in the Augur Mine at Coastal Bonescapes, found near a shallow lake with grazing wildhorns. Note that you need to do the Shadow of the Mountain quest before this content becomes fully available.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Darkbeast	SMG	Bullets pierce enemies, and have 5% chance to cause an explosion
Potato Thrower IV	Assault Rifle	Spud Gun: Alt-fire consumes Shotgun ammo, and launches the weapon as a thrown glaive
Buoy	Grenade	(Unique effect unknown at this time)

Mimicron (Order Bunker Boss)

Mimicron, the final boss in the "Tipping Point" Bunker found in Idolator's Noose, can drop the following.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Complex Root	Sniper Rifle	Spawns additional diverging projectiles along its path
Luty Madlad	SMG	Overheats, but cools down faster than other overheating weapons
UAV	Grenade	Spawns a bomber drone that carpet bombs in direction thrown

Core Observer (Order Bunker Boss)

Core Observer is the boss in Blacklime Bunker, found in The Howl. It can drop the following Legendaries.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Defibrillator	Repkit	While below 20% HP, 50% chance to replenish Repkit Charge
Bully	Pistol	When Gun Shields are activated, launches an Attack Drone every 14s

Sludgemaw (Side Mission Boss)

Sludgemaw is unlocked after beating the Null and Void and All Charged Up side-missions. It can drop the following Legendaries.

Legendary	Category	Unique Effect
Onion	Shield	On Armor Segment break, grants immunity to damage for 2 seconds
Kickballer	Shotgun	Alt fire launches bouncing energy disc
Birt's Bees	SMG	Spews erratic projectiles that home in on targets

That's all the Fadefields bosses, and what Legendaries you can farm out of them. Stay tuned for other regions, and check out our other guides on the game:

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Sambit Pal is an esports Journalist on Gaming and MMO at Sportskeeda. He has Master's degree in English Literature. In his spare time, he is an amateur sleuth trying to trace the Riven Mafia in Warframe, and a recovering Bethesda modding addict. He also secretly enjoys action Roguelites, a severe lack of gitting gud notwithstanding.

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