Amid loads of dialogue surrounding the problem of drop charges in Borderlands 4, inventive director Graeme Timmins lastly confirmed that the sport’s loot drops are fastened, no matter issue. When Borderlands streamer Ki11er Six posted on X asking Timmins and affiliate inventive director Grant Kao to verify it, Timmins replied, “Devoted drops are fastened/not influenced by issue/UVH.”
As Borderlands 4‘s most devoted gamers proceed to farm bosses for his or her favourite legendary weapons and equipment, this affirmation naturally solely provides gas to the fireplace of the continuing drop-rate controversy. After a latest participant take a look at uncovered the legendary devoted drop fee in Borderlands 4 to be round 5%, those that had been beforehand unaware that issue has no impact on drop charges may now really feel much more discouraged about their efforts.
Borderlands 4’s Drop Charges Are the Identical on All Difficulties
Whereas older games like Borderlands 2 and 3 technically additionally used static loot tables, their Mayhem and Final Vault Hunter modes successfully tied larger issue to raised drop high quality or amount, giving gamers a tangible reward for enjoying on tougher settings. However with Borderlands 4 having fastened drop charges which might be unaffected by issue, a lot of the inducement to farm devoted drops from bosses on larger difficulties — Final Vault Hunter 5, for instance — naturally goes away for some gamers.
This does not trivialize Borderlands 4‘s Ultimate Vault Hunter mode, although, as there are nonetheless loads of different causes to benefit from it. Whereas the bottom likelihood to drop loot is perhaps unchanged throughout difficulties, the standard, variety of perks, rarity tiers, or stat ranges on these drops are reportedly improved in tougher modes. In different phrases, gamers do nonetheless get higher loot on larger difficulties in Borderlands 4, regardless that the speed at which legendaries drop stays the identical.
To be truthful, as Timmins defined in his publish on X, the aim behind all of this was to make sure gamers weren’t “compelled” into larger difficulties simply to have a greater likelihood at getting the devoted drops they had been farming. That is one thing that video games like Destiny 2, which Borderlands 4 mimics in quite a lot of methods, have garnered criticism for prior to now, regardless of their live-service, MMO mannequin considerably justifying it.
Nonetheless, it is understandably irritating, particularly for these gamers whose first sport within the collection is Borderlands 4. Borderlands veterans are conversant in drop fee mechanics like this, however with Borderlands 4 being treated as an entry point for new players, they could have been in search of a extra rewarding expertise on the opposite facet of issue.
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September 12, 2025
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Sturdy Language, In-Sport Purchases, Customers Work together
