Borderlands 4 Trophy Guide & Roadmap

After finishing the story for the first time with any character, you can start any other character class on the post-story save at level 30 from the get-go. If you finished the story below level 30 you can go to Title Screen > New Game > start a level 30 character on the post-story mode and it instantly pops the trophy.

Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode is a higher difficulty that increases enemy health and damage taken. In exchange you earn more Cash, Eridium, XP, and higher quality loot.

After the story you can enable/disable Ultimate Vault Hunter under Pause Menu > Session Setting > Ultimate Vault Hunter Level > On/Off.

To increase your Ultimate Vault Hunter Rank (UVH), you must complete the Ultimate Vault Hunter Challenges. Press Touchpad > Missions > Challenges > Ultimate Vault Hunter (only available after the story).

The challenges involve killing specific bosses on specific UVH ranks as seen in the Ultimate Vault Hunter challenges. These are typically bosses at certain activity locations, which can be replayed by interacting with Moxxi’s Big Encore machine at the boss location. These will be marked on the map after defeating the boss once. After you defeated all required bosses it spawns a “Wildcard Mission” on the map. Then beat the “Wildcard Mission” to increase your Rank. The Wildcard Missions are regular main missions but with some mods that make them harder. These will be a guaranteed spawn, not the random weekly Wildcard Mission. So don’t worry, you don’t need to wait for weeks to get a random weekly Wildcard, it will automatically spawn as soon as you finished all the bosses for your rank.

Ultimate Vault Hunter Challenges:

UVH1:

• Kill Bramblesong in UVH 1 (Abandoned Auger Mine, Stoneblood Forest, Terminus Range)
  
• Kill Bio Armored Omega Thresher in UVH 1 (Fades District, Dominion – requires previously completing Side Missions: One Gassy Issue / One Slimy Issue)
  
• Kill Bio-Bulkhead in UVH 1 (Synthetic Nave, Dissected Plateau, Fadefields)
  
• Kill Sydney Pointylegs in UVH 1 (Ripper Drill Site, Hungering Plain, Fadefields)
  
• Complete Lilith’s “Rush The Gate” Wildcard mission in UVH 1 to unlock UVH 2 – the Wildcard Mission is a guaranteed spawn, gets marked on the map at Moxxi’s Bottoms Up after finishing the 4 bosses
  

UVH2:

• Kill Shadowpelt in UVH 2 (Abandoned Auger Mine, Cuspid Climb, Terminus Range)
  
• Kill Core Observer in UVH 2 (Order Bunker, The Howl, Fadefields)
  
• Kill Rocken Roller in UVH 2 (Abandoned Auger Mine, Ruined Sumplands, Carcadia Burn)
  
• Kill Frank the Furnace in UVH 2 (Ripper Drill Site, Idolator’s Noose, Fadefields)
  
• Complete Lilith’s “His Vile Sanctum” Wildcard mission in UVH 2 to unlock UVH 3 – the Wildcard Mission is a guaranteed spawn, gets marked on the map at Moxxi’s Bottoms Up after finishing the 4 bosses
  

UVH3:

• Kill Battle Wagon in UVH 3 (Ripper Drill Site, Stoneblood Forest, Terminus Range)
  
• Kill Mimicron in UVH 3 (Order Bunker, Idolator’s Noose, Fadefields)
  
• Kill the Immortal Boneface in UVH 3 (Ripper Drill Site, Cuspid Climb, Terminus Range)
  
• Kill Skull Orchid in UVH 3 (Abandoned Auger Mine, Grindstone of the Worthy, Carcadia Burn)
  
• Complete Lilith’s “Her Flaming Vision” Wildcard mission in UVH 3 to unlock UVH 4 – the Wildcard Mission is a guaranteed spawn, gets marked on the map at Moxxi’s Bottoms Up after finishing the 4 bosses
  

UVH4:

• Complete Lilith’s “Primordial Vault: Fadefields” Wildcard mission in UVH 4 to unlock UVH 5 (requires previously completing “Primordial Vault: Fadefields“)
• Complete Lilith’s “Primordial Vault: Terminus Range” Wildcard mission in UVH 4 to unlock UVH 5 (requires previously completing “Primordial Vault: Terminus Range“)
• Complete Lilith’s “Primordial Vault: Carcadia Burn” Wildcard mission in UVH 4 to unlock UVH 5 (requires previously completing “Primordial Vault: Carcadia Burn“)

UVH5:

• Complete Lilith’s “The Timekeeper’s Order” Wildcard mission in UVH 4 to unlock UVH 5

You can view all available cosmetics in the Customization Menu. There are 189 cosmetics total but you only need any 60, so don’t worry about this.

• 54 Vault Hunter cosmetics (15 head, 1 body, 38 style)
• 54 ECHO-4 cosmetics (13 attachment, 3 frame, 38 style)
• 47 Vehicle cosmetics (47 paintjobs)
• 34 Weapons cosmetics (34 styles)

You can view the character challenges under Missions > Challenges > Character. When you scroll over the challenge it shows the reward icons for each tier, and the final reward for level 50 is the red vehicle icon. Do not confuse with vehicle cosmetics which are unlocked from other challenges/activities/quests and have a red paintbrush icon next to the vehicle icon.

The good news is that after finishing the story for the first time, you can start the other character classes immediately at Level 30. After the story you can go to Title Screen > New Game – Ultimate Vault Hunter (Level 30) > select Character. This means you don’t have to grind all the way from Level 1, only from Level 30 > Level 50.

The vehicle unlocks carry over between your characters and across different saves as they’re stored on your overall profile save. So after you’ve unlocked them with one character, you will immediately have access to them with all other characters.

Personal Vehicles Unlock Requirements:

1. Digirunner – automatic story unlock from Main Mission 3: Down and Outbound
2. Driftblade – unlocked from completing Main Mission 6: Rush the Gate
3. Carapacer – unlocked from completing Main Mission 14: His Vile Sanctum
4. Punchy Whoopster – unlocked from completing Main Mission 10: Her Flaming Vision
5. Sprintcraft – unlocked from completing Main Mission 20: The Timekeeper’s Order
6. Fang Glider – unlocked from completing Main Mission 16: Another Day, Another Universe
7. Skimmer – unlocked from completing Challenge: An Unseen Braid – reach Level 50 as Siren (Vex)
   
8. Rockslider – unlocked from completing Challenge: Knight Errant (Amon) – reach Level 50 as Forgeknight (Amon)
   
9. Gyrosled – unlocked from completing Challenge: Form and Function (Harlowe) – reach Level 50 as Gravitar (Harlowe)
   
10. Pulsor – unlocked from completing Challenge: YOLT (Rafa) – reach Level 50 as Exo-Soldier (Rafa)
    

Fast Leveling Strategy:

With some smart planning you can minimize the level grind to just 2 characters.

• You will reach Level 50 automatically on one character by doing all 25 Main Missions + 98 Side Missions.
• You can pair the 80 Contracts for the Freelance, but Not for Free trophy with another character. Start a character after the story in Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode to farm the 80 contracts, this starts you out at Level 30 and doing 80 Contracts should get you to Level 50.
• For the last 2 characters, start them at Level 30 in Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode. Then replay the Primordial Vaults (combat arenas) which give roughly one level up per 20-30 minutes.

DLC Update: The free DLC “How Rush Saved Mercenary Day” has added one more vehicle. The DLC is just one mission, after completing it you can claim the new vehicle from the inventory rewards. This also counts towards the 10 for the trophy, allowing you to skip one of the main game vehicles. Future DLC might add more vehicles, thus reducing the character level grind.

Odds are you will get one of each legendary piece automatically while working on other trophies. Doing all 98 side missions and grinding 80 contracts will have you defeat lots of enemies and you will get a bunch of legendaries from it. However, the big randomness is getting one for every slot, which means all 9 slots total (not just weapons). If you have a friend who has a full set of legendaries, they can drop them to you. You can even duplicate legendaries by backing up your save, dropping them to a friend, then copy back your save to have the items back (then both players have a copy of the items).

The following 9 equipment slots must be legendary:

• 4 Weapon Slots
• 1 Repkit
• 1 Ordnance (Grenade)
• 1 Class Mod (the bottom left slot)
• 1 Shield (the bottom middle slot)
• 1 Enhancement (the bottom right slot)

Class Mods and Enhancements start dropping more frequently after Level 25+. Whenever you find a legendary, keep it in your inventory or send it to your bank (in inventory mark it with Filter > Bank > hold to ‘Send to Bank’). You can find your Bank in the faction towns, for example in The Fadefields > The Howl > The Launchpad.

After reaching Level 50, here are the best ways to get legendary gear:

• Play to Ultimate Vault Hunter Level 5 – see the “Gear Five!” trophy. The higher the Ultimate Vault Hunter level, the better the loot.
• Sometimes regular vending machine will sell legendaries as the “item of the day” after you reach level 50. You can check all vending machines, they refresh their inventory every 30 minutes. They are expensive but if you sell a full inventory of other items it should be enough to buy a legendary.
• After beating the story you unlock weekly challenges. Once a week you can get a legendary from the weekly Wildcard Mission, and from the weekly Maurice’s Bounty machine.
• Repeating Primordial Vaults (basically combat arenas), there are lots of enemies in them and a good chance some of them drop legendaries after Level 50.

You must complete all challenges for one gear category. It’s best to work on at least one category you frequently use throughout the game.

This comes down to personal preference and what suits your playstyle. You can always buy specific weapons/equipment at vending machines. One of the easiest choices is Assault Rifles, they are good all-round wepaons and the challenges are a bit easier than the others.

If you haven’t been working on these from the start, then just grind out whatever challenges you are closest to completing. This can quickly be done by replaying Primordial Vaults (combat arenas) which have lots of enemies.

These are the 8 weapon manufacturers. You must complete all challenges for one manufacturer. Whenever you find a weapon it shows the manufacturer icon on it. Try to stick to weapons by the same manufacturer for most of the game until you have this trophy, so you don’t need to spend hours farming for it later.

This comes down to personal preference and what suits your playstyle. You can always buy weapons of specific manufacturers at vending machines. One of the easiest choices is Jakobs, they are the kinetic weapons and the challenges are a bit easier than some other manufacturers.

If you haven’t been working on these from the start, then just grind out whatever challenges you are closest to completing. This can quickly be done by replaying Primordial Vaults (combat arenas) which have lots of enemies.

» Borderlands 4 All Activity Locations

Goredello is 1 of 3 random world events. The world events happen very rarely and it’s luck-based. The game doesn’t notify you when one is available and they disappear after a short time. When available, the world events will be marked on the map at the zoom level where side mission icons are visible, but not when fully zooming out on the map.

If the Goredello event spawns it will be in Terminus Range > Cuspid Climb > Goredello (a named blue pinhead icon).

In this event you must enter a fighting ring. Then you fight for 3 rounds, during a time limit you must defeat as many enemies as possible to get better rewards. You don’t need to get the highest reward. You just need to complete the event regardless of how well you do.

If the Airship event spawns it will be in The Fadefields > Hungering Plain > The Flarewell (a named blue pinhead icon).

In this event you get sucked up into an airship. Inside the airship, destroy as many items and enemies as possible before the Airship departs. A timer will be shown in the top left corner. There will be a total of 4 airships in a row. When the timer ends, leave the airship, then wait for the next one to appear and repeat. The more damage you cause, the better your reward will be. What reward you get doesn’t matter for the trophy, you just need to complete the event. Then after the last airship flies away it will unlock the trophy.

If the Creep Impact event spawns it will be in The Fadefields > Carcadia Burn > Lopside > Stardown Point (a named blue pinhead icon).

They are short mini-quests with a single objective. These include:

• Bounties: killing a specific enemy
• Collect: kill certain enemy types to collect their items
• Acquire: retrieve a specific object
• Trace: locate a specific item in a search area
• Patrol: kill a group of enemies

You can only have 5 contracts active at the same time. The best approach is to combine ones that are close together and quick to do. They can all be tracked and the objectives will be marked on the map. Since you will need to reach Level 50 with each character class to unlock their personal vehicles, it would be most efficient to do the 80 contracts on a second character. After the story you can start a new character at Level 30 in Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode with all story content cleared. The only downside of doing it this way is that the entire map gets fogged on the new character and you’d need to reclaim the safehouses to access the contract boards. The upside is that you will get from level 30 to level 50 on the second character while farming the contracts, so it’s one less character to level for their personal vehicle.

As soon as you enter a white bubble, it will spawn a powerful boss. Defeat one boss in a white bubble to unlock the trophy.

Make sure you stay within the white bubble. If you step out of it or die, the bubble immediately disappears and the world boss is gone. Then you need to get lucky to find another white bubble. Compared to world events they are much more frequent though. You should see dozens of these while playing through the story and finishing all side missions. They seem to be slightly more common in the regions “The Fadefields” (southern region) and “Terminus Range” (north-east region). If you play in co-op none of the players are allowed to bleed out or the boss will disappear even if other players are still alive.

Each main region has one Primordial Vault (The Fadefields, Carcadia Burn, Terminus Range). Dominion City doesn’t have a Vault. You must find 3 Vault Fragment collectibles in each region to obtain the Vault Key. Then the Primordial Vault icon appears on the map. When you approach it, a pillar will come out of the ground where you can insert the key. Then a purple portal appears, go through to enter the Primordial Vault. There will be a side quest at the start of each vault. Accept it, then a yellow ramp activates. Use the ramp to be catapulted into an arena where you must defeat waves of enemies. You must fight through 3 arenas, then you fight the Vault Guardian boss in the 4th arena. Defeating the boss gives you access to a permanent power-up and counts towards the trophy progress.

The Primordial Vaults scale to your own level. They can be done on Easy difficulty (Pause Menu > Session Settings > Difficulty = Easy). They take about 20 minutes each. They are also a great way to farm XP for level-ups, and kills for challenges.

For the Fragments/Vault Locations refer to:

» Vault Fragment Locations
» Primordial Vault Locations

1. Null and Void
2. All Charged Up
3. Bound for Launch

1. Mob Mentality
2. Mob Rules
3. Angry Mob
4. Mob Justice

1. Enter the Electi Part 1
2. Enter the Electi Part 2
3. The Council Divided
4. A Traitor Within
5. The Mole’s Gambit

1. No Place Like Home
2. Sum of His Parts
3. Potty Mouth
4. Peak Performance
5. Father of the Glide

For all their locations and walkthroughs for each one, refer to Borderlands 4 All Side Missions.

You automatically visit Moxxi’s bar at the end of Main Mission 7: Wrath of the Ripper Queen, and you can return to it at any time. It’s located in Carcadia Burn > Ruined Sumplands > Moxxi’s Bottoms Up! (fast travel icon on map).

On the front counter of the bar, there’s a tip jar. Simply insert a small tip ($100) or big tip ($1000) and the trophy will unlock.

This can be found in The Fadefields > The Howl, in the south-west corner of the region at the boarder to Coastal Bonescape. There at the edge of the map by the water, you can find a little gazebo with colored barrels around it. You must shoot the barrels in this order: green > light blue > red > dark blue > yellow. Then the cutout of Dr. Patricia Tannis will pop out of the ocean.

*MISSABLE*

This can only be earned during Side Mission: Vend of the Line, during Objective “Defeat whatever that is”.

Step 1: At the end of the side mission, you will enter a cave where you fight a legendary vending machine boss called “Vend Zane”, defeat it. Normally the quest wants you to buy something legendary from this boss after defeating it, but DON’T DO THAT YET!

Step 2: After defeating the “Vend Zane” boss, check the floor where the boss was initially standing when entering the cave. There on a wooden board you see 3 green crossed-out “$” icons and 1 orange non-crossed “$” icon. This code indicates you have to sell 3 green items and buy 1 legendary item at the vending machine.

Step 3: After defeating “Vend Zane”, the Zane NPC will give you a call. After he’s done talking, you can interact with the Vend Zane boss, it turns into a legendary vending machine.

You have to SELL Green > SELL Green > SELL Green > BUY Legendary.

These can be any items that match the green/legendary rarity. Doesn’t matter if it’s a weapon or other item type. The important thing is that you SELL the first 3 and then BUY the legendary (don’t sell a Legendary).

Step 4: After you did this, the legendary vending machine explodes and drops the item “Picture of Zane and Levaine”. Pick it up, this will be highlighted in blue and drops right in front of the vending machine on the floor.

Step 5: Now you get a new objective “Find Zane”. He will be marked on the map (should be at Moxxi’s Bottoms Up in Carcadia Burn > Ruined Sumplands). Go to the quest marker, talk with Zane, and give him the picture you just found.

After some talking the side mission will finish and the trophy will unlock as soon as the mission is complete. This is a secret alternative ending to this mission. If you were to just buy a legendary without selling 3 green items first, or sell items in the wrong order, then the machine doesn’t drop the picture and you’d miss out on the trophy. This is one of the few missions that can’t be replayed via the missions menu.

If you missed this, proceed to finish the story. After the story you can go to Title Screen > New Game > Ultimate Vault Hunter – this starts a Level 30 character on the post-story save with all side content immediately accessible. Then you can replay the quest from there right away. You could also join a friend in co-op who hasn’t done the mission yet.

*MISSABLE*

First, you have to finish Side Mission: Exit Through the Rift Shop. You meet Francis Oddman as part of this mission. At the end of this mission, you confront him and can choose to Punch or Shoot Francis Oddman. If you punch him he falls into a rift, if you shoot him he dies right there. You have to punch him here so he falls into the rift. If you shoot him the trophy is missed.

Any time after you finish the side mission, go to this location in Terminus Range > Windspear region, where a Dead Bolt collectible is you will find Oddman frozen in the ice:

He will appear there even if you shot him but the trophy won’t unlock in this case. It only unlocks if you punched him, which is why this is missable.

If you missed this, proceed to finish the story. After the story you can go to Title Screen > New Game > Ultimate Vault Hunter – this starts a Level 30 character on the post-story save with all side content immediately accessible. Then you can replay the quest from there right away. You could also join a friend in co-op who punched Oddman.

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