Borderlands 4 shows off new hunter ‘C4SH’ in story DLC preview

Last week, Gearbox officially announced that the first story DLC for Borderlands 4, Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned, will be rolling out to all platforms later this month. The biggest addition here is the new playable vault hunter, C4SH, who's combat kit has now been fully detailed in a new preview.

The first major expansion for Borderlands 4, Story Pack 1: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned, is set to launch later this month, adding a new playable Vault Hunter, a fresh explorable zone, and a slate of bosses, missions and late‑game systems. The DLC sends players to The Whispering Glacier, a frozen region stalked by a cosmic entity and littered with derelict ships, eldritch growths and a newly discovered alien monolith.

C4SH can be used across the full game or jumped straight into the DLC at level 13. A full gameplay overview video can be found HERE.

C4SH’s trait, Windfall, triggers when he reloads from empty or activates an Action Skill, consuming stacks of Fortune to boost gun and skill damage while upgrading his abilities. His three Action Skills each lean into unpredictable outcomes: Cross‑Fire, a dual‑revolver barrage with ricochet potential during Windfall; Sleight of Hand, a spell‑flinging card volley with randomised draws; and Cleromancy, which summons Bone Totems based on supernatural dice rolls. His three skill trees, Chaos Walking, Luck of the Draw and Roll the Bones, eschew traditional capstones in favour of extra Augment slots, allowing up to four simultaneous modifiers.

Beyond the new Vault Hunter, the DLC adds two major boss fights, 16 minibosses, new enemy factions and a World Boss system that transports players to a nightmare dimension for randomised encounters. Loot includes new Pearlescent weapons, 11 Legendaries and 28 cosmetics. Borderlands 4 will also introduce shared progression across characters alongside the DLC, with cross‑platform saves planned for a later update.

The DLC will be released on March 26th for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. The Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 is still unavailable.

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