Borderlands 4 First Wave of DLC Revealed

2K Games and Gearbox Software revealed the first wave of DLC for looter shooter Borderlands 4. The DLC includes the paid Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day and the free Seasonal Mini-Event: Horrors of Kairos and endgame updates. The full details pertaining to the upcoming DLC can be found here.

The Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day will launch on November 20, 2025. It is the first of four major paid DLC included in the Bounty Pack Bundle, which is part of the Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition of the game but also available for separate purchase. The DLC sees Rush, the leader of the Outbounders, undertaking missions to make the upcoming Mercenary Day more festive in opposition to Timekeeper Screw’s view. The Bounty Pack 1 includes a Vault Card that allows players to unlock twenty-four cosmetic items and four pieces of rerollable gear. It also comes with a new Digirunner Vehicle, a Vault Hunter skin, and an ECHO.

The Seasonal Mini-Event: Horrors of Kairos will be available from October 23, 2025, to November 6, 2025. It features world boss encounters, which once vanquished potentially yield legendary loot such as tediore assault rifle Murmur and order grenade Skully. During the event, players can receive SHiFT codes unlocking further cosmetic items. The free endgame updates, set to release in December 2025, let players take on Bloomreaper the Invincible, a boss with massive health pools, lethal attack damage, and new modifiers. The updates also unlock the Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode level that provides more challenge.

Borderlands 4 takes players to Kairos, where they search for valuable alien treasure while fighting the authoritarian Timekeeper. The game introduces four new playable Vault Hunters and includes cross-platform co-op multiplayer for up to four players. It is currently available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version planned.