Borderlands 2 Unkempt Harold: Farming and Roll Guide

Where to Get the Unkempt Harold

The Borderlands 2 Unkempt Harold turns pistol ammo into a horizontal wall of explosions. Farm Savage Lee in Three Horns Divide for a 10% drop chance, or purchase it as an Item of the Day from a Torgue vending machine in Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage. Its splitting projectiles make this legendary Torgue pistol especially effective at close and medium range.

The weapon belongs to the base game, so you can farm Savage Lee without owning the DLC. It can also appear through general loot sources, but Lee gives you a specific enemy to target.

That 10% chance applies to getting an Unkempt Harold, rather than a particular prefix or combination of parts. Expect to inspect multiple drops if you’re chasing a specific roll.

Official page: Borderlands 2 (store.steampowered.com)

Savage Lee Farming Route

Savage Lee’s regular farming location is the Marrowfield, among the bullymongs on the eastern side of Three Horns Divide. There is also a possible extra encounter near the fast travel station, letting you check for another kill along the same route.

1. Fast travel to Three Horns Divide. You’ll arrive near vending machines and a vehicle station.
2. Check the minimap near your arrival point. Red enemy dots behind the station can indicate the extra Savage Lee encounter. Check that area and kill him if he appears.
3. Follow the road toward the Marrowfield. Head through the spiked entrance into the bullymong area.
4. Move toward the back and find Savage Lee. Kill him and inspect the dropped loot.
5. Repeat the farming route. Include the nearby encounter whenever it appears.

Watch the bullymongs during the fight: they can attack both you and Lee. Check the ground carefully if they kill him before you do.

For Normal Mode, start around level eight or higher. The farm can take under three minutes per run, with travel and an additional Lee encounter affecting the time. Shorten the trip and the fight before worrying about squeezing out a perfect weapon roll.

A 10% drop rate doesn’t guarantee a pistol within ten kills. Keep the route consistent, and judge a dry streak as part of the farm rather than a reason to abandon it.

Double Penetrating and Other Weapon Rolls

The Double Penetrating Unkempt Harold fires two projectile spreads with each trigger pull. It also doubles the ammo cost.

Firing behavior	Standard Harold	Double Penetrating Harold
Ammo consumed per trigger pull	3	6
Main projectiles	1	2
Additional projectiles after splitting	6	12
Fully developed projectile total	7	14

Double Penetrating comes from the double accessory. Along with adding projectiles, that accessory carries damage, fire-rate, accuracy, and recoil penalties. The extra spread gives you more projectiles to connect, but it also spends your pistol reserves faster.

Choose Double Penetrating when you want two spreads per shot and can support the ammo consumption. Keep a useful standard version while farming; it still produces seven explosive projectiles after splitting.

For parts, look for a Torgue grip when prioritizing damage, magazine capacity, and reload performance. Its bonuses include increased damage, magazine capacity, and reload speed. A Jakobs grip also adds damage, with tradeoffs to fire rate, recoil, and reload speed.

Compare the whole weapon rather than the damage number alone. Magazine size, firing speed, and reload behavior affect how often you can keep those explosive spreads moving.

How to Land More Projectiles and Boost Damage

The Harold launches a main projectile that develops additional projectiles across a horizontal spread. Every projectile explodes on impact, so positioning determines how much of each shot reaches your target.

Image: Steam / Gearbox Software

Give the shot enough room to begin splitting, then keep the spread centered on the enemy. At excessive distance, the widening pattern makes it harder to land every projectile on a narrow target. Work within close and medium range, adjusting your distance to the enemy’s size.

Accuracy also changes when the projectiles split: a more accurate Harold splits later. If a new roll behaves differently at your usual fighting distance, adjust your spacing before dismissing it.

The weapon’s damage includes both direct hits and explosive splash. Its additional explosions benefit from grenade damage bonuses, giving those bonuses a practical role in a Harold-focused setup.

Amp shields are another useful pairing because the additional projectiles aren’t listed on the item card and can each receive full amp damage. The Bee supplies amp damage without consuming shield capacity per shot, though its shield still needs to be fully charged for the amp effect. Keep that charge available when setting up a burst into a target large enough to catch the spread.