Borderlands 4 welcomes Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned later this month
2K and Gearbox have announced that Borderlands 4 is expanding on March 26 when Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned releases, bringing Story Pack 1 to players. Check out the reveal trailer for the DLC below.
Included in the release is a new Vault Hunter, C4SH, a new area to explore, new collectables to discover, ne enemies to shoot and of course, new loot to… well loot.
The new area that players will get to discover is The Whispering Glacier, which by the name alone should tell you it is a cold place. While it is the home for the new story, the location will also feature new story missions, side missions, activities, and collectibles. Later in mission progression, players will be able to destroy gargantuan growths of pulsating flesh to unlock new areas, loot, and puzzles. An all-new World Boss mechanic warps players who commune with eldritch trees to a nightmarish dimension where a random boss lies in wait.
As for the new story, players will team up with Ellie, the no nonsense mechanic and daughter of Moxxi on her quest quest to destroy an alien monolith and enter the accursed Vault of the Damned. Guided by the returning peculiar proprietor Mancubus Bloodtooth, players will brave the icy wastes of The Whispering Glacier, a frozen expanse littered with the husks of derelict ships and dark secrets.
You won’t need to do it with your existing Vault Hunter as C4SH is joining the roster as the first DLC Vault Hunter. This new character is a former CasinoBot, who after winning a high-stakes card game, he gained a magical deck that imbues him with eldritch boons. This would be a cursed trophy for most people, but for a robot who has been able to game the solar system’s casinos and battlefields with statistical knowledge, he finally knows what unpredictability feels like. For the first time, he feels human. This drives him to play nothing safe, always bet on himself, and take as many risks as possible.
As mentioned before, Story Pack 1 introduces a host of new challenges across The Whispering Glacier, including two major boss fights and 16 minibosses. To reach them, players will need to carve their path through plenty of tough enemies like the grizzled soldiers of the DAHL Legion, who abandoned their posts on Elpis to wreak havoc on Kairos, and fierce Kraggons and Scavs.
Players can look forward to plenty of suitable rewards for their troubles. Story Pack 1 features three new Pearlescent weapons and 11 new pieces of Legendary gear, including two Grenades, two Heavy Weapons, two Shields, and five Class Mods, allowing for the creation of even more novel and powerful Vault Hunter Builds.
Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned also contains a total of 28 new cosmetic items including:
Two Vault Hunter Heads usable by all Vault Hunters
Four Vault Hunter Skins usable by all Vault Hunters
Eight Vault Hunter Heads usable by C4SH
One alternate Vault Hunter body usable by C4SH
Four Weapon Skins
Four Vehicle Skins
Three ECHO-4 Drone Skins & Attachments
One ECHO-4 Frame
Story Pack 1 will release on March 26 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Owners of the Borderlands 4 Super Deluxe Edition or the Borderlands 4 Vault Hunter Pack will get access to the content as part of that, for those who don’t own those, it will be available for purchase on its own.
