Golden Keys in Borderlands: The Presequel (BL:TPS)

NOTE: For a complete list of all active Shift Codes, see: Borderlands Pre-Sequel: Shift Codes


Golden Keys are a special key in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Description[edit]

You have unlocked a Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Golden Key!

You can use your Golden Key on the mysterious loot chest located in Concordia to receive a rare powerful item! cocky

How to use[edit]

Interact with the Shift Code Central Kiosk in Concordia and choose the Repository tab. From there, you can submit shift codes and claim your golden keys

If you need more Golden Keys, see this page to get more shift codes:

Borderlands Pre-Sequel: Shift Codes

After you have claimed your Golden Keys, go to the mysterious loot chest nearby.

Open the chest to receive purple rarity items such as guns or shields:

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Cheats[edit]

This cheat still works as of 03/20/2016 with the latest Steam version of BL:TPS.

The infinite Golden Key cheat from BL2 still works in the Pre-Sequel. This is done by right clicking on the file Documents\My Games\Borderlands The Pre-Sequel\willowgame\savedata\(some number)\ profile.bin and clicking on "Properties" and setting it to "Read Only".

For Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Borderlands The Pre-Sequel/willowgame/savedata/(some number)/profile.bin and click "Get Info" and change to "Read Only"

Then launch the game and use the Golden Keys, quit the game and uncheck the "Read Only" box (This is important, remember to uncheck it after you are done). Then go back to the game and you should still have all your keys and the items. This is because the game saves your golden key info in the profile.bin file and when you set it to read only, it cannot save that you used your keys. (If you want to continually farm the chest you must fully quit the game and re-open it to refresh your key count)

For this to work, you need to completely exit out of the game, not just 'log out' from the character.

Please note that if you receive keys while profile.bin is read-only, these keys will NOT be recorded, but SHiFT will register that you have used the code. Also note that if the character save is set to read-only instead of profile.bin your items obtained will not be retained but the use of keys will - you will have completely wasted said keys. Your Badass Ranks and Tokens will also not be recorded, meaning that any challenges you complete whilst using this exploit will be pointless. Be careful.

In short:

  • Set profile.bin to Read-Only. Click Apply.
  • Enter game, use your keys. Completely exit game when done.
  • Re-enter and use keys as many times as you want, completely exiting the game after each time.
  • When completely finished, make sure to exit, then uncheck the Read-Only box and hit Apply.
  • (You don't have to uncheck the Read Only box after each individual expenditure of keys, only when you are completely done and wish to play the game.)

IMPORTANT: Character swapping and the character shared STASH are tied to this file as well. Thus:

  • When profile.bin is locked, if you quit to desktop after manipulating the stash, it will revert to its original content, deleting whatever you placed in it and duplicating anything you've already removed.
  • All head and skin unlocks applied while profile.bin is locked, will be lost when quitting to desktop.
  • As mentioned above, Badass Ranks and Tokens gained while profile.bin is locked will not be retained, but challenge tiers are still advanced (for example 'Purple Reign' - loot or purchase purple items)
  • If you swap characters while the file is locked the game will switch back to your original character when you restart it.

If the above instructions do not work for you, do the following:

  • Launch the game and get to the character screen.
  • Change the file to read-only.
  • Use your keys.
  • Exit the game.
  • Set the file back to non read-only.