Borderlands 4 Patch Notes: Every Update Through 1.11

The latest Borderlands 4 patch is Version 1.11, released on October 22, 2026, which buffed every Vault Hunter, reworked the Horace fight and fixed a long list of Story Pack 2 issues. Since then the only change has been the server-side Weekly Activities rotation that went live on November 5, 2026. Below is a plain-English summary of every major update from launch to November 2026, newest first, with the numbers that matter for your build and your farming.

We checked this against Gearbox's official update notes on the Borderlands 4 site, the individual patch articles on the Borderlands support site, and 2K's DLC announcements in November 2026. Only dated official patches are included.

This Week: Weekly Activities for November 5 to 12, 2026

The newest entry in the official notes is not a game patch at all. Since August 6, 2026, Weekly Activities have been delivered through server-side updates, so they change without a download. The November 5 rotation sets the Weekly Big Encore Boss to The Battle Wagon and the Weekly Wildcard Mission to One Slimy Issue, which rewards the Bloody Lumberjack, a Daedalus assault rifle. Maurice's Black Market vending machine also moved to a new location as part of the same rotation.

These rotations land every Thursday, and the official page keeps a running history. Recent weeks have featured the Core Observer, Divisioner, Fractis and Directive-0 on October 29, the Driller Hole on October 22 and the Core Observer again on October 15. If you are hunting a specific Wildcard reward, the history is worth scanning, because missions and rewards do come back: The Falling Wall and Hangover Helper have each appeared more than once since the system went server-side.

Version 1.11: October 22, 2026

Version 1.11 was mostly a balance and cleanup patch after the big September content drop. The base game changes most players will notice:

• Fast travel now completes before your character finishes loading, so you can move immediately on arrival.
• Horace's health pools were rebalanced, shortening the flying stage and lengthening the grounded stage.
• Vault entrances only appear after you collect three Vault Key Fragments.
• A bank was added to the Takedown at Hadron Abyss lobby, and prices in menus are no longer abbreviated.
• In Story Pack 2, ocean water no longer deals damage and several objectives keep their state after a save and reload.

Every Vault Hunter received buffs. Loveless's Kernel Panic now grants 10 percent Executable Damage per point per stack (from 5), Pure Fusion gives 10 percent Maximum Health per point (from 6), Contagion's Executable damage rose 33 percent and Lag Switch damage rose 66 percent. Amon's Crucible, Blade Tempest and Hour of the Hammer deal 30 percent more damage, while Double-Edge, Snowmaul, Storm Surge, Wrathfall, Glacial Rapture, Molten Slam, Hoarcleave and Conlangarang deal 40 percent more. Harlowe's Freeze Frame bonus went to 40 percent, Stunlock's cooldown dropped from 10 to 8 seconds and Excited State now gives 12 percent Critical Hit Damage per point (from 7). Rafa's CYA restores shields equal to 5 percent of Maximum Health (from 4) and El Catrin gives 15 percent Critical Hit Damage (from 10). Vex's Material Components rose to 10 percent Kinetic Damage per point and Havoc, Shiver, Stormblessed, Necrosis and Burnt Offering to 12 percent per point (from 8).

Gear changes included new homes for two Legendaries (the Tediore Murder now drops from bunker boss Genone and the Order grenade Skully from The Immortal Boneface), Ducky dropping the Phosphene Devourer instead of the Rainmaker, and a fix for the AeroDramatic's Pearlescent Elemental Override. How these buffs reshuffle the rankings is covered in our Borderlands 4 tier list.

Version 1.10: September 10, 2026

This was the biggest update of the year. It shipped three pieces of paid DLC at once: Loveless the Hacker, a new Vault Hunter with the Plague Star, Visual Paradox Nexus and Malignant Construct trees; Story Pack 2, FL4K and the Last Resort, set in the new Providence zone with 8 story bosses, 13 minibosses, 18 Legendary items and 6 Legendary class mods; and Bounty Pack 5, Amara and the Vile Shadows. Our older Loveless guide covers her kit in detail.

For everyone, free or paid, the headline was the level cap. The official notes say Version 1.10 "increases the max level cap by 10 levels for all Borderlands 4 players," taking it from 60 to 70. The balance pass was large too:

• Amon: Forgeskill cooldowns cut (Crucible by 5 seconds, Scourge by 10, Onslaughter by 15), Icy, Burning and Thunderous Rage now stack 10 times for 60 seconds, and Forgeaxes, Forgeswords and Forgehammers deal 100 percent more damage.
• Harlowe: Cold Plunge damage doubled and Ground State slams went from 30 to 60 percent per slam.
• Rafa: APOPHIS Lance cooldown dropped from 38 to 25 seconds, and Vitriol rose to 20 percent Gun Damage per point.
• Vex: Blight Attunement's cooldown halved to 20 seconds with 240 percent more damage, and Trouble gained about 42 percent health.

The patch also made the Phosphene Falke and Unstable Kor more likely to drop from Nightmare Rift bosses at higher UVH levels, and added three new Pearlescents: the Astonisher, Quadratus and AeroDramatic. A follow-up on September 17 let unlocked heads and skins carry over to Loveless with Shared Progression on.

Versions 1.9 and 1.8: Summer 2026

Version 1.9 on July 30, 2026 delivered Bounty Pack 4, Murders and Acquisitions, set in the Toxic Scowl, with the PRISM Pearlescent sniper rifle and six new Legendaries. More importantly for farmers, eight existing Pearlescents received dedicated drop sources, such as the Solar Temper from the Timekeeper and the Gomie from Thol, while their world drop rates were reduced. The UVH difficulty selector was redesigned and the UVH challenge list now shows only your current tier. Our Pearlescent weapons guide lists every source.

Version 1.8 on June 25, 2026 was a landmark for free content. It added the Takedown at Hadron Abyss raid against the Child of Terramorphous, with the Shark Bait Pearlescent, nine Legendaries, the Bruiser Firmware and five class mods. Circle of Slaughter returned for free after the "Wrath of the Ripper Queen" mission, and Cross-Platform Saves went live through SHiFT, although Golden Keys and other SHiFT rewards stay on the platform where they were redeemed. Paid players also got Bounty Pack 3, A Zane to Kill For, with the Raiden Pearlescent.

Versions 1.7 and 1.6: Spring 2026

Version 1.7 on May 28, 2026 added the second raid boss encounter, Subjugator and Thol the Invincible, with Bronze to Platinum reward tiers based on how fast you finish. It also opened UVHM 7, unlocked by completing that mission on UVHM 6. Two quality-of-life changes stand out: a Shared Progression toggle when creating a new character, which cannot be changed afterward, and reworked XP so that Badass enemies and bosses give more consistent rewards that scale by archetype. On the balance side, the Bod shotgun's Gun Damage scaling was cut by about 60 percent and the Torgue Sticky bonus was capped at 200 percent.

Version 1.6 on April 30, 2026 made world bosses appear more often and shortened world event wait times. It also softened two frustrating enemy traits: Elemental Eater now lets 10 percent of elemental damage through, and Deal With It lets 20 percent of Action Skill damage through.

Earlier Updates: Launch to March 2026

The story of the first six months in brief:

• September 25, 2025: an early quality-of-life patch added an FOV slider on PS5 and Xbox, with Gearbox noting that going above the default can cost performance.
• November 20, 2025: Bounty Pack 1, How Rush Saved Mercenary Day, released free for all players. 2K added a fifth paid pack so Bounty Pack Bundle owners still get four.
• February 26, 2026: Bounty Pack 2, Legend of the Stone Demon, and the Pearlescent rarity, starting with Eigenburst, Conflux and Hand Cannon. Skill points also stopped resetting when you level up mid co-op session.
• March 26, 2026: Story Pack 1, Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned, with C4SH the Rogue and the Whispering Glacier. The level cap rose 10 levels to 60 for everyone, and Shared Character Progression began sharing map progress, collectibles and SDU tokens.

Which DLC came in which edition is covered in our editions guide, and the status of the paused Nintendo port is in our Switch 2 update.

Where to Read Official Patch Notes

Gearbox publishes notes in two places. The update notes page on the official Borderlands 4 site collects every patch and weekly rotation on one long page, newest first. The Borderlands support site posts each major update as its own article, titled with the version and date, for example "Borderlands 4: Version 1.10 - September 10, 2026." The support articles are easier to search and link, and they sometimes include more detail on fixes. Console download numbers differ from the version names: All Things How reports that Version 1.10 installs as update 1.100.001.

Two habits help on patch day. Restart the game fully after an update so new weekly content and DLC entitlements load, and re-check your build against the balance notes before assuming a skill feels different by accident.

Gearing Up for the New Balance

Big balance passes often mean the weapons your build relied on are no longer the best fit. If you want to rebuild quickly after a patch, the store's legendary weapons service offers 200 random Legendary weapons and items at any level, or a fixed list of ten named items. The listing says it works on PSN, Xbox and PC and that the store needs only your SHiFT nickname, found under Social and Account Details, not your login.

Keep in mind that the listing's notes on which items lead the meta were written before some of the changes above, such as the 1.7 Bod adjustment, so check the latest notes before choosing. Other services are on the main Borderlands 4 page.

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