Like most open-world video games, Borderlands 4 could have its fair proportion of collectibles to search out. The catch right here is that you’re going to want to actually work to get your arms on collectible bobblehead replicas of everybody’s refund-adverse arms vendor, Marcus, as these shall be hidden away in hard-to-reach areas.
As detailed by Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford, the concept for these collectibles got here from the studio eager to push the sport’s enhanced move-set to its very limits. Borderlands 4 has a number of new traversal options–including gliding, double-jumping, and utilizing a grapple-hook to maneuver round areas–and Gearbox wished to reward gamers with a memento for reaching distant spots on the map.
“Graeme Timmons–Borderlands 4’s inventive director–got with a few of our designers and different artists and engineers and determined that we would have liked one thing for gamers to seek out after they made their strategy to these distant or uninhabited areas,” Pitchford tweeted. “We wished one thing of an icon. The identical form of factor in every spot, so gamers would know they discovered it. The merchandise needed to be easy, recognizable, have a sense of being one thing one may collect–and ideally–having actual connections to our universe.”
This led to the Marcus bobblehead being chosen, and there is even an in-universe purpose for these being on the isolationist planet of Kairos. As Pitchford famous, there are “properly over 200” of those bobbleheads to gather, and he expects that almost all gamers won’t ever see any of them. “A really, very small variety of folks will discover Kairos so fully that they could uncover all of them. Every has a narrative,” Pitchford added, whereas additionally throwing down a gauntlet to gamers with the inclusion of a map displaying off the places of those collectibles.
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All in all, there are properly over 200 Marcus Bobbleheads hidden round Kairos. I count on most gamers won’t ever see any of them. Some might discover just a few. A really, very small variety of folks will discover Kairos so fully that they could uncover all of them. Every has a narrative. 12/12 pic.twitter.com/OZBVD40CF2
— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) July 13, 2025
As its September 12 launch date attracts nearer, Gearbox has steadily been ramping up demonstrations of Borderlands 4. A current trailer put the brand new Siren Vex within the highlight, displaying off her spooky skills in motion. The sport additionally seems to be set to introduce a number of enhancements to the looter-shooter’s gameplay, together with a really welcome quantity slider for Claptrap.