Borderlands 4 UAV Review — Legendary Ordnance
| Rarity | Legendary |
|---|---|
| Type | Ordnance |
| Manufacturer | Tediore |
| Element | Element roll can be changed |
| Drop source | Mimicron (Tipping Point) |
Red Text
Eyes in the sky!
This review was machine-translated from the Japanese original. Numbers are checked against the original; if the wording reads oddly, the Japanese version is authoritative.
Call a “UAV” at the thrown location and drop air support rockets from above — a grenade that feels like placing a marker for an airstrike. Tediore-made, a drone drops three rockets at the landing spot. It excels at placing bombings on enemies clustered at a fixed point or immobile bosses.
🧩 Origin of the red text “Eyes in the sky!” is a flavor that describes the effect of dropping air support from an aerial UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). According to MentalMars, this sentence is considered to be based on Buzzard (Buzzard / enemy armed helicopter) from ‘Borderlands 2’ (a classic taunt indicating aerial threat). However, the primary confirmation of the specific Buzzard voice line is (unverified).
What kind of grenade? (Beginner’s perspective)
- Flies in a large arc and remains at the landing spot (becoming a marker)
- Upon impact, summons a drone in the sky, which drops three rockets onto the landing spot
- Each rocket causes a 33% [element] splash explosion — airstrike at a fixed point
- Strong against immobile bosses and enemies clustered in corridors or entrances
Unique effects (mechanics)
Flies in a large arc and remains at the landing spot. Upon impact, summons a UAV Drone in the sky, which drops three rockets onto the landing spot. Each rocket causes a 33% [element] splash explosion.
- In-game: Generates a drone that carpet-bombs in the thrown direction
- Web (Lootlemon): Spawns a UAV Drone overhead that drops 3 Rockets onto the grenade, each dealing 33% [Element] Splash Ordnance Damage.
- Strength: Rockets reliably fall on the placed spot — fixed-point firepower, suited for placed airstrikes
- Weakness: There is lag between drone summon and drop, making it hard to hit fast-moving enemies
Drop farming
| Drop Source | Chance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mimicron (Tipping Point) | (unverified) | Boss drop |
Build compatibility
| Vault Hunter | Compatibility | Memo |
|---|---|---|
| Rafa | ⭐⭐⭐ | Boosts placed airstrikes for explosion builds |
| Vex | ⭐⭐⭐ | For enemies stopped at a fixed point |
| Amon | ⭐⭐⭐ | Grants status effects with elemental rolls |
| C4SH | ⭐⭐⭐ | For controlling corridors and entrances |
Summary
- A drone drops rockets onto the thrown location “placed airstrike” grenade
- Strong against immobile bosses and enemies clustered at fixed points
- There is lag between summon and drop, so fast enemies are weak against it
- Obtained from Mimicron (Tipping Point)
- The red text is said to originate from BL2 Buzzard (source identification is (unverified))
Related
- Same manufacturer (Tediore): Urchin
- Same category (Grenade): Jelly / Swarm / Waterfall
- Reference: Lootlemon - UAV / MentalMars - UAV / Borderlands Wiki - UAV
FAQ
What is UAV's unique effect?
It summons a drone at the impact point that drops three rockets from above (each with a 33% elemental splash explosion). Calls in air support to the thrown location.
Where can UAV be obtained?
It drops from Mimicron (Tipping Point).