Borderlands 4 Wiki

Story:

• Your Vault Hunter will be the hero in the story and not a bystander like in Borderlands 3.
• Focus on telling a good story as they did with the Borderlands 3 DLCs, and give characters a meaningful role instead of introducing fan-favorite characters for 5 minutes.
• Focus on new characters over established characters.
• The Timekeeper is the main antagonist, and he operates on a different level than previous villains.
• New Vault is different from previous Vaults (Yellow instead of Purple)
• The giant 2-legged Robot Lady from the Trailer is Queen Callis, leader of the Ripper Clan.
• The Time Keeper’s Army is known as The Order
• 6 years have passed between the events of BL3 to BL4

Gameplay:

• 4 New Playable Vault Hunters that offer new experiences
• Biggest seamless world in the franchise yet (1 Planet + 1 Moon).
• Digi-struct Vehicles on the spot at almost any location.
• New Movement mechanics: Grapple, Glide, Dodge, and Lunge.
• Swimming underwater
• Improved Boss Battles
• Respawn Bosses and Restart Missions with a Switch
• Grenade and Heavy Weapons share 1 Ordnance  Slot and work on a cooldown

More:

• Cross-Play on all platforms
• Now renamed BL4 Screenshot hinted at “Ripper Raid” End Game Content
• Returning Characters: Zane and Claptrap
• Some Legendary Loot Beams have a rainbow sparkle
• Borderlands 4 promises a billion weapons
• Reworked drop rates to make Legendary Items feel special again
• Randy teases Ordenite as a more powerful substance than Eridium
• Dynamic weather and missions