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Borderlands 4 Guide

How to Unlock the Legendary Kickballer Shotgun

Weapons
Legendary Loot
By Mobalytics
Updated on Sep 17, 2025
Sep 17, 2025

Overview

The Kickballer is a legendary Maliwan Shotgun which can be obtained from the unique enemy known as 'Sludgemaw' in the Fadefields.

It features a curved ball projectile when fired, making it slightly difficult to hit targets directly. On impact with any surface, it will fire a copy of the projectile at a high speed, which will bounce one more time before destroying.

borderlands 4 kickballer shotgun

Thanks to EpicNNG for providing the information in this guide!

How to Get

Unlock Location:

  • To get the Kickballer you will need to kill an enemy known as Sludgemaw, during the side quest known as 'All Charged Up', which can be found as one of the faction missions in the Fadefields
  • The Kickballer is one of three possible drops in the loot pool, and can also be found as a world drop from any enemy/boss in the game.

borderlands 4 sludgemaw location

Farm Method:


Synergies & Best Builds

  • Right now, using the Jakobs Accessory Licensed Part on the Kickballer has a chance to cause an infinite loop of ricocheting projectiles. It is believed to be a bug, and will most likely be fixed soon.
  • This weapon uses Splash damage, and as such runs the risk of downing the player if not used correctly.
  • The Kickballer comes in every element, aside from Kinetic

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