Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Guide Optional Missions
The Good, the Bad, and the Mordecai
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Mission Briefing| Level | Money | XP | Gear |
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12 |
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1584 |
Relic (Blue) |
The Dust
Betcha Goose never saw a Bandit Technical do a negative dive?
Head out to The Dust and get yourself a set of wheels—it’s time to launch off the big slab and pay Goose’s Roost a visit. If you hadn’t done so already (during the “Too Close for Missiles” mission, perhaps), then know that the only way to reach this elevated gyro-copter base is by speeding off the massive rock slab in the center of The Dust. Use your vehicle’s turbo boost to get enough speed to fly off the end.
Mordecai says the thief’s name was Carson, and his last known whereabouts were at Goose’s Roost. Fight your way across the upper level of the area, past the volleyball court, and descend the stairs in the northeast corner to a rocky ledge lower on the cliff. Carson is nowhere to be found, but there is an ECHO Recorder left behind.
Take the ECHO Recorder from the body to learn that Carson has been imprisoned.
No Friend of Mine
Carson’s dead, but he’s left an ECHO Recorder detailing the stash’s whereabouts.
Leap off the cliff and make your way across The Dust to the north toward Friendship Gulag, where Carson is being held. Equip your best Corrosive weapon and fight your way past the Loaders and Combat Engineers to the north side of Friendship Gulag. If you don’t have any Corrosive weapons, then aim for the Necrophage plants that grow throughout the area—they release a massive cloud of corrosive gas when shot. These are perfect for chewing through the armored Loaders. Take care not to leave any enemies alive, as they’ll tail you to the north side of the prison compound, where two WAR Loaders and multiple Repair Surveyors await. Hit the WAR Loaders with Corrosive gunfire and grenades, then open fire on the Repair Surveyors—you do not want them undoing the damage you inflict.
A Truxican Standoff
All’s fair in love and duels. Don’t wait to shoot him!
Exit Friendship Gulag and drive back to Ellie’s Garage. Continue around back, behind her wrecking shop, and travel on foot across Bug Gulch to Boot Hill. Bug Gulch is crawling—literally—with spiderants of all ranks and sizes. Fire weapons work really well against most spiderants, and they’re a great option when you can’t get a clean shot at their abdomen.
Continue up the left-hand path to Boot Hill where the canyon forks. This takes you to a small chapel overlooking a cemetery. Carson buried the stash in front of the tombstone nearest the church. Digging it up uncovers the loot chest, but it also draws out Mobley and Gettle, two other would-be grave-robbers wishing to lay their hands on that ill-gotten bounty.
Mobley decides that the only honorable way to settle this here predicament is to have a three-way duel when the church bell strikes three. Wait until the third chime to start shooting—the other two are invincible until the duel starts. Mobley and Gettle most likely start shooting at one another, leaving you to set them both aflame with your Fire weapon. Or, if you’d rather, use any shock weapons you have to drain their shields, then switch to traditional or explosive weapons. Kill them both, then loot the chest.
