- Borders 4 Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned arrives March 26
- The paid DLC adds a new Vault Hunter named C4SH and a new area filled with additional missions
- Update also brings much-requested shared progression between characters
Gearbox Software revealed Borders 4 Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damnedwhich will introduce brand new content when it arrives later this month.
The first paid story pack, which the studio calls “largest [downloadable content] DLC Encore”, will launch on March 26 and will introduce the all-new Vault Hunter, C4SH the Rogue.
He’s a CasinoBot who quickly eliminates enemies with skills like sleight of hand, allowing him to draw cards from his random deck and cast them to unleash powerful spells.
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The DLC will also include new Legendary and Pearlescent loot, cosmetics, and a new map region called The Whispering Glacier, which is packed with new story missions, side missions, activities, and collectibles, as well as two new major boss fights and 16 minibosses.
“As a malevolent cosmic entity threatens Kairos and madness lingers in the Freezing Wind, players will join forces with the brave and callous Ellie – a mechanic extraordinaire and daughter of Moxxi – on a quest to destroy an alien monolith and enter the cursed vault of the damned,” Gearbox teases.
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“Guided by the return of the strange owner Mancubus Bloodtooth, players will brave the icy wastes of the Whispering Glacier, a frozen expanse littered with the carcasses of abandoned ships and dark secrets.”
To access the new region, players will need to own Story Pack 1 and first complete the “Much to Process” mission in the Fadefields, or players can start a new Vault Hunter that jumps straight into Mad Ellie and Vault of the Damned content at level 13.
In addition to all this content, an important Borders 4 The update will bring the much-requested shared progression between characters, meaning new characters on the same account will have access to map progression, SDU tokens, Hover Drives, cosmetic rewards, and activity progress.
Gearbox has confirmed that cross-platform saves are something the team continues to work on for a future update.
Story Pack 1 is just the first update to the game’s content roadmap for 2026, with Bounty Packs 3, 4, and 5 releasing in Q2 and Q3 2026. Story Pack 2 is scheduled to arrive later this year in Q3 2025 and includes another Vault Hunter, main missions, the new Kairos zone, and more.
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