Xbox 360 Cheats

This page contains a list of cheats, codes, Easter eggs, tips, and other secrets for Borderlands for Xbox 360. If you've discovered a cheat you'd like to add to the page, or have a correction, please click EDIT and add it.

Easy Loot (General Knoxx)

You'll need the General Knoxx DLC to accomplish this. Near the start of a new game, find the Fast Travel Station and select T-Bone Junction as your destination. Here, you can find valuable loot, weapons, and funds. You can visit, collect everything of value, then exit and repeat. The only problem is that the enemies in the area are virtually impossible to kill at low levels, so you'll want to avoid their spawn points. To do that, stick the safe route indicated below.

First, exit the starting building and head left, continuing past the bulletin board and then hopping onto some boxes that will allow you to reach an ammo crate. From there, run and leap to the rooftop that is now positioned behind you and open the silver chest and lockers in a fenced area. Exit the cul-de-sac and make your way to the building located diagonally from the one where you started. Here, you can save. You should find more loot behind the building, some stairs to descend, and a catwalk to cross. Gather whatever you like and then leave.

Submitted by: xpusher32

Easy 'What a party!' Achievement/Trophy

This can be incredibly stressful if you don't know how to directly go about it. There may be other strategies, but the easiest that I came across is to fight MINAC and when he appears, hide behind the rocks near the van.

Behind the van is a save point and a shed. Standing in the shed facing out, turn immediately right. You will notice a silver crate with weapons inside it, and next to this, there are two rocks with a thin passage in between. MINAC will come near you and start to shoot, though just destroy the one and only turret he attacks you with. Afterward, you can sit there and MINAC will not shoot at you, nor can its robots reach you.

Come back a few hours later and collect the many parts strewn about the area. Run out and collect what you can, then rehide if you must. You only need three panties, five fish in a bag, and 15 pizzas to unlock this achievement/trophy.

Submitted by: manoahmaelstrom

Easy 'Destroyed the Destroyer' Achievement/Trophy

An easy way to defeat the Destroyer on the second playthrough is to obtain the level 48 MIRV explosives and toss them into the Destroyer's mouth. The grenades continuously explode, and once they finally relinquish, the Destroyer will only have half of a life bar. After that, it's smooth sailing using a Double Anarchy weapon or any other strong weapon or Class Mod.

Submitted by: manoahmaelstrom

Early Eridian Weapon

One character must be a Siren.

<Once you reach New Haven take the Missions "to Check on T.K." from Scooter then get the "Moth to a Flame" mission from the Bulletin Board.

Go back to Fyrestone in the Arid Badlands; and after you kill the Mothrakk a Eridian weapon will fall out but you have to search everywhere as the trash plot can be huge. When the Mothrakk is low on points shoot warning shots to get it to come towards you, then kill it on the approach.

Berserker: Eridian Cannon

Soldier: Thunder Storm
Siren: Ball Blaster or Wave Blaster

Sucker Born Every Minute Achievement/Trophy

The description for the Sucker Born Every Minute Achievement/Trophy says "Paid for a worthless tour of the world's largest bullet." Go go the huge bullet and there should be a building closest to the bullet. There will be arrows pointing to a box with a $ sign on it. Simply activate the prompt here to get the Achievement/Trophy.

Rider Sniper Rifle

In New Haven there there are two hidden chests. When you recieve the quest to enter Trash Coast, head to New Haven. Head toward the blue shack (below the area where the repair kit is). Stand near the door and it will open. Ride the elevator down and to the basement. Defeat the Psychos and open the red chest to find the Rider. Rider is a unique sniper rifle manufactured by Gearbox, the maker of Borderlands. This weapon, along with other details in the room (a trash pile Christmas tree and a grisly leg lamp) are references to the movie "A Christmas Story."

Faster Firing Rate

Weapons with exceedingly slow firing rates (i.e. powerful sniper rifles) can be made less laggy if you melee after each shot. This will reset the firing rate timer, allowing you to instantly fire again.

Elemental Effects

In Borderlands some weapons have an elemental effect. These are usually very useful but there are drawbacks. Enemies might have special resistant shields or an elemental animal will naturally resist what you shoot it with. Here is a rundown of each elemental effect:

Fire - When you tag an enemy with fire they take gradual damage until they die or it goes out. Fire damages enemies more if they're shield is gone. Additionally, enemies tend to freak out and lose accuracy when burning.

Shock - Shock damage is like the reverse of fire. It deals an incredible amount of damage to an enemy's shield but loses effectiveness once they're down to their health meter. Also, enemies don't usually panic when shocked.

Acid - Possibly the best all-around element. Acid damage easily eats through armored opponents (like Spiderants and Crimson Lance soldiers) and can spread to multiple enemies if they happen to touch each other while panicking. The only drawbacks to it are that Acid-type enemies are about 90% immune to it and if you try Iron-sight aiming the acid splash from your gun-muzzle can throw off your aim.

Explosive - Not so much an element as a bonus. Randomly when you shoot an enemy with a bullet from an explosion-type gun it will explode and deal extra damage relative to the weapon's base damage. Try to aim for groups.

Eridian - Whenever you find an Eridian weapon try shooting an enemy. Sometimes extra effects not mentioned in the description will occur. The 10101 Cannon is a good example of a Shock/Explosion combination element.

Quick Money and Items

Want purple and orange items without having to kill a single enemy? Once you get to "New Haven," head to the save/transport post near "Scooter" and save your game. Then, there are 2 red chests and 3 silver chest in town...4 of them on rooftops, and one that the claptrap rescue opens for you. Just loot them all, keep what you want, sell what you don't want and then save your game. Log off, then log back in to repeat the process. Check all the vending machines each time as they will offer great items as well.

Here is a rundown of the loot route from at the save/transport post near Scooter:

Red Chest #1 - On the roof of the building directly right of the save post. Go to the side with the yellow barrel, jump few times and you are there.

Silver Chest #1 - From the save post, turn directly left and go up the stairs, keep going in the same direction, cross the wood plank and then jump the railing to the other building. Turn a slight right around the corner.

Red Chest #2 - from Silver Chest#1...some tricky jumps, but not too hard. Simply look out to the red tarp hanging over a little platform and make a running jump to land on the tarp. Then turn around till you see the Red Chest, make another jump (not too high or you will get caught on the red tarp over the chest and fall off).

Silver Chest #2 - After completing the Claptrap Rescue this Silver Chest will be in a little shed across the courtyard from the Bounty Board (you just have to crouch to get in there).

Silver Chest #3 - From the save post go forward and go up the stairs where the dollar sign and arrow are. Hop on top of the washing machine, then on top of the roof with the big antenna. The Silver Chest is behind it.

Berserker Speed Exploit

Make sure you're in a fight with more than one enemy and your health is extremely low (10-20). Activate Berserker just before you enter Fight For Your Life! Mode, then kill someone to gain a Second Wind. If done properly, you should be able to run as fast as Brick can in Berserker mode AND you'll be able to fire your weapons. Note: you're not able to sprint while using this, but why would you need to anyway? Activating his Berserker mode again and finishing it, OR dying will cancel the effect.

New Game +

Complete the game to unlock a New Game + mode. Some items and stats will carry over into the new game and enemies will be tougher.

Easy Escape After Defeating Sledge

After you've defeated Sledge (and collected the artifact), exit and save your game. When you start you're game again you'll begin at the save point at the very beginning of the mission. This way you don't have to backtrack on foot and you'll save a lot of ammo too.

Duplicate Items

To make a copy of any item you'll need a cooperative partner in a multiplayer game. Simply drop what you want to make a copy of on the floor, exit the game without saving, leaving your friend free to grab it. When you return, you'll have your copy of the weapon still, and your friend can hand you the other. This works on all guns, shields, and class mods, and can be done as many times as necessary.

You can also do this locally, but you'll need two controller and two profiles. Enter a single-player game with the items you want to duplicate and enough room for the duplicated items. Exit to the game menu. Enter local cooperative mode and login the second player as the character used in Step 1 (the first player should already be this character due to the prior login.) Enter the game. Be sure that your two characters are one and the same. Player two should drop the items to be duplicated while player one picks them up (if done in reverse the items will be lost forever!). Exit to the game menu. The next time you check your character's items there will be two of them.

Additions by Mr. Hammy

Easy 20,00 EXP

As soon as you are able to get a vehicle, find a safe place away from enemy spawn points and find a way to keep the trigger held down (tape? rubber band?). Just walk away for a few hours and after you have unloaded 100,000 shots from the vehicle you will get 20,000 exp.

Item Storage using an Alternate Character

An effective, but annoying, way to store your extra stuff is to create an alternate character that is only for holding your extra stuff. Just create a new character, load a co-op game with both your main character and your new level 1 character and give them the items you want to put up. Log back in to your level 1 character and give the items back to your main character when you need them. This can be really useful when you find weapons and items that are above your level, or are saving them to give to a friend's character.

Gain Levels and Money Before Entering Borderlands

In the first scene, when you're getting the tour with the scrap robot, follow him all the way through to the small campsite with the car up on the lift next to the burning tires. Collect all the loot (guns, money) along the way and kill all of the guys. Once everyone is dead simply pause the game and go to exit. It will save your character (level & loot) and start you at the very beginning upon loading your game. You can repeat this as many times as you'd like!

Reload Quickly

Watch your reload animation. As soon as the cartridge is removed (or rounds are being inserted), click the Right Stick (melee) and the gun will finish reloading. Do this to save time and possibly your life.