Is Mayhem Loot Better in Borderlands 3? Absolutely. Here‘s Why:

If you‘ve beaten the main story in Borderlands 3, you may be wondering if it‘s worth turning on Mayhem mode for better loot. The answer is a resounding yes! While Mayhem doesn‘t directly improve gear stats, it massively boosts drop rates, rarities and exclusive gear pools. Read on for an in-depth guide on farming the best Mayhem loot.

A Quick Refresher – What is Mayhem Mode?

Before we dive into loot differences, let‘s recap what Mayhem is. Mayhem is Borderland‘s 3 end-game content system added in a free update. It adds 10 escalating difficulty levels, each raising enemy health, shields, armor and damage.

To offset the challenge, Mayhem also provides reward bonuses like:

• Increased experience gains
• Up to 800% more cash and eridium
• Significantly higher chances for better loot

Mayhem is unlocked after you complete the main story campaign. You can then enable Mayhem and change the level any time from any map fast travel station.

The Key Loot Benefits of Higher Mayhem Levels

So what exactly makes Mayhem loot better? Here are the key improvements:

1. Massive Boosts to Legendary Drop Rates

The core loot advantage of Mayhem is massively increased legendary drop rates from enemies and bosses. Here‘s a quick table comparing baseline rates to Mayhem 10:

Difficulty	Legendary Drop Rate
Normal	3%
Mayhem 6	+300%
Mayhem 10	+800%

As you can see, the bonus at M10 is a staggering 800% increase! You‘ll be swimming in legendaries.

2. Access to Exclusive Legendary Gear

Certain powerful legendaries can ONLY drop at higher Mayhem levels. For example:

• Mayhem 6+: OPQ System, NoPewPew, Reflux
• Mayhem 10: Backburner, Plasma Coil, Tizzy

So to access the best gear, you need to turn up the Mayhem.

3. Improved Anointment Rerolling

Anointments are bonus effects on gear triggered on action skill activation. At Mayhem 10, you can repeatedly re-roll a weapon‘s anointment using Eridium to get the perfect bonus.

4. Enemy/Boss Level Scaling

In Mayhem, all enemies and bosses scale to your character‘s level. This means that even early areas can drop highly leveled gear.

While the stats don‘t change, you‘ll have way more chances at perfectly rolled legendaries.

Recommended Mayhem Farming Strategies

Now that you know Mayhem improves loot quality and rates, here are some tips to leverage it:

Enable Mayhem 10 or 11

Mayhem 10 provides the largest boost at +800%. Mayhem 11 offers the same loot but with no detrimental modifiers, at the cost of halved rewards. Both are great options.

Target Key Boss Farms

Certain bosses have higher legendary drop rates and are easy to reach. Excellent options include:

• Graveward – Very fast kill, drops multiple loot piles
• Gigamind – Quick battle with 2 loot spawns
• Captain Traunt – Easy to reach, good drops

Save these bosses and rapidly farm them on Mayhem 10/11. Quit and reload after killing to reset.

Equip Luck-Boosting Gear

Luck stat increases legendary rates. Try to boost it with:

• Loaded Dice relic (+12% luck)
• Guardian Rank perks like Lootsplosion
• Vault Card luck boosts

Activate Loot Bonuses

Vault Cards and events offer temporary boosts to loot. Be sure to activate:

• Onslaught – Spawns more enemies
• Lootsplosion – Extra chests
• Effervescent – Badass and anointed foes

Optimize Your Build

Having a strong Mayhem-ready build lets you swiftly farm bosses. Some top options include:

• Fl4k Fade Away Crit
• Moze Plasma Coil Splash Damage
• Amara Ties that Bind Elemental
• Zane Seein‘ Dead Kill Skill

Exclusive Mayhem Legendaries Worth Farming

While Mayhem improves all loot, here are some of the most game-changing Mayhem exclusives worth targeting:

Light Show (Mayhem 6+, Pistol)

This DLC3 pistol becomes extremely powerful with the right build. It can crit for huge damage despite being a pistol.

Plasma Coil (Mayhem 10, SMG)

Currently the highest DPS weapon in BL3. Its x14 pellets cause massive splash damage. deletes enemies.

Backburner (Mayhem 10, Rocket Launcher)

Fires a nuke that creates massive irradiation explosions. Incredible boss damage.

Tizzy (Mayhem 10, Pistol)

Another pistol great for crit builds. Fires 7 projectiles with guaranteed cryo damage on hit.

Boogeyman (Mayhem 6+, Sniper Rifle)

Ricochets 3 bullets on crit for high DPS. Great for picking off distant targets.

There are dozens more incredible Mayhem exclusives to discover. Get out there and start your hunt!

What Doesn‘t Scale with Mayhem?

While Mayhem boosts enemies, bosses and a lot of drops, a few key sources do NOT scale up:

• Chest loot
• Vending machine items
• Quest rewards

So chests and machines can‘t be exploited. Focus on boss drops.

How Mayhem Compares to True Vault Hunter Mode

For those familiar with Borderlands 2, Mayhem mode essentially replaces its Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode. However, there are some key differences:

• Mayhem is toggled freely anytime after beating the campaign once. TVHM required a full 2nd playthrough.
• Mayhem has granular scaling from 1-10. TVHM was a static difficulty increase.
• Mayhem boosts loot rates and gear. TVHM just increased levels.

So Mayhem is a more flexible and rewarding end-game system.

Get Out There and Start Your Mayhem Legendary Hunt!

Hopefully this guide has shown that YES, Mayhem loot is drastically better thanks to huge boosts in anointments, drop rates, exclusive gear pools and more.

If you‘ve finished the Borderlands 3 campaign, enable Mayhem 10 or 11 immediately and get busy farming those elusive god rolls! The best gear awaits.

Let me know if you have any other questions about dominating the Mayhem end-game. Enjoy the bounties of legendary loot!