Abyss — borderlands

Abyss is a pearlescent sniper rifle in Borderlands 4 manufactured by Ripper. It is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source.

Special Weapon Effects

It stares back.

Abyss – Increases damage the higher it is charged. If full charge is held too long, triggers a self-damaging explosion.

Trivia

The flavor text alludes to a famous excerpt from Friedrich Nietzsche's 1886 work Beyond Good and Evil:

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He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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