Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Guide Marcus' Munitions Monthly

Overview

Guns, guns, guns! The call of the Pandoran wild will lead you into very dangerous places, and you won’t survive a second unless you’re packing. (Or maybe unless you’re a Siren.) And the promise of even more ridiculous firepower to wield against increasingly nasty nasties is what will keep you coming back long after you’ve seen to Handsome Jack. Just about the first thing you do is grab a gun—picking one up is your first mission. You’ll go through dozens of weapons in your travels, looting them off fallen foes, finding them stored in containers and chests, and earning them by completing missions. Vending machines sell them, the games of chance at MoXXXi’s reward them as prizes, and they’ve even been squirreled away by the skags in their piles (er, perhaps that’s skagged away by the skags). If your foe isn’t an animal, then they’re almost certainly strapped, and so you might get their gun when you destroy them. If they’re a Badass enemy or a boss, your shot at a rare or unique firearm is much greater.

Guns aren’t the only spoils out there, though. There are also shields, grenades, class mods, and relics to collect and equip. All these types of equipment are covered thoroughly in this chapter.

Ammunition, Pandora’s Most Valuable Renewable Resource

Nothing’s more important than reserves: reserve health, reserve shield, reserve space, reserve ammo. Health and shield are determined by your level, gear, and skills, but your reserves of space and ammo depend strictly on how much Eridium you’ve funneled into the questionable shop running out of the glowing purple door under the HOSTEL sign. You’ll know the one when you get there. Eridium you collect in your adventures is mainly intended to be spent here, permanently increasing one of the reserve totals for the current character. Each continued increase in one category requires more Eridium than the preceding upgrade.

Initially, it’s hard to argue against Backpack and Safe space. You’ll really come to appreciate the extra item-toting capacity during long missions or loot runs, and extra Safe space will help you stow more weapons that are rare or have some sentimental value. Selling guns you don’t want, or that you no longer need, is your primary source of income. You won’t go for want of items to appraise, either. So jack up your space reserves and don’t look back.

After that, it’s just down to boosting the ammo capacities of the weapons you favor… or at least the weapons you find yourself running dry on frequently.

SDU Progression

Cost	Total Eridium Invested	Backpack	Safe	Grenade	Assault Rifle	Launcher	Pistol	Shotgun	SMG	Sniper
0	Base	12	6	3	280	12	200	80	360	48
4 Eridium	4	15	8	4	420	15	300	100	540	60
8 Eridium	12	18	10	5	560	18	400	120	720	72
12 Eridium	24	21	12	6	700	21	500	140	900	84
16 Eridium	40	24	14	7	840	24	600	160	1080	96
20 Eridium	60	27	16	8	980	27	700	180	1260	108