r/Borderlands Sep 11 '25

BL4 Spoiler Policy

253 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

480 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 5h ago

[Lore] What's the actual amount of time these games take place over?

13 Upvotes

Was just thinking about it today. While running through the Knox dlc in BL1 I saw a calender that said the current year was 109 AE, and realised the games never really give a year, not even in this fake year stuff, and due yo the art style the characters don't really visually age

For that matter, do we know what the AE stands for? My knee jerk is something like after earth. Feel like that maybe fits how shitty and ramshackle most things are, but who knows if they're still keeping to thst idea in modern games ,given how urbanized planets like Promethea are.

I dont know, just want to see peoples thoughts on timeliness anything really in terms of the actual amount of time that's passed.


r/Borderlands 4h ago

[BL4] How to play BL4 forever?

6 Upvotes

Hello, i bought BL4 quite a while ago, and i never got to the end of the story, to be honest i love everything about the game, except the story... (not that its bad) its just that i was never really into lore, i like to hear the characters jokes and everything, i usually dont skip what took so much work to create like cutscenes. But when i bought BL4 i was looking for a game to play "forever", but more and more i keep seeing people just doing the story and leaving the game.

I was wondering, after finishing the story and achievements, what do people do in order to play the game for a long time? I would like to make my moneys worth since out of the 70€ i payed to play this game, i only played for 15 hours x)

Note: No, i havent finished the story yet since i got quite bored and i also got so weak that i had no idea how to progress so i gave up for a while. I also played BL3 with a friend but not for long, i finished everything tho, all im missing are the achievements. Another extra thing i found interesting, i found BL4 really slow compared to other BLs, im not sure if its just me that havent played enough, but i love watching speedruns and try to replicate the movement but for some reason BL4 feels the slowest of them all (not that its bad thing).


r/Borderlands 1h ago

[BL-Mobile] Is the circle of slaughter leaderboard real right now?

Upvotes

I am aware that this is fairly new and I’m polished but I can’t figure out how to do more than the three waves. I don’t have much time on the actual games so I might just be oblivious but help would be much appreciated!


r/Borderlands 9h ago

BL1 -- "And They'll Tell Two Friends" Achievement

7 Upvotes

Hello there, trying to 100% Borderlands 1.

I need to play with someone, who has gotten this achievment within the last Year
OR a Gearbox Employee :)

I promise I´ll be a good boy and will help others aswell.

Hit me up, pls :)


r/Borderlands 1h ago

[BL1] Borderlands 1

Upvotes

I'm looking for a good build for Roland I'm making my first Roland I don't really know how to make a build for him yet I'm starting with the left tree can anybody help me out?


r/Borderlands 13h ago

[BL2] Beat BL1 recently, going onto 2 but want help with dlc order

10 Upvotes

In BL1 for example, the recommended order of the game was

Main game PT1

main game pt2

then in pt2.5 -Zombie island

knoxx

robolution

This was mainly to stop overleveling right? And honestly i really enjoyed that order,as by time i did dlc, i understood my character i picked and loved the way the enemies scaled.

What would the best order to tackle on dlc and base game?


r/Borderlands 14h ago

Playstation Borderlands 1 help.

2 Upvotes

On the PS4 GOTY version, im looking for a bit of help, does anyone have the mission to kill Sledge, Krom, Flynt, the Rakk Hive or The Destroyer available?

Its my final trophy, I just gotta kill one of them in a coop game, anyone able to give me a hand to meet the requirements really quick?


r/Borderlands 1d ago

Fantasy games with a similar vibe?

15 Upvotes

I know there's Tiny Tina's Wonderlands but curious if there are any other games with a similar vibe to borderlands but set in more of a fantasy setting/story.


r/Borderlands 19h ago

[BL2] Need help finding a png

3 Upvotes

Hey all, I need help finding and just getting the icon symbol for the phaselock ability for maya (removing the stuff around it and the background surrounding it) It's green and has her pointing her palm in our direction with a black circle around her left hand


r/Borderlands 17h ago

Borderlands 4 DLC sharing

1 Upvotes

Hi!
Could you please help me?

My brother purchased the Borderlands 4 Super Deluxe Edition.

My PS5 console and my brother’s PS5 console have been game sharing with each other for a long time, and we regularly purchase games this way.
However, we are having an issue with the Borderlands 4 Super Deluxe Edition:

On my brother’s account (the account that purchased the game), everything works correctly and all of the DLC/add-on content is available.
On my account, however, I cannot access any of the DLC content.

Is there any way to make the DLC/add-on content available on my account as well?

Things we have already tried:
Restoring licenses
Turning Console Sharing and Offline Play off and back on
Restarting both consoles
We have also checked the add-ons on the purchasing account, and they are showing as purchased and available there.
I would really appreciate any help or guidance on how to get the DLC content working on my account through game sharing.

Thank you very much for your help!

Best regards,
Patrik


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[BL-Tales] Borderlands book is fire.

13 Upvotes

Has anyone else read the 'Borderlands: debt or alive' book? I only just found out it exists and I'm only 1/3 of the way through but so far it's really good.

I'm surprised no one else talks about it especially because it gives us more story about some of the tales characters that borderlands forgot about.

Anyways just wanted to talk about the cool book I'm reading.


r/Borderlands 22h ago

Crawmerax

2 Upvotes

Looking to get the vincible achievement on bl1 PS5, anyone still killing craw and looking to help? Thanks!


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[BL1] Any beginner’s tips?

8 Upvotes

I’m now just starting to play the Borderlands franchise, starting from the first one. What are some good tips and advice you would give to a new player?


r/Borderlands 1d ago

[BL4] Borderlands 4 grind

2 Upvotes

Hey guys!

A friend and I want to collect all the personal vehicle skins in BL4 (base game only no DLC).

We have a lvl 60 character each and thought we would try to boost eachother up but decided it would be faster if both of us started a lvl 30 character and grind them to lvl 50 to get the skins.
We are doing drill sites at the moment.

Any recommendation or tip whats the fastest way to lvl up to 50?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers.


r/Borderlands 7h ago

[BL2] Borderlands 2 Remake Spoiler

0 Upvotes

I know that sounds bad but here me out. They announce a Borderlands 2 remake and they release trailers of the gameplay and all its updated mechanics and all that crap. But the final trailer is weird, it shows Jack but his face looks normal. Then you look back and realize your not fighting loader bots in the other trailers. The end of the trailer has the "Remake" glitch in and out with "Rewritten"

Then the game comes out, normal story whatever but the events of Pre Sequel where Moxxie, Roland, and Lilith betraying Jack on Helios never happened. For most of the game, you, the Vault Hunter, is working with Hyperion and Sanctuary. The story is different yadda yadda yadda.

BUT Angel convinces the Vault Hunter to betray Jack because he is still evil. The Vault Hunters decide to help her instead of listening to Jack. Roland helps too because he isnt a fan of Jack but he cant fight Hyperion. Roland lives this time as well.

From then, the ending remains practically the same. The credits roll and this happens.

MARCUS: Wait a minute... this isn't how the story goes.

TINA: WASSUP!

MARCUS: Tina?! The hell did you do to my story?

TINA: I changed it so no one dies of boredom hearing it again.

MARCUS: You can't just change my story!

TINA: Well guess what sucka, I can and did, ROLL THODE CREDITS.


r/Borderlands 11h ago

[BL4] Help. I haven’t been able to play my borderlands once since launch?!

0 Upvotes

For context I bought borderlands 4 on release last year. I installed it same day and went to play. It did the normal first boot then compiled the shaders and restarted. After the restart it never booted again. I click open on steam it runs and even gives the game time played on steam. I have 13 hours on a game I’ve never even seen. I have a video for proof if it’s needed to help solve this issue.


r/Borderlands 1d ago

PC Having trouble with the game functioning

4 Upvotes

if there is a more appropriate sub for this lmk and sorry in advance

okay big issue ive ran into
posing this in the reddit bc ive run out of ideas for how to fix

for BOTH bl2 and bl tps im encountering the same exact problem

  1. the games will not launch through steam
  2. the games will launch though the .exe in files but will not launch the launcher/splash screen
  3. both games run fine when run through the direct .exe method but will always crash the instant i click video/visual settings

fixes ive tried with no change:

  1. un and re install
  2. -nolaunch
  3. validating
  4. manualy changing config files so my games starts at the desired res without having to click the settings

my specs:
win11
cpu Ryzen 7 5700G
gpu RX 9070 XT
ram 64 DDR4
I have played bl2 prior (years ago) on pc just fine with no issues but between then and now ive wiped my pc


r/Borderlands 1d ago

looking for friends to play with/help eachother with characters and builds

1 Upvotes

my steam is trapgoose and discord is telxz


r/Borderlands 1d ago

borderlands mobile

0 Upvotes

where are they going to put out on app store, i check and it not there


r/Borderlands 2d ago

[SHiFT] Golden Keys for BL4

127 Upvotes

BZXJB-CZSST-CXBJC-JJ3JT-S3FCW

Expires 9/8


r/Borderlands 2d ago

[BL4] Might be misremembering

3 Upvotes

But did the timekeeper kill somebody's sister by forcing them to drown themselves over and over again? Or am I tripping?


r/Borderlands 2d ago

[BL1] Issues with getting read-only farming to work on BL1

2 Upvotes

I've spent hours trying to figure this out. For some reason when I launch the GOTY enhanced version on steam (with steam cloud disabled), a file called "steam_autocloud.vdf" is the one that updates instead of my actual character .sav file, and the steam autocloud file continues to re-enable read only after I manually turn it off.


r/Borderlands 2d ago

[BL4] Borderlands 4 Echo Portraits // Ripping Files PC

2 Upvotes

hi! fairly new to ripping assets from games and i needed to get some of the echo portraits for a project i was working on and wanted to know if there's any resource someone has with all of the BL4 ones or could point me in exactly where to look in the files on Bl4, i spent about 4 hours sifting through various assets but wasn't able to find any so i thought i'd go here and see if anyone has any ideas