Updated: Oct 12, 2023

Borderlands 2
Butcher

Fresh meat!

Content
Upgrade Pack #1
Weapon Type
Shotgun
Rarity
Pearlescent
Manufacturer
Hyperion
Elements

Butcher
All Details

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Butcher - About

The Pearlescent Shotgun Butcher is manufactured by Hyperion and comes from the Borderlands 2 Ultimate Vault Hunter - Upgrade Pack.

Butcher - unique Ability

While shooting:
Has a chance to refill the magazine with a random amount of bullets.

Hyperion
Sustained fire improves accuracy and recoil.

Butcher - Variants

Elements
Listed Projectiles
Shot Cost
Splash Radius
Weapon Parts
variants
fixed parts
possible
none
Splash Anoints
possible
none

Butcher - Shotgun Parts

Weapons usually get one part per group, but sometimes multiple or none. Numbers in the top-right indicate the range of parts a group can have.
Parts usually have equal drop chances, or it's indicated nearby.

Grip

Bandit+25% Mag Size
-10% Reload Speed
+15% Spread
Hyperion+10% Recoil Recovery
-15% Spread
+1 Mag Size
+30% Reload Speed
-9% Damage
Jakobs+12% Damage
-9% Fire Rate
+10% Recoil
-5% Reload Speed
Tediore+20% Reload Speed
-10% Mag Size
-6% Damage
Torgue+9% Damage
+15% Recoil
-10% Reload Speed
+10% Spread

Stock

Bandit
Hyperion+20% Recoil Recovery
+40% Max Accuracy
Jakobs+50% Max Accuracy
+25% Max Inaccuracy
+10% Recoil
-25% Recoil Recovery
Tediore-10% Recoil
-15% Accuracy
Torgue-25% Recoil
-20% Recoil Recovery

Sight

Bandit_{1.8x Zoom}-25% Spread (aiming)
Hyperion_{4.4x Zoom}-40% Spread (aiming)
Jakobs_{3.7x Zoom}-50% Spread (aiming)
Tediore_{2.3x Zoom}
Torgue_{2.0x Zoom}-20% Spread (aiming)

Element^0-1

Fire^7.1%
Shock^7.1%
Corrosive^7.1%
Slag^7.1%

Accessory

Bayonet+50% Melee Damage
Moon Clip+30% Mag Size
-15% Reload Speed
Shotgun Shell+3% Damage
+3% Fire Rate
+5% Mag Size
+5% Reload Speed
Tech_1+12% Fire Rate
-40% Spread
+39% Zoom
-15% Damage
Tech_2+50% Crit Damage
-10% Spread
+39% Zoom
Tech_3+6% Fire Rate
+10% Mag Size
+25% Reload Speed
-3% Damage
Vertical Grip+2 Projectiles
+21% Fire Rate
-30% Max Inaccuracy
-15% Max Accuracy
+30% Spread

Butcher - Changelog

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How to Farm

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Assigned Loot Pool

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World Drop (BL2)

Base Game - World Drop

Borderlands 2 World Drops are items that drop from any suitable Loot Source in addition to their dedicated sources.
There are 67 unique items in the World Drop pool, so for farming 1 of the 41 weapons it's best to seek out its dedicated Loot Source.
If you still want to test your luck, you should equip a Vault Hunter's Relic to indirectly increase your chance of a World Drop Legendary.

Suitable Loot Sources:

Best Boss Farms: Uranus, Cassius Leclemaine, Haderax
Best Chest Farm: Loot-Train after killing Tinder Snowflake
All Enemies:
Bosses, Badass Enemies, Generic Enemies, …
All kinds of Chests:
Red Chests, lockers, garbage containers, cardboard boxes, garbage/... piles
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