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Borderlands 3 – Ratch’d Up

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Location: Promethea – Atlas HQ

Obtained: Talk to Rhys in Atlas HQ after completing the Atlas, at Last main mission.

Objective(s):

  • Find Terry
  • Search for Clues
  • Search Secret Area
  • Investigate Voice
  • Open Glenn’s Cell
  • Eliminate Ratch Threat
  • Talk to Glenn
  • Pick Up Terry’s Brain
  • Lower Cage
  • Kill Gary
  • Place Terry’s Brain
  • Resurrect Terry
  • Talk to Terry
  • Talk to Glenn

 

Find Terry

Head to the second level of Lobby of Self-Actualization and enter Terry’s Office.

 

Search for Clues

Press the green button behind the XXX jug next to the stereo on the table.

 

Search Secret Area

Enter the super secret area via the secret entrance.

 

Investigate Voice

Head deeper into the lab until you hear a voice. Walk over to the locked red door.

 

Open Glenn’s Cell

Work your way further into the lab until you come to a room filled with Ratch. Eliminate the Ratch then head up to the second level of the room and press the button to free Glenn.

 

Eliminate Ratch Threat

Exterminate the Ratch.

 

Talk to Glenn

Exit the room and talk to Glenn.

 

Follow Glenn

Follow Glenn back into the room with the Ratch.

 

Pick Up Terry’s Brain

Collect Terry’s brain off the ground.

 

Lower Cage

Pull the lever next to the large cage containing Gary.

 

Kill Gary

Drop into Gary’s Pit and kill him before he eats you.

 

Place Terry’s Brain

Put Terry’s brain into the transfer tank in the room connected to Gary’s Pit.

 

Resurrect Terry

Press the button to bring Terry back as a Ratch.

 

Talk to Terry

Talk to Ratch Terry.

 

Talk to Glenn

Head back to Glenn and talk with him to complete the mission.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Promethea Dead Claptrap Crew Challenge

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Meridian Outskirts

Cave (Universal Transistor)

This dead claptrap is located in a cave between Meridian Outskirts drop pad and the Meridian Outskirts fast travel station.

 

Meridian Metroplex

Stairwell (Stair-Climbing Update)

This dead claptrap is located in a stairwell to the right of Dynasty Diner (near the center of the map).  Head below the green arrows in the image above to enter the stairwell containing the claptrap.

 

Lectra City

Downtown Square (8th Gen Emotive Resonator)

This dead claptrap is located under the Welcome Home neon sign in the Underpass in south-central Lectra City. To reach it, take the big concrete stairs in Downtown Square down to the area where you fight Jenny during the Kill Killavolt side mission.  The dead claptrap is located in this room in the back corner.

 

Market Quarter (Eye Rotor)

This dead claptrap is located directly south of the Lectra City fast travel station on the roof of a shack overlooking the docks.

 

Skywell-27

Sector 2 (Antenna)

This dead claptrap is located in Sector 2 of the Maliwan base. This is after passing the large elevator that leads to the laser and climbing through the vents leading back outside. Claptrap will be tied to a metal radio tower connected to a rock just past a bridge in the middle of the path. You will need to climb up the big rock across from the tower to jump over to it.

 

Observation Deck (Dubstep Library)

 

This claptrap is on the second level of a building in the Observation Deck. See the image below for the exact location. To reach it, you will need to jump down the long chute in Sector 4. This will place you in Fuel Processing. Exit through the door to enter a room containing a cylinder with a blue sphere in the middle of it. Take a right and follow the walkway down a couple of steps. Take another right and enter the building there. Climb up the two flights of stairs then jump through the open section of the wall to locate it.

Atlas HQ

Lobby of Self-Actualization (Claptrap-VPN)

This dead claptrap is located in Atlas Tower behind a bar on the second floor. Enter Atlas and head forward, past the spinning gold ball, then under the red ATLAS sign in the middle of the walkway. Follow the walkway forward until you reach a set of double doors. Instead of heading through them, take the flight of stairs up on the left or right side of the doors to reach the second level in the Lobby of Self-Actualization. The bar will be in the room on the northeastern side of the walkway.

 

Neon Arterial

Green Diamond Platform (Antenna Accessory)

This dead claptrap is located on the train track in the middle of the Green Diamond Platform. See the map below for the exact location.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Promethea Echo Log Locations

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Meridian Outskirts

Marcus Munitions (Part 3)

This log is located on a metal crate just before the civilian camp that Lorelei takes you to during the Hostile Takeover main mission (near a Catch-A-Ride).

 

Marcus Munitions (Part 1)

Located in a tunnel across (north) of Fort Pissoff (contains the Meridian Outskirts fast travel station) on a metal crate near the elevator leading to the top of the bridge. You can reach it after completing the Hostile Takeover main mission.

 

Occupational Hazard

This log is located on a cot behind Ziff in the area just before the Meridian Metroplex map transition.

 

Meridian Metroplex

Sitrep

This log is located near some steps next to a door in the middle of a bunch of buildings directly north of the Meridian Metroplex fast travel station.

 

Morning Meridian

This log is located on the ground in front of a building with a billboard advertising Vault Hunters The Motion Picture. The building is on a bridge near the center of the map close to where you find Beau during the Dynasty Diner side mission.

 

Daily Grind

This log is located on the ground next to a door just before the Maliwan Weapons Depot in Meridian Mercantile on the western side of the map, which you access during the Hostile Takeover main mission.

 

Lectra City

Lashley (Part 1)

This log is located near the center of the map on a platform near the top of a bridge support. See the map below for the exact location. To reach it, you will have to climb up to the roof of an adjacent building to jump across to it. This is close to where you fought Trudy during the Kill Killavolt side mission.

 

Lashley (Part 2)

This log is located on a rooftop south of where the Lectra City Broadcast Tower Crimson Radio Crew Challenge was.  See the map below for the exact location.

 

Skywell-27

Back-Up

This log is located in the most northeastern building on the map where you borrow the Maliwan shuttle during the Space-Laser Tag main mission (at the Skywell-27 map transition) on a desk near the entrance. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Laser Technician

This log is located past the giant circular door in Sector 1 that leads to the elevator in the Maliwan facility. See map below for the exact location. To reach it, jump on top of the light located on the right side of the room next to a dump truck under a bridge. Jump on top of the bridge and head left to find the log laying on a table in a small room.

 

Atlas HQ

Bloodbath on the Zanara

This log is located near the entrance to the Courtyard of Innovation coming from the Atlas Campus. You will walk up a flight of stairs to arrive in the courtyard with giant turrets. Take a left (heading south) at the top of the stairs and follow the wall to the end. The log will be located on a metal crate.

 

Friends in Invisible Places

This log is located in Atlas Tower. Enter Atlas and head forward, past the spinning gold ball, then under the red ATLAS sign in the middle of the walkway. Enter the first room on the right to find this log on a desk in the back of the room.

 

Terry’s Science Dairy (Part 1)

This log is located in the Skunkworks Lab. You can find it during the Ratch’d Up side mission on a cushioned bench. See map below for the exact location.

 

Terry’s Science Dairy (Part 2)

This log is located in the Skunkworks Lab. You can find it during the Ratch’d Up side mission laying on a console in a room with the two cylinder tanks. See map below for the exact location.

 

Neon Arterial

Below (Part 1)

This log is located on a pipe in a tunnel with a dead end just before Apollyon Station. You will come here during the Beneath the Meridian main mission. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Below (Part 2)

This log is in Apollyon Station on a couch next to some stairs just before the vending machines and Green Diamond Platform. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Below (Part 3)

This is log is located on a barstool just before the tunnel leading to the vault in the Green Diamond Platform. See the map below for the exact location.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Promethea Typhon Logs and Dead Drop Crew Challenges

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Meridian Outskirts

The Spillways 

This log is located on a bandit bridge in the Spillways. To reach it, exit Fort Pissoff (tunnel containing the Meridian Outskirts fast travel station) and take a left into the Spillways heading west. The bridge will be right there. Use the elevator under the left (south) side of the bridge to reach the upper level. Exit the elevator and follow the path forward taking the first right up a flight of stairs, then head towards the toilet. Before taking the steps up to the toilet, jump on the railing to the left and look down to find a small ledge. Land on the small ledge to find the log.

 

The Spillways (2)

This log is located under a tower-like structure covered with tires, wires and a light at the top north of the Meridian Outskirts fast travel station.

 

The Spillways (3)

This log is located in front of a tunnel on the north side of the map near a Meridian Metroplex map transition.

 

Meridian Outskirts Dead Drop Cache

To reach this cache, start near the Meridian Metroplex map transition on top of the bridge near the civilian camp. Facing the Metroplex, head left and go threw the hole in the wall. Instead of taking the stairs down, go right to the elevator. Send the elevator to the bottom while you remain on the top floor. Then call it back up, jumping onto the top of the elevator as it ascends. This will lift you up to a secret area above the elevator where the cache can be found.

 

Meridian Metroplex

Halcyon Suborbital Spaceport

This log is located on a bridge above a Catch-A-Ride east of the Rise and Grind Coffee House along the eastern section of the map.

 

Titan’s Gate

This log is located in front of a giant Atlas building in Titan’s Gate, which can be found in the northern, central part of the map.

 

Meridian Mercantile

This log is just before the Maliwan Weapons Depot in Meridian Mercantile on the western side of the map, which you access during the Hostile Takeover main mission.  The log is near the railing where you meet Rhys’ top operative.

 

Meridian Metroplex Dead Drop Cache

The dead drop is located close to Knoxx Station near the Lectra City map transition.  Start at the end of the tunnel leading to Lectra City with your character facing south.  Head left (east) along the platform until you come to two sets of three stacked shipping containers.  Climb up the containers and then jump across to the concrete ledge.  Follow the ledge south, jumping over a square metal container and then crouch under a metal pipe to find the dead drop straight ahead at the end of the ledge next to a building.  There is also a Maliwan chest here.

 

Lectra City

The Dockyards

This log is located in the southeastern region of the map in the Bid Dock Energy dockyard. See the map below for the exact location. This is where you fight Trudy during the Kill Killavolt side mission. You will have to jump on some containers submerged in water to reach it.

 

Near Big Dock Energy

This log is located in the southern region of the map, southwest of Big Dock Energy overlooking a concrete structure with the letters K and V written on it.  See the map below for the exact location.

 

The Hills

The log is located in the eastern region of the map in the area where you fought Lena in the Kill Killavolt side mission.

 

Lectra City Dead Drop Cache

The cache is located in Downtown Square on a rooftop in a storage container east of where you fought Lena in the Kill Killavolt side mission near the center of the map.  To reach the roof, you will need to climb onto a dumpster with yellow paint and then climb up the ladder.  See the map below for the exact location.

 

Skywell-27

Maliwan Modulars

This log is located in a locked Maliwan room inside a cave. See the map below for the exact location. You’ll know your there when you see the big yellow pipes on the ceiling that say “Watch Your Head!”. From the locked door, follow the path forward coming to a broken walkway with “Sector 1” written on the wall. Drop down into the open area and move forward following the left rock wall. When you get to the end, jump off the ledge and turn around to find a doorway with a “1” written next to it. Enter the doorway and head up two flights of stairs to enter the room containing the log next to a gated window.

 

Near Tritanium Refinery

This log is located across from the laser thruster at the end of a stone path. See the map below for the exact location. To reach it, head to the metal platform across from the thruster and head south (right of the ladder leading to a higher platform). You will have to jump from rock to rock to reach the log.

 

Observation Deck

This log is located on the Observation Deck. See map below for the exact location. To reach it, you will need to jump down the long chute in Sector 4. This will place you in Fuel Processing. Exit through the door to enter a room containing a cylinder with a blue sphere in the middle of it. Take a left and follow the walkway to the end. Use the ladder next to the crate to climb up to a ledge. From there climb on top a crate then jump to the opening above. The log will be located on a metal platform across a gap.

 

Skywell-27 Dead Drop Cache

This cache is located in the server room near where the boss is located. See the map below for the exact location. Follow the hallway leading to the servers to arrive in a big open room. Armored robots will spawn on the other side. Deal with them then head up the stairs behind them. Take a left up another flight of stairs and follow the hallway to the end to locate the cache.

 

Atlas HQ

Courtyard of Innovation

This log is located on the second level of the Courtyard of Innovation along the eastern side. To reach it, access the second level via turret control room or the stairway on the west side of the courtyard.

 

Skunkworks Lab

This log is located on the second floor of the Lobby of Self-Actualization overlooking an elevator. Enter Atlas and head forward, past the spinning gold ball, then under the red ATLAS sign in the middle of the walkway. Follow the walkway forward until you reach a set of double doors. Instead of heading through them, take the flight of stairs up on the left or right side of the doors to reach the second level in the Lobby of Self-Actualization. Head south to locate the log.

 

Lobby of Self-Actualization

This log is located at the south side of the Lobby of Self-Actualization near where the Maliwan command ship was during the Atlas, at Last main mission. You can find it along the southwestern walkway. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Atlas HQ Dead Drop Cache

This cache is located on the second floor of the Lobby of Self-Actualization overlooking an elevator. See the map below for the exact location. Enter Atlas and head forward, past the spinning gold ball, then under the red ATLAS sign in the middle of the walkway. Follow the walkway forward until you reach a set of double doors. Instead of heading through them, take the flight of stairs up on the left or right side of the doors to reach the second level in the Lobby of Self-Actualization. Head south to locate the Skunkworks Lab Typhon Log from above then enter the room to the left (east) of it to find the cache.

 

Neon Arterial

Titan Skyway

This log is located diagonally from the Neon Arterial fast travel station next to a tree by a light post. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Apollyon Transit Station

This log is located on the north side of the Apollyon Station courtyard across from the giant Children of the Vault sign over the station entrance.

 

Restricted Catacombs

This log is located down a tunnel on the east side of the Restricted Catacombs just before you get to the vault. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Neon Arterial Dead Drop Cache

This cache is located on the west side of the Restricted Catacombs across from the previous Typhon Log.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Promethea Crimson Radio Crew Challenge

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Meridian Outskirts

Meridian Outskirts Broadcast Tower

The Meridian Outskirts Broadcast Tower is located on the east side of the area. To reach it, start from the Meridian Outskirts fast travel station and exit Fort Pissoff. Take a ride and follow the road east until you come to a big open area with a stack of storage containers in the middle. Climb to the top of those containers and use the console to sabotage the tower.

 

Meridian Metroplex

Meridian Metroplex Broadcast Tower

The broadcast tower is located on the back deck of Dynasty Diner.  To reach it, you will need to head to the second level right of the diner and use a shipping box to jump to the balcony where the terminal is located.  Sabotage the tower to complete the challenge.

 

Lectra City

Lectra City Broadcast Tower

The broadcast tower is located in Market Quarter on the eastern side of the map on the roof of a tall building right before Big Dock Energy.  To reach it, you will need to climb up to the roof of the adjacent building with yellow paint on the side of it across from the entrance to Big Energy Dock.  From there, jump onto the street light with a speaker on it and then jump to the tall building.  You will need to get a bit of a running start in order to make it onto the tall building’s roof.  Sabotage the radio to complete the challenge.  See the map below for the exact location.

 

Atlas HQ

Atlas HQ Broadcast Tower

The broadcast tower is located at the south side of the Lobby of Self-Actualization near where the Maliwan command ship was during the Atlas, at Last main mission. See the map below for the exact location. Take the southeast walkway to the end then jump down to an area under it to locate the tower. Sabotage the tower to complete the challenge.

 

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Borderlands 3 Guides

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Below are guides and walkthroughs for Borderlands 3.

 

Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck DLC

 

 

Bounty of Blood DLC

 

 

Guns, Love and Tentacles DLC

 

 

Moxxi’s Heist of the Handsome Jackpot DLC

 

 

Borderlands 3

Collectibles

 

Crew Challenges

 

Side Missions

Pandora – The Droughts

 

Pandora – Ascension Bluff

 

Promethea – Meridian Outskirts

 

Promethea – Meridian Metroplex

 

Promethea – Lectra City

 

Sanctuary

 

Promethea – Skywell-27

 

Promethea – Atlas HQ

 

Eden-6 – Floodmoor Basin

 

Eden-6 – The Anvil

 

Eden-6 – Jakobs Estate

 

Eden-6 – Voracious Canopy

 

Eden-6 – Ambermire

 

Pandora – Devil’s Razor

 

Pandora – The Splinterlands

 

Pandora – Carnivora

 

Pandora – Konrad’s Hold

 

Nekrotafeyo – Desolation’s Edge

 

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