Leveling up in Borderlands 4 is essential to quickly unlocking the endgame content where the most enjoyable aspects of the game can be found. Grinding for XP is nothing new, but it does help to know what works and what does not for maximum efficiency.
This Borderlands 4 guide is all about farming XP quickly and efficiently with minimal effort.
Story Mode
You can always return to side content later at your leisure, so it is recommended that you breeze through the campaign as quickly as you can, in order to open up as much of the map as possible while reaping the large windfalls of XP from completing story quests.
Balancing Enemy Level
For maximum value of your time, target enemies in the open world that are only a little more powerful than your character at any given moment, rather than wasting time on either bullet-sponge high-level enemies, or pushover low-level ones.
Ideal Locations
Densely populated activities such as the Order Bunkers, Propaganda Speakers, and Ripper Drill Sites are the best places to mow down plentiful numbers of enemies in a short span of time, without having to trek too far around the world in order to find them.
Unbalanced Co-op
If you can match up with players of a significantly higher level than you, then you will have the benefit of their increased firepower being brought to bear against enemies of a level similar to your own, and which would have normally taken longer to dispatch just by yourself.
Bounties
If you happen to be at a Safehouse, be sure to pick up a few bounties off of the board as you continue on your exploration of the map. You will be killing enemies one way or another, so you might as well pick up an XP reward bonus for your trouble.
Events
As you proceed on your path of progression, world events including the bubble-dome Rifts will start to appear. If you happen to stumble upon one, be sure to take it on for its rewards, but also be well prepared for the enhanced challenge that it presents compared to open world enemy encounters.
Boss Farming
Resetting bosses is a new mechanic that facilitates farming them for their rewards as you continue to tweak and improve your build. With enough repetition you will be ripping them apart quicker on successive runs.
Those are all the best ways to quickly farm XP in order to level up fast in Borderlands 4.
