Updated: Sep 30, 2023

Borderlands 1
Hydra

Five heads of Death

Content
Base Game
Weapon Type
Shotgun
Rarity
Legendary
Manufacturer
Atlas
Elements

Hydra
All Details

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Hydra - About

The Legendary Shotgun Hydra is manufactured by Atlas and comes from the Borderlands 1 Base Game.

Hydra - unique Ability

The Hydra fires pellets in 5 horizontal evenly spread groupings.
It has increased Damage, Pellets, and a tighter Spread.

The Hydra may also spawn with a Carnage Barrel, which alters the weapon's behavior.
Then the Hydra fires a single high-damage Projectile in a straight trajectory.

Hydra - Variants

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

Hydra - 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.

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
-30% Fire Rate
+50% Recoil
Body_5+20% Damage
+50% Fire Rate
-20% Recoil

Barrel

Barrel_1-4% Damage
Barrel_2-20% Max Inaccuracy
+15% Damage
-20% Max Accuracy
+20% Recoil
+28% Spread
Barrel_3+30% Accuracy
+10% Damage
-50% Spread
+2 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
Shredder-20% Max Inaccuracy
+15% Damage
-20% Max Accuracy
+20% Recoil
+28% Spread
Carnage+30% Accuracy
+500% Damage
-50% Spread
+1 Projectile
-10000% Projectiles
-500 Element Level

Magazine

Mag_1+40% Reload Speed
+50% Equip Speed
-18% Damage
Mag_2+6 Mag Size
-60% Reload Speed
-50% Equip Speed
Mag_4
Mag_5+102% Damage
+50% Reload Speed
+30% Equip Speed
-4 Mag Size

Stock

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

Sight

Sight None-50% Move Speed (aiming)
Sight_1_{2.2x Zoom}-15% Spread (aiming)
Sight_2_{2.7x Zoom}-20% Spread (aiming)
Sight_3_{3.1x Zoom}-30% Spread (aiming)
Sight_4_{4.7x Zoom}-50% Spread (aiming)
Sight_5_{6.3x 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

Hydra - Changelog

Hydra
How to Farm

Hydra
Assigned Loot Pool

Hydra
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: