Director's Cut

Director's Cut
Release Date:	April 8, 2021
Ratings:	Mature 17+/PEGI 18
Platforms:	Microsoft Windows, Playstation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Playstation 5

Director's Cut is a downloadable content pack for Borderlands 3. It adds a brief new questline to the game, in addition to an additional Raid boss and several bonus behind-the-scenes features.

Announced on February 10, 2021, Director's Cut was initially set to release on March 18, 2021, but due to severe weather in Texas impacting the last stages of development, it was delayed until April 8th, 2021. It is included with the second of Borderlands 3's Season Passes and Borderlands 3's Ultimate Edition, and is available for individual purchase for US$14.99.

New Content

Mysteriouslier

Main article: Mysteriouslier

Raid Boss

Claptrap has learned of a gigantic varkid, Hemovorous the Invincible, hiding out on Pandora in Darkthirst Dominion, and sends the Vault Hunters to kill it for glory and loot.

Behind-the-Scenes

When Director's Cut is installed, a new 'Behind the Scenes' option appears on the game's main menu. Accessing the Behind the Scenes menu will allow players to view various concept arts, see short gameplay clips of various stages of development, glitches and bloopers. Also included is a fully voiced animatic of an unused cutscene that would have taken place at some point after the events of the mission Beneath the Meridian.

Vault Card

A diary/weekly challenges system that can be accessed by ECHO menu. The player can complete 3 different set of diary/weekly challenges (Fallen Heroes, Welcome to Pandora, and Bunker Masters) to earn 3 different types of chests, which may contain 500 Eridium, unique gears/items, or key to exchange them. Only one set of challenges can be activated once, which can be switched freely.

The following gears are only accessible by trading for 5 keys in Vault Card, which level scales up with player level and mayhem level.

Fallen Heroes	Super Soldier	Guardian 4N631	Mechanic	Bird of Prey
Welcome to Pandora	Shlooter	Pyroburst	Troubleshotter	Gold Rush
Bunker Masters	Corruption	Blade Fury	Sidewinder	Mana Well

Characters

NPCs

• Ava
• Claptrap
• Clay
• Lorelei

New Enemies

• Bandits
  • Almost Dead Tink
  • Ready to Die Tink
• Varkids
  • Varkid Pupa

Main Bosses

• The Seer

Mini-Bosses

• Beef Plissken
• Sumo
• The Gravekeeper

Optional Bosses

• Hemovorous the Invincible
• Vermivorous the Invincible

Missions

Main article: Director's Cut mission flow

Locations

Mysteriouslier

• Eschaton Row on Promethea
• Enoch's Grove on Eden-6
• Karass Canyon on Pandora
• Scryer's Crypt on Nekrotafeyo

Hemovorous the Invincible

• Darkthirst Dominion on Pandora

Items

Lootable items

• Pistols - Atlas Replay • Free Radical
• Sniper Rifles - Ionic Disruptor
• Heavy Weapons - Redeye Rocket Pod
• Shields - Re-volter
• Grenade Mods - Mesmer • Ringer
• Class Mods - Death's Blessings • Roll Reversal • Heat Exchanger • Critical Mass

Vault Card Items

• Submachine Guns - Gold Rush • Troubleshooter
• Assault Rifles - Blade Fury • Corruption
• Shotguns - Guardian 4N631
• Sniper Rifles - Bird of Prey
• Heavy Weapons - Mechanic
• Shields - Super Soldier
• Grenade Mods - Mana Well • Pyroburst • Sidewinder
• Artifact - Shlooter

Trivia

• Fallen Heroes items stand for deceased characters across Borderlands series.
• Welcome to Pandora items stand for unique mechanics and featuring across Borderlands series.
• Bunker Masters items stand for Bunkers & Badasses, a dungeon-themed board games in Borderlands universe, which is also Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands based on.

See Also

• Add- board game.on content