Can You Beat Borderlands 2 With Only The Golden Chest?

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[@homefront1999]

Golden Chest could've been so interesting and good. If after being the game on normal mode and starting True Vault Hunter mode. You are able to earn golden keys. Like you can earn one key for every one level you level up. Once you reach the max rank, then you will just keep "leveling" the highest level over and over again.

[@314jake]

bit like vault cards in BL3

[@Anunnaki_Gula]

It would be cool if it could drop legendaries once in awhile too.

[@elijahhayter3026]

Wait, is that a thing?

[@Andrew110]

If only he got a shield from the many chests opened lol

[@synka5922]

and if the chest actually gave good guns (5-10% chance for a legendary of a boss you already killed?)

[@unavailable1092]

Only OGs remember the Xbox 360 glitch to duplicate 1 key into 99 and do it over and over and over. And do it for your buddys

[@Shiestey]

How did I miss that?? I remember the gun dupes but not a key one. Damn i missed out lol

[@mr.thammisses6119]

You can still do it. I can on my pc version idk about xbox.

[@animalicon3535]

@@Shiestey you did not miss out... LOL golden chest is useless after a bit just use the free key codes on different accounts..? Never thought of that huh? You would have to level the alt up but ig if you wanted some purple e-tech or jakobs longarm or some that bad lol.

[@MildlyInterested_]

@@animalicon3535 tbh if you just wanna rush through its actually decent. The guns are not great, but good enough for everything below OP levels at least

[@armyofninjas9055]

You can get hundreds of legit ones now tho.

[@Nagas_Arcana]

PSA: YOU DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THE FRIDGE! Instead, go through the dust to the other Highlands exit, then you're basically there!

[@jansonshrock2859]

*you need to go to the fridge, but not through it!

[@lilmancc35]

You know. Ive played this game for years and never, not once, ever thought to do that.

[@999.69]

Cap

[@Nagas_Arcana]

@@999.69 lmao try it

[@Blue_spy1]

​@@999.69it's true

[@Ang3lUki]

I'm SO GLAD you picked up on how good the Dahl Minigun is, people hate on Dahl guns a lot, but with the proper parts, they can do some monstrous DPS

[@Slender_Man_186]

People hate Dahl guns? Last I checked the Hornet and Teapot are still considered some of the best early-mid game options, and the Sandhawk is easily the best SMG in the game and debatably the best gun in the game period.

[@strangeperson6969]

Who hates Dahl lol?

[@ttr_coco]

Yeah, Dahl minigun is easily one of the best non unique AR's in the game. Scout Sniper rifle (vladof barrel) is surprisingly strong on Axton, Maya and Zer0 (tbf any sniper is good on Zer0) same for the Dahl barrel (just called sniper because Gearbox didn't think to change names for Maliwan and Dahl barrels)

[@atlasreborn7221]

@@strangeperson6969 I personally hate Dahl because I kept getting Dahl rifles and shit around the corner to where my arsenal was nothing but Dahl weaponry and it fucked me up.

[@Ang3lUki]

@@Slender_Man_186 Yeah the uniques/legendaries are good, but have you heard anyone get excited over dahl purples and blues? No, everyone just complains about them being burst fire, even though with good parts they shred

[@m1lfslay3r59]

My first playthrough of this game I didn’t know farming was a thing, so I used that chest til maybe half way through true vault hunter mode before finding out you can farm gear 💀

[@314jake]

I got well into UVHM before lol

[@brunomendes20069]

quick tip, should anybody need it; after sanctuary teleports away and you get to the thresher, just let the loaders kill it, if you cant do it yourself. for the beacon; the game has a fail safe, for those that are overwhelmed by the bots, the way i like to cheese this; place the beacon -> enter the holy spirits -> exit the holy spirits -> repair the beacon -> safe quit -> press continue -> repair the beacon -> safe quit and so on. if i am not mistaken, upon repairing the beacon 8 times it becomes completely invulnerable (you will know that it has become invulnerable when its health gets to zero but angel stops pressing you about repairing it), you can now get to one of the other two fast travel stations of the map, wait until the mission is complete and travel back to sanctuary. note: there is even more cheese that you can use along the way back to sanctuary, like skipping the fridge, but im lazy so ill stop my comment here, if anybody would like more tips, i would have three more cheese tacs for your way back to sanctuary, so just ask and ill probably reply sooner or later. love

[@calarran4124]

I just punch the thresher in the face until he die

[@crofteezy]

bro if u need a cheese to get past defending the beacon you aren't old enough to be using youtube lil bro

[@brunomendes20069]

its not about needing to cheese, its about being able to further more; it can be faster than the way youre 'supposed' to do it and if you are doing a challenge like; "non elemantel weapons on op10 with krieg" its a borderline requirement to cheese some parts of the game. in other words; just let people play how they want to, for gods sake AND PLEASE dont say "lil bro" that shit is on the same level as an 11yo thinking he just "owned" someone for a yo mom joke, grow up

[@ninjahackstar7461]

@@brunomendes20069 haha you just owned that guy

[@shakulaka]

@@crofteezy its harder to come up with a cheese tho

[@Torgan454]

6:58 This is probably my favorite sentence in all of the possible borderland challenge videos ever. Keep up the good work

[@hellfoox0001]

Honestly I liked 9:45

[@fireheartclan]

Honestly... For a video that was almost 12 minutes in length. It felt like a minute. Fan of borderlands 2 runs usually, but something about this channel and your editing made it enjoyable from the start to finish. I look forwards to future videos from you.

[@matthew8629]

1:21 "And after making the soaring dragon look like a poorly cleaned lasagna factory, neither was Flint" I'm dead laughing

[@Saikopasu-Shogo]

I love to see that people still tries to make content about this game ç_ç It fills me with joy. Keep it up!

[@ryszakowy]

golden chest - you need a fuckload of keyes to actually get the type of the item you want and you need to keydump every 4 levels to remain effective

[@theelderswear]

0:47 WTF is your luck lol

[@COLD_EDITSS1]

Dude I’ve gotten it like 42 times

[@theelderswear]

@@COLD_EDITSS1 I cheer if I get like a green that early lmfao

[@Mister_Doodles]

This was well put together, clean edits, good jokes, great video :D

[@cattysplat]

Editing is absolutely premium on this video. Not just another borderlands runner. You deserve the views my friend.

[@Dawdyy]

I really love this concept and you have a nice editing style! Good stuff!

[@aries23judd84]

It looks like Cloud Kill carried most of the run lol. Great video btw!

[@Kaghtaviy]

Based pfp

[@birkobird]

Final Cut Pro crushed my video to 25 fps :( edit: 125k views ok youtube sure why not edit 2: this video singlehandedly propelled me over my year end sub goal how tf

[@jordancambridge4106]

What made me be able to make this game easy to play the first time I played it I got a drop that blatantly if I played the game on over a google plex amount of accounts for a google plex millenniums I would not be able to do again. I got Sledges shot gun from a guy from a dumpster in the first 45 minutes of playing the game. I saw him pop out of the dumpster and I killed the guy not knowing what the thing was but wanted to kill it for fun and it dropped a few guns including Sledges shot gun that required level 1 which I was level 4 at this point and it took used 2 shots per shot and had to be reloaded every time you shot it but it did over 1000 damage per shot or well 140 time 9 so about 1000 damage per shot and was fucking messed up as hell at how fast I got the dam thing. I used that thing on the final boss as well and got it from within the first less than hour of playing. I told people on an online forum years ago and after realizing the fucking monster of luck I got it in no fucking wonder people called me a liar. I gun I got is among the top 5 guns declared impossible do to the RNG of the drop rates and how fucking hell no that exact gremlin thing with the bag was to spawn. I may be the only person who legit got any guns from that fucker. He spawned and got stuck behind the dumpster and I shot him over 2000 times before he died he had such huge health and turns out the stronger you get the more damage he requires to take to kill and faster he runs away without looking back so if you think trying to max out your stats is best way to beat that is actually wrong and if you are stronger than level 7 he gains a shield and the shield respawns faster than you can damage so its physically impossible to kill after you get to level 7 or higher. RNG of the original is insane. Not only did I get the fucker to spawn but I got him before I was too strong causing him to gain a shield and not only that but I got among his impossible to drop items and not only that but I got it within 45 minutes of playing and not only that it was actually my first Boarderlands game I ever played. What I did was blatantly go fuck yourself impossible and after I realized what I had done I know why people wanted to hire hitmen to take me out because I was too dangerous to be left alive and my luck is beyond go fuck yourself insanity. The Steam version of Boarderlands has better odds that are not go fuck yourself insanity and can be done to get many of the rare drops within a couple of weeks max of grinding the game instead of the end of the universe and beyond trying and still fail like the original RNG.

[@crystalisnight8096]

tediore slag finish love it

[@dahashbrowns6917]

@@jordancambridge4106 bro how did you type all of this

[@weevman9153]

@@dahashbrowns6917 with a keyboard i guess

[@TES-ct4zq]

i played so many borderlands 2 on 1/10 fps with freeze in 2015 i didnt realize it was on 25 fps xD grat vid btw

[@twistedgenji8701]

Well designed and written video and it wasn't dragged out, great job and keep up the good content and you can easily blow up.

[@Kirby-jd9xi]

Keep up the good work. I like your style of editing.

[@Xedilian]

The awnser is YES you can. i remember spending 430 keys on that chest. however the loot from that chest isn't the greatest in the game. it's fairly decent but yeah.

[@calumt-t4157]

How did u get them keys

[@isaacwurmbrand]

Honestly, the number of shields I've gotten from that chest can be probably counted on two hands, across over a thousand hours of gameplay.

[@snejosaurus4448]

i get them all the time, i just want my jakobs longarm -_-

[@personman5156]

I get shields and pistols constantly, but its a real pain to get rocket launchers (at least one that isnt elemental)

[@spimbles]

Just unlucky. Tons of people get them constantly

[@averthewin1689]

I have a higher chance to get shields and grenades than I get guns lmfao

[@Shiestey]

That’s just how drops work across all loot based games hahahah. Whenever you want something really bad, chances are fate is gonna say nah ur good fam and never drop it. Reminds me of when I was going for a 1/500 drop on old school runescape and no joke hit a 1/9,000 before I got the 500 one. I out loud went “thanks, I guess???”

[@eisbaerle]

Everytime you begged for a shield I had the song "Beggin´" in my head haha 'Cause I'm beggin', beggin' you

[@michaelmcintosh1833]

2:47 well at least he isnt going to kill me 🤣

[@marisetogaya5793]

Really like this vid! Small thing tho, I wish your in game commentary (when you’re reacting immediately) would be louder. It was kind of hard to hear in comparison with the game audio and recorded commentary

[@Zaw1ndJr]

"Whilehelm was very easy" Me who hasn't beaten the game before and is doing a melee only run: TF YOU MEAN EASY

[@codysmith4076]

The music you played when you went through champions pass was a whole vibe 🤟 MegaMan

[@Sunlesslime]

my tiny brain cannot comprehend that bl2 is an "old" game. I remember hopping on with all my friends on launch, and talking about everything weve discovered while at school. good times.

[@daiko3733]

Good video! Only thing I would say, is there were a few times where your voice was very quiet, so I turned the volume up, just for my ears to be blasted by music out of nowhere xD

[@XperimentorEES]

Also highlights a few problems with the golden chest; you only get two items at a time, they aren't guarantied to be useable by your character, and they're locked to purple rarity. At least the presequel let you recycle them into something better if not at least useable, though that still required grinding and decent rng. Then the third just removed all incentive to even open it lol.

[@lilacocto9103]

Honestly, I won't ask where you got enough Golden Keys to do this but this was fun to watch. And it's especially great that you killed Handsome Jack with an E-Tech Tediore throw XD

[@hockeykings3793]

There’s actually a lot of shift codes still active, if you look it up there’s quite a few spreadsheets covering all the active ones, disabled ones, console specific, etc. hope this helps!

[@Scaevola9449]

There are whole spreadsheets of working shift codes, enough to get several hundred keys. Or you can edit your save.

[@havok3212]

​@@hockeykings3793does it work on PS3

[@Ryzen776]

@@hockeykings3793 Not sure why anybody pay for those kind of feature in single player game. I was playing another game the other day and they wanted to charge me for changing my character appearance. Why the hell are you charging money for that and why the hell would I give it to you when I can just alter my savefile to get what I want?

[@hockeykings3793]

@@havok3212 shooouuuld. Like I said definitely look up the spreadsheets cause some are console specific so just make sure ya try the ones for PlayStation in general!

[@DommHavai]

Does acid cloud not kill everything nearly instantly regardless of the gun you are using? I vaguely remember it dealing a lot of damage.

[@Fwah13]

It does. Honestly melts everything until UVHM.

[@ITZJUSTMEKA]

I’m so glad borderlands is getting more content made around it❤️

[@Flash-io5wi]

Well, I see no issue in completing the game using epics from the chest. Maybe (and quite often) not the best epics, often slightly below your current level, but they are generally better than what you get as a drop from enemies. Quest rewards or rare loot (like Impaler) are indeed better, but having all-epic tier gear is already good enough :)

[@plutonicattic7995]

suprisingly enough, a quest rewards only run is REALLY fucking hard.

[@bast4rdlyreaper]

2:14 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!

[@MrPatpuc]

the purple Hyperion guns with the black/gold/red skin are my favourite looking weapons in the series.

[@DevilMayCarry]

Always wanted to do a run like this, very entertaining. The editing was great as well. Thank you for the content

[@Jackpkmn]

I've watched so many such videos I'm half expecting youtube to recommend me an ironic run titled "Can you beat Borderlands 2?" and it's just a regular play through.

[@OrjonYT]

BRO! That outro. My PC last time do have big lags. I've almost had a heart attack, i thought that was my PC again. xD

[@ATSM_33]

Just played Borderlands 2 on a new file and got the Kerblaster on my first try (I completely forgot it existed). Very coincidental I ran into this video.

[@The_Fierce_Deity]

I wish there was a way to keep giving yourself Golden Keys.

[@Juni_0220]

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[@NexusR60-ApexLegendsShorts]

Salvador build would’ve been great for this

[@JetLagRecords]

Birko Bird, You're the best! I subscribed because I love your content!

[@mylatahiri2572]

The dam without a shield or many skills looks painful! nice vid

[@guyr5538]

Almost had me thinking this was a 40k lore video for a min bloody brilliant start 😂

[@wills5482]

I still have like 6000 keys from the PS3 days where you could duplicate them lol

[@firestormingfox4169]

If you have a goty edition (this worked on ps3 back in the day, and may work on other versions) Your game starts with golden keys, simply have a 2nd controller to splitscreen with and have the temporary guest account open the chest; the chest ques to host level, and the guest account will always have fresh keys

[@adamtucker117]

One of my favourite games ever created, completed it like 15 times lol

[@dittm3r]

As far as videos about playing Borderlands 2, this was quality. I think I'll go play this again on my old 360.

[@AeonWest]

excellent video, nothing else to add, very fun watch! my lazy ass would sit at the chest until i had 0 keys, i hated grinding in borderlands. again great job on the video!

[@mehlessmidori602]

Wow. You're probably the first person I've seen to say "I'll use whatever I can to get to the point where the challenge can begin".

[@theworldofpanda6559]

i loved the chest when i gave myself infinite keys. even then, snowmans train chest is just infinitely better

[@boneheadwithabigd]

There's a torque shotgun drop from the Golden chest that with the right modifiers is the strongest in the game.

[@Apocalypse25]

What's the name?

[@boneheadwithabigd]

@@Apocalypse25 i dont remember exactly, i remember what it looks like. it is a torque with 6 exaust ports on the barrel. should be like x18 shots or something with the barrel being the main parts. i dont think the stock or handle matters which manufacturer makes it, though can boost it a tad bit more. its a pink.

[@Clapkreag]

​@@boneheadwithabigd the gun you are thinking of is called the ravager

[@AdminAbuse]

Lmfao

[@thatkidbruno]

this is a really good video, thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@Kinshin01]

The golden chest was the start to my gambling addiction

[@gameaddiction30092]

This madman is using FXs. Its so odd to see after never having them on after all these years. Loved the vid my friend

[@lunacolon5880]

Yes you can. The golden box in BL2 is unbeatable.

[@daniele.h7697]

The answer is an obvious and astounding, yes

[@Chaos_Controler]

The gold chest:🦗🦗🦗🦗😔 This run to the gold chest:😁

[@makeshift27015]

This was a good video, dude! My only complaint is that your commentary is pretty quiet compared to the music, so I really had to crank up my volume, but it was good fun still.

[@linkybunny]

Enjoyed the video but the rules were unclear in the video. In the beginning what prevents you from opening the chest until you get a shield?

[@TheGhostFart]

nothing lol

[@tvctaswegia497]

​@@TheGhostFartAs he said it was only second time playthrough I thought maybe he only had a few keys. Looking again, 83 at the first opening and then later "I am actually begging" - 148 keys. Yup could have had a shield any time he wanted. Still, was an entertaining script and delivery, with some funny moments captured.

[@XXNUKEZXX9]

The golden chest is really only good early game

[@brandonwisler2755]

I just would use the website that had all the free codes posted up. Didn't realize people had issue with it lol

[@dima_keller]

Before watching the video I can easily say yes. I'm one of those people who got respawning shift rewards bug in the pre-sequel and I literally have unlimited keys, which allows me to get purple gear any time I want

[@aersla1731]

Might be fun to do in BL3, always found the chest in BL2 pretty weak. Clean outro though.

[@Roxijodone]

just an fyi for later if you didnt already know bro, that starter grenade firework thing does more damage as you level up

[@OfDream8811]

That hero’s pass section was so 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@shizumeru_]

Now I don't feel bad about never using that chest, practically useless most of the time.

[@ConservativeWhiteMan741]

I've legitimately never thought of Handsome Jack as a Twink, but it isn't entirely inaccurate.

[@FallenActual]

I remember when they were giving away the keys everyday on twitter

[@AverySadBear]

I had a bug with this chest. When i first got the game, i got the free key or whatever it was that gave it to me. I opened the chest got a cool rocket launcher i could use for awhile, forgot about it after that. I played the game again maybe a year or two later after finishing my first playthrough, and somehow had the max number of keys. I had so much fun opening that stupid chest. Still no idea how or why that happened.

[@rarebeeph1783]

maybe some sort of underflow? like, some part of the game the game thought that you had 0 keys when other parts thought you had 1, and spending that key ticked down to -1, which on an unsigned int is the max int value

[@Tucher97]

the idea of golden keys is interesting though I still havent used mine, but I can't recall if BL2 gives you weapons that cater to your character's class like BL1 did. But the gold chest will contain weapons that are like relatively 5 levels above you which you can use, so in a way its ideal to use the key when your maxed level. And before anyone ask "Wouldnt it be ideal to do this 5 levels before the max? How does that work?" Simple ratio value in coding terms, its complicated even I struggle but in simpler terms it follows the game's coding.

[@AsianMafia206]

Borderlands would be such a good game if they didn't add bs microtransaction

[@QQueTV]

"if you've ever fast traveled through sanctuary" no I haven't done that

[@blyade]

You know they put out codes on twitter for what felt like several hundred golden keys right?

[@chriscolbert2188]

Yeah I don't see how this is a challenge at all lol

[@TheGhostFart]

@@chriscolbert2188 the fact that the gun parts are randomized and some of the generic weapons are absolutely awful even at epic quality.

[@LeoClien]

If I go as a gunzerker ill just farm 2 kerplasters from that dude with the bullmongs

[@marleyphillips7653]

i probably sound like a bot but this was a really fun video to watch

[@9throchannel659]

Step 1: Pick Salvador Step 2: Random a build, literally everything works on salvador Step 3: Farm the chest for molokos and topneas Profit

[@patrickwinham]

That Mega Man music got me hyped!

[@jansonshrock2859]

I think that the BL2 golden chest was one of the best Pay to play aspects of any RPG. It's dumb if all the best items are pay to win, but if you are going through some bad loot luck, could use a better gun but are okay with it not being the best, the golden chest is my favorite thing to hit up. I think back to times like, when playing zer0 and you're a ways from getting your next great muck a muck or legendary but the guns I have aren't holding up, I'll hit the golden chest for a railer or any jakobs rifle just to tie me over

[@vnshngpnt]

You can beat it with literally any gun of your level, golden chest has very good guns

[@sharpnelshots]

The fucking throwing the gun to Jack is funny

[@Weapart]

When Roland got shot the black desert title music played for me cause i booted the game Pew AAAAAAAAHHHEEEEEE

[@ZachAsaD]

I remember when there was a glitch and I opened it loads of times

[@carlito19934]

a few years ago there was a 50 or 100 golden keys code but after redeeming it i could just redeem it again and again and again and again and again i ended up with i think around 1500 of those golden keys and used to always open the chest when travveling to sanctuary got to the point where i would open it for my friends to take it all was a fun chest

[@Gorvinhagen]

Can you beat BL2 with equipment that is vastly superior to 95% of gear you're going to find? I certainly bloody hope so.

[@henryohse1]

did you watch the video because that superior equipment is not so superior when you can fill a loadlout or are in an overleveled area

[@Warlord4Hikage]

>512 keys zip file exists >This video: Wat?

[@ShadeyDuality]

we CANNOT comprahend why borderlands has this and why its jamming online features such as seasons into a campain focused game

[@DDA532]

The feeling this chest gave me the fisrt couple of times i saw it i couldnt even open it didnt know how i wasi think eleven or 12 years old the first time 2012/13

[@jakesramenshop4087]

broooo, that hero's pass music went hardddd

[@Memphis_ritz]

@11:12 bro not cool you didn’t have to trigger my ptsd

[@dennistomczak3425]

I love how you implied that you are the cause for the 2000 yearly bird acidents alone

[@plutonicattic7995]

he is birko bird after all

[@Kon1812]

Remember the good old days when you could just add golden keys to your character through Gibbed? Good times...

[@Atomic_Aegis45]

The synergy is easily the best none unique Hyperion pistol.

[@davemardrov777]

I think I’d rather spin the mystery box just to get the ballistic knife 20 times in a row then hit that box 😂🤣

[@Geert-1988]

I have a lot of fun watching you do these cool borderlands challenges. How many hours does it take for you to finish the game these ways?

[@birkobird]

i went and counted all the original files and it's a little over 15 hours of footage. i recorded it over a week or two when i had space between uni projects

[@Geert-1988]

@@birkobird that's still pretty fast!

[@HardDiff]

tbh i just remember my friend playing the game with me for my first time...for them to go that chest and spam it so while they got 2kdmg guns...i still got 200dmg max, didnt bother playing with them again

[@invisalats841]

I just duped keys offline... The golden chest isn't terrible, but it does give incredibly bad stuff pretty frequently. In borderlands 1, it was somewhat useful. In later installments, it got worse.

[@thyrlindberg9310]

I honestly thought for a second you were gonna use the golden chest itself as a weapon

[@marshmallowsgamer9405]

I don't agree with the image used for the vidéo as keys are free, the chest can easely be modded and stuff, it's just random funny bad chest most of the tume but it can help getting a few good purples

[@rudolphwoods6793]

This was actually fire