Enhancements are the new Artifacts in Borderlands 4. These modification items provide various stat boosts and enhance your weapon’s capabilities if their conditions are met. This lets you min/max your weapons and lets you turn okay weapons into amazing ones. In this Borderlands 4 Guide, I’ll explain everything you need to know about the Borderlands 4 Enhancements.
Table of contents
Rarity Overview
Enhancements come in various rarities; the higher the rarity, the more bonus stats they provide.
| Rarity | Bonuses (WIP) |
|---|---|
| Common | 0 Bonus Stats 1 Enhancement |
| Uncommon | 1 Bonus Stats 1 Enhancement |
| Rare | 2 Bonus Stats 1 Enhancement |
| Epic | 3 Bonus Stats 1 Enhancement |
| Legendary | 3 Bonus Stats? (unconfirmed) 1 Special Enhancement? (unconfirmed) |
Enhancements
The weapons in Borderlands 4 can come with one or more licensed weapon parts. This means weapons can contain parts from other manufacturers. These off-brand weapon parts not only add the weapon trait from the licensed manufacturer but can also benefit from a special bonus your Enhancement Artifact provides.
Example: Get a weapon with a Torgue-licensed weapon part and combine it with an Enhacement that boosts Torgue-licensed parts.
| Manufacterer | Enhancement | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daedalus | – | Kill Bonus |
| Hyperion | Bulwark | Weapons with Hyperion-licensed parts gain 100% Weapon Shield Capacity |
| Jakobs | Leaper | Weapons with Jakobs-licensed parts gain a +40% Chance to Ricochet non-critical bullets. |
| Maliwan | – | – |
| Order | Ammo Generator | Weapons with Order-licensed parts slowly refill from reserve Ammo while held. |
| Ripper | High Roller | Weapons with Ripper-licensed parts increase Weapon Damage by +2% for each consecutive shot fired, for a max 25 stacks. |
| Tediore | – | – |
| Torgue | Explosi-ception | Weapons with Torgue-licensed parts fire stickies that hit for a bonus 50% Damage when first attached to an enemy. |
| Vladof | – | – |
Stat Bonuses
Enhancements boost various attributes; the higher the item’s rarity, the more stat boosts it increases.
- +15% Weapon Status Effect Damage
- +15% Weapon Status Effect Chance
- +30% Aim Down Sight (ADS) Proficiency
- +30% Accuracy
- +30% Critical Damage
- +xx% Reload Speed
Firmware Bonus Perks
Enhancements can come with a bonus perk, indicated by a special icon. The PAX Deep Dive called them “Firmware“, and you can stack them by equipping Gear Sets.
- Seen on an Uncommon, Rare, and Legendary item.
- Seen missing on a Common, Uncommon, Rare, and Epic item.
- Action Fist Perk seen with 1/3
- Airstrike Perk seen with 0/3
| Bonus Perk | Description |
|---|---|
| Action Fist | – |
| Airstrike | – |