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Rising Action Walkthrough: How to Align Dish

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Borderlands 4 Rising Action
This is a walkthrough for the Rising Action mission in Borderlands 4. Read on to follow the objectives and clear the mission, as well as how to align the dish.

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Rising Action Walkthrough

List of Objectives
1 Take Command Bolts
2 Reach Launch Platform
3 Kill Everything

Take Command Bolts

# Walkthrough
1
Borderlands 4 Zadra Location
Once you have all three command bolts, talk to Zadra in The Stubs. You can fast travel to Zadra's Backup Plan to get there quicker.
2
Borderlands 4 Place Command Bolts
Place the command bolts on the marked spots on the console. After Zadra finishes, take the command bolts from the console.
3
Borderlands 4 Amara Location
Fast travel to the Bones of Sanctuary and speak with Amara inside her ship to trigger a cutscene.

Reach Launch Platform

# Walkthrough
1
Borderlands 4 Launch Platform Location
After the cutscene, fast travel to the entrance of the Moon-Called Throne in the Fallen Crown. Enter the launch platform and kill the rippers in the area!
2
Borderlands 4 Release Cramps
Follow Amara until she stops and tries to release the cramps on the mechanism. You will then need to release three cramps by using your grappling hook to pull them.

Release the first cramps from the one Amara was attempting to release. The other two cramps are located nearby, on opposite sides of the launch platform.
3
Borderlands 4 Ignition Building
Once all cramps are released, follow Amara to the ignition building. Grapple up on top of the building and jump down to the control room. Flip the switch on the terminal to ignite the engines.
4
Borderlands 4 Dish Tower
Follow Amara to the dish tower. Grapple up the nearby platform on the tower and climb onto the metal grate on the right to reach the next platform.
5
Borderlands 4 Align Dish
Grapple up again to reach the top of the dish tower. Use your grappling hook to align the dish.
6
Borderlands 4 Reach Control Terminal
Jump down and follow Amara until she stops. Climb up the ladder and grapple up on the floating platform controlled by Amara.
7
Borderlands 4 Control Terminal
Climb onto the metal grate and enter inside. Follow the marked objective while platforming along the way until you reach the control terminal.
8 Place Callis’s command bolt on the marked spot. Be ready for an ambush!
9 Interact with the console to hack it, then take Callis’s command bolt.
10
Borderlands 4 Access Lift
Enter through the door on the right and grapple up to reach the platform above. Head outside and glide to the metal grate on the right.
11 Climb to the other side and press the button on the terminal to try accessing the lift.
12
Borderlands 4 Remove Blockage
Follow the marked objective going up until you reach the lift. Grapple up behind the lift and use your grappling hook to remove the blockage from the gears.
13
Borderlands 4 Activate Space Elevator
Wait for the lift to reach your floor, then follow Amara to the space control elevators. Press the button on the terminal to teleport to The Ladder.

Kill Everything

# Walkthrough
1
Borderlands 4 Kill Everything
Once you're in The Ladder, exit the control room and kill all enemies in the area.
2 Afterward, talk to Amara to complete the mission.

Rising Action Rewards

Main Mission Rewards
Base Reward ・EXP
・Cash
・Eridium
Equipment Reward ・Assault Rifle (Blue to Purple Rarity)
Cosmetic Reward ・Voice of the Void (Vault Hunter Style)

Voice of the Void Skin

Borderlands 4 Rising Action Rewards

Completing Rising Action will also reward you with the Voice of the Void Skin, a Vault Hunter Style that you can use in the Customization menu.

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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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