

Varkids don't have to kill other things to "level up" like Goliaths.To avoid being swarmed, only piss off one or two sets of varkids at once, then cull the set before moving on to another.Īfter testing of my own (and other resources) I've also found the following relevant tidbits: Once a batch is rotten, you can hurt them and see if that forces any to morph (from my experience it doesn't) and then just slay your current set, then move on to a different one. Super/Ultimate Badass varkids can be very difficult on their own, so once you're sure they're not going to transform you need to put them down. Start culling anything below Badass Varkids after 30s to a minute to eliminate distractions. Larval Varkids only take a matter of seconds. You can consider lower level varkids "rotten" before the later forms.


Ultimate Badass > Supreme Badass Pod (Vermivorous) = ~100-120sīasically the trick is if you don't see any morphs for a minute (two minutes once you see Super Badasses), your "batch" of varkids is "rotten" and none of them will continue to evolve. Super Badass > Ultimate Badass Pod = ~40-60s The times for each stage, from the Borderlands wiki: Each Varkid has a chance to go into the next stage, so while it's possible that none of the Varkids on the whole map will transform into Vermiorous, it's possible that several will turn into Vermi (this is unpleasant): Note that not all varkids will grow beyond a certain point.Īlso note there's no one Vermi. You can aggro all Varkids on the map while drawing minimal non-Varkid attention as well.Įach "evolution" from a pod will cause a varkid to grow stronger and take longer before their next pod stage. Since you need a large number of Varkids, I recommend Tundra Express it has more Varkids than Caustic Caverns and there are less non-varkid enemies. Basically what you need to do is run around and kite a group of Varkids (draw aggression but don't kill) until they grow into morph pods.
