For the eponymous CEO of the Torgue corporation, see Mr. Torgue.
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The next time you go shopping for a new gun, ask yourself one question: Are you a man? If you answer in the affirmative, then you're ready for a Torgue. You see, we at Torgue make guns for real men. Tough guys. Badasses. The kind of guys your dad was and you hope to be! Torgue doesn't screw around making lightweight toys and we sure as hell aren't concerned with selling you a stylish accessory like those hip-huggers over at Maliwan. No. We make them tough, and we make them heavy. It's up to you to make 'em dead. Do it with a Torgue.
— Torgue sales pitch, Official Borderlands Guide
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Torgue is a weaponsmanufacturer. It follows an often violent and out-of-the-line naming scheme for their weapons. In Borderlands 2, they often contain sexual innuendos.
In Borderlands 2 it is revealed that the Torgue corporation was founded by Mister Torgue High-Five Flexington, who serves as the company's CEO and spokesperson.
Torgue guns can easily be identified by their black, grey or gunmetal paint schemes and heavy construction – a stark contrast to many other manufacturers who have much brighter color schemes for their weapons.
This manufacturer makes above average quality firearms, and are more common than the Atlas Corporation's weapons. They make good shotguns, heavy machine guns and sniper rifles. They tend not to excel in any one area – they might not have the astounding accuracy of a Hyperion or the raw power of a Jakobs – but instead are well-rounded.
It is also discovered during Firepower: Plight Of The Middle Man that Torgue is supplying weapons directly to the bandits, which greatly annoys Marcus Kincaid. Oddly, for their constant needling of Jakobs for their use of wood in their guns, Torgue fabricates various plywood boards found throughout New Haven and Old Haven.
Very high damage, but at reduced accuracy. Despite the advertisement claiming the contrary, Torgue guns have horrible recoil-compensation and may be ill suited for users unable to compensate this.
Violent name scheme
Colors are black, grey, and gun metal
Quotes
"Torgue combines good damage, high firerate, and recoil reduction into one lethal weapon." (Marcus Kincaid)
"400 percent more awesome! Also, Torgue doesn't make their guns out of freakin' wood." (Marcus Kincaid)
"9 out of 10 badass bandits agree: only real men buy Torgue." (Mad Moxxi in The Underdome Riot)
"Need to save the world while impressing ladies? Show them what you got with a Torgue." (Mad Moxxi in The Underdome Riot)
"Torgue ... so no wimps allowed!" (Mad Moxxi in The Underdome Riot)
"Torgue ... flex some power." (Mad Moxxi in The Underdome Riot)
Trivia
According to the Borderlands manual, Torgue manufactures over 75,600 repeater pistol, 77,800 combat shotgun, 170,100 patrol submachine gun, 13,500 sniper rifle, and 44,100 rocket launcher varieties. Also, their official company mottos are "Bring the pain!" and "Kill 'em deader."
In Borderlands 2, Torgue's main defining feature on all of their guns is explosive elemental tech. They also have stopped making sniper rifles and SMGs, instead focusing on powerful yet somewhat inaccurate rocket launchers, pistols, shotguns & assault rifles. Their rocket launchers and shotguns are among the most powerful in Borderlands 2. They also have a much more striking and definitive paint scheme that incorporates racing checker stripes. The lower tier/more common Torgue guns use a very industrial and brutal looking green and yellow paint scheme that feature yellow and black checkers, while the higher tier Torgue weapons are identified with a flashy silver and red paint scheme with black and white checkers.
Weapons without accessory and without elemental capacitor
Grip
Bandit
Dahl
Hyperion
Jakobs
Maliwan
Tediore
Torgue
Vladof
Pistols
Lumpy
Slippery
Straight
Hard
No Prefix
Easy
Thick
Wanton
Shotguns
Lumpy
Slippery
Straight
Hard
No Prefix
Easy
Thick
Wanton
Assault rifles
Lumpy
Slippery
N/A
Hard
N/A
N/A
Thick
Wanton
Rocket launchers
pokee doke
N/A
N/A
N/A
rock a
Waka
Boosh a
Verm dee
Pounder shotguns always receive the Double Lovin prefix regardless of the grip.
Stalker shotguns always receive the Fixated prefix regardless of the grip.
Hulk shotguns always receive the Three Way prefix regardless of the grip.
Spitter assault rifles always receive the Sputtering prefix regardless of the grip.
Weapons with weapon accessory, with or without elemental capacitor
Accessory Effect
Pistols
Shotguns
Assault rifles
Rocket launchers
Accuracy +
Explicit
Potent
Rigorous
gaa dunk ga
Fire rate +
Intense
-
Wild
dum pa
Bullet speed +
-
-
Slippery
fidle dee
Damage +
Hard
-
Nasty
derp
Reload speed +
-
Impetuous
-
dippity
Stability +
Stiff
Casual
Rhythmic
-
Melee +
Thrusting
Bad Touch
Stabbing
pokee doke
Critical +
-
Juicy
-
-
Magazine size +
Crammed
Desperate
Plump
Deep
Double
Double Penetrating
-
-
-
Swap speed +
-
-
-
fwap a
General boost +
-
Sinewy
-
-
Gun Appearance by Quality
Torgue weapon at increasing rarity levels: common, uncommon, rare, very rare, and Purple w/"Rock".
Torgue weapon at increasing rarity levels: E-tech, Legendary, Seraph, and Pearlescent.
White weapons
These weapons appear in normal grey metal that's been heavily corroded and weathered. It has a visible red and black Torgue sticker and a weathered racing design on the barrel.
Green weapons
Slightly corroded in places, have green and orange coloring, and have numerous racing patterns including white and black stripes as well as yellow and black checkerboard. It also has a matching Torgue sticker.
Blue weapons
Mostly clean light grey metal with a white and black checkerboard pattern on part of it. Although polished, the metal used on this tier of weaponry appears to be heavily scratched in corners. The Torgue sticker is a red, white, and blue combination. Assault rifles, pistols, and shotguns receive a larger cowling, and the shotgun gains a shell holder.
Purple weapons
Similar to the previous tier only with much shinier metal, no scratches whatsoever, and with a large red pattern near the barrel of the weapon. The sticker is black and white with just the text and the outline in black. Also the shotguns' clip is visually bigger.
These appear to be mostly made of a material that looks like black granite, with other parts using a lighter material. The Torgue sticker is dark grey with black text and a black outline. Unlike other "gem prefix" weapons, no parts of these weapons feature a reflective metal material, as most normal rocks aren't reflective.
Consists of six extra recoil dampers on the front, along with the signature E-tech 'fin' stabilizers to boot. The skin appears to be a mixture of a military and a desert ranger camouflage, having a signature military 'star' on the side. The front and stock of the weapon consists of weathered-teal and polished crimson paint jobs.
Most of Torgue's legendary weapons consist of using military arsenal based skins, having the military "Star" etched onto both the Flakker and Unkempt Harold. The Nukem has a unique golden metallic skin with a "trefoil" symbol on the sides, as a reference to Duke Nukem. The KerBlaster, however, appears to use a purple tier skin with an orange and yellow paint job, rather than red and crimson. Ogre's scheme is completely different as it seems to be made from worn plastic with orange scrawls on it. All Torgue legendary weapons, aside from Ogre, uses their manufacturer's Unique Barrel.
The only seraph weapons manufactured by Torgue include the Seeker, Ahab and the Devastator. They include a light-blue and silver (with a very light hint of pink) color scheme. The Torgue logo is also embedded in a very shiny metallic paint, suggesting it isn't a sticker, unlike the other tiers,
The Tunguska has a very industrialized metallic body, composed with a matte black paint job, and yellow stripes on the front end of the launcher. This skin is very similar to that of the Unkempt Harold, but isn't an exact replica as it lacks the star icon on the sides. The Carnage uses a unique dark grey skin with a stylised yellow stripe on the body and a crimson stripe on the barrel. Other details are in a lighter steel grey.
In Borderlands 2, Torgue weapons have generally high damage and low rates of fire with subpar projectile velocity.
Rifles that use the Torgue barrel, such as the Grenadier and Torpedo, will fire various types of explosive projectiles, from grenades to folding fin rockets. The overall projectile behavior depends ultimately on the weapon, but typically with less velocity and accuracy. Each projectile deals 100% of its listed damage in a single hit as splash damage on detonation.
Some common Torgue weapons, such as all pistols, and Torgue body assault rifles using non-Torgue barrels, will shoot Gyrojet projectiles. These projectiles have low muzzle velocity speed, but accelerate as they travel forwards and are overall faster than Torgue-barreled rifles. On impact, the projectiles deal direct damage and splash damage. The game calculates the bullet impact and the explosive effect separately (card only shows projectile damage), but only the blast can hit enemies near to the point of impact. Because the additional damage of the gyrojet variants is not stated on the weapon card the only way to figure it is testing the weapon (for example in the Sanctuary dummy). It's not uncommon that a Lance with 300 listed damage can pack more punishment than a 1000 damage Torpedo. Gyrojet ammunition is affected by gravity starts to drop with range. Up to medium-long range this effect is negligible. At extreme ranges, this dropoff can affect accuracy. In special situations it can be used to deliver indirect fire from cover in a similar Fashion to Hail.
Torgue weapons are highly effective against Nomad Taskmasters and other physically shielded enemies, as they tend to be slow, and the splash damage can hit through their shields, allowing them to be consistently damaged. However, against fast enemies or aerial enemies like Rakk, Torgue weapons will often fail to hit them.
Notes
All Torgue weapon sights are large, somewhat crude iron sights with holographic reticles in the center. This applies to any type of Torgue weapon.
Quotes
"DID YOU KNOW THAT NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL LIVING THINGS ON PANDORA AREN'T EXPLODIN' RIGHT NOW? THAT'S BULL****! BUY TORGUE!" - Torgue Radio Ad; Borderlands 2
"The following message from Mr. Torgue does not reflect the opinions of Torgue corporation itself." "IF YOU DON'T BUY TORGUE GUNS YOU'RE ****ING RETA*DED!" "The previous message from Mr. Torgue did not reflect the opinions of Torgue corporation itself." - Torgue Radio Ad; Borderlands 2
"TORGUE MUNITIONS HAS A POP QUIZ FOR YOU, SKAGLICKER! YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY A DOZEN STEELY-EYED BANDITS! DO YOU: A) BLOW THEM TO SMITHEREENS WITH YOUR TORGUE ASSAULT RIFLE, B) RUN AND TAKE COVER, OR C) CALMLY GET THEM TO PUT THEIR WEAPONS DOWN AND YOU KNOW THE ANSWER IS A! BUY A GODDAMN TORGUE GUN!" - Torgue Radio Ad; Borderlands 2
"Torgue weapons ALWAYS fire EXPLOSIVE ROUNDS. They are also LOUD and require EXCESSIVE use of CAPITAL LETTERS." - Loading screen tip.
"NOTHING IS MORE BADASS THAN TREATING A WOMAN WITH RESPECT!" - Mr. Torgue.
Trivia
Torgue is the only weapons manufacturer in-game that has a direct reference to its existence within a special effect, the Torgue Bastard having the text "TORGUE! Bastard Guns for Bastard People!" The KerBlaster also references it's manufacturer with the quote "TORGUE got more BOOM!".
Torgue manufactured the various radios across Pandora, as well the radio inside of Moxxi's Bar in Sanctuary. The word "Torgue" can be seen on the front of the radio.
Interestingly, the maximum frequency that can be set to on these Torgue radios is 9001, this is a reference to the "It's over 9000!" meme.
The "EXPLERIOD", or ҉ , is the official end punctuation of the Torgue Corporation, as established by Mr. Torgue himself, on Gaige's hacked ECHOcasts feed.
An EXPLERIOD cannot be properly depicted in Twitter. Torgue expresses frustration that they look more like flowers.
EXPLERIOD is used as an element for some aiming cursors of Torgue weapons in Borderlands 3.
The fighter jets seen on the Torgue advertisement billboards appears to be based off the North American F-86 Sabre, albeit with a modified wing design and no vertical stabilizers.
However, a variant of the billboard, seen at the Southern Raceway, shows a pair of normal F-86 Sabres.
Torgue weapons use the same prefixes as in Borderlands 2.
Usage
Torgue weapons are essentially unchanged from Borderlands 2 as they do not use the newly introduced cryo element. However, Togue weapons do benefit from the cryo element's synergy due to frozen enemies taking +200% explosive and critical damage. In effect, a Torgue weapon that can inflict critical hits would be able to easily deal 500% of its normal critical damage to a frozen enemy.
Most guns shoot tiny pieces of metal powered by tiny explosions. Torgue says F**K THAT, we shoot MORE EXPLOSIONS, and make them BIGGER! BUY TORGUE, BLOW S**T UP.
— Manufacturer introduction
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Properties
Torgue gyrojet round
Torgue weapons, akin to Borderlands 2, retain their explosive properties and inflict splash damage. Because Explosive is no longer an element, Torgue weapons can spawn with or without any element, allowing them to take advantage of elemental affinities.
Unlike their designs in the previous game, which only featured racecar-styled checker paintjobs, Torgue guns now have paintjobs based on nose art from World War II fighter aircraft, with bright "noses" on the gun barrels that may include checker patterns, stars, or numbers; the rear of their guns additionally feature "tail art" such as a stylized Mr. Torgue, the Torgue logo, or large numbers. In contrast to their striking colors in Borderlands 2, Torgue guns in this game feature muted color schemes due to their fighter jet motif, from silver with red stripes (common), green with yellow checkers (uncommon), blue with white checkers (rare), and black with red and yellow detailing (epic).
Torgue gun accessories are all clunky and styled like parts of a car engine, moving even when not in use; these include large exhaust pipes, exhaust manifolds, pistons and crankshafts. Their aiming reticules are styled after fighter planes, either having brutal-looking iron sights or glass sights with an aiming reticule. Their assault rifles and shotguns may feature rounded barrel protectors that make the guns look like miniature fighter jets (with grenade-firing shotguns having an underslung grenade belt), or have none at all and appear sleek and metallic. The back of Torgue rocket launchers can either appear like a large exhaust pipe, or feature small plane spoilers. Most of these accessories are made to boost the projectile speed, which is almost unique among all manufacturers.
All of Torgue's common weapons are semi-automatic, which needs to release the trigger after each shot. None of them can have melee accessory.
Alternative Fire Mode
Torgue makes use of the new alternative fire with two modes: Impact and sticky, found on all Torgue weapons except those with an alien barrel and certain unique and legendary models. These two modes have different properties which change how the bullets behave and can be toggled for different situations.
Impact bullets deal splash damage to all enemies in its blast radius upon contact with any surface. The size of the radius depends on the weapon type, with rocket launchers being the largest and pistols being the smallest, although this can be modified by various stat boosts. Impact bullets travel slowly and have a higher chance to knock enemies away, rendering them fully harmless while they ragdoll into the air.
In sticky mode, the weapon will fire gyrojets that attach to a target, dealing 10% the stated weapon damage, and then deal the remaining 90% upon detonation (both deal splash damage). Sticky rounds can be detonated by reloading, switching firing modes, or changing weapons. These rounds will all explode in sequential order, each one counting as a separate hit, and will deal increased damage the more gyrojets are stuck on a target. Sticky rounds will expire after a short while, disappearing without detonating, which can also happen when too many sticky rounds are active at one time. Sticky bullets have the benefit of traveling faster and weapon fire rate is increased in sticky mode, making it more useful for long range engagements and firing on the move. Stickies also deal far more damage when many are detonated at once, especially when compared to impact bullets, making them useful against durable targets.
The stacking bonus damage is determined by the weapon's magazine part, with smaller magazines dealing more per stack (with some exceptions). This bonus is only applied upon direct hits with an enemy, and only applies individually per enemy (applying stickies on another enemy does not increase the stack damage). Variants that consume multiple ammo per shot will have this bonus divided evenly among projectiles for the same total bonus if all projectiles hit.
Products
Torgue weapon at increasing rarity levels: common, uncommon, rare, and epic.
Spin out the cylinder, then reload via a speedloader.
+20% splash radius
2.2s
6
Reloaded in a break-action format, then reload via a speedloader.
n/a
2.5s
8
Reloaded in a break-action format, then ejecting the entire cylinder and replacing it with a new one.
n/a
2.8s
Revolver hammer
Appearance
Description
Effect
Semi-automatic hammer. The user only needs to release the trigger to fire again.
+15% fire rate
Single-action hammers. The user needs to pull the hammer back after each shot.
-15% accuracy
+10% damage
Torgue revolvers can be either semi-automatic or single-action, depending on the hammer.
Shotgun magazine
Appearance
Capacity
Effect
Reload time
Breach loading
2
+20% weapon damage
1.9s
3
+10% weapon damage
2.2s
4
Fires a single high-damage grenade with splash radius of 300. +620% weapon damage. Increased accuracy.
2.6s
5
-10% weapon damage
3.0s
Assault rifle magazine
Appearance
Capacity
Effect
Reload time
16
+10% weapon damage
2.8s
22
n/a
3.1s
28
-10% weapon damage
3.4s
Heavy weapon magazine
Capacity
Reload type
Effect
Reload time
2
Reloads by replacing the whole stock.
n/a
4.5s
3
Opens the top to load rockets one by one.
n/a
4
Reloads by replacing a box magazine loads from the top.
n/a
4.0s
Trivia
In Borderlands 3, in addition to manufacturing weapons, Torgue-manufactured cereal boxes with a brand named "Splodeo's" can be found as random props. Mr. Torgue's image is printed on the front of each box, while a comic strip involving Mr. Torgue, Mordecai and two random characters can be seen on the back. These cereal boxes will play a metal guitar riff when struck, or rarely a sound effect of Mr. Torgue making said noises himself.
"There it goes! All my hard work, finally paying off! We're seeing history in the making."
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Torgue weapons return in Borderlands 4. Their weapon trademarks are:
Always explosive.
High base damage.
Slow fire rate and projectile speed.
Default alternate fire mode toggles between Impact and Sticky Gyrojets. Torgue-licensed magazines come with one of those modes, but the ability to switch between those modes is exclusive to Torgue weapons.
