Borderlands 3 Inventory Slots
Your Vault Hunter has 2 weapon slots, a shield slot, and a slot for a grenade mod at the start of Borderlands 3. Throughout the tutorial, you will find gear to fill up those inventory slots and create a nice loadout. However, there are more slots that you can unlock throughout the game.
There are 2 more weapons slots, a slot for your class mod, and a slot for an artifact that you can unlock. Depending on your playstyle this can take a while to unlock them all. Because these additional loadout slots will become available by completing certain story missions. So if you are a completionist and do all the side-missions and crew challenges it can take a while to get access to all the inventory slots.
How to Unlock Additional Weapon and Item Slots
| Item Slot | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| 3rd Weapon Slot | Your Third Weapon Slot will unlock after leaving Pandora for the first time, completing the ‘Taking Flight’ and ‘Sanctuary’ quests at are your 4th and 5th main missions. |
| Class Mod Slot | Your Class Mod Slot will unlock after helping Rhys out on Promethea and defeating the boss and completing the quest ‘Hostile Takeover’, which is your 6th main mission. |
| 4th Weapon Slot | Your Fourth Weapon Slot will unlock after completing the first vault mission in the main story, Beneath the Meridian, which is the 10th main mission. |
| Artifact Slot | Your Artifact Slot will only unlock after taking on another Vault quest called ‘Cold as the Grave’, which is the 16th main mission. |
Gear Overview
Learn more about the items you can carry in each of the inventory slots as I did a complete breakdown of all of the different gear items you can obtain.
