Windshear Waste

Windshear Waste
Fast Travel	Claptrap's Place
Connections	Southern Shelf
Game	Borderlands 2

Windshear Waste is the first area seen in Borderlands 2. It is an inhospitable icy wasteland inhabited by bullymongs, deactivated Claptrap units, and one solitary Claptrap.

Inhabitants

Allies

• Claptrap

Common Enemies

• Bullymongs

Notable Enemies

• Knuckle Dragger

Points of Interest

Claptrap's Place

Claptrap's Place is an icy grotto filled with the detritus of human existence. Hyperion has allegedly used the cave as a dumping ground for everything from old junk to human corpses. There is a Fast Travel station (named Claptrap's Place rather than Windshear Waste) adjacent to the back door, and a weapons chest which provides the starting weapon of each new character entering the game. A cupboard can be opened to reveal a discoverable Vault symbol. In True Vault Hunter Mode and Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode, this also contains an access point for Claptrap's Secret Stash, and a Bank is positioned next to it. The inventories are shared with the ones in Sanctuary.

Frostbite Crevasse

Frostbite Crevasse is the site of a crashed Hyperion drop barge. The barge is lodged in one side of the crevasse and various bullymong caves have been hollowed out in the crevasse's ice walls. It is here that Knuckle Dragger makes her home.

Missions

• My First Gun
• Blindsided

Challenges

• Cult of the Vault

Trivia

• The letters in the "WELCOME" sign outside Claptrap's Place will occasionally and very briefly flash different messages. Observed changes include:
  • ADASTRA
  • DIECLPY
  • GO AWAY
  • IHATE U
  • ISEEYOU
  • SOALONE
  • HELLO WORLD
  • KILL ME

• Windshear Waste is shown in a cutscene in Borderlands: The Pre Sequel, in the mission System Shutdown, where a Hyperion truck dumps all the destroyed Claptrap Units.

Media

BL2 Windshear Waste Cult of the Vault Guide