Updated: Sep 30, 2023

Borderlands 1
Chimera

A beast of many forms - Fire, Lightning, and Poison

Content
Base Game
Weapon Type
Revolver
Rarity
Legendary
Manufacturer
Atlas
Elements

Chimera
All Details

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Chimera - About

The Legendary Revolver Chimera is manufactured by Atlas and comes from the Borderlands 1 Base Game.

Chimera - unique Ability

The Chimera has increased Damage, Element Level.

The Chimera shoots explosive bullets that have a chance to deal Fire, Shock, or Corrosive damage instead.
It can deal Fire, Shock, or Corrosive around 2 to 4 times before needing up to a 5s recharge while defaulting to Explosive Damage. The chance and count of these alternative elements increase with the Chimera's Element Level.

×2: 53% Explosive; 16% Fire; 16% Shock; 16% Corrosive
×3: 43% Explosive; 19% Fire; 19% Shock; 19% Corrosive
×4: 38% Explosive; 21% Fire; 21% Shock; 21% Corrosive

Revolvers
Revolvers have +100% Crit Damage (PreAdd).

Chimera - Variants

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

Chimera - Revolver 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.

Body

Body_1-8% Damage
Body_2+10% Damage
-20% Fire Rate
+30% Recoil
Body_3+30% Fire Rate
-30% Recoil
+3 Element Level
-15% Damage
Body_4+20% Damage
+1 Element Level
-30% Fire Rate
+50% Recoil
Body_5+20% Damage
+50% Fire Rate
-20% Recoil
+1 Element Level

Barrel

Barrel_1-4% Damage
Barrel_2-20% Max Inaccuracy
+15% Damage
-20% Max Accuracy
+28% Spread
+20% Recoil
Barrel_3+30% Accuracy
+10% Damage
-50% Spread
+1 Element Level
Barrel_4-10% Max Inaccuracy
+40% Max Accuracy
+30% Damage
-30% Spread
+1 Element Level
+35% Recoil
Barrel_5-40% Max Inaccuracy
+150% Max Accuracy
+15% Damage
-130% Spread
-50% Recoil

Magazine

Mag_1+30% Reload Speed
+50% Equip Speed
-18% Damage
Mag_2
Mag_3+15% Reload Speed
+3 Element Level
-3 Mag Size
Mag_4+21% Fire Rate
+10% Reload Speed
+15% Equip Speed
Mag_5+102% Damage
+50% Reload Speed
+30% Equip Speed
+2 Element Level
-4 Mag Size

Stock

Stock None-20% Max Inaccuracy
+100% Recoil Recovery
+30% Reload Speed
+40% Swap Speed
-50% Max Accuracy
+40% Recoil
Stock_1+30% Accuracy
+20% Swap Speed
Stock_2+40% Accuracy
+20% Recoil Recovery
-60% Recoil
+30% Swap Speed
-30% Reload Speed
Stock_3+70% Accuracy
+40% Recoil Recovery
-60% Recoil

Sight

Sight None-50% Move Speed (aiming)
Sight_1_{2.1x Zoom}-15% Spread (aiming)
Sight_2_{2.6x Zoom}-20% Spread (aiming)
Sight_3_{3.0x Zoom}-30% Spread (aiming)
Sight_4_{4.6x Zoom}-50% Spread (aiming)
Sight_5_{6.1x Zoom}-70% Spread (aiming)

Material

Atlas_1+10% Damage
-0.05 Fire Interval
+15% Mag Size
+1 Element Level
+0.11 Recoil
Atlas_2+15% Damage
-0.05 Fire Interval
+15% Mag Size
+1 Element Level
+0.11 Recoil
Atlas_3+20% Damage
-0.05 Fire Interval
+15% Mag Size
+2 Element Level
+0.11 Recoil

Chimera - Changelog

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How to Farm

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Assigned Loot Pool

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World Drop (BL1)

Base Game - World Drop

Borderlands 1 World Drops are items that drop from any suitable Loot Source, like Bosses, regular enemies, red-chests, white-chests, and vending machines.
With 53 unique weapons in the World Drop pool, getting 1 specific weapon is difficult.

Awesome Level

Each Loot Sources has an Awesome Level that determines a rarity's weighting in the World Drop pool.
The higher the Awesome Level the higher is the weighting of Rare, Epic, and Legendary loot.
The drop rates for legendaries range from <1% to 5.6% depending on the Loot Source's Awesome Level.

Lilith's Catalyst and Mordecai's Scavenger Class Mod can increase the Team's Awesome Level by an insignificant amount. But it's notable for low Awesome Level Sources like chests and generic enemies.
Best Loot Sources are: