do legendary drops scale to your current level?

[Spifff]

My google fu is failing me as i can't seem to find this out. people only talk about how in later playthroughs vault hunter mode you can get lvl 50 versions of legendaries.

What i want to know is during your first playthrough if a legendary drop scales to your current level or if they have hardcoded levels?

For example say a certain boss (approx level 10) has a chance to drop a legendary and you get it. it's level 12. IF i go back and farm that boss when i'm lvl 30 and manage to get a drop again will it be another lvl 12 legendary or will it now be a lvl 30ish legendary?

Or maybe boss drops are specific levels due to the boss having a level. But what about an item that can drop from anywhere? say i got a particular legendary from a random chest and it is lvl 12. Is there a possibility i'd get that same legendary later when i'm lvl 30 and it will be lvl 30?

[maVRoyal]

In 3th playthrough UVHM enemies and every loot is being scalled to yours lvl. UVHM is between lvl50 and 72/OP8)

[maVRoyal]

In 1st and 2nd playthrough they ere hard coded :)

[Spifff]

ok. so the Zim i got last night night is lvl 14 and is lvl 14 for everyone who plays the game in their 1st and 2nd playthrough. thanks

[Agarillobob]

there is no level 72OP8, this only goes up to level 70

and no the zim is not level 14 for everyone in their 1st or second playthrough
you got the drop on level 14 probably from an enemie level 14 or a loot source level 14
1st playtrhough goes from level 1-30 so depending on where you get the drop decides the level of the weapons
2nd playthrough is from 30-50 so again depending on the level of the map you are currently on the legendaries will scale to that

[maVRoyal]

Originally posted by Agarillobob:

there is no level 72OP8, this only goes up to level 70

and no the zim is not level 14 for everyone in their 1st or second playthrough
you got the drop on level 14 probably from an enemie level 14 or a loot source level 14
1st playtrhough goes from level 1-30 so depending on where you get the drop decides the level of the weapons
2nd playthrough is from 30-50 so again depending on the level of the map you are currently on the legendaries will scale to that

Right sorry XD its Borderlands tps. Not BL2

[Spifff]

ok level of the map (and thus the lvl of the enemy or loot box that dropped the item) that determines it. not your character level. i think i'm starting to get it.