Daedalus is a weapon manufacturer introduced in Borderlands 4. Their weapons use a clean, boxy look with bright metal finishes and minimal markings. On Kairos, Daedalus fills the role once associated with Dahl-style burst weapons.

Manufacturer Trademarks

• Fire modes: Pistols and SMGs favor burst-fire, while shotguns and assault rifles favor full-auto options instead.
• Weapon type: They produce all standard weapon types, except Sniper Rifles.
• Multi-Loader:
  1. Daedalus Trait: Most Daedalus weapons spawn with Multi-Loader pre-installed, enabling said weapons to swap their default ammo to another supported type; this may increases uptime and enabling weapon-specific effects.
  2. Daedalus-Licensed module: Enables non-Daedalus weapons to use the same ammo-swapping system.
• Underbarrel attachments: Some models may spawn with an underbarrel attachment instead of Multi-Loader.
• Frag Grenade (Ordnance): "Cooking" mechanic lets users prime grenades before throwing to time their detonation; but holding too long can cause self-damage.

Multi-Loader effects

Weapon-specific

Certain weapon types with the Multi-Loader installed can have their base performance altered when using atypical ammunition.

Base Weapon Type	Special Effects when using other Ammo Type
Pistol	[None]
SMG	[None]
Shotgun	Converts all other ammo type into a shotgun-style "frag" with reduced number of pellets and a tighter spread than typical shotgun shells. No extra ammo consumed.
Assault Rifle	[None]
Sniper Rifle	[None]

Ammunition

Weapons with Multi-Loader installed enable on-the-fly ammo substitution, altering the weapon's damage, rate-of-fire, recoil, accuracy, and range. Altered stats are not listed.

Ammunition Type	Ammunition Profile	Effects
		Damage	Rate-of-fire	Recoil	Accuracy	Range	Ammo pool
Pistol rounds	Compact control, high uptime	Lower	Slightly higher	Better	Better	[Unaffected]	Large
SMG rounds	Spray-focused, great uptime	Lower	Very high	Worse	Worse	[Unaffected]	Very large
Shotgun shells	Close burst, heavy per-shot.	Higher	Lower	Better	Worse	Shorter	Small
Assault Rifle rounds	Balanced, all-rounder	[Unaffected]	Stable	Mild	Decent	[Unaffected]	Large
Sniper Rifle rounds	Long-range, slow but strong [*]	Higher	Lower	Better	[Unaffected]	Much longer	Very small

[*] Scope limits may apply depending on base weapon.

Examples

• Jakobs pistol + Shotgun rounds = A very high damage pistol that shoots 4-10 pellets per-shot with much reduced RoF, quite huge recoil, medium range
• Tediore shotgun + SMG rounds = A shotgun that can be chucked more often as it uses the largest ammo pool in the game.

Manufacturer-specific Mods

X depends on the player character's skills, weapon's level, mods, and bonus stats from Enhancement, Class Mod, Firmware.

Type of Mod	Icon	Name — Effect
Gun Trait		Daedalus — Secondary fire comsumes [different type of ammo]
Licensed Part		Daedalus-Licensed Multi-Loader — Secondary fire consumes [different type of ammo]
Grenade Ordnance		Frag Grenade — Grenades cook while held, and explode after a set Duration
Underbarrel Attachment		Demolition Charge — Fires timed explosives, each dealing X x3 Damage
		Gravity Harpoon — Fires a Gravity Harpoon that deals X Damage
		Grenade Launcher — Launches a Grenade that deals X Damage per shot
		Overcharge — Increases Burst Count to 6 and Fire Rate to 12/13/18/25
		Micro-Rocket POD — Fires a Rocket, dealing X Damage per shot
		Tactical Knife Launcher — Fires a Knife that deals X Damage per shot
		Taser — Fires a Taser Dart that deals X Damage/s to a nearby enemy

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