Click image and then click the url in the url bar for maximum image size and quality if you have trouble reading at the current size. Due to image quality and size it had to be scaled down a bit to fit into Steam's 2MB and under image requirements.

Click image and then click the url in the url bar for maximum image size and quality if you have trouble reading at the current size. Due to image quality and size it had to be scaled down a bit to fit into Steam's 2MB and under image requirements.

Click image and then click the url in the url bar for maximum image size and quality if you have trouble reading at the current size. Due to image quality and size it had to be scaled down a bit to fit into Steam's 2MB and under image requirements.

Click image and then click the url in the url bar for maximum image size and quality if you have trouble reading at the current size. Due to image quality and size it had to be scaled down a bit to fit into Steam's 2MB and under image requirements.

Click image and then click the url in the url bar for maximum image size and quality if you have trouble reading at the current size. Due to image quality and size it had to be scaled down a bit to fit into Steam's 2MB and under image requirements.

Click image and then click the url in the url bar for maximum image size and quality if you have trouble reading at the current size. Due to image quality and size it had to be scaled down a bit to fit into Steam's 2MB and under image requirements.

*NEW* Doesn't look like there are ANY proper SMG charts around with the stocks listed properly on them, BUT the user loomynartylenny provided the proper info and it is listed below the image chart for this section. Thanks! :D

I did however find a Gearbox forum post that tested stocks for all guns here: http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=197170

Combined with this "Stock attributes and when they matter" thread: http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=196758


Thanks to Steam user: loomynartylenny for finding the SMG Stocks info below. It was found in the video ( https://youtu.be/RZoshtz4aPY ) from channel 'Admiral Bahroo' made for BL2 Weapon Parts! You can find the rest of his parts videos as well as some other mechanics vids for BL2 in this playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZmy-OyMDzN77PE4ErTTGoq8ilAqlrP28

Note that if you turn on annotations in his parts videos that it will show you the Prefixes for each brand for each accessory. The accessory is what gives the prefix for each gun obviously, so if you memorize these you won't even need to look at the accessory part to know which one it is. The most obvious ones are the blade on the gun that gives +50% melee damage with prefixes like Cutting, Bladed, etc. ;)

SMG STOCKS INFO:

DAHL
+ massive recoil reduction
+ increases Dahl SMG bullet burst count (+1 bullet/burst, only for Dahl SMGs)
- slight accuracy decrease


HYPERION
+ accuracy
+ recoil reduction
+ recoil reduction on first shot/accuracy recovery (Hyperion SMGs only)

BANDIT
= Magikarp (ie. nothing)

TEDIORE
+ Slight recoil reduction
- Slight accuracy reduction

MALIWAN
+ slight increase in accuracy

Finally! Some sort of info about shields! Thanks to JoeyBouncer in the comments for linking to this image. Much appreciated! Also, thank you to the uploader at imgur[imgur.com]. If anyone knows the original source, or MORE shield images we can use for stats let me know! :)

Meruzmi has also linked us to a Reddit chart as well that has general shileld stat info based on Manufacturer. You can find that here, or below this chart.

This stuff can be found in the Borderlands Wiki too. Shield Components Images[borderlands.wikia.com] and the Manufacturer Bonuses[borderlands.wikia.com]. Image quality is a tad better tahan this chart, but it isn't one whole image to copy to here so you'll ahe to go tere to see it, but that kind of defeats the purpose of using the overalay on Steam and the guides right? ;)

The Creator(s) of These Images

These images are thanks to Zikel and possibly other users from Reddit and the use of Infographic. There may be a slight mix of images from the web from another source, but I am unaware if they are. The origin of this project (I almost positive that this is the original source anyways) started here in this Reddit thread (Borderlands 2 Weapon Parts Charts) by the author Zikel who gives us these great resources for even MORE things to look for while weapon hunting.

Please let me know if someone else deserves credit for some of these images. I tried to find every source for them and it always went back to Reddit! I definitely did not create these images myself so if you use Reddit tell Zikel how awesome his work is! :)

Thanks Zikel and everyone else involved at Reddit! If you have any issues with me creating this guide let me know.


I also recommend this great guide from FierstArter 3.0 (Active SHiFT codes (Golden Keys)) as a favorite to keep up to date with the newest and Active SHIFT codes to pump up your stock of Golden Keys and get a bunch of free purples from the gold chest in Santuary. I acquired aproximately 100 Golden Keys from the current list alone, and it is updated regularly with new Codes whenever they are released. So keep track of the comments there for new codes every few days. That is unless you want to follow Gearbox on Twitter, Facebook, etc. instead and find them all yourself. :P

There is a pinned topic with the same info from the same author on the forums here as well. Be aware that many of the SHiFT Codes that get released such as those from Randy of Gearbox on places like Twitter and Facebook have a limited shelf life. Typically these will only be available for aproximately 48 hours in my experience. It is best to check every couple of days to see if new codes are released and still active. Since this is a community project we all rely on one another to confirm if codes have expired in either the guide, or the forum topic. Don't be shy if you notice an expired code, or find one yourself. POst in the topic if you notice, or want to confirm what someone else has posted. :)


Favoriting any guide for a game will place it right on the front in your Steam overlay for that game. This gives you easy access to your most used guides. I believe you have up to 3 show up in the quicklist in the overlay, but it is definitely a nice feature to have and saves you the time of having to search through the guide list every time you restart the game. :D