when you farm for an item that is lower than your level, how to get it to your level?

[redeyerain]

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[dontu_worry]

You don't. What drops is what you get.

[bernNPM]

sometimes even when the item is a lower level than you, it can still be pretty good

[Casurin]

in NVHM areas have a fixed level - if you go back to previous areas you will find weak enemies that drop weak equipment.
In TVHM it is the same UNTIL you beat the last boss again. From that point forward enemies scale with your level.

But aside from quest-weapons and the skyrocket - items do NOT change after they dropped.

[redeyerain]

Originally posted by pineapple juice:

sometimes even when the item is a lower level than you, it can still be pretty good

no like, infinity pistol, u can get it at lvl 5 but im lvl 30 now and i want a lvl 30 infinity pistol

[EolSunder]

ok. when you first enter an area, any drops are scaled to your level when you enter. When you played normal mode and entered the area with Doc and you fought him for your initial infinity pistol, it was level 5 ish. Even later in normal mode when your level 25 you can't go back to get a level 25 pistol because it still is scaled for when you first entered that area.

To get your current level infinity pistol, you need to start TVHM, the next harder gameplay. Since its a new game, everything is reset and Doc and the infinity pistol will again be near the scaled level when you first enter that area. So NOW in your 2nd playthrough with TVHM and your level 30ish you can get a level 30ish infinity pistol when you farm it from Doc. I think mine was level 32 when i grabbed it.

Like normal mode, the pistol will stay at the scaled level when you first entered the area, so it will be useful to a point until you get to levels 40+, then you probably have better weapons (im still using mine as my main weapon at level 37ish). In order to get it higher, again you'll have to beat the game, and restart in the 3rd playthrough UVHM when again you can get it scaled to your level when you first enter the area on UVHM.

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by yournextbabydaddy69:

^^^

Well you'd never purposefully "farm" for items lower than your current level altho you may keep some of the great ones until you find an improved one at your current (or higher) levels. This continuous process of always improving your current inventory items is at the heart of the game's leveling system.

Originally posted by yournextbabydaddy69:

Originally posted by pineapple juice:

sometimes even when the item is a lower level than you, it can still be pretty good

no like, infinity pistol, u can get it at lvl 5 but im lvl 30 now and i want a lvl 30 infinity pistol

When you've reached level 30, you'd return to the boss you killed at level 5 who dropped your level 5 Infinity [Doc Mercy] to kill him again at Level 30 for your desired Level 30 Infinity. As soon as you've got the new one, you'd drop or sell the old one. Happy Gaming