'Possibly the Dumbest Move Ever' — Borderlands 4 Players Keep Making a Devastating Mistake With the Legendary Vending Machine Quest

Borderlands 4 has been retired for 2 weeks now, which means players person travel to recognize overmuch astir however Gearbox’s looter shooter works. But there’s 1 quest successful peculiar that I support seeing origin fans occupation — done nary responsibility of their own.

Warning! Spoilers for Borderlands 4 follow:

The quest successful question is called Vend of the Line, which IGN has a adjuvant walkthrough for if you’re wondering however it each works. In brief, it involves a vending instrumentality that, eventually, lets you prime 1 from a hefty lineup of Legendary-tier weapons, each priced conscionable $1. You lone get to prime 1 weapon, and erstwhile you do, the instrumentality shuts down permanently.

Vend of the Line is causing immoderate Borderlands 4 players hearbreak.

The occupation is, players are inadvertently locking themselves retired of the legendary point reward by instantly selling each the junk successful their inventory retired of wont erstwhile they interact with the vending instrumentality astatine the extremity of the quest. For immoderate reason, the crippled considers this a transaction and the vending instrumentality shuts down, leaving players who’d soldiered done the quest’s galore steps bare handed.

I started noticing players complaining astir the quest astir a week ago, erstwhile threads connected subreddits, posts successful Discords and connected societal media expressed vexation and disorder astir the situation. “Possibly the dumbest determination ever,” declared redditor iwasagummybear. “So, I conscionable finished the legendary vending instrumentality quest for anybody who knows that one, and astatine the extremity you get 1 changeable to bargain thing from it, yes? So what bash I do? We'll, I instantly merchantability each the junk successful my inventory, and since it considers that a transaction the instrumentality shuts down and I get perfectly thing for my efforts. Please person a bully laughter astatine my expense.”

There are many, galore much reports of precisely the aforesaid happening happening to different unsuspecting Borderlands 4 players.

I conscionable fucked up the Vend of the enactment quest! #Borderlands4 pic.twitter.com/PNG6wjHRd9

— Ellis :D (@EllisDaly_) September 17, 2025

For anyone playing Borderlands 4..... Don't ABSOLUTELY DONT accidently merchantability your junk to the vending instrumentality astatine the extremity of Vend of the Line...... Thank maine later....

— Smii_ 🔜 Twitchcon San Diego (@Smii_lol) September 17, 2025

@GearboxOfficial BL4, Vend of the line.. Zane says you tin lone bargain 1 point earlier the legendary vending instrumentality shuts down forever.... however, it besides shuts down everlastingly if you merchantability an item!! Fix it Gearbox, springiness maine the vending instrumentality backmost 😭😭🤮

— Adam Lines (@LinesAdam) September 19, 2025

“PSA: Don't property the ‘sell loot’ fastener connected the legendary vending instrumentality astatine the extremity of the Vend of the Line quest,” warned different player. “Doing truthful counts arsenic your 1 use, and the instrumentality volition unopen down, ending the quest. I decidedly didn't bash that connected instinct, and I perfectly did it for the involvement of investigating truthful that cipher volition marque a anserine mistake similar that........”

You can’t rollback saves successful Borderlands 4, of course, truthful if you messiness this 1 up there’s nary going back. And making matters worse, Vend of the Line is simply a non-replayable mission. And, it’s worthy noting that completing Vend of the Line successful co-op volition lone let 1 subordinate to assertion a legendary, and since the ngo is non-replayable, the subordinate who does not person the limb volition beryllium locked retired of the quest entirely. Bummer!

Honestly, the "vend of the line" quest successful @Borderlands #borderlands4 pissed maine disconnected truthful much, I had to instrumentality a break. Playing successful coop, different idiosyncratic sells to vending machine, it closes for some of us. Can't get a lego. Quest says you tin lone BUY once. All that enactment to get boned. Thx

— MissingPluto (@missingplutotoo) September 22, 2025

@GearboxOfficial astatine slightest enactment a fucking informing popular up for players playing vend of the enactment successful a coop league that the ngo needs to beryllium completed solo fucking insane that this needs to beryllium said

— Закари (@WookieeSoup) September 21, 2025

The question is whether this is intended by Gearbox oregon a bug, and, if it’s the latter, whether it volition beryllium tweaked. Gearbox has said it’s keeping an oculus connected feedback truthful you’d similar to deliberation it’s alert of the concern with this quest successful particular, and we cognize patches are connected the way.

Indeed, it seems Borderlands 4 is filled with “unintended interactions.” Players person discovered overpowered builds that origin monolithic damage, adjacent to the game’s toughest bosses connected the hardest difficulties. The astir infamous of these is 'the knife,' which Gearbox has said it’s alert of but won’t nerf conscionable yet. But there’s different that causes bosses truthful overmuch harm truthful quickly, it triggers a “Total Existence Failure.”

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