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The second episode ofNew Tales From the Borderlandsended with Octavio, Fran, and Anu managing to escape the Vault with their lives while also finding some treasure. There were multiple close calls along the way, but now they are in the clear.
Unfortunately for them, they didn’t notice that Anu’s ID tag got left behind during their fight with the Devourer and is in the hands of Tediore, and that will certainly come back to haunt them. This walkthrough will give players an idea of what to expect as they go through the third episode inNew Tales From the Borderlands.
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The Green Shard
After Marcus is done summarizingthe previous episode, the scene switches to the group taking a moment to catch their breath. After that, the trio decides to look at what they found. Fran and Octavio are more interested in how much money they can make from the shard. Anu is more concerned about the reaction she had when she first touched it. While Octavio messes around with the shard, he accidentally breaks his ankle and discovers that theshard has some sort of property that allows it to heal wounds.
At this point, Octavio and Fran decide to test the shard to the limits by shooting each other and then using the shard to heal. They keep doing this despite Anu’s objections, and eventually, they insist that Anu give it a try by shooting one of them.
Who Should Anu Shoot?
New Tales From the Borderlandsplayers will have three options as far as who gets shot. Among these optionsare Octavio, Fran, and L0U13. Of these options,it is not recommended to shoot L0U13as the shard does not heal any damage he takes. While he does get mad at Anu,that choice does not affect the Skateboard Rating.For this walkthrough, Fran was shot, and the shard had no trouble healing her. Regardless of whom players choose, Octavio will get an idea.
A Gun That Heals
Octavio suggests making a gun that would use the shard to heal instead of harming people. Anu looks at the shard and realizes that she could fix her broken device and use the shardin place of Eridium. As the conversation progresses, players will have the dialogue option to give credit to Octavio for coming up with the idea.Doing so improves the relationship between Octavio and Anu.Regardless, the device will need to be repaired before Anu can test it.
Find Materials to Repair the Device
From here, players will be put into a free-roam section where they can search for materials needed to repair Anu’s device.There are four items that need to be found to advance the story, and they area bottle, tape, a fuse, and a lens from the camerathat just happens to be inside the jukebox.
Before gathering all the parts,players should make sure to check the fridge in the backroom.Inside the fridge is the guy (who is simply referred to as Superfan) from Episode 2 that Octavio faced offagainst in Vaultlander combat.
Even though Anu was not the opponent he lost to, he insists on having a rematch then and there. If players manage to beat him, they get the Vasquez figurine. Superfan then goes back into the fridge, and players are free to resume searching for the other materials. Once all the parts needed have been found, the last thing players will need to do to get the device workingis to finish it with a Super Science Slap.To test her new and improved device, Anu cuts her hand and then needs to decide who will try out her device.
Should Fran or Octavio Heal Anu?
Players will have the option to either let Fran or Octavio heal Anu. Whichever of the two characters is chosen,it will improve the relationship between them and Anuas depicted at the end of the episode. Regardless of who is chosen, the group discovers that the device works perfectly, and Anu’s injury is healed. For different reasons, the group decides to tryand start a businessmaking healing guns. However, to do that, they will need money, and Octavio has yet another idea of how they can do that.
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Sink Or Swim
Inside the waiting room, the trio encounters another contestant by the name of Pierre. To shift things in their favor, Octavio decides to hack Pierre’s invention while Fran distracts him. This results in a hacking mini-game, and if successful, players will cause Pierre’s invention to not work properly.
Deliver the Pitch
Anu’s turn comes up, and she has to go up to present the device alone without Fran or Octavio. She is understandably nervous,considering how her pitch with Rhys went.Player choices don’t matter much hereas Finnegan, the host of Sink or Swim, rejects the idea of a gun that heals people instead of killing them, and he drops Anu into a tank of water filled with sharks.
Luckily for Anu, Octavio and Fran show up to save the day. Octavio hypes up the crowd while Fran dives in to save Anu. The rescue attempt is successful, but Anu loses a leg in the process. Anu’s device has no issue healing her, and her leg ends up good as new.
After seeing this device in action, a mysterious investor calls Finnegan and tells him that they will invest in Anu’s device. While the investor gives the trio $1,000,000,this is not money that players can use to purchase cosmetics.After leaving the stage with their winnings, the group meets up with L0U13, who seems to be struggling with his purpose as an assassin. He looks to Fran for advice, andNew Tales From the Borderlandsplayers have a few dialogue options thatcan improve the relationshipbetween Fran and L0U13.
Division of Labor
Back at the ruins of Fran’s Froyo Shop, the trio makes a plan for how to get their business running. They decide to have Fran and L0U13 look for additional employees while Octavio looks for a place to set up as their headquarters. Anu is put in charge of finding a corpse to test her device on. There are no major choices to be made during this cutscene, so players just have to choose whichever dialogue options they prefer as the scene progresses.
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Finding a Body
The scene jumps to Anu going to the local morgue in hopes of procuring a body. This results in a misunderstanding with Keeper, who runs the morgue and assumes that Anu is there to buy some candles. Around this time, Keeper sees a wanted poster on the television for Anu and suddenly becomes much more willing to let Anu take a look around. This leads into the final free-roam section of Episode 3.
The objective of this free-roamis to find a suitable body for the experiments.First,New Tales From the Borderlandsplayerswill need to locate the head of the corpsethat is on the table. Next, they will needto find a metal pole that is in the room as well.
Anu gets the idea of placing the metal bar inside the decapitated body and attaching the head to it. Before doing this, though,players should check the nearby locker, as the Superfan from earlier in the episode will show up and insist on yet another rematch. Upon beating him, players will geta Vaultlander figurine of Roland.
Unfortunately for Anu, her attempt to put a body back together is in vain as Keeper comes back in and says she has another body that would be perfect for Anu. This ends up being a trap, and Anu gets pushed into a coffin so that Keeper can claim the bounty that Tediore has placed on Anu. With her goggles, Anu comes up with a plan to escape the coffin by punching it until the lid breaks, but that will take time. Once that scene is done, players have reached the end of the third episode.
New Tales From the Borderlandsis available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X.
