Borderlands 4 (BL4): Safehouse Locations & Interactive Tracking Guide

Safehouses are the 14 forward operating bases of the Crimson Resistance scattered across Kairos in Borderlands 4 — abandoned structures reclaimed from Order and Ripper control that become permanent fast travel hubs, vending stations, and contract depots the moment their systems come online.

Unlocking all 14 is mandatory for the Ruler of Everything trophy and achievement.

Every Safehouse and its Datapad location are tracked at exact coordinates on the interactive BL4 map.

What Safehouses Provide

Every activated Safehouse offers the same core services:

• Fast Travel Stations — permanent warp points accessible from anywhere on Kairos once unlocked
• Contract Boards — repeatable bounties and miniquests for XP, cash, and Eridium
• Zane's Munitions and Zed's Meds vending machines for restocking weapons, ordnance, and defensive gear
• 40 SDU tokens on first activation — 14 × 40 = 560 SDU total across all Safehouses

Dominion City Safehouses Have Additional Services

Unlike the 11 open-world Safehouses, which provide only the standard service set, the three Dominion City Safehouses offer expanded facilities not found at other Safehouses:

• The Lockaway (Carcadia District) — adds a Respec Machine and a Firmware Transfer Machine — the only Safehouse in the game with a Transfer Machine
• The Food Court (Terminus District) — adds a Respec Machine
• Sumpview Falls (Fades District) — adds a Respec Machine

This makes the three Dominion Safehouses functionally similar to Faction Towns for build management, though they lack the Bank of Kairos and Lost Loot Machines that only Faction Towns provide.

How to Unlock a Safehouse

Two Safehouses unlock automatically through story progression — no Datapad required:

• Abandoned Post (Coastal Bonescape) — unlocks at the end of Main Mission 2: Recruitment Drive
• The Lockaway (Carcadia District) — unlocks automatically during Main Mission 17: The Falling Wall

Every other Safehouse requires a two-step activation:

• Find the Datapad — a small glowing device hidden in the immediate area around the Safehouse. Datapads are not marked on the map by default but emit a blue HUD marker when within a few metres and glow green when directly in the Vault Hunter's line of sight. Common hiding spots: on crates, in boats, on mattresses under huts, on balconies, or on elevated platforms accessible by grapple.

• Activate the Command Console — bring the Datapad inside and interact with the Command Console. The Console is always near the vending machines — use the vending machine icons on the HUD radar to locate the Console's general area even before finding it on screen.

All 14 Safehouse Locations in Borderlands 4

• Coastal Bonescape — Abandoned Post (auto-unlocks: Recruitment Drive)
• The Howl — Shut-Eye Keep (elevator access from building to east; Datapad inside via grapple point)
• Idolator's Noose — Someday Rise (mountain top; Datapad in east shed) and Wyclef's Reprieve (Datapad on crate next to Eridian crystal below south balcony)
• Lopside — Makeshift Chalet (Datapad at bottom of rocky cliff drop from north balcony)
• Ruined Sumplands — Wildhorn's Beard (Datapad in rowing boat atop mountain south of building)
• Tonnage Peel — The Lowrise (Datapad on extended ledge north side after grapple climb)
• Stoneblood Forest — Snowy Wells (Datapad on water tower reached by grappling left of main door)
• Cuspid Climb — Grey Havenage and Heritage Opus (two Safehouses — highest single-area count)
• Windspear — The Nightcap (inside cave; Datapad on metal platform via wall climb and glide)
• Carcadia District — The Lockaway (auto-unlocks: The Falling Wall; + Respec + Firmware Transfer)
• Terminus District — The Food Court (Datapad on trash pile; Console in courtyard between vending machines; + Respec Machine)
• Fades District — Sumpview Falls (Datapad near terminal in small nook; + Respec Machine)