Borderlands Cheats & Tips

The trophy, 1.21 Gigawatts! is a reference to how much energy the Delorean time machine needs to run in Back to the Future.

The title of the mission "Earl needs food... badly" is a reference to the classic NES game Gauntlet. When your character was low on health in Gauntlet, a voice would say "Blue Elf needs food badly!"

When you get the "Another Piece Of The Puzzle" quest (do not complete), you can go to a secret house in New Haven which is located behind Helena Pierces' house and to the left. When you enter the house, you take a lift down to the bottom. There is one regular weapon chest and a red weapon chest. The red weapon chest always contains the "Rider" gun, which is a reference to the Red Ryder BB gun from the classic movie A Christmas Story. The fact that the Rakk Hive also has Four eyes and you can shoot its eyes for critical hits is a reference to the main character in A Christmas Story, Ralphie, Who wore glasses(People who wear glasses can be called Four eyes in a way of demeaning) and all the people he asked for a BB Gun told him that he'd "Shoot his eye out". The weapon can only be found in this house. The weapon's manufacturer is "Gearbox" (the game's developer), as opposed to an in-game company such as Dahl, Hyperion, etc.

Go to the secret dock (farthest south point of the starting position) in Treacher's Landing where you get the "You're on a boat!" trophy. Shoot the yellow barrel to the right of the dock. Then, shoot the green barrel in the distant trash pile to the east of the boat. Shoot one of the blue barrels on the boat. Finally, shoot the red barrel in the water to the left of the boat. Prepare to start tripping.