Transaction-Packed

Transaction-Packed is a side mission in Borderlands 3. It is available upon reaching Desolation’s Edge on Nekrotafeyo.

Background

 * "Help Claptrap debug an early access Augmented Reality game on your ECHO device. And don’t let Mickey Tricks pull any...well, underhanded shenanigans."

Objectives

 * Pick up ECHO cartridge
 * Talk to… the hologram?
 * Find first portal hotspot
 * Talk to Mickey
 * Follow and protect Lana
 * Buy upgrade
 * Destroy Portal
 * Continue protecting Lana
 * Buy the same upgrade again
 * Continue protecting Lana
 * Destroy Portal
 * Protect Lana… again
 * Keep forking over money
 * Protect Lana… again (continued)
 * Destroy Portal
 * Talk to Mickey
 * Find second portal Hotspot
 * Talk to Mickey
 * Find and gather an energy source
 * Gather ALL energy sources: 0/100
 * Optional: Purchase a non-predatory upgrade
 * Give energy sources to Lana
 * Destroy Portal
 * Talk to Mickey
 * Find final portal hotspot
 * Talk to Mickey
 * Defeat Rak’nagob, Destroyer of Worlds
 * Optional: Give us money to get this over with
 * Destroy Rak’nagob’s portal
 * Talk to Mickey

Strategy
The player is tasked with entering an ECHOnet game through VR simulation, similar to the mission Head Case. The player must escort Lana and destroy portals. Along the way, Lana will be attacked by various "prototype" enemies that resemble Maliwan death-spheres. While these enemies will ignore the player, they are highly agile and very fast. However, they are also very weak and can be destroyed with minimal difficulty. Should Lana take enough damage, she will be incapacitated and must be revived.

After speaking to Mickey Tricks, the player will escort Lana through a "Portal Hotspot" to destroy three portals. En route to each portal, Lana will be blocked by a wall that forces the player to purchase a "Wingshoe upgrade". Each of these will charge the player $1, but will allow the mission to proceed. Once Lana reaches a portal, the player will be required to destroy it. Be aware that some areas will also spawn creatures and Guardians.

Once the first hotspot is cleared, the player must proceed to the second hotspot a short distance away. The player is then tasked with collecting 100 energy sources while also being presented with another 'upgrade'. Unlike the previous 'upgrades', they player is not required to purchase it and can collect the energy sources manually. However the 'upgrade' reduces the required energy sources to 10. Once collected, the player must destroy the fourth portal.

After proceeding to the fifth portal, the player is confronted by "Rak’nagob, Destroyer of Worlds". Like the other "in-game" enemies, Rak’nagob presents no threat to the player. However, he does posses a large health pool. Once more, the player is presented with another 'upgrade' that gives a massive damage boost against Rak’nagob. Like the previous 'upgrade', the player can opt to forgo the 'upgrade' and kill Rak’nagob without it. Once he is dead, the final portal must be destroyed to end the mission.

Completion
Turn in: Mickey Tricks

Reward: Kenulax, Money, XP

Trivia

 * This mission is a parody of buggy, unfinished early access games and micro-transactions, even presenting paywalls as literal walls that hinder the player.
 * The name "Transaction-Packed" is a combination of the phrase action-packed and transaction, referring to the numerous micro-transaction 'upgrades' in the mission.
 * Selecting the decline button on the 'upgrades' will cause Mickey to inform the player that the button is broken, leaving the accept button the only option.
 * Refusing to purchase the last two 'upgrades' (by completing the associated tasks without selecting accept) will cause a confused Mickey to remark on the player’s reluctance to purchase them.
 * Lana is depicted in a constant "T-Pose", even while running, falling, and incapacitated.