Borderlands® 4 News

[p][/p][p]Hey there, Vault Hunters![/p][p][/p][p]We are so incredibly thankful to the Borderlands community for your support, and for jumping into Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day, in our latest Major Update. The entire team continues to be hard at work on more fun content for you all and your friends to create mayhem, including a Takedown in 2026![/p][p][/p][p]Seeing so many of you teaming up with your fellow Vault Hunters is what Borderlands is all about. Co-op has always been a huge part of our DNA, and we can’t wait to keep building out BL4 with more awesome content to experience with your friends. [/p][p][/p][p]Now until December 1 at 10AM PT, anyone who’s hopped into Borderlands 4 to blast a few bandits in Mayhem-fueled multiplayer can nominate it for the Better With Friends Award in the 2025 Steam Awards.[/p][p][/p][p]If you haven’t had a chance to save Mercenary Day yet, check out our first Bounty Pack, How Rush Saved Mercenary Day, FREE* for all Borderlands 4 players: [/p][p]
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]*How Rush Saved Mercenary Day is the first of five post-launch DLC Bounty Packs coming to Borderlands 4. How Rush Saved Mercenary Day is free for all players, while Bounty Packs 2, 3, 4, and 5 are included with Borderlands 4 Deluxe Edition, Borderlands 4 Super Deluxe Edition, the Borderlands 4 Bounty Pack Bundle, and will be available for separate purchase. Base game required to play content.[/p][p]
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[p]Every Thursday, Borderlands 4 features a new set of Weekly Activities offering new challenges and opportunities for Legendary gear. Our team will be out for the Thanksgiving holiday on November 27, so we're giving a one-day advance notice of what you can expect this week![/p][p][/p][h2]Weekly Big Encore Boss:[/h2][p]Bio-Thresher Omega[/p][p][/p][h2]Weekly Wildcard Mission:[/h2][p]Mission: One Fell Swoop (Healthy, Ticking, Immovable)[/p][p]Legendary Gear Reward: Linebacker[/p][p][/p][h2]Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine:[/h2][p]Here's a visual hint to where Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine is hidden this week. Remember, while this week's location is the same for everyone, your vending machine items are different from other players, so ask around to see if someone has the item you’re looking for![/p][p]
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[p]Hey Vault Hunters! Welcome to “This Week on Kairos” - a weekly post where we share everything happening across the world of Borderlands 4, from developer updates to community highlights and beyond.[/p][p]Every Friday, we’ll be here with the latest news, fan creations, dev spotlights, helpful resources, and anything else we think you’ll want to see. Whether you're looking to catch up, dive deeper, or just see what your fellow players are up to, this is the place.[/p][p][/p][h3]Our Latest Update Notes:[/h3][p]We’ve rolled out several updates since launch, with more coming soon. Here’s what you may have missed:[/p][p][/p][p]Today’s update delivers some key community-requested improvements, smarter loot drops, and a new Legendary Loot Indicator for your radar. These are alongside major improvements, visual polish, and stability updates for a smoother experience on Kairos.[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Beyond today’s update, the team is hard at work on a host of other highly requested quality-of-life features. Work on Photo Mode is wrapping up, while other updates like support for multiple active Big Encore Machines and more options for scaling difficulty are coming (we’ll talk more about these closer to their launch). Further into the future, we’re looking at ways to improve shared character progression, add additional endgame-focused activities (did someone say Takedown?), launch Cross-Save support, and more.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]A guide on how to submit a ticket can be found here: [/p][p]https://steamcommunity.com/app/1285190/discussions/2/673972930559959886/[/p][p][/p][p]When you submit a ticket, please remember to attach your DxDiag or MSinfo file. If you need assistance with doing that, here’s a walkthrough:[/p][p]https://support.borderlands.com/hc/en-us/articles/44564441894291-PC-How-do-I-attach-a-DxDiag-and-MSinfo-file[/p][p][/p][p](Note: This section is going to be structured the same each week, so although it looks the same, rest assured it’s being updated weekly!)[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Rush Definitely Has You (Bounty Pack 1 is Out Now!)[/h3][p]We're stoked for you to team up with Rush and teach Minister Screw the true meaning of Mercenary Day! This being a holiday-themed Bounty Pack, we knew we had to deliver it to you by the end of the year. However, the team realized that there was more mayhem than time when it came to getting as much into Bounty Pack 1 as originally planned while never slowing down in their mission to improve the Borderlands 4 player experience. [/p][p]So in the spirit of the season, we're giving a gift to all Borderlands 4 players by making Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day free!* Thank you for all the passion and support you've given us as a community. We're hard at work making sure future Bounty Packs are more fully loaded with the compelling content players have asked for. In addition, we're now adding a new Bounty Pack 5 (more on that in a bit); there's a lot of amazing stuff coming to Borderlands 4, so stay tuned![/p][p][/p][p]
[/p][h3]Bounty Pack 5 is Coming in 2026[/h3][p]We're incredibly grateful that so many players committed to Borderlands 4's post-launch content by purchasing the Deluxe Edition, Super Deluxe Edition, or Bounty Pack Bundle. Now that Bounty Pack 1 is free for all players, we're making good on that promise of four premium Bounty Packs by adding an additional fifth pack. [/p][p]This means that players who purchased the Deluxe Edition, Super Deluxe Edition, or Bounty Pack Bundle are now getting a total of five Bounty Packs. With this new Bounty Pack all players can look forward to even more mayhem on Kairos in the year ahead. Keep an eye out for details on the next Bounty Pack in the new year![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Get Your Questions In[/h3][p]Remember to ask your questions wherever you can find us - on Steam, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. We’re collecting them for our developers to answer each week. This will be a new regular feature for This Week on Kairos![/p][p]
[/p][h3]Steam Community Screenshots[/h3][p]As you take screenshots and drop them in Steam, we’ll round up a few of our favorites for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the beauty of chaos - er, I mean, Kairos![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][h3]Behind the Team: Adam Fitzgerald, Borderlands 4 Senior Programmer[/h3][p]Every week, we’re spotlighting one of the minds behind the mayhem. You’ll get to learn about folks from both Gearbox and 2K, and how each person who touches the game both influences and is influenced by Borderlands 4. This week, we're talking with Adam Fitzgerald, Senior Programmer at Gearbox:[/p][p][/p][p]How do you bridge the gap between what’s technically possible and what creative teams dream up?[/p][p]Adam: The main thing is just to make sure the code team stays in the loop with everything designers are doing. From past experience, we've learned to be better about this by putting guardrails around some of the more powerful engine features, so designers have to ask a programmer for help or feedback earlier in the process. I'm always impressed with what they manage to cook up in spite of the restrictions. Our goal is to make the tools be self-documenting as much as possible, and to be easy to use the right way and hard to use the wrong way.[/p][p][/p][p]Do you think of programming as craftsmanship, engineering, or storytelling?[/p][p]Adam: Those could all be apt descriptors, but if I had to pick one, probably craftsmanship.  [/p][p][/p][p]How do you stay curious and keep learning in an industry that moves faster than ever?[/p][p]Adam: Playing other video games counts as learning, right? That part is easy. There's a lot of talented programmers at Gearbox, so I'm lucky to be able to learn from them. Besides that, browsing reddit or watching talks from game developer conferences.

[/p][h3]Community Creative Corner[/h3][p]Our community members aren’t just gamers—many of you are also artists. Whether it’s cosplay, digital art, or some yet-to-be-invented medium, we’re your biggest fans. Check out this week’s hand-picked fan creations:[/p][p][/p][p]This week’s theme: FIT CHECK[/p][p][/p][p]LazyData[/p][p][/p][p]Laceyxiii[/p][p][/p][p]Wallzer[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]JoeForLong[/p][p][/p][p]That’s it for this week—with more updates, more chaos, and maybe a few surprises coming next Friday. Until then: keep your ECHOnet tuned and your loot luck high.[/p][p]Happy Hunting,[/p][p] The Borderlands Team[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p]


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[p]Every Thursday, Borderlands 4 features a new set of Weekly Activities offering new challenges and opportunities for Legendary gear. Here's an overview of what you can expect this week![/p][p][/p][h2]Weekly Big Encore Boss:[/h2][p]Callous Harbinger of Annihilating Death[/p][p][/p][h2]Weekly Wildcard Mission:[/h2][p]Mission: Overwriting a Wrong (Quickened, Chain Master, Deal With It)[/p][p]Legendary Gear Reward: Lucky Clover[/p][p][/p][h2]Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine:[/h2][p][/p][p]Here's a visual hint to where Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine is hidden this week. Remember, while this week's location is the same for everyone, your vending machine items are different from other players, so ask around to see if someone has the item you’re looking for![/p][p]
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