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Borderlands 3 Bloody Harvest full patch notes revealed, performance improvements coming in November

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Gearbox has revealed the full patch notes for Borderlands 3’s Bloody Harvest update that will come out later today. According to the team, this patch will improve reliability of the voice chat system when open and closing the ECHO menu on PC. It will also a modification so typing in text chat no longer prevents players from fast travelling.

Naturally, this update will also add support for Bloody Harvest. Bloody Harvest is the free Limited Time Event starting on October 24 and ending December 5. During the event, the Main Menu will now become spooky when the micropatch has loaded and the event content is available.

Furthermore, this patch will improve overall stability. For instance, it will fix a report bug resulting in a crash while loading into maps. It also fixes some other bugs that its playerbase has reported.

Gearbox has also claimed that it will improve overall performance in the upcoming November patch. As the team noted, game performance and stability continue to be its top priorities. Therefore, the November patch will bring various improvements game-wide.

Last but not least, Gearbox will also release today a Hotfix that will address a number of issues.

The Epic Games Store launcher will download this patch once it becomes available, and you can find its complete changelog below.

Borderlands 3 Bloody Harvest Update Release Notes

NOTES FOR PATCH 3

  • Added Support for Bloody Harvest, the free Limited Time Event starting on October 24 and ending December 5.
    – During the event, the Main Menu will now become spooky when the micropatch has loaded and the event content is available

STABILITY

  • Fixed a report bug resulting in a crash while loading into maps
  • Fixed a reported audio crash bug
  • Fixed a reported crash that occurred for certain users when level transitioning immediately after throwing a longbow grenade
  • Fixed a reported rare crash that occurred for certain users after completing missions
  • Fixed a reported crash that occurred for certain users when swapping an equipped weapon
  • Fixed a reported crash that occurred for certain users when sorting the Mission Log by region

GENERAL

  • [Consoles Only] Mayhem mode is now available in True Vault Hunter Mode on Consoles
  • [Consoles Only] Added Photo Mode support for Consoles
  • [Consoles Only] Added ECHOcast Twitch Extension support for Consoles
  • Added new Vault Hunter customizations and trinkets
  • Added ability to specify Mayhem Mode while matchmaking
  • Adjusted the volume of the 2K and Gearbox logo intro movies
  • Addressed reported concern where some players were missing skill points
  • Updated gore stump textures for consistency
  • [PC Only] Improved reliability of the voice chat system when open and closing the ECHO menu on PC
  • [PC Only] Added a modification so typing in text chat no longer prevents players from fast travelling
  • Singularity grenades will no longer cause Saurian corpses to float in the air after dying
  • Addressed a reported concern that certain players experienced some Visual FX for the side mission “Transaction Packed” before accepting the mission
  • Addressed a reported concern that some players experienced Brick getting stuck after chasing enemies off the cliff near Hector’s Lament in The Anvil
  • Made a modification where Amber Lamps no longer has a chance to spawn during the “Defend BALEX” objective of “The Family Jewel” mission
  • Addressed a reported concern with the Legendary grenade mod Quasar, where it was not counting towards the optional grenade kills objective in Slaughter maps
  • [PS4 Only] Addressed a language code issue present in PS4 activity feeds for English
  • Addressed a reported concern where users with their region set to Japan were unable to complete the Fast Travel tutorial
  • Made a modification so Safe Area Calibration is now saved when relaunching the game
  • Camera no longer resets to a random location when using the Reset Camera function in Photo mode
  • Photo mode will now force exit when the player is teleported
  • Subtitles are now present when joining another player’s game while a cinematic is playing
  • Addressed a reported concern where some sounds were quiet or missing for the second player in split screen
  • Made various split screen UI fixes
  • Fixed a reported UI issue where the Mayhem Modifier menu would sometimes not appear for certain players
Borderlands 3 October 24th Hotfix

WEAPONS

Flakker

  • Now consumes 1 ammo instead of 5.

BUG FIXES

  • Addressed a reported bug with “Space-Laser Tag” which prevented some players from progressing to the next objective
  • Atomic has been modified to no longer become invincible, as has been reported under certain conditions
  • Modified Powerhouse Heavy’s attacks to no longer damage players outside of the intended range
  • Addressed a concern that Projected shields were taking too much damage from General Traunt’s attacks
  • Fixed the reported floating door frame in the Jakobs Theatre
  • Addressed a reported potential progression blocker when Rhy’s talks during “Hostile Takeover”
  • Increased checkpoint sizes of New-U stations in multiple locations
  • Included a modification so that Zane’s Digi-Clone will no longer spawn into the cage in Slaughterstar 3000