Transaction-Packed is a side mission in Borderlands 3 (BL3). This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Transaction-Packed Side Quest.
Transaction-Packed is unlocked when you reach the planet Nekrotafeyo during Main Mission Footsteps of Giants.
Planet: Nekrotafeyo
Area: Desolation’s Edge
Quest Giver: Crashed Spacecraft / Claptrap over the Radio
Requirement: Reached main mission Footsteps of Giants
Recommended Level: 30
Reward: $7190 + 7890 XP + Unique Sniper Rifle “Kenulax”
Mission Info: From the Clapslist: Debug an early access game that somehow ended up on the lost planet of Nekrotafeyo.
Objectives:
- Pick up ECHO cartridge
- Talk to… the hologram?
- Find first portal hotspot
- Talk to Mickey
- Follow and protect Lana
- Buy upgrade
- Destroy Portal
- Continue protecting Lana
- Buy the same upgrade again
- Continue protecting Lana
- Destroy Portal
- Protect Lana… again
- Keep forking over money
- Protect Lana… again (continued)
- Destroy Portal
- Talk to Mickey
- Find second portal Hotspot
- Talk to Mickey
- Find and gather an energy source
- Gather ALL energy sources: 0/100
- Optional: Purchase a non-predatory upgrade
- Give energy sources to Lana
- Destroy Portal
- Talk to Mickey
- Find final portal hotspot
- Talk to Mickey
- Defeat Rak’nagob, Destroyer of Worlds
- Give us money to get this over with
- Destroy Rak’nagob’s portal
- Talk to Mickey
Starting Location: Transaction-Packed
Transaction Packed Location: Nekrotafeyo, Desolation’s Edge
Pick up ECHO cartridge
Upon accepting the quest from the crashed spacecraft, you’ll receive a call from Claptrap over the radio. He tells you of a beta build of a game called “Destroyer of Worlds” and wants you to test it.
First we must pick up the cartridge which is just a few steps north-east in the nearest ravine.
Talk to… the hologram?
Talk to the purple hologram that spawns right where you found the cartridge. He wants you to test the “early access beta” Destroyer of Worlds. It’s clearly a joke as what follows is a mess of broken animations that pokes fun at betas.
Find first portal hotspot
Head over to the marked spot.
Talk to Mickey
Once there, talk to the purple hologram again. And let this glitchy adventure begin. The bugs in this mission are intentional.
Follow and protect Lana
Now all we must do is follow the purple hologram and shoot the enemies. When the hologram gets knocked out, revive it.
Buy upgrade
Along the rest of the level you’ll keep seeing screens where you can shoot a green checkmark or red “X” icon. Always shoot the green checkmark to make things a bit easier and quicker.
Destroy Portal
A portal will block the way. Shoot the portal so Lana can keep walking.
Continue protecting Lana
Keep killing enemies and reviving Lana when she goes down.
Buy the same upgrade again
The game makes fun of microtransactions here. Lana is slowing down and the minigame wants you to buy the same speed upgrade from earlier a second time. Just shoot the green checkmark to speed things up.
Continue protecting Lana
Keep defending Lana.
Destroy Portal
Another portal blocks Lana’s path so destroy that again. Yeah, a bit repetitive that “beta mission”.
Protect Lana… again
You know the drill by now, keep defending the hologram.
Keep forking over money
And yet again the minigame wants us to buy the same microtransaction. Third time’s the charm. Just shoot the green checkmark.
Protect Lana… again (continued)
After the third microtransaction purchase, Lana will have some pathing bugs and just “teleport” away. At some point she spawns on the left side of a river. Jump over to her.
Destroy Portal
Lana runs into a third portal, how very original. Destroy it.
Talk to Mickey
We’ve nearly made it. Lana stops for a moment and we can talk to Mickey, the purple hologram that started the whole minigame in the first place.
Find second portal Hotspot
The first minigame is complete but there’s two more. Head into the building up ahead.
Talk to Mickey
Talk to the purple hologram to start part 2 of the mission. No worries, this one is shorter.
Find and gather an energy source
Jump up the pillars in the middle of the room to find a purple energy ball up top.
Upon interacting with the energy, it bugs out and sprays 100 small balls around the room. Start collecting them. Yes, this is intentionally broken.
Gather ALL energy sources: 0/100
Some balls are on the pillars and some on the floor. But it’s easiest to focus on the ones on the floor as new balls will fall down.
Optional: Purchase a non-predatory upgrade
After picking up a few of the balls, Mickey offers you to buy another microtransaction. Shoot the blinking green checkmark to the right of Lana. It instantly skips the entire section so you don’t have to collect all 100 balls, yay!
Give energy sources to Lana
Put the energy balls in Lana’s stretched-out hand.
Destroy Portal
Shoot the portal that has Lana trapped.
Talk to Mickey
Talk to Mickey to finish part 2, he spawns to the right side of Lana. Only one final showdown left.
Find final portal hotspot
The last portal is in the next hall just a few steps up ahead.
Talk to Mickey
Talk to the hologram to start final showdown.
Defeat Rak’nagob, Destroyer of Worlds
The boss is completely bugged and gets stuck. He makes weird sounds and shoots stuff that doesn’t even hit or hurt you. Just a bullet sponge.
Give us money to get this over with
The game offers you another microtransaction to skip the boss battle. This kills the boss in a few hits.
Destroy Rak’nagob’s portal
Shoot the final portal where Lana is trapped, behind the boss.
Talk to Mickey
And finally, for a very last time talk to Micky to finish the mission. At least you get a unique Sniper Rifle as a reward, called “Kenulax”. It even has the red text “Live life like it’s early access” in the description. It’s only blue rarity but actually a fairly good weapon because it shoots two bullets at once so it deals a lot of damage per second, similar to Atlas rifles.
This finishes Transaction-Packed side mission in Borderlands 3. If you did all other missions for Claptrap already, you can now accept his mission “Baby Dancer”.
For all other Side Mission Walkthroughs, check out our complete Borderlands 3 Side Missions Walkthrough.
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