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Borderlands 3 – Bad Reception

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Location: Pandora – The Droughts

Obtained: Talk to Claptrap in the droughts after completing the “From the Ground Up” main mission

Objective(s):

  • Search Old Laundry
  • Open Trap Door
  • Search Satellite Tower
  • Search Sid’s Stop
  • Speak to Sid
  • Destroy Sid’s Satellite Dish
  • Speak to Sid
  • Search Spark’s Cave
  • Search Old Shack
  • Give Items to Claptrap

 

Search Old Laundry

Follow the objective past the Sun Smasher’s camp and over the broken bridge to arrive at a trap door next to a giant rib cage.

 

Open Trap Door

To open the trap door, head up to the rock ledge behind the door and jump off of it, pressing the crouch button (circle button) to slam down into it. Enter the bunker and collect the hanger in the back of the room.

 

Search Satellite Tower

Follow the objective to the western section of the Droughts to arrive at Varkid Valley. Make your way to the tower on the western side of the valley and clear out the enemies stationed there. Once they are dealt with, climb up the tower and shoot the satellite at the top to break free the antenna to collect it.

 

Search Sid’s Stop

Follow the objective past the Sun Smasher’s camp, over the broken bridge and through the Children of the Vault roadblock to reach Sid’s Stop.

 

Speak to Sid

Talk to Sid.

 

Destroy Sid’s Satellite Dish

Destroy all three satellite dishes. The first one is located on the roof of Sid’s shack. The second one is located under the giant windmill west of the shack. The final one is located south of the windmill above the Children of the Vault roadblock (follow the power line from the windmill to spot it).

 

Speak to Sid

Speak to Sid again then defeat him and take his tinfoil hat.

 

Search Spark’s Cave

Follow the objective north past the Sun Smasher’s camp to reach a broken bridge. Take the path to the left of the bridge leading into a ravine to locate Spark’s Cave. Enter the cave and shoot the target on the top of the power generator in the back to turn it off. This will allow you to pass through the water and retrieve a spork from a dead bandit.

 

Search Old Shack

Follow the objective to the northern section of the Droughts to locate the Old Shack. As you try to enter it, a turret and Badass Tink will start attacking you. As you approach the door it will close the door. Back off and wait for it to open again, then run and slide in before it closes again. Defeat them and head to the back room to find the umbrella on the toilet.

 

Give Items to Claptrap

Head back to Claptrap and hand over the antennas to complete the mission.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Dump on Dumptruck

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Location: Pandora – The Droughts

Obtained: Interact with the bounty on a wall at Ellie’s garage after acquiring a vehicle

Objective(s):

  • Kill the Holy Dumptruck
  • Shoot ’em in the Ass (Optional)
  • Open Trap Door
  • Find Red Chest

 

Kill the Holy Dumptruck

Follow the objective past the Sun Smasher’s camp and over the broken bridge to arrive at a structure many bandits called Bloodbucket’s Chapel. Work your way to the top, defeating enemies as you go to find Dumptruck and defeat him.

 

Shoot ’em in the Ass (Optional)

While fighting Dumptruck, he will turn his ass to face you and shake it. When he does this, shoot him in the ass.

 

Open Trap Door

To open the trap door, shoot the pipe near the broken cable to make a puddle. Then shoot the target on the overhanging section of the building to turn on the power. This will electrify the water causing the trap door to open.

 

Find Red Chest

Jump down the hole to find the chest and complete the mission.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Powerful Connections

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Location: Pandora – The Droughts

Obtained: Interact with Marcus’ vending machine near the Crimson Raider base after the Children of the Vault main mission

Objective(s):

  • Identify the Problem
  • Collect Skag Spine
  • Collect Human Spine (Optional)
  • Use Human Spine (Optional)
  • Use Skag Spine
  • Go to Secret Stash

 

Identify the Problem

Follow the cable running out of the machine to come to a broken circuit box near a Catch-A-Ride.

 

Collect Skag Spine

Follow the objective to a nearby skag den and defeat skags until a shock skag appears. Kill the shock skag to collect its spine.

 

Collect Human Spine (Optional)

Head to the objective to reach the Sun Smasher camp and take out the bandits until one drops a spine.

 

Use Human Spine (Optional)

Head back to the circuit box and install the human spine if you retrieved one.

 

Use Skag Spine

Install the shock skag spine into the circuit box.

 

Go to Secret Stash

Head back to the recently fixed vending machine and enter the bunker behind it to complete the mission.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Under Taker

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Location: Pandora – The Droughts

Obtained: Interact with the bounty on the back of Sid’s Stop.

Objective(s):

  • Find Under Taker
  • Kill Under Taker

 

Find Under Taker

Follow the objective to the northern region of the Droughts near the map transition to Ascension Bluff to find the Under Taker near one of the buildings with a broken pipe spewing water from the side.

 

Kill Under Taker

Take out the Under Taker to complete the mission.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Golden Calves

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Location: Pandora – The Droughts

Obtained: Interact with the COV Statue at the Crimson Command in the Droughts after acquiring a vehicle

Objective(s):

  • Find Poster with Front View
  • Find Poster with Profile View
  • Find Poster with Intimate View
  • Go to 3D Printing Plan
  • Use Scanner
  • Admire Your Work
  • Smash COV Statues
  • Preplace with Vaughn Statues
  • Talk to Vaughn

 

Find Poster with Front View

Head to Ascension Bluff and make your way to the northeastern part of the area. There you will find a bandit settlement filled with enemies.  This poster will be located across a metal bridge on a tower under a long metal pipe.

 

Find Poster with Profile View

This poster will be on the first level of a tower with a windmill on the top.

 

Find Poster with Intimate View

This poster is located on a board across from the windmill on a rock ledge.

 

Go to 3D Printing Plan

Follow the objective to the far east of Ascension Bluff to locate the 3D printer.

 

Use Scanner

Place the posters on the scanner to create some Vaughn statues.

 

Admire Your Work

Give the statues a good once over.

 

Smash COV Statues

Head back through the bandit settlement smashing three of the COV Statues.

 

Replace with Vaughn Statues

Replace the COV Statues with statues of Vaughn.

 

Talk to Vaughn

Head back Vaughn in The Droughts and talk with him to complete the mission.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Skag Dog Days

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Location: Pandora – The Droughts

Obtained: Interact with a bounty on the board near the Droughts – Highway fast travel station

Objective(s):

  • Find the Big Succ
  • Find Cacti
  • Pick Up Cactus Fruit
  • Collect Succulent Skag Meat
  • Kill Succulent Alpha Skag
  • Collect Succulent Skag Meat
  • Kill Mincemeat
  • Kill Trufflemunch and Buttmunch
  • Collect Meat
  • Drop Ingredients Off

 

Find the Big Succ

Follow the objective to the northwestern region of the Droughts to arrive at the Dahl 3rd Brigade Memorial Dam. Enter the dam and make your way to the building in the back. Locate the dumpster behind the building and retrieve the Big Succ from the care package inside.

 

Find Cacti

Exit the dam and head to the northern area of the Droughts, west of the Ascension Bluff map transition. Head up into the mountains to locate the cacti.

 

Pick Up Cactus Fruit

Shoot the cacti to make them drop the Cactus Fruit. You may need to equip the Big Succ for this to happen.

 

Collect Succulent Skag Meat

Defeat the Succulent Skags and collect the meat they drop.

 

Kill Succulent Alpha Skag

Follow the objective a short distance to reach the den of the Succulent Alpha Skag. Head into the den and defeat him.

 

Collect Succulent Skag Meat

Once defeated, the Succulent Alpha Skag will drop the Succulent Alpha Meat.  Pick it up.

 

Kill Mincemeat

Follow the objective just north of the Droughts – Highway fast travel station to locate Mincemeat and take him out.

 

Kill Trufflemunch and Buttmunch

These two skags accompany Mincemeat. Kill them along with their master.

 

Collect Meat

Collect the meat dropped by Trufflemunch and Buttmunch.

 

Drop Ingredients Off

Head to the drop-off location east of the Droughts – Highway fast travel station to turn in the ingredients and complete the mission.

 

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Borderlands 3 – Pandora Echo Logs Locations

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The Droughts

Getting Closer

This log is located on Pandora in The Droughts at Ellie’s Garage. You can find it on the steps of her pink trailer located behind the garage.

 

Nightfall

This log is located on Pandora in the northern region of the Droughts west of the Ascension Bluff map transition. It can be found in a lone two-story structure with a samurai picture on the side of it near where the Skag Dog Days side mission takes place. 

 

Blasphemy

This log is located on the northern side of the Super 87 Racetrack in the Droughts outside a lone shack overlooking a canyon.

 

Short Supply

This log is located in the room under the ship dock where the Biofuel Rig was parked.

 

Brimming

This log is located in a bandit settlement on a wooden crate next to a couch and building on the second level reachable by a ladder. The settlement is directly north of the Droughts – Highway fast travel station. You fight/fought Mincemeat here as part of the Skag Dog Days side mission.

 

Worth the Wait

This log is located in Raiders’ Drydock (where Sanctuary was docked).  It is on the south side in a workroom on a table.  The workroom is above where Ellie was working at during the story. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Ascension Bluff

Mouthpiece’s Pitch (Part 3)

This log is located in the room overlooking the area where you fight Mouthpiece at the Holy Broadcast Center in Ascension Bluff.

 

Devil’s Razor

Building a God-Queen (Part 1)

This log is located in a house at the southeastern part of the map. See the map below for the exact location.

 

RSVP (Part 1)

This log is located in the northern section of the map in Bollock’s Niche near the Bollock’s Niche Typhon Log laying on a table.

 

RSVP (Part 3)

This log is located on a crate next to a building near the eastern Devil’s Razor Broadcast Tower.

 

The Splinterlands

Big Love (Part 2)

This log is located on a crate in a large barn with a silo next to it and barbed wire surrounding it in The Homestead. You will come her during the Homestead (Part 3) side mission. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Entwined

This log can be found during the Blood Drive main mission when you pick up the Golden Chariot.  The log is located directly across from the Catch-A-Ride on a couch. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Guts of Carnivora

Sourbones (Part 1)

This log can be found on a crate along the walkway on the right side of the room in Mack’s Head Room. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Sourbones (Part 2)

This log can be found on top of a storage unit on the left side of the room in Mack’s Head Room. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Sourbones (Part 3)

This log can be found on a fallen bar stool in Mack’s Head Room along the outside walkway with the chain-linked fence just before the boss room. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Konrad’s Hold

Cave

During the Wildlife Conservation side mission, you will head into the Unused Escape Tunnel. After you blow open the door, the Echo Log will be located straight ahead on the right side of the tracks sitting on a rock in a little nook. See the below map for the exact location.

 

Stuck

During the Wildlife Conservation side mission, you will head into the Unused Escape Tunnel and eventually emerge to an outdoor area. Head through the cavern towards the exit. When you see the burn barrel on the left, take a left and head down the hill to find the log.

 

Control

The log is on a large metal crate and is located in the building to the west of The Arrogant Approach Typhon Log on the second floor. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Old Life

This log is located in The General’s Perch at the northwest corner of the map on the ground along the fence. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Cathedral of the Twin Gods

[Name Unknown…We picked it up too fast :P]

This log is located in the Outer Sanctum in the west (right side) on the second level in a sink near some lockers and a yellow painted skull. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Rise of Mouthpiece

This log is located in the Courtyard of the Damned on a table under the large depiction of Troy (left of the giant face with flaming eyeballs). 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 – Legendary Hunts Crew Challenge

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Pandora – The Droughts

Lavender Crawly

The Lavender Crawly is located on Pandora in the western area of the Droughts in northern Varkid Valley. See the map below for the exact location. Lavender Crawly is a Varkid that will pod up when you are close to defeating it. That pod will break into two Varkids. When each of those Varkids get low on health, they too will pod up and create an additional two Varkids each.

 

Pandora – Ascension Bluff

Skrakk

The Legendary Skrakk is located at Ascension Bluff on Pandora. It can be located southwest of the Ascension Bluff fast travel station. See the map below for the exact location. The Skrakk is accompanied by a pack of skags you will have to fight off while battling the Skrakk. It’s easier to deal with the skags first so that you can give the Skrakk your full attention.

 

Pandora – Devil’s Razor

Antalope

The Antalope is located in the dead center of the map. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Pandora – The Splinterlands

Phoenix

The legendary phoenix is flying around directly south of the Pitt’s Stop fast travel station on the east side of The Splinterlands. See the map below of the exact location. You will have to kill the phoenix three times for it to be reborn as the legendary phoenix.

 

Athenas

Chupacabratch

The Chupacabratch is located on the route to the cemetery near the center of the map. See the map below for the exact location. There isn’t anything special about this fight.

 

Eden-6 – Floodmoor Basin

Chonk Stomp

Chonk Stomp is located in Primeval Grotto on the northwestern side of the map in a cave. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Eden-6 Voracious Canopy

Jabbermogwai

The Jabbermogwai can be found in the northwestern part of the map, west of the Jabber village. See the below map for the exact location.

 

Pandora – Konrad’s Hold

Manvark

The Manvark is located in the center of the map in the Last-Stand Yard. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Nekrotafeyo – Desolation’s Edge

Blinding Banshee

The Blinding Banshee makes its home in a little inlet in the central most northern part of the map. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Nekrotafeyo – The Pyre of Stars

Swarm Host

The swarm host, Brood Mother, is located down the hallway connected to the Nekrotafeyo Pedestal. 

 

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Borderlands 3 – Pandora Dead Claptrap Crew Challenge

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The Droughts

Super 87 Racetrack (Gyroscopic Rotor)

This dead claptrap can be found at the Super 87 Racetrack located in the Droughts on Pandora. See the map below for the exact location. To reach it, head to Ellie’s Scrapyard via Ellie’s Garage and follow the path under the Ellie’s Crap billboard to reach the racetrack. Once there, make your way to the northern part of the canyon to locate the wall of cars along a cliff. The Claptrap unit will be behind the wall, hanging upside down from a magnet.  

 

The Droughts – Highway (Motor)

This dead claptrap is located on the hood of a car a short distance (southwest) from the Droughts – Highway fast travel station.

 

Ascension Bluff

The Path of Sacrifice (Supermax Deluxe 3D Surround System)

This dead claptrap can be found on the Path of Sacrifice leading to the Holy Broadcast Center at Ascension Bluff. See the map below for the exact location. It will be tied to a metal pole holding up some lights and speakers.

 

Devil’s Razor

Sin-A-Plex (All-Terrain Motor)

 

This claptrap is behind some storage units stacked onto of each other in the Sin-A-Plex located in the northern section of the map. See the map below for the exact location.

 

The Splinterlands

Wheel

This claptrap is located inside a wheel next to the giant roller coaster in the southeastern region of the map. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Carnivora

The Stacked Deck (LEDs)

Claptrap is located directly south of The Stacked Deck Typhon Log behind a bar like area in the bottom level of a storage unit that is lit with a red light. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Guts of Carnivora

Windshaken Catwalks (Gas Tank)

Claptrap is located at the end of a conveyor belt just before Mack’s Head Room. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Konrad’s Hold

Fallback Tracks (Pair of Arms)

This claptrap is located in a mine car on the very top northwestern side of the map near Traitor’s Mess. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Last-Stand Yard (Hand Clamps)

This claptrap is located to the left of a sealed Dahl Mining Co door on the edge of the cliff across from the Konrad’s Hold Broadcast Tower. See the map below for the exact location.

 

Cathedral of the Twin Gods

Outer Sanctum (Antenna Accessory)

This claptrap is hanging on a giant “V” in a bunkroom.  After you crouch under a half-opened gate as part of the main story, you will enter a room with stained glass windows with images of Tyrene and Troy.  Across from the stained glass, climb onto the raised metal platform and shoot the planks of wood on the door.  Enter through this door to discover claptrap. See the map below for the exact location.