Alright, let's talk about Easter in November, and by Easter, I mean easter eggs. The Borderlands franchise is chalk full of them, some obvious, some not. I'm gonna go over some of my personal favorites. Note, I'm not gonna go over EVERY easter egg, as that would take all day, so instead, I'll include the others in some future posts.
First easter egg I want to tell you about is in Borderlands 3. It's real easy to find, as it's a whole quest. Ever watch the best movie of all time, The Room, created by the best mind of anyone's generation, Tommy Wiseau? No? What are you doing with your life?
Well, regardless if your cultured or not, Tommy Wiseau makes a special appearance in his own quest "Buff Film Buff", located in Devils Razor. This quest becomes available once you've completed the main story quest "Blood Drive". The whole quest entails you helping Tommy Wiseau, or "Buff", get his film on the big screen for all to see, instead of the Calypso Twins propaganda videos.
Next easter egg is a smaller, more obscure one, but I still thoroughly enjoyed stumbling across it. In Borderlands 2, in the head hunter dlc "T.K. Bahas Bloody Harvest", you can come across a fun egg to classic horror films "The Blair Witch Project", "The Ring" and "Poltergeist". Scattered about the map are three televisions to find, and upon approaching them, little scenes will pop up referencing the films. They can be found in hidden, off the map areas.
You ever watch a movie and at the end, you sort of just sit there and think "what the hell did any of that mean?" Well, that was me watching Stanley Kubricks "2001: A Space Odyssey". So, imagine my confusion when I stumbled upon the all infamous monolith in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. If you head to Stantons Liver, search out the cave to the east of the map. It'll be chalk full of torks, so you'll know it when you see it. There will be a little opening towards the back of the cave. Hop in and follow the path, until you find it. The monolith. There will be some enemies in the area, so take them out, and then touch the monolith. You'll touch it about three times, each time taking you to a little area referencing different scenes from the film. At the end, you'll be greeted with a weapons chest, and that all too weird baby in space.
This particular easter egg is probably one the most known ones, but it's also one of my favorites. It first showed up in Borderlands 1, and even made a comeback in Borderlands 2, offering a little challenge if you go find it. I'm of course, talking about the hidden Claptrap of Fyrestone. In the town of Fyrestone, you can climb up onto a little fence when you first enter. Make it up to see onto the cliff, and you can find a green Claptrap unit waving and greeting you. Fast forward to Borderlands 2. Return to Fyrestone and follow the same path, however this time, you can approach the unit. Unfortunately, due to Jack destroying the product line, the Claptrap unit is now dead. However approaching it will reward you the challenge "Hey! Over here!" for 5 badass points. There's also a red chest waiting for you!
Those are just some of my favorites, but I don't want to make this post *too* long, as I could write all day. I'll make posts about other easter eggs in the future. In the meantime, I'm working on a thesis of sorts as to why Handsome Jack isn't as terrible as he may seem, and also a detailed telling of his entire backstory, working through all the plot inconsistencies that have shown up throughout the games.
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WHOS UP SAVING WONDERLANDDD!!!⭐️
Obligatory art of mine and @thereweredragons-wheniwasaboy ‘s characters, Banana Bread (mine) and Emryss who are totally gay and into eachother
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Sooooooo incredibly serious when I say where the FUCK are the tinas wonderlands girlies . Why is it just me in here. Everybody and their borderlands fanart and now we’ve got banger designs like Dry’l, the coiled, Wastard, etc etc etc. hello. Can anyone fucking hear me. Where’s all the paladin mike fanart or do I have to do everything myself .
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Alright let's talk secret bosses. Every games got em, and Borderlands is no exception. So, want to fight these elusive bosses? Then buckle up, cause I'm gonna tell you how to find them. I'll be separating each games bosses into their own seperate posts.
Let's start with Borderlands: The Pre Sequel. Pre Sequel has two secret bosses for you to find, both proving tricky to get. The first boss is Iwajira, a giant Kraggon located in Serenitys Waste. Iwajira is located in a hidden cave, located in the video I've included by Joltzdude139.
Iwajira spawns in at a minimum level of 30, and level 52 on TVHM, so I'd advise not going after him until you've beaten the main story, gotten some good loot, and are at or above his level. Iwajira has only three attacks, all of which can be devastating, on top of all the other little kraggons that can be spawned in.
Iwajira will attack in a pattern. The first attack being three giant corrosive rocks that explode shortly after landing. Did I mention he's corrosive? Don't bother bringing any corrosive weapons to this fight. He'll eat them up like skag on a stick. These rocks have a chance to spawn in smaller kraggons. Annoying, but easily taken care of, as long as you don't let too many spawn in.
The second attack is an extremely accurate corrosive laser beam that does devastating damage, and will eat through health and shields like nobodies business. It *is* avoidable, mind you, you I hope you've practiced your quick step.
Iwajira will swap back and forth between these attacks until you send him to the great vault in the sky. Oh, and be sure not to get too close to him, else his tail will send you flying.
The trouble of killing him is made worth it, however, as he has a chance to drop a skin for each class, a buttload of moonstones, the unique blue text weapon "Hail", and an increased chance at dropping the legendary rocket launcher, "Thingy".
So you killed Godzilla, did you? Sorry, Iwajira. Well, you remember Nel? The guy you called a dick? Think he hasn't been put in his place hard enough? Well, you're in luck, because you can stick that middle finger right back in his face.
That's right. Good ol' Nel is the second secret boss. Return to Regolith Range and make your way to Moon Zoomy Run to get started. To get Nel pissed enough to challenge a badass vault hunters like yourself, you're gonna have to call him a dick, and spell it out for him. Literally. Scattered on the rooftops are two signs you have to pick up. One marked "D" and one marked "K". You'll then slap them on the IC 57 building, and bam. Nels coming for ya. I've included a video by Ki11er Six on how to get these and trigger him.
Nel is a pretty straight forward fight, and he acts just like any other scav. Before you can fight him though, he'll call in for backup. Eliminate his friends to further piss him off, and he'll start shooting. Nel and his buddies spawn in at level 29, level 50 on TVHM, so make sure you're well and prepared before taking him on. He's pretty resistant to fire, so I wouldn't bother too much with that. His buddies, however, aren't. Nel has a good chance to drop the "Skullmasher" sniper rifle too, so if you're into poppin heads, it may be worth farming him for.
And there you have it. Now you've kicked the asses of two secret bosses, and have some new legendary gear to show it off with. Sure this information is only 9 years old, but hey. I feel like talking about it, and you possibly feel like reading it.
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