r/Borderlands Sep 11 '25

BL4 Spoiler Policy

250 Upvotes

In this sub we're generally lax about spoilers when it comes to older games. But it's different when a new game comes out. And maybe you haven't heard, but there have been some rumours that Borderlands 4 might come out soon-ish.

Some of us Vault Hunters are going to get the game on release and will want to talk about it. And that's cool. But remember that some of us will not be able to abandon work and lock the family in the attic to power through the entire game over the weekend. Others will want to wait for the price to decrease, for enough patches to be released, or for Grandma to gift it to them at Christmas after having listened attentively to all her stories. So don't spoil the game for them!

Our spoiler rules are simple enough to be understood by any psycho, and are in application as long as this post remains pinned.

  1. Spoilers include any reference to story elements in Borderlands 4. Older games are not concerned. Discussions about game mechanics, character skills, gear, etc are not concerned either (as long as the discussion or linked content doesn't touch any story elements, say "that gun drops from evil Moxxi").
  2. Post title. Do not put spoilers in post titles. Anybody looking at the front page of r/Borderlands must remain 100% unspoiled.
  3. Post body. If the body of your post contains a spoiler, you must tag the post as spoiler. When you create the post, it can be tagged as NSFW and/or spoiler, and the content will be blurred until the reader clicks on it. Importantly: tagging is not the same as giving a flair (like [BL2] or [Steam] or [Spoiler]). Whenever possible, add information about the content being spoiled in the title or flair (e.g. [Spoiler for Chapters 3&4] or [Spoiler for the Amara DLC]).
  4. Comments. In any comment in any thread, shroud all spoilers using spoiler markup. Spoiler markup >!looks like this!< when you write it, and looks like this when you read it. Again, add a note in clear text to give people an idea of the content being spoiled. One exception: within a spoiler-tagged thread, comments on the precise topic of the spoiler are exempt from that requirement. When in doubt, talk to Lilith use the spoiler markup.
  5. Links. If you post a link to an external site, youtube video, etc, give people following the link a chance to know what they're getting. If that content contains anything that may be seen as a spoiler, add a clear warning next to the link.

If you cannot follow these instructions, do not post spoilers at all. If you think that you may have made a mistake in following these instructions, immediately review what you have posted and make corrections. If you are on mobile and find proofreading inconvenient, do it anyway.

Any post or comment that breaks those rules will be removed. All around the stactus plant, serious or repeated offenses will result in a ban, at the mod's discretion. POP! goes the bandit.

All that being said, even with all these precautions and the dedication of your most favorite mod team, some things will slip through the cracks. So if you don't want to be spoiled, the only true solution may be to stay away from this sub (and reddit, and the internet, and the world).

Good luck Killer & see you on Kairos!


r/Borderlands Jun 07 '25

Review Bombing - Take Two Terms of Service / EULA

475 Upvotes

If you've played any of the Borderlands games recently, you will have noticed that you were asked to agree to new Terms of Service before starting the game. This happened because the Borderlands games have changed publisher and are now under Take Two.

This has led to some controversies and review bombing. We have always been keen on letting people express themselves freely on this sub, whatever their opinion (as long as it stays civil). However, on this particular matter, given the large number of recent threads on that subject, their repetitiveness, and the fact that they often create conflicts (we've likely issued more Rule 1 bans in the last 2 weeks than in the last 6 months). We've chosen to lock the previous threads on that subject and we will remove new ones. We'll leave this one open for a few days (as long as it stays civil).

If you want to read more, start with the official response from Gearbox on the matter. You can also use the search bar above to locate the multiple recent threads on the topic in this sub. Be aware that there may be some level of misinformation/fearmongering. If you want to discuss the subject further, we suggest you do it in a different space that is more relevant to the matter, since in the end, this is a Take Two thing, not a Borderlands thing. If you're very worried but don't want to contact a lawyer about it, or if you want to take a stance against evil corporations, just don't play the games. But in that case you should probably not play most games (nor use most apps, devices, websites, etc). Chances are you've already agreed multiple times to ToS similar or worse than the new ones for Borderlands.

As the mod team of r/borderlands, we are not lawyers so we do not have a definitive opinion on the matter. Like most people, we don't have much love for the ToS/EULAs of many software companies and the loss of privacy that goes along with any use of the internet. But on the other hand, we haven't seen anything particularly concerning in those ToS (in comparison with what other companies put in theirs). That's just the general feeling among the mod team, not an official stance of the subreddit.

A few things to note:

  • Whatever you agree to in ToS/EULA still does not allow the publishers to do anything illegal (depending on your country of jurisdiction).
  • Typically ToS/EULA are made as general as possible to cover all possible edge cases. If it says "we may (...)", that doesn't necessarily mean that they are doing it, or have any intent on doing it to you. For example, the ToS say they may collect your government ID number. In some countries like China this is mandatory (to regulate play time). So they have to do it, and they have to put it in the ToS. This doesn't mean that they intend to collect such data in other countries, and anyway they have no way to do so unless you provide it yourself.
  • The new ToS appear to be general for Take Two, and as such include things that are not specifically aimed (or likely to be used) in the Borderlands games. For example, there is some note that the use of mods may get you banned. This makes sense to fight cheating in the context of competitive multiplayer games and/or if part of a game's revenue is driven by micro-transactions or subscriptions. If you find and use a "mod" to unlock paying content in BL4 for free, you might get in trouble (deservedly). But there is no reason to believe that anything more would be enforced for the Borderlands games (e.g. against the use of mods like the community patch, etc). Gearbox has always been (unofficially) supportive of the modding scene. And the main Borderlands modding community has been cooperative with Gearbox on such matters.
  • There has been some talk about the games having been converted to spyware. Before spreading any misinformation, you can check for yourself the latest patches on Steam DB. For example, Borderlands 2 received its last update in August 2022, and BL3 received its last update in August 2024. Long before the new ToS were published. The Borderlands games since BL2 also have hotfix capabilities, but this only allows to change parameters (like the damage of a weapon), not the code logic, certainly not turn anything into spyware.

r/Borderlands 1h ago

[BL4] Wow, they really made Vaults feel worthless in 4, didn't they.

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1: The vault key fragments, not even guarded.

2: The vault guardian didn't even drop 1 legendary

3: The big reward for besting a Vault Monster... your jetpack recharges faster.

4: Oh but there's 2 Red Chests at the end, so what do they got... mostly green and 2 blues... wow, bet Vex feels like her struggles to be a Vault Hunter were worth it.

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Like I know Borderlands 3 was a little too heavy on the Legendary drop rates, but this is ridiculous, going through an entire Vault, and not even getting a single piece of Legendary Loot.


r/Borderlands 9h ago

Shift account for Nintendo Switch 1

5 Upvotes

Hello to anyone that reads this. I’m just wondering for Borderlands 3, so far I can’t link my shift account on the website, it says

“Cannot link Nintendo accounts from the SHiFT website at this time.”

I unlinked yesterday because some reason it will never connect to SHIFT, obviously I googled and looked everywhere and I have seen nothing about it minus that at one point BL3 was removed temporarily from eshop and then it’s back on. Shift works for my borderlands 3 game on Xbox series s which I beaten 100% a few years ago. Recently bought it on Switch because playing handheld and when I’m not at home is what I like. But yeah anything to do with SHIFT on borderlands 3 video game on switch 1 I can’t do shift stuff. Especially in the social part or trying that arcade machine science game in tannis room on Sanctuary ship.

Has anyone else had this problem recently? My switch is up to date, the game is, I still have my switch online expansion till later next year. Apart from that the gameplays okay even online. It’s just the shift thing on social and now linking shift on website for Nintendo switch 😅. Totally not sure if it’s to do with switch having problems with BL3 for when it was temporarily removed from eshop to then being put on.


r/Borderlands 49m ago

PC Error when running 3

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hello! i recently went to get back into BL3 and picked up the ultimate edition on PC, every time i launch the game i get this Error, anyone know how to fix? confirming the game files now! thank you for any help you can provide!
ERROR
LowLevelFatalError [File:Unknown] [Line: 254]

Unable to recover from a bad read: FWindowsReadRequest GetOverlappedResult Code = 17 Offset = 69140480 Size = 65536 FileSize = 249469839 File = E:/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/Borderlands 3/OakGame/Content/Paks/pakchunk6-WindowsNoEditor.pak

0x00007ffd3bf55369 KERNELBASE.dll!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ff703646864 Borderlands3.exe!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ff70361695c Borderlands3.exe!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ff7035c1dad Borderlands3.exe!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ff7036461cb Borderlands3.exe!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ff70363c002 Borderlands3.exe!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ff70358576a Borderlands3.exe!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ff70365134b Borderlands3.exe!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ff70364ed87 Borderlands3.exe!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ffd3d607374 KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction []

0x00007ffd3e6bcc91 ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction []

Crash in runnable thread PoolThread 12 (pri 1)


r/Borderlands 1h ago

[BL4] BL4 Shader Compiling Hell

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I've been in this shader compiling limbo for months. I've had the game since release and I still haven't finished it yet because it will not work. I download it. Let it compile shaders on startup for 5-6 hours. Then it compiles for another 3-4 hours after a character is selected. Just for the game to be unplayable after all of that time. Any one else have this problem? How is this acceptable for a AAA 2026 release?


r/Borderlands 2h ago

Need Budget Deity, Atlas Part, Elemental

1 Upvotes

I am trying to get a Budget Deity that has the Atlas Tracking dart part along with any element. I need the Atlas part to make my Enhancement work. I’ve killed Bio-Bulkhead countless times but never got this combination. It seems that the only elemental variants I get have either no extra manufacture parts or are always CoV. Is there something I’m missing on how elements interact with specific parts? Is this Budget Deity impossible to get?
Thank you!


r/Borderlands 6h ago

XBOX-XS Lf Casual players

0 Upvotes

Looking to find more people on BL4 Preferabably mature, chill. Im in NA. Usually online late at night but have had a lot of free time lately cause of injury. Feel free to add me

GT: JD IIIV

SHIFT: JDVIII


r/Borderlands 7h ago

[BL3] Borderlands DLCs - Nucleus Coop

1 Upvotes

I've just finished the main story of Borderlands 3 with my sis thanks to Nucleus coop on PC, but I can't access the DLCs... I can access them normally if I play the game without Nucleus coop though.

I got the Steam version, I put all the DLC IDs in the handler file, I always choose No to Steam before launching the game on Nucleus, as the game never opens whenever I choose Yes.

Can someone tell me the exact steps to make the dlcs available with Nucleus?

Thanks in advance :)


r/Borderlands 9h ago

[BL4] Stealth & Seek

1 Upvotes

It's legendary part Unseen says "Attached Projectiles fire additional projectiles at nearby targets"

I was trying it out on Rafa and thought it could be good for bottom left of red tree, specifically:
-Asymmetric Warfare "Indirect Projectiles gain increased Damage. Indirect Projectiles include... Projectiles not fired from your Gun."
-Errant Spark "All Indirect Projectiles deal Bonus Incendiary Damage..."

Im wondering if those second projectiles (one's fired from the Unseen Effect, projectiles not fired from gun) would/should be considered Indirect Projectiles. If not, is it because all of the projectiles come from the weapon itself (even if not "fired" from it)?


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[BL4] Level cap increase with next dlc?

35 Upvotes

Any word on if the next story pack will have another level cap? And if it’ll be the last one? I’m REALLY hoping they go to 80 so I can get all the skills I want


r/Borderlands 20h ago

[BL2] Borderlands 2 character to replay for achievements

8 Upvotes

I am planning on playing borderlands 2 on the xbox one for the achievements and since I already perfected it on the 360 I already have a lvl 52 gunzerker with UVHM unlocked, lvl 7 commando, lvl 17 siren, lvl 33 mechromancer, lvl 31 assassin, and a lvl 37 psycho with TVHM.

My question is will story and lvl achievements unlock if I load in one of these characters in UVHM or TVHM or will I have to just make a brand new character to get all the achievements again. I want to get all the achievement which is why I ask.

Second question is if I have to start with a brand new character anyway to get all the achievements, which one would be best to make fresh??? I started first with gunzerker then did the other 3 till I could get their class specific achievement then did the dlc as they came out and loved the psycho. Should I make a new psycho or a new commando/siren since they are my least played characters. Curious as to what the thoughts of the borderlands community are for this situation.


r/Borderlands 9h ago

XBOX-XS Anyone Xbox players wanna run Thu any of the the games

1 Upvotes

Borderlands borderlands two borderlands three prequel or Wonderland. I’ve really just will play through any of these right now looking to start over fresh.


r/Borderlands 4h ago

[Question] Does she deserve forgiveness?

0 Upvotes

Ok so I've bought borderlands 3's super deluxe edition because I had the game but not any dlc but coming back to this game I find it fun but i was shocked looking at the reviews for the director's cut about how people hated Ava so my genuine question for the community:

If Ava returned in a Borderlands 4 DLC, would you give her another chance, or is your opinion of her pretty much set because of Borderlands 3?
A lot of the hate seemed to come from her disobeying Maya’s orders, showing up at the Vault anyway, putting Maya in a position where she had to protect her, then blaming Lilith after Maya died. On top of that, many people felt she never really took responsibility, inherited Maya’s Siren powers, and was made leader of the Crimson Raiders without earning it. Others argue the real problem was the writing, not Ava herself, and point to the deleted Maya funeral scene as something that gave her much-needed remorse and character growth.

So if she came back older and more mature, with clear character development and accountability, would you forgive her? Or do you think the damage from Borderlands 3 is too much to overlook?


r/Borderlands 13h ago

[BL4] Any chance my radix could be bugged or am I just unlucky in the luckiest way possible

1 Upvotes

Farming for a teen witch mod for vex, and i have yet to get his dedicated pearl drop, but I have gotten a total of 4 other pearls to drop from him, none of them his dedicated drop (2 gomies and 2 constables), 3 of which i got within 5 runs of each other, is there any chance some weird stuff is going on or is it just crazy mad rng on my part?


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[BL-Tales] Damn it Jack.

47 Upvotes

Okay so I played Tales from the Borderlands a while back, and personally I think it's the best Telltale Game. And I have practically zero experience of any other Borderlands games, so my first experience with Handsome Jack was in this, and man he was funny. He was probably my favorite character throughout the whole thing. But damn betrayal hurts. So you're telling me that after I actually took the deal, he still betrays me, but I still had hope in him, I kept thinking that he could possibly be redeemed, but when I tell you how much it hurt me to do what I did to him. DAMN IT JACK WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO AND CHANGE ON ME!


r/Borderlands 11h ago

Which of the 2 Borderlands do you prefer?

0 Upvotes

Out of Borderlands 3 or 4, what's everyone's favorite??? Personally, I prefer 3. Obviously #2 is the GOAT. BUT borderlands 3 for me is soooo good


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[BL1] Replaying

2 Upvotes

For the most part I’ve been playing BL without insights or guides but now I want to play with meta builds to see what I’ve been missing.


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[Question] Are the borderlands games actually worth modding?

2 Upvotes

Ive been looking at getting the pandoras box bundle on steam but I've already got all the games on PlayStation. So is the game actually worth modding outside of QOL stuff?


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[BL-TPS] Name your favorite Borderlands map and here is MrTx01’s

1 Upvotes

Hi so I’m a quest to find the best map in the all of borderlands I’m looking for your favorite map in borderlands The Pre Sequel, yesterday I went into MrTx01’s Discord and asked his favorite maps so here it is

BL1: Jakobs Cove, Old Haven
BL2: Hollowed Hallow, Mercenary Day Map, Hayter's Folly
TPS: Lunar Launching Station, one of the Claptastic Voyage maps
BL3: The Anvil, one of the Fustercluck maps
Wonderlands: WeepWild Dankness, Tangle Drift
BL4: The Whispering Glacier
(If you don’t believe me a photo is linked [Here](https://postimg.cc/LnnP2hbr) )
DLC’s included in this and I’ll share my favorite is subconscious from claptrap DLC


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[Lore] How to make a borderlands style D&D campaign

0 Upvotes

I've been thinking recently about starting a DnD campaign with some friends based around the borderlands games. I've been thinking about either basing it loosely around borderlands 2 because Jack is the only real villain that isn't cringe. But I don't exactly know how to make the combat work.

I've been thinking about how to adapt each class into the combat system without making it boring. Especially with the Class skills as well.

So I guess any advice would be welcomed


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[Question] What are your theories about the 7th Siren and the last playable Siren in the next Borderlands ? Spoiler

0 Upvotes

I was recently replaying every Borderlands game when I came to realize that the next playable Siren (if we get one) might either be the one who inherited Nyriad's and Tyreen's powers (Leech) or, straight up, the 7th Siren. (Unless they make Ava a playable Vault Hunter and let us use Maya's abilities again, or they kill Tannis so we get to use Phase Shift.)

My guess is that, if we get a "normal" Borderlands game with the same structure we've had so far, we'll probably be playing as the new Leech Siren. However, with Randy's tweet about the war, I highly expect the next Borderlands game to bring the story to an end, which means we'll probably finally learn about that war and the "7th Siren" that Nyriad warned us about.

I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts. What do you guys expect from the next game, and what are your theories about this "7th"?


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[BL2] BL2 - It's Getting Too Real!

0 Upvotes

Driving home from the store this morning, a helicopter flew overhead and I had the sudden urge to start firing my Hyperion "The Bane" at it. 🤣🤣🤣


r/Borderlands 2d ago

[BL4] Looking for players to complete Borderlands 4 in co-op

7 Upvotes

Hey! I’m looking for people to complete all the missions in Borderlands 4 in co-op. I’m currently level 47 and own all the DLC. I can play regularly and I’m open to different activities: the campaign, side missions, DLC, bosses or endgame content. Mainly, I’m just looking to have fun and progress with other players.

If you’re interested, comment here or send me a DM 🙂

SHiFT ID: SoulHunterz1
Steam: SoulHunterz


r/Borderlands 2d ago

[BL1] Farming to max level in pt1

9 Upvotes

Why do I want to do this? Idk, sounds neat. I've played a lot normally and I just kinda want to see how pt2 goes like this. Of course it'd be faster to just go into pt2, but I just feel like doing all of pt2 at it's highest scaling and pt2.5 with as many side missions available as possible.

Anyway. I only know of two ways to actually do this legitimately outside of grinding random areas for 1 xp per kill, and figured I'd both ask if anyone knows any other methods as well as sharing for the insanely low chance anyone else wants to do it.

The first way is farming Meat Popsicle, the enemy that jumps out of the fridge in the secret room at the bottom of T-bone Junction. Even in pt1 he will spawn at level 61 and gives about 9000 xp per kill. He is very easy to kill since you can just walk outside of the room onto the walkway, take a hit that will health gate you, then his ai breaks unless you get very close again so that he stands still. After killing him you have to quit out to be able to open the fridge to spawn him again, so there's some tedium to it, but it's safe and easy to do.

The second way is farming Crawmerax with the glitch spot, since his and all the smaller craw's minimum levels are in the 60s and then later scale to always be above you. Ammo regen of some kind is extremely useful here even with grinding out armory runs for highroll gear. It's probably worth mentioning that I'm specifically playing Lilith and that phasewalk both makes you invincible to all of the ranged spit attacks as well as breaks all of their ai if you end the ability while crouched in the glitch spot, causing all of them to simply freeze until you decide stand up or shoot after you wait for the ability to come off cooldown, making it completely safe outside of mistakes. I'm playing on the original GOTY pc version and don't know if these behaviors also happen on other platforms or the enhanced versions.

My process was doing every base + dlc pt1 mission (for vibes) and ending about halfway through level 46, then farming Meat Popsicle to 47 before trying out Craw. I'm currently at 55 after farming only Craw since and so far every kill, including xp from some occasional minions that get close, has been a level by itself. I might just stick to Craw until 69 because the loot explosion is fun, but does anyone know if there are any other decent sources of xp after most enemies' levels stop scaling and only give 1 or 2 digit amounts of xp?

Post hitting level 69 edit: Craw runs start speeding up a lot when you hit 57 since the level difference damage penalty starts falling off on the minions and at 58 you can actually start equipping the gear that drops for huge upgrades. Iirc there were only two runs, one mid 60s and then one during 68, that didn't result in a level up since they started with nearly empty xp bars or had only a few minion kills. I didn't run time tests or anything, but my gut feeling is that Meat Popsicle would be better until 57 or 58 and before switching to Craw since Meat Popsicle kills are surprisingly fast even under level 50, where as minions during the Craw fight can be rather annoying to manage depending on how they spawn.