Borderlands 3 (BL3) has 27 Named Locations in Nekrotafeyo. This guide shows all of them for each zone on Planet: Nekrotafeyo. This unlocks Exoarchaeolo—You Get the Gist trophy or achievement.
None of the named locations are missable! You can still discover all of them after the story in free-roam. You can go back to all relevant places during the endgame.
To keep track of your progress, open the map and hit the L3 / Left Stick. You can check this map by map or if you zoom out to the planet map select you can see the total progress on that planet.
Simply step into every named location, you just need to stand in the right spot. When you find something new it always says “Area Discovered” with the location name in the middle of the screen. There is no need to uncover (turn blue) the whole map, you just need to stand in the specific spots to register them.
It’s best to keep the locations for last and do all side missions first. The reason being that certain areas are locked behind specific side missions. After having done every main- and side mission in the game you will be able to access all places. Until then some named areas are unreachable.
The guide below lists the Zones in the same order as Nekrtafeyo’s fast travel select. If you haven’t unlocked a zone yet you must advance further in the story.
- Desolation’s Edge: 9
- Tazendeer Ruins: 8
- The Pyre of Stars: 10
The Purple Marker in the images shows the exact spot.
For the named location on all other Planets see Borderlands 3 All Named Locations Guide.
Desolation’s Edge
Desolation’s Edge Named Location: 9
- Echelon Reef
- The Conqueror
- Quietus Pike
- The Chancellor’s Throat (Side Mission: Bad Vibrations)
- In the Wake of Doubt
- The Stain
- A Testament to Longing
- Twilight Arcade
- Engine of Decay
Tazendeer Ruins
Tazendeer Named Locations: 8
- Cadenza in Two Parts
- The Last House
- Charnel Keep
- The Knight of Glass
- Penitence and Light (*must take elevator up there)
- An Eternal Silence
- The Blind Mill
- Vault of the Serpent (*inside Vault, go through purple portal)
The Pyre of Stars
The Pyre of Stars Named Locations: 10
- The Pyre of Stars
- Control Console
- The Devil’s Key
- Promethea Pedestal
- All-Hearth
- Hallowed Shame
- Eden-6 Pedestal
- Barren Divide
- Wet Well
- Nekrotafeyo Pedestal
That’s all Borderlands 3 Named Locations on Nekrotafeyo and its zones. See Borderlands 3 All Named Locations Guide for the rest.
Liam says
The game says I have discovered 27/27 locations but I didn’t get the achievement.
Smigz says
I have the same problem, have even ran through the maps twice and still didn’t get it to pop.