Borderlands 4’s Big Jump Glitch Is Wild And Won’t Be Patched

A newly found bug in open-world looter shooter Borderlands 4 is letting gamers use a particular legendary gun to fling themselves throughout giant sections of the sport’s map. It seems to be wild and could possibly be helpful for speedrunners. However Gearbox is watching the glitch and would possibly, if wanted, repair it to keep away from technical issues.

On September 19, Twitch streamer and content material creator Bahroo shared a video of himself taking part in Borderlands 4 whereas pulling off a method identified on-line as “Cricket Leaping.” The bug depends on a legendary handgun generally known as the “Noisy Cricket” and its highly effective kick, which sends gamers flying backward. The gun itself is a reference to the tiny gun with the same name seen in the ’90s sci-fi comedy film Men In Black. Usually, this isn’t probably the most helpful trait. However in the event you tab out or pause the sport on the proper time whereas charging up a shot with the Noisy Cricket, you’ll be able to ship your self flying for miles. It’s wild to observe in motion.

Cricket Leaping has been a identified bug since at the least September 16, as demonstrated in this short video uploaded by YouTube consumer Platinum. Nevertheless it wasn’t till Bahroo and different larger streamers and creators started sharing movies of the method that it caught on extra and have become extra publicly identified. And that spotlight finally acquired Cricket Leaping noticed by Borderlands 4′s inventive director Graeme Timmins. Whilst you would possibly assume somebody from Gearbox wouldn’t be glad about this bug, Timmins appeared open to not patching it out, offered it doesn’t break the sport.

“I’ve acquired my eye on this,” replied Timmins to a video of the bug on Twitter. “My solely fear is streaming points or if this introduces instability. Not out to smash folks’s enjoyable, however can’t have it trigger tech points. For now, tho, not going to do something till confirmed points come up.”

So for now, it looks like Gearbox goes to let folks Cricket Leap throughout Kairos, assuming it doesn’t smash the sport for different gamers or introduce some nasty, much less cool bug. Apart from, I think about Gearbox has a lot more to fix in Borderlands 4 proper now, like horrible console performance problems, and isn’t too involved a couple of foolish tremendous bounce bug.