When you have overcome the main campaign of Borderlands 3, you will bring a terminal on board the Sanctuary-3 with three additional difficulty levels: Mayhem 1, 2 or 3. Activate one of these modes, and the difficulty and rewards will become much more important: enemies will have more health, shield and armor among others, you will receive more money, eridium and experience points, and you will have more chances to find the best loot. We have done some tests, and the legendary items are found quite regularly in Mayhem 3. Be careful, however, you will have to wait until you have access to the Sanctuary again to access the Mayhem mode terminal in Ultimate Vault Hunter mode if you launch this new campaign.
Mayhem mode: Increased difficulty and loot
By looking at the green button next to the altar, you can see what additional benefits and dangers go along your current Mayhem mode. The main changes are as follows. As you can see, the increase in difficulty is exponential.
Mayhem 1
- Quality of the loot: +100%.
- Experience: +10% increase
- Eridium and silver: +30%.
- Enemy health: +15%.
- Shield and armor of enemies: +250%
Mayhem 2
- Quality of the loot: +300%.
- Experience: +30% increase
- Eridium and silver: +60%.
- Enemy health: +75% increase
- Enemy shield and armor: +100%
Mayhem 3
Quality of the loot: +500%.
Experience: +50%.
Eridium et argent : +100%
Enemy health: +150%
Enemy shield and armor: +200%
Mayhem mode: Special enemies
Be aware that in parallel with changes in statistics, you will also encounter more brutal and elected enemies. enemies. Some quests and battles will become real deadly quagmires. In return, you will sometimes find anointed equipment, which gives bonuses to your action skills and can be specific to a specific Vault Hunter. In other words, it is the end game optimization of your character.
In addition to offering more resistant enemies, Mayhem mode also applies mods to the planets you visit, which will require you to adapt your game style accordingly. For example, with the affix 'Defendarius', enemies have a 5% chance to return the projectiles. Or the fireproof mod will reduce fire damage by 15%. Sometimes you will have to try to adapt your play style.
You can find more details on end game content in our dedicated guide.
Written by Robin "Raiden" Bouquet. Translated from French by Millenium.us.org
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