Borderlands 4 Loveless Community Challenge "Tough Love": 10 Million Kills by September 28 for the Mint Chipset Skin
Tough Love, a Community Challenge for Loveless the Hacker, runs September 24–28. If the playerbase gets 10 million kills as Loveless, 2K will release a SHiFT code for the Mint Chipset Vault Hunter skin. It ends tomorrow, September 28.
The challenge
| Dates | September 24–28 per the Steam post; 2K’s website says September 25–28. Neither gives an end time or time zone |
| Goal | 10,000,000 combined kills while playing as Loveless |
| Reward | ”Mint Chipset” Vault Hunter skin (Loveless only) |
| How you get it | 2K posts a SHiFT code once the goal is met |
| Redemption | Once per SHiFT account, until December 31, 2030 |
You need the paid Loveless the Hacker DLC to take part and to equip the skin. 2K lists three routes: the Super Deluxe Edition if you don’t own the game yet, or the Vault Hunter Pack or the standalone Loveless DLC if you already have the Standard or Deluxe Edition. Loveless is the playable half of Story Pack 2, so you don’t need the FL4K and the Last Resort story content to join in.
Our data: which action skill farms kills best
The 10 million target is shared, so there’s no personal quota. If you’re going to grind anyway, though, it helps to know which skill keeps working the longest. These are the numbers we took at level 30 right after Version 1.10 went live.
| Plague Star | Visual Paradox Nexus | Malignant Construct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | Contagion 15 s | 25 s | Wyrm 35 s |
| Cooldown | 25 s | 40 s | 45 s |
| Base uptime | ~60% (10 s gap every cycle) | 62.5% | ~78% |
| Key numbers | 828 damage; Contagion up to 20 stacks, 64 DoT/s | +30% move speed and +25% crit damage on cast; 3 s stealth on kill | Wyrm melee 382; up to 25 Symbiosis stacks (base) |
For mob farming, we’d pick Malignant Construct. The Wyrm stays out for 35 seconds and keeps hitting things while you shoot, and nothing else comes close on uptime. Its capstone, nuk.exe, has the Wyrm open a Singularity that blows up after 7 seconds for 3,184 radiation damage in a wide radius, on a 10-second cooldown.
Plague Star (Virology) is about stacking Contagion. The proliferat.exe capstone doubles every enemy’s stacks and then grants overshield based on the stack count: 5% per stack, 100% at 20. That’s strong against bosses, but the 10-second hole in every cycle hurts when you’re chaining trash packs.
Visual Paradox Nexus (Hack / Slash) is a single-target sniping setup. The accelerat.exe capstone adds +250% gun damage to shots fired through the gate, but you get 3 base shots (plus one per absorbed clone) on a 30-second cooldown. It’s the weakest of the three for raw kill count.
Full action skill numbers and all nine capstones are on our Loveless character guide.
Older skins are still available
According to the announcement, SHiFT codes from earlier Community Challenges can still be redeemed: C4SH’s skin, the outfits for Harlowe, Rafa, Amon and Vex, and the February and March challenge skins. The links are on 2K’s page below.
Sources
- Loveless Community Challenge: Tough Love (2K)
- Loveless Community Challenge: Tough Love (Steam)
- Our data: own measurements at level 30 on Version 1.10 (September 11–12, 2026)
FAQ
When does the Tough Love Community Challenge run, and what is the goal?
It runs September 24 to 28 (2K's website version of the post says September 25). If players get 10,000,000 kills in total while playing as Loveless, 2K will post a SHiFT code for the reward. The announcement doesn't give an end time or time zone, so don't leave your contribution to the last evening.
Who can use the Mint Chipset skin?
It's a Vault Hunter skin for Loveless only. You need the paid Loveless the Hacker DLC both to count toward the challenge and to equip the skin. The SHiFT code can be redeemed once per account until December 31, 2030.
Which Loveless action skill is best for racking up kills?
In our measurements, Malignant Construct has the highest base uptime at about 78% (35 s duration, 45 s cooldown), and the Wyrm stays on the field clearing trash for you. Plague Star lasts 15 s on a 25 s cooldown, so there's always a 10-second gap.