For the fans of loot grinding, the end of the campaign in Borderlands 4 is just the beginning of an epic journey. In this guide, discover everything you need to know about the endgame difficulty mode, Ultimate Hunter.
With a game focused heavily on loot and character progression, Borderlands 4 must offer a compelling endgame experience to entice players to chase after more powerful legendary items. In this installment, the developers have taken some familiar concepts while introducing fresh ideas, resulting in an experience that has left us wanting more. At the core of this post-campaign adventure is the Ultimate Hunter mode, featuring a unique difficulty system that we will explore in detail in this guide.
How Does the Ultimate Hunter Level Work?
The Ultimate Hunter level unlocks once you’ve completed the game’s main campaign and have accessed the corresponding main quest from Moxxi, specifically the one that covers the joker missions, just after completing the ultimate vendor mission. Once you’ve finished the joker mission, this content will become weekly, featuring a “new” joker mission filled with modifiers. You’ll also unlock the Ultimate Hunter level, acting like a particularly tough endgame difficulty: think of the world levels in The Division 2, for example. The higher the level, the more formidable the enemies you will face, and the better your chances of finding powerful loot. Lastly, to climb these ranks and further raise the difficulty level, there is a dedicated page in the game’s challenges.
List of Ultimate Hunter Challenges
To progress through the Ultimate Hunter levels and max out your world tier, you will need to tackle challenges that require specific joker missions. This means that you cannot choose when to level up: you must be present during the right week to complete the necessary joker mission for the Ultimate Hunter objectives.
- Like for Like: Complete Zane’s Firmware mission
- Dinosaur Trust: Complete Maurice’s vendor mission
- Gift for Streamers: Complete Moxxi’s Big Encore mission
- In the Wild: Finish Lilith’s joker mission to move to Ultimate Hunter Level 1
- Final Song: Defeat Epinaria in Ultimate Hunter Level 1
- Omega Chainer Killed: Defeat the Armored Omega Chainer in Ultimate Hunter Level 1
- Bio-Break: Defeat the Biological Hardhead in Ultimate Hunter Level 1
- No Points Awarded: Defeat Sydney Cannes-de-Serin in Ultimate Hunter Level 1
- Even More Ultimate Hunter: Complete the Hammering Blow joker mission to move to Ultimate Hunter Level 2
- Beautiful Coat: Defeat Noctepoil in Ultimate Hunter Level 2
- Lonely Core: Defeat the Core Watcher in Ultimate Hunter Level 2
- Strange Sensation: Defeat Rock’n Roller in Ultimate Hunter Level 2
- Exploded Furnace: Defeat Frank the Furnace in Ultimate Hunter Level 2
- Incredibly Ultimate Hunter: Complete the Corruption Sanctuary joker mission to move to Ultimate Hunter Level 3
- Forced Armistice: Destroy the Wildhorn of War in Ultimate Hunter Level 3
- What If the Copy… It Was You: Defeat Mimicron in Ultimate Hunter Level 3
- Holy Name of Crap: Defeat Skullhead the Immortal in Ultimate Hunter Level 3
- Blooming Explosion: Defeat Orchicrane in Ultimate Hunter Level 3
- Really Really Ultimate Hunter: Complete the Fiery Vision joker mission in Ultimate Hunter Level 3 to move to Ultimate Hunter Level 4
- Beginning: Complete the Primordial Ark: Slope joker mission in Ultimate Hunter Level 4 to move to Ultimate Hunter Level 5
- Origin: Complete the Primordial Ark: Cad burns mission in Ultimate Hunter Level 4 to move to Ultimate Hunter Level 5
- Basic: Complete the Primordial Ark: Terminus Mountains mission in Ultimate Hunter Level 4 to move to Ultimate Hunter Level 5
- Super Mega Ultimate Hunter: Complete the Time Guardian’s Order joker mission in Ultimate Hunter Level 4 to move to Ultimate Hunter Level 5
