The Secret Armory of General Knoxx







The Secret Armory of General Knoxx is the third in the series of downloadable content packs for Borderlands. Gearbox Software first announced it on January 21, 2010, stating that it would be "the largest DLC for Borderlands to date" and would provide "new challenges and opportunities for growth for characters from around level 34 to level 50." It was released for Xbox 360 on February 23rd and for PC and PS3 on February 25th.

Playstation 3

 * $9.99 USD/£6.99
 * €6,99
 * £5.99 GBP

Xbox 360

 * 800 Microsoft points
 * $10
 * £6

PC

 * $9.99 USD
 * $12.99 USD on Steam for Australia/New Zealand

Accessing
This DLC can be accessed using the fast travel system and heading for the starting location of T-Bone Junction.

Features


This is a list of features announced by Gearbox Software:


 * Continuation after completion of the original Borderlands story arc
 * Can be played on 1st and 2nd playthrough
 * Increased level cap to 61
 * A new skill point for each level up (11 new skill points)
 * New gear: Weapons, Shields, Class Mods, grenade mods (up to level 61)
 * New environment with several new areas
 * More animated NPCs
 * New enemies
 * Three new vehicles: the Monster, the Racer, and the Lancer
 * 44 new missions
 * New Achievements and Trophies
 * New, larger Crimson Lance Chests
 * "More Scooter" (Vehicles and character)
 * Increased backpack capacity
 * Pearlescent (Before General Knoxx) rarity levels fixed to Orange (actually fixed in Patch_1.3.0), a new official Pearlescent rarity added as cyan.

Vehicles
The three new vehicles are as follows:
 * Monster, a monster truck similar to the one driven by Mad Mel. Fires three homing rockets.
 * Lancer, an APC capable of carrying four characters, as it has a gunner seat (with a two-stage laser), a minelayer seat, a driver seat, and a blast seat.
 * Racer, the fastest vehicle with a single rocket launcher (similar to the one on the original runners - Runner with a spoiler^).

Characters
The Secret Armory introduces some new non-player characters (NPCs) and bosses, and brings back several previous characters.
 * General Knoxx
 * Athena
 * Mad Moxxi
 * Vulcana
 * Thirsty the Midget
 * Mr. Shank
 * Chaz
 * Crawmerax the Invincible
 * Scooter

Enemies


The Secret Armory introduces new enemies including:
 * Lance Assassin
 * Lance Shock Trooper
 * Lance Rocketeer
 * Lance Combat Medic
 * Lance Chemical Trooper
 * Lance Probe
 * Lance Pyro
 * Loot midgets
 * Drifter
 * Skyscraper
 * Devastator
 * Midget Rustler
 * Midget Ravager
 * Skag Rider
 * Badass Midget
 * Skag Rustler
 * Skag Ravager
 * Skag Rapparee
 * Motorhead
 * Banger
 * Punk
 * Enforcer

@GeneralKnoXX on Twitter
Gearbox Software created a Twitter account for General Knoxx to post previews of the game. Here are the images that were posted by @GeneralKnoXX:

Areas
The new areas are all located in the Parched Fathoms, a dried up lakebed home to T-Bone Junction as well as other areas.


 * T-Bone Junction, a new friendly city, also the starting point of this DLC and the only map with a Fast Travel New-U station.
 * Two roads lead out from T-Bone Junction: one to the Crimson Tollway, one to the Ridgeway.


 * The Crimson Tollway - The long road controlled by the Crimson Lance, who have set up a roadblock.
 * Deep Fathoms - The dried-up lakebed inhabited by Drifters and Midgets.
 * Moxxi's Red Light - Mad Moxxi's residence in this DLC.
 * Crawmerax's Lair - Home to Crawmerax the Invincible.
 * Road's End - An extension of the lakebed, the Crimson Lance presence here is stronger as the road ends at the Armory.
 * Crimson Armory -Where General Knoxx is, along with the Crimson Lance weapon cache.


 * The Ridgeway - A highway built through ridges of cut rock, in the opposite direction from the Crimson Tollway.
 * Sunken Sea - a dry area, formerly underwater, with many roads and places.
 * Circle of Duty - an arena (with battles against the Crimson Lance) similar to the Circles of Death (skags) and Slaughter (bandits).

Achievements
The Xbox 360 achievement list was revealed, with the following achievements associated with The Secret Armory. They are also the same for the PlayStation 3.
 * Sucker born every minute - Paid for a worthless tour of the world's largest bullet
 * Completionist - Complete all missions in Secret Armory
 * Ding! Overleveled to 11 - Reach Level 61
 * Ding! Overleveled - Reach Level 51
 * Speed Kills - Destroy a Lancer while in a Racer
 * Sneaky Little Buggers - Kill each of the loot midgets
 * Vincible - Kill Crawmerax the Invincible
 * Depot Demolition - Destroy the Lance Depot
 * Athena, Out - Rescue Athena
 * Making a Monster - Build the New Car: Monster

Map


By "Mutagen" http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showpost.php?p=1918577&postcount=145

Trivia

 * The title of this DLC is a clear reference to Fort Knox in the U.S., which is synonymous with an impregnable fortress or building.
 * In the Secret Armory of General Knoxx logo there is a small 61 in the lower-right corner. This represents the maximum reachable level of this DLC.
 * The level increase, by the unusual number of eleven levels, is a reference to the potentiometer dials of Nigel Tufnel's guitar amplifier in the mockumentary, "This is Spinal Tap", apparently to give it "that extra push over the cliff".
 * At the end of the preview trailer for the General Knox DLC, during the credits screens, the line "Best add-on. Ever. Of all time!" can be seen. This is a reference to Red vs. Blue where Agent Washington is quoted talking to Caboose saying "That was the worse throw. Ever. Of all time."

Media
This is section of preview screenshots and videos, until they can be better integrated into their respective topics.

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