Bad Reception

Bad Reception is an optional mission in Borderlands 3 given by Claptrap. It becomes available after Cult Following is complete.

1 Background
2 Walkthrough
3 Notes
4 See Also
5 Video Walkthroughs

Background

"Claptrap is totally miserable because he lost his beloved antenna! Help him feel complete again by finding an array of replacement options."

Walkthrough

Objectives

Search old laundry
- Open trap door
- Collect wire hanger
Search satellite tower
- Destroy satellite dish
- Collect antenna
Search Sid's Stop
- Speak to Sid
- Destroy Sid's satellite dish
- Destroy second dish
- Destroy final dish
- Speak to Sid
- Kill Sid
- Collect tinfoil hat
Search Spark's Cave
- Collect spork
Search old shack
- Collect umbrella
Give items to Claptrap

Strategy

Completion

Turn In: Claptrap

Notes

Mission items:

Antenna
Spork
Wire Hanger
Umbrella

Video Walkthroughs

Bad Reception

Borderlands 3 Missions

Borderlands 3

Main Missions

Children of the Vault • From the Ground Up • Cult Following • Taking Flight • Sanctuary • Hostile Takeover • The Impending Storm • Space-Laser Tag • Atlas, At Last • Beneath the Meridian • Hammerlocked • Lair of the Harpy • The Guns of Reliance • The Family Jewel • Going Rogue • Cold as the Grave • Blood Drive • Angels and Speed Demons • The Great Vault • The First Vault Hunter • Footsteps of Giants • In the Shadow of Starlight • Divine Retribution

Optional Missions

Powerful Connections • Bad Reception • Dump on Dumptruck • Golden Calves • Under Taker • Skag Dog Days • Head Case • Just a Prick • Healers and Dealers • Maliwannabees • Rise and Grind • Dynasty Diner • Kill Killavolt • Proof of Wife • Porta Prison • Technical NOGout • Holy Spirits • Invasion of Privacy • Opposition Research • Ratch'd Up • Don't Truck with Eden-6 • Get Quick, Slick • On the Blood Path • The Kevin Konundrum • Witch's Brew • Sacked • Malevolent Practice • Irregular Customers • Capture the Frag • Swamp Bro • Dynasty Dash: Eden-6 • Rumble in the Jungle • Sell Out • Raiders of the Lost Rock • Pandora's Next Top Mouthpiece • Dynasty Dash: Pandora • ECHOnet Neutrality • The Feeble and the Furious • Buff Film Buff • Boom Boom Boomtown • Life of the Party • Sheega's All That • The Homestead • The Homestead (Part 2) • The Homestead (Part 3) • Just Desserts • Let’s Get It Vaughn • Wildlife Conservation • The Demon in the Dark • Childhood's End • Transaction-Packed • Cannonization • Bad Vibrations • Homeopathological • It's Alive • Fire in the Sky • Baby Dancer

Non-story Missions

The Slaughter Shaft • Welcome to Slaughterstar 3000 • Slaughterstar 3000 • Discover the Trial of Cunning • Trial of Cunning • Discover the Trial of Supremacy • Trial of Supremacy • Discover the Trial of Survival • Trial of Survival • Discover the Trial of Fervor • Trial of Fervor • Discover the Trial of Discipline • Trial of Discipline • Discover the Trial of Instinct • Trial of Instinct • Cistern of Slaughter • Bloody Harvest: Descent into Heck • Bloody Harvest: The Rebloodening • Discovery: Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite • Takedown at the Maliwan Blacksite • Revenge of the Cartels: Ultraviolet Nights • Revenge of the Cartels II: The Revengening • Discovery: Takedown at the Guardian Breach • Takedown at the Guardian Breach

Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot

Main Missions

The Handsome Jackpot • Playing with Fire • Winners and Losers • One Man's Treasure • The Plan • Jack's Wild • All Bets Off

Side Missions

Regaining One's Feet • Sisterly Love • Do it for Digby (Part 1) • Do it for Digby (Part 2) • Do it for Digby (Part 3) • The Great Escape • Heart of Gold • Too Much Of A Good Thing • Raging Bot • Acid Trip • Double Down

Guns, Love, and Tentacles

Main Missions

The Party Out of Space • The Shadow Over Cursehaven • The Case of Wainwright Jakobs • The Horror in the Woods • On the Mountain of Mayhem • The Call of Gythian

Side Missions

Call of the Deep • Sinister Sounds • The Proprietor: Empty Bottles • The Nibblenomicon • The Proprietor: Rare Vintage • Cold Case: Buried Questions • Cold Case: Restless Memories • Cold Case: Forgotten Answers • The Great Escape (Part 2) • We Slass! • We Slass! (Part 2) • We Slass! (Part 3) • The Madness Beneath • Happily Ever After

Bounty of Blood

Main Missions

Blood From A Stone • The Name of the Law • Off the Rails • Where It All Started • Riding to Ruin

Side Missions

Miracle Elixir Fixer • Devil Rustlers • Saurdew Valley • Money Back Guarantee • The Legend of McSmugger • Dirty Deeds • The Quick and the Quickerer • Lost and Found • Of Blood and Beans • The Meatman Prophecy • The Dandy and Damsel

Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck

Main Missions

Enter the Psychoscape • Siege of Castle Crimson • What Love Remains • Inhuman Trials • Locus of Rage

Side Missions

A Good Egg • Blast Requests • Brainstorm • Check, Please • Does a Body Good • Don't Call it a Rorschach • Hot and Unbothered • It's an Allegory • Krieg's on Parade • Laid to Rust • Remodel Behavior • Scratch, Don't Sniff • That Rings a Something

Designer's Cut

Side Missions

Arms Race • Arms Race: Introduction

Director's Cut

Main Missions

Mysteriouslier: Murder on Eschaton Row • Mysteriouslier: The Vanishing of Hizzen Mays • Mysteriouslier: Ghosts of Karass Canyon • Mysteriouslier: Horror at Scryer's Crypt

Side Missions

You. Will. Die. (Over and Over.)

Bad Reception

Contents

Background

Walkthrough

Objectives

Strategy

Completion

Notes

See Also

Video Walkthroughs

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