Weapons: Maliwan

Discover Maliwan weapons in Borderlands 3. Explore legendary pistols, shotguns, SMGs, and sniper rifles with unique properties, elements, and how to obtain them.

Maliwan is the manufacturer to look to for elemental-based weapons in Borderlands 3. Many of their SMGs, in particular, can remain powerful throughout the game due to their ability to inflict critical damage on specific enemy types. The Tsunami Legendary SMG is highlighted as one of the best guns for its widespread elemental damage.

Below is a list of Maliwan legendary weapons, their types, elements, unique properties, and how to obtain them:

• Hellshock — Pistol, Incendiary/Shock, Ricochets change elements, World Drop
• Sellout — Pistol, All Elements, Damages self when fired, explosive orb on impact, Select Suicide option in Sellout Side Mission in Ambermire
• Superball — Pistol, Incendiary, Fires balls of fire that bounce around, World Drop
• Thunderball Fists — Pistol, Shock, Fires Shock orbs, World Drop
• Kill-o’-the-Wisp — Shotgun, Shock, Fires charged Shock orbs, World Drop
• Mind-Killer — Shotgun, Kinetic, Fires charged shots, Dropped by Mouthpiece in Ascension Bluff
• Recursion — Shotgun, All Elements, Shoots discs that ricochet, World Drop
• Trevonator — Shotgun, All Elements, Fires elemental shots based on gun, World Drop
• Cloud Kill — SMG, Corrosive, Leaves a Corrosive cloud behind upon impact, Speak to Ava on Sanctuary at the end of Beneath the Meridian Main Mission
• Cutsman — SMG, Incendiary, Corrosive, Shock, Bladed melee attacks, World Drop
• Destructo Spinner — SMG, All Elements, Projectiles rotate, World Drop
• Devoted — SMG, All Elements, High magazine size, World Drop
• Tsunami — SMG, Corrosive/Shock, Alternating spread pattern of Corrosive/Shock, Dropped by Katigawa Ball in Skywell-27
• Westergun — SMG, All Elements, Increased splash radius, Dropped by Private Beans in Invasion of Privacy Side Mission on Athenas
• ASMD — Sniper, Shock, Fires an energy shot that causes Orbs to explode, World Drop
• Firestorm — Sniper, Incendiary, Increased splash radius, World Drop
• Krakatoa — Sniper, Incendiary, Enemies explode into volcanoes, World Drop
• Storm — Sniper, Shock, Fires an energy shot that causes Orbs to explode, Dropped by Katigawa Jr. in Atlas HQ