"Master of All You Survey" Achievement: All BL3 Named Locations

This guide lists and maps all 223 named locations in Borderlands 3. I produced it because the game currently tends to refuse giving the "Master of All You Survey" Achievement for finding all of Borderland 3's locations. This is happening even though a person's Galaxy map lists all 223 out of 223 named locations found, and all Planetary and Local maps also show all named locations found. It's an attempt to make retracing tracks through those worlds a bit easier.

Introduction

Master Of All You Survey:
Discover all named locations.

Objective:

I've seen many posts that the "Master Of All You Survey" Achievement in Borderlands 3 is bugged and is not getting awarded even though the Galaxy Progress statistics show 223/223 named locations found. Because of this, many people (including me) are having to revisit all 223 locations across more than 5 worlds in an attempt to get the Achievement to pop. I've done my best to design this guide to help those people revisit all those named locations and get the Achievement. Of course, people who just need a bit of help here and there with the Achievement can use it too, but I tend to assume the player is way overpowered for the areas and has full access to all locations.

Important Note:

• As I write this, it looks like Borderlands 3 is resetting the "discovered" status of all named locations when the player visits Sanctuary or quits the game (either to the main game menu or entirely). So, if you're trying to get the Achievement, you'll need to revisit all 223 locations in one session (and don't go to Sanctuary in the middle of things). Considering that that's probably about three to four hours worth of effort (if you know exactly where to go), I'm not too sure if anyone will actually want to try this at this time (I'm certainly going to wait to see if the developer's fix this). But, maybe with this guide, things will be easier.
  
• Also, if you've finished the game at least once and are going through just to get the Achievement, I highly recommend you turn Mayhem Mode off (either in Sanctuary or from your character's menu). That will drop enemies back down to the normal area level caps instead of bringing them up to yours. IOW, running straight through the enemies instead of fighting them will be much easier.

References:

The map for Athenas is from:

https://mapgenie.io/borderlands-3/maps/athenas

I definitely recommend that site since you can interact with the maps and customize them in many ways.

In the material below, I'll refer to the cardinal directions as north, east, south and west as they appear on those screenshots. AFAIK, our main maps in the game don't indicate cardinal directions (though the mini-map does show "N" for north). For the maps that come from my game as screenshots, I've oriented my character to face north to maintain a consistent orientation.

Be warned that this guide contains major spoilers since it shows every named location in the base game and what the maps look like.

Also, in case you're using a 21:9 resolution (as I do) and can't see the full legends/instructions on the maps, you can find your total number of found named locations at various map scales by doing the following:

1. Hit "M" to bring up the local map
   
2. Hit "X" until you get to the map level you want (Galaxy, Planetary, Local)
   
3. Select the planet or local map you want.
   
4. Hit "R" to bring up the Progress statistics.

Planets and Maps and Guides (oh my):

There are 4 planets with Achievements for finding all their named location (Pandora, Eden-6, Promethea and Nekrotafeyo). I've written guides for all of them and, instead of duplicating them here, will just reference them. Additionally, Athenas has named locations but no Achievement for finding them. I'll include full information here. Then there are the 7 "end game" maps in the base game (Slaughterstar 3000, Ghostlight Beacon, Gradient of Dawn, Precipe Anchor, The Hall of Obsidian, The Skydrowned Pulpit and Wayward Tether). Since I'm assuming full access to everything in the game, I won't give information on finding those areas, but I will show named location information.

Achievement Planets and Guides:

I've linked to my Guides for each of these planet's named locations:

1. Pandora (78 named locations): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2072620782
   
2. Eden-6 (63 named locations): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2079683335
   
3. Promethea (43 named locations): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2080807998
   
4. Nekrotafeyo (27 named locations): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2081249635

Non-Achievement Planets and Areas:

1. Athenas (5 named locations)
   
2. Slaughterstar 3000 (1 named location)
   
3. Ghostlight Beacon (1 named location)
   
4. Gradient of Dawn (1 named location)
   
5. Precipice Anchor (1 named location)
   
6. The Hall of Obsidian (1 named location)
   
7. The Skydrowned Pulpit (1 named location)
   
8. Wayward Tether (1 named location)

I've ordered those areas by their number of named locations. I don't know if that's the best order to try going back through to get the Achievement. But, it seems reasonable. I've ordered the sections below the same way.

Also, unlike with the Achievement Planets, it looks like the game actually remembers the Discovered status of the named locations on most of the Non-Achievement Planets. It looks like the only map that it forgets is Precipice Anchor. So, if you're sure you've already discovered all the named locations on the Non-Achievement Planets, you might be able to save a few minutes by deferring all but the Precipice Anchor map until after you've tried all the rest.

Athenas (5 named locations)

The 5 named locations on Athenas are:

1. Stormhaven Square
   
2. Windward Plaza
   
3. The Holy Distillery
   
4. Dido's Remorse
   
5. The Anchorhold

The Fast Travel location is at the west side of the map. Jump down from there and turn right (east). As you approach the first archway, you should get Stormhaven Square. Continue through the first open area and as you leave it you'll get Windward Plaze. Continue all the way out of the town to where the path splits. Head left (north) and enter the brewery. After the first room, you'll get The Holy Distillery. Reverse your path to the bridge going left (east) and follow the path to the cemetery. As you enter the gates, you'll get Dido's Remorse. Turn around and go back to where the paths first split (by the vending machine). Continue south across the bridge. About halfway across, you'll get The Anchorhold.

Note: it looks like Athenas is one of the very few maps that the game remembers the Discovered status of named locations. So, if you're sure you've already discovered all the named locations here, you might be able to save a few minutes by deferring re-running the map until after you've tried all the rest.

Slaughterstar 3000 (1 named location)

The 1 named location in Slaughterstar 3000 is:

• Slaughterstar 3000

The Fast Travel location is at the south side of the map. You should get the location as you fast travel in. Pay attention for that. In one run, no matter what I did, I couldn't get the location to pop. I had to fast travel to another place, quit the game, re-start the game, and then fast travel back to get the location. The problem is that in the current state of the game, quitting the game to get this location will reset all you other locations to undiscovered.

Note: it looks like Slaughterstar 3000 is one of the very few maps that the game remembers the Discovered status of named locations. So, if you're sure you've already discovered the one named location here, you might be able to save a few seconds by deferring this map until after you've tried all the rest.

Ghostlight Beacon (1 named location)

The 1 named location in Ghostlight Beacon (Proving Grounds - Cunning) is:

• Trial of Cunning

The Fast Travel location is at the southeast of the map. You should get the location halfway between the spawn point and the mission giver (where my character (the arrow) is in the screenshot).

Note: it looks like Ghostlight Beacon is one of the very few maps that the game remembers the Discovered status of named locations. So, if you're sure you've already discovered the one named location here, you might be able to save a few seconds by deferring this map until after you've tried all the rest.

Gradient of Dawn (1 named location)

The 1 named location in Gradient of Dawn (Proving Grounds - Survival) is:

• Gradient of Dawn

The Fast Travel location is at the north of the map. You should get the location halfway between the spawn point and the mission giver (where my character (the arrow) is in the screenshot).

Note: it looks like Gradient of Dawn is one of the very few maps that the game remembers the Discovered status of named locations. So, if you're sure you've already discovered the one named location here, you might be able to save a few seconds by deferring this map until after you've tried all the rest.

Precipice Anchor (1 named location)

The 1 named location in Precipice Anchor (Proving Grounds - Discipline) is:

• Precipice Anchor

The Fast Travel location is at the east of the map. You should get the location halfway between the spawn point and the mission giver (where my character (the arrow) is in the screenshot).

The Hall of Obsidian (1 named location)

The 1 named location in The Hall of Obsidian (Proving Grounds - Supremacy) is:

• The Hall Obsidian

The Fast Travel location is at the east of the map. You should get the location halfway between the spawn point and the mission giver (where my character (the arrow) is in the screenshot).

Note: it looks like Hall of Obsidian is one of the very few maps that the game remembers the Discovered status of named locations. So, if you're sure you've already discovered the one named location here, you might be able to save a few seconds by deferring this map until after you've tried all the rest.

The Skydrowned Pulpit (1 named location)

The 1 named location in The Skydrowned Pulpit (Proving Grounds - Fervor) is:

• The Skydrowned Pulpit

The Fast Travel location is at the south of the map. You should get the location halfway between the spawn point and the mission giver (where my character (the arrow) is in the screenshot).

Note: it looks like The Skydrowned Pulpit is one of the very few maps that the game remembers the Discovered status of named locations. So, if you're sure you've already discovered the one named location here, you might be able to save a few seconds by deferring this map until after you've tried all the rest.

Wayward Tether (1 named location)

The 1 named location in Wayward Tether (Proving Grounds - Instinct) is:

• Wayward Tether

The Fast Travel location is at the west of the map. You should get the location halfway between the spawn point and the mission giver (where my character (the arrow) is in the screenshot).

Note: it looks like Wayward Tether is one of the very few maps that the game remembers the Discovered status of named locations. So, if you're sure you've already discovered the one named location here, you might be able to save a few seconds by deferring this map until after you've tried all the rest.

Text List of Named Locations

In case anyone wants a text list of just the named locations to print out (as a checklist), I'll put this here:

Non-Achievement Planets:
The 5 named locations on Athenas are:

1. Stormhaven Square
   
2. Windward Plaza
   
3. The Holy Distillery
   
4. Dido's Remorse
   
5. The Anchorhold

The 1 named location in Slaughterstar 3000 is:

• Slaughterstar 3000

The 1 named location in Ghostlight Beacon (Proving Grounds - Cunning) is:

• Trial of Cunning

The 1 named location in Gradient of Dawn (Proving Grounds - Survival) is:

• Gradient of Dawn

The 1 named location in Precipice Anchor (Proving Grounds - Discipline) is:

• Precipice Anchor

The 1 named location in The Hall of Obsidian (Proving Grounds - Supremacy) is:

• The Hall Obsidian

The 1 named location in The Skydrowned Pulpit (Proving Grounds - Fervor) is:

• The Skydrowned Pulpit

The 1 named location in Wayward Tether (Proving Grounds - Instinct) is:

• Wayward Tether

Pandora:
The 3 named locations in Covenant Pass are:

1. Propaganda Center
   
2. Confession Chamber
   
3. Shiv's Sanctum

The 13 named locations in The Droughts are:

1. Crimson Command - should pop as you fast travel into The Droughts
   
2. Varkid Valley
   
3. Sun Smasher Camp
   
4. Warchief's Domain
   
   
5. Bloodbucket's Chapel
   
6. Ellie's Garage
   
7. Ellie's Scrapyard
   
8. Super 87 Racetrack
   
   
9. Eridian Dig Site
   
10. Raider's Drydock
    
    
11. Road to Ascension
    
12. Pit of Fools
    
13. Dahl Orbital Control

The 5 named locations in Ascension Bluff are:

1. The Sty
   
2. Spit Respite
   
3. Puttergunk's Perch
   
4. Path of Sacrifice
   
5. Holy Broadcast Center

The 13 named locations in Devil's Razor are:

1. Roland's Rest
   
2. Dusty Acres
   
3. ECHONet Hub37
   
4. Phalanx Pass
   
5. Buff's Bluff
   
   
6. The Sin-A-Plex
   
7. Bollock's Niche
   
8. Sheega's Kennels
   
9. Dahl Refinery
   
   
10. Cave-in Point
    
11. Avie's Fort (needs the Boom Boom Boomtown side mission)
    
12. The Lonely Pillar
    
13. Mesa Marron

The 6 named locations in The Splinterlands are:

1. Pitt's Stop (doesn't register for some players - you might have to revisit repeatedly and check both the left and right walls just outside the Fast Travel location)
   
2. Logan's Spar (seems to be a common problem area - again, check left and right wall around the road)
   
3. The Homestead
   
4. The Rave Cave
   
5. Sifted Mar
   
6. Big Danny's Chop Shop

The 5 named locations in Carnivora are:

1. Festival Grounds
   
2. Stacked Deck
   
3. La Cage 'O Tinks
   
   
4. Carnivora's Playground
   
5. Azlan's Stash

The 5 named locations in Guts of Carnivora are:

1. Gassup Garage
   
2. The Gutworks
   
3. Windshaken Catwalks
   
4. Mack's Head Room
   
5. The Main Stage

The 12 named locations in Konrad's Hold are:

1. The Arrogant Approach
   
2. Unused Escape Tunnel
   
   
3. Turntide Shed
   
4. Fallback Tracks
   
5. Traitor's Mess
   
   
6. The General's Perch
   
7. Chapel of Unheard Prayers
   
8. Last-Stand Yard
   
   
9. These are No Mines (needs The Demon in the Dark side mission)
   
   
10. Bleedout Smithy
    
11. Crawling Dungeons
    
12. Angel's Light

The 4 named locations in Sandblast Scar are:

1. Tannis' Garage
   
2. The 'Cade
   
3. Diggit Canyon
   
4. Reckless Risers

The 5 named locations in Cathedral of the Twin Gods are:

1. Fateward Walk
   
2. Outer Sanctum
   
3. Courtyard of the Damned
   
4. Altar of the Twins
   
5. Eridium Sluice

The 2 named areas in The Great Vault are:

1. Dig Site
   
2. Vault of the Architects (in Vault after boss fight)

The 4 named locations in Destroyer's Rift are:

1. Treacherous Path (have to enter from Pyre of Stars on Nekrotafeyo)
   
2. Treacherous Drop
   
3. Crown of Tyrants
   
4. Vault of the Destroyer (in Vault after boss fight)

The 1 named location in The Slaughter Shaft is:

• The Slaughter Shaft (initial entry through Konrad's Hold)

Eden-6:
The 15 named locations in Floodmoor Basin are:

1. Reliance
   
2. Lumberhold
   
3. The Timbermills
   
   
4. Dead Man’s March
   
5. Primeval Grotto
   
6. Jason Waterfalls (should be against "Do Not Go" sign by waterfall)
   
   
7. Hangman’s Garden
   
8. Slickhouse Garage
   
9. Mudhaven
   
10. Lonesome Isle (you have to jump three ramps to get to the top of this)
    
11. Lumberton Junction
    
12. Fort Sunshine
    
    
13. Knotty Peak
    
14. Headlift
    
15. The Witch’s Peat

The 7 named locations in The Anvil are:

1. Hector’s Lament
   
2. West of Gross
   
3. The Yard
   
4. The Devil’s Saucepan
   
5. Shankland
   
6. Central Security
   
7. Ultramax Spire

The 10 named locations in Jakobs Estate are:

1. Leery Hamlet
   
2. Unhallowed Bog
   
3. Grotto
   
4. Servant’s Lift
   
5. Jakobs Manor (press button on lift to get there)
   
6. Welcoming Chamber
   
7. Archives
   
8. Ancestor’s Hall
   
9. Theater
   
10. Monty’s Den

The 11 named locations in Voracious Canopy are:

1. The Green Labyrinth
   
2. Science Outpost
   
3. The Terradome
   
4. Kingdom of Bobo the Great
   
   
5. Wreck of the Family Jewel
   
6. Outer Hull
   
7. Cargo Hold
   
8. Distribution Corridor
   
9. Security Bay
   
10. Private Shuttle Bay
    
11. Bridge of the Jewel

The 10 named locations in Ambermire are:

1. Ambermire
   
2. Curltail Warren (have to have accepted/finished the Raiders of the Lost Rock side mission from Claptrap in Sanctuary for door to be open)
   
3. Delvin’s Dock
   
   
4. The Mudneck’s Hideout
   
5. Tig’s Big Rig
   
6. Mirefall Rigs
   
   
7. Rogue’s Hollow
   
8. The Moist Hoist
   
9. Soggybog Rigs
   
10. Highground Folly

The 8 named locations in Blackbarrel Cellars are:

1. Premium Casks
   
2. Norton’s Study
   
3. Gunpowder Mill
   
   
4. Forgotten Halls
   
5. Copperstill
   
6. Estate Gardens
   
   
7. Observatory Grotto
   
8. Neglected Solarium

The 2 named locations in The Floating Tomb are:

1. Altar of the Guardians
   
2. Vault of the Graveward (in the Vault after beating the Guardian)

Promethea:
The 3 named locations in Meridian Outskirts are:

1. Edge of Meridian
   
2. Fort Pissof
   
3. The Spillways

The 6 named locations in Meridian Metroplex are:

1. Watershed Base
   
2. Rise and Grind Coffeehouse
   
3. Halcyon Suborbital Spaceport
   
4. Knoxx Station
   
5. Meridian Mercentile
   
6. Titan's Gate

The 8 named locations in Lectra City are:

1. Meridian Seaport
   
2. Market Quarter
   
3. Big Dock Energy
   
4. The Plant
   
5. The Bone Zone
   
6. The Hills
   
7. Downtown Square
   
8. The Underpass

The 8 named locations in Skywell-27 are:

1. Maliwan Modulars
   
   
2. Katagawa Pleasure Pit
   
3. Maintenance Corridor
   
4. Tritanium Refinery
   
   
5. Fuel Processing
   
6. Observation Deck
   
7. Laser Control Room
   
8. Data Center

The 9 named locations in Atlas HQ are:

1. Atlas Campus
   
2. Courtyard of Innovation
   
3. Perimeter Wall Maintenance Access
   
   
4. Lobby of Self Actualization
   
5. Terry's Office
   
6. Skunkworks Lab
   
7. Gary's Pit
   
   
8. Executive Suite
   
9. CEO's Office

The 6 named locations in Neon Arterial are:

1. Titan Skyway
   
2. The Runoff
   
3. Septic Sluice
   
   
4. Apollyon Transit Station
   
5. Green Diamond Platform
   
6. Restricted Catacombs

The 2 named locations in The Forgotten Basilica are:

1. The Forgotten Basilica
   
2. Vault of the Rampager

The 1 named location in Cistern of Slaughter is:

1. Cistern of Slaughter

Nekrotafeyo:
The 9 named locations in Desolation's Edge are:

1. Echelon Reef
   
2. The Conqueror
   
3. Quietus Pike
   
4. The Chancellor's Throat
   
   
5. In the Wake of Doubt
   
6. The Stain
   
7. A Testament to Longing
   
8. Twilight Arcade
   
9. Engine of Decay

The 8 named locations in Tazendeer Ruins are:

1. Cadenza in Two Parts
   
2. The Last House
   
3. Charnel Keep
   
4. The Knight of Glass
   
   
5. Penitence and Light
   
6. An Eternal Silence
   
7. The Blind Mill
   
8. Vault of the Serpent

The 10 named locations in The Pyre of Stars are:

1. The Pyre of Stars
   
2. Control Console
   
3. The Devil's Key
   
4. Promethea Pedestal
   
   
5. All-Hearth
   
6. Hallowed Shame
   
7. Eden-6 Pedestal
   
8. Barren Divide
   
9. Wet Well
   
10. Nekrotafeyo Pedestal

Conclusion

With the game currently resetting the status of named locations to un-discovered upon quitting, I'm not sure if people will be willing to run through all 223 locations at one sitting to get this Achievement. Hopefully, the developers will fix this soon. If you do run into the problem, please file a formal bug report at:

https://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

If you somehow get the Achievement, I'd appreciate it if you left a comment below relating how you did it and about how long it took.

[=Axton=]

Update: I was missing one of the slaughterdomes, then the achievement popped.

[assja20]

Hi! I've got all but one location, which I can't find but at the same time I'm told that Inhavent discovered any of Pandora's locations. Would that be a new Bug, or the same?

[ElLegolo]

I got the achievement without actually discovering the places. Made a new character, skipped the first story bit (designers cut, directors cut, whatever...) and went to the first area on Pandora. Ding: Master of All you survey.

[[SAK*]KING_OF_SA]

Logged in today, and the achievement just popped. It seems the fix works.

[WraithNWhimsy]

I will confirm that booting up my 223/223 Epic Zane save did give me the achievement though. Its strange but it worked out in the end.

[DALCOhstangultion]

Drat. Sorry to hear that.

[WraithNWhimsy]

Mine didn't pop :(

[DALCOhstangultion]

After BL3 did an actual update today (not just a hotfix), my wife started it up and immediately got the two final Achievements she had earned but not received:

Master of All You Survey: Discover all named locations

and

Ultimate Vault Hunter: Unlock all Borderlands 3 Achievements.

Yay! So, if you've gone through this but not gotten the Achievement, force the update through the Downloads area and start up your game. If the force is with you, the Achievement should pop immediately.

[WraithNWhimsy]

This one is stumping me honestly. I haven't had any problems lately getting achievements (apparently I am part of the slim minority) but this one wont unlock even after committing the 4 hours to doing all the locations/not quitting/not going to sanctuary. The individual achievements popped, just not this one.

Hoping GBX fixes this at some point and I don't have to go back and rediscover everything since all my zones have the locations 100% on the info page per zone.

[Xeph]

I was very methodical, I used your guide and pyx's list, I would write down on a piece of paper, the name of the zone and then number the locations 1-10 or however many there are, and name them. I'd methodically cross off each one when it comes up, and if I missed crossing one off, I'd go back to double-check. Once my list is crossed off for that zone, I'd start another one, same method. Checking and crosschecking my work, because if you lose track, you pretty much might as well start over.

I had about 15 locations left out of the 223, and it started to THUNDER outside, boy, talk about getting nervous! We usually lose power during a thunderstorm. I got scared and went into hyperdrive, rushing through the rest and then it finally popped up.

Good luck anyone who tries this, it's a true test of your OCD.

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