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October 9 Update and Patch Notes

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★ 12 active SHiFT Codes as of December 18, 2025
Black Market Location
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Legendary Weapons
Builds: Vex | Amon | Rafa | Harlowe

The October 9 update for Borderlands 4 focuses on Legendary gear balance changes in the game. Read on to see the full list of balance changes and updates!

Balance Changes

Gear Balance Adjustments

Ruby's Grasp
・Damage increased by 50%
・Fire rate increased by 25%
Bully
・Drone damage increased by 50%
・Base damage increased by 50%
Rangefinder
・Base damage increase by 30%
Queen's Rest
・Spawn chance increased from 30% to 50%
・Fire rate increased by 50%
Seventh Sense
・Orb damage increased by 250%
Hellwalker
・Base damage increase 30%
Convergence
・Base damage increase by 25%

Additional Changes

・Legendary Tediore Shotgun Anarchy was adjusted to properly award Stacks of Mutualism when auto-reloading or killing enemies
・All Pets from all classes (such as Trouble, Specters, Reapers, and Forgeweapons) now properly gain Critical Hit Chance from Passives and Gear
・Adjustment made to Vex the Siren’s Bleed to count as Status Effect Damage

Update Summary

New Weekly Challenges

Types of Weekly Challenges
Weekly Big Encore Boss Features a tougher variant of an existing boss that offers more rewards than normal. The boss can be accessed through Moxxi's Big Encore Machine by spending Eridium.
Weekly Wildcard Mission A weekly mission that guarantees a legendary drop once finished. The mission can be repeatedly done.
Maurice's Black Market Machine A machine that can offer legendary loot obtainable by spending in-game cash. Its location is random and will swap each week.

All weekly challenges have been updated! The October 9 update features a new Weekly Big Encore Boss, a New Weekly Wildcard Mission, and a new location for the Black Market Machine.

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October 2 Update and Patch Notes September 25 Update and Patch Notes
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