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Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode Guide

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Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode in Borderlands 4 is the hardest difficulty setting that has the best rewards. Read our guide to learn what UVHM is and how to unlock it by reading below!

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What is Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode?

Harder Mode With Better Rewards

UVH is hard yet rewarding

Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode is Borderlands 4's endgame mode where you can fight the toughest enemies for the best loot. There are five ranks of difficulty, each with its own modifiers for enemy strength and rewards.

How to Unlock UVHM

Finish All Main Missions

Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode will be unlocked after you finish the campaign for the first time. When you complete the Secrets of the Vault main mission, you will receive Ultimate Vault Hunter missions to unlock UVH Rank 1 and new features.

List of All Main Missions

How to Unlock UVH Ranks

Complete Challenges For Next Rank

Complete Challenges for Next Rank

To unlock the next UVH levels, you need to complete a new list of challenges under Ultimate Vault Hunter. These challenges are beating specific bosses at your current UVH rank. For example, to get to UVH 2, you will need to clear out all the UVH 1 challenges first.

However, for UVH rank 5, you need to complete all the Primordial Vaults in UVH 4.

How to Increase UVH Level

Last Challenge is a Wildcard Mission

Wildcard Missions

After beating the required boss challenges in your current UVH rank, you will need to do a Wildcard Mission, a previous main mission with enemies that have buffed stats and unique traits. By completing this mission, you will unlock the next UVH rank. For UVH 2, this is the Rush The Gate mission.

How to Change UVH Level

Changed in Session Settings

Turn Off UVH in Settings

Once you unlock more than 1 UVH level, you can choose which UVH level you want to play in by going to the Session Settings. You can also choose to toggle UVHM on or off to choose the default difficulty settings.

Additional UVH Features

Create Level 30 Characters

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You can also create a character at Level 30 with UVH Rank 1 enabled. Now, you can easily create new Best Builds for Each Vault Hunter and characters! Use the Bank to share your items between your characters.

Is There New Game Plus?

Black Market is Accessible

Black Market Overworld Location

One of the UVH Missions is Maurice's Bounty. Once you complete, you will unlock Maurice's Black Market, a vending machine that sells Legendary weapons for cash. Its location will change every Thursday, so make sure you save enough Cash!

Black Market Location

Unlocks Weekly Missions

Weekly Missions and Content

UVH will also unlock two weekly missions that are incredibly tough but give great rewards. You can access these missions in the Matchmaking menu.

The Weekly Big Encore Runs is a harder version of an Encore Boss. It will also have a higher chance of dropping its unique loot drops. Instead of cash, you have to pay Eridium to fight it.

The Weekly Wildcard Mission is a more difficult version of a mission where nearly all of the enemies have traits and other modifiers. If you complete it, you will get a guaranteed Legendary drop.

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What to Do After UVH 5

Play With a New Level 30 Character

Borderlands 4 Vault Hunters

UVHM unlocks the feature to start as a new level 30 character. Experience the game in a different way with a new Vault Hunter that has its own sets of unique dialogue and skills!

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Finish All Side Missions

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Borderlands 4 contains 98 side missions to find and complete. Each side mission is different and some even expands the lore about the Borderlands universe!

List of Side Missions

Aim for Build Min-maxing

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Finding Class Mods and Gun Parts that compliment your build are essential to min-maxing. Try to obtain both by farming to reach the max potential of your build!

Best Builds Tier List

Higher UVH Levels Offer Better Gun Parts

Farming in higher UVH levels will result in better loot quality. This means that the Gun Parts that a weapon contains will be significantly stronger and better compared to the ones that you get in lower difficulties!

How to Increase UVH Level

Complete All Achievements

Try to achieve all trophies and achievements to obtain 100% completion in the game!

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