Gearbox has released the large Borderlands 4 Day 30 patch, which makes a fig of cardinal equilibrium changes to the game.
This update, released October 23, includes wide stableness improvements, multiplayer fixes, UI polish, and a suite of quality-of-life upgrades crossed visuals, audio, and accessibility. It besides addresses assorted reported issues for Vault Hunters including large equilibrium tuning, loot systems, gear, and achievements — further refining late-game, ngo flow, and wide subordinate experience.
Borderlands 4 players had been bracing themselves for this patch, arsenic it yet takes purpose astatine what Gearbox called "unintended interactions." Chief among these were builds that revolved astir what was dubbed the 'crit knife,' which caused truthful overmuch harm players were capable to one-shot bosses adjacent connected Borderlands 4's toughest difficulties.
“We volition show the assemblage intimately for feedback and respond aft the changes person settled,” Gearbox said. “This measured attack to your input volition supply a accordant and amended experience. As a reminder, our superior extremity with equilibrium adjustments is to supply you the top fig of viable builds.”
The update launches alongside the escaped Horrors of Kairos Seasonal Mini-Event. From today, October 23 to November 6, players volition acquisition “a terror-inducing humor rainfall during each satellite brag encounters, with the added accidental to loot the all-new legendary ‘Murmur’ Tediore Assault Rifle and ‘Skully’ Order Grenade.
The spot notes, courtesy of the Borderlands website, are below:
Borderlands 4 Day 30 October 23 update spot notes:
Horrors of Kairos!
- Added enactment for the Horrors of Kairos! This escaped mini-event volition beryllium unrecorded from October 23 to November 6.
- Added the "Murmur" Legendary Tediore Assault Rifle and "Skully" Legendary Order Grenade to the rewards for satellite bosses crossed Kairos! These peculiar drops volition lone beryllium disposable during Horrors of Kairos, and delivered to the Reward Center. These bash not alteration the rates connected immoderate different cogwheel for that boss.
Read the authoritative announcement nonfiction for Horrors of Kairos for much accusation connected the lawsuit and a spooky SHiFT codification to sprout fearfulness into your enemies!
Progression, Loot, & Rewards
- Reduced Specialization Respec Machine outgo from 5000 Eridium to 1500
- Added drops to a definite brag combat that was not dropping loot
- [PC] Ultimate Vault Hunter Level 5 Rank Up ngo present correctly increases fertile connected Steam
- Granted missing cosmetic rewards for players who completed Kairos Speaks with 155 Echo Logs anterior to a erstwhile update
- Improved instrumentality handling erstwhile opening Rewards portion driving
- Lost Loot Machine logic updated to amended prioritize higher-quality loot successful overflow situations
- Lost Loot Machine SDU upgrades present decently grow slots successful multiplayer sessions
- Addressed a reported contented with the Lost Loot Machine that could origin duplications successful multiplayer
- Loot enemies present driblet much cash
- Golden Chests tin present consistently beryllium opened aft joining a league and redeeming SHiFT keys
- Reward Center behaviour adjusted aft claiming the Gilded Glory Pack, to forestall it from losing function
- Break Free reward bundle redemption standardized, volition present correctly use account-wide arsenic intended
- Adjusted unlock conditions truthful Rift Incompatible accomplishment present correctly completes for each players successful multiplayer
- Cut That Out accomplishment present unlocks erstwhile viewing the committee from a further distance.
- Level-based progression updated truthful Crimson Rising accomplishment unlocks astatine quality level 10 arsenic designed
- Timing adjustments made truthful Catch a Ride! accomplishment unlocks lone astatine the intended progression constituent
- Challenge tracking updated truthful Jakobs Throwing Knives nary longer number arsenic weapon kills
- Ensured that Bobblehead collectibles successful Pester’s Grotto and Motherbird Node were accessible.
- Discovered locations present enactment discovered erstwhile returning to single-player aft multiplayer
- Various Fast Travel stations person been adjusted to unlock erstwhile they’re intended to, including concerns seen successful Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode
- Vault Key animations present play correctly during ECHO-4 sequences
- ECHO Log pickup successful Unpaid Tab present counts properly
- Amara’s Escort to Core nonsubjective present consistently advances erstwhile replayed
- Improved assorted instances of ngo waypoints not showing up accurately
Gameplay & Missions
- Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine is capable to beryllium interacted with reliably successful multiplayer
- Legendary Vending Machine nary longer closes unexpectedly during Vend of the Line
- Made wide improvements to forestall enemies from getting stuck erstwhile spawning, and addressed assorted reported spawn constituent issues
- Addressed bounties Beatloaf, Grip, and Shagriculture not reliably spawning
- Addressed reported instances of Terminus Range Vault enemies getting stuck connected ledges during encounters
- Addressed a reported contented successful co-op during the Splashzone brag fight, starring to much accordant behavior
- The Howl Capture Station nary longer reactivates aft safehouse seizure
- One Fell Swoop has been updated to forestall players from being near floating successful the air. Bio-Bulkhead present shows the close elemental icon and question has been smoothed to destruct jitter aft definite attacks
- Warden Scathe nary longer clips done arena walls successful his brag fight
- Improved Echo Location guidance crossed respective missions
- Patched collision gaps, holes, clipping, and invisible walls
- Corrected Order driblet pod events to consistently scope that crushed and nary longer look stuck successful the air
- NPCs should nary longer origin players oregon vehicles to get stuck erstwhile the subordinate runs them over
- Pangolin enemies tin present beryllium damaged by grenades portion successful shot mode
- Chain Master trait present tethers to each allies successful scope erstwhile aggregate enemies person the ability
- Mangler enemies nary longer desync their presumption erstwhile dodging successful multiplayer
Vault Hunter Changes
Harlowe the Gravitar
- Addressed immoderate Gravitar builds that reportedly caused show slowdowns; they should nary longer forestall UI elements from updating oregon Fight For Your Life sequences from completing
- Gravitar passive and Augment bonuses to Gun Damage present correctly use to Ripper Heavy Weapon barrels and the Ripper Legendary Heavy Weapon Steamer; Entanglement interactions besides relation arsenic designed
- Gravitar people mods person been adjusted to nary longer rotation +5 Pencils Down and propulsion passives past their intended cap
Creative Bursts
Balance Adjustments:
- Neutron Capture present converts all Gun Damage into radiation, and present lone applies to Gun Shots, and not each instances of Gun Damage.
- Dev Note: Neutron Capture is 1 of the champion harm scalars successful the full game, but during testing, we recovered that this was erroneously applying to each instances of Gun Damage and was capable to standard successful unanticipated ways arsenic a result. This caller alteration volition inactive spot Neutron Capture being 1 of the champion (if not the best) harm scalars successful the game, but the powerfulness level volition beryllium overmuch much successful enactment with our expectations. Additionally, since each harm from the Gun is converted into Radiation, it should person much scaling vectors for clever physique crafters, and let for meaningful boosts from Gun Damage.
Cosmic Brilliance - Passive
- Flux Generator + Annihilation enactment updated truthful spawned grenades present standard correctly with quality level
Amon the Forgeknight
- Shield visuals adjusted for improved clarity successful combat situations
Trait - Forgeskill
- Adjusted enactment with Forge Master people mod truthful Forgeskill present respects its cooldown successful multiplayer
Onslaughter - Calamity
- Camera behaviour stabilized erstwhile combining Onslaughter with Order Legendary Pistol Noisy Cricket
- Attack frequence of Rocket Punch is present accordant successful multiplayer
Balance Adjustments
- Seeing Red Duration restored nary longer increases per constituent invested, and is present 4 seconds for each ranks.
- Dev Note: Seeing Red was ever meant to person immense harm scaling potential, but was ever meant to beryllium hard to maintain. We didn't privation to nerf this passive's power, but we're making the effect harder to maintain.
Scourge - Vengeance
- Scorched Kairos passive present displays accordant mag size values for the Ordnance gadget
- The Forgewave nary longer fires unintentionally during Glacial Rapture
- Projectiles nary longer get stuck successful the aerial erstwhile Forgemaster Firewall is progressive during the Fortress Indomita brag fight
- Blackout Shock Damage present decently scales with points invested
- Blackout is present 15% per point, down from 21% per point
- Dev Note: After fixing the scaling of the DoT (damage implicit time), we recovered that Blackout was overperforming a bit, truthful we gave it a flimsy re-adjustment. This volition inactive beryllium an wide buff, present that the DoT decently scales.
Crucible - Cybernetics
- Visuals corrected truthful Forgeknight Forgeaxe nary longer disappears erstwhile activating Crucible astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic throwing with Double-Edge
- Corrected animation of Crucible portion climbing
- Raging Inferno Incendiary Damage present decently scales with points invested
Vex the Siren
- Challenge “Me, Myself, Myself, and I.” present tracks correctly successful multiplayer, autarkic of clone duration connected different players
Dead Ringer - The Fourth Seal
- Specter’s copied limb present displays due ocular effects erstwhile firing with a Maliwan Element Switcher
Incarnate - Vexcalation
- Bleed from Bloodletter has been updated truthful it nary longer recursively triggers itself, preventing unintended harm loops
Phase Phamiliar - Here Comes Trouble
Balance Adjustments
- Double Trouble Illusion Damage Multiplier is present 75%, up from 50%
- Double Trouble Illusion's Duration is present 8 seconds, up from 5 seconds
- Apex Beast Damage Dealt summation accrued to 15% from 10% per stack of Unsealed
Rafa the Exo-Soldier
- Free Grenade from Filantropo people mod present deals due harm adjacent erstwhile nary grenade is equipped
People Person accomplishment tree
Action Skills - APOPHIS Lance
- APOPHIS Lance changed to penalize Gun Accuracy alternatively of Gun Handling, resulting successful projectile velocity being unaffected.
- APOPHIS Lance present benefits from cooldown simplification effects
Gear
- Skills that boost Gun Handling present decently summation Projectile Speed
- Addressed reports that swapping weapons with the Free Loader Enhancement connected an Order limb with a Ripper mag would origin each weapons to not devour the close magnitude of ammo
- Health restoration from Legendary Repkit Adrenaline Pump present works correctly erstwhile combined with Legendary Shield Guardian Angel
- Reduced captious accidental connected Jakobs crit weapon to 30%
- Dev Note: It had to happen, you knew it was going to happen!
- Jakobs Legendary Pistol San Saba Songbird nary longer stacks infinitely erstwhile swapping weapons
- Using a Jakobs Shotgun with Torgue sticky projectiles and the Knife Launcher underbarrel nary longer deals weapon harm aft switching occurrence modes
- Jakobs limb parts updated truthful ricochet effects lone trigger from intended harm sources
- Ripper Legendary Shotgun Golden God overheating effect present clears correctly erstwhile switching weapons
- Corrected behaviour connected Maliwan Legendary SMG Ohm I Got truthful the archetypal 3 shots nary longer devour ammo without dealing harm during continuous fire
- Maliwan Legendary Heavy Gun Gamma Void corrected to use due accrued Radiation harm to enemies wrong the Singularity
- Weapons with COV magazines present relation correctly if a repair animation is interrupted with a Repkit successful multiplayer
- Daedalus Legendary SMG Frangible removed from thorax loot tables
- Daedalus Legendary AR First Impression reduced the captious harm multiplier
- Recoil behaviour improved portion charging and firing Order ARs and Torgue Heavy with Triple Barrel parts with Gun Handling passives
- Vladof Flamethrower underbarrel nary longer deals infinite harm oregon bypasses Bio Armor
- Torgue Grenades with Spring and Apex Augments present ever detonate connected its archetypal apex
- Grenades with Spring Augment and Divider Payload present person the intended 3 further bounces erstwhile paired
- Gadgets nary longer reset to maximum uses aft gaining Second Wind
- Healing Orbs spawned from Legendary Repkit Kill Spring tin nary longer heal enemies
- Order Legendary Shield Cindershelly combat dependable lines present trigger astatine the intended frequency, little often to beryllium little distracting
- Tediore underbarrel names present lucifer correctly crossed point cards and ammo widgets
- Maliwan Lingering Payload and Splat Pack Augment projectiles nary longer persist erstwhile thrown astatine vending machines
Gear Balance: Assault Rifles:
- Star Helix occurrence complaint accrued by 33%
- Bonnie and Clyde basal harm accrued by 40%; Pair of Thieves: Bonus harm granted accrued to 150% from 100%
- Bugbear basal harm accrued by 40%; Rotary Gun: Max Damage accrued to 200% from 100%
- Rowan's Charge basal occurrence complaint accrued by 100%
- Rowan's Charge recoil reduced slightly
- Lucian's Flank basal harm accrued by 50%
- Lucian's Flank recoil reduced slightly
- Aegon's Dream basal harm accrued by 35%
Heavy Weapon Ordnance:
- Gamma Void basal harm accrued by 450%; Singularity Duration decreased to 6s from 10s, Radiation harm amp accrued to 50% from 40%, Gamma Void Cooldown accrued by 100%
- Ravenfire basal harm accrued by 25%
Class Mods: Dev Notes: Class Mods relating to Melee Damage, Action Skill Damage, and circumstantial one-off stats connected Legendaries person been buffed to marque them much desirable.
All Class Mods:
- Melee Damage Action Skill Damage connected level 50 people mods has accrued to 60%
- Skill Damage connected level 50 people mods has accrued to 45%
Siren Class Mods:
- Avatar's Attunement Skill Duration connected level 50 people mods has accrued to 45%
- Kindread Spirits' Command Skill Cooldown complaint connected level 50 people mods has accrued to 45%
Forgeknight Class Mods:
- Blacksmith's Forgedrone Duration connected level 50 people mods has accrued to 45%
- Blacksmith's Legendary Effect present besides increases each Forgedrone Damage by 20% per progressive Forgedrone
- Viking's Detonation Damage connected level 50 people mods has accrued to 60%
- Forge Master's Forgeskill Damage connected level 50 people mods has accrued to 60%
- Elementalist's Legendary Effect present besides increases each Damage Dealt by Amon by 2% per progressive Affinity Stack
Gravitar Class Mods:
- Bio-Robot's Hazard Damage connected level 50 people mods has accrued to 60%
- Skeptic's Stasis Damage connected level 50 people mods has accrued to 60%
Other Gear:
Dev Notes: Gear effects that are related to Melee and Action Skill Damage person accrued effectiveness. We privation these builds to beryllium pushed up a bit, but wanted to administer the powerfulness among the assorted pieces of cogwheel to marque them much desirable.
Rep Kits:
- Hard Hitter present grants 50% Melee Damage Dealt, up from 40%
Firm Ware:
- Reel Big Fist present grants 25% Melee Damage astatine fertile 1 and 2, up from 15%/25%
- Action Fist present grants 25% Melee Damage astatine fertile 1, up from 15%
- Action Fist present grants 30% Action Skill Damage astatine fertile 2, up from 30%
- Action Fist present grants 30% Action Skill Damage connected Melee Kill, up from 25%
Shields:
- Boxer Armor Shields present assistance 20%/30%/50% Melee Damage depending connected parts rolled, up from 15%/25%/40%
- Berserker Energy Shields present assistance 20%/30%/50% Melee Damage depending connected parts rolled, up from 20%/27.5%/35%
Specializations
Groundbreaker:
- Groundbreaker present lone stores Gun, Action Skill, and Ordnance damage.
- Dev Note: Groundbreaker was causing recursive loops that could pb to infinite harm by storing “Bonus Damage” crossed the board. We inactive privation this accomplishment to beryllium effective, but it should not beryllium capable to standard infinitely. We’ll beryllium monitoring Melee builds aft this alteration to marque definite they are gathering expectations, and volition further set if necessary. This yet had to beryllium fixed truthful we tin found a baseline earlier we analyse further buffs/changes.
UI & UX & Text
- Sorting settings successful menus present persist erstwhile switching tabs oregon leaving the menu
- “Toggle Junk” behaviour has been corrected to people the desired point successful Bank menus and Backpack
- Weapon instrumentality nary longer sticks erstwhile opened adjacent Guns vending machines
- Combat Radar present features a dedicated Legendary Loot Indicator, making high-value drops easier to spot successful the vigor of combat
- Press/Hold input present cancels correctly without triggering unintended actions
- “Apply Settings” punctual lone appears erstwhile changes are made
- [PS5 and Xbox] Splitscreen updates, including fig substance scaling, Equipment/Backpack improvements, scrollbar behaviors, Party database layout, and “Flip Card” functionality
- Restored Fullscreen solution controls and switching behavior
- Weekly Activities present populate aft run completion
- Maurice's Black Market Vending Machine timer updates to amusement close cooldown
- Firmware 3-Piece bonuses (Ahoy, Oscar Mike, Daed-dy O’) present amusement cooldown icons; Deadeye Tier-3 stacks present look successful the passive bar
- Boss Bar spacing corrected erstwhile Combat Radar is active
- Transfer Machine naming has been standardized crossed the crippled
- Travel notification present displays the initiating player’s name
- ECHO Location way remains readable implicit time; made improvements to pathfinding
- Updated assorted UI visuals and icons for alignment, consistency, and clarity
- Updated localization and assorted substance descriptions crossed the game
- Standardized/updated terminology crossed gear, menus, customization, and manufacturers
Visuals
- Updated assorted quality and NPC animations
- Corrected assorted reported instances of VFX not rendering correctly
- Grapple Vault points present amusement due models alternatively of placeholders
- Reduced reported instances of ocular pops astatine cinematic starts
Audio
- Audio and VO present stay progressive erstwhile returning to menus aft level traveling successful multiplayer
- Adjusted audio premix for improved equilibrium crossed gameplay and VO
- SFX measurement slider present correctly applies to precocious HDR-value sounds
- Addressed respective reported instances of VO not playing arsenic intended crossed aggregate missions and scenarios
- Vault Hunter conflict voiceover frequence has been tuned truthful lines repetition little often
- Missing symptom absorption audio restored for respective named NPCs
- Improved assorted subtitle timing and text
- Background euphony present continues arsenic expected during the Idolator Sol brag fight
- Unique audio cue restored for Phosphene (shiny) cogwheel spawns
Settings & Accessibility
- Personal Cross-play settings tin present beryllium adjusted instantly aft switching Party Privacy from Local Only to Public successful Session Settings
- Air Dash is present afloat usable connected controller erstwhile Toggle Crouch is acceptable to Off nether Accessibility → Gameplay
- Individual graphics options present reset decently aft making changes and past selecting Run Auto-Detect successful Options
- [PS5 and Xbox] Field of View resets consistently to Default connected consoles without showing mismatched values
Player Experience
- Improvements to stability
- We are continuing to analyse and volition marque further improvements to stableness and performance.
- Addressed aggregate reported issues crossed multiplayer, missions, menus, and motor systems.
- Improved matchmaking and league stability.
- Addressed show successful multiplayer erstwhile determination were ample numbers of homing projectiles
- Refined graphics settings and shader handling
- Improvements made to spot reliability and automation processes
- Ocean could occasionally neglect to load
Miscellaneous
- [Epic] Rich Presence present displays correctly successful non-English languages connected Epic
- [PS5] Friend database present loads decently aft logging retired and backmost successful during spot checks connected the rubric screen
- Joystick input present behaves consistently erstwhile lowering deadzones
- [PS5 and Xbox] SHiFT relationship linking verification codes present auto-copy and use correctly connected console
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