The latest Borderlands 4 update, released on October 9, 2025, brings a set of targeted balance changes and activity refreshes designed to enhance gameplay diversity and progression. Following last week’s major overhaul, Gearbox Software has focused this patch on fine-tuning specific Legendary weapons, improving pet scaling, and adjusting damage values to create a more balanced experience for all Vault Hunters. Weekly events have also been refreshed, offering players new challenges and opportunities to secure better loot.
The developer notes that this update precedes a larger patch expected next week, which will introduce further adjustments to Class Mods, Shields, and Firmware. Gearbox also confirmed that additional quality-of-life improvements, performance optimizations, and stability fixes are in development. Players are encouraged to restart their game after installing the update to avoid connection issues in matchmaking and ensure all changes are properly applied.
Full Patch Notes
Weekly Activities:
- Weekly Big Encore Boss replaced with a tougher variant of an existing boss featuring a richer loot pool.
- Weekly Wildcard Mission updated with a new objective and guaranteed Legendary drop.
- Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine relocated and refreshed with new inventory.
Gear Balance Adjustments:
- Ruby’s Grasp: Damage increased by 50 percent; fire rate increased by 25 percent.
- Bully Drone: Damage increased by 50 percent; base damage increased by 50 percent.
- Rangefinder: Base damage increased by 30 percent.
- Queen’s Rest: Spawn chance raised from 30 percent to 50 percent; fire rate increased by 50 percent.
- Seventh Sense: Orb damage increased by 250 percent.
- Hellwalker: Base damage increased by 30 percent.
- Convergence: Base damage increased by 25 percent.
Additional Changes:
- Legendary Tediore Shotgun Anarchy now correctly awards Stacks of Mutualism when auto-reloading or killing enemies.
- All class pets (Trouble, Specters, Reapers, and Forgeweapons) now properly gain Critical Hit Chance from passive skills and gear bonuses.
- Adjusted Vex the Siren’s Bleed ability to properly count as Status Effect Damage.
Borderlands 4 is a 2025 action role-playing first-person looter shooter developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. As the fifth main entry in the Borderlands series, the game launched on September 12, 2025, for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version planned for release at a later date. Set six years after Borderlands 3, it follows a new team of Vault Hunters on the ancient planet Kairos as they join a local resistance to locate a hidden Vault and overthrow the oppressive Timekeeper.
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