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All Mad Ellie DLC Items Mechanics, Licenses & Best Rolls

Late Game
Mechanics
Weapons
Ordnance
Shields
Legendary Loot
Class Mods
Repkits
Updated on Apr 1, 2026
Apr 1, 2026

Overview

This guide is under construction and new information is constantly being added.

The Borderlands 4 Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned includes all-new Legendaries for players to find, including weapons, ordnance, shields and class mods.

Alongside this, there's also three new Pearlescent weapons!

In this guide, I'll be breaking down the effects, acquirable licenses and the best rolls for each of these new items!

Many thanks to...

Girthquake, Grace, Iserrot, JoeForLong, Lango, Sinfector, wrw713, Mattmab and Jack for their contributions to the Gearology guides.

Weapons

Crow-Sourced Order Assault Rifle

Crow-Sourced

And we had to share the rock!

Left of the Murder - Fires random objects

Mechanics

When charged, this gun shoots a number of projectiles equal to the square of the number of rounds fired:

Charge Segments

Projectiles Fired

1

4

2

9

3

16

4

25

6

36


There are multiple projectile types, at least five known:

Projectile Type/Effect

Mechanics

Large Explosion

1x Card Damage, can Weakspot Crit, is Splash

Small Explosion

1x Card Damage, cannot Weakspot Crit, is Splash but not Enhancement Splash

Crossbow Bolt

2x Card Damage

Ricochet

1x Card, doesn't seem to auto-target

? Projectile

Normal everything, probably the 'default'.


Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Captain Willis

Hyperion (Accuracy Grip)

GBX Removed most licensed parts on this DLC's Pearls

Laser-Cutter Vladof Assault Rifle

Laser-Cutter

Isaac's bestie.

Bone Saw - Shoots Lasers

Mechanics

  • Consumes 3 ammo per shot.
  • Fires 3 lasers in a horizontal or vertical pattern depending on the firing mode.

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Corporal Brennan

Jakobs (Ricochet Accessory)

Hyperion (Gun Shield)

Hyperion (Accuracy Grip)

Ripper (Charge Mag)

Jakobs

Ripper

Ripper + Jakobs

Scoot'n'Shoot Torgue Pistol

Scoot'n'Shoot

Move it or lose it!

Rollin' Deep - Phantom Guns fire from the locations of your previous shots. Phantom Guns reset on reload.

Mechanics

Phantom Guns fire bullets simultaneously to the player.

  • Shooting while standing still doesn't spawn Phantom Guns.
    • A Phantom Gun can only be spawned if the player moves from their last firing location.

Phantom guns last infinitely until the player reloads, and there can be maximum of 8 on the field.

  • They fire the current bullet type selected by the player (Impact or Sticky).
    • If Sticky Phantom guns are spawned, switching to Impact mode will turn every Phantom gun into Impact mode, and viceversa.

Phantom guns benefit from On-Hit bonuses, and also some On-Shot bonuses.

  • They don't benefit from Amp like AMP Synergized or Flat Amp sources like Blood Shot.
  • Unequipping an Enhancement with Gun/Pistol damage removes the On-Shot bonus from an existing Phantom Gun as well.

Swapping weapon de-spawns every Phantom Gun, even if swapping to another Scoot'n'Shoot.

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Crazed Earl

Ripper (Charge Mag)

Jakobs (Ricochet Accessory)

Jakobs

Ripper

Ripper + Jakobs

Sunspot Order Pistol

Sunspot

Sun Spot! Sun Spot run! Run Spot run!

Eclipse - Damage scales based on the emptiness of the Magazine.

Mechanics

The damage boost is On-Shot Gun Damage.

Magazine Count

Boost

Full Mag

+200% On-Shot Gun Damage

50% Mag

0%

49% or less

Damage penalty

  • Firing at max charge consumes 6 bullets and applies the On-shot Gun Damage to every pellet fired.

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Big Oil

Hyperion (Gun Shield)

Tediore (Throw on Reload)

Torgue (Impact Mag)

Torgue (Sticky Mag)

Hyperion (Accuracy Grip)

Atlas (Dart Underbarrel)

Atlas (Grenade Underbarrel)

Daedalus (Underbarrel/Multi-Loader)

Torgue Impact

Daedalus

Torgue Impact + Daedalus

Soul Survivor Daedalus Pistol

Soul Survivor

At first I was afraid...

Adrenaline - Deals increased Damage for each ally in Fight For Your Life

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

The Pentinent Steel

COV (Unlimited Mag) (Fixed)

Hyperion (Accuracy Grip)

Atlas (Dart Underbarrel) (Fixed)

Atlas (Grenade Underbarrel) (Fixed)

GBX Removed most licensed parts on this DLC's Pearls

Reminisce Maliwan Shotgun

Reminisce

What goes around...

Remnant - Does not reload, and instead refills ammo when the projectiles return

Mechanics

  • Shots fired pierce enemies and always home back to the player after being fired, hitting every enemy on their path.
  • Cannot be reloaded, even manually.

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Captain Willis

Hyperion (Gun Shield)

Hyperion (Accuracy Grip)

Daedalus (Underbarrel/Multi-Loader)

Daedalus

Kor Torgue Shotgun

Kor

It's building up, building up, building deep inside.

Full Belly - Detonating Stickies triggers a Nova. Nova Damage scales with the number of attached Stickies.

Mechanics

  • Fires 4 sticky gyrogets in a wide horizontal pattern.
  • 1 set of 3 stickies increases the nova damage by 33.33%. The Nova bonus seems to be uncapped.

If stickies auto-detonate due to their 10s fuse ending, they will not contribute to Nova damage.

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Nightmare Rifts

Daedalus (Underbarrel/Multi-Loader)

No License

Daedalus

Crazed Earl Ripper Shotgun

Crazed Earl

Earlescent.

BOGO - Fires Shards that stick into enemies. Meleeing enemies with Shards will explode the Shards and send them towards other nearby enemies.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Crazed Earl

Jakobs (Ricochet Accessory) (Fixed)

Hyperion (Accuracy Grip)

GBX Removed most licensed parts on this DLC's Pearls

Prowler Daedalus Submachine Gun

Prowler

Nope.

Pounce - Bullets slowly homes in on targets. Reloading accelerates them towards their targets.

Mechanics

Does what it says.

  • Reloading makes every projectile in flight home on the nearest enemy, or the one they were initially targeting.
  • Bullets have a 5s lifespan before vanishing

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Air-Raider Scremulous

Tediore (Throw on Reload)

Hyperion (Gun Shield)

Hyperion (Accuracy Grip)

Ripper (Charge Mag)


Falke Ripper Submachine Gun

Let us become whole again.

Resonance - Fires 3 pellets per shot in a spiral pattern. Consumes 1 ammo per shot.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Nightmare Rifts

Hyperion (Gun Shield)

Jakobs (Ricochet Accessory)

Tediore (Throw on Reload)

COV (Unlimited Mag)

Daedalus (Underbarrel/Multi-Loader)


Flash Cyclone Maliwan Submachine Gun

Flash Cyclone

What Cyclone? It's a couple of flakes!

Special Effect - Chance on Hit to Explode and Spawn additional projectiles.

Mechanics

  • Shots cause normal 1x Card Damage.
  • Explosions cause 6x Card Damage, and shoots out shard at targets in radius for 2x Card Damage.
    • Explosions and Shards benefit 2x from On-Hit Gun Damage (additive double dip).

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Bunker: Crisis Scar Weeping

Hyperion (Gun Shield)

Jakobs (Ricochet Accessory)

Tediore (Throw on Reload)

COV (Unlimited Mag)

Ripper (Charge Mag)

Hyperion (Accuracy Grip)

  • Jakobs
  • Ripper
  • Ripper + Jakobs

Fearstalker Jakobs Sniper Rifle

Fearstalker

Quite right...mauled to death it seems.

Improbable - Critical Hits grant a Stack of Deduction that increases the next Non-Critical Hit Damage by 200% per Stack. Non-Critical Hits grant a Stack of Observation that increases the next Critical Hit Damage by 100% per Stack.

Mechanics

  • The Non-Critical Hit Damage 200% boost is On-Hit Gun Damage.
  • The Critical Hit Damage 100% boost is Gear Crit Damage.
    • At maximum stacks, the bonuses are 1000% and 500%, respectively.

Other Notes

  • Stacks are refreshable.
    • Missing a shot or swapping weapons doesn't reset the boosts.
  • Scoring a non-crit with Fearstalker resets Deduction stacks
  • Scoring a crit with Fearstalker resets Observation stacks
    • Daedalus Shotgun can grant 3 stacks per shot.
    • Source-inheriting bonus elements (like Blood Is Power) cannot grant more stacks per shot.
    • Swapping to another weapon and firing doesn't reset any stacks
  • Other guns cannot benefit from the bonuses.

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

Nightmare Rifts

Tediore (Throw on Reload)

Hyperion (Gun Shield)

COV (Unlimited Mag)

Ripper (Charge Mag)

Daedalus (Underbarrel/Multi-Loader)

Daedalus

Ripper

Ripper + Daedalus

Hemorrhage Vladof Sniper Rifle

Hemorrhage

Stay back, I have powers.

Black Death - Deals increased Damage the farther away the target is.

Mechanics

  • The damage boost is a pure multiplier, capping out at +75%.
    • 0 Meters: -25%
    • 12 Meters: +0%
    • 40+ Meters: +75%

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Licenses & Parts

Best Rolls

DCN Feuermann

Tediore (Throw on Reload)

Jakobs (Ricochet Accessory)

Hyperion (Gun Shield)

Hyperion (Accuracy Grip)

COV (Unlimited Mag)

Ripper (Charge Mag)

Jakobs

Ripper

Ripper + Jakobs

Class Mods

Tempest Amon Class Mod

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Special Effect - Dealing Gun Damage grants Storm for 20 seconds, increasing Shock Damage, stacking up to 50 times. Activating a Forgeskill causes Elemental Bolts to strike random nearby enemies for 10 seconds, dealing Shock Skill Damage based on Maximum Shield
Capacity.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Skills

Best Rolls

Nightmare Rifts

Vital Organs

Lightning Rod

Thunderous Rage

Strike the Anvil


Gamer C4SH Class Mod

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Special Effect - Whenever C4SH Critically Hits an enemy with a Gun, Bleed that enemy. Whenever C4SH kills an enemy with Bleed with a Critically Hit, he gains a 7% Chance to spawn a Chaos Totem. While Windfall is active, double that Chance.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Skills

Best Rolls

Nightmare Rifts

Tender Hearts

Potent Posse

Accursed Bones

Trick Shot


Phlebotomist Harlowe Class Mod

Be the reason someone gets a second death.

Special Effect - While Harlowe's Action Skill is active, dealing Gun Damage to an enemy has a chance to cause a Hemorrhage, dealing Kinetic Status Effect Damage based on Damage Dealt. Hemorrhage deals twice as much Damage to Bosses.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Skills

Best Rolls

Nightmare Rifts

Unstable Ice-otope

Sustained Reaction

Excited State

Cyclotron


Reaparición Rafa Class Mod

Cada quien tiene la muerte que se busca.

Special Effect - Melee Damage has a chance to cause a Blade Storm for 5 seconds, dealing 7 Kinetic Melee Damage based on Damage Dealt. Action Skill Melee Damage have double the chance. Up to 3 Blade Storm's can be active at a time.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Skills

Best Rolls

Nightmare Rifts

El Soldado

Midnight Oil

Shock Market

Juerga


Configuration Vex Class Mod

No need to waste such sweet suffering.

Special Effect - When Vex activates an Action Skill or Command Skill open a Blood Rift for a duration. Maximum of 2 active Blood Rifts at a time. Blood Rifts rapidly fire Remnant Minions, dealing Kinetic Gun Damage based on her Current Weapon when spawned.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Available Skills

Best Rolls

Nightmare Rifts

Volatile Essence

Overspirited

Blasted Fiends

Deadwire


Ordnance

Bismuth-Tipped Dagger Jakobs Grenade

Get down with the Bismuth!

Bismuth - Attaches on Hit. Enemies take 15% more elemental damage (rolled element) for each attached Dagger.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Best Rolls

Corporal Brenhan


Barb'ara Vladof Grenade

Ooh, mami.

Tentacles - Deals Skill Damage

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Best Rolls

Crazed Earl


Heimdahl Torgue Heavy Ordnance

Heimdahl

In his eternal service.

Rig - Fires Dahl Soldier heads that attack nearby enemies

Mechanics

  • Heads float around enemies and shoot them, similar to Kill Drones
  • Heads shoot 16 times.
    • Each shot deals 35% of Card Damage, also affecting Flat Amp effects like Blood Shot, Neutron Capture and Gamma Ray Burst.
  • The projectiles shot by the Heads have homing capabilities.
  • Fire Rate boosts do not affect the Heads' rate of fire, only the Heimdahl.

Rolls

Drop Source

Best Rolls

Captain Willis


Ichor Maliwan Heavy Ordnance

Their excellence already burning from their fingertips.

Deihazard - Deals Incendiary and Corrosive Damage.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Best Rolls

Nightmare Rifts


Shield

Elpis Star Maliwan Shield

Make a wish.

Moonfall - When dealing Melee Damage, spawn a Meteor Cluster to fall on the damaged enemy.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Best Rolls

Air Raider Scremulous


Honey Badger Daedalus Shield

You're saying it in your head, so I don't have to type it.

Ferocity - Reduces self-Damage dealt by 90% while Shield is active.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Best Rolls

Big Oil


Repkits

Blood Moon Order Repkit

Fighting evil by moonlight.

Broken Vial - Heals for the last 5 instances of Damage taken within the last 4 seconds.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Best Rolls

Colonel Crash

Amp (Amplified)

Enrage (Experimental)

Others - Build-dependent

Geiger-Roid Maliwan Repkit

You're saying it in your head, so I don't have to type it.

Roid Rage - On use applies 5 stacks of Roid-Rage that decay over time. Each time a stack expires spawn a Repkit Element Nova dealing X damage.

Mechanics

Rolls

Drop Source

Best Rolls

The Penitent Steel

Amp (Amplified)

Enrage (Experimental)

Others - Build-dependent

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