This week, Gearbox Studios is beginning small with its Borderlands 4 enhancements by including a photograph mode. However that is simply step one within the new content material roadmap that can take Borderlands 4 by the third quarter of 2026 and past.
Gearbox shared many of the particulars on Borderlands’ official site. Based on the developer, it has taken to coronary heart fan requests for cross-save development, extra endgame content material, and new actions. Gearbox is engaged on these options and the sport’s efficiency and stability points, along with planning a brand new Raid Boss, a Takedown, and extra.
In February, Bounty Pack 2: Legend of the Stone Demon will launch with a brand new mission, new Legendary gear, and a themed Vault Card that includes 24 cosmetics and 4 rerollable items of substances which can be unlocked by gameplay. It is also going to introduce a brand new tier of substances that goes past Legendary: Pearlescent gear. All gamers will have the ability to get Pearlescent gear in Borderlands 4, however among the greatest items will likely be unique to Bounty Pack 2. Observe that not like the primary Bounty Pack, Legend of the Stone Demon is a paid DLC.
Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned will comply with in March, and it’ll function the introduction of the brand new Vault Hunter, C4SH. Ellie will play a giant position within the story that shares her identify as gamers embark on a number of missions which have a “cosmic horror theme with a bloodier, darker tone.”
Past these two updates, the Borderlands 4 content material roadmap would not have any agency home windows for its upcoming releases past the second or third quarter of this yr. However Gearbox did point out that Vault Hunter degree caps will likely be rising for all gamers throughout future updates, and there will likely be extra free occasions added to Kairos, together with a number of seasonal occasions that can solely be energetic for a restricted time.
The following raid boss is tentatively set to reach within the second quarter of this yr, which can embrace a brand new area and “highly effective new rewards” for gamers who defeat them.
Gearbox additionally revealed that it plans to launch main and minor updates all year long to deal with bugs, steadiness points, and any urgent modifications that should be made. Main updates will drop month-to-month, whereas minor updates will arrive weekly.
The at the moment untitled Story Pack 2 will arrive within the late third quarter of this yr alongside a serious replace. However past that, Gearbox hasn’t revealed what’s coming within the fourth quarter of the yr.
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