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Borderlands 4: Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned There are 11 side missions. if you want Get the “Finding a job on top of the world” achievementThen you can find all the details here. We've listed every mission, location, and prerequisite for you here.
Below, you can find the exact locations, descriptions, and map images, so you can start the necessary side missions. If you haven't achieved the “Finding a job on top of the world” achievement yet, you're missing out on one of the missions we've listed here.
How to start Mad Alley and Vault of the Damned in Borderlands 4
Borderlands 4's first story pack has arrived with “Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned”. Here's how to start the new DLC.
The side quest that you may be missing from the list is “Ice Fishing”, which we have a guide for here. You can find out how to start this hidden side mission below.
Ghost stories
- Ghost stories can begin at Crooked Tooth, the starting area of Whispering Glacier. You can find a man by the grave looking at the water.
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Approach the man and talk to him to start a side quest.
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This mission will have you help the ghosts trapped in purgatory by completing their unfinished business, which includes a quick run and a ball game.
At the end of this mission there is a decision where you can free the ghost or bind him to his ghost friends forever. Choosing to input your initials into the computer grants additional loot, but it's not unique loot.
star-cross
- One can start from the southern area of the star-crossed teeth.
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This is the field Easily accessible from Alley's garageFast travel station in the middle of the map.
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The mission requires you to retrieve the body parts of a man's dead lover to try to bring him back to life.
You can choose to give the undead lover beefier legs, arms, or tentacles, but your choice has no effect on the outcome of the mission.
Summoner's Gift
- Summoner's Gift begins in the area west of Crooked Tooth.
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It can be started by side missions Going west from Eli's garageWhispering Glacier in the middle of the map.
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For the mission, you need to find ancient eggs for a ritual to summon a demon.
If you're struggling with the puzzles, then first, you just need to reach a high point to ground-pound the Ritual Circle. For the next puzzle, you need to match the symbols in each area.
A humble abode
- The modest residence begins at the speakeasy, when facing north Towards the vending machine.
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You can find an NPC here named Barney who asks for your help.
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This mission is quite long, but easy, and you need to find a new home for Barney.
carries sounds
- Voices Carry starts at the Speakeasy, specifically on the south side of the lobby.
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You need to talk to McKinney at the table on the right side of the Speakeasy.
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This mission requires you to kill, as you need to help McKinney destroy the radio towers, rest his fallen friends and burn their dog tags.
Ice fishing
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Find 4 unique ECHO logs, which randomly spawn in any of these locations By the edge of the world fast travel station (also marked on the map above):
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In the crooked teeth in the northwest, when the water turns west.
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North-east on Crooked Teeth, facing water by placing chair in north.
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In the locations listed above, you will be able to Find the barrel of dynamite.
- Pick up the dynamite and throw it into the water, especially the part of the water that has bubbles..
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When it explodes, an ECHO log will shoot out, and you can grab it with a grapple hook.
- After getting the 4 ECHO logs, go to the Speakeasy to start “Ice Fishing” from the NPC. East behind the lobby.
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The mission has you looking for ECHO logs (now marked as part of a quest), and then requires you to kill special Threshers.
If you're not getting any bubbling water, then fast travel to the edge of the world. The requirements for this mission are very frustrating, so go back and forth to the locations marked above.
Symbiotic Security Part 1
- Symbiotic Protection can be started from Daphne's Garden in Bloodstained HollowAfter you kill the Mad Earl.
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you can Get to this location quickly using Daphne's Homestead Fast Travel Station.
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The mission is relatively simple, and you just need to follow the objectives to defeat two different creatures and extract their DNA.
Symbiotic Security Part 2
- Symbiotic Security Part 2 can be started at Daphne's homestead in Bloodstained Hollow after completing Symbiotic Security.
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you can Get to this location quickly using Daphne's Homestead Fast Travel Station.
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The mission asks you to follow one of the Alphas created by Daphne to feed them from the Outlaws, and then stop their spirit from becoming more powerful.
Gulf documents
- Documentation of the bay has started from within DCN Fuhrman.
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To reach this side mission, Fast travel to DCN Feuermann and navigate to the elevatorWhere you can follow the corridors to find a med bay where an NPC is trapped on an operating table.
The mission requires you to line up nodes and shoot them, and if you run out of time, the NPC will die. However, this does not fail the mission, because even if you save him, you will be forced to kill him.
Yes, chef
- Yes, Chef DCN Feuermann can be started from within.
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The The fastest way to get here is to use the fast travel station in MaelstromThen take the door back to DCN Feuermann, and use the purple rift to return to the room before the boss.
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Use the exit door and continue down the path to the right to find a chef locked in a hot room.
For this quest, you need to free the chef from the room Entering the right password, which is from left to right: left, down, left, up.
Host on Shell
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The shell has a host Automatically started after you complete the last story mission in Mad Alley and the Vault of the Damned.
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After completing “Damnation Encroaches”, return to the Speakeasy, which can be accessed from either portal door or from the fast travel station on the left.
- Inside the center of the SpeakeasyYou can talk to Robbie to start the quest.
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It's a relatively short one that involves taking some towels to a cleaning circle and killing creeps while in the circle.
Looking for more Borderlands 4 guides? We've covered all the boss locations and their loot pools in Mad Alley and Vault of the Damned, which you can find here: Captain Willis, Crazed Earl, Corporal Brennan, Colonel Crash, Big Oil, The Penitent Steel, and Air Raider Scrimulus.
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September 12, 2025
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Content, Strong Language, In-Game Purchases, User Interaction
