November 20, 2023

Today we will release an update for Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition on Nintendo Switch, which will be live by 12:00 PM PT. Note that these updates only apply to Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition on Nintendo Switch; to see the most up-to-date notes for Borderlands 3 on other platforms, please refer to the dedicated Borderlands 3 Update Notes page.

This update addresses many quality-of-life changes, but we wanted to specifically call out some specific changes we've made based on reported community concerns:

• Stability updates addressing various reported crashes throughout the game in certain areas, including some instances of starting a new game, while matchmaking, and more.
• The missions "Blood Drive," "Survive Ambush," and "Lair of the Harpy" have been updated to prevent some instances of a progression blocker due to a crash.
• Jackpot boss is now able to be defeated if no enemies are killed before entering the boss arena.
• Map geometry has been adjusted in many areas to prevent getting stuck, escaping, unintended death, or being weird.
• Some Vault Hunter, environments, gun, and enemy texture qualities have increased fidelity and look nicer.
• Vault Hunter alternative skins now apply colors correctly.
• Bloody Harvest Vault Hunter Heads have been added to Crazy Earl's Shop.
• Joey Ultraviolet was stingy with Cartel Vault Hunter Skins. He'll drop them now.
• The Gunner's Splash Damage Increase anointment was sometimes incorrectly adding additional shield capacity after exiting Iron Bear.
• The Gunner's Fire Rate and Crit Damage anointment was sometimes incorrectly adding incendiary damage after exiting Iron Bear.
• The Operative's Digi-Clone would occasionally not consume the full number of grenades with "Boom. Enhance." skill.
• The "Defeat Ambush" objective has been updated to prevent enemies from failing to show up.
• "Cold Case: Forgotten Answers" mission now continues after defeating the void spawn in the Vincent memory.
• The enemy One Punch has received a pep-talk and should consistently show up after solving the TV Puzzle.
• Killa Kam won't be attacked by other enemies anymore.
• Lilith won't disappear in the "From the Ground Up" mission. She still wants to be talked to.
• Addressed a reported instance where there could be two Claptraps visible during "Mysteriouslier: Ghosts of Karass Canyon." There can be only one.
• Artifacts with increased Shock damage were sometimes unintentionally increasing Shotgun damage as well.
• The Catch-A-Ride in Sandblast Scar will now spawn vehicles.
• The Red Chest has been returned to Neon Arterial.
• The dead bodies are back under the Borman Nates bridge.
• Various reported matchmaking concerns have been addressed.
• Some reported instances of missing or unexpected textures across the game have been addressed.
• Performance has been further optimized across the game.
• Various UI and localization fixes have been added across the title.
• Addressed missing or broken NPC, ambient, and environment audio.
• Additional VFX and lighting improvements.
• Many additional quality-of-life updates!