Borderlands Easter Eggs Revealed 0
Are there more yet to be discovered?
 By Jeremy Azevedo |
After spending the last few weeks playing the hell out of Borderlands, I thought that I’d seen everything the game had to offer. Turns out, I was wrong. |
I was playing Borderlands online the other day when two dudes popped into my game and dragged my ass off to Treacher’s Landing to “check out something awesome”. This probably doesn’t mean anything to those of you that haven’t played the game yet, but those of you that have should tune in for this.
In the southeastern tip of the level, there is a secret dock with a party boat on it. Jumping on the boat gives you an achievement, “I’m On A Boat”. This is common knowledge. What isn’t generally known, at least it wasn’t to me, is that shooting the nearby barrels in a particular order unlocks an Easter egg that may be one of the weirdest that I have even seen in a video game.
Pic is totally unrelated.
Here’s how to do it:
Facing the boat, turn around and face the opposite direction. Shoot the yellow barrel in the distance ahead of you. Next, look for a green barrel in the trash heap off to your right. Shoot that one next. Third, shoot either of the two blue barrels on the boat. Lastly, shoot the red barrel in the trash heap to the front of the boat. Enjoy the show.
I don’t know what the meaning or significance of this is, but it’s certainly worth checking out nevertheless, that’s for goddamn sure.
But wait there’s more!
Another Easter egg that I’ve been made aware of is the Hidden Basement in New Haven. During the mission “Another Piece of the Puzzle”, where you’re supposed to go to the Trash Coast and kill the Rakk Hive, is the only time that this is open. The basement is located behind a door in a shack out back of Helena Pierce’s shop. Inside you are sure to find a few enemies, a couple of weapons chest, a leg lamp and a pretty bitchen’, unique rare gun called the “Rider” (both references to “A Christmas Story”, no doubt.)
Other cool things to do and see in Borderlands:
Did you know that you can stand in front of a moving vehicle and travel at high speeds without being ran over? Use this technique to move quickly through larger levels in a multiplayer game when one of your vehicles gets wasted!
On occasion, a secret vending machine will open up in a garage across from Marcus’ shop. It appears to be totally random when and why it opens, but it always seems to have better gear than any of the shops in town. Read the rest of this entry →
