Borderlands 4 is a really massive and principally nice sport that you simply’ll seemingly spend over 50 hours in in the event you attempt to do all the pieces it has to supply. It additionally is perhaps your first Borderlands in a very long time, or presumably ever. This all may appear actually intimidating. 10 billion weapons! A large open world! What do you have to do? Nicely, I’ve bought your again. Listed here are 12 suggestions that can assist you get began and kick ass in Borderlands 4. And be not afraid, there aren’t any spoilers beneath. Don’t Get Distracted By Facet Quests Till You Get Your Hover Bike Look, I get it. Operating round and doing each little facet quest is enjoyable, however I’d suggest specializing in the primary story till you get your hoverbike. It received’t take greater than two hours and it’s value it. Nicely, until you want strolling in all places in a giant open-world sport. And talking of facet quests and never doing them… Possibly Don’t Do Each Facet Quest Earlier than Ending The Major Story… I’m a map cleaner in open-world video games. I get it. I like to methodically filter out every bit of content material in a giant open world. However possibly don’t try this till you full the primary story. That’s as a result of when you try this, no matter your degree, you unlock “Specializations,” which is a brand new set of passive bonuses and abilities that act as an endgame grind. And also you degree this up with XP. So it is perhaps higher to mainline the story after which flip round and do all of the facet stuff later.
However…Focus On Getting SDU Credit To Make Your Backpack Greater Whereas I counsel not doing each facet quest earlier than the credit roll, I do recommend you look out for Propaganda Towers, Bunkers, and different open-world actions that reward you with SDU credit that can be utilized to improve what number of objects you may maintain directly in your backpack. Belief me, you need to improve this ASAP. You’re going to be grabbing a lot random junk to promote and kind by means of, and working out of house sucks. So prioritize getting that backpack upgraded. Use The Loot As Junk Button New to Borderlands 4 is the power to loot objects as junk. This implies you can immediately promote it and each single merchandise you’ve marked as junk with the press of a button simply by strolling as much as a merchandising machine. It saves numerous time and is without doubt one of the finest options in Borderlands 4. Use it. You’ll thank me later.
©Gearbox / Kotaku Preserve An Eye Open For Elemental Weapons To Assist You Kill Rapidly It’s very simple to focus solely on getting weapons with larger numbers. However maintain up! It’s not all about DPS. You may need to preserve that SMG or shotgun due to its elemental harm kind. You see, enemies in Borderlands 4 all have totally different weaknesses to totally different parts. Enemies with purple well being bars burn quick, baddies with blue well being bars are weak to shock, and aliens or robots with yellow well being bars get melted rapidly with acid. So earlier than you drop that barely weaker SMG for a cool new one, cease and assume. Does the weaker one do acid harm? Is it your solely weapon that does acid harm? You may need to preserve it, then, so you may battle robots with ease.
Don’t Have 4 Of The Similar Sort Of Gun Geared up I like an excellent assault rifle in Borderlands 4. I’m all the time looking out for a brand new Daedalus AR so as to add to my assortment. However I by no means run round with a couple of AR geared up. Why? As a result of if all of your weapons are the identical kind–like all shotguns or no matter–then you definitely’ll burn by means of that ammo kind a lot sooner. Selection is the spice of life, and it additionally means you don’t expend all of your shotgun shells in a matter of minutes. Look Down Your Character’s Talent Tree Earlier than Unlocking Something Easy one, however essential: Earlier than you begin upgrading your character’s abilities, take a second to take a look at what you’ll be capable of unlock afterward. You may see a talent you simply desperately need, otherwise you may notice the actual talent tree you’re analyzing options bonuses and talents you’ll simply by no means use. And positive, the sport allows you to respec all the pieces, however why waste time incomes abilities you don’t like when you may take a second to plan forward and have a a lot better time.
When Enjoying Co-op, Use Your Buddies As Quick Journey Stations Enjoying with your mates is all the time higher, however in Borderlands 4, that’s very true as you may fast-travel to them everytime you need. Difficult platforming part that you simply don’t need to do? Quick journey to your bud! Get misplaced and might’t discover your option to the subsequent a part of the hunt? Quick journey to your buddy. Need to promote a bunch of stuff in the midst of a giant battle? Quick journey to an space with merchandising machines, promote your junk, after which quick journey again to your mates. This characteristic is so helpful and highly effective that it nearly appears like dishonest. Use The Newly Added Repkits! It’s simple to overlook about Borderlands 4‘s newly added Rep Kits, that are small objects that may heal you throughout fights. They’re model new to the franchise and the sport by no means warns you to make use of one when your well being will get low. However use your Rep Kits! They will make a difficult ambush a lot simpler.
©Gearbox / Kotaku If Misplaced, Simply Use Echo 4, aka Hit Up On The D-Pad Keep in mind, you may all the time ask Echo 4, your new robotic companion, to information you to your subsequent quest goal or your customized marker. This may be actually useful when deep in a cave or constructing crammed with a number of rooms and hallways. Simply hit up on the D-pad, and Echo 4 will generate an easy-to-follow holographic line on the planet pointing to your goal location. Seize Contracts Earlier than Heading Out Everytime you return to one of many many hub and city areas in Borderlands 4, take a second to examine the bounty board and seize some bounties. Many of those are very simple to finish and simply need you to kill a number of random enemies. You have been going to do this anyway, so why not get some additional XP and rewards for doing so?
Maintain Onto Gold Keys Till You Stage Up The second you stroll as much as your first gold chest in Borderlands 4, you’ll be tempted to make use of any gold keys you presently have. Don’t do that. I do know, it’s enjoyable to open a giant shiny field and get new weapons, most of which can be fairly good. However in the event you’re beneath degree 40, I’d keep away from utilizing your keys because the loot you get from them at that time can be made nugatory within the not-too-distant future. That degree 7 legendary sniper ain’t going to be value utilizing when, a number of hours later, you’re degree 12 and discover a a lot better one. Save your gold keys for while you’re within the endgame portion of Borderlands 4. And in the event you need assistance getting extra (or any…) gold keys, don’t you are worried, I’ve bought a information only for you that walks you thru the method and even consists of some codes you should utilize to get some fancy rewards.
