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Mech Weights and Hardpoints

By Nobody

A listing of how much free tonnage each mech has, as well as any unremovable equipment or ECM potential

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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Category: Characters, Classes, Co-op, Crafting, Gameplay Basics, Weapons

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

Explanations

Light Mechs

Medium Mechs

Heavy Mechs

Assault Mechs

Comments

Explanations

NOTE: This guide is very very much a work in progress, by very much a not-perfect player, so if you spot any typos, please let me know

!NOTE: Difference between Battlemechs and Omnimechs is simpler than it may appear. As an example: The Warhawk LT is crammed full of DHS it cannot remove, but can change one variant's arm (or leg, or torso...) for another. Battlemechs cannot change limbs, but have no locked equipment, and that includes the engine (which is locked for all Omnimechs)!

!Weapon hardpoints function differently than they did in Mechwarrior5:Mercenaries!
If you have the tonnage, and weapon slots, you can mount any weapon
Any mech can mount an active probe, in any open slot
Any non-weapon item (such as Heat Sinks or Armor Pods) can be mounted in weapon slots
Armor can be added to any mech, with no maximum, so long as you have weight and space
Weapon weights are listed in game, weapon slots are not directly listed

Weapon slot listings are as such: Total-Size
2x2-slot can carry 1 or 2 weapons 2-slot or 1-slot
1x2-slot can carry 1 weapon either 1-slot or 2-slot
2x1-slot can carry 2 1-slot weapons, but nothing larger

Energy Weapons (E)

All are 1-slot except the Large Pulse and ERPPC
Large Pulse Lasers and ERPPC are 2-slot

Missile Weapons (M)

All standard SRM are 1-slot
All Artemis SRM are 2-slot
All SSRM are 1-slot except the SSRM6 (2-Slot)
LRM5 and 10 are 1-slot
LRM15 are 2-slot
LRM20 are 4-slot
Artemis LRM are 1 slot bigger
NARC is 1 slot

Ballistic Weapons (B)

Gauss Rifle is 6-slot
Machine Guns are 1-slot
LB-2 are 3-slot
LB-5 are 4-slot
LB-10 are 5-slot
LB-20 are 9-slot
UAC-2 is 2-slot
UAC-5 is 3-slot
UAC-10 is 4-slot
UAC-20 is 8-slot

Light Mechs

Mist Lynx

8.5 Tons Free Weight
6 Hardlocked Jumpjets (3xRT/LT)
Potential ECM (MLX-C)
Zero Open CT Slots

MLX-Prime
- (RA) 2x1B 1x1M
- (LA) 1x2M
MLX-A
- (RA) 2x1B 1x1E
- (LA) 1x1E 2xAMS
MLX-B
- (RA) 2x1M 1x1E
- (LA) 2x1E
MLX-C
- (RA) 2x1E
- (LA) ECM 1xAMS
MLX-D
- (RA) 2x1E
- (LA) 1x2B
MLX-ED (Ebon Dragoon)
- (RA) 2x1E
- (RT) 2x1E
- (LA) 2x2M
Arctic Cheetah
9.5 Tons Free Weight
6 Hardlocked Jumpjets (2xCT/RL/LL)
Potential ECM (Prime)
Zero Open CT Slots
ARC-Prime
- (RA) 1x2E 1x2M
- (RT) 1x1E
- (LA) 1x2E 1x2M
- (LT) 1x1E ECM
ARC-A
- (RA) 1x1E 1x3M
- (RT) 1xAMS
- (LA) 1x1E 1x3M
ARC-B
- (RA) 1x1E 1x3B
- (LA) 2x1E
ARC-C
- (RA) 2x1E
- (RT) 1x1E
- (LA) 2x1E
- (LT) 2x1E
ARC-D
- (RA) 1x4M
- (RT) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x4M
- (LT) 1x2E
ARC-P
- (RA) 1x3B 2x1B
- (RT) 1x1E
- (LA) 1x3B 2x1B
- (LT) 2x1E
Kit Fox
16 Tons Free Weight
Potential ECM (C-RA)
Potential Jumpjets (S-2xRL/LL 1xRT/LT)
Zero Open CT Slots
KFX-Prime
- (RA) 1x6B 1x2M
- (LA) 2x4E
KFX-A
- (RA) 1x8B
- (LA) 2x4E
KFX-B
- (RA) 1x4B 1x4M
- (LA) 2x4E
KFX-C
- (RA) 1x1E 3xAMS ECM
- (LA) 2x1B 2x1E
KFX-D
- (RA) 2x2M
- (LA) 2x2M
KFX-S
- (RA) 2x4E
- (RT) 1x4B 1xJJ
- (RL) 2xJJ
- (LA) 1x2E 1x2M
- (LT) 1x1B 1xJJ
- (LL) 2xJJ
KFX-P
- (RA) 1x1E 1x3M 1xAMS
- (RT) 1x1E 1x2B
- (LA) 1x3B 1x4M
- (LT) 1x1E 1x1B
KFX-PR (Purifier)
- (RA) 1x6B
- (RT) 2x1E
- (LA) 1x6B
- (LT) 2x1E
Adder
- 16.5 Tons Free Weight
- 1 Open CT Slot
ADR-Prime
- (RA) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x2E
- (CT) 1x1E
ADR-A
- (RA) 1x5M
- (RT) 1x1E
- (LA) 1x5M
- (LT) 1x1E
- (CT) 1x1E
ADR-B
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x1E
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x1E
- (CT) 1x1E
ADR-C
- (RA) 1x5M
- (RT) 1x2M
- (LA) 1x5M
- (LT) 1x2E
- (CT) 1x1E
ADR-D
- (RA) 1x9B
- (RT) 1x2M
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 1x2M
- (CT) 1x1E
ADR-CN (Cinder)
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x5B
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 1x5B
- (CT) 1x1E

Medium Mechs

Viper

8.5 Tons Free Weight
8 Hardlocked Jump Jets (2x RT/LT/RL/LL)
1 Open CT Slot

VPR-Prime
- (RA) 2x1E
- (RT) 2x2B
- (LA) 1x2M
- (LT) 1xAMS
VPR-A
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 2x1E
- (LA) 1x2M
- (LT) 2x1E
VPR-B
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 1x2E
VPR-C
- (RA) 2x1E
- (RT) 2x1B
- (LA) 2x1E
- (LT) 2x1B
- (CT) 1x1E
VPR-D
- (RA) 2x1E
- (RT) 1x2M
- (LA) 1x2M
- (LT) 1x2E
VPR-P
- (RA) 1x2B 3x1B
- (RT) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x2B 3x1B
- (LT) 1x2E
- (CT) 1x1E
Shadow Cat
- 17 Tons Free Weight
- Hardlocked MASC (CT)
- 6 Hardlocked Jump Jets (2xRL/LL 1xRT/LT)
- Potential ECM (B-LT)
- Zero Open CT Slots
SHC-Prime
- (RA) 1x8B
- (RT) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x2E
SHC-A
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x4M
- (LA) 1x2E
SHC-B
- (RA) 1x1E 1x5M
- (LA) 1x1E 1x5M
- (LT) ECM
SHC-P
- (RA) 1x8B
- (LA) 1x3B 2x1B
- (LT) 1x3B 2x1B
SHC-MI (Mishipeshu)
- (RA) 1x1E 1x4B
- (RT) 1x4M
- (LA) 1x2E
Nova
- 16 Tons Free Weight
- 5 Hardlocked Jump Jets (2xRL/LL 1xCT)
- 1 Open CT Slot
NVA-Prime
- (RA) 6x1E
- (LA) 6x1E
NVA-A
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1xAMS
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 1x2E 1xAMS
NVA-B
- (RA) 1x9B
- (RT) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 2x4B
NVA-C
- (RA) ---
- (RT) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x5M
NVA-D
- (RA) 1x5M
- (LA) 1x9B
NVA-S
- (RA) 3x2E
- (RT) 2x3B
- (LA) 3x2E
- (LT) 3x3B
- (CT) 1xAMS
NVA-BR (Breaker)
- (RA) 3x2E
- (RT) 1x3B 1x3B
- (LA) 2x8M
- (LT) 2x1E
Note:The Nova-Breaker left arm has 8 total slots, but only 2 weapons can be mounted

Stormcrow
- 23 Tons Free Weight
- Zero Open CT Slots
SCR-Prime
- (RA) 2x4E
- (LA) 2x4E
- (H) 1x1E
SCR-A
- (RA) 1x5M
- (RT) 1x5M
- (LA) 4x1E
- (LT) 1x5M
SCR-B
- (RA) 6x1E
- (LA) 1x9B
SCR-C
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x2E
SCR-D
- (RA) 1x5M
- (RT) 1x5M
- (LA) 1x5M
- (LT) 2x3M
SCR-LC (Lacerator)
- (RA) 1x1E 1x4B
- (RT) 1x1E 1xAMS
- (LA) 1x6B
- (LT) 1xAMS

Heavy Mechs

Mad Dog

28 Tons Free Weight
5 Potential Jump Jets (MDD-S 2xRT/LT 1xCT)
2 Open CT Slots

MDD-Prime
- (RA) 2x3E
- (RT) 1x5M
- (LA) 2x3E
- (LT) 1x5M
MDD-A
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 3x2M
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 3x2M
MDD-B
- (RA) 3x1E
- (RT) 2x3M
- (LA) 2x3E
- (LT) 1x5M
MDD-C
- (RA) 1x9B
- (LA) 1x9B
MDD-DD
- (RA) 3x1E
- (RT) 1x5M
- (LA) 2x3B
- (LT) 1x5M
MDD-S
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x1E 2xJJ
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 1x1E 2xJJ
- (CT) 1x1E 1xJJ
MDD-RV (Revenant)
- (RA) 1x1E
- (RT) 1x5B
- (LA) 1x1E
- (LT) 1x5B
- (CT) 2x1E
Hellbringer
- 28.5 Tons Free Weight
- Potential ECM (HBR-Prime LT)
- 2 Open CT Slots
HBR-Prime
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 2x4B 1x2M
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 3x1E ECM
- (H) 1xAMS
HBR-A
- (RA) 1x9B
- (RT) 1x5M 2x5B
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 1x5M
- (H) 1x1E
HBR-B
- (RA) 1x9B
- (RT) 2x5M
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x2E
HBR-P
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x1E 1x2E
- (LA) 2x1E
- (LT) 1x5M
HBR-VI (Virago)
- (RA) 1x4M 1x5M
- (RT) 2x1E
- (LA) 2x1E
- (LT) 1x1E 1x2E
NOTE: Hellbringer-A RT has 5 total slots for ballistics shared by 2 hardpoints

Summoner
- 22.5 Tons Free Weight
- 5 Hardlocked Jump Jets (2xLL/RL 1xCT)
- 1 Open CT Slot
SMN-Prime
- (RA) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x5M
SMN-A
- (RA) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x5M
SMN-B
- (RA) 2x8M
- (LA) 2x8M
- (LT) 1x5M 1xAMS
SMN-C
- (RA) 2x2E
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x5M
SMN-D
- (RA) 2x2E
- (RT) 1x7B 1xAMS
- (LA) 2x2E
- (LT) 1x7B 1xAMS
SMN-M
- (RA) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x2E 1x2M
SMN-PD (Pride)
- (RA) 1x2E
- (LA) 1x4B 1x3B
- (LT) 1x2E 1xAMS
NOTE: Summoner-B has 8 slots total in each arm, unified under 2 hardpoints

Timberwolf
- 27.5 Tons Free Weight
- 5 Potential Jumpjets (TBR-S 2xRT/LT 1xCT)
- 1 Open CT Slot
TBR-Prime
- (RA) 2x1E
- (RT) 1x4M 1x1B
- (LA) 2x1E
- (LT) 1x1E 1x4M
- (CT) 1x1B
TBR-A
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x5M
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 3x1E
- (CT) 1x1E
TBR-B
- (RA) 1x9B
- (RT) 1x5M
- (LA) 2x1E 1x1E
- (LT) 1x5M
TBR-C
- (RA) 1x9B
- (RT) 1x5M
- (LA) 2x1E
- (LT) 1x5M 1xAMS
- (CT) 1x1E
TBR-D
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 2x3M
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 2x3M
- (CT) 1x1E
TBR-N
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x1E 1x2M 2x1B
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 1x1E 1x2M 2x1B
TBR-S
- (RA) 2x1E
- (RT) 1x1E 2x1M 1x2B 2xJJ
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 2x1M 1x3B 2xJJ
- (CT) 1xJJ
TBR-WAR (Warrant)
- (RA) 2x1E
- (RT) 1x2M 2x5B
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x2M 2x5B
NOTE: Timberwolf-A can mount a 2slot weapon in its LT
NOTE: Warrant has 2 B-hardpoints shared between 5 total slots in LT/RT each

Assault Mechs

Gargoyle

21.5 Tons Free Weight
2 Open CT Slots

GAR-Prime
- (RA) 1x4M 1x5B
- (LA) 1x4M 1x5B
- (CT) 1x2E
GAR-A
- (RA) 2x2E
- (LA) 4x2E
GAR-B
- (RA) 1x9B
- (LA) 2x4M
GAR-C
- (RA) 6x1E
- (LA) 1x9B
GAR-D
- (RA) 2x2E
- (LA) 2x2E
- (CT) 2x1E
GAR-P
- (RA) 1x5M
- (RT) 2x1E
- (LA) 2x2E
- (LT) 2x1E 1x2M
Warhawk
- 32.5 Tons Free Weight
- 2 Open CT slots
  NOTE: All models have 4 hardlocked DHS in the left torso, leaving no free space
WHK-Prime
- (RA) 2x2E
- (LA) 2x2E 1x1M
WHK-A
- (RA) 1x9B
- (RT) 1x5M
- (LA) 2x1E 1x5M
WHK-B
- (RA) 3x1E
- (RT) 2x2M
- (LA) 1x1E 1x8B
- (CT) 1x2M
WHK-C
- (RA) 2x2E
- (LA) 2x2E
- (CT) 1x2E
WHK-I
- (RA) 2x2E
- (LA) 2x2E
- (CT) 2x1M
WHK-NQ (Nanuq)
- (RA) 2x4B
- (RT) 1x5M
- (LA) 3x1E
Executioner
- 26.5 Tons Free Weight
- 4 Hardlocked Jumpjets (2xRL/LL)
- Hardlocked MASC (LT)
- Zero open CT slots
EXE-Prime
- (RA) 2x2E
- (RT) 2x3B
- (LA) 1x9B
EXE-A
- (RA) 4x1E
- (RT) 2x3B
- (LA) 3x2E
EXE-B
- (RA) 1x2E
- (RT) 1x2E 1xAMS
- (LA) 1x9B
EXE-C
- (RA) 1x9B
- (LA) 1x5M
- (LT) 1x2E
EXE-D
- (RA) 1x2E 6x1E
- (RA) 2x2E
- (LA) 2x4M
- (LT) 1x2E
EXE-SV (Sovereign)
- (RA) 2x1E 1x3B
- (RT) 1x4M 1x2M
- (LA) 2x1E 1x3B
- (LT) 1x4M
Dire Wolf
- 50.5 Tons Free Weight
- 3 Potential Jumpjets (DWF-S/P 1xRT/LT/CT)
- Potential ECM (DWF-P CT)
- 2 Open CT Slots
DWF-Prime
- (RA) 4x1E 1x6B
- (LA) 4x1E 1x6B
- (LT) 1x5M
DWF-A
- (RA) 3x2E
- (RT) 1xAMS
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 2x4M
DWF-B
- (RA) 1x9B
- (RT) 2x4B
- (LA) 4x2E
- (LT) 2x4B
- (CT) 1x2E
DWF-S
- (RA) 1x9B
- (RT) 2x1E 1x3B 1xJJ
- (LA) 1x2E
- (LT) 2x1E 1x1M 1x3B 1xJJ
- (CT) 1x1M 1xJJ
- (H) 1x1E
DWF-W
- (RA) 2x1E
- (RT) 1x8B
- (LA) 1x9B
- (LT) 1x5M
- (CT) 2x1E
- (H) 1x1E
DWF-P
- (RA) 1x2E 1x4M
- (RT) 2x1E 1xJJ
- (LA) 1x2E 1x4M
- (LT) 3x1E
- (CT) 1xJJ ECM
- (H) 1x1M
DWF-WM (Widowmaker
- (RA) 2x2E 1x1M
- (RT) 3x1E 1x4B
- (LA) 2x2E 1x1M

16 Comments

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Nobody [author] 23 Jun @ 12:59pm

Low but possible. Ghost Bear interface changes made the mechlab much clearer

WordCubed 23 Jun @ 7:19am

Any chance of this being updated for the Ghost Bear DLC, which had new mechs added?

Waruiko 11 Jun @ 3:29pm

@Flipii the fewer/smaller weapon slots a omnipart has the more base armor that part has

Nobody [author] 9 Dec, 2024 @ 4:58pm

That should be easy enough to add

flipii 9 Dec, 2024 @ 3:44pm

This is amazing.

If I were to make one improvement - whether or not the CT can hold more armor is a big factor - so available CT crits matters to me. (Available torso less important). Mechs that let me add 1-2 tons of armor to the CT get heavy bonus points when I am evaluating a mech.

Just my $0.02.

Nobody [author] 25 Nov, 2024 @ 4:38pm

working on adding more info, but struggling with formatting stuff (its messy behind the scenes)

Ive added variant info for the Mist Lynx, and am working on the rest

Omnes Interficere 25 Nov, 2024 @ 2:01pm

Thank you for this, this is the kind of data I was hoping the TRO would have provided. Indicating which specific omnipod section has the "potential" gear (ecm, JJ) and number+slots of weapons per pod would be super useful as well. Like there is a version of the NVA arms that had 6x1 slots for E weaps and another that had 3x2 slots.

Nobody [author] 2 Nov, 2024 @ 3:56pm

@SweetBabyJ

Quite a bit of the MWO weaknesses are not really applicable here, the AI is not going to aim specifically for the Warhawk's DHS packed side, for example. I am working on adding more detail, but short of posting screenshots of every variant I am having some trouble with formatting (and it isn't letting me upload any screenshots either)

SweetBabyJ 2 Nov, 2024 @ 12:41pm

@Nobody
I would note that certain chassis like the WHK, KFX, EXE have locked torso, leg, etc slots. They are weaknesses that should be considered. From an ex-MWO player perspective, for example, blowing off the RT off the WHK basically wipes out half its firepower and this gets exploited. Especially, since you cannot tweak armor points in this game without taking up pod space.

I'd also put certain omnipods having locked Jump Jet slots too. DWF-S, TBR-S & KFX-S

Nobody [author] 2 Nov, 2024 @ 11:12am

Im debating expanding this to cover such blockages (the Warhawk has one sidetorso completely filled for example) but I dont want to turn the guide into something massive

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