The Secret Armory of General Knoxx is the third in the series of downloadable content packs for Borderlands.[1]Gearbox Software first announced it on January 21st, 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."[2] It was released for Xbox 360 on February 23rd and for PC and PS3 on February 25th.[3]
After uncovering the secrets of the Vault and the sudden death of Commandant Steele, The Crimson Lance led by General Knoxx launch a massive battalion to Pandora and control most of the Parched Fathoms, a region that once had massive oceans that dried up due to Pandora's sudden climate change and several long highways littering the area. The Vault Hunters are contacted by Athena, a rogue Lance Assassin who defected from the Lance, offering them a treasure trove of Atlas gear. They travel to T-Bone Junction, an old highway rest stop to find Athena and break into the Crimson Lance Armory. With the help from Scooter, they build a new vehicle called the Monster to use on the long highways.
Scooter tells the Vault Hunters that the Lance has set up roadblocks on both the north and southbound highways leading out of T-Bone Junction. They must reach Moxxi who is in the Deep Fathoms and they must first clear the roadblock in the Crimson Tollway to reach her and find Athena. Finding her place on the top of a broken gap in the highway and dealing with a small gang of bandits outside, they find her bar near the edge of another gap in the road. Finding a massacre in her bar, she tells them that bandits took Athena to their lair due to a bounty being placed on Athena for her defection. She shares her plans of another vehicle called the Racer, an upgraded faster version of the Runner that will help them through the roadblock on the Ridgeway, a large highway constructed through an open trench. The Vault Hunters fight through a large group of Lance troops clearing and opening the route while also fighting through a tunnel to reach the Sunken Sea. They must use the Racer to jump an outcrop that secretly had a highway on-ramp leading to the prison called Lockdown Palace, an island prison complex.
They find out that Athena was being held prisoner there and the prison leader Shank plans to sell her to the Lance in exchange for her bounty. After fighting through the prison, the Vault Hunters come across a psycho taking a shower. He warns them of Shank who shiv's him in the back for not calling him Mr. Shank. A fight begins with Shank using Athena teleportation device. After killing Shank, the Vault Hunters find Athena in the main prison block. A bandit is shown bringing food to her but drops it on the floor. After meeting Athena, she returns to T-Bone Junction and tells the Vault Hunters through Echo masking her voice with a advertisement for a male enhancement drug. After meeting with Athena, she tells them that the armory is code locked and tells the Vault to find an ECHO recorder.
Returning to the Ridgeway, they find a Echo recorder under the highway of the Hell's Highway outpost. They listen in to 2 Lance soldiers talking with one named Derick enjoying Rocky Road ice cream, while the other asked him if he can have the access code. Derick reveals that he leave the code at The World's Largest Bullet, a small attraction in the Sunken Sea with a large artillery shell. They return to Athena who has built a remote detonator that will destroy the armory. With the code and detonator in hand, the Vault Hunter's travel to Road's End, an area on the other side of the Deep Fathoms. They fight the Lance on the highway leading to the armory. They must use the side entrance as the main highway leading into the armory is locked. Entering the compound, they are introduced to General Knoxx who was just about to kill himself with several weapons. Instead of killing himself, he decides to fight the Vault Hunters. After killing General Knoxx, the Vault Hunters can now enter the armory. Using the code from the Echo (Blue, Yellow, Cyan, Orange) they get into the armory, set the timer and have 3 minutes to loot to their hearts desire.
Pricing
Battle armor Lance unit, the Devastator
Playstation 3
$9.99 USD/£6.99
€6,99
£5.99 GBP
$11.95 AUD
52.95 DKR
70.00 SEK
Xbox 360
800 Microsoft points
$9.99
£6
PC
$9.99 USD
$12.99 USD on Steam for Australia/New Zealand
£6.30 GBP on Steam for United Kingdom
6.99 EUR on Steam
Accessing
This DLC can be accessed using the fast travel system and heading for the starting location of T-Bone Junction.
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) and a spoiler.
Characters
The Secret Armory introduces some new non-player characters (NPCs), and brings back several previous characters.
The Xbox 360 achievement list was revealed, with the following achievements associated with The Secret Armory.[10] They are also the same for the PlayStation 3.
By "Mutagen" (source: gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com)
Trivia
The title of this DLC is a 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".
Media
This is section of preview screenshots and videos, until they can be better integrated into their respective topics.
Preview - GameSpot.com (The Secret Armory of General Knoxx - Borderlands)
Preview - GameSpot.com
Preview - GiantBomb.com (The Secret Armory of General Knoxx - Borderlands))
