Farming Tubbies

Borderlands 2 BL2 General Discussion
#1

I’m looking for Tubbies, hoping to find a Bekah, and a couple of questions popped into my head…

  • Is it true that there’s a greater chance of Tubbies outside of Ellie’s at night? I’ve seen this mentioned a couple of times, but the only Tubby I’ve seen there was in daylight hours.

  • In the WEP, does having Animal Rights active decrease the chance of a Tubby spawning? I’ve done a few runs thru there w/AR active and have seen a few Tubbies, but I still wonder about AR’s possible affect on spawns.

#2

  1. I’m fairly sure it does, but i haven’t got a clue as to why.

  2. Someone else will probably answer this, but I can’t see quests affecting spawns in any way. I could be wrong though.

#3

  1. That seems to be the general consensus.

  2. IIRC, having Animal Rights active reduces the number of spawns which would therefore (logically) reduce the possible number of Tubby spawns.

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#4

That right there is what I was wondering about, and it just now occurred to me that I can do a run with it active and another without and probably get my answer. Derp.

#5

Don’t forget the Arid Wastes- Boneyard and Badlands, Caustic Caverns and even Three Horns Valley- I’ve met a few tubby skags there…

#6

The Dust has always given me the best results overall, day or night.

#7

Wildlife reserve has a pretty damn good chance amoung all the enemies that spawn around where the mini bosses tumba and pimon are located. I’ve gotten two at a time two spawn quite a few times. And it usually doesn’t take long before you see one spawn. Thats just one of the few good locations.

#8

What about 4 player difficulty? Does it really help?

#9

I also found a couple in Frostburn Canyon, up the small side canyon on the way to the Lascaux. My most consistent sightings are in the WEP, tho.

It seems to work well in the first area in the Caustic Caverns. I’ve been trying to get Vermivorous to spawn there, mostly just to see if it’ll actually happen…no sign of him, but there’s usually a bunch of badass-or-higher varkids within a couple of minutes, and the occasional tubby. Problem is, usually by the time a tubby appears the rest of them have reached the danger level and I’ve got more of a fight than I’d wanted.

#10

Another vote for Frostburn - you can get tubbies in the area near Scorch, as well as in the short open area before that.