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Pick a Vault Hunter and tear through Pandora solo or with up to three friends. Take down Handsome Jack, build around your action skill, and hunt legendary drops for your next run.

  • Launched in 2012
  • 6 Vault Hunters with DLC
  • Up to 4 Players in Co-op
  • Level 80 Cap with DLC
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Borderlands 2 Final Boss: Warrior Fight and Loot Guide
Bosses

Borderlands 2 Final Boss: Warrior Fight and Loot Guide

Face the Borderlands 2 final boss with a guide to the Warrior’s location, Second Winds, moonshot finish, legendary drops, and repeat farming. Prepare now.

Borderlands 2 Axton Build: Leveling, Gear, and Skills
Classes

Borderlands 2 Axton Build: Leveling, Gear, and Skills

Build a strong Commando with this Borderlands 2 Axton build guide, covering leveling skills, turret setups, useful gear, and preparation for UVHM and OP10.

Borderlands 2 Classes Guide: Pick Your Vault Hunter
Classes

Borderlands 2 Classes Guide: Pick Your Vault Hunter

Use this Borderlands 2 classes guide to compare all six Vault Hunters, find a beginner-friendly pick, and plan skills and gear for solo or co-op campaigns.

Borderlands 2 SHiFT Codes: Golden Keys and Free Skins
Codes

Borderlands 2 SHiFT Codes: Golden Keys and Free Skins

Get Borderlands 2 shift codes for Golden Keys and character skins, find the latest rewards and expiration dates, and learn how to redeem them in the game.

Borderlands 2 Mods: New Features and SDK Setup Guide
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Borderlands 2 Mods: New Features and SDK Setup Guide

Explore Borderlands 2 mods for inventory, camera comfort, and combat changes, then follow the SDK installation steps to customize your trip to Pandora.

Borderlands 2 DLC Order: When to Play Each Expansion
DLC

Borderlands 2 DLC Order: When to Play Each Expansion

Use the Borderlands 2 DLC order with spoiler-safe campaign timing, starting levels, Fast Travel locations, and advice for saving Commander Lilith for last.

Start Your First Vault Hunter

  1. Follow Claptrap through the opening missions, unlock your action skill at level 5, and work your way toward Sanctuary.
  2. Compare Maya's Phaselock, Axton's Sabre Turret, Salvador's Gunzerking, and Zer0's Decepti0n before you spend your first skill points. See what the Gaige and Krieg DLC classes add.
  3. Farm Boom and Bewm for the Bonus Package or Savage Lee for the Unkempt Harold. Learn which enemy drops each item so you can go straight to the right farm.
  4. Plan your jump from Normal Mode to True and Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode. Learn when slag becomes important and how Digistruct Peak unlocks Overpower levels.

What is Borderlands 2?

Borderlands 2 is a first-person looter shooter with RPG skill trees and four-player co-op. You play as a Vault Hunter on Pandora and join the fight against Handsome Jack and Hyperion.

Each Vault Hunter has an action skill and three skill trees, so the same weapon can play differently across builds. After the story, you can replay on harder modes, farm bosses for specific drops, or take on DLC campaigns and Digistruct Peak.

Developer
Gearbox Software
Publisher
2K
Platform
PC
Release
September 20, 2012 on Steam
Co-op
Up to 4 players

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Borderlands 2 Best Builds

Build around the skill or weapon interaction you want to use in every fight. Compare setups for mobbing, solo progression, and bosses before you spend your skill points.

Salvador · Money Shot

Invest in Money Shot to boost the last round in your magazine, then use Gunzerking to fire two weapons at once.

Maya · Ruin

Take Ruin to spread slag, shock, and corrosive effects around a Phaselocked target. Add Chain Reaction to ricochet bullets between nearby enemies while Phaselock is active.

Zer0 · Critical Ascensi0n

Chain sniper rifle critical hits to build stacks of Critical Ascensi0n, raising sniper damage and critical hit damage.

Gaige · Anarchy

Build Anarchy by killing enemies or emptying your magazine in combat. Pair it with Close Enough to give missed shots a chance to ricochet toward enemies.

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Borderlands 2 Characters and Classes

Pick a Vault Hunter by the action skill you want to use when a fight gets messy. All six classes have three skill trees, and each starts with a different way to control the fight or deal damage.

Axton · Commando

Deploy the Sabre Turret to shoot enemies while you move or reload.

Maya · Siren

Use Phaselock to suspend a susceptible enemy and keep it in place while you shoot.

Salvador · Gunzerker

Activate Gunzerking to wield two guns at once.

Zer0 · Assassin

Use Decepti0n to leave a holographic decoy behind and reposition while cloaked.

Gaige · Mechromancer

Summon Deathtrap to fight alongside you. Gaige is part of the Mechromancer Pack.

Krieg · Psycho

Activate Buzz Axe Rampage to attack with or throw a buzz axe. Krieg is part of the Psycho Pack.

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Borderlands 2 Best Weapons and Farm Locations

Go straight to the enemy, mission, or vending machine that gives you the weapon you want. Check how you obtain each gun before farming, especially when the reward comes from a one-time mission turn-in.

Unkempt Harold →

Farm Savage Lee in Three Horns Divide for this legendary Torgue pistol. It also appears in Torgue vending machines that take Torgue Tokens.

Conference Call

Farm The Warrior in Vault of the Warrior for a chance at this legendary Hyperion shotgun.

Sand Hawk

Complete Whoops in Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty to receive this unique Dahl SMG.

Pimpernel

Complete Don't Copy That Floppy in Washburne Refinery to receive this unique Maliwan sniper rifle.

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Borderlands 2 Walkthrough

Follow the main story from Claptrap's Place to the Vault of the Warrior. Use the mission names to find your place after a side quest or a break between sessions.

  1. 1

    Follow Claptrap during My First Gun and open his cabinet to pick up your first weapon.

  2. 2

    Defeat Captain Flynt during Best Minion Ever, then take Claptrap's boat to Three Horns Divide.

  3. 3

    Reach Sanctuary during The Road to Sanctuary and install the power core to restore the city's shields.

  4. 4

    Push through Hero's Pass during The Talon of God and defeat The Warrior in the Vault.

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Borderlands 2 DLC Guide

Choose your next campaign by its setting, bosses, or rewards. Use the fast-travel destination to get to the right starting area once the DLC is installed.

Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty

Fast-travel to Oasis to start the pirate campaign and work toward the Sand Hawk mission reward.

Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage

Start at the Badass Crater of Badassitude and spend earned Torgue Tokens at Torgue vending machines.

Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt

Travel to Hunter's Grotto to begin Hammerlock's campaign in Aegrus.

Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep

Start at Unassuming Docks to enter Tiny Tina's Bunkers & Badasses campaign.

Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary

Start at Fight for Sanctuary to take on Hector and hunt Effervescent gear.

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Borderlands 2 UVHM and OP Levels

Prepare for enemies that scale with your level and regenerate health in Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode. Learn when to move on from True Vault Hunter Mode and how to unlock Overpower levels.

  1. 1

    Finish the main story in Normal Mode to unlock True Vault Hunter Mode.

  2. 2

    Finish the story in True Vault Hunter Mode and reach level 50 to unlock Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode with the required upgrade content.

  3. 3

    Slag enemies, then switch to a non-slag weapon. Slagged enemies take triple damage from non-slag attacks in Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode.

  4. 4

    With the Digistruct Peak upgrade pack and Fight for Sanctuary installed, reach level 80 and clear Digistruct Peak at your highest unlocked setting to advance through OP levels up to OP10.

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Borderlands 2 Beginner Guide

Get your first character ready for Pandora by unlocking your action skill and matching your weapons to the enemy. Keep a way to score a quick kill when a fight drops you into Fight For Your Life.

  1. 1

    Reach level 5 and spend your first skill point to unlock your Vault Hunter's action skill.

  2. 2

    Use shock to strip shields, fire against exposed flesh, and corrosive damage against armored targets.

  3. 3

    Spend Eridium at Crazy Earl's Black Market in Sanctuary to expand ammo reserves or add backpack and bank space.

  4. 4

    When you enter Fight For Your Life, focus on a weakened enemy. A kill before the timer expires grants Second Wind.

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Borderlands 2 Achievements Guide

Track the achievements that take extra work beyond finishing the story. Prioritize challenge progress on one character, then make targeted trips for rare encounters, arenas, and raid bosses.

Challenge Accepted

Complete level 1 of every non-level-specific base-game challenge on a single character.

Definitely An Italian Plumber

Find and kill Donkey Mong, a rare Bullymong spawn in Eridium Blight.

Went Five Rounds

Complete round 5 of any Circle of Slaughter.

Thresher Thrashed

Complete You. Will. Die. (Seriously.) by defeating Terramorphous the Invincible.

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Frequently asked questions

Which Borderlands 2 characters can I play?

Axton, Maya, Salvador, and Zer0 are in the base game. Gaige and Krieg are added through character DLC.

Does Borderlands 2 support co-op?

Yes. Play solo or team up with up to three other players.

What is the Borderlands 2 level cap?

Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary raises the level cap to 80. Expansion ownership determines which level increases you can access.

Where do I spend Golden Keys in Borderlands 2?

Use Golden Keys at the Golden Chest in Sanctuary, near the Fast Travel Station.

Ready to Master Borderlands 2?

Find your first Vault Hunter, put together a build you enjoy, and pick a boss farm when your gear starts falling behind.

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