Borderlands 2 Skinpool Usage - BLCM/BLCMods GitHub Wiki
This page documents the vanilla usage of all Borderlands 2 skin/head pools, primarily collated while investigating the Issues with Skinpools and Ingame Rewards page. This page can be used to discover what drops/rewards might be impacted when putting more than one item into one of the custom skinpools.
See Custom Skin and Head Pool Registry for the freed skinpools available for use by modders, and Pre Sequel Skinpool Usage for the TPS version of this page.
- Challenge Reward Pools
- Mission Reward Pools
- Drops
- Vending/Slot Machines
- "Loyalty" Unlocks
- Not Referenced Anywhere
Challenge Reward Pools
These are the pools used by challenge rewards. The game will attempt to only give you the skin of the char you're playing as.
Pool | Name | Level | Description |
---|---|---|---|
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.BanditEpic |
Knee-Deep in Brass | 5 | Fire a lot of rounds. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.BanditUncommon |
Marauder? I Hardly Know 'Er! | 3 | Kill marauders. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.BlueBold |
Open Pandora's Boxes | 3 | Open lootable crates, lockers, and other objects. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.BlueBoldAccent |
Longshot | 3 | Kill enemies with sniper rifles. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.BluePale |
Fisticuffs! | 3 | Kill enemies with melee attacks. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.BluePattern |
This Is No Time for Lazy! | 5 | Revive a co-op partner. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.CyanBold |
Aggravated Assault | 3 | Kill enemies with assault rifles. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.DahlEpic |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Assault Rifle | 5 | Kill enemies with assault rifles while crouched. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Gray |
Not Full of Monkeys | 3 | Kill enemies with stationary barrels. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.GreenBold |
It's Not Easy Looting Green | 3 | Loot or purchase green-rarity items. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.GreenBoldAccent |
Whaddaya Buyin'? | 3 | Purchase items with Eridium. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.GreenPale |
Super Novas | 3 | Kill enemies with a Nova shield burst. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head1 |
...To Pay the Bills | 5 | Kill enemies while using your Action Skill. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.HyperionEpic |
Eviscerated | 5 | Kill shielded enemies with one shot using sniper rifles. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.HyperionUncommon |
Load and Lock | 3 | Kill loaders. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.JakobsEpic |
Quickdraw | 5 | Kill enemies shortly after aiming down the sights with a pistol. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.MaliwanEpic |
I Just Want to Set the World on Fire | 5 | Deal damage with incendiary DoT (damage-over-time) effects. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.MaliwanUncommon |
Slag-Licked | 3 | Deal bonus damage to slagged enemies. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.OrangeBold |
The Killer | 3 | Kill enemies with pistols. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.OrangeBoldAccent |
Pull the Pin | 3 | Kill enemies with grenades. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.OrangePale |
For the Hoard! | 3 | Save a lot of money. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.PinkPandoracorn |
Nothing Rhymes with Orange | 5 | Loot or purchase legendary items. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.PurpleBold |
Badass Bingo | 5 | Get Second Winds by killing badass enemies. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.RedBold |
Rocket and Roll | 3 | Kill enemies with rocket launchers. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.RedBoldAccent |
Hail of Bullets | 3 | Kill enemies with SMGs. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.RedPale |
EXPLOOOOOSIONS! | 3 | Kill enemies with MIRV grenades. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.TedioreEpic |
Boomerbang | 5 | Kill enemies with Tediore reloads. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.TorgueEpic |
Catch-a-Rocket! | 5 | Kill enemies with direct hits from rocket launchers. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.TorgueUncommon |
Boom. | 3 | Kill enemies with explosive damage. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.VladofEpic |
Ammo Eater | 5 | Absorb enemy ammo with an Absorption shield. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.YellowBold |
Shotgun! | 3 | Kill enemies with shotguns. |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.YellowPale |
Blue Sparks | 3 | Kill enemies by power-sliding over them in a vehicle. |
Mission Reward Pools
These are the pools used by mission rewards. The game will attempt to only give you the skin of the char you're playing as.
Pool | Mission |
---|---|
GD_CustomItemPools_Flax.Rewards.FlaxPumpkinHeads |
The Bloody Harvest |
GD_CustomItemPools_Lobelia.Rewards.LobeliaHead |
A History of Simulated Violence |
GD_CustomItemPools_Lobelia.Rewards.LobeliaSkin |
Dr. T and the Vault Hunters |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.CyanPale |
The Overlooked: Medicine Man |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.GreenPattern |
The Cold Shoulder |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head6 |
Symbiosis |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head7 |
Statuesque |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head9 |
In Memoriam |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.JakobsUncommon |
Capture the Flags |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.PurpleNinja |
To Grandmother's House We Go |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.PurplePale |
No Vacancy |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.YellowBoldAccent |
Shielded Favors |
GD_CustomItemPools_Orchid.Rewards.OrchidHeads |
X Marks The Spot |
GD_CustomItemPools_Sage.Rewards.SageHead |
The Fall of Nakayama |
GD_CustomItemPools_Sage.Rewards.SageSkin |
I Like My Monsters Rare |
GD_CustomItemPools_allium.Rewards.AlliumTGHeads |
The Hunger Pangs |
GD_CustomItemPools_allium.Rewards.AlliumXmasHeads |
Get Frosty |
GD_CustomItemPools_nasturtium.Rewards.NasturtiumEasterHeads |
Fun, Sun, and Guns |
GD_CustomItemPools_nasturtium.Rewards.NasturtiumVdayHeads |
A Match Made on Pandora |
Drops
Pools in this category do not attempt to match the character you're playing as. They would still get affected by the issues linked to in the opening paragraph, though, since that ends up truncating the reward pools. (Mechromancers in specific would very often miss out on skins/heads.)
General World Drops
These can be dropped from just about any enemy in the game.
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.CyanBoldAccent
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.DahlUncommon
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.GreenNinja
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.PinkPale
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.YellowNinja
(plus ultimate badass varkids)
Generic Enemy Drop Pools
Pool | Drop |
---|---|
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head10 |
badasses |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.MinecraftHeads |
badass creepers |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.MinecraftSkins |
creepers, badass creepers |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.PurpleDark |
skags |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.RedNinja |
chubbies/tubbies |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.RedPattern |
spiderants |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.White |
threshers |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.YellowNinja |
ultimate badass varkids (plus general world) |
Specific Enemy Drop Pools
Pool | Drop |
---|---|
GD_CustomItemPools_allium.Rewards.AlliumTGSkins |
Wattle Gobbler |
GD_CustomItemPools_allium.Rewards.AlliumXmasSkins |
Tinder Snowflake |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Black |
Assassins |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.BlueNinja |
Son of Mothrakk |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.CyanNinja |
Dukino's Mom |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.CyanPattern |
Henry |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Handsome |
Warrior |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head2 |
BNK3R |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head3 |
Geary |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head4 |
Vermivorous |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head5 |
Terramorphous |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Head8 |
Henry |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.OrangeNinja |
King Mong |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.OrangePattern |
Captain Flynt |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.PinkBold |
Terramorphous |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.PinkNinja |
Vermivorous |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.YellowPattern |
Saturn |
GD_CustomItemPools_nasturtium.Rewards.NasturtiumEasterSkins |
Son of Crawmerax |
GD_CustomItemPools_nasturtium.Rewards.NasturtiumVdaySkins |
Bridget Hodunk |
Vending/Slot Machines
Like drops, these do not match your character, but would be affected by pool truncation.
Ordinary Weapon Vending Machines
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.BanditCommon
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.DahlCommon
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.HyperionCommon
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.JakobsCommon
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.MaliwanCommon
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.TedioreCommon
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.TorgueCommon
(plus Torgue Vending Machines)GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.VladofCommon
Torgue Token Vending Machines
From the Campaign of Carnage DLC.
GD_CustomItemPools_Iris.Rewards.IrisHeads
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.TorgueCommon
(plus regular weapon machines)
Slot Machines
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.TedioreUncommon
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.VladofUncommon
"Loyalty" Unlocks
These are used to reward players for instances like having a Borderlands 1 installation, etc. These only ever get unlocked when your main profile.bin
file is first created, and are processed immediately upon opening the main menu. They're never actually used ingame to provide skins.
Pool | Where Referenced |
---|---|
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Borderlands1Head |
GD_Globals.General.Globals |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Borderlands1Skin |
GD_Globals.General.Globals |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.DigitalEdHeads |
GD_Globals.Unlocks.MarketingUnlock_Collectors |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.DigitalEdSkins |
GD_Globals.Unlocks.MarketingUnlock_Collectors |
GD_CustomItemPools_MainGame.Rewards.Gearbox |
GD_Globals.General.DeveloperPerks |
Not Referenced Anywhere
These pools aren't actually referenced anywhere in the BL2 data, or at least nowhere which actually results in the player receiving the skins/heads. (At least that I've found.)
GD_CustomItemPools_Aster.Rewards.AsterHead
GD_CustomItemPools_Aster.Rewards.AsterSkin
GD_CustomItemPools_Flax.Rewards.FlaxSkins
GD_CustomItemPools_Peony.Rewards.PeonyHeads
GD_CustomItemPools_Peony.Rewards.PeonySkins