Borderlands 3 News

Today we will release a hotfix for Borderlands 3, which will be live by 12:00 PM PST. In this week’s hotfixes, Rare Chest Riches returns and brings a new mini-event, Loot Monster Mayhem, in addition to buffs for the Gunner. 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.

Slot Machine Mania and Trials Take-All mini events end at 9:00 AM PST today.

With this week’s hotfix, we are continuing the Co-Op Loot Drop event with two mini-events! Rare Chest Riches returns, along with a new mini-event: Loot Monster Mayhem! The Rare Chest Riches Event increases your chances of receiving Legendary items from Rare Chests. Loot Monster Mayhem increases your chance of seeing Loot enemies in the game and increases their chances to drop Legendary gear! These events will go live with the hotfix today and will end on April 16 at 9:00 AM PT.

• Activate Rare Chest Riches Event until 9:00 AM PT on April 16
• Activate Loot Monster Mayhem until 9:00 AM PT on April 16

As we mentioned during last week’s hotfix, we are continuing to work on improving the Gunner’s survivability and Iron Bear's viability in higher levels of Mayhem. This week brings another set of hotfixes to Moze’s skills based on our investigations. The below notes list the numbers as they will be changed on the skill descriptions.

• Explosive Punctuation: Increased the cooldown rate awarded to 8%
• Hammerdown Protocol: Increased the damage output to 600% and reduced the reload time
• Click, Click…: Increased damage bonus from 12/24/36% to 20/40/60%
• Specialist Bear: Increased the damage from +25% to +60%

Iron Bear Weapons

• Increased the base damage of the Salamander Flame Thrower
• Increased Chemical Warfare’s Melt Damage to 125%
• Increased the base damage of the Railgun
• Reduced Capacitive Armature’s damage reduction from -75% to -30%
• Reduced Corrosive Sabot Round’s damage reduction from -50% to -15%
• Increased Shockhammer’s Shock Damage to 60% of damage dealt

Play Borderlands Science inside Borderlands 3 today to earn unique rewards and help map the human gut microbiome.

Next time you're aboard Sanctuary III in Borderlands 3, keep an eye out for the newly installed Borderlands Science arcade game in the corner of Doctor Tannis' infirmary. Developed in conjunction with McGill University, Massively Multiplayer Online Science, and The Microsetta Initiative, Borderlands Science is a puzzle game that benefits the real-world scientific community as you play.

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Borderlands Science presents you with simple block puzzles based on strands of DNA, and by solving them you're helping to map and compare the microbes contained therein. Completing these puzzles also earns you in-game currency, which can be redeemed for unique Vault Hunter Heads and Skins as well as timed boosters that buff your stats, loot quality, and even experience gains when you jump back into the mayhem of Borderlands 3 proper.

Borderlands Science exists in part because computers aren't perfect at organizing this data and make lots of small mistakes that can corrupt subsequent analysis, but the game you play to solve this complex task is easy to understand and play. Colored tiles representing different nucleotides appear on a grid; by nudging them up within their columns, you attempt to organize them into the correct rows. It's not always possible to line up all of the tiles correctly, but attempting these puzzles is still helpful as you're identifying errors in real-world computer analyses.



Each of the Borderlands Science puzzles has a target score that you need to hit in order to progress and get credit for solving it. Note that hitting a puzzle's target score doesn't mean you have to move on to the next one though; often there will still be additional moves that you can make. Going above and beyond the bare minimum that's required is key if you want to beat the high scores already posted by Tannis and contribute more data to this important microbe initiative.

In case you're curious about the practical applications for the raw data gathered through Borderlands Science, the human gut is linked to numerous diseases and conditions, including diabetes, depression, autism, anxiety, obesity and more. By mapping these microbes, the hope is that scientists will be able to better understand these ecosystems, which may help guide future research into novel treatments and interventions. For more information, check out The Microsetta Initiative. And if you want to learn more about the methods, check out dnapuzzles.org.

Today we will release a hotfix for Borderlands 3, which will be live by 12:00 PM PST. This hotfix begins two new events, Slot Machine Mania and Trials Take-All, and includes some buffs to the Gunner, weapons balance, and addressing reported community concerns. 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 Door Busters mini event ends at 9:00 AM PST today.

We also are excited to start two new events: Slot Machine Mania and Trials Take-All! They'll go live with the hotfix today!

Slot Machine Mania pays out big time! There’s an increased chance to win Legendary gear from Slot Machines, and for grenades to spawn (because who doesn’t like a little risk?). There’s still a chance for other loot to drop, but the rate has been reduced so you can win Legendaries (and take damage)!

Trials Take-All boosts the rewards awarded during the Proving Ground Trials. Bosses will have a 100% chance to drop loot from their pools during the event.

• Activate Slot Machine Mania mini-event until 9:00 AM PT on April 9
• Activate Trials Take-All mini-event until 9:00 AM PT on April 9
• Adjusted the Pearl of Ineffable Knowledge Artifact to do +90% damage and updated the item description to show the correct value
• Addressed a reported concern that the Siren’s Stone class mod was sometimes increasing damage taken, instead of decreasing damage taken

We have been taking a closer at Moze the last few weeks. Here at the first set of hotfixes based on those investigations, primarily focused on improving her survivability. We will be further addressing some areas we identified as trouble spots for her in the future.

• Reduced the cooldown time for Iron Bear
• Increased the amount of fuel for Iron Bear
• Increased the bonus on “Behind the Iron Curtain” skill
• Increased the bonus on “Experimental Munitions” skill
• Increased the bonus on “Security Bear” skill

Damned

• Increased weapon damage

Hyperion Weapon Shields

• Increased the amount of damage weapon shields absorb

The Lob

• Increased Fire Rate
• Reduced projectiles from 3 to 1

Tiggs Boom

• Increased weapon damage
• Increased damage from the Starfall meteors

Moonfire

• Increased weapon damage
• Increased Critical Damage Bonus

Good Juju

• Non-critical hits now increase Critical Damage Bonus by 20%. This bonus stacks 25 times and is removed upon manual reload.

Enjoy Borderlands 3 with your pals and earn more loot during the Co-op Loot Drop event and more!



If you're looking for a way to connect during these strange times, games are a fantastic way to socialize even when we have to be apart. Right now, you might be deep into Borderlands 3's latest campaign add-on, Guns, Love, and Tentacles: The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock, or tearing up Maliwan's forces during the ongoing Takedown Shakedown event. But if you're looking for even more ways to play together remotely over the coming weeks, we've got just the thing. Starting today, we're kicking off the Co-op Loot Drop event that gives you some sweet incentives to play Borderlands 3 with your co-op buddies.

Co-op Loot Drop will switch on via a hotfix today, and is scheduled to run through the full month of April. During the Co-op Loot Drop, all Badass enemies will drop more loot whenever you're playing co-op. It's that simple!



In addition, we’ll be layering shorter events on top of the Co-op Loot Drop all month long. First up, we'll be trying out a new Door Busters mini-event, where Legendary items will be hiding among the usual fare for sale in vending machines across the galaxy. Door Busters will run from today until next Thursday, April 2 at 8:59 AM PT when it will be replaced with another event or two on top of the ongoing Co-op Loot Drop bonuses. Our goal is to give you something surprising and exciting each week, so be sure to check back.

We're also sending everyone the themed seasonal items from the previous Bloody Harvest and Holiday events (including a level 57 version of the Juliet's Dazzle Legendary Assault Rifle) for anyone who might've missed them the first time around. Look for them in your in-game mailbox when you log in before 8:59 AM PT on April 30. Oh, and one more thing: here's a SHiFT code for a whopping 10 Golden Keys. Make sure to redeem this SHiFT code here on Borderlands.com, on the Gearbox SHiFT site, or via the in-game Social menu in Borderlands 3 before it deactivates on April 10 at 11:59 PM PT.*

We hope you're all staying safe and healthy, and that Borderlands 3 provides some mayhem-filled bonding even with everything else that's going on. The Co-op Loot Drop, plus this series of surprise events over the coming weeks, will roll us into the Mayhem Mode 2.0 endgame overhaul and the Revenge of the Cartels seasonal event we showed off during The Borderlands Show Episode 6. Whenever you need a break from the real world, we invite you to come play together on Pandora and the planets beyond.

*Borderlands 3 and SHiFT account required to redeem. Each code may be redeemed once (1) per SHiFT account.

Guns, Love, and Tentacles: The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock, the second campaign add-on for Borderlands 3, is available now. This release coincides with a free level cap increase that raises the maximum Vault Hunter level to 57.

The engagement party celebrating the upcoming union of Sir Alistair Hammerlock and Wainwright Jakobs is now in full swing on Xylourgos. The venue that the adventurous grooms-to-be have chosen for this joyful gathering is an unusual one to say the least. Xylourgos is a harsh, windswept ice planet where you’re never far from ferocious fauna, and the town of Cursehaven where invited guests are meeting up sits in the shadow of a colossal monster carcass that’s worshipped by local occultists. Should be a fun time!

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Guns, Love, and Tentacles: The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock is the second of four campaign add-ons that are included with the Borderlands 3 Super Deluxe Edition and Season Pass. It’s also available to purchase separately though you will, of course, need to own a copy of Borderlands 3 to play it.

What's New:

• Explore multiple zones on the all-new planet of Xylourgos
• Complete spine-tingling new story and side missions
• Confront new enemies including alien beasts, mutated occultists, and formidable bosses
• Add new Legendary Weapons, Class Mods, and other gear to your arsenal
• Collect new Vault Hunter Heads and Skins, Vehicle Skins, and interactive Room Decorations

In order to reach Xylourgos with an existing Vault Hunter, you’ll also need access to Sanctuary III, the starship you get by completing Episode 5 of Borderlands 3’s main story missions. When you’re ready to travel to Xylourgos, look for the invitation—highlighted with a yellow exclamation mark—in Hammerlock’s study on Sanctuary III. 

Alternatively, if you don’t have access to Sanctuary III yet or are looking for an excuse to play with a new character, you have the option to create a new Vault Hunter and have them bypass the opening acts of the Borderlands 3 story so you can head to Xylourgos right away. If you have a campaign add-on installed and would like to play that content with a fresh Vault Hunter, select Play on the main menu, followed by New Game; you'll then get to choose which storyline you want to jump into.

The grooms have requested no gifts please, but bring guns. Lots of guns.