Borderlands 4 June 25 major update patch notes

Borderlands 4’s June 25 update is a major one, with some of the highlights of the update being cross-platform saves, King’s Gambit Pistol – Holy Hell projectile flying 30% slower and lasting 1.5 seconds longer, etc.

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Patch Details

Release date: June 25, 2026
Platforms: PC, PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X | S
Patch size: 5.1 GB

Today’s patch also aligns with the release of the game’s first Takedown, officially titled “Takedown at Hadron Abyss,” a free end-game content update with new boss, gear, cosmetics, and other such things.

In addition to all that, today’s update also includes paid Bounty Pack 3: A Zane to Kill For, which again adds new bosses, loot, cosmetics, a Vault Card, and other things.

Apart from the major additions and changes, we also have the usual weekly resets to Maurice’s Vending Machine’s location, the Big Encore boss, and the weekly Wildcard Mission.

So with that said, here’s a look at today’s update patch notes.

New Free Content

Bounty Pack 3: A Zane to Kill For

Zane Flynt is dead.

Wait, scratch that: it’s his Digi-Clone that’s been murdered, sent to that big trash folder in the sky. Now, the actual Zane wants you to nab the scumbag who deleted his Digistructed twin. You’ll need to do some detective work in the virtual realm, warping into a pair of classic arcade machines to hunt down the culprit.

Once you’ve unlocked access to the bar, you can find the mission-starting token on any Bounty Board in a major hub area, which will be marked on your ECHO map as a new mission.

New loot unique to this new bounty pack includes:

1 New Pearlescent weapon
- Raiden (Daedalus SMG)
6 New Pieces of Legendary Gear
- Artillery Sphere (Ripper Grenade Ordnance)
- Brickhouse (Vladof SMG)
- Cooper Duper (Maliwan Heavy Weapon Ordnance)
- Discy Business (Maliwan Shotgun)
- Hard Dark (Daedalus Assault Rifle)
- Hugger (Ripper Repkit)
1 New Vehicle

How to start Bounty Pack 3: A Zane to Kill For

Bounty Pack 3 arrives in two distinct parts that you can purchase individually: the new narrative content and gear of A Zane to Kill For, and the new cosmetics and gear of Vault Card 3.

If you own Borderlands 4 Deluxe Edition, Super Deluxe Edition, or the Bounty Pack Bundle, you already own both parts of Bounty Pack 3 (A Zane to Kill For and Vault Card 3).

If you own either part of Bounty Pack 3 on PlayStation 5, XBOX Series X|S, or PC via Epic, you’ll need to navigate to both of the storefront listings for these separate parts on your platform’s storefront to redeem/download the new content.

You can also attempt to start the A Zane to Kill For mission (details below), which will open a direct link to redeem/download your owned Bounty Pack 3 content on your platform. If you own either part of Bounty Pack 3 on PC via Steam, this new content will be redeemed and downloaded automatically.

Once you own the Bounty Pack 3: A Zane to Kill For narrative content, you can start the mission by interacting with the arcade token on a Bounty Board. You’ll need to finish the “Wrath of the Ripper Queen” main mission so you can visit Moxxi’s Bottoms Up! bar in Carcadia Burn. Once you’ve unlocked access to the bar, you can find the mission-starting token on any Bounty Board in a major hub area, which will be marked on your ECHO map as a new mission.

Vault Card 3: Arcade Invaders

Bounty Pack 3: Vault Card 3 lets you earn new arcade-themed rewards through gameplay, with 24 cosmetic items and four pieces of rerollable gear to unlock! Here’s the full rundown of the new Vault Card’s unlocks:

4 rerollable pieces of Legendary gear
- Over Swarm (Ripper Shield)
- Rhythm (Order Pistol)
- LightGun (Vladof Sniper Rifle)
- Cormano (Torgue Shotgun)
4 Vault Hunter Heads usable by all Vault Hunters
4 Vault Hunter Skins usable by all Vault Hunters
5 Weapon Skins
5 Vehicle Skins
4 ECHO-4 Drone Skins
2 ECHO-4 Attachments

Takedown at Hadron Abyss

Takedown at Hadron Abyss is here and is free for all Borderlands 4 players! This is the ultimate endgame challenge as you fight your way through an underwater research station filled with mutated horrors and aquatic apex predators. For the raid’s final showdown, you’ll have to go toe-to-fin with the Child of Terramorphous.

Players must beat the main campaign before they can embark on this Takedown and try to defeat the Child of Terramorphous. You can start the Takedown at Hadron Abyss mission via any Raid Board found in Kairos’ major hub areas.

New loot unique to this Takedown includes:

1 New Pearlescent weapon
- Shark Bait (Tediore Shotgun)
9 New Pieces of Legendary gear
- Ishmael (Order Sniper Rifle)
- Shoals (Jakobs Pistol)
- Marshall’s Claw (Maliwan Sniper Rifle)
- Swan Song (Daedalus Shotgun)
- Fishward (Jakobs Assault Rifle)
- Little Sister (Tediore Shield)
- Vitae (Jakobs Repkit)
- Ordinance (Tediore Grenade Ordnance)
- Draupner (Order Heavy Weapon Ordnance)
1 New Piece of Firmware: Bruiser
- Killing an enemy grants +10% damage dealt for 30 seconds. Multiple stacks can overlap. Max 5 stacks.
5 New Class Mods:
- Each Vault Hunter has a unique Class Mod in the Takedown at Hadron Abyss loot table. When the sixth Vault Hunter, Loveless the Hacker, joins Borderlands 4 alongside Story Pack 2*** in early September, a Class Mod unique to Loveless will also be added to this same pool of possible Takedown drops.

Circle of Slaughter

Circle of Slaughter mode is back, and it’s free for all Borderlands 4 players! See how long you can survive against waves of increasingly deadly enemies in this mayhem-fueled gauntlet.

How to Play: You can unlock this mode after finishing the “Wrath of the Ripper Queen” main story mission.
Where to Find It: Head to the corner of Moxxi’s Bottoms Up! bar to find Zane’s arcade cabinets. Interact with the Silent Crisis: Time Scope 5 machine to teleport directly into the virtual arena.

For more Circle of Slaughter info, check out our launch article!

Cross-Platform Saves

Cross-Platform Saves are now live! This feature lets you upload your saves from one platform via SHiFT to continue playing on another platform where you own Borderlands 4. Please note that SHiFT code rewards like Golden Keys will not transfer platforms as part of Cross-Platform Saves, but will still be available on the platform you redeemed them for.

Check out the dedicated Cross-Platform Saves Support page for full details.

Change Notes

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Subjugator and Thol the Invincible

Subjugator the Invincible’s health has been reduced by ~7%
Subjugator the Invincible’s healing behavior has been removed from elemental transfusion shifts
Reduced Shield Striker’s health and Shield health by 20% each to give better Second Wind opportunities during phases in which these are the only normal enemies

Gameplay / Systems

Bounty Pack 2 completion rewards only show once
New characters receive their “Guns Blazing” mission rewards right away and earn steady progress toward Character Level Challenges
Pearlescent gear sells for a higher price
Firing at the fuses reliably opens the factory during Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned
Your critical hits to Subjugator’s Superego and Subjugator the Invincible will do critical damage, and Subjugator the Invincible will appear when he’s supposed to
Shields from Sentinels will no longer block you from Thol’s melee attacks, and Thol will target more effectively when jumping close to walls
Primordial Guardian Radix consistently unleashes his whole suite of attacks in the fight
A Kraggon’s death projectile spawns a new Kraggon the second it hits the ground
Wildcard Missions for Ultimate Vault Hunter 4 Rank Up Challenges unlock smoothly when players have defeated Primordial Vault Guardians
Vault Card challenges track your progress as intended
“Nothing Left to Guard” unlocks when all Guardians are killed
Heavy Weapon Ordnance successfully counts toward your “Kill Enemies with Heavy Weapon Ordnance” challenge on Vault Card 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day
Players start at the proper location when starting Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned content while offline
A new grapple point in the Heart of the Mountain has been added for smoother movement through the map
Smoother map boundaries keep you moving forward and prevent you from getting stuck

Player Characters

C4SH the Rogue

Cross-Fire x Wretched Shadows: C4SH stays in place when you activate Cross-Fire while using the Wretched Shadows passive
Bleed the Bad x And Hell Followed With Him: Burst fire resets Action Skill Duration

Amon the Forgeknight

Lightning Rod x Strike the Anvil: Elemental Bolts erupt from both skills at the same time when you equip them together

Harlowe the Gravitar

Plasmaphila Class Mod deals area Cryo damage to enemies, as long as they are not immune to Stasis

Gear

Jakobs

King’s Gambit Pistol – Holy Hell projectile flies 30% slower and lasts 1.5 seconds longer

Maliwan

Pandoran Memento Shield – Grants reliable elemental resistance immediately after taking damage from that element

Order

Solar Temper Sniper – The item inspection screen displays accurate splash radius details

Ripper

Disc Jockey Heavy Weapon Ordnance – Successfully damages Vile Ordonite crystals
Jail-Broken Gatling SMG – Item card description update for consistency

Tediore

Shammy Kablammy Pistol – Deals Incendiary damage in multiplayer

Audio / Visuals

Addressed reported instances of inconsistent visuals
Lights in the Speakeasy now illuminates Moxxi and Ellie’s reunion in Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned
Visual effects for Sticky Projectiles and lasers appear in the right places and extra water clears out. C4SH’s card effects spin more naturally, and Rift Boss Beams appear from further away
Improved voiceover audio so you can better track dialogue
Critical Hits play their sounds at correct levels and Phosphene pickup sound effects only play once
Added sound effects when corrupted shards stick in the ground

UI / Menus

Added Secondary Stats to Item Cards for gear
- Dev Note: This addition was in response to requests we saw often from our community. Now, you’ll be able to see information such as the damage range of grenades, shots fired from shotguns, and more!
ECHO Location points you in the right direction when tracking Bloomreaper and while in a Nightmare Rift in Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned
Clearer prompts for you to engage with the post-launch content
Menus appear and respond as expected, and various texts are easier to read
Photo Mode: Updated the visual toggles to make sure everything turns on/off for the best shots

Splitscreen

When you purchase battles from Moxxi’s Big Encore Machine in splitscreen, enemies target both players right away

Player Experience

Improvements to stability and optimization
- Dev Note: We are continuing to investigate and will make further improvements to stability and performance.