Borderland 4‘s first premium DLC, Bounty Pack 2: Legend of the Stone Demon, will drop February 26, 2026.
Described by Gearbox as an “all-new bite-sized yet flavorful narrative content,” the DLC includes a new mission and Legendary loot to collect, as well as a themed Vault Card featuring 24 cosmetics and four “rerollable pieces of gear unlocked through gameplay.”
While the team held back on the story details, promising that we’ll find out more about Legend of the Stone Demon “closer to the launch,” we do get more info about the “major” update that will be released alongside Bounty Pack 2: Pearlescent gear. A new rarity tier “with power levels superior to even Legendary gear,” this new rarity will be available to all players regardless of what edition of Borderlands 4 they own, although some pieces of Pearlescent gear will be exclusive to Bounty Pack 2.
We were also treated to a little update on what’s still to come, too. The first Story Pack for Borderlands 4, entitled Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned, will arrive next month and introduces multiple main and side missions set in a new zone of Kairos, as well as new gear and cosmetics, of course.
The story will center on the “return of the indomitable fan-favorite Ellie,” and “focuses on a cosmic horror theme with a bloodier, darker tone.” It’ll also include the first new playable Vault Hunter, C4SH, a former casino dealer bot.
“Borderlands 4 gives the series the massive kick in the pants it has needed, with a fantastic open world and greatly improved combat, even if bugs and invisible walls can sometimes throw off that groove,” we said in IGN’s Borderlands 4 review, which returned a 8/10.
Earlier this week, we reported that Borderlands 4 publisher Take-Two announced the game’s Switch 2 version is now on “pause” following its last-minute delay. A Switch 2 port for the Gearbox looter shooter was initially announced during Nintendo’s big April 2025 Direct and then pegged to arrive on October 3, 2025, before its release was scrubbed just a week prior to launch. Pre-orders were cancelled, though Gearbox framed the move as a delay, not a full scrapping of the project.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world’s biggest gaming sites and publications. She’s also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.
