Borderlands 3's Latest Update Adds DLC Support And Raises The Level Cap
The newest patch also addresses a number of issues relating to characters and Mayhem.
A new update for Borderlands 3 is scheduled to arrive today on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, and PC. Aside from adding support for the new campaign DLC Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck, the update also addresses general, character, and mayhem fixes.
As part of the new campaign add-on, the Borderlands 3 level cap has been raised by five levels to 65. In terms of general fixes, the update adds two more ammo SDU upgrades for pistols, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, and grenades, plus two expansion SDU upgrades for the Lost Loot machine on Sanctuary III. It also addresses an issue where the "Refill Ammo" prompt would persist in multiplayer sessions, and made sure player class icons will now show profile pictures for Steam and Epic Games Store players using cross-platform on PC.
When it comes to Mayhem, players will now have a chance to redeem themselves in Fight For Your Life when Slayer is active and they've killed an enemy with a melee attack. Damage scaling support has also been added to shields with Nova or Reflect behaviors.
The update makes a number of character changes, too, particularly FL4K The Beastmaster. For instance, FL4K's Headcount passive skill no longer prevents Rakk Attack from gaining the proper number of charges when scoring critical hits. The Beastmaster's Friend-Bot class mod now increases pet damage as well, and the Dominance skill will continue to damage beast targets throughout its duration.
Full patch notes for September 10 update
New content
- Added support for Borderlands 3's forth campaign add-on: Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck
- Increased the level cap by five levels to 65
General
- Added two more ammo SDU upgrades for pistols, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, and grenades and two expansion SDU upgrades for the Lost Loot machine on Sanctuary III
- Addressed a reported concern where the "Refill Ammo" prompt would persist for clients in a multiplayer session
- Player class icons will now show with profile pictures for Steam and Epic Games Store PC cross-platform players
Mayhem
- Players will now have a chance to redeem themselves in Fight For Your Life when Slayer is active and they have killed an enemy with melee
- Mayhem modifiers will no longer change when players join through matchmaking
- Added Mayhem damage scaling support to shields with Nova or Reflect behaviors
Character
- Amara's Ties that Bind augment now only passes gun and melee damages to enemies
Certain types of damage were unintentionally being passed to other enemies caught in the Phasegrasp. This change prevents those interactions, but no other changes have been made to this skill.
- The Beastmaster's Headcount passive skill no longer prevents Rakk Attack from gaining the proper number of charges when scoring critical hits
- The Beastmaster's Dominance skill will continue to damage beast targets throughout the skill’s duration
- The Beastmaster's St4ckbot class mod will no longer reset its damage stack increase when an enemy takes damage from a splash source or elemental damage done over time
- The Beastmaster's Friend-Bot class mod now increases pet damage
- The Gunner's Drowning in Brass passive skill now applies bonus damage to both of Iron Bear's weapons, rather than just the left
Hotfixes
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- Addressed a reported concern that the Legendary Shotgun The Garcia would fire vertically when being used by the client in multiplayer
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