At the Gearbox main theater event at PAX West Game Show, 2K and Gearbox Software details the upcoming endgame content and post-release updates.Borderlands 4 will be available on PlayStation®5 (PS5®), Xbox Series X|S platforms on September 12, 2025, and will be available on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.The game will also be available on the Nintendo Switch™ 2 platform on October 3, 2025.
Final content
The end of the main story of "Borderlands 4" is not the end. Players can look forward to a comprehensive long-term experience with the strongest loot on Kelos.Players will further customize the configuration through weekly challenge missions, unlockable "specialization", and return to the Ultimate Secret Hunter Mode.
l Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode was redesigned when it returned.This optional high-difficulty mode after passing the level will challenge the player with five unlockable, increasing difficulty levels.In addition, this mode learns from previous works in the series and no longer requires players to replay the campaign mode to improve the new level**.Instead, players will upgrade their level through a series of carefully planned mission challenges that will test the assembly scheme chosen by the player, the difficulty will gradually increase with the process and eliminate the need to repeatedly brush the same equipment.
l Each level of the Ultimate Secret Hunter Mode contains unique firmware, which is the first equipment set bonus that players will encounter in campaign mode.The more firmware a player obtains, the higher the attribute bonus you get.These powerful firmware bonuses can be transferred once, and the original item will be destroyed after transfer, and the firmware bonus cannot be transferred again.
l The game provides a variety of incentives to keep players searching for the best loot: Weekly Wildcards provide rotational tasks and guarantee rewards for legendary equipment.*In the weekly heavy return boss, Mosey's grand return machine will select a leader every week. Players can use Iridiam ore to purchase their challenge rights to challenge a larger and higher drop rate version.Maurice’s Black Market Machine sends players to search for the Star of Kylos to find its hidden loot, providing each player with a diverse experience of the game.These activities support online matching, encouraging players to team up with friends or find new partners with similar interests.
Update the roadmap after release
Players can expect a series of rich free content and paid DLCs to be launched after Borderlands 4 release so that they can continue their adventures on Kelos.Paid DLC includes two main types: Story Pack and Bounty Pack.
The first of the two announced story packs will usher in the return of the indestructible and popular character Ellie, named Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned.The story pack features a cosmic horror theme with a bloodier, darker tone, and includes a brand new area on Kylos for exploration, multiple fascinating main and side missions, new legendary gear, and an introduction to the first playable secret hunter to be added after release.In addition, the content package also brings 4 new secret hunter skins, 2 new vehicle skins, 3 ECHO-4 drone skins and accessories, and 1 ECHO-4 frame.
l With the launch of the first Bounty Pack, players will experience narrative missions that expand the Borderlands universe.These missions will begin with the cheerful and talkative "outgoing" leader Rush, revealing in-depth more stories about new characters players encounter on Kelos.Each bounty pack contains a new main mission, a new boss, a new legendary equipment, a player skin, an ECHO-4 drone skin, a new vehicle and a Vault Card, allowing players to unlock 24 decorations and 4 pieces of rerollable equipment.
Additionally, as free content available to all players, the seasonal mini event will be launched in October with Horrors of Kairos, offering new legendary weapons, new decorations and new weather variants.Also available to all players as free content after release is also the return of Invincible Bosses, which will test players' skills and equipment in a high-level new boss arena that incorporates a new mobile mechanism.Players who defeat the Invincible BOSS will receive powerful new legendary equipment as an attractive reward.In addition, when each Invincible BOSS is online, a new Ultimate Secret Hunter Mode level will be released simultaneously.
Please check out the full replay of the Gearbox main theater event at PAX West https://www.twitch.tv/gearboxofficial for more details on the long-term and post-release content of "Borderlands 4" and the development team's insights.**Story Pack is a paid DLC, included in the Vault Hunter Pack and the Super Deluxe Edition of Borderlands 4.They are also available for purchase separately (need to base games).The specific release time of each story pack will be announced in the future and may change.Terms and Conditions apply.
***Bounty Pack Bundle is a paid DLC, included in the Bounty Pack Bundle as well as the Deluxe and Super Deluxe Editions.They are also available for purchase separately (need to base games).The specific release time of each bounty bag will be announced in the future and may change.Terms and Conditions apply.
