Overview

• Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode returns reworked with five unlockable tiers that rank progress via curated challenges instead of campaign replays.
• Players who have completed the story can roll new characters at level 30 to jump straight into the endgame.
• Weekly activities include Wildcard missions with guaranteed Legendaries, a rotating Big Encore boss via Moxxi’s machine, and Maurice’s roaming Black Market.
• Free post‑launch content starts with October’s Horrors of Kairos mini‑event and introduces Invincible raid‑style bosses, each paired with a new UVHM level.
• Paid drops split between Bounty Packs and larger Story Packs, with Bounty Pack 1 due in Q4 2025, Pearlescent‑rarity gear returning in a free Q1 2026 update alongside Bounty Pack 2, and Story Pack 1—Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned—set for early 2026; the game releases September 12 on PC/PS5/Xbox and October 3 on Switch 2.