Borderlands 3 Diamond Keys give you a room full of loot and a timer to pick what you want (2025)

Borderlands 3 Diamond Keys give you a room full of loot and a timer to pick what you want (1)

Borderlands 3 Diamond Keys are a new way to unlock powerful loot, all while agonizing over which powerful loot you want the most before the clock runs out.

Gearbox revealed Diamond Keys in a new update on Borderlands 3's upcoming Director's Cut, which is set to arrive on April 8. They work sort of like the Golden Keys you can earn by staying tuned to the Borderlands social media accounts, but they're even more lucrative. Rather than keeping your head on a swivel for Insta posts, you can earn Diamond Keys as a reward for leveling up the new Vault Cards coming in the Director's Cut content - Gearbox says Diamond Keys will be very rare, but it sounds like they'll be worth the wait.

Once you get your hands on a Diamond Key, you'll be able to use it at the new Diamond Armory located beneath the Bridge on Sanctuary III. Activate the Diamond Chest with the key, and shutters on the three surrounding walls will open to reveal a buffet of gear. The trick is, you can only pick one item off of each wall - that's one shield, one weapon, and one grenade - and you only have a limited amount of time to make your choice before the shutters will slam shut again. If you're too wracked by indecision to make all your picks in time, you'll receive a random item from the walls you didn't pick.

Then you get one last reward as the Diamond Chest itself finally opens, revealing a Legendary piece of gear. To sum that all up, one Diamond Key gets you four pieces of gear, including at least one Legendary.

The new Vault Cards will also unlock new cosmetic gear, and even once you clear all their unique rewards, you can keep leveling them up indefinitely for more Eridium and Diamond Keys (as well as higher-leveled versions of the stuff you already got).

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Borderlands 3 Diamond Keys give you a room full of loot and a timer to pick what you want (2)

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Borderlands 3 Diamond Keys give you a room full of loot and a timer to pick what you want (2025)

FAQs

How does the diamond loot room work? ›

Activate the Diamond Chest with a single-use Diamond Key, and the shutters on those three walls will snap open, revealing a trove of exceptional items. With so much sweet loot staring you in the face, you'll feel like a kid in a candy store. But take heed—once you've opened the Diamond Chest, the clock starts ticking.

Is Borderlands 3 loot random? ›

Borderlands 3 is a looter shooter, a game where every enemy turns into a slot machine. Enemies drop items and these items are randomly generated from “loot pools”.

How do you know how many golden keys you have in Borderlands 3? ›

The bottom right of the screen should show a key icon with the number "5" to indicate the five keys are in the player's possession.

How does the diamond challenge work? ›

The Diamond Challenge is a platform for teens from around the world to learn entrepreneurship, engage with a like-minded community and compete for $100,000 in awards. High school students participate in a year-long program and develop ideas to address pressing challenges they've identified.

Does True Vault Hunter mode give better loot Borderlands 3? ›

Is it better to farm for loot in TVHM or Normal, when activating Mayhem levels? In short, what the answer appears to be is that since there are more badass enemies, who generally drop better loot, in story segments or Proving Grounds or Slaughterhouse, you are probably going to get more legendary drops in TVHM.

Is there a secret stash in Borderlands 3? ›

Other Answers. it's in your room, on the ship, sanctuary 3. it's the room to the right, pretty much right after the machine that saves items, right in front of you when you teleport to the ship.

What is the secret code in Borderlands 3? ›

All New Borderlands 3 SHiFT Codes - Updated October 2021
Shift CodeGolden KeysPlatform
CTWJB-H5HSW-R96RS-5R3BB-H33K55All
ZFKJ3-TT3BB-JTBJT-T3JJT-JWX9H3All
HXKBT-XJ6FR-WBRKJ-J3TTB-RSBHR1All
ZFKJ3-TT6FF-KTFKT-T3JJT-JWX361All
20 more rows

Does Borderlands 3 have cheat codes? ›

Borderlands 3 Shift codes come in two forms, although only the Golden Keys above have been dished out so far. Here's the gist: Golden Keys will unlock a special chest that is guaranteed to give you an item (usually a gun) of a high rarity. Shift codes often grant a batch of a few golden keys to use.

Is there really a billion guns in Borderlands 3? ›

According to Paul Sage, the game's Creative Director, one billion guns is a conservative estimate. That's right, Borderlands 3 has even more than one billion guns. It doesn't seem like anyone at Gearbox actually knows how many guns are in the game, but they are confident it's way over one billion.

What does the golden key unlock? ›

Golden Keys are required to unlock the Locked Gold Chests found in the Dungeon, Old Shaking Chest in the Cavern Layer, and Golden Lock Boxes obtained by fishing in the Dungeon. A Golden Key is consumed upon use, so unlocking each Gold Chest will require an additional key.

How does the loot system work in COC? ›

The level of your opponent's Town Hall influences how much loot is available to steal from the village. If you attack a player of lower Town Hall level, the loot you stand to gain is less than when you attack someone at your level.

How does the great vault loot work? ›

If you completed 3 or fewer M+ dungeons in a week, on reset, you would get one item offered in your Great Vault. Its ilevel would be based on the highest level dungeon that you completed. If you completed at least 4, but fewer than 8 M+ dungeons in a week, on reset, you would get two items offered in your Great Vault.

How to claim Vault Card rewards? ›

Once the card has levelled up once, you are given a chest with a random reward. Once a chest has been opened, you need to level up the Vault Card again to get another. Once you have enough keys, you are able to purchase any of the rewards on the corresponding Vault Card.

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