Explore the Cuspid Climb region in Terminus Range, Borderlands 4, with this detailed guide. Find ECHO Logs, Vault Symbols, and complete side missions with all collectibles and activities clearly mapped out.
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Cuspid Climb Overview Map
Below is the Cuspid Climb Overview Map, which includes all collectibles and activities.
Cuspid Climb POI’s
The Cuspid Climb has nine POIs – Points of Interest – on the map, marked with a blue pin. Below you will find all the POIs highlighted on the map.
1 – The Shredded Summit
2 – Dusk’s Advent
3 – Punitive Manufactorium
4 – Cloudbank
5 – The Goredello
6 – The Lambent Mines
7 – Wreck of the Big Carl
8 – Checkpoint Vermillion
9 – Hollowhome
Collectibles
Vault Hunter’s Guide to Kairos – 2
1 – Home on the Range
2 – Terminus Range
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1 – Home on the Range
The first guide is attached to a tree just west of Ancient Crawler: The Stonewarden, near a creep nest.
Description:
“Arjay rightfully hates creeps.”
2 – Terminus Range
You can find this Vault Hunter’s Guide to Kairos ECHO Log hanging on a tree at the eastern border of Heart of the Mountain. The Side Mission “It’s a Whole Phase Situation” will lead you to this location.
Description:
“Arjay tours the Terminus Range.”
ECHO Logs – 17
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1 – Book Smarts
The ECHO Log is inside the house at the northwestern corner of Cuspid Climb, right at the border to Stoneblood Forest.
Description:
“Harlowe struggles with a certain device.”
2 – Rafa Lives
There is an ECHO on top of a tower in the center of Dusk’s Advent, right where the POI pin is on the map. Grapple up to the tower just east of it to glide over there!
Description:
“Rafa: 1, Tediore:0.”
3 – Vex’s Biggest Fan
The ECHO Log is on top of the hill south of the Heritage Opus Safehouse.
Description:
“Vex tries meeting a fellow Siren.”
4 – Death!
This Log is on the top floor of the unnamed eastern bridge checkpoint by the river. A bobblehead is just behind it.
Description:
“An honorable death awaits Calder’s Clave.”
5 – You’re Mine
In the Story Mission “Shadow of the Mountain,” you will enter the Lambent Mines, a big hall with Order hostiles inside a mountain. This ECHO log is on the ground floor, lying on top of metal crates.
Description:
“A mine shuts down and its workers learn their fate.”
6 – False Start
Follow the story until you reach Calder’s office to pick up the relic. Next door is a control room with this ECHO Log near one of the terminals.
Description:
“Calder’s plan stops before it can begin.”
7 – Lictor’s Grasp
In the Story Mission “Shadow of the Mountain,” you will pick up beacons and place them in certain spots. In the area, where you have to place beacon three and four, there is a meat grinder with this ECHO Log lying in front of it..
Description:
“Stellan and Arden discuss Vile Lictor’s control.”
8 – A Siren Scam
There is an ECHO Log in the northern parts of the Cloudbank settlement. Climb the center tower to the second floor, where you can follow a pink arrow pointing to a ladder. Climb this ladder and cross over to the northern side to find it.
Description:
“Vex reflects on one of her past jobs.”
9 – Welcome to the Conclave
There is another ECHO Log at Cloudbank. It’s in the southern building.
Description:
“Calder is exhausted after joining the Council of Claves.”
10 – Thresher Overboard
On the top level of the boat, just west of the Grey Havenage Safehouse.
Description:
“Some creatures don’t belong on ships.”
11 – Pick a Clave
This ECHO Log is on top of a tower in the settlement just south of the Goredello POI.
Description:
“Some children don’t want to follow in their parents’ footsteps.”
12 – A Siren’s Silence
Take the Order Silo: The Reliquary zipline to a mountain platform in the north. There is an ECHO Log there. It’s also the location of the Vault Fragment.
Description:
“Amara tries contacting other sirens through meditation.”
13 – A Radical View
This one is in a small settlement northeast of Checkpoint Vermillion and east of the Wreck of the Big Carl. You will get past here during the Side Mission: Flat Kairoser.
Description:
“Calder shares his private views on the Order.”
14 – The Coalition
Northeast of the Checkpoint Vermillion POI is an Order Base with two main structures. One on the hill and the other below. This Log is inside one of the structures of the hillside Order base.
Description:
“Wait, did she say milkshakes?”
15 – Tore the Gods Asunder
From the previous ECHO Log, head uphill to find a grapple point that takes you a camp with the next ECHO Log.
Description:
“Amon recites some of his favorite poetry.”
16 – Sticky Fingers
The ECHO Log is in the western part of Checkpoint Vermillion in the south of Cuspid Climb. Reach the top level to find it.
Description:
“Calder gets a request for high-caliber help.”
17 – A Guide to Gorgeousness
The Log is in the eastern parts of the Hollowhome ripper settlement in the south of Cuspid Climb.
Description:
“Rafa knows some beauty is skin deep.”
Dead Bolts – 7
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1 – Put Up or Shut Up
This one is on the top of the overhead tracks in the northwest of the region. Use the Order Silo to get on top of the tracks.
Description:
“Tonch K’viks. Epitah. 11,388 hours. Offline.”
2 – Goals
This Dead Bolt is on top of a truck just southeast of the Dusk’s Advent POI marker.
Description:
“Albie Cheslyn. Eden-5. 68 hours. Offline.”
3 – Stretched Out
The Dead Bolt is in the northwestern parts of Cloudbank, inside a hut.
Description:
“Layan Allard. Sercannus-5. 27,908 hours. Offline.”
4 – Togetherness
Another Dead Bolt is in the valley east of The Goredollo.
Description:
“Meilland Gunderson, Kairos. 368,796 hours. Offline.”
5 – The Toll
East of the Lambent Mines is a stretched-out Order base. Make sure you climb to the top of it to find this wrecked truck with the Dead Bolt in front of it.
Description:
“Daltaki Hide. Gehenna. 27,506 hours. Offline.”
6 – The Confidence of the Inexperienced
Travel to the Wreck of the Big Carl, where you can find this dead bolt in the south, by a destroyed hut.
Description:
“Boon Bexon. Ninhursag. 22,776 hours. Offline.”
7 – The Chase
From the Order Silo: The Reliquary, follow the path down to find a camp with a Dead Bolt.
Description:
“Kypin Proud. Nyja. 218 hours. Offline.”
Lost Capsules – 3
1 – Heritage Opus Safehouse
2 – Cloudbank
3 – The Lambent Mines
1 – Heritage Opus Safehouse
The Lost Capsule is in a canyon cave just west of the Heritage Opus Safehouse. Carry it back to the Heritage Opus Safehouse to decipher. Best to clear out the Order forces before heading out to get the Lost Capsule.
2 – Cloudbank
For the Lost Capsule south of Cloudbank, reach the back of Cloudbank, where you can drop down to find the Lost Capsule there. Take it to the Grey Havenage Safehouse.
3 – The Lambent Mines
The last Lost Capsule is south of the Lambent Mines on top of the elevator tower. Take it to the Heritage Opus Safehouse.
Propaganda Speakers – 3
1 – Heritage Opus Safehouse
2 – The Lambent Mines
3 – Checkpoint Vermillion
1 – Heritage Opus Safehouse
The first one is just southeast of the Heritage Opus Safehouse.
2 – The Lambent Mines
There is a Propaganda Speaker at the Order base south of the Lambent Mines POI.
3 – Checkpoint Vermillion
There is a Propaganda Speaker on the western side of Checkpoint Vermillion in the south of Cuspid Climb.
Evocarium – 2
1 – Eridian: Shadows
2 – Eridian: Gift
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1 – Eridian: Shadows
The Eridian Evocarium is in the northwest of Cuspid Climb, north of the Cloundbank POI. It’s in the center of a settlement occupied by the Order. Interact with it to reveal the three orbs.
One of them is on top of the building just north of the Evocarium. You can jump up the ledges and balconies to reach it.
The second Orb is on top of the tower at the other side of the road. There is a climbable wall with a grapple to reach it.
The third Orb is on a ledge just south of the Evocarium. Return to the Evocarium after having collected all three orbs to receive the Eridian ECHO Log collectible.
2 – Eridian: Gift
The Eridian Evocarium is in the south of Cuspid Climb at the Hollowhome Point of Interest – a ripper settlement. Interact with it to reveal the three orbs.
For the first one, look to the east to find it on one of the roofs. You can just glide over to reach it.
The second Orb is on the roof of the shrine in the south. Get up to the bridge above of the Evocarium to reach this orb.
The third Orb is on top of the tower in the northeast. Reach the very top of the area and glide down to get it. Return to the Evocarium after having collected all three orbs to receive the Eridian ECHO Log collectible.
Auger Shrines – 5
1 – Cloudbank West
2 – Heart of the Mountain
3 – The Lambent Mines
4 – Checkpoint Vermillion Northwest
5 – Checkpoint Vermillion Northeast
1 – Cloudbank West
There is a Ripper settlement west of the Cloudbank POI. In the western parts of this settlement is an Auger Shrine.
2 – Heart of the Mountain
You can find this Auger Shrine at the eastern border of Heart of the Mountain. The Side Mission “It’s a Whole Phase Situation” will lead you to this location.
3 – The Lambent Mines
There is a stretched-out Order camp to the east of the Lambent Mines. Make sure to also reach the top of it, where you can discover this Auger Shrine on the top level.
4 – Checkpoint Vermillion Northwest
You can find this Auger Shrine by climbing up to the Shrine in the “Flat Kairoser” Side Mission. At the shrine, look for this climbable wall. The Auger Shrine is at the top.
5 – Checkpoint Vermillion Northeast
Another shrine that can be found during the “Flat Kairoser” Side Mission, while looking for a suitable launch site.
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Vault Fragment – 1
Take the Order Silo: The Reliquary zipline to a mountain platform in the north. There is an ECHO Log there, but also Logan, a named mauler living inside a cave in the northeast. In here is the Vault Fragment.
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Vault Symbols – 4
1 – Punitive Manufactorium
2 – The Gorodello Waterfall
3 – Order Silo: The Reliquary
4 – Ancient Crawler: The Great Work
1 – Punitive Manufactorium
In the Side Mission “Angry Mob”, you have to enter the brute factory in the east of Cuspid Climb to find parts for Bruce. Here, in the main cave, at the top of an ice grinder robot, is the Vault Symbol.
2 – The Goredello Waterfall
South of the Goredello Point of Interest, there’s a waterfall. Behind this waterfall is a hidden cave where you’ll find the Vault Symbol.
3 – Order Silo: The Reliquary
This Vault Symbol is right next to the open Order Silo: The Reliquary.
4 – Ancient Crawler: The Great Work
This Vault Symbol is just south of the Ancient Crawler: The Great Work, near the power core needed for the Ancient Crawler. Use a nearby grapple point to reach it.
Activities
Ancient Crawler: The Great Work
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This Ancient Crawler is in the southeast of the Cuspid Climb region.
The Power Core you need for the crawler is at the structure in the south of the crawler. There is a grapple point at the cliff to the right.
The power core is right next to a ramp that you can use to jump – glide over to the Ancient Crawler. As always, you can’t climb with the power core, so either throw it ahead or grapple it after the climb. To reach the deposit, you have to grapple with two platforms. One is on a container hanging from a crane, and the other is to reach the deposit itself.
Ancient Crawler: The Stonewarden
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The Stonewarden is in the center of Cuspid Climb. The access point is the road approaching the crawler from the east.
The Power Core you need for the crawler is at the base of the crawler.
Access the Ancient Crawler at the south, where one of the drilling machines is. To get to the top, you have to throw the power core up to the last platform, then look to the south to see a climbable wall that you can use to glide over to the top of the crawler.
Auger Mine: Whistler’s Maw
The access point for the Whistler’s Maw Auger mine is the valley just east of the Goredello POI.
Go into the mine and follow the path to the first room with manglers. From there, jump onto a ladder to go deeper. Cross the next small room with miners, then clear the blocked crawlspace by destroying the boxes. In the following ice cave, head west along the ice path.
Keep following the icy path to a cave with a center platform. Jump onto the platform and grapple up to the other side, where you have to glide to the top level of the cave that has a loot box. There is a vent cover you can grapple to open up a passage. This will lead to the vending machines and the boss fight against Shadowpelt.
Order Silo: Covered Charge
The Order Silo: Covered Charge is in the northwest of Cuspid Climb. Access point is a cave just southeast of the marker on the map.
Order Silo: The Reliquary
The second Order Silo is in the southern parts of the Cuspid Climb. After taking care of the rippers occupying it, you can capture it.
Ripper Drill Site: The Old Scrape
The Ripper Drill Site is in the south of Cuspid Climb. Fight and defeat Saddleback and the Immortal Boneface.
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Safehouse: Grey Havenage
You can easily glide over to the Grey Havenage Safehouse when coming from Cloundbank in the north.
The datapad is on top of the tower in the southeast of the Safehouse. Use the tower in the south to get there. It has a grapple point. Glide back to the Safehouse and use the top floor entrance to get inside and capture it.
Safehouse: Heritage Opus
The Heritage Opus Safehouse can be climbed from the southeastern side. There is a climbable metal wall. On the second level, look for a grapple point to climb even higher.
On the third level is a metal wall that takes you up to the fourth level, where the datapad is, on top of the bell’s roof. You can climb the nearby boxes and double-jump-glide over to retrieve it. Enter the main building and interact with the terminal to capture the Safehouse.
Bobbleheads
Eastern River Checkpoint
This bobblehead is on the top floor of the unnamed, eastern bridge checkpoint by the river. The ECHO Log collectible: “Death!” is only a few steps away.
Checkpoint Vermillion – Auger Shrine
From the Auger Shrine at Checkpoint Vermillion, glide over to the mountain in the north, where you can find a bobblehead.
Lambent Mines – Lost Capsule
There is a bobblehead in the same tower as the Lost Capsule, south of the Lambent Mines POI.
Side Missions
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Wayward Gun
Side Mission Start:
Dusk’s Advent – Emile
What it is about:
Help defeat the walking guns.
Side Mission Steps:
-> Defeat the guns: …attacking Dusk’s Advent.
-> Talk to Dash: In the house to the west, across the river.
-> Reach ammo storage: Follow the road to the southwest. It’s just west of Ancient Crawler: The Stonewarden.
-> Disable barrier: There is a generator on the roof just above the barrier. Shoot it. The second generator is in the tower just opposite the barrier. Look for a grapple to climb it.
-> Take catch-tainers: Enter the storage and grab the highlighted boxes.
-> Place catch-tainers: To the west, by the road.
-> Trap Tediore offspring: Take one of the small boxes and throw it at a gun to catch them. You can use the same box for the total of 5 guns.
-> Defeat the bomb squad & Josey: They appear after you catch the Tediores.
-> Capture 6 extra Tediores: For extra XP.
-> Reach Rock Bottom, defeat more guns: At the Cloudbank POI in the west. There are three waves of guns on the ground floor. You have to walk around a bit to trigger them inside the marked area.
-> Battle PEWPEW and his army: Spawns after the third wave on the second floor of the center tower.
-> Enter the GIM, defeat PEWPEW: Cross over to the north on top of the center tower. There is also an ECHO Log here. At the end, PEWPEW won’t be harmed by bullets and must be melee’d.
-> Reboot GIM core: At the nearby terminal. This completes the side mission.
Peak Performance
Side Mission Start:
The Shredded Summit – Claptrap.
What it is about:
Another parkour lesson with Claptrap.
Side Mission Steps:
-> Jump, climb, grapple: Up to the pillar to the west.
-> Get up here: There is a grapple point above you. Use it to glide to the next location.
-> Find a way up: Just use the grapple points.
-> Begin challenge 1: Jump across to the north and use the grapple to reach the top.
-> Jump and grapple: To the south, upwards grapple.
-> Almost there…: Another grapple up.
-> Complete challenge 1: To the platform in the southeast. There is a grapple on the other side. Need to turn mid-air to grapple up.
-> Down you go: Down the chute.
-> Begin challenge 2: Jump and glide over to the northeast.
-> Glide and grapple: To the tower in the northwest.
-> Grapple upward: Onto the platform that he brought in.
-> Get up high: There is no direct way. You need to work your way around, starting with the platform in the southwest (same path as before).
-> Complete challenge 2: On the platform in the southeast.
-> Begin challenge 3: Down at the bottom.
-> Flip and grip: You need to use the grapple in the northeast, then look back and grapple onto the platform.
-> Complete challenge 3: You now need to use the grapples towards the southwest to reach the top. Need to do a couple of grapples mid-air. This will finish this tedious mission.
Way Too Chill
Side Mission Start:
Cloudbank – Calder
What it is about:
Find Auger Scout high in the mountains.
Side Mission Steps:
-> Reach path less traveled: Southeast of the start location. After two grapple points on the buildings, use a metal wall to climb up. The scout is in a cave, there at the top.
-> Talk to Auger scout, take power cell
-> Use power cell: Climb further up using the vertical wind canal.
-> Hack device: The monitor is on the other side of it.
-> Use switch: On the device.
Flat Kairoser
Side Mission Start:
Checkpoint Vermillion – Skeptical Sam
What it is about:
Can you prove Kairos is round?
Side Mission Steps:
-> Take flat Kairos
-> Stomp gang globe: Smash it with double-jump & crouch.
-> Follow Sam: To the southwest.
-> Reach shrine: Grapple up to find the shrine. Before the next step, make sure you pick up the Auger Shrine Collectible here. Look for a climbable metal wall that leads you there.
-> Reach wrecked ship: North of the shrine by the coast.
-> Collect surveying equipment: Two of them are on the ground floor (see screenshot). The third one is on top of the shipwreck.
-> Find a suitable launch site: A long climb follows that starts at this location.
->Place atmospheric surveyors: At the target location.
-> Activate surveyors: Interact with each of the three.
->Find first balloon: Southeast of the Shredded Summit POI. Shoot the balloon at the location.
-> Retrieve data from surveyor.
-> Find next balloon: In the northwest of Cuspid Climb, by the border to Stoneblood Forest. It is on top of a house. When you shoot it it will be stuck. To get it down, you just have to get close to it to grapple it.
-> Retrieve data from surveyor.
->Talk to Sam: He’s at the Gilded Drop, Stoneblood Forest.
-> Upload surveyor photos: At the highlighted terminal.
Forgive Me
Side Mission Start:
Cave behind a Waterfall, East of Order Silo: The Reliquary. Fight the ripper in the cave, and he drops a Dead Bolt that starts the mission.
What it is about:
Find Zanzibart’s resting place.
Side Mission Steps:
-> Find Zanzibart’s final resting place: There is no path marked for this mission. But you will see how far away it is from your current distance in the mission tab of the menu. This will get you to a cave in the very north of Stoneblood Forest, next to the northernmost Order outpost.
-> Lay Zanzibart’s bolt to rest: At the bottom of the cave.
-> Slay Myrmidon
-> Hearken to Vycaria’s tale: Listen to the tale (it’s a long one) to complete the mission.
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Borderlands 4
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