Longbow

The Longbow is a Legendary Weapon in Borderlands 2. This Hyperion Sniper is extremely accurate and is a reference to Minecraft.

Element:

Incendiary

Special Weapon Effects:

Ceci n’est pas une sniper rifle!

• It fires slow-moving projectiles shaped like Minecraft styled arrows.
• Always Incendiary.
• Always spawns without a scope.
• Even though it is an E-tech weapon, it only consumes one sniper bullet per shot.
• +150% critical hit damage.
• Slightly increased (+4.5%) chance of ignition (as of hotfix of 17 October 2013).

How to get the Longbow?:

• You can get the Longbow as a rare drop from Badass Creepers in the hidden cave (Minecraft Easter egg) located in Caustic Caverns.
  • Creepers can be found in a mine shaft in the north-west section of Caustic Caverns across a mine cart bridge. The entrance is marked with large squarish boulders and covered with breakable blocks that strongly resemble Minecraft dirt and smooth stone. After tunneling a short distance, the tunnel opens into a small cave where several Creepers emerge from the dark tunnels one by one.

Borderlands 2 Legendary Longbow Location Guide

Notes:

• Although it displays as a legendary weapon, internally the Longbow is classified as an E-tech weapon, with a barrel part, SR_Barrel_Alien_Longbow. The Longbow’s status as an E-tech weapon is also evident in inventories, where the weapon will be grouped with E-tech weapons rather than with legendary weapons.
• Unlike standard legendary or E-tech weapons, the Longbow can spawn without an accessory, giving it the prefix Thermogenic.
  • Since the Longbow will always lack a scope, it cannot spawn with the accessories that would affix to the scope. These include the fire rate (Operational), damage (Auditing) and magazine size (Resource) accessories.
• This weapon dropped from Mister Boney Pants Guy on Day 6 of Week 1 of the Borderlands 2 Loot Hunt.
• The Longbow was modified via a hotfix released on October 17th, 2013 as part of the Borderlands 2 Loot Hunt. Its chance to ignite was increased by 4.5%, while its damage was increased by 20%. As with all hotfixes released as part of the loot hunt, these changes were later incorporated into a permanent patch.

Trivia:

• The flavor text (“Ceci n’est pas une sniper rifle!” [Lit. “This is not a Sniper Rifle”]) is a reference to Magritte’s The Treachery of Images, a painting of a pipe with the words “Ceci n’est pas une pipe.” written underneath in cursive lettering. The point of this painting was to demonstrate that it was not, in fact, a pipe but a painting of one. A similar reference was made in Minecraft. The game’s menu splash text, “Ceci n’est pas une title screen!” translates to “This is not a title screen!”.
• Like Hyperion pistols and all E-tech weapons, the Longbow features fins on the side of the gun that extend outward as the gun fires. When fully extended these fins resemble the arc of a bow or crossbow due to their placement and unusual size.
• The Longbow makes a standard sniper rifle sound rather than an E-tech sniper rifle firing sound.
• To further the Minecraft references, it’s the only elemental type of incendiary is a nod to the only “elemental” enchantment the Minecraft bow can get, Flame, which shoots a flaming arrow.