The big February update is live now and we have the patch/horfix notes! In addition to the level cap increase, Broken Hears Day event, skippable cutscenes, True Takedown mode and toggleable Guardian ranks we talked about yesterday the update also brings a lot more stability and performance improvements, as well as a lot of other bug fixes.
February 13 (source)
Today we will release an update for Borderlands 3, which will be live on all platforms today by 3:00 PM PST, that addresses multiple community requests such as skippable cutscenes, Guardian Rank toggles, a level cap increase, and kicks off the week-long Broken Hearts Day Event!
Hotfixes are applied at the main menu. To apply hotfixes, wait at the main menu until you see a sign appear. If you are experiencing any issues or want to provide feedback, please submit a ticket to support.2k.com. Below are the notes for today’s patch and hotfixes.
PATCH NOTES
Broken Hearts Day Event
Maurice, your sentient Saurian shipmate on Sanctuary III, is continuing his study of humanity’s customs, and has taken an interest in our strange courting rituals. To help him understand the emotional rollercoaster that is Broken Hearts Day, you’ll need to blast the floating hearts that are popping up over baddies’ heads all over the galaxy. Maurice will reward you with sweet Broken Hearts Day loot for your trouble, including two level 53 weapons: Terminal Polyaimorous and Wedding Invitation! 
Event Toggle
For the Vault Hunter who already has everything, or prefers their gameplay to be more straightforward, you can now disable the Broken Hearts Day Event in the main menu. This highly requested feature will be included for all future seasonal events as well.
Skippable Cutscenes
With this patch, you can now skip all cutscenes in the game, whether you’ve seen the cutscene before or not, during solo play or by the host of your party during multiplayer! Simply press any key during the scene and you’ll be prompted to confirm the skip.
Level Cap increased to 53
The level cap has been increased to 53, providing everyone with 3 more skill points to aim for! We are looking forward to seeing what interesting combinations the community finds with their additional skills and will have more to talk about in the future concerning level cap increases and character growth.
True Takedown Mode
We’re introducing True Takedown Mode to the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite. As of this patch, there will be a way to re-enable the original version of the Takedown scaled to 4 players. Future Takedowns will also launch with both modes enabled.
The default setting keeps the Takedown scaled depending on how many people are in your party. To turn back on 4-player scaling, toggle the new switch to the right of the Takedown door.
Guardian Ranks
You are now able to turn off individual Guardian Ranks or the whole system! If there are any perks that aren’t playing nice with your builds, you can now disable them! Furthermore, for those who want to enjoy a vanilla leveling experience, you have the ability to disable the entire system. This includes both stat bonuses and all perks.
When the patch goes live, the Guardian Rank system will be turned off by default, giving you a great opportunity to look through your perks to see if there’s anything new you want to try! Note: while the Guardian Rank system is turned off, you will not be able to gain ranks.
Stadia
With this patch, Stadia is now caught up to the other platforms! Stadia players can now access Moxxi’s Heist of The Handsome Jackpot, fight through Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite, and take advantage of the QOL improvements that were included in previous patches.
Stability
Addressed multiple reported crashes Addressed multiple reported memory crashes Addressed a reported crash that could sometimes occur when updating the position of the dueling timer during a level transition Addressed a reported crash that could sometimes occur when there is no player character while spectating in the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite Addressed a rare crash that could sometimes occur when hijacking a vehicle Addressed a rare crash that could sometimes occur after extended hours of play Addressed a rare crash that could sometimes occur during combat in Athenas Addressed a rare crash that could sometimes occur during combat in Atlas HQ Addressed a rare crash that could sometimes occur in a multiplayer game in The Droughts Addressed a reported crash that could sometimes occur when loading into a map when Campaign Matchmaking Addressed a reported crash that could sometimes occur when elements react in bodies of water Addressed a reported freeze that could sometimes occur during garbage collection Addressed a reported crash that could sometimes occur when using Iron Bear Addressed a rare crash that could sometimes occur after respawning a vehicle and then using the CAR station before the vehicle spawns Addressed a reported crash that could sometimes occur when holding both the left and right arrow keys while on the Skills tab of the ECHO menu on PC Addressed a rare crash that could sometimes occur when quitting to desktop after another user disconnects during multiplayer on PC Addressed a reported crash that could sometimes occur when a host selected Quit to Portal on Stadia Addressed a reported memory leak on map transitions Performance
We are continuing to work on additional stability and performance updates for future patches.
Implemented multiple performance optimizations Implemented multiple audio performance optimizations Addressed reported performance issues encountered when players are pushed by another user’s vehicle Addressed a reported performance issue when fighting enemies at Lumberton Junction in Floodmoor Basin Addressed reported performance issues when scrolling through Guardian Rank Menu icons quickly General
Added weight to the Guardian Rank random reward selection to favor reward options with less tokens applied to them Addressed a reported concern that some missions were not awarding their cosmetic item rewards Players should now have the following mission rewards if they completed the associated missions: - NOG Mask - Techincal NOGout in Meridian Outskirts
- Atlas Classic skin - Atlas, At Last
- Gilded Rage Jakobs skin - Cold as the Grave
- Signature Style CoV skin - The Great Vault
- Drop It Weapon Trinket - It’s Alive
Addressed a reported concern that players could be granted starting gear that was far beyond their level Addressed a reported concern that a player in spectator mode would occasionally lose functionality when the Takedown host fast traveled to a different map Addressed a reported concern that a Second Wind would occasionally reset the Takedown mission after players had failed the mission Addressed a reported concern that players were occasionally respawning at the incorrect checkpoint in Meridian Outskirts Addressed a reported concern that the player character on the character select menu would be positioned incorrectly when a player late joins a multiplayer game on Skywell-27 Addressed a reported concern that the weapon Tiggs Boom was spawning projectiles in the wrong location Increased the chance of Tiggs Boom to spawn a projectile Addressed a reported concern that Anointed Enforcer’s shield would occasionally disappear and make the enemy appear vulnerable when they were not Addressed a reported concern that third-person healing effects could occasionally scale larger than intended Addressed a reported concern that players were occasionally being teleported to random places during cutscenes when standing on specific spots in a map Addressed a reported concern that the incorrect icon was displayed when confirming in Japanese on PlayStation 4 Addressed a reported concern that item cards would occasionally remain present on the screen after picking up an item Addressed a reported concern that videos could sometimes appear corrupt on Stadia Addressed a reported concern where certain key inputs would not be accepted properly on Stadia Addressed a reported concern that the joinable status of a game on Stadia could be inaccurate Addressed a reported concern with incorrect key glyphs showing when returning to the Main Menu on Stadia Nativized previous hot fixes Missions
Addressed a perceived progression blocker after entering Lectra City from another map after completing the “Collect Batteries” objective of “Kill KillaVolt” Addressed a perceived progression blocker that occasionally occurred during the “Return toppings to Tina” objective of “Hammerlocked” Addressed a perceived progression blocker that could sometimes occur after leaving and re-entering the map during the “Check dead drop” objective of “Going Rogue” Addressed a reported concern where dialog could be repeatedly triggered if the player loaded into another map while on the objective “Take alternate path” during “Footsteps of Giants” on Desolation’s Edge Addressed a perceived progression blocker during the “Loot Vault” objective with Typhon during “Footsteps of Giants” Addressed a reported concern where a player with active missions could start a session with no tracked mission if their previously tracked mission could not be tracked Hotfix Notes
Addressed a reported concern that the “Emergency Response” perk was increasing Shield Recharge Delay, rather than decreasing it Addressed a reported concern that the crowd audio was sometimes coming from a separate location while chasing down Carnivora Added blockers to prevent players from occasionally escaping the map without dying when jumping off the edge of a cliff in Carnivora Addressed a reported concern that players could walk through a wall of rocks in Carnivora Added blockers to prevent players from escaping the map near the Apollyon Transit Station New-U in Neon Arterial Addressed a reported concern that the Gunner could sometimes get stuck in the second area of the Proving Grounds Addressed a reported concern that players could occasionally escape the Skag of Survival boss area in The Proving Grounds Addressed a reported concern that the Siren could escape the map while using the “Downfall” ability in Cistern of Slaughter and the Destroyer’s Rift Addressed a reported concern that the final satellite dish would not appear for the player to destroy at certain distances during “Bad Reception” Addressed a reported concern that players were unable to break an Eridium crystal cluster in Ambermire Addressed a reported concern where aim assist was snapping aggressively on the center of an enemy when fighting the Blue Fire and Red Rain boss enemies during “Slaughterstar 3000”  

Some major changes today as we have two events basically made permanent and a third being added! The solo/sub-4 man scaling for Maliwan Takedown has been made permanent, with a new mode coming soon that will re-enable the old 4-player only mode as an optional toggle; the farming frenzy event has been pretty much made permanent, as rare spawns will get a permanent buff to their spawn rate and a buff to their legendary drop to be the same as other bosses; the new event is a rare chest legendary drop buff that will be active through February 13th.
January 30 (source)
Today we will release a hotfix for Borderlands 3, which will be live on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC by 3:00 PM PST. This hotfix activates the Rare Chest Riches event, addresses drop rates, and implements permanent scaling for Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite! To apply hotfixes, wait at the main menu until you see a sign that says "Hotfixes Applied"! If these hotfixes are not applied, you will not benefit from the changes! If you are experiencing any issues or want to provide feedback, please submit a ticket to support.2k.com.
Activate the Rare Chest Riches event, running until February 13 Increased the chance to receive Legendary loot from red car trunk chests Addressed a reported issue that the player could sometimes rise into the sky with the cannon during the "One Man's Treasure" mission in Moxxi's Heist of The Handsome Jackpot TRUE TAKEDOWN MODE
We've been looking at the feedback we received during the Scaling Event for Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite and have decided to make this Scaled event permanent starting today.
In a February update, we will include a new switch to re-enable what we call True Takedown Mode. True Takedown Mode will restore the Takedown to the 4-player experience that it launched with for extra difficulty. Once implemented, a lever activating True Takedown Mode will be located on the right side of the door leading out of the airlock at the beginning of the map.
RARE SPAWNS AND DROP RATES
Once the Farming Frenzy event is over, we are implementing a permanent change to the Rare Spawns and Drop Rates. After analyzing play patterns, we are permanently increasing the spawn rate for these enemies and have buffed their drop rates and their Anointed chance to be on par with bosses.
RARE CHEST RICHES EVENT
When the hotfixes roll out today before 3:00 PM PST, a new event will be activated! During the Rare Chest Riches Event, which runs until February 13 at 8:59am PST, all Rare Chests will drop rare loot at an increased rate, so you're more likely to receive Legendary items any time you open one. This increased drop rate will also apply when you watch a Twitch streamer open a Rare Chest, assuming both of you have the ECHOcast Twitch Extension enabled. Any rewards you score while watching streamers will be waiting for you in your in-game mailbox the next time you play Borderlands 3. In case you haven't done so already, click here for a step-by-step guide to linking your SHiFT and Twitch accounts so you can receive ECHOcast rewards. The Rare Chest Riches event will also apply to the Stadia version of Borderlands 3.

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We have some buffs in today's hotfixes, both for loot and a Vault Hunter, as the Proving Grounds chest gets increased drops and Fl4k's Gamma Burst gets almost double it's radiation damage buff effect. There's also fixes for some bugs that could block story progression and Varkid texture changes:
January 23 (source)
Today we will release a hotfix for Borderlands 3, which will be live on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC by 3:00 PM PST. This hotfix addresses various concerns reported by the community and some perceived progression blockers! To apply hotfixes, wait at the main menu until you see a sign that says “Hotfixes Applied”! If you are experiencing any issues or want to provide feedback, please submit a ticket to support.2k.com.
Updated a texture for the Incendiary Badass and Super Badass Varkid Adjusted the chest rewards at the end of the Proving Grounds to be more rewarding at all tiers of completion With more players running the Proving Grounds for dedicated loot drops from the bosses, we noticed the chests not rewarding players as much as we intended. We’ve boosted these chests to reflect the effort players must take to complete the objectives.  Completing all of the objectives gives the best Legendary drop rate and scales down accordingly.
Increased bonus radiation damage while Gamma Burst is active from 65% to 115% We’re happy to see the response to the boosted Anointment bonuses we released last week. After additional testing, we want to also boost the effects of Gamma Burst anointments for FL4K.
Addressed a perceived progression blocker that could occur when the player travels to another map and back to Sanctuary after releasing Tannis during the mission “Sanctuary” Addressed a perceived progression blocker where players could not speak to Brick during the mission “Hammerlocked” in The Anvil Addressed a perceived progression blocker where Ember would sometimes not appear to assist the players in various mission steps

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We have some really big hotfixes today that will introduce both the Maliwan Takedown scaling event, which sees the raid difficulty scale to the number of players entering it, as well as the Farming Frenzy event, which will see more rare mobs spawned and increase legendary drop chances for all bosses and rares, both lasting until January 30th.

But the big news is that anointed items for Fl4k, Moze and Zane are getting massive buffs to offset the power of Amara's, with some tripling the bonuses they offer! There's also some tuning for the bosses in the Handsome Jackpot, as some were on the weak side, a nerf for the Ion Cannon and more.

As usual, the hotfixes go live somewhere between now and midnight CET, which usually means around 7PM.
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Today we will release a hotfix for Borderlands 3, which will be live on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC by 3:00 PM PST. This hotfix addresses various concerns reported by the community and kicks off the two-week long Takedown Event and Farming Frenzy! To apply hotfixes, wait at the main menu until you see a sign appear! If you are experiencing any issues or want to provide feedback, please submit a ticket to support.2k.com.
Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite and Farming Frenzy!
This week starts the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite event! From when the hotfix goes live today until 8:59 AM PT on January 30, Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite will be scaled to the number of players! During this event, matchmaking will be set up to get you into the Takedown as quickly as possible. The Takedown is no easy feat, so make sure that you’re ready with the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite Quick Guide (keep in mind that this is written for the normal Takedown).
In addition, during the Farming Frenzy mini-event running for the same duration, we’re making a few other changes. Rare Spawn enemies will also show up more often*, and we’re temporarily boosting the Anointed and Legendary drop rates! For the next two weeks, every boss in the game has boosted drop rates, including the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite bosses!
May these two weeks be challenging, rewarding, and full of loot!
*The Debt Collector is excluded from this list, as it’s tied to an achievement!
Bug Fixes
Addressed a reported concern with itemcard and hotfix sometimes not showing information correctly Addressed a reported concern that Judge Hightower was sometimes not dropping items from his dedicated item pool Adjusted the balance of Fabrikator, Freddie, ST4NL3Y, Constructor, Tony Bordel, Tricksy Nick, and Third Rail to provide a greater challenge Developer note – We noticed that the bosses in the Handsome Jackpot weren’t providing players with a satisfying challenge. We’ll be monitoring these bosses and make adjustments as needed in the future.
The Ion Cannon now has a 5 second reload and consumes at least 6 ammo per shot The Ion Cannon is a strong weapon and we don’t want to change that, but it’s a little over performing. We’ve increased the reload time and made it consume more ammo but left its damage unchanged to still provide a strong burst of damage.
Added collisions to prevent the Gunner from sometimes becoming stuck in Meridian Mercantile Added collisions to prevent players from sometimes escaping the map in various locations Increased the radius of the New-U station at The Arrogant Approach Increased Anointment Effectiveness for the Operative, Gunner, and Beastmaster
In looking at the bonuses from Anointments, we felt that some were not providing enough of a bonus. We’ve increased the bonuses on the Anointments below.
Moze the Gunner
While Auto Bear is active, deals 75% (from 20%) bonus incendiary damage After exiting Iron Bear, the next 2 magazines will have 125% (from 40%) bonus incendiary damage After exiting Iron Bear, gain 160% (from 120%) increased Splash damage for 18 seconds When entering and exiting Iron Bear, nova damage increased Zane the Operative
While Barrier is active, Accuracy is increased by 60%, and Critical Hit damage is increased by 70% (from 30%) While SNTL is active, gain 100% (from 50%) of damage as bonus Cryo damage FL4K the Beastmaster
When exiting Fade Away, nova damage increased After using Rakk Attack!, gain 50% (from 25%) critical hit damage for a short time
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We have a new event coming to Borderlands 3 tomorrow, with loot drops from dedicated sources and rare spawns being significantly increased! The farming fun starts at 9 AM PST, 6PM CET tomorrow, January 16th and lasts through the 30th, and you can also combine it with the other event that's happening in the same time period making the Maliwan Takedown raid easier for solo players, so now's the perfect time to farm anything you might be missing!
Farming Frenzy, Jan 16th - 30th (source)
Are you ready to get your farm on, Vault Hunter? No, not the *filtered* farming of Typhon DeLeon's resourceful ancestry—we're talking about battling bosses and unique enemies to earn some of Borderlands 3's best loot. During a limited-time mini-event we've dubbed Farming Frenzy, you can take advantage of increased drop rates and Rare Spawns showing up more often from January 16 to January 30.
For the next two weeks, you'll have extra incentive to farm enemies with dedicated loot drops. That includes repeatable bosses from the main story campaign, Proving Grounds and Circle of Slaughter arenas, and the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite, as well as named enemies including Rare Spawns, Hammerlock Hunts, and Targets of Opportunity. All these distinct, deadly baddies will be more likely to drop Legendary items from their respective loot pools—and as an added bonus, the Anointment rate for dropped gear has also been temporarily increased!

To help you track down your desired targets, Rare Spawn enemies will show up more often for the duration of the event. If you've been chasing after some of Borderlands 3's most sought-after Legendary drops and Anointed items, this is the time to jump in and score the loot that'll make your dream Vault Hunter build a reality.
The Farming Frenzy mini-event will commence on all platforms via a hotfix on Thursday, January 16 at 9:00 AM PST and will conclude when another hotfix deploys on Thursday, January 30 at 8:59 AM PST. That's the same timeframe as the scaling Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite event, which will be active on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC where the Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite is available. To apply hotfixes, simply wait at the main menu until you see a "Hotfixes Applied" sign appear on the post behind your Vault Hunter.
Enjoy all the new additions to your arsenal over the next two weeks as the Farming Frenzy brings a bountiful crop of impressive loot drops!

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