Borderlands 3 Jakobs Weapons Overview

Borderlands 3 Jakobs Weapons Overview
Filip Galekovic

By: Filip Galekovic

October 25, 2019

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There's nothing quite like a Jakobs gun in Borderlands 3. Sleek, precise, and hard-hitting as all hell, a Jakobs can take down anything. Where other weapon manufacturers shoot faster, dish out elemental damage, or invest in gimmicks, Jakobs delivers damage. Pure, ridiculous damage. Borderlands 3 Jakobs is unique in that overkill is the name of the game, with a few distinctive features to their guns.

Jakobs assault rifle will, for example, sometimes come equipped with a crank-handle. Yes, you read that right: a crank-handle for you to spin it up! Unlike, say, Dahl, Jakobs armaments do not come with alternative fire modes. Here, what you see is what you get, no-frills. Unless we're talking about gilded ornaments for your gun, because Jakobs sure does deliver in that regard. Without further ado, here's what you need to know about Borderlands 3 Jakobs guns!

What's so special about a Jakobs Gun?

Borderlands 3 Jakobs

Firstly, Jakobs weapons are pretty. Like, exquisitely pretty. You'll find a variety of beautiful guns featured on our screenshots here, and we bet some of you will fall in love with them at first sight. That's part-and-parcel when you opt for a Jakobs gun, be it a hand cannon, an assault rifle, or a sniper. This elegance of design comes from traditional cowboy guns for yesteryear. We're talking shotguns, lever-action rifles, hand cannons... the usual suspects, really. With that in mind, Jakobs doesn't produce weapons of all types. Quite the opposite, here's what the company makes:

  • Hand cannons
  • Long Rifles (Assault Rifles, Lever-Action)
  • Shotguns
  • Sniper Rifles

Even their "low-caliber" offerings pack quite a punch, and they come with an appropriate amount of recoil. Don't expect to easily keep a Jakobs assault rifle on-target. Instead, we recommend you either engage your targets with slow and deliberate shots or get in close and personal if that's your style. If you're interested in highly-aggressive character builds and want to really ruin someone's day, you should get a Jakobs ?

As the legendary quote goes: "Remember, if it took more than one shot, you weren't using a Jakobs!"

Borderlands 3 Jakobs Estate Legacy

Borderlands 3 Jakobs

The history of the Jakobs Estate is as diverse and storied as are the armaments they make. With their HQ situated in the jungle marshlands of Eden-6, Jakobs is featured front-and-center in the main campaign of Borderlands 3! If you've played the game, then you know that this is a place where dinosaurs still walk the land, which explains the need for reliable and hard-hitting weaponry.

Though not all of Eden-6's creatures are out to get you, like Maurice, the majority of them are. That's why you definitely want to put down a wall of lead between you and them. Whether it's a fast-firing hand cannon or an extremely powerful shotgun, Jakobs has precisely what you need to do that.

Perceptive players will have noticed that the majority of Borderlands 3 weapons are made of metal, polymer, or some combination of the two. Jakobs is the sole corporation that still makes use of relatively rare authentic wood for their guns' stocks, grips, and handles. As per the lore, each and every Jakobs firearm is hand-made, which makes them special when compared to mass-produced Dahl or Tediore weapons.

As you might suspect, Jakobs guns are very, very rarely elemental. Stuff like the Legendary Jakobs Fire Handcannon, The Companion, does pop up, but only rarely. For the most part, your Jakobs arsenal is going to be doing unrestrained kinetic damage. That's why you're going to want to pair your Jakobs weapons with stuff that can dish out elemental effects, like a solid Maliwan SMG or the like.

Borderlands 3 Jakobs Guns are the best

Borderlands 3 Jakobs

Much as was the case with Dahl guns, Jakobs is definitely the best - for a particular role. You can hardly go wrong if you slot one or two Jakobs weapons when you're in a particularly punchy mood. The challenge will lie in balancing their sheer firepower with the utility of decidedly less damaging elemental weapons. As we said above, you're going to need something to take down all those shields and chew through armor, but nothing demolishes a squad of enemies quite like a good Jakobs shottie.

With the sheer number of weapons available in Borderlands 3, there had to be something for the cowboys (and cowgirls) among us. Jakobs has that in troves, and no other gun-maker comes even close when it comes to producing traditionally overpowered weaponry. Come get yours! ?

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