Borderlands 3 Update Brings Crossplay Support, A Raised Level Cap, and More

Written by Brandon Hofer on June 24, 2021

News: If you have been waiting to play with your friends on different platforms you can do so as long as they aren’t on PlayStation.

A new Borderlands 3 update is arriving today bringing crossplay functionality for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Mac, Stadia, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. The return of the game’s most popular seasonal event, The Revengence of Revenge of the Cartels, permanent seasonal event toggling, a new level cap increase and more are also a part of the update.

The return of a fan-favorite seasonal event is here with The Revengence of Revenge of the Cartels. Joey Ultraviolet and his gang of underlings are back for another round, so the friendly Saurian Maurice will once again ask you to eliminate Cartel Operatives, who can be found in areas from both the base game and campaign add-ons. Once you’ve dispatched enough of them and collected Hideout Coordinates from their corpses, Maurice can open a portal to the main event: a showdown at Villa Ultraviolet against the Eridium Cartel kingpin himself, Joey Ultraviolet.

The Crossplay Update also brings with it Endless Seasonal Events. You can now access all of Borderlands 3’s themed seasonal events—Bloody Harvest, Broken Hearts Day, and Revenge of the Cartels – whenever, and for however long, you’d like. A new option on the Main Menu lets you select which of these three events you want to toggle on or off. These annual events all have their own unique sets of themed cosmetic rewards and exclusive drops from their Year 1 and Year 2 iterations, which can now be earned at your own pace. Progress on related Challenges won’t be reset if you participated in these events previously, but you can instead earn or re-earn seasonal event drops from their iconic boss fights.

Speaking of events, from now until July 1 at 8:59 AM PT, the effects of all six True Trials mini-events will be active. This means all six of the Trials bosses get the same substantial health and damage boosts, and they'll all drop their two designated Legendary items. The chest at the end of each trial will be chock-full of Legendaries as well.

Finally, with the Crossplay Update, Vault Hunters can push their power even further as the level cap increases by seven levels to a max level of 72. With a maximum total of 70 Skill Points to play with, players have even more ways to create mayhem and character builds that will annihilate enemies like never before.

There has been no word on when crossplay functionality will appear on PlayStation platforms, if it ever arrives at all. Check out all of this new content though and if you are on other platforms, enjoy playing with your friends with this new crossplay feature.