Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.
Duplicating Weapons and Items
This glitch requires that you play online or local co-op with another player in the game.
Online
Have the desired weapon or item equipped that you wish to duplicate. Enter the inventory screen, and turn Badass Rank off and then on again to force an autosave. Trade the desired weapon or item, or drop it on the ground.
Then, exit out of the game without selecting the “Save and Quit” option by either signing out of your profile, going to the dashboard, or resetting the system. Start the game again, and load the autosave. The other player will still have the traded or dropped weapon while your lost item will be restored with the autosave.
Split-Screen
To duplicate weapons and items in split-screen, create a new profile. Load the game with your regular profile, and go to a location that does not autosave (non-travel areas).
Have the second profile character join the game in split-screen, and drop the weapons and/or items you want to duplicate with your main profile character. Have the second profile character pick up all the weapons and/or items. Enter the inventory screen, and turn Badass Rank off and then on again to force an autosave. Then, have the second profile character drop all the weapons and/or items back on the ground.
Have the first player/main profile grab all the weapons and/or items. Next, exit out of the game with the second profile character by signing out of their profile so their inventory is not saved. Then, go back into the game with the second profile character, and they will still have all the weapons and/or items in their inventory.
Easy XP
During the “A New Direction” main mission early in the game, you can farm easy XP from the final boss “RedBelly” by quickly saving and quitting at the right time. RedBelly has two phases during the battle; the second phase begins when his helmet comes off. Once this happens, make sure not to kill the helmet. Focus only on RedBelly.
The easiest way to kill RedBelly is to get him to chase you back to the venting machines. RedBelly will not leave his area — so he will not enter the room. You can then shoot him from a safe distance. Once Belly is defeated, Jack will say “Who the hell were those weirdos? Oh whatever, I’m friggin’ over it — just turn off the signal!”
When he finishes saying that, pause the game, and select the “Save and Quit” option. Once you are back at the main menu, select “Continue”, run back to RedBelly, and kill him again. To save some time, you can jump over the garage by jumping on the lamppost, then jumping on the garage. When you are on the garage, jump on the sign, then leap over the wall, and proceed to RedBelly’s location.
Repeat this process as many times as desired. Use this trick to quickly reach Level 14.
Note: If you do not select “Save and Quit” at the right time, the mission will proceed, and you will not be able to farm RedBelly again until later in the game.
Play through the main missions until you reach the “Titan Industry Factory” mission. When you enter the Titan Industry Factory, walk down the stairs, and wait for the “Tork Swarming” enemies to attack you. Get as many Torks around you as possible, then jump in the air, and ground smash to instantly kill all the enemies around and get a lot of XP.
Once you have killed all of the Torks, pause the game, and select “Save and Quit”. Once you are back at the main menu, select “Continue” to spawn back at the top of the stairs. Repeat this process as many times as desired. You can quickly go from Level 14 to Level 17 using this trick, as well as get some Moonstones from the enemies.
Infinite Legendary Weapons
After completing the “A New Direction” story mission, fast travel to Concordia, and go to Janey Springs’ business office. She will explain to you that putting Moonstones into the Grinder will make better weapons.
Fast travel to Serenity’s Waste, and use the “Secret Iwajira boss” trick to find and farm the secret Iwajira boss for Moonstones, purple weapons, and the “Kiwk-Smart Thingy” legendary weapon.
Obtain a lot of Moonstones and purple weapons, and at least one “Kiwk-Smart Thingy” legendary weapon. Then, use the “Duplicating weapons and items” glitch to duplicate as many purple and “Kiwk-Smart Thingy” legendary weapons as desired, and return to Concordia. To do this glitch using split-screen, activate the second controller, and sign into another profile (if you do not have one, create a new profile). When the profile is logged in, pause the game with the first controller, then press A with the second controller. You will now be in split-screen in Concordia. Take both characters to the Grinder machine. To do this glitch online, use the “Duplicating weapons and items” glitch. Put two “Kiwk-Smart Thingy” weapons and one purple weapon in the Grinder to create a new legendary weapon.
The type of purple weapon determines what type of legendary weapon you will create. For example, if you put a purple shotgun into the Grinder, you will get a legendary shotgun. When the legendary weapon comes out of the machine, make sure to have the second profile character/controller pick it up. After you have created as many legendary weapons as desired from the Grinder (online players have the host quit to the dashboard), press the Xbox (middle) button on the first controller, and sign out of your profile to autosave the second profile with all the legendary weapons in their inventory. Then, just enter the game again with the second controller profile, and drop all the weapons for your main character.
Note: You will not lose any Moonstones or weapons when you sign out of your profile or exit to the dashboard.
Infinite XP, Moonstones, and Loot
Proceed through the main missions until you get the “Let’s Build A Robot Army” mission (Level 14). In this mission, you will be tasked with letting turrets kill 12 Scavs. Follow your waypoint until you get to a closed door, which is where the Scavs come out to be shot by the turrets. When the door opens, start ground slamming in front of the door to kill the enemies before the turrets can kill them. This will cause an infinite number of Scavs to come out of the door.
When the turret kills get too high, pause the game, and select “Save and Quit”. Once you are back at the main menu, select “Continue”, then run back to the door to start farming again. If the turret gets the 12 kills, the mission will proceed, and you will not be able to farm this area any longer. This glitch works best with multiple players so you can have more people killing the Scavs to prevent the turrets from killing them.
After you have completed “The Beginning Of The End” final story mission, you can find Sterwin located in southern area of Vorago Solitude. Accept his mission to be given a special grenade that you are supposed to use to capture a Guardian Wraith alive. Follow Sterwin to the enemy location. Instead of capturing the enemy with the special grenade, kill it, and another Guardian Wraith will spawn. Keep killing the Guardian Wraith, and another one will spawn.
To easily kill the Guardian Wraith each time, align yourself in front of the spawn area, and shoot it in the head with a good weapon to keep easily killing it. If your character is leveled up high enough and you use a sniper rifle, you can kill it with one shot in the head. Keep killing the enemies until you run out of ammo, then pause the game, and select “Save and Quit”.
Once you are back at the main menu, select “Continue”, and repeat the process. Repeat this as many times as desired to get an unlimited amount of XP, Moonstones, and loot.
Legendary Excalibastard Weapon
Fast travel to Triton Flats, then follow the left path once you leave the building and are outside. When the path splits, continue left. Shortly afterwards, you will see a green jump pad on the right. Use it to reach the area to travel to Stanton’s Liver.
Once you are in Stanton’s Liver, go left and jump off the cliff edge. Proceed along the rocky cliff edge to the left of the grey bridge. Jump over two large gaps to reach the Excalibastard weapon that is stuck in a stone.
To obtain the Excalibastard weapon, you must have a Badass Rank of 2,500. Badass Rank can be obtained by completing challenges. You can view your Badass Rank at the menu screen to the far right.
Secret Iwajira Boss
Fast travel to Serenity’s Waste. Leave the Janey Spring’s building, and continue straight outside. There will be a small cliff on the right shortly after going outside that you can jump up on. Continue to the right towards the large building up the hill. Jump onto the rocks to the left of the large building, then jump onto the left sloped ledge of the building. At the end of the ledge, jump down to the narrow rocky ledge below. Go forward to reach a lava-fall. While on the ledge with the lava-fall below, use your jet to jump across the lava-fall to land on the small platform on the opposite side.
Enter the lava cave, and proceed forward to reach a hole in the cave floor that leads to the “Pyroclast Grotto” area, with the secret Iwajira boss inside. He is a Level 30 Kraggon that is very hard to defeat alone unless your character is at least Level 29. Kill him to get a massive amount of loot, including Moonstones. You can also obtain purple weapons and the “Kiwk-Smart Thingy” legendary weapons from him.
To farm Iwajira, pause the game, and select “Save and Quit”. Once you are back at the main menu, select “Continue”, then return to Iwajira and kill him again.
ShiFT Codes
Enter one of the following codes under your SHiFT account at Gearbox Software to unlock the corresponding bonus.
Note: Some codes will expire over time or number of redemptions. The Golden Keys are obtained from the SHiFT Code Kiosk in Concordia.
You can use a Golden Key to open the chest found in the town square near Springs’ shop and Moxxi’s bar to get up to four level appropriate weapons or shields each time it is opened.
| Effect | Code |
|---|---|
| 3 Golden Keys | C55BT-RKTB9-5CXJR-WFJTB-RTWCK |
| 3 Golden Keys | WCKT3-5WB39-CKFBR-KFTJT-JKXTR |
| 3 Golden Keys | CKC3T-JCJBZ-5W6TF-5RJJ3-9R9KT |
| 3 Golden Keys | 5WKTB-SJ3TH-55RJX-W6333-5B99Z |
| 3 Golden Keys | 5CC3J-6WCR6-F563R-KFJ3J-J95RK |
| 3 Golden Keys | KCK3B-6JXF6-5KX3F-WXB3J-SZJFH |
| 5 Golden Keys | KW53T-999JJ-6SHJX-5RJTB-BSSTK |
| 5 Golden Keys | WW5BB-RHSTJ-FZS3R-CXTJB-939XF |
| 5 Golden Keys | 55C3B-CZ9BJ-RZ9JR-56JBJ-3RJTF |
| 5 Golden Keys | 5W533-B5ZHX-5WR3R-5XJJ3-KXTWH |
| 25 Golden Keys | 555JT-6TTT9-KCFJX-CXT33-T3FBC |
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a first-person shooter developed by 2K Australia and initially released in 2014 on PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.