Gearbox is lining up a big June 25 update for Borderlands 4, with Version 1.8 bringing paid DLC Bounty Pack 3: A Zane to Kill For and the free endgame activity Takedown at Hadron Abyss. Cross-Platform Saves will also arrive with the same update.
The studio walked through the plan in a new Gearbox DevCast episode with Andrew Reiner, April Johnson, Senior Project Producer Mario Rodriguez, and Lead Level Artist Caleb Kennedy. It also mapped out the next stretch of content, including Bounty Pack 4 on July 30 and Story Pack 2 in early September.
Gearbox had already sketched out part of that roadmap in an earlier Borderlands 4 roadmap, and the June 18 DevCast filled in the summer stretch.
Bounty Pack 3 will split into two purchases on Steam. The story side, which follows Zane after his Digi-Clone backup is murdered, will cost $5.99 USD, and Vault Card 3 will also sell for $5.99 USD with its cosmetics and rerollable gear. Gearbox said regional pricing will appear on local storefronts when the content goes live.
That mission sends players into Private Dick, a neon-noir arcade world built around Zane’s memories, where they will chase a new boss, two mini-bosses, and Glitched enemies that swap places during fights. The reward pool includes a Pearlescent weapon, six Legendary items, a Vault Hunter Skin, a Vehicle, and an ECHO-4 Drone Skin.
Takedown at Hadron Abyss will arrive free for all players on June 25. Gearbox described it as an extreme endgame challenge set inside a submerged research station, with the run ending against the Child of Terramorphous. The mode will also bring a new Mayhem challenge system, Hardcore mode, dedicated boss drops, and a rule that stops quick farming on the midboss or final boss through Moxxi’s Big Encore Machine.
Cross-Platform Saves will arrive with Version 1.8, letting players upload saves through SHiFT and continue on another platform where they own Borderlands 4. Golden Keys and other SHiFT rewards will stay on the platform where they were redeemed, and Gearbox pointed players to its official Cross-Platform Saves support page for the full rundown.
Looking past June, Bounty Pack 4: Murders & Acquisitions will arrive on July 30 with Version 1.9. Story Pack 2 follows in early September with Loveless the Hacker, and that same update will also bring Bounty Pack 5. Gearbox said Story Pack 2’s individual pricing will split the new Vault Hunter and her cosmetics at $9.99 USD, while the narrative content, map zone, and missions will cost $19.99 USD. The studio also said it is looking at a similar split-buy option for older paid DLC, including C4SH the Rogue and his cosmetics through the character’s official page.
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