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Pistol Guide

Beacon

This little light of mine...

Weapon Type:
Pistol
Rarity:
Legendary
Manufacturer:
Maliwan
Origin:
Bounty of Blood
Elements:

Oct 24, 2020 14:13

Beacon - Details

Beacon - Description

Shoots energy balls that deal [weapon element] Splash Damage.

After reload:
Releases [weapon element] Nova that deals Splash Damage.
Nova deals more damage the fewer bullets were left in the magazine.

Splash Damage Radius: 60; 72

Maliwan - Manufacturer Description

Maliwan specializes in Elemental Weaponry.
Most of their Weapons can toggle between 2 of the 5 Elements.

Lasers and Charge up Weapons are common within the Maliwan Arsenal.

Splash Damage Info

Beacon deals: Full Splash Damage

Beacon - Variants

Anointment:
none
possible
Weapon Parts:
variations
fixed parts
Available Elements:

Part Information:

1 of 3 Body #2's
2/3 of 3 Barrel Accessories
1 of 5 Grips
1 of 5 Hammers
1 of 3 Magazines
1 of 4 Scopes

Manufacturer Variations:

Beacon - Weapon Parts

The Beacon has Maliwan - Pistol Parts.
Only parts that have an impact on this weapons stats are shown!

Some weapons have a single number in the upper right hand corner.
If the number is less than 1 means that the part less common than other parts.
Parts with a number less than 1 are less common.
Parts with a number greater than 1 are more common.

#2 Body:

Body 1

+10% Damage
Body 2

+20% Charge Speed
-20% Weapon Sway
Body 3

+10% Fire Rate

Barrel Accessories:

2 OR 3

Accessory A

+15% Elemental Chance
Accessory B

+20% Charge Speed
-20% Weapon Sway
Accessory C

+10% Elemental Damage

Magazines:

20 Round Mag
Reload Speed: 1.6
+10% Damage
-25% Recoil (Height)
28 Round Mag
Reload Speed: 2.3
+10% Elemental Damage
40 Round Mag

Reload Speed: 2.3
-10% Damage

Hammer:

Hammer 1
+10% Fire Rate
Hammer 2
+10% Damage
Hammer 3

+20% Splash Damage (Radius)
+15% Accuracy
Hammer 4

+10% Elemental Damage
+15% Elemental Chance
0.5

Hammer 5

+1 Projectile
+25% Accuracy Bloom
-10% Accuracy
-30% Damage
+1 Shot Cost

Grips:

Grip 1

+10% Charge Speed
-20% Accuracy (Bloom)
Grip 2

-15% Recoil (Width)
+5% Damage
Grip 3

+10% Magazine Size
-30% Weapon Sway
-10% Accuracy
-5% Damage
Grip 4

-30% Weapon Sway
+5% Damage
Grip 5

+20% Accuracy
+5% Fire Rate

Beacon - Buffs & Nerfs

How to farm: Beacon

Origin:
Bounty of Blood
Sources & Drop Rates:
- Jerrick Logan: 33%
- World Drop (3. DLC)

World Drop

Mayhem 4+ Items only drop while Mayhem 4 or higher is active.

All Mayhem 4+ Items have a small chance to drop from some of the Bosses in the Maliwan Takedown.

Mayhem 6+ Weapons can only drop while Mayhem 6 or higher is active.

All Mayhem 6+ Weapons have a small chance to drop from some of the Bosses in the Guardian Takedown.

Unavailable items were temporarily available during a seasonal event. They might come back.

Datamined items are not obtainable with legitimate methods.
They can only be obtained using bugs or the Cheat Engine on the PC.

World Drops are items that drop from any suitable Loot Source in addition to their other sources.

Bounty of Blood World Drops are items that drop from any suitable Loot Source, within the Bounty of Blood DLC, in addition to their other sources.

Suitable Loot Sources:

Most Enemies:
Bosses, badass or non-badass enemies, ...
Red Chests, lockers, garbage containers, cardboard boxes, garbage/skag/... piles
Slot Machines

All Enemies:
Bosses, Crew Challenges, Generic Enemies, ...
All kinds of Chests
Vending Machines
Slot Machines
Eridian Fabricator‍

All Enemies:
Bosses, Crew Challenges, Generic Enemies, ...
All kinds of Chests

In Borderlands 3 Quest Reward Items are rewarded after or during a quest. After the quest is completed there are 2 ways to farm Base Game items:

Eridian Fabricator
On the Legendary firing mode, the Eridian Fabricator occasionally drops quest reward items from Base Game.
Crazy Earl's Veteran Rewards machine in Sanctuary has one Quest Reward Item from the Base game as the Item of the day.

DLC quest items can't be farmed by these methods.

Quest Reward Items in Borderlands 2 can be farmed on PC by Read-Only farming.

How to Read-Only farm:

Go to the location where you hand in the quest.
Save the game by toggling your Badass Rank on/off.
Then go into the file explorer on your computer. Go to the file path:
C:\Users\NAME\Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\SaveData
Go to your most recent Save File (.sav) and:
right-click → properties
Under General tick the Read-only box.
Back in-game and hand in the quest.
Exit to the main menu, then back into the game.
Now you will be able to hand in the quest again.

Tip:
Store the items in Claptrap's Secret Stash.
This way you can get the quest reward items multiple times since they are saved on a different SaveFile.

Quest Items are items that are only used during a quest. They adapt to your level.
After the quest is completed the item is removed from your inventory.
If you want to keep the item you can't finish the quest.

Quest Items are items that are only used during a quest. They adapt to the player level.
After the quest is completed the item is removed from your inventory.
Base Game items can be farmed in 2 ways even after the quest is finished:

Eridian Fabricator:
On the Legendary firing mode, the Eridian Fabricator occasionally drops quest reward items.
Crazy Earl's Veteran Rewards machine in Sanctuary has one Quest Rewards as the Item of the day.

Dedicated drops are items that can only be farmed at one or rarely more sources that have the item assigned to them.

Crew Challenge Rewards are mailed to you when you reach a certain % of that challenge.

External Source items are mailed to you for activities or purchases outside of the game.

This item can be bought from the Seraph Vendor in the Bounty of Blood DLC.
If the desired item is not for sale reload and try again.
Seraph Vendors sell gear in exchange for Seraph Crystals which can be obtained by killing Seraph Guardians (Invincible Bosses).

Torgue Vending Machines can be found throughout the "Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage" DLC.
All gear can be purchased using Torgue Tokens which can be obtained throughout the campaign.

Legendary Gear may appear as "Item of the Day".
If the desired item is not for sale reload and try again.