Gearbox Software has announced the first big piece of Borderlands 4 DLC, titled Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned, shall launch later this month on 26th March 2026. It adds more story missions, a new Vault Hunter called C4SH to play as, and another zone to explore.

Here's the expansion's setup:

As a malicious cosmic entity threatens Kairos, and madness lingers on the frigid wind, players will join forces with the plucky, take-no-mess Ellie — mechanic extraordinaire and daughter of Moxxi — on a quest to destroy an alien monolith and enter the accursed Vault of the Damned. Guided by the returning peculiar proprietor Mancubus Bloodtooth, players will brave the icy wastes of The Whispering Glacier, a frozen expanse littered with the husks of derelict ships and dark secrets.

In order to start playing the DLC, it's recommended that you're at least level 13, and you need to have completed the "A Lot to Process" mission to access it. Alternatively, you can skip straight to the expansion as a pre-made Vault Hunter at level 13 from the main menu.

A significant Borderlands 4 update also rolls out alongside the additional content, which will add a shared progression across characters feature, meaning "map progression, SDU tokens, Hover Drives, cosmetic rewards, and activity progression" are all shared across a single account.

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Then there's C4SH, the new Vault Hunter. This is a playable CasinoBot equipped with a magical deck of cards. "This would be a cursed trophy for most people, but for a robot who has been able to game the solar system’s casinos and battlefields with statistical knowledge, he finally knows what unpredictability feels like. For the first time, he feels human. This drives him to play nothing safe, always bet on himself, and take as many risks as possible." In action, this translates to abilities based around C4SH's deck of cards, which can utilise random spells.

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