Vend of the Line is a side mission in Borderlands 4 (BL4). This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Vend of the Line Side Quest.
- Starting Location: Carcadia Burn > Ruined Sumplands > Carcadia Town
- Quest Giver: Penelope Streams
- Unlock Requirement: Unlocks after Main Mission 8: Siege and Destroy
- Reward: XP, Money (legendary amount), random Gun (Legendary quality),
All Things Vend (missable) – if entering correct code in the legendary vending machine at the end - Quest Description: There’s a mystery to be unraveled and a vending machine to be looted… allegedly.
Objectives:
- Talk to “Vault Gatherer”
- Inspect machine
- Sell green, sell green, sell blue, sell blue
- Find other vending machine clues
- Fix power issue
- Find code and input it into machine
- Check on vault gatherers
- Examine arrows
- Follow arrows
- Speak to customer
- Hit machine
- Melee customer -OR- Shoot machine to activate defense system
- Find code and input it into machine
- Follow coordinates to machine
- Clear Dusty Dangler
- Find code and input it into machine
- Follow powered wire
- Enter lair
- Find legendary vending machine
- Defeat whatever that is
- Buy something legendary – All Things Vend (missable)
- Find Zane / Give Picture to Zane
Starting Location: Vend of the Line
Talk to the robot reporter Penelope who stands at a vending machine in Carcadia faction town, available after Main Mission 8: Siege and Destroy.
Talk to “Vault Gatherer”
Penelope tells you of a mysterious vending machine that has good loot. After she’s done talking, speak with the guy standing in front of the Guns vending machine where the quest started.
Inspect machine
Examine the signs on the back of the machine.
Sell green, sell green, sell blue, sell blue
The colored signs on the back show the rarity and order in which you must sell items to the machine.
Use the vending machine and sell it ANY items of these qualities in this order:
- Any green item
- Any green item
- Any blue item
- Any blue item
The higher your level, the more common blue drops will become. If you don’t have items of this rarity, you can either buy them from other vending machines yourself, or do other missions and kill enemies until you get enough items. Also check your Lost and Found machine and your personal Bank.
When you’ve sold the items, the machine will show a different screen.
Find other vending machine clues
3 new clues will be marked on the map with blue objective icons. Each spot has a vending machine that is having some sort of malfunction you must fix.
Clue #1 – Fix power issue
The first machine is in Ruined Sumplands just west from the quest start. This is on a rock island. You must glide over the rocks to the west of the marker to reach it. Then find this broken vending machine on the roof of a house where enemies are. You then get the objective “Fix power issue”.
You must flip the switch on the rooftop above the vending machine on the right.
Clue #1 – Find code and input it into machine
The code is on the back of the machine. The code is: BUY Green > Purple > Blue > Green. Sell any items to the machine in that order + then BUY THEM BACK in that order. The important part here is that selling the items isn’t enough, you specifically have to buy the items. Since the machine doesn’t have any items for sale on its own, the only method is via the buyback option.
Purple can be quite rare if you’re lower level, but will be very common at Level 50. There are many badasses in this area, one of them might drop a purple if you’re lucky. Or again check your Lost and Found machine.
If done correctly the screen of the machine will flicker and it says the third piece of the code is “96”.
Clue #2 – Check on vault gatherers
This machine is found in Grindstone of the Worthy region. It’s on a mountain. Approach the area and you’ll see a vending machine fell over onto a vault gatherer and crushed him. A friend of his is sitting on the ground, the objective updates after approaching him.
Clue #2 – Examine arrows
Jump on the back of the fallen vending machine and examine the two red arrows on it.
Clue #2 – Follow arrows
The arrows are pointing north, but this is a bit misleading. You need to get on top of the building directly above the vending machine. Go up and you’ll see a ladder hanging off the side of the upper floor, use it to climb up.
Then look through the open window where a red arrows is to see the code: Purple > Purple > Orange > Orange.
Luckily you don’t need to sell any legendary items here. Our Vault Hunter will yell the code at the guy who is squashed under the vending machine and he’ll input it. Then the machine gives the fourth part of the code “8-W”. That’s all there is to do here.
Clue #3 – Speak to customer
The last vending machine is in Lopside region. Talk to the man in front of the vending machine.
Clue #3 – Hit machine
Melee hit the machine from any side. Then the screen will flicker.
Clue #3 – Melee customer -OR- Shoot machine to activate defense system
You tripped the machine’s automated defense system. Shoot the machine once and it will electroshock the customer.
Clue #3 – Find code and input it into machine
The code is on the back of the machine. You can climb up to the left of the machine and drop into the building to see it. The code is: SELL Green > Purple > Blue > Purple.
After you went to all 3 vending machines you get the full code: “33-1 96-8-W”. These are coordinates to the next objective, which will get marked on the map.
Follow coordinates to machine
Go to the objective marker in the north of Grindstone of the Worthy region.
Clear Dusty Dangler
Defeat the enemies at the objective.
Find code and input it into machine
The code is on the back of the machine. You can see it when standing slightly behind it from an angle. The code is: SELL Green > Blue > Purple > Orange.
You will need at least 1 legendary item for this. However, you can use the buyback option to get it back after. If you don’t have a legendary item yet, you’ll need to come back later once you do. At higher levels they will drop more often.
Follow powered wire
After selling the items in the correct order, the machine screen will flicker. Now follow the powerline behind the machine, it’s on little pillars sticking out of the ground, leading you 45 meters north. There you find 3 vault gatherers at a door, down by the water.
Enter lair
Head through the door.
Find legendary vending machine
Go through the cave, after you drop down you see the legendary vending machine in front of you.
Defeat whatever that is
The vending machine turns into a miniboss called Vend Zane. Defeat it.
Afterward Zane calls you. Turns out he put this scavenger hunt together. Don’t interact with the vending machine yet, there’s a missable quest step here!
Buy something legendary -or- All Things Vend Trophy/Achievement
Missable Trophy/Achievement: All Things Vend (Deliver the contents of the Legendary Vending Machine)
Normally, the quest objective wants you to just buy a legendary from the machine here, after which the quest would end immediately. DON’T DO THIS!
There is a secret quest ending here that gives the All Things Vend trophy/achievement:
After defeating the “Vend Zane” boss, check the floor where the boss was initially standing. 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.
You have to SELL Green > SELL Green > SELL Green > BUY Legendary.
These can be any items that match the green/legendary rarity. You can pick any legendary item from the machine for $1, these are randomized, pick whatever you like. 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.
This gives the secret objective “Find Zane” (which would be missed if you don’t enter the code into the machine).
Find Zane
Zane will be marked on the map as an objective. He should be in Moxxi’s Bottoms Up in Carcadia Burn > Ruined Sumplands. Talk to him.
Give Picture to Zane
After talking to Zane, hand him the picture you got from the vending machine (if you entered the code correctly).
After talking with Zane, Penelope will call you. After the talk with her the mission is done. All Things Vend unlocks as soon as the mission is complete, if you gave Zane the picture.
This finishes Vend of the Line side mission in Borderlands 4.
For all other Side Mission Walkthroughs, check out our complete Borderlands 4 Side Missions Walkthrough.
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