Borderlands 4 The Council Divided Side Mission Walkthrough

The Council Divided is a side mission in Borderlands 4 (BL4). This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of The Council Divided Side Quest.

• Starting Location: Carcadia Burn > Ruined Sumplands > Carcadia Faction Town
• Quest Giver: Levaine
• Unlock Requirement: Finished Side Missions Enter the Electi Part 1 > Enter the Electi Part 2
• Reward: XP, Money, Assault Rifle (Blue or Purple rarity), Eridium, Cosmetic: Vault Hunter Style (Middle Name “Danger”)
• Quest Description: Only you can keep the Electi from desperately turning on one another.

Objectives:

1. Find weapon crates / Open crates (x3)
2. Listen to ECHO log
3. Reach sea base
4. Get boomsticks (x3)
5. Find detonator
6. Attach bombs (x6)
7. Reach signal booster
8. Attach detonator
9. Detonate bombs / Stop ripper ships
10. Kill Meat Meat’s crew
11. Pick up ECHO log

Starting Location: The Council Divided

This will get marked automatically after Side Mission Enter the Electi Part 2. The leaders are gathered by the vending machines in Carcadia town, talk to them there.

Find weapon crates / Open crates (x3)

Head to the marker in the north-west of Carcadia town. The crates are in the south-west part of the yellow search area on the map, in a building upstairs. You must jump to the short ladder that hangs off the west side of the building to climb up.

To “open” the crates, destroy them by any means.

Listen to ECHO log

One of the boxes reveals an ECHO log, interact with it.

Reach sea base

The sea base is very nearby, 100 meters north-west. Stand on the bridge and wait for the call from Levaine to finish.

Then the quest marker updates to further north-east near the ocean, go there. When you enter the base there will be a lot of rippers.

Get boomsticks (x3)

You need to find 3 “boomsticks” (explosives) within the base. They will be in yellow search areas.

Boomstick #1 – At the start of the base, on the left edge of the base behind some rubble.

Boomstick #2 – In the middle search area, when you reach a grappling point on a wall do not use it yet and go to the right. You find it next to a wall with red markings on it.

Boomstick #3 – Now do use the grappling point to go to the upper area. There you find it straight ahead of you under some metal pipes with blue/red power lines hanging off the top.

Find detonator

The detonator is further up in the base near a rooftop. Jump up the small roofs at the big red pipe sticking out of the ground. From there glide over to the ladder that hangs off the side of the building. Then climb the box to pick it up.

Attach bombs (x6)

You must place 2 bombs on each ship. You can do this in any order. Use your vehicle to drive across the water. When you enter the ships it shows where exactly to place the bombs. You must place the bombs on the front and back of each ship.

At the northern ship, the bomb at the north requires you to stand underneath it and jump up, then place the bomb mid-jump when the interaction prompt appears.

At the middle ship, the bomb on the back requires you to jump into the water to reach it.

At the southern ship, the bomb on the back is upstairs on the ship.

Reach signal booster

The signal booster is back in the camp where you came from, on the upper floor. Straight below its objective marker, go through the dark open doorway to find an elevator.

Flip the switch on the elevator and it will bring you up there. After stepping off the elevator it’s to the immediate right.

Attach detonator

Interact with the signal booster antenna.

Detonate bombs / Stop ripper ships

From the signal booster, turn around and look up to see a grappling point. Grapple up and flip the switch to blow up the ships.

Enjoy the explosive view! This also finishes the primary objective “Stop ripper ships”.

Kill Meat Meat’s crew

This angered the rippers, very much. Jump back to where the signal booster is and kill all enemies that spawn on that floor.

Pick up ECHO log

The leader “Meat Meat” will drop a log, pick it up where you defeated him. After the log is done playing you get a call and the mission is over.

This finishes The Council Divided side mission in Borderlands 4 and unlocks the next mission A Traitor Within.

For all other Side Mission Walkthroughs, check out our complete Borderlands 4 Side Missions Walkthrough.