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Borderlands 4 List of Main Missions
This is a list and walkthrough guide for the main missions in Borderlands 4. See the full list of main missions including its walkthrough by continuing below!

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List of Main Missions

21 Chapters

# Main Mission
1 Guns Blazing
2 Recruitment Drive
3 Down and Outbound
4 A Lot to Process
* One Fell Swoop Shadow of the Mountain Wrath of the Ripper Queen
Rush the Gate Crystal Brawl Siege and Destroy
↓ Dark Subject Unpaid Tab
His Vile Sanctum Her Flaming Vision
15 Rising Action
16 Another Day, Another Universe
17 The Falling Wall
18 Means of Ascent
19 Plan Z
20 The Timekeeper's Order
21 Secrets of the Vault

Missions Branch After “A Lot to Process”

After completing the fourth main mission, A Lot to Process, you can choose from three main missions (One Fell Swoop, Shadow of the Mountain, Wrath of the Ripper Queen) to take on next, along with their respective mission branches. The other two can be completed later.

You need to complete all three mission branches to continue with the main mission, Rising Action.

How Many Chapters Are in Borderlands 4?

There Are 21 Chapters

Borderlands 4 21 Chapters

Borderlands 4 has 21 chapters or main missions, each taking around 30-120 minutes to complete, depending on your difficulty and speed of completing them.

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