Borderlands 4 Endgame Raids and DLC Guide: What’s in Now, What Isn’t, and How to Beat It

Last updated on November 18th, 2025 at 11:30 am

All right, I’m just going to be real with you now I finished the Borderlands 4 campaign last week and my initial reaction was: “Now what?” Well, it turns out there are some dozen answers to that question, and most of them are pretty good.

The endgame in Borderlands 4 is no longer just “replay the story on harder mode.” There’s an entire system of challenges, weekly boss rematches, rotating vendors and a real roadmap all the way to 2026. And the series’ first proper raid boss in December too.

So if you’re wondering what to do after the credits roll, or trying to get a sense of whether the DLC is worth it, I have spent way too much time figuring this out. Here’s what you need to know.

What’s Actually Available Right Now

Once you get out of the main story and kick its ass, so much of the game just opens up in ways that aren’t evident right away. I mostly meandered myself for the first few hours of play time until I realized, there’s a method to this endgame system.

UVHM returns with level cap increased to 80

UVHM has up to five difficulty ranks, where each rank restricts you from progressing through that additional rank without completing set milestones and “Wildcard” missions. It’s not just “enemies have more health” each tier fundamentally alters how you should approach combat.

Here are my finds: there is a real spike in difficulty moving from slots 2 to 3. You can no longer just muscle your way through this. That is something you actually have to consider though, the elemental match ups and gear synergy.

The cool part? Wildcard missions always yield legendary drops, so you’ll make progress no matter what.

Unlock Weekly Bosses Rematches Via Moxxi’s Machine

Moxxi’s Big Encore Machine, which allows you to rematch the bosses each week for rare loot, but it does cost Eridium. I did this with the psychoreaver fight spent about 150 Eridium and ended up with two legendaries I’ve never seen before.

The catch? You have to grind Eridium. Which brings me to…

Black Market At Maurice’s Is Your Best Friend

Maurice’s Black Market A rotating vendor that sells high-tier legendaries in exchange for in-game cash, and relocates each week. The first time I stumbled upon it, I was sure it must be a random spawn. No it “moves” to a fixed location every week, determined by an algorithm that is the same for everyone.

Pro tip: Look for community maps on Reddit or fan wikis for up-to-date spawn coordinates. Saves you hours of searching.

Weekly Wildcard Missions Actually Matter

These story missions have enemy modifiers and guaranteed high-tier rewards. I’m now ploud-running these weekly because they dish out at least a single legendary per clear.

Enemies explode when killed Last week’s mission modifier. Annoying? Yes. For a guaranteed legendary with certain affixes, yes? Also yes.

The DLC Roadmap – What to Expect, And When

Gearbox actually set a timeline down here, which is good to see. Here’s what’s on the schedule:

Seasonal Event: 3 ⁄ 30 (October 23 – November 6, October 22, 2025)

[This adds themed weather effects, new legendary weapons and cosmetics. It’s free, so you might as well jump in. I will be interested to see if the weather actually effects gameplay or is just for show.

Bounty Pack 1 (November 20, 2025)- You Can Pay Money for This One

Paid DLC, Bounty Pack 1, introduces new story missions, boss encounter and legendary gear in addition to vault cards, cosmetic sets and a vehicle skin.

I’ll probably grab this. Even if they’re like Borderlands 3, the vault cards alone make it worth.

The Big One: Bloomreaper the Invincible (2025)

It’s the first raid-style boss variation, meaning the only place to earn the unique boss-only mechanics loot is doing this encounter. And oh, it’s free, which actually surprised me.

Bloomreaper requires teamplay coordination and includes time-gated spawns, multi-phase combat and environmental hazards. I’ve been farming gear just for this fight, (because) the rewards are pearlescent weapons followed by unique skins and top-tier firmware.

First half latter, 2026: Here Comes The Matter.

Bounty Pack 2 introduces more missions, bosses and Pearlescent rarity weapons. Next up is the Story Pack “C4SH & the Vault of the Damned” featuring a new Vault Hunter, zones, side missions and tonnes upon tonnes of cosmetic goodness!

A new Vault Hunter in the middle of a cycle is massive. That in itself warrants a season pass to me.

How to Get Good at the Endgame, in Practice

Not gonna lie this was tough at first. UVHM Tier 3 literally kicked my ass until I discovered a few things.

For Me, It was Firmware Transfer That Changed Everything

Firmware provides equipment set bonuses, and by the time you unlock Zane’s firmware machine in post-campaign missions, you are able to transfer firmware from one piece of gear to another if they share the same type. Yes, you’ll eliminate the source item but it’s worth it.

I combined 3 shit tier FW’s into one god-tier shield. Game changer.

So the Eridium economy is now a thing

This is a bit of my farming loop: Something like SDU Farms and Drill Sites are great ways to farm gear capacity upgrades and farming eridium from repeatable objectives. I do roughly 30 minutes each day on hitting those spots, then dump every thing into Moxxi’s machine on Wednesday reset.

Farm SDUs and drill sites for eridium, then spend on Moxxi’s & Big Encore runs. Straitforward, effective and you’re always making progress.

QoLish Vault Fragments

Unlock the Primordial Vaults to gain a permanent mobility upgrade aiding traversal and farming loops. I kept dismissing these at first they felt optional. They’re not.

Quicker travelling = quicker farming = better loot per hour. Put these at the top of your list too.

Free Resources I Actually Used

I am a cheapskate, so I hunted for free guides before paying for anything. Here’s what helped:

For a more in-depth understanding of UVHM mechanics and gameplay progression, check out IGN’s Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode Explained. If you don’t understand how the difficulty tiers function, begin here.

The r/Borderlands Simplified Endgame Spectacular is the community endgame writeup you’ve been looking for! Leave it to Reddit for this.

Here is a larger, more detailed japanese wiki for endgame content and where to find bosses.Game8’s Endgame Content Guide_QUESTION. Even with the translation oddities, it is impressively comprehensive.

For video-guide stuff, ON THA STICKS does roadmap updates and event rundowns, and Mental Mars is doing vault fragments locations and firmware fabrication set farming.

FAQ’s I Had (And Probably So Do You)

How do I unlock UVHM tiers?

Finish specific boss tasks and “Wildcard” story missions at every tier all observation-based targets need to be fulfilled before moving on to a new UVHM level.

When can I fight Bloomreaper?

Invincible Bloomreaper becomes available as a free December 2025 update and is accessible from the endgame selector screen following the update’s release.

Are there any repeatable missions for legendaries?

Yes – Lilith and the weekly Wildcard Mission drop that as a minimum every time – you can target specific affix mods but they’re fixed.

My Take After Three Weeks

The endgame of Borderlands 4 actually respects your time. You know you won’t be coming up empty when it comes to the legendary items too, since the Wildcard missions offer guaranteed drops. The road map gives you reasons to check in every couple of weeks. And that the first raid boss will be free confirms that they are in this for the long haul.

Is it perfect? No. I just wish UVHM had unlocked a little sooner, and the Eridium prices for boss rematches is kinda steep. But this is pretty good, compared with some other looter shooters.

If you finished the campaign and are left wondering if there’s more to do yes, thankfully, there is plenty. And if you’re in the middle on DLC, wait until Bounty Pack 1 hits and hear what all your favorite content wranglers are saying. But the free stuff alone? That’s worth sticking around for.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to bang out my weekly Wildcard mission and find Maurcie’s market.

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