Players can complete special feats known as Challenges to earn Badass Ranks. Some challenges also provide character skins once a player reaches a specific level. Note that a challenge is not considered 'complete' until all possible levels are attained.
Marauder? I Hardly Know 'er: Rank 3 Rewards a Skin
Load and Lock: Rank 3 Rewards a Skin
Elemental[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Corroderate
Deal corrode damage
2500
20000
100000
500000
1000000
I Just Want to Set the World on Fire
Deal burn damage
5000
20000
100000
500000
1000000
Boom*
Kill enemies with explosive damage
20
75
250
600
1000
Acid Trip
Kill enemies with corrode damage
20
75
250
600
1000
Cowering Inferno
Ignite enemies
25
100
400
1000
2000
Slag-Licked*
Deal bonus damage to Slagged enemies
5000
25000
150000
1000000
5000000
Say "Watt" Again
Deal Electrocute damage.
5000
20000
100000
500000
1000000
Rank 3 of Slag-licked and Boom also give customizations.
Loot[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
It's Not Easy Looting Green
Loot or purchase green items.
20
50
75
125
200
Another Man's Treasure
Loot or purchase white items.
50
125
250
400
600
Nothing Rhymes with Orange
Loot or purchase orange items.
1
3
6
10
15
Purple Reign
Loot or purchase purple items.
2
4
7
12
20
The Call of Booty
Open treasure chests
5
25
50
125
250
Open Pandora's Boxes
Open lootable chests, lockers, and other objects.
50
250
750
1500
2500
Gun Runner
Pick up or purchase weapons
10
25
150
300
750
I Like My Treasure Rare
Loot or purchase blue items
5
12
20
30
45
Money and Trading[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Limited-Time Offer
Buy Items of the Day
1
5
15
30
50
Whaddaya Buyin'?
Purchase items with Eridium.
2
5
9
14
20
For the Hoard!
Save a lot of money
10000
50000
250000
1000000
3000000
Dolla Dolla Bills, Y'all
Collect dollars from cash drops
5000
25000
125000
500000
1000000
Wholesale
Sell items to vending machines
10
25
150
300
750
Psst, Hey Buddy...
Trade with other players
1
5
15
30
50
Vehicle[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Turret Syndrome
Kill enemies using a turret or vehicle-mounted weapon.
10
25
150
300
750
Passive Aggressive
Kill enemies while riding as a passenger (not a gunner) in a vehicle.
1
10
50
100
200
Blue Sparks*
Kill enemies by power-sliding over them in a vehicle.
5
15
30
50
75
Hit-and-Fun
Kill enemies by ramming them with a vehicle.
5
10
50
100
200
...One Van Leaves
Kill vehicles while in a vehicle.
5
10
50
100
200
To perform a power-sliding you need to use vehicle handbrake (Default 'G') after building some speed, practically its mean "Drifting" over the enemies, the smaller enemies the better DoT.
Health and Recovery[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
I'm Back! Shocked?
Get Second Winds by killing enemies with an electrocute DoT (Damage over Time)
1
5
15
30
50
Death, Wind, and Fire
Get Second Winds by killing enemies with a burn DoT (Damage over Time)
1
5
15
30
50
Green Meanie
Get Second Winds by killing enemies with a corrosive DoT (Damage over Time)
1
5
15
30
50
This Is No Time for Lazy!
Revive a co-op partner.
5
10
50
100
200
Badass Bingo
Get Second Winds by killing a badass enemy.
1
5
15
30
50
Heal Plz
Recover health.
1000
25000
150000
1000000
5000000
I'll Just Help Myself
Get Second Winds by killing an enemy.
5
10
50
100
200
Grenades[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Singled Out
Kill enemies with Singularity grenades.
10
25
75
150
300
Pull the Pin
Kill enemies with grenades.
10
25
150
300
750
EXPLOOOOOSIONS!
Kill enemies with Mirv grenades.
10
25
75
150
300
Health Vampire
Kill enemies with Transfusion grenades.
10
25
75
150
300
Chemical Sprayer
Kill enemies with Area-of-Effect grenades.
10
25
75
150
300
Woah, Black Betty
Kill enemies with Bouncing Betty grenades.
10
25
75
150
300
Shields[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Ammo Eater
Absorb enemy ammo with an Absorption shield.
20
75
250
600
1000
Game of Thorns
Kill enemies with reflected damage from a Spike shield.
5
10
50
100
200
Amp It Up
Kill enemies while buffed by an Amplify shield.
5
10
50
100
200
Roid Rage
Kill enemies while buffed by a "Maylay" shield.
5
10
50
100
200
Super Novas
Kill enemies with a Nova shield burst.
5
10
50
100
200
Rocket Launcher[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Gone with the Second Wind
Get Second Winds with rocket launchers.
2
5
15
30
50
Rocket and Roll
Kill enemies with rocket launchers.
10
50
100
250
500
Catch-a-Rocket!
Kill enemies with direct hits from rocket launchers.
5
10
50
100
200
Splish Splash
Kill enemies with rocket launcher splash damage.
5
10
50
100
200
Shield Basher
Kill shielded enemies with one rocket each.
5
15
35
75
125
Sky Rockets In Flight...
Kill enemies from long range with rocket launchers
25
100
400
1000
2000
Sniper Rifle[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Longshot Headshot
Get critical hits with sniper rifles.
25
100
400
1000
2000
Longshot
Kill enemies with sniper rifles.
20
100
500
2500
5000
Leaf on the Second Wind
Get Second Winds with sniper rifles.
2
5
15
30
50
Snipe Hunting
Kill enemies with critical hits using sniper rifles
10
25
75
150
300
Eviscerated
Kill shielded enemies with one shot using sniper rifles
5
15
35
75
125
Surprise!
Kill unaware enemies with sniper rifles
5
10
50
100
200
No Scope, No Problem
Kill enemies with sniper rifles without using ironsights
5
10
50
100
200
Assault Rifle[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Aggravated Assault
Kill enemies with assault rifles.
25
100
400
1000
2000
This Is My Rifle...
Get critical hits with assault rifles.
25
100
400
1000
2000
...This Is My Gun
Kill enemies with critical hits using assault rifles.
10
25
75
150
300
From My Cold, Dead Hands
Get Second Winds with assault rifles.
5
15
30
50
75
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Assault Rifle
Kill enemies with assault rifles while crouched.
25
75
400
1600
3200
SMG[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
More Like Submachine FUN
Get Second Winds with SMGs.
2
5
15
30
50
Hail of Bullets
Kill enemies with SMGs.
25
100
400
1000
2000
Constructive Criticism
Get critical hits with SMGs.
25
100
400
1000
2000
High Rate of Ire
Kill enemies with critical hits using SMGs.
10
25
75
150
300
Shotgun[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Open Wide!
Kill enemies from point-blank range with shotguns.
10
25
150
300
750
Shotgun Sniper
Kill enemies from long range with shotguns.
10
25
75
150
300
Faceful of Buckshot
Get critical hits with shotguns.
50
250
1000
2500
5000
Lock, Stock, and ...
Get Second Winds with shotguns.
2
5
15
30
50
Shotgun Surgeon
Kill enemies with critical hits using shotguns.
10
50
100
250
500
Shotgun!
Kill enemies with shotguns.
25
100
400
1000
2000
Pistol[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Hard Boiled
Get Second Winds with pistols.
2
5
15
30
50
The Killer
Kill enemies with pistols.
25
100
400
1000
2000
Quickdraw
Kill enemies shortly after entering iron sights with a pistol.
10
25
150
300
750
Deadeye
Get critical hits with pistols.
25
100
400
1000
2000
Pistolero
Kill enemies with critical hits using pistols.
10
25
75
150
300
Melee[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
Fisticuffs!
Kill enemies with melee attacks.
25
100
400
1000
2000
A Squall of Violence
Kill enemies with melee attacks using bladed guns.
20
75
250
600
1000
General Combat[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
...I Got to Boogie
Kill enemies at night.
10
25
150
300
750
Critical Acclaim
Kill enemies with critical hits. And rainbows.
20
100
500
1000
1500
...To Pay the Bills
Kill enemies while using your Action Skill.
20
75
250
600
1000
Knee-Deep in Brass
Fire a lot of rounds.
1000
5000
10000
25000
50000
Gun Slinger
Deal damage with Tediore reloads.
5000
20000
100000
500000
1000000
Afternoon Delight
Kill enemies during the day.
50
250
1000
2500
5000
Not Full of Monkeys
Kill enemies with stationary barrels.
10
25
45
70
100
Boomerbang
Kill enemies with Tediore reloads.
5
10
50
100
200
Miscellaneous[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3
Rank 4
Rank 5
JEEEEEKINSSSSSS!!!*
Find and eliminate Jimmy Jenkins.
1
3
6
10
15
Compl33tionist
Complete optional mission objectives.
10
25
45
70
100
Sidejacked
Complete side missions.
5
15
30
55
90
Haters Gonna Hate
Win duels.
1
5
15
30
50
Yo Dawg I Herd You Like Challenges
Complete many, many challenges.
5
25
50
100
200
Jimmy Jenkins is like a mini version of the Ion Loader, He is a rare type of Loot Midget found in very few small boxes.
Location-Specific[]
Arid Nexus - Badlands[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Boned
Kill Bonehead 2.0
1
4
Hey! Over Here!
Find the hidden Claptrap.
1
4
The Beginning of the End
Uncover the lost audio Recordings from Arid Nexus.
5
1
Arid Nexus - Boneyard[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
4
Dead Air
Kill DJ Hunter Hellquest with his radio turned off
1
10
Under Pressure
Hit the hidden button at the base of the pipe to summon and kill Hyperion Reinforcements.
1
10
Bloodshot Ramparts[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
The Last Place You Look
Find all five missing car keys in Bloodshot Ramparts.
5
10
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
1
The Not-So-Phantom Tollbooth
Pay the toll.
4
1
Bloodshot Stronghold[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Eff Yo' Couch
Jump on all five couches in the Bloodshot Dam.
5
1
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
5
Cut 'Em No Slack
Defeat the splinter group in their assigned order.
1
5
Give It a Whirl
Kill an enemy by knocking him into the whirlpool.
1
5
Bloodshot Memories
Find the lost recordings of the Bloodshot clan.
6
1
Caustic Caverns[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Can't Feel A Thing
Stand in the corrosive ooze for 30 seconds without falling into Fight for Your Life.
1
1
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
5
Ever Blow Bubbles...?
Use the corrosive bubbles to reach the broken rail.
1
1
Harcheck's Revenge
Kill Blue before any of his leg crystals grow back.
1
I Bet I Can Make It (Hidden)
Reach the small island across the corrosive ooze.
1
End of the Line[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
1
Master of All He Surveys
Kill Wilhelm without destroying any of his surveyors.
1
10
Eridium Blight[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Bring Out the Big Guns
Destroy all Five Hyperion tower Turrets.
5
1
Can You Hear Me Now
Destroy all four communication dishes.
4
4
Cult of the Vault
Discover the Three hidden Vault Symbols.
3
1
Pipe Dreaming
Walk on top of the Eridium pipeline.
1
5
Save the Turrets
Complete the fight at the gate before the Loaders destroy the tower turrets.
1
10
Tie Clip
Cut Donkey Mong's tie without any players being hit by his barrels.
1
'Twas Slag Killed the Beast
Kill King Mong while he is Slagged.
1
1
Vault Hunter vs. The Volcano
Get up close and personal with the Volcano.
1
4
Fink's Slaughterhouse[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
1
Friendship Gulag[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
1
In the Middle of the Night
After night falls, alert a guard tower to your presence.
1
1
Frostburn Canyon[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Praise Be to Scorch
Kill Scorch without damaging his minions.
1
5
Totems of Fire
Ignite all the hanging totems.
10
5
Burning Sensation
Find Incinerator Clayton's chronicles of the Firehawk.
3
1
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
5
Hero's Pass[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden vault Symbols.
2
5
Environmental Protection
Disable the grinder arm control panels.
3
1
When Nature Calls
Discover where engineers do their business.
3
1
Lynchwood[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
10
Do or Die
Find out why Axton came to Pandora.
4
5
Look Ma, No Hands
Shoot a skag rider off his skag.
5
1
Duel of Death
Duel on the Main Street train tracks.
1
1
Last Train to Nowhere
Kill the bandit riding the five o' clock train.
1
10
That's Impossible, Even for a Computer
Land a grenade in the refinery's exhaust port.
1
5
Natural Selection Annex[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
1
Ore Chasm[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
1
Opportunity[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
5
Down with Big, Handsome Brother
Destroy the security cameras located throughout Opportunity.
8
5
Opportunity Knocks
Find the lost Hyperion audio recordings in Opportunity.
3
1
Shame the Foreman
Kill Foreman Jasper without letting him construct any turrets.
1
5
Top o' the World
Explore your way to three rooftops.
3
10
Sanctuary[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the five hidden Vault Symbols.
5
5
Jackpot!
Get three Vault Symbols or Triple Eridium Bars on the Lucky Shot slot machine.
1
5
Rise of the Crimson Raiders
Uncover the history of Crimson Raiders.
4
1
Sawtooth Cauldron[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbol.
2
10
Haiku Hitman
Find out why Zero came to Pandora.
3
1
Happy Camper
Find Avie's hidden campsite.
1
1
Race to the Top
Get to the Buzzard Nest within two minutes of entering Sawtooth Cauldron.
1
5
Southern Shelf[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
5
Fireproof
Kill Flynt without any players taking damage from his dragon breath.
1
5
Make Boom Go Boom
Kill Boom and Bewm without any players taking a direct shot from Big Bertha.
1
5
Southern Shelf - Bay[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
5
I Can See Your Corpse from Here!
Find all four telescopes in Southern Shelf Bay.
4
1
Midge-Mong Has No Friends
Kill Midgemong and his rider before they summon backup.
1
5
Vault Hunter on Wire
Get to Blackburn Cove via tightrope.
1
1
Southpaw Steam & Power[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the three hidden Vault Symbols.
3
1
Boss Run
Kill all four assassins within ten minutes.
1
1
Terramorphous Peak[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
5
Terramorphous the Not-So-Invincible
Defeat Terramorphous
1
10
The Bunker[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
BNK-3R Buster
Destroy BNK-3R without destroying any of his auto cannons.
1
4
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
4
The Dust[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the three hidden Vault Symbols.
3
10
Dust to Dust
Uncover the history behind the Zaford/Hodunk feud.
3
5
If You're Not First, You're Last
Complete the Hodunk Speedway within the time limit.
1
5
I've Got a Crush on You
Have a buddy crush you in the car crusher.
1
1
The Van is Damned
Find and loot the roaming Cara-Van.
1
5
If You're Not First, You're Last: This Challange can only be completed after the quest Clan War: First Place, and must be done in under 25 seconds.
The Fridge[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
1
Fairest of Them All
Kill Laney before any of her midget companions die.
1
1
It's Off to Hell We Go
Kill all of Laney's midget companions before killing Laney herself.
1
1
The Rakk Knight
Find Rakkman's audio diary.
1
1
Trapped Rat
Find the rat frozen in time.
1
10
Stiff Competition
Do not kill any Midget Boners before killing Smash-Head.
1
Trapped Rat:This Challenge requires "The Cold Shoulder" optional mission to gain access to him.
The Highlands[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
5
Failure to Communicate
Find and destroy all Hyperion comm towers.
4
10
Winds of the Highlands
Find all the windsocks.
8
1
The Holy Spirits[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the hidden Vault Symbol.
1
1
Thousand Cuts[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
A Grave Matter
Smash all the tombstones in Slab Town.
9
1
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
5
Portrait of the Gunzerker as a Young Man
Find out why Salvador came to Pandora.
4
1
Slab UHF
Activate the radio tower atop Slab Town.
1
10
Three Horns - Divide[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the three hidden Vault Symbols.
3
1
Man's Best Friends
Kill Boll without hurting any of his poor snow skags.
1
5
Three Horns - Valley[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Cult of the Vault
Discover the three hidden Vault Symbols.
3
5
This Ain't My First Rodeo
Explore your way to the top of the Happy Pig Motel sign.
1
5
Tundra Express[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Bug Off
Kill Madam Von Bartlesby without any players taking damage from her bug bombs.
1
10
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
1
King of the Buzzard World
Explore your way to the roofs of Buzzard Academy.
1
5
Positive Reinforcements
Find and turn on the three alarms that summon bandit reinforcements.
3
5
What's Yours Is Mine
Disable all of Tiny Tina's pink mines.
5
5
Wildlife Exploitation Preserve[]
Challenge Name
Challenge Description
# required for Level
Badass Rank Reward
Bear Minimum
Find five teddy bears trapped in stalker goo.
5
5
Cult of the Vault
Discover the two hidden Vault Symbols.
2
5
Mordy's Secret Stashes
Find Mordecai's three hidden stashes.
3
1
Ride Together, Die Together
Kill Tumbaa and Pimon within ten seconds of each other.