Everything You Need to Know About Borderlands 3: Guns, Love, and Tentacles DLC

After a long gap in the franchise following the release of 2012’s Borderlands 2, Borderlands 3 launched in 2019. Available on a variety of platforms, the first-person action RPG is a triumphant return for Gearbox Software. The game features entirely new weapons, items, and characters as well as a fresh setting across different planets. Of course, it also contains all of the looting mechanics from previous titles that players are familiar with.

Just like the other entries in the series, Borderlands 3 is set to have a number of big DLC expansions. The first of these story packs was “Moxxi’s Heist of the Handsome Jackpot” and the second has just been released. Now, the second DLC, “Guns, Love, and Tentacles,” has been released. Here is everything you need to know about it before you start playing.

It has a Lovecraftian theme

Almost every piece of DLC released in the Borderlands franchise has had some sort of theme attached to it. For example, “Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep” was a Dungeons & Dragons parody. “Guns, Love, and Tentacles” is a Lovecraftian experience, taking ideas from H.P. Lovecraft’s stories. This includes the concept of Cthulhu and the various adaptations based on the mythos of the cosmic entity. Unfortunately, this means it also contains some of Lovecraft’s more problematic views such as racism and discrimination.

The story involves the wedding of Hammerlock and Jakobs

The Borderlands series has never hidden the fact that Hammerlock is a gay character. With this latest DLC, the character is now getting married to Jakobs. In fact, the main story of the expansion revolves around the wedding of the two characters. A homophobic cult leader is attempting to stop the ceremony and ensure it doesn’t take place. The main quest sees you trying to stop the cult leader from succeeding.