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Recruitment Drive Walkthrough: How to Get Clearance for Elevator

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Borderlands 4 - Recruitment Drive

This is a walkthrough for the Recruitment Drive mission in Borderlands 4. Read on to learn how to get clearance to access the broadcast tower elevator and finish the mission.

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Recruitment Drive Walkthrough

Objective 1: Take Claptrap's Tour

# Walkthrough
1
Borderlands 4 - Talk with Claptrap
Go up the steps and approach the grill beside Claptrap. After his dialogue is exhausted, open it to retrieve batteries.
2 Follow Claptrap until you see an enclosure with new ripper enemies that may be tougher to kill.
3 After eliminating all enemies, proceed with Claptrap to the elevator of a broadcast tower where you will reunite with Arjay's ECHO-4 robot. The elevator, however, cannot be called from the bottom.
4 Using ECHO-4's ECHO Location, you may trace your path to the next objective with a yellow line. Follow the trail until you see climbable wall on a cliffside.
5 Inside a cave, there should be Mangrel enemies guarding the way to another Ripper camp.

Objective 2: Find Splashzone

# Walkthrough
1
Borderlands 4 - To Riptide Grotto
Kill all rippers in the camp before advancing further to find a passageway leading to Riptide Grotto.
2 Be cautious in Riptide Grotto as the battle becomes very hectic with several enemies. Take cover to avoid losing health and having to respawn. Remember to loot for better weapons to clear the area more efficiently.
3
Borderlands 4 - Near Splashzone Boss Arena
Upon entering Riptide Grotto, run left and follow the raised terrain to eventually reach a climbable wall. Eliminate the rippers once you climb up.
4
Borderlands 4 - Splashzone Boss Arena
If you turn to the right facing a gap, there is a ledge leading to a jutting platform you have to jump onto. Upon entering, you will fight the miniboss Splashzone.
5 Kill Splashzone. As he moves quickly and hits hard, use the environment to your advantage while also being careful of rippers outnumbering you.
6 After killing Splashzone, get his key and use it to open the nearby chest to receive the Glide Pack. Use the Glide Pack on the edge of his boss platform to reach the other side. From there, run up the grassy dirt path until you reach the starting area again.

Objective 3: Return to the Broadcast Tower

# Walkthrough
1
Borderlands 4 - To Top of Broadcast Tower
With Splashzone's key, return to the area with the broadcast tower. Find a climbable wall to reach the side of the tower.
2 Head to the top of the tower by using the grappling hook. There, you will realize that the elevator is still inaccesible.

Objective 4: Get Clearance for Elevator

# Walkthrough
1
Borderlands 4 - Corpse with Elevator Clearance
Turn back from the elevator to see a corpse slumped by a crate. Looking at the back of its head, there should be a green chip. A prompt should then allow you to get the clearance from it. Go back to the elevator to finally activate it.
2 After Claptrap reaches the top, he will ask you to break a door. After breaking the door, enter Claptrap's Safehouse.
3 To successfully capture the Safehouse, find the command console's datapad and use it to access the console. This unlocks the Vending Machine, which allows you to buy and sell resources. Moreover, this unlocks the Safehouse as a point for fast travel.
4 After capturing the Safehouse, start a broadcast with Claptrap by accessing the console near him.

Recruitment Drive Rewards

Main Mission Rewards
Base Reward • Cash
• XP
Equipment Reward • Shield (Purple Rarity)

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# 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

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