Borderlands 3 News

Today in Borderlands 3, we kick off the Borderlands 3 Anniversary Celebration Loot Monster Mayhem mini-event and address some reported player concerns! These changes and the accompanying event will be live on all platforms by 12:00 PM PST. To apply hotfixes, wait at the main menu until you see a sign that says “Hotfixes Applied”! If you are experiencing any issues or want to provide feedback, please submit a ticket to support.2k.com.

With these hotfixes, the Bonus Boss Loot event ends, and the Loot Monster Mayhem event begins! During this event, players will see Loot Enemies more often. This event will be live until August 20 at 9:00 AM PST, where it will switch to the Show Me the Eridium mini-event with next week’s hotfixes!

• Turns on the Summer 2020 Anniversary Event: Loot Monster Mayhem, live until August 20 at 9:00 AM PST
• Discounted the listed Item of the Day in the Veteran Rewards Machine

Try Borderlands 3 during the Free Play weekend now through August 12!

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Borderlands 3 is free to play this weekend on select platforms. If you haven't yet embarked on your own Borderlands 3 adventure or you're looking to get some friends involved, now's the perfect time!

Between the start and end times listed below, you can enjoy everything that the Borderlands 3 base game has to offer. Power up your chosen Vault Hunter with killer weapons and superhuman abilities as you shoot and loot across multiple planets in pursuit of the diabolical Calypso Twins.

If you decide to purchase any edition of Borderlands 3 after the Free Play period ends, all your progress and loot will be saved so you can pick up right where you left off. To that end, Borderlands 3 is currently on sale as well; see the Steam store listing for additional details.

Starts: August 6, 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET / 4:00 PM BST / 11:00 PM UTC+8 / August 7, 1:00 AM AEDT
Ends: August 12, 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM BST / August 13, 1:00 AM UTC+8 / 3:00 AM AEDT

Today in Borderlands 3, the Bonus Boss Loot mini-event begins and we address some reported player concerns! These changes and the accompanying event will be live on all platforms by 12:00 PM PST. To apply hotfixes, wait at the main menu until you see a sign that says “Hotfixes Applied”! If you are experiencing any issues or want to provide feedback, please submit a ticket to support.2k.com.

With these hotfixes, the ECHOcast Overload mini-event comes to an end and is replaced with the Borderlands 3 Anniversary Celebration Bonus Boss Loot event! During this event, players have an increased chance of Legendary loot dropping from bosses. This event will be live until August 13 at 9:00 AM PST, where it will switch to the Loot Monster Mayhem mini-event with next week’s hotfixes!

• Turns on the Summer 2020 Anniversary Event: Bonus Boss Loot, live until August 13 at 9:00 AM PST
• Discounted the listed Item of the Day in the Veteran Rewards Machine
• Updated the Beastmaster’s Interplanetary Stalker skill so that weapon damage is affected by Big Game while using the Cosmic Stalker Class Mod
• Added tags to Punk enemies to mark them as humanoid
• Addressed a reported concern where the Gunner would lose bonuses from Sleeping Giant after entering Iron Bear
• Addressed a reported concern that switching Mayhem levels could cause some areas to spawn more Eridium than intended
• Disabled the ability for enemy adds to spawn infinitely during the King Bobo fight

We’ve seen significant improvements to performance after the adjustments made to projectile weapons in the previous patch. Today brings a set of changes to various pieces of gear that were negatively impacted by those necessary changes without sacrificing the stability of the game. We have also included a few buffs to other pieces of gear that we felt needed attention as well.

Lead Sprinkler

• Increased weapon damage

Reflux

• Increased the chance for projectiles to chain

Brainstormer

• Increased the chance for projectiles to chain

Hyperfocus

• Increased weapon damage

Carrier

• Increased weapon damage

Unseen Threat

• Increased the damage of homing bullets with critical hits

Wagon Wheel

• Increased weapon damage

Bearcat

• Lowered the ammo cost from 4 to 3

Rowan's Call

• Increased accuracy

Lucian's Call

• Reduced the spread of projectiles
• Increased weapon damage

King's/Queen's Call

• Increased weapon damage

Tigg's Boom

• Increased weapon damage

Complex Root

• Decreased weapon charge time

Moonfire

• Increased rate of fire

Fastball

• Increased grenade damage

Mongol

• Increased weapon damage

Cutsman

• Increased weapon damage

Today in Borderlands 3, we are kicking off the Anniversary Celebration Events and addressing various player concerns! These changes and the accompanying event will be live on all platforms by 12:00 PM PST. To apply hotfixes, wait at the main menu until you see a sign that says “Hotfixes Applied”! If you are experiencing any issues or want to provide feedback, please submit a ticket to support.2k.com.

The Borderlands 3 Anniversary Celebration events start today, with ECHOcast Overload! During this event, viewers watching their favorite streamers play Borderlands 3 will have a greater chance of winning loot during Rare Chest Events in the ECHOcast Twitch Extension. This event will be live until August 6 at 9:00 AM PST, where it will switch to the Bonus Boss Loot event with next week’s hotfixes!

• Turns on the Summer 2020 Anniversary Event: ECHOcast Overload, live until August 6 at 9:00 AM PST
• Added Rare Chests from the Bounty of Blood campaign add-on to the Rare Chest ECHOcast event
• Increased the amount of loot dropped from Proving Ground bosses in Mayhem Mode
• Adjusted the rate in which Legendaries were appearing in Vending Machines
• Adjusted the Beastmaster’s Galactic Shadow skill to make enemies less likely to target the player over pets
• Applied textures to the Telezapper at the end of the level during “Where It All Started” in the Bounty of Blood campaign add-on content

Make some mayhem during six weeks of mini-events ahead of Borderlands 3's one-year anniversary!



It's been nearly a year since Borderlands 3 made its big debut on September 13, 2019, and we've collectively made all kinds of mayhem in the months since launch. Whether you've been with Borderlands 3 from the beginning or you've just started your journey across the stars aboard Sanctuary III, we want to sincerely thank you, the Borderlands community, for all the support, feedback, streams, videos, fan art, cosplay, and so much more.

To show our heartfelt appreciation, we'll be kicking off the Borderlands 3 Anniversary Celebration on July 30, bringing you a whopping six weeks of mini-events in anticipation and celebration of Borderlands 3's first birthday. If you've been playing since launch day, some of these events may look familiar—but we've also thrown some new events into the mix to keep you on your toes.

A fresh mini-event will be activated via a hotfix every Thursday from July 30 through September 10. We'll remind you of the theme and specifics for each mini-event in that week's hotfix notes, but for now, take a look at what's on the way:

• ECHOcast Overload (9 AM PT July 30 to 8:59 AM PT August 6) - Better chance of scoring loot during Rare Chest Events in the ECHOcast Twitch extension
• Bonus Boss Loot (9 AM PT August 6 to 8:59 AM PT August 13) - Most bosses have an increased chance to drop Legendary loot
• Loot Monster Mayhem (9 AM PT August 13 to 8:59 AM PT August 20) - Increased spawn rates for Loot variant enemies
• Show Me The Eridium (9 AM PT August 20 to 8:59 AM PT August 27) - Increased Eridium drops and Eridium item discounts
• Mayhem Made Mild (9 AM PT August 27 to 8:59 AM PT September 3) - All Easy modifiers in Mayhem Mode
• Making It Rain (9 AM PT September 3 to 8:59 AM PT September 10) - Enemies drop more in-game cash

Participating in these free mini-events requires nothing more than a copy of Borderlands 3, though you can also benefit from their effects while playing Bounty of Blood and the other campaign add-ons included in the Season Pass. We're delighted that you're here to help us celebrate, Vault Hunter—thanks for making Borderlands 3 so special!