Borderlands 4 Unpaid Tab Walkthrough

Sep 11 2025

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Unpaid Tab is the 9th main mission in Borderlands 4 (BL4). This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Unpaid Tab Main Quest.Starting Location: Kairos > Carcadia Burn > Ruined Sumpla

Unpaid Tab is the 9th main mission in Borderlands 4 (BL4). This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Unpaid Tab Main Quest.

  • Starting Location: Kairos > Carcadia Burn > Ruined Sumplands
  • Quest Giver: Levaine
  • Unlock Requirement: having finished Main Quest 8: Siege and Destroy
  • Recommended Level: 13
  • Reward: XP, Money, Eridium, Rare SMG & SICKO-4 ECHO-4 Frame
  • Quest Description: type the blurb from left side of quest log

Objectives:

  1. Talk to Leader Yorick
  2. Find core electrical relay
  3. Repair core electrical relay
  4. Activate core power
  5. Repair Carcadia & Restore fast travel station
  6. Repair Carcadia & Restore all vending systems
  7. Repair Carcadia & restore water
  8. Reach Firedust Bridge
  9. Lower first bridge
  10. Lower second bridge
  11. Destroy beams
  12. Reach other side
  13. Find Zane & Reach Zane’s last location
  14. Find Zane & Assist Quent
  15. Find Zane & Talk to Quent
  16. Find Zane & Reach old refinery
  17. Find Zane & Use intercom
  18. Find Zane, Enter old refinery, Reach western ripper camp & Reach eastern ripper camp
  19. Find Zane, Enter old refinery, Reach western ripper camp & Kill eastern camp leader
  20. Find Zane, Enter old refinery, Reach western ripper camp & Take ECHO log
  21. Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Reach western ripper camp
  22. Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Kill western camp leader
  23. Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Take ECHO log
  24. Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Reach side entrance
  25. Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Use intercom
  26. Find Zane & Enter old refinery
  27. Find Zane
  28. Kill rippers
  29. Kill Security Jones & Kill reinforcements
  30. Hack jamming device
  31. Destroy jamming device & Reach significant height
  32. Destroy jamming device & Crush jamming device
  33. Kill rippers
  34. Reach lower level
  35. Kill rippers
  36. Find prisoners
  37. Find Quent
  38. Kill rippers
  39. Kill Driller Hole
  40. Save Quent or Lose Quent (+ Destroy ripping machine if you lose Quent)

Starting Location: Unpaid Tab

Talk to Leader Yorick

Talk to Yorick on the plaza.

Find core electrical relay

Follow the quest marker to find the relay nearby.

Repair core electrical relay

To repair the delay, shoot the orange bubble around the area, there are a total of 11 bubbles.

Activate core power

Now activate the relay on the terminal.

Repair Carcadia & Restore fast travel station

Now leave the relay and head opposite it and interact with the machine to repair the fast travel station.

Repair Carcadia & Restore all vending systems

Head inside the main building and interact with the terminal.

Repair Carcadia & restore water

Now get outside again and head to the water valves. Interact with all three of them.

Reach Firedust Bridge

Follow the marker to reach the bridge.

Lower first bridge

Go down the left side of the bridge to reach the first terminal.

Lower second bridge

Now jump over to the other side and interact with the second terminal.

Destroy beams

Jump to the other side again and shoot the two beams.

Reach other side

Get into your vehicle and drive to the other side.

Find Zane & Reach Zane’s last location

Just move forward a little bit.

Find Zane & Assist Quent

Kill all enemies in the area to save Quent.

Find Zane & Talk to Quent

After killing the enemies, talk to Quent who sits behind some metal sheets at the road.

Find Zane & Reach old refinery

Follow the quest marker to the refinery.

Find Zane & Use intercom

Use the intercom in front of the refinery.

Find Zane, Enter old refinery, Reach western ripper camp & Reach eastern ripper camp

Head to the eastern camp first.

Find Zane, Enter old refinery, Reach western ripper camp & Kill eastern camp leader

At the end of the camp you will find the leader, kill him to get his echo.

Find Zane, Enter old refinery, Reach western ripper camp & Take ECHO log

After killing the leader pick up the ECHO.

Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Reach western ripper camp

Now folllow the marker to the western camp. You will have to get through another smaller camp first and pull yourself up at the end with the grappling hook to reach the western ripper camp.

Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Kill western camp leader

Here kill the second leader.

Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Take ECHO log

After killing the leader pick up the ECHO.

Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Reach side entrance

Follow the quest marker to the side entrance.

Find Zane, Enter old refinery & Use intercom

Then use the intercom in front of the entrance.

Find Zane & Enter old refinery

Enter the now-open refinery.

Find Zane

Follow the path inside until you find Zane.

Kill rippers

Kill all enemies once you found Zane.

Kill Security Jones & Kill reinforcements

After a while, Security Jones and reinforcements will appear. Kill them all.

Hack jamming device

Interact with the jamming device.

Destroy jamming device & Reach significant height

Pull yourself up with the grappling hook behind the jamming device.

Destroy jamming device & Crush jamming device

Do a double jump and press and hold  / CTRL to do a slam onto the jamming device.

Kill rippers

Then kill all enemies in the area.

Reach lower level

Get onto the elevator and interact with it to take a ride down.

Kill rippers

Once you get down, kill all enemies again.

Find prisoners

Now follow the path to reach the prisoners.

Find Quent

Jump down the hole near the prisoners to find Quent.

Kill rippers

Now kill all enemies around the machine.

Kill Driller Hole

After killing the enemies, the boss of the refinery will appear. Kill him.

Save Quent or Lose Quent (+ Destroy ripping machine if you lose Quent)

A 50-second timer will start, and to save Quent, look above you and you will find five leaver around the machine to pull out with the grappling hook.

You also need to destroy 4 pipes above you within the time limit. If you fail to do this Quent will die, but you will need to destroy the machine anyway.

This finishes Unpaid Tab in Borderlands 4.

NEXT: Her Flaming Vision

For all other Quests refer to our complete Borderlands 4 Walkthrough.

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