This is an archive of the hotfixes which are being sent to Borderlands 3. The first hotfix data was manually collected on September 21, 2019, and the next few after that were collected manually as well. Starting on October 1, 2019, this project was created to check the hotfix data every hour and write out the hotfixes automatically.
The hotfixes are written twice: once to a brand-new file which includes
a datestamp, stored in the point_in_time
directory, and once to
hotfixes_current.json
.
The script which does this is written in Python 3, and should run anywhere
Python does, though you'll need to edit output_dir
inside the script
itself to have it save out files properly. Check requirements.txt
inside
the script dir for the extra Python modules needed for it to run.
All code in this project is is licensed under the New/Modified (3-Clause) BSD License. A copy can be found in COPYING.txt.
I've also put up a Google Sheets page which has the all of the hotfixes which have been used by GBX (including ones which are no longer active) up here: Combined Hotfixes. That sheet has all the fields split out properly into columns, which can make hotfix investigation a lot easier.
(I'm numbering hotfixes and patches here based on what's officially announced in the "News" section at borderlands.com, though there have been plenty of smaller hotfixes/patches which haven't been announced in that area. Often it'll just be a tweet, or in a few cases a silent update without any announcement at all. A bit silly to keep numbering them, really, but I suppose I'll continue regardless...)
- 2019-09-13: Borderlands 3 Initial Release (build version
OAK-PADDIESEL1-39-CL-2005984
, reported version1.0.0 CL 2005984
- confirmation needed for reported version) - 2019-09-19: First announced hotfixes, manually collected on the 21st. It's possible there were hotfixes active before this point, but these are the first we know of. (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-09-26: First BL3 patch (build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-11-CL-2015653
, reported version1.0.1 CL 2015653
(confirmation needed for reported version)) (GBX Post, Local Post Archive) - 2019-09-27: Second announced hotfixes, manually collected on the 27th. (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-10-01: Week 1 of the Borderlands 10-Year Anniversary Celebration begins, with "Boss Week," which increases chances for various bosses to drop specific legendary gear. Manually collected one last time -- any hotfixes after this point should be grabbed automatically by this process. (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-10-03: Third announced hotfixes, and second patch (build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-21-CL-2022342
, reported version1.0.2 CL 2022342
). (GBX Post, Local Post Archive) - 2019-10-05: Unannounced hotfixes which tweak some level geometry in a couple of boss areas, seemingly.
- 2019-10-08: Week 2 of the Borderlands 10-Year Anniversary Celebration, with "Rare Spawn Hunt", after a period of time where Week 1 was disabled but Week 2 wasn't active yet. (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-10-10: Fourth announced hotfixes (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-10-15: Week 3 of the Borderlands 10-Year Anniversary Celebration, with "Show Me the Eridium." A couple of the statements have errors, perhaps those will get fixed up eventually. (They didn't. :) (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-10-17: Fifth announced hotfixes (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-10-22: Week 4 of the Borderlands 10-Year Anniversary Celebration, with "Mayhem on Twitch." (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-10-24: Sixth announced hotfixes, third patch (build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-45-CL-2038940
, reported version1.0.3 CL 2038940
), and activation of the Bloody Harvest event (Day-of GBX Post, Local Post Archive, Event Details GBX Post, Local Post Archive)- A very small second hotfix update was applied a few hours later, related to Twitch chest interactions (just one additional hotfix)
- 2019-10-25: Small hotfix update to tweak Captain Haunt slightly (increased volume and better loot drops) (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2019-10-29: Week 4 hotfixes were partially removed (namely Twitch interaction and Mayhem XP buffs). The rest of Week 4 is being left in as permanent changes.
- 2019-10-31: Seventh announced hotfixes. (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-11-01: Halloween-specific hotfix to have 100% haunted enemies was removed.
- 2019-11-07: Eighth announced hotfixes. (GBX Post, Local Post Archive)
- 2019-11-14: Ninth announced hotfixes.
(GBX Post,
Local Post Archive)
- An unannounced update a few hours after that got rid of a couple of hotfixes.
- 2019-11-21: Tenth announced hotfixes, fourth official patch (build
version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-71-CL2060134
, reported version1.0.4 CL 2060134
), and release of Takedown at Maliwan's Blacksite, and introduction of Mayhem 4. Nearly half of the previously-established hotfixes have been removed, presumably because they're now baked into the game data. A few hours later, some newer hotfixes were added to the mix. (GBX Post, Local Post Archive) - 2019-11-22: Small hotfix update to revert a change to Megavore which was having unintended consequences. Also seems to add in some sniper rifle buffs which had been removed with yesterday's update. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2019-11-26: Eleventh announced hotfixes, just a quick fix to the Butcher. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2019-12-05: Twelfth announced hotfixes, including disabling the Bloody Harvest event. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2019-12-10: Unannounced patch to the game EXE, it seems (build version
seems to have remained
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-71-CL2060134
, but the reported version is now1.0.4 CL 2060135
) - 2019-12-12: Fifth official patch (build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-97-CL2077505
, reported version1.0.5 CL 2077505
), fixing various bugs in the engine and laying the groundwork for the upcoming Moxxi Heist DLC. Also includes the welcome change of having a main-menu notification for when hotfixes are loaded! (GBX Post, Local Archive) Additionally, there were three smallish hotfix updates throughout the day, which were mostly just minor cleanup stuff, though the last of them buffed the droprates of rare spawns, trial bosses, and slaughter bosses. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive) - 2019-12-13: Small hotfix update which tweaks the R4kk P4ck COM, and fixes Zane's barrier in a couple of situations. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2019-12-19: Release of DLC1 (Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot), minor
patch (build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-99-CL2079527
, reported version1.0.5 CL 2079527
), and the thirteenth announced hotfix updates. (GBX Post, Local Archive) - 2020-01-02: Hotfixes updated to remove Christmas-themed main menu.
- 2020-01-09: Fourteenth announced hotfixes, just tweaking a few minor things. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-01-16: Fifteenth announced hotfixes, including the Farming Frenzy event and temporary scaling changes to the Maliwan Takedown. A minor hotfix update later in the day cleaned up some duplicate statements. (GBX Post, Local Archive - Farming Frenzy Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-01-17: A small hotfix update to tweak Urist Enforcer's drop rate a bit, though earlier hotfixes still in the file might mean the buff isn't applying. Also the tweet from GBX implies that it was supposed to have buffed a bunch of other enemy drops as well, which it doesn't actually do. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2020-01-23: Sixteenth announced hofixes, just various bugfixes and balance changes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-01-30: Seventeenth announced hotfixes, and introduction of Rare Chest Riches event. Farming Frenzy event will apparently remain active permanently. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-02-04: A small unannounced hotfix update which tweaks Cistern of Slaughter, presumably just bugfixes.
- 2020-02-05: Another small unannounced hotfix which nerfs some of the 40% drop rates introduced in the Farming Frenzy event down to 30%.
- 2020-02-13: Sixth official patch (build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL0-45-CL2109921
, reported version1.0.6 CL 2109921
), eighteenth announced hotfixes, and introduction of Broken Hearts timed content update. Level cap increase to 53, among other changes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)- A small hotfix update a few hours later disabled the Rare Chest Riches event.
- 2020-02-20: Nineteenth announced hotfixes, and deactivation of Broken Hearts
event.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A small hotfix update afterwards removed a few Broken Hearts-specific balance changes which were missed on the initial update.
- 2020-02-27: Twentieth announced hotfixes - various bugfixes and weapon buffs.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A small update a little while later added one more buff to the Lob.
- 2020-03-05: 21st announced hotfixes - various weapon buffs, mostly. A small update prior to the official update also changed the hotfix service identifier to be cross-play compatible, presumably in preparation for the BL3 Steam release. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-03-12: 22nd announced hotfixes - various announced changes, though the only ones which are actually active in today's hotfix are weapon buffs. The rest will apparently be rolled out over the next day. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-03-13: A couple more hotfix updates throughout the day completed the implementation
of the announced hotfix updates from the previous day. Also the first release on Steam
(version
OAK-PATCHWIN64-49-CL2141850
), and a patch to the EGS version, to finish up cross-play between EGS and Steam, with a few other minor tweaks (build versionOAK-PATCHDIESEL2-32-CL2141850
, reported version1.0.6 CL 2141850
) (GBX Post, Local Archive) - 2020-03-19: 23rd announced hotfixes - just some various tweaks here and there. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-03-24: Start of "Takedown Shakedown" event which guarantees drops from Wotan and Valkyrie Squad, and increases the number of drops from each. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-03-26: Release of DLC2 (Hibiscus - Guns, Love, and Tentacles), seventh announced
patch (EGS build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL1-102-CL2149333
, EGS reported version1.0.7_CL_2149333_Borderlands_3
, Steam build versionOAK-PATCHWIN641-32-CL2149333
), level cap increase to 57, and 24th announced hotfixes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)- DLC2 rolled out in stages for Epic -- a pre-patch first, then the DLC itself. Steam users got the pre-patch and DLC all in one go.
- A few smaller hotfix updates trickled in throughout the day:
- The first re-added some Lob buffs which were taken out incorrectly
- The next rearranged those in the hotfix list
- The next re-added in a bunch of other hotfixes which had been taken out incorrectly
- 2020-03-27: "Door Busters" mini event, which guarantees legendary items in
vending machines. Will run through April 2.
(GBX Tweet,
Local Archive)
- Another hotfix later in the day added the "Co-op Loot Drop" event, running concurrently with "Door Busters." This one's only active through the weekend. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-04-01: April Fool's surprise update which makes characters, pets, and clones tiny.
- 2020-04-02: 25th announced hotfixes, with various balance tweaks. Removal of April
Fool's updates, Takedown Shakedown, Door Busters event, and Co-op Loot Drop event.
Addition of Slot Machine Mania and Trials Take-All events.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- One of the hotfix values was tweaked a bit later in the day, as well.
- 2020-04-03: Tweak to the R4kk P4k COM, to address some crashes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-04-07: Activation of Citizen Science event. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-04-09: 26th announced hotfixes, with various buffs to Moze. Also added Rare Chest Riches and Loot Monster Mayhem events, and removed Slot Machine Mania and Trials Take-All events. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-04-16: 27th announced hotfixes. Introduction of Slaughter Onslaught and Making It Rain events, and removal of Rare Chest Riches and Loot Monster Mayhem. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-04-23: Eighth announced patch (EGS build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-178-CL2173119
, EGS reported version1.0.8_CL_2173119_Borderlands_3
, Steam build versionOAK-PATCHWIN64-79-CL2173119
), and 28th announced hotfixes. Introduction of Mayhem 2.0, which replaces the old Mayhem Mode, and start of Revenge of the Cartels event. Also the start of the first Loot the Universe mini-event, on Pandora. Disabling of Slaughter Onslaught and Making It Rain events. (GBX Post, Local Archive) - 2020-04-24: Small update to disable the Boundary Issues Mayhem 2.0 modifier, which was causing audio problems. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2020-04-27: Small update to disable the Drone Ranger Mayhem 2.0 modifier, which was causing audio problems. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2020-04-30: 29th announced hotfixes. Disabling of Co-Op Loot Drop event, and
the Loot the Universe mini-event moves from Pandora to Promethea (and Athenas).
Various bugfixes and tweaks, as well.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A small update later in the day fixed Anointment droprates for shields, when in Mayhem modes. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2020-05-07: 30th announced hotfixes. Moving Loot the Universe mini-event from Promethea/Athenas to Eden-6, and a few Mayhem 2.0 drop fixes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-05-14: 31st announced hotfixes. Moving Loot the Universe mini-event from Eden-6 to Nekrotafeyo/Trials. Also a few bugfixes and loot drop changes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-05-21: 32nd announced hotfixes. Loot the Universe Mini-Event is over, plus a couple of bugfixes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-05-28: 33rd announced hotfixes. Just a single bugfix. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-06-11: Ninth announced patch (EGS build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL1-137-CL2205777
, EGS reported version1.0.9_Borderlands_3
, Steam build versionOAK-PATCHWIN641-63-CL2205777
), and 28th announced hotfixes. Addition of Guardian Takedown event, and closure of Revenge of the Cartels. Lots of various bugfixes and tweaks, as well. (GBX Post, Local Archive) - 2020-06-16: Small hotfix to nerf the Guardian Takedown health values, to about half of their previous values. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2020-06-18: 34th announced hotfixes, buffing up the Web Slinger, and fixing some grammatical errors. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-06-25: 10th announced patch (EGS build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL0-103-CL2234726
, EGS reported version1.0.10_CL_2234726_Borderlands_3
, Steam build versionOAK-PATCHWIN640-59-CL2234726
), 35th announced hotfixes, release of DLC3 (Bounty of Blood), Mayhem 2.0 Tweaks Phase 2, and level cap increase to 60. The patch and the rollout of DLC3 were probably separated by a bit of time, but they happened within an hour or two of each other. (GBX Post, Local Archive)- A separate hotfix a little while later fixed some issues with Zane's Digi-Clones and Moze's Iron Bear.
- 2020-06-26: Two small unannounced hotfix updates made some balance tweaks to a few Operative and Gunner skills.
- 2020-07-02: 36th announced hotfixes, re-enabling the two previously-disabled Mayhem 2.0 Modifiers (Boundary Issues and Drone Ranger), along with a few other bugfixes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-07-09: 37th announced hotfixes, mostly just some bugfixes for Lucky 7. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-07-23: 11th announced patch (EGS build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-222-CL2256815
, EGS reported version1.0.11_CL_2256815_Borderlands_3
, Steam build versionOAK-PATCHWIN64-123-CL2256815
), and 38th announced hotfixes. Various tweaks and bugfixes all around, and a redistribution of unique drops (which also enabled respawning of a number of named enemies who would previously only spawn once per playthough). (GBX Post, Local Archive)- A second, smaller hotfix update happened an hour or two later, to disable the various anointments they'd mentioned in the initial update.
- 2020-07-30: 39th announced hotfixes, and start of the first BL3 Anniversary Celebration
event: ECHOcast Overload.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A second small hotfix update an hour or so later contained one fix to a red chest, in relation to the event.
- 2020-08-06: 40th announced hotfixes, end of the "ECHOcast Overload" event, and start
of the Bonus Boss Loot event.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A second minor hotfix update added in the Beastmaster fix listed there.
- A third update later in the day added in some missed bosses for the event.
- 2020-08-13: 41st announced hotfixes, end of the Bonus Boss Loot event, and start of
the Loot Monster Mayhem event.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A second hotfix update a few hours later actually removed the Bonus Boss Loot event; for awhile the two events were running at the same time.
- A third small update temporarily disabled the Chain Gang mayhem modifier for the duration of the event. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2020-08-20: 42nd announced hotfixes, end of the Loot Monster Mayhem event, and start of the Show Me The Eridium event. Also a tweak to Guardian Takedown drops, buffs to some specific gear, and a few NPC tweaks from DLC3. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-08-21: Various weapon-buff hotfixes were updated to "Early Level" hotfixes, which apparently makes the buffs survive quits to the main menu a bit better. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2020-08-27: 43rd announced hotfixes, end of the Show Me The Eridium event, and start of the Mayhem Made Mild Event. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-09-03: 44th announced hotfixes, end of the Mayhem Made Mild event, and
start of the Making It Rain event. Also a few weapon buffs and drop rate adjustments.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A minor update a few hours later tweaked the Hellwalker buff to survive main-menu reloads.
- 2020-09-10: Release of DLC4 (Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck), 45th announced
hotfixes, and 12th announced patch (EGS build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL1-191-CL2267649
, EGS reported version1.0.12_CL_2267649_Borderlands_3
, Steam build versionOAK-PATCHWIN641-118-CL2267649
). (GBX Post, Local Archive)- A minor hotfix update shortly after release disabled the Making It Rain anniversary event.
- Another update a few hours later added in some bugfixes for some issues that were affecting players in the new DLC.
- 2020-09-11: Minor unannounced hotifx with a couple more bugfixes for DLC4
- 2020-09-17: 46th announced hotfixes, just some fixes to spawns in Guardian Takedown. Announcement that hotfix release cadence will be slowing down in the future, so expect fewer of these updates! (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-10-08: 47th announced hotfixes, and the re-launch of Bloody Harvest event for
2020. Also includes several tweaks to Haunted anointments, buffs to gear, buffs to
various Operative skills and COMs, and some general bugfixes.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- The first hotfix actually just contained the tweaks, buffs, and bugfixes. A second hotfix update a little after actually enabled the Bloody Harvest event again.
- 2020-10-15: 48th announced hotfixes, bringing some tweaks to Bloody
Harvest, some bugfixes, and some buffs for various weapons and grenades.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A couple of updates throughout the day fixed a few issues with the original batch of hotfixes, too.
- 2020-11-05: Disabled the Bloody Harvest 2020 event.
- 2020-11-09: Release of the Designer's Cut DLC (fourth Skill Trees, Arms Race),
13th announced patch (EGS build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL0-200-CL2297688
, EGS reported version1.0.13_CL_2297688_Borderlands_3
, Steam build versionOAK-PATCHWIN640-149-CL2297688
), Mayhem 11, level cap increase to 65, and 49th announced hotfixes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)- A small hotfix tweak was released a few hours later which removed a couple of hotfixes.
- A second, unannounced patch (and data update) was released about twelve hours
afterwards, presumably containing various bugfixes. (EGS build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL-226-CL2318486
, EGS reported version1.0.14_CL_2318486_Borderlands3
, Steam build versionOAK-PATCHWIN64-127-CL2318486
)
- 2020-11-19: 50th announced hotfixes, with a couple bugfixes and activation of the "Golden Path" event. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-12-03: Golden Path event was deactivated (no official announcement of such, though this was the scheduled end date for it).
- 2020-12-17: 51st announced hotfixes, enabling a new Co-op Loot Drop Event, buffing a bunch of weapons, and a few bugfixes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2020-12-31: A small unannounced hotfix change turned off the holiday-themed main menu.
- 2021-01-14: 52nd announced hotfixes, enabling a new Supercharged Crystals event, along with some gear buffs. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-01-21: 14th announced patch (EGS build version
OAK-PATCHDIESEL0-224-CL2341468
, EGS reported version1.0.15_CL_2341468_Borderlands_3
, Steam build versionOAK-PATCHWIN640-172-CL2341468
), 53rd announced hotfixes, end of Supercharged Crystals event, and start of Clear Skies event. A few more gear buffs, as well. (GBX Post, Local Archive) - 2021-01-22: A small hotfix update was pushed to fix some Iron Cub
scaling issues.
(GBX Tweet,
Local Archive)
- An unannounced hotfix update a few hours later removed an older hotfix relating to Guardian Takedown pads, probably remnants of the Supercharged Crystals event.
- 2021-01-28: 54th announced hotfixes, end of the Clear Skies event, and start of the Extra Extra Extraction event. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-02-04: 55th announced hotfixes, end of the Extra Extra Extraction event, and s4tart of the Gear Rush event. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-02-11: 56th announced hotfixes, and beginning of
Broken Hearts 2021. Also some more gear buffs.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A small update a little while after correctly added in the Kaoson buff, which was omitted from the original hotfix update.
- A third update happened later in the day which only changed an internal version number -- no actual hotfix changes were present in the third update today.
- 2021-02-18: Unannounced hotfix update which disabled the Gear Rush event (which was originally supposed to have been disabled last week).
- 2021-02-23: Tweaked the Broken Hearts event slightly to remove the level restriction on Polyaimorous and Wedding Invitation, and make those items droppable from hearts, rather than just as heart-killing rewards. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2021-02-25: End of the Broken Hearts event -- no other hotfix updates.
- 2021-03-11: 57th announced hotfixes, with some more gear buffs, nerfs to the Siren's Remnant skill, and adding loot sources for R.Y.N.A.H. and Firestorm grenade mod. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-04-01: 58th announced hotfixes: re-launch of Show Me The Eridium
event, some character balancing, weapon buffs, and other smaller fixes. Also
a reprise of last year's April Fools joke, which makes all characters, pets, and
clones tiny.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A small update an hour or two later fixed an issue with their Try-Bolt buff
- 2021-04-02: Removal of the April Fool's joke from yesterday.
- 2021-04-08: 15th announced patch (Steam build version
OAK-PATCHWIN641-227-CL2425795
), 59th announced hotfixes, launch of DLC6 (Director's Cut) and all its associated additions to the game. Start of weekly Black Market machine location hotfixes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)- Two unannounced hotfix updates happened during the day after the patch was released, presumably fixing some bugs.
- 2021-04-15: 60th announced hotfixes, with various bugfixes and some drop rate tweaks. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-04-22: 61st announced hotfixes, with tweaks to drop rates,
addition of some DLC3 drop sources, and increased eridium rewards from
various sources.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- Another update a few hours later removed some old Trials-chest hotfixes which were no longer appropriate with today's updates.
- 2021-04-29: 62nd announced hotfixes, mostly with some gear buffs. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-04-30: A small unannounced hotfix update removed some old gear
balance hotfixes which were obsoleted by yesterday's update.
- A second update an hour or so later did a little more of the same.
- A third update shortly after that tweaked Crader's EM-P5 some more.
- 2021-05-06: A small unannounced hotfix update which handles the now-usual migration of Maurice's Black Market Vending Machine.
- 2021-05-13: 63rd announced hotfixes, activating the True Trial of
Survival event, and buffing a bunch more weapons.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- A minor update a few hours later added in a missing Bekah buff.
- 2021-05-20: 64th announced hotfixes, activating the True Trial of Cunning, and disabling the True Trial of Survival. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-05-27: A small unannounced hotfix update occurred about an
hour before the usual hotfix time which didn't really change much;
presumably just a publication error.
- Then at the usual time, the 65th announced hotfixes dropped, activating the True Trial of Discipline, and disabling the True Trial of Cunning. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-05-28: A small unnanounced hotfix update fixed an issue with the weekly Trial drops.
- 2021-06-03: 66th announced hotfixes, activating the True Trial of Fervor, and disabling the True Trial of Cunning. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-06-04: A small, unannounced update removed a couple of what
look like balance fix hotfixes. Perhaps stuff that's been folded into
the game already, or maybe they were already incorporated into data?
- Another small unannounced update an hour or two later reduced the buffs that the Hag of Fervor was getting as part of the current True Trial event.
- 2021-06-10: 67th announced hotfixes, activating the True Trial of Instinct, and disabling the True Trial of Fervor. Also includes some more gear buffs. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-06-11: Small, unannounced update removed a couple of old buffs which didn't apply anymore (and might have been preventing yesterday's Lucian's Call and King's/Queen's Call buffs from working properly)
- 2021-06-17: 68th announced hotfixes, activating the True Trial of Supermacy, and disabling the True Trial of Instinct. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-06-24: 16th announced patch (Steam build version
OAK-PATCHWIN640-226-CL2495386
), and 69th announced hotfixes. Activation of Revengeance of the Cartels event, level cap increase to 72, ability to toggle all events on/off at the main menu, crossplay between consoles/Stadia/PC, and activation of all True Trial events at once (through July 1). (GBX Post, Local Archive) - 2021-07-01: Unannounced hotfix update which disabled the True Trials events.
- 2021-07-07: Unannounced hotfix update which disabled the current
Black Market vendor location. Presumably a mis-click somewhere on GBX's
side?
- Another update a few hours later fixed the Black Market machine. Mis-clicked no longer!
- 2021-07-08: An unannounced hotfix update removed some hotfixes probably
related to the True Trials events earlier.
- An hour or so later, the weekly update to the Black Market vendor location happened, as well.
- 2021-07-15: An unannounced hotfix update just did the weekly Black Market location change.
- 2021-07-22: An unannounced hotfix update just did the weekly Black Market location change.
- 2021-07-29: An unannounced hotfix update just did the weekly Black Market location change.
- 2021-08-05: 17th announced patch (Steam build version
OAK-PATCHWIN641-270-CL2528316
), and 70th announced hotfixes. Addition of Vault Card #2, more Bank SDUs, some bugfixes, and some more gear buffs. (GBX Post, Local Archive)- A minor update a few hours later tweaked Tankman's Shield
- Another small update later in the evening tweaked some gear based on feedback from the community. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2021-08-12: 71st announced hotfixes, activation of Loot The Universe:
Pandora event, the usual Black Market machine move, and a couple of bugfixes.
(GBX Post,
Local Archive)
- Shortly after, another small update fixed some earlier balance tweaks from last week's hotfixes.
- 2021-08-19: 72nd announced hotfixes, activation of Loot The Universe: Promethea, disabling of Loot the Universe: Pandora, and a few bugfixes. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-08-26: 73rd announced hotfixes, activation of Loot the Universe: Eden-6, and disabling of Loot the Universe: Promethea. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-09-02: 74th announced hotfixes, activation of Loot the Universe: Nekrotafeyo, and disabling of Loot the Universe: Eden-6. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-09-09: 75th announced hotfixes, activation of Eridium Made Mild
and Show Me The Eridium events, and disabling of Loot the Universe:
Nekrotafeyo. Also a minor unannounced patch (Steam build version
OAK-PATCHWIN64-177-CL2547518
) which mostly just adds in some ads for Wonderlands. (GBX Post, Local Archive)- A second update an hour later removed a bunch of other hotfixes, possibly hotfixes which had been since folded into the main game data but never removed from the active hotfix list.
- 2021-09-13: 76th announced hotfixes to coincide with BL3's two-year anniversary: activation of Loot Monster Mayhem, plus a few loot pool additions to the Black Market vending machine. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-09-15: Disabling of the Loot Monster Mayhem two-day event (no announcement specifically about it, though it was mentioned in the Monday update).
- 2021-09-16: Unannounced hotfix update to disable the Eridium Made Mild and Show Me The Eridium events, and also do the usual weekly Black Market Machine rotation.
- 2021-09-23: A small hotfix update only announced over Twitter (so I'm not including it in the officially-announced numbering scheme) fixed a bug with Freddie, and did the usual weekly Black Market Machine rotation. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2021-09-30: An unannounced hotfix update just did the weekly Black Market location change.
- 2021-10-07: An unannounced hotfix update just did the weekly Black Market location change.
- 2021-10-14: 77th announced hotfixes: activation of the first of Maurice's Community Carnage Challenges (Traunt's Bloodied Bloodline), and the Door Buster mini-event. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-10-21: 78th announced hotfixes: activation of the second Maurice's Community Carnage Challenge (Long-Distance Relations), and disabling the previous (Traunt's Bloodied Bloodline). Also boosts to sniper rifle damage (unsure if that's permanent or not). (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-10-28: 79th announced hotfixes: activation of Traunt Family Revenge (though there might be some issues w/ the health hotfixes), and some buffs to the Bloody Harvest loot pools. Long-Distance Relations is still active. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2021-10-29: Unannounced hotfix which fixes up Captain Haunt's health pool to actually behave like they intended.
- 2021-11-04: Unnanounced hotfix update which just deactivates Traunt Family Revenge and does the usual weekly Black Market machine move. Current Maurice's Community Challenge is now "Totally Takedowns," though there are no associated hotfixes.
- 2021-11-11: Unannounced hotfix update which just does the usual weekly Black Market machine move. "Totally Takedowns" event is still active.
- 2021-11-18: 18th anounced patch (Steam build version
OAK-PATCHWIN640-293-CL2629535
), and 80th announced hotfixes. Addition of Vault Card #3, updated Black Market machine rotation to not require hotfixes, activation of Co-Op Loot Drop event, incorporation of a number of hotfixes into the base game, plus some other tweaks and bugfixes. Current Maurice's Community Challenge is now "Mayhem 10 Massacre," though there are no related hotfixes for that. - 2021-11-25: Unannounced hotfix update which just disables the Co-op Loot Drop event.
- 2021-12-14: 80th(ish) announced hotfixes, though seemingly only announced via Twitter: activation of Clear Skies and ECHOCast Overload mini-events. (GBX Tweet, Local Archive)
- 2021-12-23: Unannounced hotfix update which disabled the Clear Skies and ECHOCast Overload mini-events.
- 2022-03-30: Unannounced hotfix update which adds TNTina to Anathema the Relentless's drops. (Technically this was announced at some point prior, but was unannounced on the actual day.)
- 2022-05-04: Gearbox announces the Maliwan May Mayhem events, and updated the version number of the published hotfixes (though with no changes). (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2022-05-05: Activation of the first of the Maliwan May Mayhem events: Attack the Mind. No specific post for this update, since it was announced the day prior.
- 2022-05-12: Activation of the second of the Maliwan May Mayhem events: Balling Out. No specific post for this update; the original announcement post was updated instead.
- 2022-05-19: Activation of the third of the Maliwan May Mayhem events: Executive Bleed-ership. No specific post for this update; the original announcement post was updated instead.
- 2022-05-26: Activation of the fourth of the Maliwan May Mayhem events: Maliwan Meltdown. No specific post for this update; the original announcement post was updated instead.
- 2022-06-01: 19th announced patch (Steam build version
OAK-PATCHWIN640-320-CL2799063
). Addition of Playstation Crossplay, and a few other minor tweaks. (GBX Post, Local Archive) - 2022-06-02: Deactivation of the last of the Maliwan May Mayhem events.
- 2022-08-18: A minor (and unannounced) patch to improve some Steam
Deck compatibility issues (Steam build version
OAK-PATCHWIN640-328-CL2860060
). No associated hotfix updates. - 2023-08-31: A small patch was released (Steam build version
OAK-PATCHWIN64-209-CL3240126
) which added some new cosmetics which get automatically added to your profile, including some older cosmetics which had become impossible to legitimately acquire otherwise. (Steam Update Notes, Local Archive) - 2023-09-07: Gearbox activated the first of their "Loot the Universe Remix" events, focusing on Eden-6 and Gehenna. (GBX Post, Local Archive)
- 2023-09-14: Activation of the next of the "Loot the Universe Remix" events, focusing on Promethea and The Handsome Jackpot.
- 2023-09-21: Activation of the next of the "Loot the Universe Remix" events, focusing on Pandora and Xylourgos.
- 2023-09-28: Activation of the final "Loot the Universe Remix" event, focusing on Nekrotafeyo and Krieg's Mind. The EGS hotfixes were bugged and did not include the new event -- for about 28 hours, only Steam users were receiving the event.
- 2023-09-29: Hotfixes for the final Loot the Universe Remix event were fixed for EGS users.
- 2023-10-05: Disabled the "Loot the Universe Remix" hotfixes, since the event is now over.
- 2023-10-12: Gearbox apparently re-activated the Loot The Universe Remix Week 2 event (Promethea and Handsome Jackpot) but only for Steam users.
- 2023-10-19: Loot The Universe Remix properly deactivated for Steam, again.
- 2023-11-16: An unknown-purpose hotfix was added which enabled the
UnlockWarchestVillains
CVar. This is presumably related to the cosmetics added on the August 31 patch, though it's unclear what actual effect it has. - 2023-12-11 through 2024-01-17: A few very slight organizational hotfix updates were technically pushed out, but without any actual hotfix changes. This is mentioned here only for completeness' sake, for anyone who might be looking at file histories.
- 2024-07-18: A small patch was released (Steam build version
OAK-PATCHWIN640-345-CL3248593
) which added some new cosmetics related to the upcoming Borderlands movie release. This also sets theUnlockWarchestHeroes
CVar, similar to a CVar set on the 2023-11-16 hotfix update, so it seems those could be related somehow. (Steam Update Notes, Local Archive)