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His Vile Sanctum Walkthrough
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This is a walkthrough for the His Vile Sanctum mission in Borderlands 4. Read on to follow the objectives and clear the mission, as well as how to re-enter Vile Lictor's fortress if you're stuck.
| ◀ Previous Mission | Next Mission ▶ |
|---|---|
| Dark Subject | Rising Action |
His Vile Sanctum Walkthrough
| List of Objectives | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reach Vile Lictor's Fortress | |
| 2 | Reach Power Substation | |
| 3 | Breach Vile Lictor’s Fortress | |
| 4 | Kill Vile Lictor | |
Reach Vile Lictor's Fortress
| # | Walkthrough |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Follow Amara to the bridge leading to Vile Lictor's fortress, located southwest of Windspear. |
| 2 |  Fight your way across the bridge. At the entrance, kill Orbulus! |
| 3 | Return to Belton's Bore to trigger a cutscene. Afterward, follow Defiant Calder for your next objective. |
Reach Power Substation
| # | Walkthrough |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Head north to Substation Canonary, east of Stoneblood Forest. Kill Order forces inside the power substation. |
| 2 |  Follow the marked location to an open area in the power substation. Approach the white wall on the right to find Defiant Calder and have Bruce barge inside. Kill more Order forces with Bruce! |
| 3 | Follow Bruce to the doorway with the purple barrier. Once he takes the force field down, proceed through the corridor and to the next open area. Kill Order forces there as well. |
| 4 |  Keep following Bruce into the power substation as he tears down the barriers blocking your path. This willl eventually lead you to the chamber where the energy spike is. |
| 5 |  Escort Bruce to limiter A by killing enemies in his path. Once he takes down the shield bubble, destroy limiter A. Repeat this process for limiters B and C. |
| 6 | After destroying all limiters, huddle with Bruce. You will then be teleported in a cave in The Low Leys. |
Breach Vile Lictor’s Fortress
| # | Walkthrough |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Proceed through the cave and use your grappling hook to enter the Phase rift nearby. This will teleport you to another cave, but this time in Windspear. |
| 2 | Follow the marked location and enter another Phase rift at the top of the ledge, taking you to an Order facility. |
| 3 | Enter the Phase rift once more in the Order facility to finally reach the gates of Vile Lictor's fortress. |
| 4 |  Head north to the large gate and take Bruce's control core from his corpse. Be ready, as there will be more enemies in the area! |
| 5 |  Enter the doorway on the right and follow the marked location to the engineering bay. Insert Bruce's control core into the console. |
| 6 |  Grab the Bruce Bomb from the console and throw it at the barrier to destroy it. |
| 7 |  Use the Bruce Bombs to tear down the shield bubbles on either side of the large gate. Once both shield bubbles are down, shoot the cores to destroy the large gate's barrier. |
| 8 | Enter through the newly opened gate and you will be teleported to the Umbral Foundry. |
Kill Vile Lictor
| # | Walkthrough |
|---|---|
| 1 | Grab a Bruce Bomb nearby and throw it at the barrier to the south. |
| 2 |  Follow the marked location to a yellow-lit reactor with another barrier blocking an elevator. |
| 3 |  To the left of the reactor, enter the vent and grab a Bruce Bomb on the other side. Press the button to open the door, then throw the bomb at the barrier to destroy it. |
| 4 |  Enter the elevator and press the button to ascend to the upper level. |
| 5 |  This will take you to a large, open vertical area with three Eridium relics protected by shield bubbles. Grab a Bruce Bomb on the left and throw it at the shield bubbles, then shoot the Eridium relics to destroy them. Be careful, as falling will result to your death. Make sure to use gliding and grapple points to traverse the area safely. |
| 6 |  After destroying the Eridium relics, the Vile twins will appear. Kill both to proceed! Amara will also come in to help you fight them. |
| 7 | Follow Amara to the elevator and press the button to activate it. A cutscene will trigger at your destination. |
| 8 |  There are vending machines in the area. Make your preparations before facing Vile Lictor. When you're ready, approach the jump pad to enter the boss arena. |
| 9 |  Defeat Vile Lictor! It's important to stay on the move during the boss fight. Vile Lictor fires multiple projectiles and conjures deadly walls. For horizontal walls on the ground, jump and glide to avoid getting hit. During the second phase, Vile Lictor will charge a bomb that hits the entire arena. Quickly grapple to one of the stone platforms outside the arena to avoid the blast. |
| 10 |  After defeating Vile Lictor, take his bolt to trigger another cutscene. |
| 11 | Return to Belton's Bore and talk to Defiant Calder to complete the mission. |
How to Re-Enter Vile Lictor's Fortress
Return to the Power Substation
If you Fast Travel out of Vile Lictor's fortress during the mission, you may be wondering how to get back inside.
To re-enter Vile Lictor's fortress, return to Substation Canonary or the power substation and reach the chamber where the energy spike was. Stand where you huddled with Bruce to be teleported back to the cave in The Low Leys. Enter the Phase rifts again, and you'll find yourself back at the gates of Vile Lictor's fortress.
His Vile Sanctum Rewards
| Main Mission Rewards | |
|---|---|
| Base Reward |
・EXP ・Cash ・Eridium |
| Weapon Reward | ・Sniper Rifle (Blue to Purple Rarity) |
| Cosmetic Reward |
・Vault Hunter Head (Armed Collection) ・Vehicle Selection (Carapacer) |
Armed Collection and Carapacer Skins
Completing His Vile Sanctum will also reward you with the Armed Collection Vault Hunter Head and Carapacer Vehicle Selection, which you can use in the Customization menu.
List of All Customization Options
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All Main Missions
| # | 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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