Originally posted by xXMagnusXx:

Does that mean the weapon is more powerful than the same weapon with no mayhem level? Will that extra power carry over to lower mayhem levels?

Yes and yes. Higher mayhem mode has stronger enemies and Mayhem 1-10 has special modifiers you roll that make content harder (Mayhem 11 drops Mayhem 10 guns but without the extra modifiers of Mayhem 10)

I'm still confused...

So mayhem 11 is super hard but drops vanilla loot?

And how do I tell what modifiers the gun has on it when the text on the gun just says "mayhem level 10"? Cus I could google the meaning of the red text on legendary items to figure out what they all do, but I found nothing on the gun's mayhem level.

Originally posted by xXMagnusXx:

So mayhem 11 is super hard but drops vanilla loot?

Mayhem 11 is the same as Mayhem 10 but there it doesn't have any of the Mayhem difficulty modifiers applied. So it's technically easier than Mayhem 10. It's supposed to have lower drop rates but I think the devs bugged it so it has same drop chance as Mayhem 10.

And how do I tell what modifiers the gun has on it when the text on the gun just says "mayhem level 10"? Cus I could google the meaning of the red text on legendary items to figure out what they all do, but I found nothing on the gun's mayhem level.

Higher mayhem guns just have higher scaling than lower mayhem guns. Starting from Mayhem 6+ there are some new legendaries that can drop but otherwise the guns are just stronger.

TLDR damage scaling
simple google search https://borderlands.fandom.com/wiki/Mayhem_Mode#Mayhem_Gear

On the subject of mayhem, I'm level 72 and on mayhem 3 but my guns are kind of ass. I'm not struggling too bad but I feel I should be getting better drops overall. Did I mess up not moving over to TVHM for the DLCs?

Originally posted by Mister Breaker:

On the subject of mayhem, I'm level 72 and on mayhem 3 but my guns are kind of ass. I'm not struggling too bad but I feel I should be getting better drops overall. Did I mess up not moving over to TVHM for the DLCs?

There's no need to go to TVHM. If you want to transition to mayhem lvls, the easiest way is go to mayhem 0 first, do the first mission of Ava's mystery podcast's series of missions, farm Sumo at the end of the map until you get a re-volter shield, then switch to mayhem 11, go tip moxxi until she gives you a Crit, enjoy.

Originally posted by Mister Breaker:

On the subject of mayhem, I'm level 72 and on mayhem 3 but my guns are kind of ass. I'm not struggling too bad but I feel I should be getting better drops overall. Did I mess up not moving over to TVHM for the DLCs?

Drink a butt stallion milk, switch to M10 and hit the vending machines. Switch back to M3 when done. Also gold keys give better items with B.S. milk.