How To Start The Siege And Destroy Mission
After completing the Wrath of the Ripper Queen mission and speaking to Mad Moxxi and Zane for the first time in Mad Moxxi’s Bottoms Up bar, you’ll be prompted to start the Siege and Destroy mission. This mission is a key part of the story in Borderlands 4, and it involves several challenging tasks.
Once the mission starts, your first task is to meet Zane, who will be under Moxxi’s Bottoms Up bar. From there, he’ll tell you to meet another character named Sophia. Before meeting her, speak to Moxxi at the bar. After a brief conversation, head left from the bar to find an opening leading outside with a revive station on the left.
When you get to the outside part of the bar, drop down and follow Zane to a circular latch door. Beyond this door, you’ll enter a location called the Pit, which has a large cage at the back. As you approach the cage, Sophia, a large Thresher, will pop out of the ground.
Once Zane finishes talking, you’ll be instructed to use your grapple whip on the two levers on Sophia’s cage. Doing so will free her. With the creature freed, you’ll need to grab her favorite chew toy to get her to attack your targets. It’ll be located right of the crate.
Now, follow Zane to another latch door with ammo crates around it. As this is happening, you’ll be told to destroy three catapults that are in the area just next to Sophia’s cage. When Zane opens the latch door, you’ll need to go through the tunnel to find the catapults.
How To Destroy The Catapults
For this next part, you’ll be getting help from Sophia, which should make things a little easier. All three catapults are taken down the same way, but one has an extra step that requires you to break its defenses.
As soon as you get out of the tunnel, turn left and then jump and glide over the gap. Upon landing, climb up the wall on the left, then climb up another wall on the right. When you reach the top, there will be an open space with a catapult on the other side.
First, you’ll be attacked by numerous enemies, so you’ll need to defeat them. Once you’ve cleared out the area, go to the catapult and use your grapple whip to get to the top of it. After, place Sophia’s chew toy on the middle bar and then jump off it. Sophia will automatically come and destroy the catapult.
With the first catapult gone, you can make your way to the second. Before heading to the second catapult, make sure you collect Sophia’s chew toy. It should be on a large crate. After that’s done, you can head to the second location, which is north of where you are.
Employ the use of the ECHO-4 bot to help you find your way. Even though the catapults are in proximity to each other, it’s still surprisingly easy to get lost in this mission. ECHO-4 will show you the most direct path, so you can get to each catapult quickly.
As mentioned, all catapults can be taken down the same way. This is true for the second one. Once you get to the area with the second catapult, defeat all the rippers first. When you’ve done that, simply use the chew toy again, and Sophia will continue her work.
How To Destroy The Third Catapult
Unlike the other two, the last catapult will have a dome force field around it that protects it from Sophia’s destruction. To bring the shield down, head to the building on the far left side of the catapult. It should be marked if you’re struggling to locate it.
Once you find the building, go to its back left corner, where you’ll find a ladder leading you to a path that will help you reach the top of the building. At the top, the switch to bring down the shield will be on the left of the platform.
Assuming the shield is gone, just like the other two catapults you dealt with, clear out the area and then place the chew toy at the top of the catapult. Then, for the final time, Sophia will surface and take down the last catapult.
How To Retake Carcadia City
After you’ve stopped all three catapults, Levaine will then ask you to repel the assault at Carcadia City. To reach this location, you’ll need to head east from the area of the third catapult. When you get to the entrance of Carcadia City, it’ll be blocked. To get through, clear out the area of Rippers.
As you fend off the Rippers, both Sofia and Zane will be by your side, assisting you, so this section of the mission shouldn’t be that hard. However, you may still face challenges because a few enemies aren’t only tougher than the rest, but they can also self-heal.
Stay close to Zane when you’re defending the city. When you go into the Fight for Your Life Mode, and if you’re near him, he can revive you without having to start over.
To continue fighting back against the Rippers, navigate to the city square where Callis, the Ripper Queen, unfortunately slays Sophia. After this tragic event happens, Callis will then order her forces, with the addition of the aforementioned miniboss, Captain Kuzma, to defeat you and Zane.
How To Defeat Captain Kuzma
Dealing with Rippers is easy, so completing this objective should be done first. Because, as you’re fighting Captain Kuzma, having fewer things to worry about can make the boss fight go by faster. On top of that, you’ll be taking far less damage.
When Captain Kuzma enters the area, he’ll be shielded. You can walk into his shield to bring down his health. However, a prompt will appear on his back that you can use your grapple whip to remove the shield. Regardless of which way you fight him, he’ll have more health bars you need to empty, which can be done by simply shooting at him.
How To Complete The Siege And Destroy Mission
After you’ve fought and stopped Calli’s frontal assault, and once Zane has mourned the loss of Sophia, you can finally meet Levaine in Carcadia City. She’ll be located in the main building just ahead of Sophia’s body. When you enter the building, a cutscene plays.
Once the cutscene finishes, you’ll have to talk to Zane and Levaine in the main hall. During the conversation, Levaine will tell you about a reward that you can collect outside the hall. To find the reward, head up the stairs behind Levaine and Zane, and look left.
You’ll find a doorway that will lead you to an open area. When you get to the doorway, turn right, and then go across the open space to the opposite wall. The crate holding your reward will be against the wall. As you collect the weapon (which will be different every time), the next story mission called Unpaid Tab starts.
