Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Guide Optional Missions

Cult Following: Lighting the Match

Mission Briefing

Incinerator Clayton wants you to take a mass-murdering Midget named Matchstick to the freighter in Southern Shelf, put him in the mouth of the mechanized dragon head at the ship’s prow, and then burn him alive. To the Children of the Firehawk, this is not punishment—this is a reward.

Availability: Talk to Incinerator Clayton in Frostburn Canyon after “Cult Following: False Idols.”

Unlocks: “Cult Following: The Enkindling”

Mission Reward: Incinerator Clayton

Level	Money	XP	Gear
10	$69	1157	Sniper Rifle (Green)

Southern Shelf

Matchstick is primed and ready for his date with the Soaring Dragon.

The outhouse in the Incinerator Camp isn’t just an ordinary gun-filled loo, but also the home of Matchstick, the Cult of the Firehawk’s most devoted follower. Open the outhouse, and pick up Matchstick when he leaps out. Matchstick, being a Midget, naturally fits in your Backpack in case you were wondering (but it’s really best not to think about these things; it is a videogame, after all). Head back to the Fast Travel station and in near the exit and use it to return to Liar’s Berg in Southern Shelf.

Use your better equipment and higher experience level to overpower the bandits en route to the freighter’s deck.

Retrace your steps from the earlier assault on Captain Flynt and return to the deck of The Soaring Dragon. This time, rather than heading left to the ship’s stern (where Captain Flynt will be, should you want to do a boss run), make your way to the ship’s bow via the path on the right. Approach the waypoint to place Matchstick in the harness, then pull the nearby lever to raise him into the flames. Return to Incinerator Clayton in Frostburn Canyon to complete the mission.