50 Fun Facts About Borderlands 3

Which rapper voices Balex, an AI trapped inside a teddy bear's body in Borderlands 3?

Ice-T was no stranger to shooters, having already voiced the character Aaron Griffin in Gears of War 3.

Which famous duo lent their likenesses to Pain and Terror, a pair of villains in Borderlands 3?

Penn & Teller appear as Pain and Terror, with Penn Jillette also voicing Pain. Gearbox co-founder Randy Pitchford once worked as a professional magician in Hollywood himself.

In Borderlands 3, the robot Claptrap finally receives an upgrade that lets him do what?

Claptrap can finally climb stairs in Borderlands 3, and in the ship's cargo bay he is assembling a new friend from the salvaged parts of dead Claptrap units.

Borderlands Science, a tile-matching mini-game in Borderlands 3, helps real researchers study what?

The gut microbiome is the target: the puzzles are built from its DNA sequences, and a 2024 paper found the crowd's answers beat state-of-the-art software.

Roughly how many guns did Gearbox boast that Borderlands 3's procedural arsenal could produce?

Over 1 billion guns was the marketing line, dwarfing the 17 million that earned the first Borderlands a Guinness World Record. All of them still share just six types of ammo.

Which masked enemy poses like a religious icon on the Borderlands 3 cover, a grenade for its heart?

The Psycho stands in a pose traditionally used for Jesus in art, with the grenade standing in for the Sacred Heart.

Which starship serves as the Crimson Raiders' hub for travelling between planets in Borderlands 3?

Sanctuary III has three decks, including crew quarters with a cabin for each Vault Hunter and a shooting range tucked below the gun shop.

What is the name of the bandit cult that worships the Calypso Twins as gods in Borderlands 3?

Children of the Vault recruits came from the remnants of Pandora's many bandit factions, united after the defeat of Handsome Jack left a power vacuum.

Which company's PC store sold Borderlands 3 exclusively for six months before it reached Steam?

Epic Games paid publisher 2K $146 million for the deal, a figure that only came out in documents from its court fight with Apple.

Which battle royale game added part of Pandora to its map shortly before Borderlands 3 launched?

Fortnite ran the crossover in its tenth season, letting players wear Claptrap as back bling while exploring a small patch of Pandora on the main map.

Which Borderlands 3 Vault Hunter, a semi-retired hitman, can equip two action skills at once?

Zane is the only one of the four who can run two at a time, picking from a deployable Barrier, a SNTNL drone and a holographic Digi-Clone.

What is the name of the bipedal mech that the Gunner Moze pilots in Borderlands 3?

Iron Bear has hardpoints for railguns, miniguns, grenade launchers, flamethrowers and homing rockets, and a later add-on introduced a miniature Iron Cub.

Which class name belongs to FL4K, the wandering robot among Borderlands 3's playable Vault Hunters?

Beastmaster FL4K can vanish from sight with the Fade Away skill or send dive-bombing Rakks at enemies with Rakk Attack.

Borderlands 3's playable Operative, a gadget-loving hitman, was born into which Pandoran family?

Flynt is an infamous name on Pandora: a bandit lord called Baron Flynt was thought to hold the final piece of the Vault Key in the first Borderlands.

Moze, the Gunner of Borderlands 3, is a former soldier in the army of which weapons manufacturer?

Vladof is the army Moze left behind: she specializes in mechanized combat and can digistruct a walking tank in the middle of a firefight.

Which pet of the robot FL4K has its own litter box in the Vault Hunter's cabin in Borderlands 3?

The Spiderant is one of the pets FL4K can bring into battle, along with a Skag and a Jabber, and a later add-on let an ION Loader join them.

Which YouTube comedian, known online as ProZD, provides the voice of FL4K in Borderlands 3?

SungWon Cho later voiced Ratatoskr in God of War Ragnarök and Senshi in the anime Delicious in Dungeon.

Which ally reveals in Borderlands 3 that she secretly inherited Siren powers from the late Angel?

Tannis had kept the secret with Lilith, though she had already used the powers to drain the Graveward's energy before Tyreen could absorb it.

Which returning hero dies shielding her apprentice from the Calypso Twins in Borderlands 3?

Maya steps in when her apprentice is overpowered, and Troy kills her by draining her life force. Her deleted funeral scene was later released with the Director's Cut add-on.

Which apprentice from Athenas inherits Siren powers when Troy Calypso dies in Borderlands 3?

Ava receives the powers Troy had stolen from her mentor, having joined the Crimson Raiders after helping to recover a piece of the Promethean Vault Key.

Amara, Borderlands 3's playable Siren, fights by summoning ethereal versions of which body part?

Fists define her fighting style: Phaseslam pounds the ground, Phasegrasp locks an enemy in place, and her cabin on the ship even has a punching bag.

Who, known as the first Vault Hunter, is revealed as the Calypso Twins' father in Borderlands 3?

Typhon DeLeon raised the twins on a lost alien homeworld to keep them safe, but they came to see it as a prison and grew bitter and power-hungry.

Which executive joins the Calypso Twins to launch a hostile takeover of Atlas in Borderlands 3?

Katagawa Jr. fights with holographic clones that snipe from the corners of his arena, then teleports in close for a sword slash.

Which hero of Tales from the Borderlands runs the Atlas corporation by the time of Borderlands 3?

Rhys hands over the last part of the Promethean Vault Key once the attack on his company is beaten back. Ray Chase took over the role from Troy Baker.

Which sister of Sir Hammerlock betrays him and sides with the Calypso Twins in Borderlands 3?

Aurelia was a playable Vault Hunter in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel before she returned in Borderlands 3 as a boss.

What symbol is left branded on Pandora's moon after Lilith sacrifices herself in Borderlands 3?

A Firehawk sigil is all her sacrifice leaves behind, and the credits show her allies and the Vault Hunters looking up at it in tribute.

Which celestial body turns out to be the key that opens the Great Vault in Borderlands 3?

Elpis, the moon of Pandora, is itself the key, and Troy manages to activate it before the Vault Hunters can stop him.

Which lost homeworld of the Eridians do the Vault Hunters visit late in Borderlands 3?

Nekrotafeyo holds the machine the Eridians built to recapture the monster sealed inside Pandora, a device powered by four Vault Keys.

Which monster imprisoned in the Great Vault merges with Tyreen at the end of Borderlands 3?

The Destroyer could consume the entire universe, so the Eridians sacrificed their whole civilization to trap it. It was also the final foe of the original Borderlands.

Which beast is held inside the Promethean Vault, the first one opened in Borderlands 3?

The Rampager has three forms, the last of them dragon-like, and Tyreen absorbs its power as soon as the Vault Hunters have beaten it.

Which gun manufacturer's weapons in Borderlands 3 can be thrown at enemies when they run empty?

Tediore guns can be thrown when empty for extra effects, while rival Atlas weapons fire tracking bullets that hunt down enemies in cover.

Which elemental damage type replaced slag in Borderlands 3, spreading between enemies when they die?

Radiation hurts enemies over time and can jump to others in an explosion when a victim dies, whereas slag only left targets weaker to other attacks.

Which Borderlands 3 system replaced the Badass system as the source of buffs shared by characters?

Guardian Rank splits its rewards into Enforcer, Survivor and Hunter categories, all earned by finishing small challenges throughout the game.

Which Borderlands 3 endgame setting boosts loot while toughening enemies with random modifiers?

Mayhem Mode unlocks once the main story is finished, and its modifiers include Floor is Lava, which punishes players for standing still.

Which shooter series, along with Apex Legends, inspired the new crouch-slide in Borderlands 3?

Titanfall inspired the slide, and Borderlands 3 paired it with another new move: mantling up and over short ledges.

Which platform's ECHOcast extension let viewers win loot from a Borderlands 3 streamer's chests?

Twitch viewers each had a 25% chance of winning gear whenever a streamer opened a rare chest, until the extension was retired in December 2023.

Which Gearbox service issues the redeemable codes that unlock Golden Keys in Borderlands 3?

SHiFT codes are handed out through social media and promotions, and each Golden Key opens a chest of gear matched to the character's level.

Which band, also heard in the opening of Borderlands 2, recorded the theme song for Borderlands 3?

The Heavy, a rock band from Bath in England, wrote it from the intro's storyboards, while a rival pitch by Cage the Elephant ended up over the end credits.

Which game did Gearbox make as a break from the series before starting Borderlands 3?

Battleborn was no great success, but art director Scott Kester said making it gave the team ideas they began building into Borderlands 3 as soon as it was done.

Which Saurian shipmate hands out the seasonal event quests in Borderlands 3?

Maurice came aboard through a Cultural Exchange Program, wears a translation device, and is fascinated by humanity's annual celebrations.

Which explosives expert, a child in Borderlands 2, returns in Borderlands 3 under a shorter name?

Tiny Tina now goes by just Tina, and Ashly Burch, who first played her in Borderlands 2, came back to voice the grown-up version.

Which bar owner recruits the Vault Hunters for a casino heist in Borderlands 3's first story add-on?

Moxxi wants back a casino that Handsome Jack stole from her before his death, and her heist crew must fight through Hyperion security to reach its loot.

Which Borderlands 2 Vault Hunter's mind is the setting of Borderlands 3's fourth story add-on?

Krieg has a dual psyche, and players help both sides process his traumatic memories while hunting for clues to a mythical place called Vaulthalla.

Which former Vault Hunter is the wedding planner in Borderlands 3's Guns, Love, and Tentacles?

Gaige turns up with her robot best friend Deathtrap to plan a wedding on Xylourgos, an ice planet where a giant monster lies frozen above a village of occultists.

Which early Borderlands 3 boss attacks with giant speakers and stops to dance when the bass drops?

Mouthpiece hides behind a shield that leaves his helmet exposed, and the cables on the floor glow just before his speakers fire a sonic shockwave.

Which boss fought on Athenas in Borderlands 3 is a master of both fire and ice attacks?

Captain Traunt is billed as the toughest enemy players have met by that point, and his weak spot is the elemental canister mounted behind his head.

Which ally from Promethea recruits players for Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite in Borderlands 3?

Lorelei sends players to Midnight's Cairn, where a Maliwan research base is building a secret weapon under the watch of an army of mechs.

Which Eridium Cartel kingpin is the final boss of Borderlands 3's Revenge of the Cartels event?

Joey Ultraviolet holes up in Villa Ultraviolet, an opulent hideout above a tropical paradise, and his boss fight comes with a synth-filled 1980s flavour.

Which Borderlands 3 mode from the Designer's Cut add-on is the series' own take on battle royale?

Arms Race makes Vault Hunters gear up from scratch in a hidden area of Pandora, then extract the best loot they find or die trying.

Which Borderlands 3 weapon was named by a terminally ill fan who was invited to play the game early?

Trevonator honours Trevor Eastman, a series fan with terminal cancer whom Gearbox invited to try a preview build in June 2019.