Borderlands 4 (BL4): Weapon Container Locations & Interactive Tracking Guide

Weapon Containers are the most abundant loot source in Borderlands 4 — hundreds of openable objects spread across every area of Kairos, forming the everyday gear economy alongside Red Chests and White Chests.

Unlike specialised chests, Weapon Containers encompass a wide variety of lootable objects and are typically found in plain sight — important for keeping ammo stocked, testing new gear combinations, and finding level-appropriate upgrades throughout the campaign.

Every confirmed spawn point is tracked at exact coordinates on the interactive BL4 game maps.

Four Types of Weapon Container in Borderlands 4

In true Borderlands fashion, loot hides in unexpected forms. Four distinct container types are tracked in this guide:

Standard Weapon Chests — grey or green military crates, the most common container type. Found on rooftops, cliff edges, inside caves, on crane arms, under pipes, and in camps across all four regions.
Fridges — refrigerators inside houses, barns, and destroyed buildings. A series staple. Several tracked in Coastal Bonescape, including one found during the Meat is Murder Side Mission.
Toilets — portable and standard toilets placed in camps, facilities, and outposts. A Borderlands tradition — always check the portable toilets.
Lockers and Cabinets — frequently contain pistols, shields, or cash.

The Randomised Spawn System

Weapon Containers operate on a fully randomised system with two important properties:

Not every container spawns in every run. Spawn points are probabilistic — the same position may contain a crate on one visit and be empty on the next. MapMaster documents every confirmed spawn point across the full map, so no viable location is missed.

Several entries can spawn as Red Chests instead. A number of positions in this guide are annotated as "Possible Red Chest location" — these spawn points can appear as either a standard Weapon Container or a higher-quality Red Chest on any given visit. Returning to these positions on different sessions is particularly efficient since a Red Chest roll from the same spot yields significantly better loot.

Containers regenerate over time. Revisiting an area after some in-game time has passed respawns loot at each container position for a fresh randomised roll. There is no cooldown requirement for revisiting — leaving and re-entering an area is sufficient to reset eligible containers.

Mission-Gated and Order Silo-Dependent Containers

Several containers are only accessible in specific circumstances:

Mission-gated containers — accessible only during or after associated missions:

Tonnage Peel (Queen's Cradle underground) — three containers in the underground area, reachable by elevator only during Unpaid Tab Main Mission
Heart of the Mountain — two containers accessible only through It's a Whole Phase Situation Side Mission
The Howl containers — several accessible at the end of TASK-series Side Missions (Free for the TASKing, TASK and Ye Shall Receive, TASK Master)

Order Silo-dependent containers:

The Howl (Weapon Chest x2, tower top) — the pair of containers atop the tall tower is only reachable via the Kit Hole Order Silo zipline; capture the silo first to access them
Dissected Plateau — one chest is accessible only via the Deep Seven Order Silo zipline

All mission-gated and Silo-dependent entries are flagged in their guide entries with the prerequisite cross-linked.

All Weapon Container Locations in Borderlands 4

Ruined Sumplands features the highest single-area container count — 15+ spread across cranes, building rooftops, cliff edges, the large skeleton's mouth, and the Trinket Crevass Abandoned Auger Mine.

Idolator's Noose includes 12+, including the church bell tower, dock, crossroads truck, and silo railing. Fortress Indomita has 6 inside the dungeon itself.

Tonnage Peel clusters 7 around Queen's Cradle and the Lowrise Safehouse.

The Howl has the Weapon Chest x2 pairs alongside mission-linked containers.

All 100+ spawn locations with sub-type, access conditions, and exact surface descriptions are in the interactive guide below.

Name	Map Location	Details
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found next to the command console on the top of the large crane.
Weapon ChestDissected PlateauWeapon Chest	Dissected Plateau	Found next to some haystacks on the roof of a barn.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found up, on a balcony. To reach it, you must use the grappling point attached to the pipe below, then make your way up.
Weapon ChestThe HowlWeapon Chest	The Howl	Found in front of a cave entrance.
Weapon ChestThe HowlWeapon Chest	The Howl	Found next to the Survivalist Cache after progressing through the cave. The nearby door opens only from the inside.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found on the island in the middle of the lake. Possible Red Chest location.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found on an upper platform.
FridgeCoastal BonescapeFridge	Coastal Bonescape	Found in a mostly destroyed house.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found under a large pipe.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Spawns on the ground, next to a tall and sharp rock.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found on a building, under a tarp.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found on the first floor of the ruined building.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found in the mouth of the large skeleton.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found on the edge of the platform, by the mountain wall.
Weapon ChestHungering PlainWeapon Chest	Hungering Plain	Found next to a couch on the edge of a cliff, close to the Order base.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found at the top of the tall building.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found on the edge of the bottom cliff.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found on the edge of the building's roof.
Weapon ChestGrindstone of the WorthyWeapon Chest	Grindstone of the Worthy	Spawns under a pole by the road.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found inside a round metal structure.
FridgeCoastal BonescapeFridge	Coastal Bonescape	Found in the attic of the structure above the river.
Weapon ChestGrindstone of the WorthyWeapon Chest	Grindstone of the Worthy	Found by the railing at the top of the crawler.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found on the edge of the metal platform.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found on the edge of a wooden platform.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found on a wooden platform behind a building.
Weapon ChestHungering PlainWeapon Chest	Hungering Plain	Spawns by the container.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found by the stairs and some garbage bags.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found next to the fence on the platform by the building.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Spawns between the road and the rock formation.
Weapon ChestThe HowlWeapon Chest	The Howl	Found next to a railing, on top of some stairs.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Spawns under 2 pipes attached to a ruined building.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Found on the edge of a platform at the top of a tower building.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Found between the piles of garbage under the wreckage.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found next to the van on the edge of the cliff.
Weapon ChestFallen CrownWeapon Chest	Fallen Crown	Found by the side of a slope, behind some breakable crates.
Weapon ChestFallen CrownWeapon Chest	Fallen Crown	Found on a platform halfway up a tall building.
Weapon ChestFallen CrownWeapon Chest	Fallen Crown	Found in the back of a cave.
Weapon ChestFallen CrownWeapon Chest	Fallen Crown	Found next to the console and the antenna on top of the tall tower. You can start climbing the tower with the help of a grappling point on it.
Weapon ChestDissected PlateauWeapon Chest	Dissected Plateau	Found next to a mattress inside a cave on the lower level of the mountain.
Weapon ChestFallen CrownWeapon Chest	Fallen Crown	Found on an upper platform, outside of the Moon-Called Throne Fortress. First, you must enter the facility through an upper hole in the outside wall. Then advance until you get back out. Now, you can reach the platform with the chest using the grappling point to the left.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found in a hut you can reach by climbing some stairs.
Weapon ChestCuspid ClimbWeapon Chest	Cuspid Climb	Spawns behind a rock.
Weapon ChestMoon-Called ThroneWeapon Chest	Moon-Called Throne	Found next to some flags on the upper platform. To reach it, you can use the grappling point on the platform.
Weapon ChestMoon-Called ThroneWeapon Chest	Moon-Called Throne	Found in the back of a small room with radioactive water. The entrance into the room is on the south side, and to avoid the damaging water, you can jump on some crates.
Weapon ChestMoon-Called ThroneWeapon Chest	Moon-Called Throne	Found on a small rock formation in the damaging water by the round structure.
Weapon ChestHungering PlainWeapon Chest	Hungering Plain	Found next to a bed, on the top floor of a house.
Weapon ChestThe HowlWeapon Chest	The Howl	Found on a wrecked vehicle.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found next to some stairs on the large wreckage.
Weapon ChestThe HowlWeapon Chest	The Howl	Found under a tree. Possible red chest location.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Found in a bridge hole.
Weapon ChestLopsideWeapon Chest	Lopside	Found on the roof of a metal structure.
Weapon ChestFortress IndomitaWeapon Chest	Fortress Indomita	Found on a table next to some lockers.
Weapon ChestFortress IndomitaWeapon Chest	Fortress Indomita	Found next to a container and some stairs.
Weapon ChestFortress IndomitaWeapon Chest	Fortress Indomita	Found at the end of a red lighted platform that you can reach by jumping to it.
Weapon ChestFortress IndomitaWeapon Chest	Fortress Indomita	Found by the wall on the middle floor.
Weapon ChestCuspid ClimbWeapon Chest	Cuspid Climb	Spawns next to a rock formation.
Weapon ChestFortress IndomitaWeapon Chest	Fortress Indomita	Found next to some vegetation on a ledge on the top floor.
ToiletThe HowlToilet	The Howl	Found next to a house.
Weapon ChestLopsideWeapon Chest	Lopside	Found on the upper platform next to the tall metal structure.
Weapon ChestThe Low LeysWeapon Chest	The Low Leys	Spawns on the road under a bridge.
Weapon ChestLopsideWeapon Chest	Lopside	Found on the roof of the gas station by the road. There is a grappling point you can use to reach the roof.
Weapon ChestHungering PlainWeapon Chest	Hungering Plain	Found next to a white truck by the road.
Weapon ChestHungering PlainWeapon Chest	Hungering Plain	Found by the road. Possible Red Chest location.
Weapon ChestHungering PlainWeapon Chest	Hungering Plain	Found on the second floor of a mostly destroyed house.
Weapon ChestHungering PlainWeapon Chest	Hungering Plain	Found next to a wrecked car by the road.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found next to a container with crates coming out of it.
Weapon ChestLopsideWeapon Chest	Lopside	Found inside a large container with a circular opening.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found next to some stairs and a fan on the lower level.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found on the top floor of the building, next to a hole in the wall.
Weapon ChestCuspid ClimbWeapon Chest	Cuspid Climb	Found next to a rock formation, under a crane.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found next to a bed, under a small roof.
FridgeCoastal BonescapeFridge	Coastal Bonescape	Found in the back of a house.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found by a pipe under the metal walkway.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found up, on a cliff, next to a tent.
Weapon ChestCuspid ClimbWeapon Chest	Cuspid Climb	Found in the red-lit part of the wreckage.
Weapon ChestCuspid ClimbWeapon Chest	Cuspid Climb	Found next to a couch in a small camp on a cliff that you can reach with the help of a grappling point.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found in the mostly destroyed building.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found next to some garbage bags.
FridgeCoastal BonescapeFridge	Coastal Bonescape	Found in a house.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found behind a building, on the dock.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found on the dock next to the turret on the small island.
Weapon ChestDissected PlateauWeapon Chest	Dissected Plateau	Found in the corner of the corridor.
Weapon ChestStoneblood ForestWeapon Chest	Stoneblood Forest	Found next to a wrecked car in the middle of the road.
Weapon Chest x2The HowlWeapon Chest x2	The Howl	Found by the small lake.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found in the back of a truck at the crossroads.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found next to a pipe, on the edge of the upper platform.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found by the railing on top of the silo.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found between the shack and the crops, next to the window. Possible Red Chest location.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found under the bell, all the way up in the tower of a church.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found on the beach, by the wreckage and the water.
Weapon ChestDissected PlateauWeapon Chest	Dissected Plateau	Found next to the bed, inside the cave above the waterfall.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found next to a broken wooden wall in Timid Kyle's Neglected Opening Abandoned Auger Mine.
Weapon ChestDissected PlateauWeapon Chest	Dissected Plateau	Found up, on a ledge in the room with the large fan above. It is in the room just before the vending machines.
White ChestDissected PlateauWhite Chest	Dissected Plateau	Found on a red-lit ledge above the large, open area with the green, toxic liquid. To reach it, you must use the grapple point, turn around, and use the climbable walls.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found on a platform next to Splashzone.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found in the middle of a cliff you can reach by gliding from the hill toward Riptide Grotto.
Weapon Chest x2The HowlWeapon Chest x2	The Howl	Found on top of the tower. To reach it, you must use the grappling point next to The Kit Hole Order Silo, get boosted in the air, and glide. First, you have to unlock the Order Silo.
Weapon ChestThe HowlWeapon Chest	The Howl	Found under a ramp in Hollow Nob. Possible Red Chest location.
Weapon ChestThe HowlWeapon Chest	The Howl	Spawns in the container on the edge of the cliff. It can be obtained at the end of Free for the TASKing.
FridgeCoastal BonescapeFridge	Coastal Bonescape	Found while searching the barn during Meat is Murder.
Weapon ChestCoastal BonescapeWeapon Chest	Coastal Bonescape	Found on the edge of a cliff, next to the ECHO Log.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found on the top floor of the building, close to the Vault Symbol.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Found on an upper platform on the giant vehicle in Horizon's Mar.
Weapon ChestDissected PlateauWeapon Chest	Dissected Plateau	Found next to a large pipe after going up a tube during A Lot to Process.
Weapon ChestHungering PlainWeapon Chest	Hungering Plain	Found in a container. It can be obtained at the end of TASK and Ye Shall Receive.
Weapon ChestFortress IndomitaWeapon Chest	Fortress Indomita	Found in the back of the room you can access through the Vent.
Weapon ChestIdolator's NooseWeapon Chest	Idolator's Noose	Spawns in the container overlooking the waterfall. It can be obtained at the end of TASK Master.
Weapon ChestDissected PlateauWeapon Chest	Dissected Plateau	Found by the wall on the upper platform. To reach it, you must use the zipline of the Deep Seven Order Silo.
Weapon ChestGrindstone of the WorthyWeapon Chest	Grindstone of the Worthy	Found on the edge of a metal platform on a cliff. You must climb the buildings in The Deckled Sprawl to reach it.
Weapon ChestGrindstone of the WorthyWeapon Chest	Grindstone of the Worthy	Found up, on a cliff, close to the Dead Bolt. To reach it, you must use the geyser to the southeast.
Weapon ChestGrindstone of the WorthyWeapon Chest	Grindstone of the Worthy	Found next to the ECHO Log on the ledge you can reach by jumping on the stage, then on the suspended cars.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found on the upper ledge just before the vending machines in the Trinket Crevass Abandoned Auger Mine. There is a climbable wall you can use to reach the ledge.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found through the narrow passage in the red-lit area of the Trinket Crevass Abandoned Auger Mine.
Weapon ChestRuined SumplandsWeapon Chest	Ruined Sumplands	Found next to the Dead Bolt on the rocky shore.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Spawns behind a rock pillar in the underground area of the Queen's Cradle, reachable with an elevator during Unpaid Tab.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Found next to a drill in the blue-lit area in the underground of the Queen's Cradle, reachable with an elevator during Unpaid Tab.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Found on a platform you can reach through the back door of the Queen's Cradle during Unpaid Tab.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Found on the edge of the cliff by The Tenterhooks.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Found next to a loot toilet under The Lowrise Safe House.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Found next to a door inside the Queen's Cradle.
Weapon ChestTonnage PeelWeapon Chest	Tonnage Peel	Found on the edge of a cliff in a cave you reach during A Traitor Within.
Weapon ChestHeart of the MountainWeapon Chest	Heart of the Mountain	Found by the cave wall. You can reach the chest by progressing through the It's a Whole Phase Situation side mission.
Weapon ChestHeart of the MountainWeapon Chest	Heart of the Mountain	Found by the rocks. You can reach the chest by progressing through the It's a Whole Phase Situation side mission.

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