/r/Borderlands

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The Borderlands game franchise, including all DLC, sequels, pre-sequels, and re-pre-sequels.

Greetings, Traveler!

Welcome to Pandora, its scarred moon Elpis, and the Helios station. We are all things Borderlands, including all DLC, sequels, pre-sequels, re-pre-sequels, and Bunkers-and-Badasses campaigns.

Resources: Wikia | Gbx Forums archive | Lootlemon

Skill calculators: BL2 | TPS | BL3

Discord: BL | WL | unofficial Gbx

BL1: Gearcalc RIP

BL2: DLC Guide | TORGUE!

TPS: Complete map

BL3: Complete map | Damage formula

WL: Damage formula

Don't forget to check the FAQ

Rules

Read the FAQ! It tells all. At the very least, browse our group policies.

The short form:

  • Be excellent to each other.
  • Be careful with spoilers.
  • No begging.
  • No commercialism.
  • No drama.
  • No piracy.

Spoiler Policy

Don't trade or beg here

L4G?

When seeking co-op partners here, don't forget to mention your platform, PC, console, or whatever: you can add suitable Flair to your post title, or simply [Tag] if you'd like. Timezone (for schedule) and geographical location (for lag) can also be significant. Finally, where are you in the game itself?

Discordians should join one of the Verified Discord servers listed above.

Co-op matchmaking reddits: /r/coopplay

SHiFT Codes

What's this all about?

How did this change in TPS?

Previous SHiFT codes: bl | bl2 | tps | bl3 | ttwl

Partner reddits

/r/Borderlands2, /r/BorderlandsPreSequel, /r/Borderlands3, and /r/Wonderlands all allow link posts. Same subject matter as here, different (colorful!) style

/r/PandoranRedCross accepts powerleveling and duping requests, unlike us

/r/BorderlandsGuns for trading gear, as opposed to begging for it

/r/Borderlands

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How to play on mobile

Emulation has gotten really good. Is it possible to emulate on iOS or android yet. I feel like we’re capable of that if we’re able to run gta and cyberpunk natively on some high end mobile hardware lately. It’s frustrating how limiting the mobile market is for gaming and I miss me some borderlands.

2 Comments
2024/05/04
10:12 UTC

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SHiFT code for 3 keys each for BL2, TPS, BL3, and Wonderlands, expires May 9, 2024

Friday evening, Randy Pitchford tweeted:

It's time for a SHiFT code with free loot keys for Borderlands 2, TPS, 3, and Wonderlands:

HFX3T-C553T-TJTBT-TBTBJ-KB9JF

Redeem in game or at http://shift.gearbox.com. Expires 05/09.

May the loot be with you!


Remember to redeem the code 4 times, once for each game (and repeat all of that for each platform, if you play on multiple platforms).

6 Comments
2024/05/04
09:55 UTC

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BL GOTY Enhanced - players view constantly rotating

Hello,

When entering the game players view immediately starts rotating counterclockwise and never stops. Mouse works, but this rotation is always present and the game is unplyable. Don't have this problem on other Steam games.

Any clues?

TIA

1 Comment
2024/05/04
09:52 UTC

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If I were to play one Borderlands game, which one should I choose?

I haven't played any of them. Which game is the most enjoyable if only playing one?

17 Comments
2024/05/04
09:49 UTC

2

Transfer characters bl1 ps3 to ps5

I recently got a PS5 thinking it was backwards compatible. Surprise surprise it isn't. My PS3 is quickly dieing and I was hoping to transfer characters. I uploaded to cloud and uploaded to storage device. I got one character to transfer with most of his loot (the loot at the underdome is gone). No idea how the one character transferred. Same with BL2, one character transferred (didn'tgive a choice). How do I transfer the rest? At least hoping I can periodically transfer the loot over. Anyone have any tips? What I found with Google searches states that even one character is impossible to transfer, but that isn't true. I even tried inviting myself to play online to transfer loot, but couldn't figure that out either.

6 Comments
2024/05/04
02:59 UTC

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Borderlands Movie CCXP Poster

13 Comments
2024/05/04
02:22 UTC

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Is the pre sequel supposed to be a terrible game?

im not even that far in only up to (failing to) beat deadlift and I honestly hate everything about it.

51 Comments
2024/05/04
02:09 UTC

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borderlands pandora box sale

does anyone know when the new pandora sale is up i was to late for the last time like 2 weeks ago because i didnt have enough money to buy it but now i have enough but dont know when it will be on steam sale anyone know? i was like 2 days to late for it because i didnt have money then but now i have 60 on my steam but idk how long the wait is for the sale i really want it

1 Comment
2024/05/04
00:00 UTC

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Honestly a good borderlands game would be just playing as the B team and the shenanigan's they get into on Pandora and them accidentally getting mixed up in a corporate war.

Just sayin it would be fun if it was done right AKA written by the people who actually wrote their story's. Shouldn't even be serious it should just be they got into something they probably shouldn't have and now their in way over their heads but still going about it the way they go about everything else (with reckless abandon)

9 Comments
2024/05/03
22:51 UTC

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Favorite character

In your opinion, who was the best character in each game? Opinion wise but also gameplay wise, who had the best abilities.

37 Comments
2024/05/03
20:47 UTC

0

Help

I entered a story mission without the proper leveling in borderlands 1, am I able to quit out of the mission to level up?

7 Comments
2024/05/03
20:13 UTC

0

Anti-aliasing?

I’m experiencing plenty of aliasing and jagged edges that ruin the overall game experience, I tried the in game fxaa but it doesn’t work , I tried forcing it from Nvidia control panel but it says it’s not compatible with this application.

Am I the only one having this issue?

0 Comments
2024/05/03
19:18 UTC

0

When does BL2 get better?

This is probably a stupid question, but I picked up borderlands a while ago. I didn't like BL1, the feel was off for me, but BL2 had an awesome start. Saved clap trap's, headed up to his ship, beat up the pirates, by which I mean shot them up ofc, and headed out.

The characters, the humor, I love it, but the guns seem rather bland. I have a few types, a few better numbers, some deal different damage, but beyond that they're kind of same same.

But when I look up other BL2 plays, farther in who knows where, there's so many colorful guns, explosions, interesting things. When does that happen?

29 Comments
2024/05/03
14:02 UTC

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Does BL1 have the habit of losing items in your backpack?

Last night I was playing the General Knoxx dlc. I went to T-bone junction to turn in a mission and once I respawn I immediately go to the lockers. Since I’m bad about selling off/dropping loot I know my backpack is full. (37 items) While I’m opening the first two lockers I’m just pressing the button to get the $, only I saw a white shield and it took. I thought that was weird so I go into my inventory to drop it and the shield isn’t in my backpack…so I thought it was a weird glitch or something. I turn in my mission, leave the map, fight some crimson lance when I notice I’m having to duck and cover more to replenish my shield. I go into my backpack and the same fucking white shield is EQUIPPED! Where the fuck is my purple rarity shield with the highest captivity and recharge rate I’ve yet to see anywhere close in my gameplay?!?! I know I didn’t drop my shield. My package was full so I never should’ve been able to take the white shield in the first place let alone equip it! I was so mad. I swear looking back I lost a legendary that I had equipped too. It was just an empty slot one day and the gun was gone. Any one else?

11 Comments
2024/05/03
12:29 UTC

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Confusion on Progress

So I recently got into borderlands and have been playing coop no stop since I started. But I realized my friend isn’t getting the same main quest rewards I get. The issue came about when getting the third weapons slot and noticed they didn’t get it. Do we have to hop on each others save to complete or is there a system where we both have to do the quest in each others world. Or am I just overthinking?

4 Comments
2024/05/03
11:53 UTC

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Transfering Epic Games Borderlands 3 character to Steam and vice versa.

Transfering Epic Games Borderlands 3 character to Steam and vice versa is actually pretty simple once you find the correct location. It should be under C:\Users\ (Your User Name) \My Games\Borderlands 3\Saved\SaveGames. If this path does not work you should be able to find the location by searching "Borderlands 3" in the windows search bar that is accessable at your task bar. Once you find the save location you have to determine which save is which platform (because each one is probably a string of numbers or a mix of numbers and letters.) I did this by looking at the "1.sav" and "profile.sav" files, each "number".sav file represents a character, I knew that I had more saved characters on steam vs epic so I now knew which platform was which. Now to transfer characters you will want to copy the "number".sav files you want transfered *as well as the profile.sav* files from the platform folder that you are transfering *from*, then just paste them into the opposite platforms "SavedGames folder" and click the replace files in location button, after that you should be able to open the game and your character will be transfered, at least it worked for me.

0 Comments
2024/05/03
05:07 UTC

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Man, I can't help it

There is so much to love about bl3. It's gameplay is elegant but I get to playing 1 and I don't need any other Borderlands game. It's just so gritty. Even the guns feel gritty. The gunplay, right. Idk how to describe it but I go way back with fps and it's the closest thing I've ever found to the half-life/quake games. Am.. am I wrong here? Is it just rose-tinted glasses?

43 Comments
2024/05/03
03:09 UTC

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Buzzing noise while playing GOTY edition [PS5]

Pretty much what it says on the tin. Every second or so there'll be this buzzing noise as I play, it's in the menu and everything. I don't know if it's a corruption or if it's coinciding with live service games currently making my PS5 stutter and lag, but it's really annoying. Anyone else experience this?

2 Comments
2024/05/03
02:43 UTC

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Any way to get another mysterious artifact?

Trying to get 100% achievements and found out that I needed the drop that I already sold from Ava's podcast missions. Is there any way for me to get another one without doing the entire story over again? This is all I have left in terms of achievements so that would be very disappointing

3 Comments
2024/05/03
01:58 UTC

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Does zombie TK Baha only throw up items after you’ve fed him brains for the quest?

I missed it the first three times because I didn’t even realize it was a thing. Does he only do it once you’ve completed the Brains quest or is it something he does every so often?

2 Comments
2024/05/02
20:27 UTC

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weird optional objective glitch

I’m trying to do the “Going Rogue” Quest on Eden-6 and after i shot the targets my game crashed before I got where I needed to go. I loaded the game back up and now I just have the optional objective of shooting the targets twice, the one with a + is marked complete, the one without isn’t.

I tried exiting to the main menu and quitting the game but neither worked. Tried fast traveling and switching objectives a few times but that also didn’t work.

If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know! Thank you in advance 🫡

Forgot to add a picture but it literally just says

Going Rogue

Shoot Rogue-Sight marks : 3/3 ✅➕

Shoot Rogue-Sight marks : 0/3 🔲

1 Comment
2024/05/02
18:37 UTC

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DID YOU KNOW???

When you farm the Vault Of the destroyer the gearbox guns scale to your level..

2 Comments
2024/05/02
18:19 UTC

7

And They'll Tell Two Friends

Need this achievement on Steam for Borderlands GOTY Edition, was hoping someone could help me with getting it!

5 Comments
2024/05/02
17:55 UTC

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How Can I Be Proud Of Myself?

I told myself I would 100% Borderlands but I didn’t beat the DLC’s because The Underdome and the other ones are so boring. Should I still be proud of myself?

13 Comments
2024/05/02
15:35 UTC

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PRO TIP!!!

Phasewalking off of a cliff = 0% damage.

1 Comment
2024/05/02
15:19 UTC

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What are your unpopular options about the Borderlands series? - 2024 Edition

Hello, everybody. It’s been a little over a year since last we met to discuss our unpopular opinions about this kooky, crazy, rootin’ tootin’ lootin’ shootin’ series we all know and love. So feel free to use this thread to air anything that irks you, keeps you awake at night or even makes you feel like doing that Eridium Blight Handsome Jack side-mission but for realsies and not 12 Eridium.

Mine for this year is I’m actually really looking forward to the movie because I’m expecting it to be absolute doo-doo water. I genuinely haven’t been this excited for a film to be bad since Sacha Baron Cohen was meant to be part of Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s gonna suck, I love it.


Previous Editions:

348 Comments
2024/05/02
13:43 UTC

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And They'll Tell Two Friends

i need help to get on steam GOTY Enhanced edition

3 Comments
2024/05/02
13:06 UTC

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PRO TIP!!!

Are you sick of reloading you're gun every time you go to pick something up just press and hold X ( just be careful not to equip anything you don't want to equip) on on console at least I don't know what is on pc or ps5.

1 Comment
2024/05/02
10:57 UTC

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PRO TIP!!!

TK Brain farming can be an absolute Pain in the arse so just start popping heads as soon as you get there But don't collect the brains until you speak TK then just backtrack and pick'em up as need.

6 Comments
2024/05/02
10:49 UTC

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How do weapons scale with levels?

I know that in bl2 a weapon gets 13% stronger each level, how do they scale in bl1? I noticed using underleveled weapons is far more forgiving here

8 Comments
2024/05/02
08:11 UTC

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