Borderlands 4 is a classic loot shooter. Therefore, many players wonder where the best farming spots are. Ironically, one of the first bosses is located in a good spot, even if you’re already in the endgame.
What kind of boss is this? After the tutorial area, you quickly encounter the boss Splashzone in the Tidal Grotto (Riptide Grotto) in the Bone Coast area. This is part of the story, so you can’t miss it. He is an enemy most reminiscent of the Badass Psychos. He has a huge arm with which he attacks you in melee. Occasionally, he vomits acid that stays on the ground.
The enemy is quite easy to defeat as long as you don’t stand in the acid. He is currently one of the most popular farming spots in the game, but that’s not just because you can defeat him quickly early on. Even in the endgame, he is quite useful, as a YouTuber explains.
Perfect for Early and Endgame
Why is Splashzone such a good farming spot? When looking for good farming spots, you’ll quickly find posts and videos about Splashzone. It’s not only useful for leveling and legendary weapons, but can also help refine builds in the endgame. This is also explained by content creator EpicNNG in his YouTube video.
The focus here is speed. You can defeat him in just a few seconds and then revive him with Moxxi’s machine. If you have a good flow, you can defeat him quite often in a few minutes. This spawns a lot of loot, hopefully some legendary.
You can also see what the farming flow can look like in EpicNNG’s YouTube video:
In addition, he has 3 fixed legendary items in his pool that he can drop. These include the Jelly grenade, the Fireworks shield, and the Lead Balloon
-shotgun. In his video, EpicNNG rates these drops as quite solid. He especially praises the Jelly grenade and the Fireworks shield, particularly for early game.
Due to the fast fights and many drops, you also earn a lot of money since you can sell the loot. Money is quite important in Borderlands 4, as respawning bosses costs money. For the endgame, Splashzone is also useful according to EpicNNG when it comes to the firmware mechanic.
Set Bonuses for Endgame
What is firmware? Firmware is a new endgame mechanic in Borderlands 4. It can be compared to set bonuses from other games. All equipment that are not weapons can drop with firmware after the campaign. If you combine several, you gain powerful effects. You can also transfer the firmware of one item to other items that also have firmware. This optimizes your builds.
As EpicNNG explains, however, it is hard to get firmware. According to EpicNNG, Splashzone is a good method to farm items with firmware in the endgame. If you want to acquire this efficiently, Splashzone seems to offer an interesting option.
However, he also believes that the boss could be nerfed in the future, as this farming method is quite reliable. But there are also other methods for strong equipment. One of them can encounter you randomly while playing: Random event in the open world of Borderlands 4 provides great loot, but one mechanic frustrates players
