Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox has launched the first significant replace for the looter shooter that it stated improves stability and “smooths out” development — but there are not any stability adjustments but.
“This replace improves stability on PC, smooths out development, and updates the Gilded Glory Pack loot and rewards for a extra seamless expertise,” Gearbox stated in a post on the 2K Borderlands website alongside the patch notes, under. “Please restart your recreation to make sure that the replace goes by means of and to stop connection errors in matchmaking.”
In the meantime, Gearbox stated Borderlands 4 will see weekly minor updates. These contain adjustments to which Weekly Huge Encore Boss and Wildcard Mission is reside. Maurice’s Black Market Merchandising Machine can be on the transfer. The Weekly Huge Encore Boss is a more durable variant of an present boss with an much more rewarding loot pool. Weekly Wildcard Missions add difficult new traits to an present mission. These missions function a assured Legendary drop you can repeatedly earn to get your ideally suited roll.
And right here’s the official blurb on Maurice’s Black Market Merchandising Machine:
Go seeking the place the Black Market Merchandising Machine has moved to and uncover what’s accessible in your recreation each week. Keep in mind, whereas the location is the identical, your merchandising machine gadgets are totally different from different gamers, so ask round to see if somebody has the merchandise you’re in search of!
Borderlands 4 is at present on a blended Steam evaluate score, with most of the detrimental feedback revolving round PC efficiency. The tech consultants at Digital Foundry have stated their initial analysis of Borderlands 4 on PC exhibits important stutter issues, and have suggested in opposition to operating the recreation on its ‘Badass’ graphics setting, which suggests there are certainly issues with the Unreal Engine 5 title. From the look of the patch notes, the focus right here is on crashes, reasonably than efficiency points. Gearbox not too long ago stated PC efficiency issues had been its “prime precedence,” so hopefully extra to come on that entrance quickly.
In the meantime, Gearbox has posted a Borderlands 4 Nvidia Optimization information on (*4*), advising gamers how to optimize their graphics settings for “higher efficiency and framerates” on PC with the Nvidia app, though customers report blended outcomes.
Gearbox has additionally issued a bit of recommendation to PC players that to me reads like an effort to stop gamers from making knee-jerk reactions to the recreation’s efficiency as quickly as they’ve modified their settings: “Please word that any time you alter any of your graphics settings, your shaders will want to recompile. Please preserve taking part in for no less than quarter-hour to see how your PC’s efficiency has modified.”
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Whereas this patch mentions the PC model, there’s no phrase on enhancements to the efficiency of Borderlands 4 on console. Console gamers have reported efficiency getting worse the longer they play, suggesting Borderlands 4 suffers from a reminiscence leak subject. Gearbox improvement chief Randy Pitchford has stated Gearbox is trying into this one on PS5 Professional particularly, but it doesn’t seem like a repair is in place simply but.
And there are not any stability adjustments but, which suggests these overpowered builds of yours are protected… for now.
Borderlands 4 September 18, 2025 replace patch notes:
(*18*)Stability
- Addressed crashes tied to animation states, audio, and collision checks
- Addressed numerous GPU-related crashes
(*18*)Gameplay & Progression
- Resolved a problem the place the Reward Heart might cease working after claiming the Gilded Glory Pack rewards
- Addressed a development blocker in the mission “Discuss to Zadra,” the place the goal might fail if gamers exited and relaunched mid-dialogue
- Corrected “Doesn’t personal DLC” warnings incorrectly exhibiting up on non-DLC gear
- This shall be fastened on consoles in the coming days.
(*18*)Loot & Gadgets
- Up to date loot swimming pools so Gilded Glory Pack weapons not seem in normal chests
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