Heart of the Ancients
Updated: Sep 03, 2023
Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2Heart of the Ancients

  • Content
    Ultimate Upgrade
  • Relic Type
    Offense
  • Rarity
    E-Tech
  • Elements

Heart of the AncientsAll Details

Heart of the Ancients (BL2)
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Heart of the Ancients - About

The E-Tech Relic Heart of the Ancients is manufactured by Eridian and comes from the Borderlands 2 Ultimate Upgrade Pack.

Heart of the Ancients - Unique Ability

The Weapon Type Damage Bonus can appear for all Weapon Types.

Assault Rifle, Pistol, Rocket Launcher, Shotgun, SMG, Sniper Rifle

Note
The Heart of the Ancients combines the effects of the Aggression and Tenacity Relic.

Heart of the Ancients - Abilities

Like most E-Tech Artifacts the Heart of the Ancients has 1 of 21 Abilities from these 4 Categories.
Artifacts can't be anointed or have a Mayhem Level.

Utility Abilities

  • Last Stand
    5s Invulnerability when Health drops below 50%.
    Cooldown: 40s
  • Elemental Projector
    +129% [Element] Dmg for elemental status effects applied to you.
  • Flesh Melter
    On kill, stacks a buff up to 5 times and each lasts 12.5s.
    Each stack: +32% Corrosive Dmg
  • Atom Balm
    +50% Radiation Aura Dmg
    +25% Radiation Burst Dmg
    +25% Radiation Burst Radius
  • Loot Expanding
    +137% Cash Pickups
    +40% Ammo Pickups
    +65% Health Pickups
  • Ice Breaker
    +50% Dmg to Frozen Enemies
    +61% Cryo Efficiency

Melee/Slide/Slam Abilities

  • Berzerker
    Dealing Melee, Slide or Slam Damage grants you
    +13% Fire Rate and +20% Sprint Speed for 10s.
  • Cutpurse
    Dealing Melee, Slide or Slam Damage
    restores 13% Ammo for you and allies.
  • [Element] Stone
    Melee, Slide, and Slam Damage deals
    +80% Bonus [Element] Damage
  • Knife Drain
    +75% Melee/Slide/Slam Lifesteal

Slide Abilities

  • Cauterizing
    Slide: +95% Incendiary Dmg
    Incendiary puddle on slide impact.
    Cooldown: 10s
  • Electric Slide
    Slide: +95% Shock Dmg
    While sliding shock beams chain up to 7 nearby enemies.
  • Caustic Coast
    Slide: +50% Corrosive Dmg
    While sliding shoots 10 corrosive Shards/s.
  • Snowdrift
    Slide: +95% Cryo Dmg & +158% Speed
    Slide launches Cryo Snowball.
    Cooldown: 5s
  • Radiodead
    Slide: +95% Radiation Dmg
    Radiation puddle on slide impact.
    Puddle duration: 5s

Slam Abilities

  • Hot Drop
    Slam: +125% Incendiary Dmg & +50% Radius
    On impact: Launches 5 fireballs that leave magma puddles.
  • Spark Plug
    Slam: +125% Shock Dmg & +50% Radius
    On impact:
    Spawns tesla-coil that deals Shock Slide-Dmg to nearby enemies for 8s.
  • Toxic Revenger
    Slam: +125% Corrosive Dmg & +50% Radius
    On impact: spawns Corrosive puddle for 5s.
  • Ice Spiker
    Slam: +125% Cryo Dmg & +50% Radius
    On impact: Launches 3 Cryo Spikes that pierce enemies.
    Cryo Spikes deal Amara's Action Skill Damage.
  • Mind Melt
    Slam: +125% Radiation Dmg & +50% Radius
    On impact: Creates Radiation Aura around player for 8s.
  • Rear Ender
    +110% Slam Dmg
    +50% Slam Radius
    +75% Slam Knockback

Heart of the Ancients - Stats

The Heart of the Ancients has 3 of 22 Stats from these 3 Categories:

Heart of the Ancients - Changelog

Heart of the AncientsHow to get it?

Ultimate Upgrade Pack
General Farming Guidance

To collect and equip the E-Tech Heart of the Ancients, you need to own the BL2 Ultimate Upgrade Pack.

Heart of the AncientsDrop Rates

  • Loot Midgets lvl.51+
    12.5%

Heart of the AncientsAll Sources

Loot Midget
rare-enemy

Loot Midget

Rare Enemy
DAHL Abandon

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