How to farm loot midgets

Borderlands 2 Loot and Weapons
#1

Ok, there are several details I would like to iron out:

  • In the case of Wildlife Exploitation Preserve, what is better to farm them on? Doctor’s orders -or- Wildlife Preservation (story mission)
  • Does the previously mentioned advantages stack if you have both?
  • Is it true that loot midgets won’t spawn or “find it difficult to do so” if there are many enemies left alive in the area
  • Do you have to kill the badass skags first in order to get loot midgets from the boxes in Wildlife Exploitation Preserve (regardless of the previous)
  • Does it matter or is there a problem if you go all the way to Bloodwing in the observation wing instead of just save and quit?
  • Is it better to farm for legendary class mods from them instead of chubby enemies?
  • Can they spawn inside the creature slaughter annex?
  • They can spawn out of waste piles… right?
  • Is it big the difference between 4 players instead of 1?
  • Where are they completely unable to spawn?
#2

I can answer the first two:
It only needs Doctor’s Orders open. You don’t need it active, just open.
And no, as it is only because of the ECHOes it doesn’t stack.

#3

Nope! I always take care of the midgets before I deal with the skags.

Some of the COM’s can only be dropped by Tubbies (at lvl 61 or higher), so it depends on which one you’re going for. Legendary Berserker, Siren, Commando, Hunter, Mechro and Psycho can drop from any loot source, but the rest are Tubby exclusive. Well… there’s Slayer of Terramorphous too. Almost forgot that one.

Yes!

Easier to say where they DO spawn. Frostburn Canyon, Tundra Express, WEP, Thousand cuts, Opportunity, Sawtooth Cauldron and Arid Nexus. Whether they actually can or can’t spawn in the rest of the areas…? I’d say no on that one, since I’ve never seen one. But… who knows! :wink:

#4

They only seem to spawn from the hanging waste piles, not the regular ones on the ground.

#5

yes, I have got a few that way

not that Ive noticed

No, I usually pick up doc’s orders and then as passing through there on the storyline will stop and farm it several times before going on to finish the storyline, then come back and farm more

only advantage I see of killing everything is then you don’t have to worry about them attacking you while fighting the loot midgets

#6

What is “COM”?? Which ones are exclusively dropped by tubbies at lv. 61???

#7

“Class Optimisation Modifier”

#8

Pardon the expression but what the heck is that???

#9

It means Class mod
Also, the COMs that are not available untill 61 are the legendary COMs that came in the original UVH dlc.

#10

I get them from the ground piles on a regular basis in Tundra express.

#11

In the case of Wildlife Exploitation Preserve, what is better to farm them on? Doctor’s orders -or- Wildlife Preservation (story mission)

You don’t need Doctor’s Orders to be active, just uncompleted. Just make sure that you don’t pick up any of the Echoes, as they will influence the amount of midgets you get from the boxes. Usually, the amount of Echoes you have left is the amount of midgets you’ll get. The story mission does absolutely nothing, so you can go ahead and complete that one.

Does the previously mentioned advantages stack if you have both?

Having Doctor’s Orders unfinished guarantees the midgets will spawn from the cardboard boxes. Having the mission Animal Rights open will make sure that you have less enemies to deal with while farming, but it has no effect whatsoever on the midgets.

Is it true that loot midgets won’t spawn or “find it difficult to do so” if there are many enemies left alive in the area

From my experience, no.

Do you have to kill the badass skags first in order to get loot midgets from the boxes in Wildlife Exploitation Preserve (regardless of the previous)

No. I completely ignore the skags most of the time and I still get all of the midgets to spawn just the same.

Does it matter or is there a problem if you go all the way to Bloodwing in the observation wing instead of just save and quit?

As long as you don’t pick up the Echoes and don’t turn Doctor’s Orders in, you can go anywhere you want. It will be just the same once you save and quit.

Is it better to farm for legendary class mods from them instead of chubby enemies?

Tubbies drop exclusive class mods. Midgets only drop the original ones (Legendary Soldier, Legendary Siren, Legendary Psycho, etc.). Personally, I rather farm the loot train for those class mods. To me, the train seems to have a higher chance for class mods than the midgets.

Can they spawn inside the creature slaughter annex?

I have no idea, but if they can, it must be pretty rare. Never saw one in there. However, make sure to open containers throughout the rest of the Preserve while farming the four boxes. They seem to have a high chance of spawning anywhere in the WEP.

They can spawn out of waste piles… right?

Yes.

Is it big the difference between 4 players instead of 1?

I honestly have no idea.

Where are they completely unable to spawn?

Sanctuary, I think. It’s just a lot easier to say where they do spawn.

#12

Also any DLC map, iirc. (Applies only to loot midgets)

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#13

Why are you guys calling them COMs? This is the first time I’ve heard that, what’s wrong with class mods? (why not CMs?) is it because of PC versus console game content?

#14

because were old school.

#15

COM = “Class Optimisation Module”; it’s from BL1.

#16

hello,
I’m having a problem with the loot midgets spawning in those boxes in the room next to Bloodwing. I’m in uvhm and I’m running through the story. I went there 3 diffrent times and they never spawn. Not even one. I remember that happening in tvhm also, so what am I doing wrong? I didn’t pick up any echo’s like I read in the top part of this post. Any help would be appeciated.

#17

is doctors orders still active?

#18

Doctor’s orders mission has to be active, so never turn it in. ALSO, if you even start completing the mission objectives (this is picking up the echo recorders), the loot midgets will begin to spawn less and less. So do not pick up any of the echo recorders.

#19

Oh, I didn’t have doctors orders on. I was on story mode. Not even sure if I have that mission. I wasn’t doing any side missions till I’m leveled max. I’m assuming since it’s doctors orders you get it from Zed?

So don’t pick up echos and have doctors orders on. Got it…gonna try tonight

#20

Tannis gives Doctor’s Orders, and it becomes available right when you get the main story mission to go to the WEP. You can pick up slag samples on the way, but leave all the Doctor’s Oders echoes in place if you want maximum LLMs. (You can pick up the Maya lost echoes, though)