Borderlands 4: Best Legendary Pistols & Where to Find Them

There are countless Legendary Pistols that players can obtain in Borderlands 4, and players might be surprised to find out that some of them can be pretty underwhelming. Luckily, we’ve assembled the very best of the bunch, listing off what we deem to be the best Legendary Pistols in Borderlands 4 and providing reasons as to why, along with how their special effects work. Below, players can find the best Legendary Pistols and where to find them so that they can ensure that their loadout is a powerhouse of death that will make them the best Vault Hunter on Kairos.

Rangefinder

How to Get the Rangefinder Pistol in Borderlands 4

• How to Get: Farmed from Vile Prototype, located at Lictor’s Black Site in Windspear, Terminus Range. Available after “Dark Subject” Main Mission.
• Precision

The Rangefinder fires in an odd pattern of bursts, in which the first pull fires 3 shots, then the second fires 2, and the third fires just one. This cycle repeats, but that’s not just for a fun gimmick. The real pleasure and power of the Rangefinder comes in its effects, as these bursts stack in damage, making them extremely effective for big damage multipliers that really come in handy for builds that focus on Elemental Chance and Elemental Damage.

Phantom Flame

How to Get the Phantom Flame Pistol in Borderlands 4

• How to Get: Farmed from Pango & Bango at the “Tendercage” Ripper Drill Site in Lopside, Carcadia Burn.
• Midday – Zooming in acquires Lock On targets over time, and firing while Zoomed In shoots the entire Magazine.

Jakobs always produces beautiful pistols, and the Phantom Flame will certainly bring enemies a phantom pain. With a signature fast fire rate and reload speed, the Phantom Flame already boasts itself as a great weapon, but where it really shines is in its special effect, Midday. Using the Phantom Flame, players can zoom in to not only lock onto targets over time, but to press the fire button to shoot the entire magazine faster than an eye can blink. It’s a shredder when it comes to DPS, and it’s aided further by a quick reload and decent damage output, making it great for locking onto bosses or just general mobbing.

Ruby's Grasp

How to Get the Ruby's Grasp Pistol in Borderlands 4

• How to Get: Farmed from Vile Lictor, located in Umbral Foundry, Windspear, Terminus Range. Available after “His Vile Sanctum” Main Mission.
• Grasp – Reloading the gun fires 4 homing copies

The Ruby’s Grasp continues the trend of Tediore’s main gimmick, which is that you can throw a weapon to reload it, and the thrown weapon will explode on impact with an enemy. However, what makes the Ruby’s Grasp great isn’t just its instant reload speed, but its great fire rate and decent amount of damage from its magazine. To make this weapon truly shine, players can watch as its special effect, Grasp, fires 4 Homing copies of the gun when reloading, essentially providing you with 4 rockets every reload. This damage stacks with the amount of bullets in the magazine, so feel free to shoot one bullet and toss the weapon to have 4 high-powered explosive homing pistols seek out targets without the need for a reload. However, this is going to eat ammo.

Seventh Sense

How to Get the Seventh Sense Pistol in Borderlands 4

• How to Get: Farmed from Vile Ted & the Experiments, located in the Terminus District, Dominion. Available after “Below the Surface” Side Mission.
• Proprioception – Hitting enemies spawns Orbs that float upward and home in on targets on Reload.

Jakobs certainly knows what they’re doing when it comes to making a divine pistol, and Seventh Sense is proof of that. Seventh Sense comes with limited ammo, but that’s also to its advantage. The special perk of Seventh Sense is that when enemies are hit, it will spawn Orbs that float upwards and home in on targets when you reload to provide explosive damage. With such a fast rate of fire and reload, along with decent damage as a Jakobs weapon, Seventh Sense can be a pretty great option for DPS against squishy enemies and bosses alike.

King's Gambit

How to Get the King's Gambit Pistol in Borderlands 4

• How to Get: Farmed from Vile Prototype, located at Lictor’s Black Site in Windspear, Terminus Range. Available after “Dark Subject” Main Mission.
• Holy Hell – When shot, the thrown Gun Ricochets Projectiles to nearby enemies.

King’s Gambit comes with a cool animation in which players can throw the pistol when reloading to see it float around as an orb with a big hit box. This slow-moving projectile won’t damage enemies by itself, but you can shoot the floating orb to see bullets Ricochet off of it, hitting enemies within a 360-degree radius, guaranteed. On its own, King’s Gambit is fine, but it’s best used as a Ricochet tool. Players can throw the gun with a reload and switch out to an Assault Rifle or an SMG, or anything with a high rate of fire, to unload an immense amount of Ricochet into enemies, to ensure you don’t need to be accurate to be a killer. Paired with some skills that enhance Ricochet further, the King’s Gambit becomes a must-have.

Queen's Rest

How to Get the Queen's Rest Pistol in Borderlands 4

• How to Get: Farmed from Callis, the Ripper Queen, located at the Moon-Called Throne, Fallen Crown, Carcadia Burn. Available after “Her Flaming Vision” Main Mission.
• Royal Armory – Fires high-speed rounds, and damaging enemies has a 30% Chance to spawn a Homing Sticky Projectiles.

Queen’s Rest puts the explosive power of Torgue into a small package, and it’s a doozy. Queen’s Rest is a rocket launcher pistol that fires high-speed projectiles, essentially meaning each bullet is a rocket. The fire rate is fast, as is the reload, and the bullet hits harshly with a decent amount of spread. The gimmick of this gun is also rewarding, for each bullet has a 30% chance to spawn a Homing Sticky Projectile, which basically just means that the damage is only going to get better if you continue to shoot it for its explosive effects.

Bully

How to Get the Bully Pistol in Borderlands 4

• How to Get: Farmed from the Core Observer in the “Blacklime Bunker” Order Bunker in The Howl, the Fadefields.
• Defense Protocol – When Gun Shields are activated, it launches an Attack Drone every 14s.

Bully is exceptional for bullying targets. When you aim the Bully pistol, you launch an Attack Drone every 14 seconds, which will hone in on targets and fire upon them, granting you a little bullet buddy that can harass enemies and shoot them without delay. Bully is extremely effective, as it can drop as any Elemental Type, which helps depending on your build, but the fire rate is what really makes this weapon stand out. The Bully fires extremely fast, and the reload is also rapid, meaning you’ll be firing the Bully pistol like a Gatling gun. It’s a DPS machine, and while it might guzzle ammo, it’s incredibly rewarding to just spray and pray while holding the aim button to not only have a frontal Gun Shield, but to summon the Bully’s Attack Drone.

San Saba Songbird

How to Get the San Saba Songbird Pistol in Borderlands 4

• How to Get: Farmed from Rocken Roller at the “Trinket Crevass” Abandoned Auger Mine in Ruined Sumplands, Carcadia Burn
• Dueling Pistol – Deals +100% Damage for 5s after swapping guns.

Few weapons are as broken as the San Saba Songbird, the best pistol in Borderlands 4. This Jakobs pistol is described as a Dueling Pistol, and what that means is that players can deal +100% Damage for 5 seconds after swapping guns. This provides a stacking bonus simply by swapping weapons before swapping out to San Saba Songbird. Basically, all players need to do to stack infinite damage to kill bosses and enemies in just one shot of this six-shooter is to switch out the San Saba Songbird with other weapons you currently have equipped while the San Saba Songbird has no ammo in the chamber, and then switch back to see all those stacking buffs ensure that you have a gun that’s going to nuke bosses.