Bosses and Named Enemies can respawn in Borderlands 2 and the game rewards you for them because a lot of them have dedicated legendary loot drops assigned to them. Here is an overview of all the named enemies and their locations that can drop a legendary item.
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Base Game
| Enemy | Location | Legendary Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Knuckledragger | Windshear Waste | Hornet |
| Midge-Mong | Southern Shelf – Bay | Kerblaster |
| Boom Bewm | Southern Shelf | Bonus Package |
| Captain Flynt | Southern Shelf | Thunderball Fists |
| Doc Mercy | Three Horns Valley | Infinity |
| Assassin Wot, Oney, Reeth, and Roug | Southpaw Steam & Power | Emperor |
| Boll | Three Horns Divide | Fastball |
| Savage Lee | Three Horns Divide | Unkempt Harold |
| Scorch | Frostburn Canyon | Hellfire |
| Incinerator Clayton | Frostburn Canyon | Pyrophobia |
| Bad Maw | Three Horns Valley | Deliverance |
| Dan, Lee, Mike, Ralph | Bloodshot Stronghold | Storm Front |
| Madame Von Bartlesby | Tundra Express | Baby Maker |
| Prospector Zeke | Tundra Express | Pitchfork |
| Wilhelm | End of the Line | Logan’s Gun Rolling Thunder |
| Mobley | The Dust | Veruc |
| Gettle | The Dust | Lyuda |
| The Black Queen | The Dust | Nukem |
| Mick Zaford | The Dust | Maggie |
| Tector & Jimbo Hodunk | The Dust | Slagga |
| Blue | Caustic Caverns | Fabled Tortoise |
| Badass Creeper | Caustic Caverns | Longbow |
| Sinkhole | The Fridge | Bitch |
| Laney White | The Fridge | Gub |
| Smash-Head | The Fridge | Sledge’s Shotgun |
| Rakkman | The Fridge | Gunerang |
| Henry | The Highlands | The Cradle |
| Old Slappy | The Highlands – Outwash | Striker |
| Pimon | Wildlife Exploitation Preserve | The Transformer |
| Tumbaa | Wildlife Exploitation Preserve | Deliverance |
| Son of Motthrakk | Wildlife Exploitation Preserve | Skullmasher |
| Foreman Jasper | Opportunity | Black Hole |
| McNally | The Dust | Hammer Buster |
| Mad Dog | Lynchwood | Madhous! |
| BNK-3R | Thousand Cuts / The Bunker Control Core Angel | The Sham Bitch |
| Dukino’s Mom | Lynchwood | Mongol |
| King Mong | Eridian Blight | Badaboom |
| Mortar | Sawtooth Cauldron | Pandemic |
| Hunter Hellquist | Arid Nexus – Boneyard | The Bee |
| Spycho | Frostburn Canyon | Neogenator |
| Saturn | Arid Nexus – Badlands | Invader |
| The Warrior | Vault of the Warrior | Conference Call Flakker Impaler Leech Volcano |
| Terramorphous the Invincible | Terramorphous Peak | Blood of Terramorphous Hide of Terramorphous Slayer of Terramorphous Pitchfork |
| Vermivorous the Invincible | World | Norfleet |
[DLC1] Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty
| Enemy | Location | Legendary Drop |
|---|---|---|
| DJ Tanner | Magnys Lighthouse | The Sham |
| Hyperius the Invincible | Washburn Refinery | Shredifier Norfleet |
[DLC3] Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt
| Enemy | Location | Legendary Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Rakkanoth | Scylla’s Grove | Skullmasher |
| Jackenstein | H.S.S Terminus | Conference Call |
[DLC4] Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep
| Enemy | Location | Legendary Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Mister Boney Pants | Unassuming Docks | Bunny |
| Treants | The Forest | The Bee |
| Handsome Sorcerer | Dragon Keep | Leech |
| Warlord Slog | Murderlin’s Temple | Ogre |
| Badass Sorcerers | World | Chain Lightning |
| Badass Mages | World | Fire Storm |
[DLC5] Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary
| Enemy | Location | Legendary Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Cassius | Mt. Scarab Research Center | Hector’s Paradise |
| Lt. Hoffman | The Backburner | Amigo Sincero |
| Lt. Tetra | Helios Fallen | Overcompensator |
| Dig Graves | Dahl Abandon | M2828 Thumpson |
