Looking for some extra loot by doing optional missions? In borderlands 2 there are a total of 109 optional missions throughout the game many of them offered up by game characters when you talk to them during normal game play. This is an easy ways to guarantee that when you finish the mission you will receive something you need such as shields, relics, skins, heads and of course guns. We have detailed in the table below the missions that have rewards and what the reward is and the rarity level, there are many useful items to be collected here especially the relics and the shields which are always a welcome part of any arsenal. As well you will get some Very Rare and Legendary items.
Mission Name Level Gear Reward Rarity Handsome Jack Here! 3 Pistol Green shielded favours 3 Skin Customization Green This Town Ain’t Big Enough 3 Assault Rifle Green Bad Hair Day 5 Shotgun or Sniper Rifle Green Symbiosis 5 Head Blue Assassinate the Assassins 8 SMG or Pistol Green Medical Mystery: X-Com-municate 8 Pistol Purple Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Skags 8 Assault Rifle or Grenade Green The Name Game 8 Shotgun or Shield Green Cult Following: Eternal Flame 10 Shield or SMG Green Cult Following: False Idols 10 Assault Rifle or Shield Green Cult Following: Lighting the Match 10 Sniper Rifle Green Cult Following: The Enkindling 10 Shield Orange In Memoriam 11 Head Blue Positive Self Image 11 Relic Blue Too Close for Missiles 11 SMG or Assault Rifle Green The Good, the bad, and the Mordecai 12 Relic Blue No Hard Feelings 13 Shotgun or Assault Rifle Blue Out of Body Experience 13 Shotgun or Shield Blue splinter group 13 Shotgun Blue The Pretty God Train Robbery 13 Grenade Blue You Are Cordially Invited: RSVP 13 Grenade or Rocket Launcher Green You Are Cordially Invited: Tea Party 13 Pistol Blue Mighty Morphin’ 14 SMG Green The Ice Man Cometh 15 Shield or Grenade Green Won’t Get Fooled Again 16 Pistol Blue Best Mother’s Day Ever 18 Shield Purple Clan War: End of the Rainbow 18 Shotgun or Grenade Green Clan War: First Place 18 Grenade or Shotgun Green Clan War: Starting the War 18 Pistol or Assault Rifle Green Clan War: Trailer Trashing 18 SMG or Rocket Launcher Green Clan War: Wakey Wakey 18 Shield or Pistol Blue Clan War: Zafords vs. Hodunks 18 SMG or Shotgun Blue Stalker of stalkers 18 Shotgun or Shield Green The Overlooked: Medicin Man 18 Skin Customization White The Overlooked: Shields Up 18 SMG or Shield Green The Overlooked: This Only a Test 18 Shield Purple Animal Rights 20 Sniper Rifle Blue Doctor’s Orders 20 Pistol or Relic Green or Blue Note for Self-Person 20 Rocket Launcher Blue Poetic License 20 Sniper Rifle or Assault rifle Green Rakkaholics Anonymous 20 Sniper Rifle or Pistol Blue safe and sound 20 Shotgun or Relic Blue slap happy 20 Shotgun Blue The Cold Shoulder 20 Skin Customization Green Home Movies 23 Relic Blue statuesque 23 Head Blue Hell Hath No Fury 24 Grenade Blue The Bane 24 SMG Blue Bearer of Bad News 25 Assault Rifle Blue BFFs 25 Shield Blue The Chosen One 25 Assault Rifle Blue 3:10 to Kaboom 26 Grenade Blue Animal Rescue: Shelter 26 Shield or Pistol Blue Hyperion Contract #873 26 Sniper Rifle Blue showdown 26 Relic Blue Capture the Flags 28 Skin Customization Green Customer Service 28 Grenade or SMG Blue Mousier Mash: Part 1 28 Assault Rifle or Grenade Green The Lost Treasure 28 Pistol Purple To Grandmother’s House We Go 28 Skin Customization Purple A Real Boy: Clothes Make the Man 29 Shield or Sniper Rifle Green A Real Boy: Face Time 29 Shotgun or SMG Green A Real Boy: Human 29 Pistol Blue Demon Hunter 29 Sniper Rifle Blue Get to Know Jack 29 Sniper Rifle Blue Hungry Like the Skag 29 Assault Rifle Blue Mousier Mash: Part 2 29 SMG or Grenade Green Uncle Teddy 29 Pistol or Shotgun Blue Hyperion Slaughter: Round 5 34 Sniper Rifle Blue