Borderlands 4 endgame and post-launch roadmap revealed: You can start new characters at level 30 after beating the campaign, there are weekly challenges, and the first story pack is "cosmic horror" with "a bloodier, darker tone"

Borderlands 4 Harlow character close up holding a detonator.

Gearbox has lifted the lid on its plans for Borderlands 4's endgame and post-launch roadmap, and I wasn't expecting there to be so much horror.

But before we get into that relatively niche component of the Borderlands 4 roadmap, let's talk about endgame stuff. The big highlight is the "reimagined" Ultimate Vault Hunter mode. Previous Borderlands games would make you go through the whole campaign again after beating it the first time in order to access the endgame mode; now, it'll be unlocked right after your first campaign completion, and you'll rank up by running through increasingly difficult levels.