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Borderlands 4 Guide

How to Unlock The Legendary Flash Cyclone SMG

Weapons
Legendary Loot
By Ventu_Mortis
Updated on Mar 31, 2026
Mar 31, 2026

Overview

Flash Cyclone is a Maliwan SMG

Elemental Type: Cryo


How to Unlock

Unlock Location:

  • Progress through the "Mad Ellie Vault of the Damned" DLC until reaching the "Windswept Wastes".
  • From the "Stanton's Spill" Fast travel point, Straight ahead you see a group of enemies guarding a Blood clot door open it and make you way up the tower.
  • Along the way there will be a sires of platforming challenges heading to the boss arena
  • once at the top you will encounter the boss "The Penitent Steel"

Farm Method:

  • Defeat "The Penitent Steel".
  • After use the Encore Machine nearby to reset the fight.
  • Repeatedly defeat "The Penitent Steel" until Flash Cyclone Drops.

Table of Contents

1. Overview2. How to Unlock

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