A serious replace was made to Borderlands 4 as we speak, together with the addition of the long-awaited picture mode. This mode was introduced previous to the sport’s launch, however was reportedly postponed because of the have to prioritize sprucing different parts.
The replace was introduced on Borderlands 4’s official web site, and it does extra than simply add a photograph mode. Harlowe’s zero-point motion abilities have been overhauled, and Final Vault Hunter mode ranges now enhance unique loot drop ranges.
Photograph mode is the crown jewel right here, although, and it is instantly obtainable by restarting the sport and downloading the replace. As soon as the replace is put in, Photograph Mode will seem within the pause menu whereas taking part in. This lets you alter the digicam and apply varied visible results, resembling adjusting the sector of view and depth of subject, altering filters, time of day, and even displaying or hiding parts resembling characters and harm numbers. Coming into picture mode will utterly pause the sport in single participant mode (sorry multiplayer guys, it does not work that method). A whole information on learn how to use Photograph Mode and all its settings could be discovered right here.
Borderlands’ picture mode was promised 4 years in the past in June 2025, and artistic director Graham Timmins stated on social media that whereas it was deliberate, the group was prioritizing sprucing different core parts, so picture mode wouldn’t be current at launch.
We requested them to prioritize honing different parts, the core of their moment-to-moment expertise. We had been all the time planning it and doing the duties, however we wanted to spend a bit extra time on issues that immediately affect the QoL of gameplay.
β Graham Timmins (@ProdigyXL) June 24, 2025
We have now pasted the complete patch notes beneath, together with all different updates for Harlow and Final Vault Hunter mode.
Contract mission:
- Patrol: Troop Order: Now advances by defeating enemies
- Hint: Scrap Core: Scrap Core objects can now be constantly interacted with to finish Contracts from Dominion.
- Intrusive Ideas Satisfied Vile Ripper, Deep State Phalanx, and Breaux Chambeaux Phalanx bounties to look when gamers take contracts.
Vault Card Problem:
- β10/15 Legendary Loot or Buyβ Vault Card Weekly Problem now not resets on save/load
- “Loots or Bought Weapons” now will increase when circumstances are met
- “Kill Enemies with Torg’s Weapons and Gear” now progresses when utilizing Torg’s legendary grenade Firepot
- “Kill X enemies with Maliwan’s weapons and equipment” and Maliwan Problem “Final One Standing” now progress as meant
project:
- Legendary Forsaken Chaos and Legendary Midnight Defiance have been faraway from the Accumulate All Phosphene Problem
- Up to date Maliwan standing results to raised establish standing impact triggers and enhance challenge monitoring.
Progress and rewards
- Addressed a reported challenge that was inflicting motion into the Dominion to grow to be locked by gamers leaving the transition space in multiplayer
- “Bathroom Mouth” Mission: Goal is now not blocked when exiting the principle menu
- Mounted a problem the place unlocked DLC content material would grow to be unavailable whereas offline
- True Mode can now be constantly enabled for newly created degree 30 UVHM characters
- Added True Mode tutorial upon marketing campaign completion
- Gamers who create new characters in multiplayer will now obtain all meant rewards
- Mounted a reported challenge the place all gear could be misplaced when exiting the principle menu throughout the countdown in multiplayer when switching to solo play.
- Mounted a problem the place SHiFT codes weren’t granting the βGourd Your Loinsβ beauty reward
- If you’re affected by this challenge for the primary time or in case you missed these like a gourd Use this SHiFT code to redeem lacking cosmetics throughout the Terror of Kairos occasion. This code is not going to reward anybody who efficiently receives a beauty reward for the primary time.
- Please redeem the SHiFT code beneath ( SHIFT Person Information If you do not know how but), get the “Gourd Your Loins” Vault Hunter Head and “Hex Enchantment” weapon pores and skin!*
- THFB3-R9XKK-CFBJW-T33BB-9R3CC
- *Requires a duplicate of Borderlands 4, a SHiFT account, and an web connection. Should redeem by December 31, 2030. One redemption per SHiFT account. Phrases and circumstances apply.
- Mounted a reported challenge the place crucial hit harm would typically not apply to crucial hits
Specialty subject
- Daredevil: Motion talent cooldown fee adjusted to 0.5% and multiplicative motion talent harm bonus added
- Runner: Melee harm bonus is now multiplicative as an alternative of additive.
Harlowe the Gravitar talent rework
Growth notes: We’re making some modifications to Zero-Level as one other step to make this talent tree extra satisfying and extra balanced in comparison with Harlowe’s different timber. As we’re altering the essential habits of Zero-Level to incorporate the previous Inertia Increase habits within the base talent, we wish to see how these modifications steadiness out earlier than doing additional work on the remainder of the tree.
We’re a couple of different passives that could possibly be candidates for some buffs, however with as we speak’s modifications mixed with the latest passive buffs carried out a couple of weeks in the past, we plan to revisit them sooner or later as soon as we have gathered correct suggestions on the present modifications.
In the long term, every motion talent has its personal strengths and weaknesses, and we wish to make sure that every Vault Hunter construct has sufficient selection. If we discover that somebody is falling behind, we’ll proceed to discover modifications like we do as we speak.
- Zero factors (base talent): Now contains the advantages of the earlier “inertia” extension. Killing an enemy with Stasis resets the period, searches for brand new targets, and reduces the period sooner.
- Inertia enhancement (modified): Up to date to extend Harlowe’s Slam harm. Each time she slams an enemy, she generates a mini unstable power pocket projectile that randomly offers cryo or radiation harm. Moreover, standing impact harm and standing impact likelihood are additionally elevated. This impact stacks.
Magic Knight Amon
- Amon now constantly offers bonus cryo harm when geared up with the Cryonic Slam Increase in multiplayer
- Prevented the variety of segments within the Vault Hunter bar from rising unintentionally when Amon prompts an motion talent
- Dragon’s Breath now applies correctly to Ripper heavy weapons with beams
- Firewall Forgeskill now blocks Moon-Maddened Callis’ projectile assaults
vex the siren
- Addressed the cooldown on Prismatic Ichors that might reset when making use of standing results
- Section Pocket Passive now not resets the taser’s underbarrel journal when utilizing Vladof Enhancement
- Specter’s restoration numbers at the moment are displayed accurately when utilizing the Ripper, Legendary Sniper Rifle, and Tank Buster.
- Addressed the habits of the Incarnate Motion talent in order that it continues to work whereas utilizing the Vibe Verify Capstone on the Legendary class mod Technomancer.
Bloom Reaper boss combat:
- Falling into the fog now constantly kills the participant as an alternative of inflicting the participant to fall off the map.
- Purple rifts now solely seem after defeating the boss
- Addressed an occasion of Bloom Reaper sustaining an invincible well being bar throughout the second part
- Addressed an exploit that allowed gamers to acquire UVHM time trial rewards when not in UVHM.
- Mounted a problem the place the platinum reward chest would grow to be empty after finishing the necessities
- Disk-fired heavy weapons now harm Bloom Reaper crystals
- Vile Creeps now not get caught in mid-air
World occasions and executives:
- Elevated the looks fee of world bosses within the Punishment Manufacturing unit space.
- Finishing an Airship or Goredero world occasion now reliably generates a reward
- Minister Neji can now not be frozen
- Toy Pinhead is now affected by singularity grenades
- Idolator Sol now takes harm from elemental hazards created by abilities whereas his bioarmor is damaged
- Vile Lictor’s limbs now proceed to respawn after being frozen
- Jennifer will now keep contained in the refugee even when the participant is close to dying close to the realm
- Decreased the variety of Badass enemies spawning in a single location with Electi Secure Collectable
- Boss fights now constantly reset when all gamers die
- Restored the power to work together with strongholds if a visit is canceled by leaving the transition space in multiplayer
Loot and stations:
- UVH degree now will increase unique loot drop degree. The upper the extent, the extra seemingly unique loot will drop.
- Modified the respawn station outdoors the Umbral Foundry to a quick journey station, making it simpler to get to the doorway.
- Mounted loot from falling in unintended areas after defeating Oppressor or defeating all enemies with Ripper Drill Sightsaws Clench
- Coastal Bonescape’s purple chest is barely unlocked if all enemies are defeated
Mission, enemy, and ECHO location updates:
- Weapons Blazing: Arjay will now constantly interact enemies in fight
- Energy Ballad of Rod Vomit: Addressed enemy path to succeed in participant
- Missions now not progress unexpectedly when switching from break up display to solo play in multiplayer
- Radioactive rail liners now assault when the participant approaches
- ECHO location steering enhancements
- Rift Champion icons have been faraway from the compass and the performance of those icons within the map has been cleaned up
Enhancement:
- Adjusted the Underdog buff to solely apply to Vladov’s underbarrel weapon, as meant. This removes unintended harm bonuses that some weapons had when switching ammo or elemental varieties. we additionally up to date wombo combo Since it is a rocket, it now accurately counts as underbarrel harm and receives this enhance.
Extra boring:
- Tediore Legendary Assault Rifle Chuck now correctly throws if the participant’s gun reload pace is above 120%.
- Mounted a habits that prevented the third gun generated by Tediore’s reload from homing if sure circumstances had been met
- Eliminated additional gun from Teddiol shotgun with Ripper journal
Depart:
- Maliwan Legendary SMG Ohm I Acquired now not consumes power protect when overshield is energetic
- Killing enemies with Maliwan License components with Maliwan Enhancements and Transfuser Cores will solely unfold the standing results of the energetic component.
- Singularity now generates accurately on the Maliwan Sniper Rifle with the Singularity Grenade Launcher underbarrel.
Mr. Jacob:
- Addressed Jacobβs ricochet harm to use the meant quantity of injury to Jacobβs weapon
Commerce:
- The Torgue Legendary Pistol Hardpoint fires as meant in Tediore’s licensed half “taking pictures”.
- Torgue Legendary Defend Completion now correctly triggers section break armor protect augments
order:
- The Order Legends Sniper Rifle Rooker Needle Projectile makes use of the Callous Increase to consistently goal enemies at a distance. Jakobs licensed components and Jakob enhancements with Leaper and Bounce Cross additionally stop unintentional underbarrel projectiles from being generated.
Ripper:
- Ripper Legendary Defend Watts 4 Dinner now constantly grants overshields from overshield drops in multiplayer
New coronavirus:
- Weapons geared up with CoV magazines will now proceed to fireplace when utilizing Bullets to Spare firmware degree 3 with ventilator enhancements.
Daedalus:
- Daedalus SMGs with overcharge attachments and Ripper magazines now inherit the Ripper journal charge-up time
Atlas:
- The Atlas Certain Shot perk is now not triggered by the Rafa Peacebreaker Cannon motion talent whereas the weapon is provided with Atlas License components and the Certain Shot enhancement.
- Up to date tracker antennas and trauma bonds to now not incorrectly apply to gear with out Atlas licensed components
weapons
- Heavy weapons now harm the Increase Increase Drone throughout the combat with the Callis boss
firmware:
- Talent crafting now receives the correct quantity of stacks when dealing talent harm to enemies
- The Deadeye 2 piece now works as meant with the meant projectile.
- Excessive Caliber 3 Piece now works as meant on Atlas Tracker Grenades
- Get Throwin’ now correctly will increase heavy weapon harm
Weapons and Gear visible, audio, and animation updates:
- Restored prefix for Tediore Legendary Grenade UAV
- Legendary Pistol Bully order with Hyperion Defend enhancement now seems with all components of the merchandise card
- Repkit now not disappears when attempting to get well after climbing
- Mounted switching animation for Daedalus SMG with Atlas Underbarrel attachment
- Mounted audio for Daedalus Legendary Shotgun Missilaser
- Maliwan Legendary Shotgun Mantra now shows Amara Section Fist when fired
- Adjusted the results of Maliwan Legendary SMG Ohm I Acquired and Daedalus Legendary Shotgun Missiller to be extra constant all through gameplay.
- Adjusted the Tediore Shotgun animation in order that the shell casing is now not seen when utilizing secondary hearth.
- Tediore weapons now not explode when thrown in the event that they overlap water
- Tediore assault rifles and pistols have constant laser sights on their gear
- Vladov Legendary Assault Rifle Whiskey Foxtrot impact will expire as deliberate
- Adjusted Ripper shotgun reload animation with CoV journal
- Adjusted the Ripper impact when firing the Ripper gun utilizing Maliwan licensed underbarrel components
- Ripper grenade transmitter results have been restored on despawn
- Adjusted the lacking needle impact when utilizing the Order Legendary Sniper Rifle Looker
- Vault Hunter’s voice now returns to regular after uncustomizing Kitticopter’s head
- Marcus now speaks on the proper time
- Within the second spherical of Goredero, the enemy varieties will probably be introduced.
- Up to date varied sound results that play throughout battles with Bloom Reaper
- Updates to varied incorrect or lacking VO traces
- Injury numbers eliminated when persevering with to shoot Arjay when fight ends
- Mounted ECHO-4 look when utilizing ECHO-IVIV body and Nurple paint job customization
- Confirmed that Vex the Siren tattoo lights up as meant on all skins
- Rafa the Exo Soldier’s melee animation now performs accurately in multiplayer.
- Characters can now climb up after double leaping within the Deserted Put up Safehouse in Coastal Bonescape
- Addressed a problem the place climbing animations wouldn’t sync in multiplayer
- The grapple level from Howl’s Propaganda Speaker transports the participant to the roof of a home.
- Adjusted Idolator Solβs animation when buying boss replays in multiplayer
- Decreased the brightness of Seeker Witness’s laser impact.
- Ripsaw’s spinning blade impact now disappears after dying
- Minister Screw’s triangle impact now disappears after dying.
- Mounted Bruce’s head constantly disappearing in multiplayer throughout Indignant Mob missions
- Addressed reported situations the place NPCs would carry out animations prematurely or within the flawed location.
- Adjusted the impact of energy cores throughout the “Energy Drop” mission
- Carry objects now not connect to weapons after firing rapidly and reloading
- Adjusted the intro fade distance
- Addressed hitching with Vault Hunter saves in the principle menu
- Decreased the variety of unused supplies all through the sport
- Forestall protect boosters from blocking the display
- Bushes contained in the constructing now not blow within the wind
- Lacking animations when destroying the grate close to the Vault Fragment with Tonnage Peel have been restored
- Unintended transition results are now not seen to gamers outdoors of Vile Rictor’s boss enviornment
- Fireplace now not shoots out when approaching the Dominion
- Forestall flickering after opening Electi Secure
- Glass VFX now not seems when hit by Haybarez in Howl
- Homes now show correctly whereas breeding daisies
- Candlelight Disaster pores and skin’s gentle now blinks constantly
- Confirmed that Cuspid Climb launch pads are in keeping with different launch pad areas
- Black Market Merchandising Machines now not have an unobstructed view when generated with Tunnage Peel.
- Lowered some floating objects
- Addressed a number of instances the place loot couldn’t be opened
- Up to date varied cinematics for consistency
- Addressed clipping, lacking collisions, out-of-bounds entry, caught spots, and visible errors in varied areas of the sport.
- Sorting within the customization menu now reveals unlocked customizations first by default
- Mounted a problem the place backpacks appeared empty after filtering
- Repkit now seems in stock as meant
- Addressed a reported challenge that brought on Vault playing cards to not replace or progress in multiplayer.
- Addressed a reported challenge that might trigger vault card progress to reset or disappear after disconnecting
- Vault card progress is now not carried over if the identical problem reappears after a each day reset.
- Vault card UI updates
- Numerous optimization updates to the UI
- Addressed varied reported points with scroll bars, sorting, and menu UI.
- Up to date localization, varied textual content descriptions, subtitle timings, icon visibility, and total sport placement
- Thumbnails for supplies within the customization menu now show accurately
- up to date credit
break up display
- βFlip Cardβ performance has been restored after degree transition
- Mounted varied scrolling points within the Vault Playing cards menu throughout break up display
- Mounted a case the place the “Logging in” message persevered when a secondary participant joined break up display
- Golden Chests are now not caught with a “Transaction in Progress” message when a secondary participant leaves after opening.
- All mission objects at the moment are seen to each split-screen gamers throughout the “Breeding Daisies” mission.
- Addressed a problem the place Latest Associates wouldn’t work as meant when a participant is added to separate display throughout gameplay
- Adjusted Vault card UI to forestall complete merchandise playing cards from overlapping or not showing.
- Automobile FOV now modifications for each gamers
- Adjusted nameplate textual content dimension to scale accurately in break up display.
- Up to date varied UI parts to make sure right alignment and keep away from duplication.
participant expertise
- (Console solely) Mounted a number of situations of incorrect gear mesh on console
- (PC solely) Adjusted default mouse sensitivity and added configuration choice to disable mouse smoothing
- Blended facial animation for higher optimization
- Visible optimization for Jakobs Legendary Shotgun Rainbow Vomit
- Mission menu optimization
- Numerous stability and optimization enhancements
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