- Borderlands 4 Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned arriving on March 26
- The paid DLC adds a new Vault Hunter named C4SH and a new zone filled with extra missions
- An update also brings the much-requested shared progression across characters
Gearbox Software has revealed Borderlands 4 Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damnedwhich will introduce brand new content when it arrives later this month.
The first paid story pack, which the studio calls its “biggest [downloadable content] DLC yet”, launches on March 26th and features the brand new Vault Hunter, C4SH the Rogue.
He is a CasinoBot who makes quick work of his enemies with skills like Sleight of Hand that allows him to draw cards from his random deck and discard them to unleash powerful spells.
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The DLC will also include new Legendary and Pearlescent loot, cosmetics and a new map region called The Whispering Glacier, which is packed with new story missions, side missions, activities and collectibles, as well as two new major boss fights and 16 mini-bosses.
“When a malevolent cosmic entity threatens Kairos and madness lingers in the cold wind, players will team up with picky, carefree Ellie – mechanic extraordinaire and daughter of Moxxi – on a mission to destroy an alien monolith and enter the cursed Vault of the Damned,” Driller Gearbox.
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“Guided by the returning peculiar proprietor Mancubus Bloodtooth, players will brave the icy wastes of The Whispering Glacier, a frozen expanse filled with the shells of abandoned ships and dark secrets.”
To access the new region, players must own Story Pack 1 and first complete the “A Lot to Process” mission in the Fadefields, or players can start a new Vault Hunter that jumps directly to Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned content at level 13.
In addition to all this content, a larger Borderlands 4 update will bring the much-requested shared progression across characters, meaning new characters on the same account will gain access to map progression, SDU tokens, Hover Drives, cosmetic rewards, and activity progression.
Gearbox verified saves across platforms is something the team continues to work on for a later update.
Story Pack 1 is just the first update in the game’s 2026 content roadmap, with Bounty Packs 3, 4, and 5 releasing throughout Q2 and Q3 2026. Story Pack 2 is expected to arrive later in the year in Q3 2025 and include another Vault Hunter, main missions, the new Kairos Zone, and more.
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