Updated: Oct 11, 2023

Borderlands 3
Dark Army

I am the gun.

Content
Designer's Cut
Weapon Type
SMG
Rarity
Legendary
Manufacturer
Tediore
Elements

Dark Army
All Details

God Roll

Copy Dark Army Code

Dark Army - About

The Legendary SMG Dark Army is manufactured by Tediore and comes from the Borderlands 3 Designer's Cut - Upgrade Pack.

Dark Army - unique Ability

The Dark Army fires elemental orbs that deal [Weapon Element] Damage.

While holding the Dark Army you are accompanied by 3 Dark Army Drones that shoot at enemies, dealing 166.7% Card Value as Physical Damage. Reloading an empty magazine, causes your drones to deal 666.7% [Weapon Element] Damage for 3s.

The Dark Army Reload Explosion deals Card Damage x leftover Bullets.

The Dark Army comes with 1 of these 2 Reload Modules:

Standard Reload

+20 Splash Radius

The thrown Dark Army explodes on impact creating a [weapon element] pool.
Homing Reload

The thrown Dark Army homes in on an enemy and explodes on impact creating a [weapon element] pool.

Dark Army - Variants

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

Dark Army - SMG 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.

Barrel Accessory

Barrel_DarkArmy_1^70%-23% Damage
Barrel_DarkArmy_2^20%+10% Damage
Barrel_DarkArmy_3^10%+32% Damage

Scope

Scope_1_{1.5x Zoom}
Scope_2_{3.0x Zoom}
Scope_3_{3.1x Zoom}
Scope_4

Element

Fire-20% Damage
Shock-20% Damage
Corrosive-20% Damage
Cryo-15% Damage
Radiation-25% Damage

Dark Army - Changelog

Hotfix 01.21.2021:

Tediore Nerf: -50% Reload-Explosion Damage

Dark Army
How to Farm

Dark Army
Assigned Loot Pool

Dark Army
World Drop (BL3 - DLC 5)

Arms Race - World Drop

Arms Race - World Drops are items that drop from any of the following sources, within the Designer's Cut DLC and can be extracted with the help of the Arms Race Gear Extractor.
There are 12 weapons, 4 Shields, 1 grenade, 4 Class Mods, and 3 Artifacts in the Arms Race - World Drop pool.
For farming a specific weapon it's best to seek out its dedicated Loot Room, but some of the general sources are still worth a visit.
Additionally, any of the weapons can appear in the Diamond Loot Room.

These are the chances to getting any of the 24 items in the Loot Pool: