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Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest Borderlands 3 guide, walkthrough

Last update: 09 October 2019

On this page of our guide to Borderlands 3 you will find detailed walkthrough of side quests unlocked aboard the Sanctuary spacecraft. Our walkthrough explains how to unlock side quests in the Sanctuary, how to complete them and whether they have optional objectives that may involve receiving additional rewards.

Just a Prick

How to start the quest: Talk to Tannis after an exclamation mark appears above her head. Quest should become available after completing the main task - Hostile Takeover.

Tannis will ask you to search all the decks of Sanctuary for 8 healing syringes of Health Hypo - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Tannis will ask you to search all the decks of Sanctuary for 8 healing syringes of Health Hypo. All syringes have been marked by the game, so simply get to them. Jump carefully onto the pipes and move to the edge until you notice the item that can be picked up (as shown in the image).

Go back to the clinic with syringes and put them on a metal table. Rewards for completing this mission are xp and credits.

Invasion of Privacy

How to start the quest: Talk to Ava after an exclamation mark appears above her head. Quest should become available after completing the main task - The Impending Storm.

Ava will ask you to recover the thing she left behind on Athenas and you must therefore return to this planet - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Ava will ask you to recover the thing she left behind on Athenas and you must therefore return to this planet. In the beginning of the mission you must reach places where there are various items belonging to Ava. They're not guarded and game indicates all of them on your map.

The next goal of the mission is to recover Ava's diary. From this point on, expect to fight with enemies that appear in the locations you re-visit. When you open the indicated container (picture above), you will learn that Ava's diary has been stolen.

You have to reach various places where particular pages of Avas diary can be found - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

You have to reach various places where particular pages of Ava's diary can be found. Each time you get rid of your regular enemies from the area, search the entire zone in order to find the quest item.

Searching for a diary will take you to the cemetery, which is the location of Didos Remorse - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Searching for a diary will take you to the cemetery, which is the location of Dido's Remorse. Expect a large group of opponents, including Beans. He's not a difficult opponent himself, so be more careful while fighting with Heavy and NOG enemies.

After winning the battle, reach the small boulder marked by the game (check image above).

Move to boulder and it will reveal A Key to the Monks Secret Cache - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Move to boulder and it will reveal A Key to the Monks' Secret Cache. In order to reach the secret hiding place of the monks, head towards the cliff where you have to go down the ladder (the picture above). The narrow mountain path will lead you to a red chest. You can take a random rare loot from the weapons depot.

Return to the Sanctuary and head to Ava's cabin. Place the recovered items in her cabin - all spots to drop her stuff are highlighted. Rewards for completing this mission are xp and credits.

The Kevin Konundrum

How to start the quest: Talk to Claptrap.

Talk to Claptrap and then follow him to the cargo hold - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Talk to Claptrap and then follow him to the cargo hold. Take Kevin's Chilly freezer gun from the cabinet and place it in one of the active slots.

Test the weapon on creatures called Kevin - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Test the weapon on creatures called Kevin. Find the creature and freeze it with Kevin's Chilly. Run to Kevin and pick it up. If you use the weapon too late, the creature will flee - you will have to look for it again. You have to catch another 6 Kevins in different parts of the ship. Each one of them will be marked by the game.

Once you catch all the Kevins, get to the container specified by Tannis. Place the Kevins in the container to launch them into space. As a reward for completing the mission you get XP and credits. You can also keep or sell the freezing weapon you used in that quest.

Pandora's Next Top Mouthpiece

How to start the quest: Talk to Ellie after unlocking the Blood Drive main story mission (return to Pandora in result of the storyline).

Ellie will tell you about the upcoming elections for the successor to the previously defeated Mouthpiece boss - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Ellie will tell you about the upcoming elections for the successor to the previously defeated Mouthpiece boss. Your job will be to thwart the bandits' plans. Move to the Ascension Bluff region on the planet Pandora. Get to the place where the records are being kept. There's gonna be a big billboard here, and underneath it you'll find an Information ECHO recording.

Three objectives will appear in the logbook and you can deal with them in any order you like - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Three objectives will appear in the logbook and you can deal with them in any order you like:

  1. The Hammerclan Banner flag is located on a high voltage pole. Defeat your enemies and start climbing in the place where you can see yellow paint (this is shown in the picture above). When you reach the upper balconies, jump down carefully on the long crane.
  2. You can get the War Pig's Steering Wheel by destroying a War Pig vehicle which travels on the map.
  3. Puttergunk's Prize Gunk can be obtained at Puttergunk's Perch camp. It is in a small closed hut - turn around and hit the small target plate to open the hut.

Go with all your trophies to Holy Broadcast Center and take into account the need to eliminate many ordinary enemies along the way. Reach the indicated container, into which the artifacts must be thrown.

Now go to the arena where the new Mouthpiece has appeared - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Now go to the arena where the "new" Mouthpiece has appeared. This opponent has identical attacks to his predecessor defeated in the Cult Following quest. If you need a reminder of how to win this battle, please refer to the Battles with Bosses section of our guide.

Collect the loot dropped by Mouthpiece. Reach the organs marked by the game and interact with them. You will unlock the passage to Mouthpiece's secret hiding place, which includes a new large chest with a loot. Go back to the Sanctuary to talk to Ellie. If you complete the mission, you will receive xp and credits.

ECHOnet Neutrality

How to start the quest: talk to Claptrap after unlocking the Blood Drive quest (return to Pandora).

Quick travel to Rolands Rest camp in the Devils Razor region on Pandora - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Quick travel to Roland's Rest camp in the Devil's Razor region on Pandora. You must meet in this location with Edgren. This character is in a room with a lot of equipment that you can reach through an open container.

Head towards ECHO Repeater Center. Upon reaching ECHONet Hub 37 start with dealing with all the surrounding bandits. You need to find the UG-THAK device. Find the planks visible in the screenshot. Destroy them, and go into the room with the device.

Shooting at the device will fail because it is protected by a force field - a firewall - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Shooting at the device will fail because it is protected by a force field - a firewall. Deal with new COV fanatics who appeared in the camp. You will get the task of turning five valves - you can do this in any order.

Again, get to the room where with UG-THAK. This time you can destroy it. Return to Edgren. Rewards for completing this mission include xp points, credits, and an epic sniper rifle.

Baby Dancer

How to start the quest: Talk to Claptrap.

Meet Claptrap at the Dusty Acres location in the Devils Razor region of Pandora - Sanctuary | Borderlands 3 Side Quest - Side Missions - Borderlands 3 Guide

Meet Claptrap at the Dusty Acres location in the Devil's Razor region of Pandora. Get with Claptrap to the hut on the hill and use the bell. Watch the course of events (you don't have to attack anyone) and wait until you can get inside. Talk to Baby and "dance" - run, crouch, jump, and so on. The game does not force any specific moves.

Interact with the radio to turn on the music. Claptrap will join the dance. You have to wait patiently for the song to end. Talk to Claptrap. For completing this exceptionally simple mission you will receive xp, credits and epic SMGs.

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