Borderlands 4 guide_ Tips to plunder Kairos for all its loot

After six years, a couple of spin-offs, and a not-so-great movie, Borderlands 4 is finally here. While it might look like just another Borderlands game at first glance, there are a lot of big changes that'll [[link]] keep even series veterans like me on their toes.

Of course, the most notable change is the shift to a fully open world structure, with several biomes to explore, each with quests, activities, bosses, and guns to loot. Lots and lots of guns is one thing that'll never change. Our Borderlands 4 guide will get you up to speed with everything you need to know to get started on Kairos.

Recent updates

September 26, 2025: We've added more of our Borderlands 4 guides and tips here to help you on Kairos, including more legendary gear you'll want to find.

Borderlands 4 Vault Hunters and builds

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Hero

Pick the right character for you and deck them out with the best builds, Yono all app or just play all four using the new campaign skip feature on subsequent Vault Hunters.

: Meet your new Vault Hunters and find out who's Yono all rummy strongest.
: The amped-up Gravitar.
: The speed-demon Exo-Soldier.
: The spooky Siren.
: The fierce Forgeknight.

Borderlands 4 legendary gear

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Gear Up

The gear you bring with you is the other half of the build-making puzzle, so here are some legendary items you should hunt down.

: Sticky bomb SMG.
: SMG with a sting.
: Ice and fire assault rifle.
: Explosive assault rifle.
: Slug shotgun.
: Doom-inspired shotgun.
: Multi-element shotgun.
: Game-breaking ricochet shotgun.
: The everything gun.
: Slicing shotgun.
: Multi-hit sniper.
: Storm-slinger sniper.
: Build-breaking repkit.
: Healing missile repkit.
: High-speed shield.
: Melee damage grenade.
: Vex's Blood Shot class mod.

Borderlands 4 missions and activities

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Wayfinder

Sometimes a mission might leave you scratching your head on a specific objective, or perhaps you're after a particular boss?

: Crack open Kairos.
: Recruitment Drive.

Borderlands 4 systems

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Basics

Handy tips to make the most of Borderlands 4's wide variety of systems, big and small.

: Maurice's machine this week.
: This week on Kairos.
: Hit the reset.
: The skill points you're restrained by.
: Level up fast.
: So many freebies.
: Even more freebies just for watching streams.

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Borderlands 4 system requirements

The original Borderlands 4 [[link]] minimum system requirements stated the game required at least 8 CPU cores, and we speculated something was up with the original figure and . A 2K rep confirmed the specification was an error on , but we haven't seen that reflected in its updated recommendations. Here's what we're working with for now:

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Minimum

Recommended

OS

Windows 10 (64-bit)

Windows 10 (64-bit)

CPU

Intel Core i7 9700 / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Intel Core i7 12700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

GPU

Nvidia RTX 2070 / AMD RX 5700 XT

Nvidia RTX 3080 / AMD RX 6800 XT

VRAM

8 GB

12 GB

Memory

16 GB

32 GB

Storage

100 GB SSD

100 GB SSD

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