Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Beginner's guide

Hey there, Vault Hunter!
This is a guide for NEW players only, that haven't played the previous games or just didn't understand them enough.

Introduction

Discover the story behind Borderlands 2’s villain, Handsome Jack, and his rise to power in this brand new game in the Borderlands series. Taking place between the original Borderlands and Borderlands 2, the Pre-Sequel gives you a whole lotta new gameplay featuring the genre fusion of shooter and RPG gameplay that players can’t get enough of.

Story

Set between Borderlands and Borderlands 2, four all-new character classes fight alongside Handsome Jack, witnessing his transformation into the ruthless tyrant people loved to hate in Borderlands 2, and assist with the rise of the Hyperion Corporation. The signature shoot n’ loot gameplay of the Borderlands series expands with the addition of low-gravity and oxygen-powered jetpack combat, the icy Cryo elemental damage type, the deadly laser weapon class, and new vehicles to help explore the diverse lunar landscape of Elpis, Pandora's moon.

Controls

Hey, you can't start your journey without knowing the controls, right?

Characters

The four new playable character classes who are all familiar faces from the Borderlands universe:

• Athena the Gladiator - A former Lance Assassin turned mercenary, and armed with a versatile Kinetic Aspis shield.
  
• Wilhelm the Enforcer - A Hyperion engineer with a predilection to upgrade his own physical form with robotic parts.
  
• Nisha the Lawbringer - A gun-waving sharpshooter with a murderous streak.
  
• Claptrap the Fragtrap - A Claptrap robot supercharged with an experimental software (malware) package.

Loot

Loot is one of the most important things in the whole Borderlands franchise.
Loot is the term used to describe usable items in Borderlands. Loot can be found in Lootable objects, dropped by defeated enemies, or given as mission rewards.

There are several different forms of loot.

• Money
  
• Ammunition/Grenades
  
• Health Kits/Vials/Oz kits
  
• Weapons
  
• Shields
  
• Class mods
  
• Grenade Mods

Damage you deal/receive

Damage is the amount of health or shield lost when a target is hit by bullets, grenades, melee attacks, or Action Skill attacks.

There are six main damage types: Physical, Incendiary, Corrosive, Shock, Cryo and Explosive.

Conventional (Non-elemental) weapons simply inflict the base damage listed on the weapon's item card. An elemental gun will first inflict the listed base damage of the gun, modifying that damage by the element's effectiveness against the target type, then possibly damage the target again with a separate burst of Elemental Damage. Most elemental weapons have lower listed physical damage.

Miscellaneous Features

• Character Customization - A variety of skins and heads are available as drops from bosses and certain enemies and as mission, challenge, and levelling rewards. They feature varying grades of rarity and when found are unlocked account wide, i.e., finding a Lawbringer skin while playing as the Enforcer will make that skin available on other Lawbringer saves, whether new or existing. Head customizations for the Flagtrap class, due to the Claptrap unit not possessing a head, change the appearance of the entire character, such as placing the Flagtrap in a garbage can or giving it jetpack aesthetics.
  
• One Point Wonders - "Game changer" skills that can change available options and gameplay style while only requiring a small investment of a single skill point.
  
• Moonstone - Commonly used as a currency for the Black Market, the Grinder, and Moxx-tails. Moonstones are also used to unlocked Moonstone treasure chests.
  
• The Grinder - Used to combine 3 items of the same quality to create higher quality items. The Grinder has a chance to give Luneshine to a weapon when combined. Moonstones can be added to any Grinder combination, ensuring the best possible outcome given the items used, including adding Luneshine to the created weapon.
  
• Luneshine - Luneshine is an additional feature that an item may possess, and can be found on items found throughout the game.
  
• Badass Rank - Completing challenges increases Badass Rank, and the harder or higher level the challenge is, the more Badass Rank is given upon completion. Earning enough rank awards a Badass Token, redeemable for stat increases that apply to all characters of a profile. Badass ranks are now visible to the other players in a co-op game. You require a Badass Rank of 2500 or higher to get the Excalibastard.

That's it!

Please remember, that my goal was to make this guide short, but full of information, I have skipped some stuff that you may find as the "basics" and can add them if needed (read below).
Those were the basics of the game, when you know them- you're good to go! If you have any questions/tips on what I should add more to this guide- let me know in the comments below!.

Good luck and have fun in the fantastic world of Borderlands!

[mpegforever]

Thanks ! but please take away the Fallout character at the end. 76 times failed LoL

[SZklana]

slag was broken thing in borderlands 2 i can't play with out it on new game ++ and higher ;/

[Erik]

I mean, slag is eridium run-off, so it would be pretty unrealistic if it was on pandora's moon, before it were even on pandora.

[ozzytudor]

No slag? I never knew that :( I miss it, slag was fuckin awesome

[n0cta]

Hey Jenas! Thanks, took a note.

[beez nutz]

hey,there is no slag element in borderlands the pre sequel,it was replace with cryo

[n0cta]

ty ty

[suchy]

gg very helpfu :)))))))))))))))))))