Capture the Flags — Borderlands 2 Game of the Year eGuide

Mission Briefing

In their long-running war against Mortar’s Sawteeth clan, the Slabs have never captured any of Mortar’s territory. Brick is hoping you will change that. If you can raise three Slab flags on Mortar’s turf in Sawtooth Cauldron, the Slabs’ awesomeness as a bandit clan will be solidified.

Availability: Talk to Brick in Sanctuary after “Where Angels Fear to Tread.”

Unlocks: —

Mission Reward: Brick

Level	Money	XP	Gear
26	—	6126	Skin Customization (Green)

Sawtooth Cauldron

Place the flag in the green area, then pull the lever on the right to begin taking the territory.

Now that you’re an honorary member of the Slabs, Brick wants you to head to Sawtooth Cauldron and conquer some territory. The Sawteeth Clan currently has control over three areas in Sawtooth Cauldron: Sawtooth Stilts, Scalding Remnants, and Main Street Reservoir. Brick tasks you with locating the generators in each of these places and using them to raise Slab flags over each area.

Crouch behind the metal barriers on the walkway for cover and use all manner of grenades and heavy weaponry to beat back the enemy rush.

Start with the flag at Sawtooth Stilts. Use the Fast Travel station to reach Sawtooth Cauldron, and take a running leap off the cliff near the entrance to drop into Sawtooth Stilts to the north. Locate the generator in the northeast corner of the area and place the Slab flag on the pole. Pull the lever on the generator to start the flag’s slow ascent. Now it’s up to you to defend the generator from the Sawteeth clan’s attacks. They’ll do their best to swarm your position in hopes of killing you and knocking out the generator. Use the cover on the nearby walkway for protection, and unload your heavy firepower and grenades to keep the attackers at bay. It takes roughly a minute to raise the flag, but the Sawteeth typically knock the generator out at least once. Don’t worry about it if they do; just run over and pull the lever to restart the generator. Continue defending the generator until Brick alerts you that the flag has reached its apex. Then turn your guns at the generator itself and destroy it before the Sawteeth can try to raise their flag in your place. A couple of rounds ought to do the trick!

Head due west from Sawtooth Stilts to enter the Scalding Remnants district and carefully cross the Thresher-infested shallows to the generator near the dock to the west. Avoid killing too many Threshers, as they may help you defend the generator from the Sawteeth clan’s many Marauders. Quickly place the flag and start up the generator before the Threshers make life too difficult for you. Take cover near the generator, and focus your firepower on the Buzzards overhead. Use your Action Skills and Corrosive weaponry against the Buzzards, and let the Threshers do their best to eviscerate any Airborne Marauders that touch down. Defend the flag-raising generator until the flag is in position, then turn your attention on the generator and destroy it just as you had done previously.

Buzzards are highly vulnerable to Corrosive attacks.

The third and final flag-raising generator is on the eastern edge of the Main Street Reservoir. The quickest way there from Scalding Remnants is to fight your way through Cramfit’s Foundry and down along the bandit-laden main drag of Main Street Reservoir. The enemies you eliminate en route to the flag-raising generator amount to fewer that can attack the generator, so it pays to move carefully and wipe them out as you make your way through the settlement. As with Scalding Remnants, the watery area of Main Street Reservoir (and even the hills to the east) is crawling with Threshers. Stick close to the southern boundary of the region, just beyond the generator, and focus your firepower on the Buzzards that attack. Once again, the Threshers in the area should help repel any Marauders or Goliaths that attack on foot. Destroy this third and final generator once the flag is in position, and return to Brick.