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Borderlands 4 Guide

How to Unlock the Legendary Lead Balloon Shotgun

Updated on Sep 30, 2025
Sep 30, 2025

Overview

Lead Balloon is a legendary Torgue shotgun that shoots grenade-esque shells that explode to spawn three smaller grenades.

Enemies can take damage from both the initial explosion and that of the small follow up grenades.

Lead Balloon Tooltip


How to Unlock

Unlock Location:

  • Progress through the story until reaching the very south of the Fadefields area.
  • You will encounter Splashzone, the first major campaign boss after the tutorial.

borderlands 4 splashzone location

Farm Method:

  • Defeat Splashzone in the south of Fadefields.
  • After completing the story mission, return to his arena.
  • Use the Encore Machine nearby to reset the fight.
  • Repeatedly defeat Splashzone until Lead Balloon drops.

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