Gearbox has officially deployed a major update for Borderlands 4, bringing the first Bounty Pack to players alongside crucial stability fixes. While the new content is the headline, veteran Vault Hunters will want to pay close attention to the patch notes, which include a massive damage spike for a specific Legendary and long-awaited quality-of-life changes for loot visibility.
Bounty Pack 1 is Live and Free
The biggest news dropping on November 20 is the release of Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day. Originally slated as part of the paid roadmap, this content is now free for all players. This pack introduces the first Vault Card progression track, giving us a new reason to grind XP. If you've been looking for an excuse to jump back into the chaos, a free content drop centered around Mercenary Day festivities is a solid one.
Meta Watch: Lucky Clover Gets a Massive Buff
In terms of pure gameplay impact, the adjustment to the Lucky Clover is the standout change. The developers have increased its damage output by a staggering 37.5%. In a game where meta builds often hinge on single-digit percentage tweaks, a buff of this magnitude usually signals a shift in the viable endgame loadouts. If you have a Lucky Clover sitting in your bank, it's time to dust it off and test the new damage scaling.
What other quality of life changes were added?
Beyond the numbers, the play experience is getting smoother. Two specific changes stand out for those of us who spend hours optimizing our runs:
- Legendary Loot Indicator: A new visual indicator has been added for Legendary drops. This should help prevent those heartbreaking moments where a chaotic firefight causes you to miss an orange beam hidden behind geometry or corpses.
- Profile-Wide Phosphene Challenges: Grinding challenges on every single character is exhausting. Making Phosphene challenges profile-wide is a huge respect for player time, encouraging us to roll alts without feeling punished.
- Sensitivity Sliders: We finally have separate sensitivity sliders, allowing for finer control customization across different aiming modes.
Weekly Rotation and Stability
For the week of November 20 to November 27, the weekly activity features a boss with perhaps the most aggressive name in the franchise: the Callous Harbinger of Annihilating Death. Expect high-tier loot drops from this encounter.
On the technical side, this patch addresses stability issues specifically within the Kairos region. If you've been experiencing crashes or frame drops in that zone, this update targets those performance bottlenecks.
Looking Ahead
Gearbox also reconfirmed the roadmap for future updates. While not in this patch, Photo Mode, Cross-Save support, and new endgame Takedowns are still in active development. For now, jump in, claim your free Bounty Pack, and see if the Lucky Clover is the new king of DPS.