Borderlands 3 Hostile Takeover Mission Guide

In this Borderlands 3 Hostile Takeover Mission Guide, we will show you step-by-step details on how to complete the Hostile Takeover mission in the game. This mission is an important one as it will allow you to unlock the Class Mods to equip on your character.

Hostile Takeover is the main mission that becomes available quite early but requires your character level to reach at least to Level 12 or more. Once you are ready with your character and have decided to take on this mission, it is time to get in the action and take out some bad guys and a boss that you will encounter in the end.

Borderlands 3 Hostile Takeover Mission Guide

Below we have detailed the walkthrough of the Hostile Takeover mission in the game.

How to Complete

The first objective you get when you start this mission from the Sanctuary is to go and talk to Ellie. Her location will be marked on the map. Go talk to Ellie who will tell you about the Drop Pod. You need to get on a Drop Pod and then make your way to the Meridian Outskirts in Promethea. Get in the Drop Pod, and Ellie will launch you.

You will then be taken to the Meridian Outskirts. Here you will receive a signal that will lead you straight to Lorelei. The Distress Call signal will be marked on your map, and you just have to follow it. Once you reach the location, you will have to fight some enemies here, and also join alongside Lorelei as the fight ensues. Clear out the area, and talk to Lorelei.

Now follow Lorelei to make contact with Rhys. Get in a vehicle and follow Lorelei. You will come to a point where you will now encounter enemies and have to fight to defend some civilians. The enemies here are tough to beat and come with some armor shields. The best way to take them down is to first use a shock attack to deplete their shields and then fire away when they are vulnerable.

Your next task here is to free the Watershed Base and rid of all the enemies here. Once you make your way in the base, you will have to fight more enemies inside. When you have cleared all enemies, it is time to contact Rhys from the console.

Your next task is to find out where the source of weaponry that the Maliwan are using. This means you have to locate a weapons depot and destroy it. The first thing you need to do after contacting Rhys is to follow Lorelei and talk to her. Now Digistruct a vehicle and then make your way to talk to Zer0.

The next task is to go to the Maliwan weapons depot and then defeat the enemies here. Once you get in, you have to secure this area by fighting the waves of enemies that come to attack you. You will face a lot of Badass Heavies and their attacks are relentless. Once you have taken care of all the enemies and the area is rid of them, you need to loot the weapons depot. You also have to find an important item here that needs to be given to Zer0. It is the Holoblade upgrade.

Now it is time to meet Zer0 at the Halcyon Spaceport, where you will face the final boss in this mission. the boss is called the Gigamind. Your task here is to kill the boss and take its brain once it is defeated. The boss fight is tough and can be overwhelming as small enemies surge from all corners to attack you while you may be busy with Gigamind. It is best to take out all the small enemies and then focus on Gigamind.

Once Gigamind is dead, its brain will be nearby his corpse. Pick it up and then make your way back to Watershed Base where you will contact Rhys again. All that is left now is to insert the brain in the slot as marked terminal. After that, the mission will be completed.