Kairos Weekly #16 (October 25-31, 2026): Four Encore bosses, Phantom Flame is the Wildcard reward, The Hunt starts November 6
Four Big Encore bosses are up, and the Wildcard Mission now pays out the Jakobs pistol Phantom Flame. We also logged nine Legendary rolls this week; two of them are below.
Official news
- Weekly Activities refreshed (October 29). They arrive through a server-side update, so you only need to be online. After the main campaign, the ECHO menu’s Map tab shows them too.
- “This Month on Kairos” is new. A once-a-month post with dev news and community highlights, plus links to the latest weeklies and how to file a support ticket.
- The Hunt returns November 6. It runs through November 15 and raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; past Hunts have raised over $750,000 in total. This is the first one spanning Borderlands 2, 3 and 4.
Weekly Activities (October 29-November 5)
- Big Encore Bosses (Quadruple Threat): Core Observer, Divisioner, Fractis and Directive-0.
- Wildcard Mission: The Falling Wall (Sulfur Hexafluoride, Centripetal, Immovable). The reward is the Jakobs pistol Phantom Flame.
- Maurice’s Black Market Vending Machine moved. Everyone sees it in the same spot, but the stock differs per player, so compare notes with friends.
Our data
Since October 25 we logged nine Legendary rolls from screenshots. Two are relevant here.
Jelly (grenade)
| Item | Type | Logged roll |
|---|---|---|
| Jelly (Concussive prefix) | Ordnance (grenade) | Lv33, 1,487 damage, +83% knockback |
Jelly spawns two copies on impact, and each copy bounces up to four times, exploding as it goes. The Concussive prefix is what pushes this roll’s knockback so high. See our Jelly review for the full effect.
Shiny War Paint (repair kit)
| Item | Type | Logged roll |
|---|---|---|
| Shiny War Paint | Torgue repair kit | Lv34, +30% fire rate and +30% move speed for 15s |
Each hit you take shortens the cooldown by 2 seconds. The numbers match the base effect in our War Paint review. This roll also carried an extra +15% fire rate, and we haven’t pinned down which prefix it comes from.
Wildcard reward: Phantom Flame
We have a Phantom Flame review. It locks onto a target while you zoom, then fires the whole magazine at once, and it always deals fire damage. We haven’t logged a roll of it yet, so there are no numbers here. We’ll add one when we get it.
Sources
- Borderlands 4 Weekly Activities: Oct 29-Nov 5 (Steam)
- THIS MONTH ON KAIROS (Steam)
Rolls come from screenshots of our own play. Official details are in the linked sources.
FAQ
What are this week's Weekly Activities (Oct 29-Nov 5)?
Four Big Encore bosses: Core Observer, Divisioner, Fractis and Directive-0. The Wildcard Mission is The Falling Wall (Sulfur Hexafluoride, Centripetal, Immovable), rewarding the Jakobs pistol Phantom Flame. Maurice's Black Market Vending Machine has also moved.
When is The Hunt?
November 6-15, per the official post. It is a charity stream marathon for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the first one to span Borderlands 2, 3 and 4.
What is this week's hands-on data?
We logged nine Legendary rolls since October 25. Below are a Jelly and a Shiny War Paint.