What Shiny War Paint is

Shiny War Paint is a legendary Repkit manufactured by Torgue. It’s an offensive pick built around speed and gun uptime rather than pure survivability. On activation, its unique perk “Chrome” boosts both mobility and rate of fire, then pays you back more uses the longer you stay in the fight.

Shiny War Paint effect (Chrome)

  • On use: +30% Fire Rate and +30% Movement Speed for 15 seconds.
  • While active: reduces Repkit cooldown by 2 seconds each time you take damage.

In practice, Chrome behaves like a momentum button. The immediate 30% fire rate spike accelerates clears and boss phases, and the speed boost helps reposition or stick to targets. The cooldown refund on each damage instance nudges you toward aggressive play or constant engagement; under pressure, the next activation comes around faster.

Who benefits most: builds that scale with rate of fire, or any setup that rewards high weapon uptime. The movement bonus also pairs well with melee-forward or close-quarters kits that need gap-closing and strafe speed.

Where Shiny War Paint drops

Shiny War Paint has a chance to drop from Saddleback and Immortal Boneface at The Old Scrape in Cuspid Climb, Terminus Range. This is a boss-farmable arena; you’ll be repeating the encounter until it lands.

Important note: it’s a chance drop, not guaranteed, so plan for multiple runs.

Efficient farm route (The Old Scrape)

  • Travel to Cuspid Climb in Terminus Range and enter The Old Scrape drill site.
  • Defeat Saddleback and Immortal Boneface; check the arena for the legendary Repkit.
  • Use Moxxi’s Big Encore Machine located near the boss area to re-run the fight.
  • Repeat until Shiny War Paint drops.
Tip: Because Chrome refunds cooldown on damage taken, you can leverage the Repkit’s uptime while farming by chaining activations during busy phases of the fight.

How it plays

Shiny War Paint is best treated as a cycle: pop the Repkit to start a 15‑second window of faster shooting and quicker movement, push your advantage to shorten the cooldown with incidental damage taken, then re-activate. The loop is simple but effective in boss arenas and dense mobbing, where incoming fire is common and the cooldown refund triggers frequently.

It won’t replace pure defensive Repkits in content where damage spikes are lethal and you’re prioritizing mitigation, but when you need tempo and DPS throughput, Chrome’s numbers are reliable and easy to feel.

Item details

Field Value
Name Shiny War Paint
Type Repkit
Manufacturer Torgue
Rarity Legendary
Legendary effect Chrome — On use: +30% Fire Rate and +30% Movement Speed for 15s; reduces Repkit cooldown by 2s each time damage is taken.
Drop source Saddleback and Immortal Boneface (The Old Scrape, Cuspid Climb, Terminus Range)
Repeat-farm method Moxxi’s Big Encore Machine near the boss arena
DLC No (base game)

What to expect from the grind

Legendary Repkits are on a drop table with no guarantee, so even with short arena resets, expect streaks without a drop. The upside here is consistency: The Old Scrape is a compact loop with an on-site reset, making it one of the cleaner farms in the early pool. If you’re target-farming for a fire rate build, the time invested pays off quickly once Chrome starts cycling reliably.

If you’re already in Terminus Range for other farms, add a few Old Scrape runs to your rotation. Shiny War Paint’s straightforward stat window and cooldown refund turn many loadouts into faster, more fluid versions of themselves—especially when you’re pushing boss timers or sprinting through drill sites.