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 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."[2] It was released for Xbox 360 on February 23rd and for PC and PS3 on February 25th.[3]
Pricing
Playstation 3
- $US9.99/£6.99
- 6,99 €
Xbox 360
- 800 Microsoft points
PC
- $US9.99/£6.29
- $US12.99 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:[4] [5]
- 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)[6]
- New environment with several new areas
- More animated NPCs
- New enemies
- Three new vehicles: the Monster, the Racer, and the Lancer
- 44 new missions[7]
- New Achievements and Trophies
- New, larger Crimson Lance Chests
- "More Scooter" (Vehicles and character)[8]
- Increased backpack capacity[9]
- 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.
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
New areas include the "Deep Fathoms", a dried up lake area home to "T-Bone Junction" as well as other areas.
- T-Bone Junction, a new friendly city, also the starting point of this DLC. T-Bone Junction is the only place in the DLC to have a fast travel station.
- Road's End, the floor of the dried up lake, inhabited by Drifters, and Skag riders etc.
- The Crimson Tollway, a long road controlled by the Crimson Lance, who have set up a roadblock here.
- The Ridgeway, a long stretch of highway opposite of the Crimson Tollway.
- Moxxi's Red Light, Mad Moxxi's residence in the DLC, which is located in the Deep Fathoms.
- Crimson Armory, Knoxx's battle location, full of chests with white-cyan weapons.
- Crawmerax's Lair, the area that Crawmerax is found in.
- Sunken Sea, a dry area, formerly underwater, with many roads and places.
- Circle of Duty, an arena area, similar to the "Circle of Death"
Mission Flow
- Main article: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx missions flow
Achievements
- Main article: Achievements#The_Secret_Armory_of_General_Knoxx
The Xbox 360 achievement list was revealed, with the following achievements associated with The Secret Armory.[10]
- Sucker born every minute - Paid for a worthless tour of the world's largest bullet[11]
- 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
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".
Media
This is section of preview screenshots and videos, until they can be better integrated into their respective topics.
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References
- ↑ The Secret Armory of General Knoxx Announced! (gearboxity.com)
- ↑ http://www.gearboxity.com/content/view/556/33/
- ↑ http://www.gearboxity.com/content/view/563/36//
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Tweet by @mikeyface (twitter.com)
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ New Achievements for 3rd DLC (gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com)
- ↑ Borderlands Achievement List (xbox360achievements.org)
See also
External links
- Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (borderlandsthegame.com)