The Dust

The Dust
Region	Blight
Fast Travel	The Dust
Connections	Eridium Blight, Friendship Gulag, The Highlands, Lynchwood, Three Horns - Valley
Game	Borderlands 2

The Dust is an area in Borderlands 2.

Inhabitants

Allies

• Ellie
• Jimbo Hodunk (during selected clan war missions)
• Loggins
• Steve (during Clan War: Trailer Trashing)
• Tector Hodunk (during selected clan war missions)

Common Enemies

• Bandits
• Spiderants

Notable Enemies

• The Black Queen
• Gettle (during/after The Good, the Bad, and the Mordecai)
• McNally (during/after The Bane)
• Mick Zaford (during and possibly after Clan War: Zafords vs. Hodunks)
• Mobley (during/after The Good, the Bad, and the Mordecai)
• Tector & Jimbo Hodunk (during and possibly after Clan War: Zafords vs. Hodunks)

Points of Interest

Boot Hill

Boot Hill is a hill at the end of Bug Gulch. It has a church on top, with an automotive theme instead of biblical trappings, and an adjoining cemetery.

Bug Gulch

Bug Gulch is an arid region inhabited by spiderants. The point of entry is behind Ellie's Garage, although there is little of interest until near the end of the area when it loops around to rejoin the main portion of the Dust. At this point the access road branches with a pair of old houses down one path and Boot Hill up the other. It is here that the The Black Queen can be found.

Ellie's Garage

The residence of Ellie and Loggins, Ellie's Garage boasts a Med Vendor, an Ammo Dump, and a Catch-A-Ride. This is the location where the Fast Travel station sends players.

Goose's Roost

The Goose's Roost is a bandit camp surrounding the remnants of an old buzzard academy. The area can only be reached by jumping a vehicle into it using one of the long, angled rock spires prevalent in the Dust. It is protected by various bandits and buzzards. There are 3 chests and a Vault Symbol present.

Hodunk Speedway

The Hodunk Speedway is a speedway circuit complete with a bridge in part of its twisting track. The service area is cluttered with various trailers and caravans, and is home to the Hodunk clan. This area contains a chest and a Vault Symbol.

"Moonshine" camp

This area is a small camp just east of the Dahlwell Oasis. It contains a Vault Symbol and a Chest. Also, an ECHO recorder regarding the Clan War between the Hodunks and Zafords is found at the entrance to the camp.

McNally's Shack

This area holds McNally, an enemy from the quest 'The Bane'. It also holds a chest.

Lynchwood Station

This area holds the waypoint to Lynchwood Station, and also takes place for the final mission in the Clan War missions. This area holds one chest. The enemies of the end of the Clan War missions continuously spawn here.

Old Dahlwell Oasis

This barren area contains various dilapidated shacks, several of which provide a home to bandits. There are also Bandit Technicals that patrol this area, making it hazardous for pedestrians if the nearby spiderants aren't threatening enough. There is even a Slot Machine in one of the half-buried shacks here.

Challenges

• Cult of the Vault
• Dust to Dust
• If You're Not First, You're Last
• I've Got a Crush on You
• The Van is Damned

Connections

• Eridium Blight
• Friendship Gulag
• Lynchwood
• The Highlands
• Three Horns - Valley

Notes

• All enemies in the Dust scale with the host character's level, along with all mission and their reward items.

Trivia

Borderlands 2 The Dust Run farming guide

Farming Run in The Dust

• Goose's Roost is a reference to the character Lt. Nick "Goose" Bradshaw in the movie Top Gun.
• A drawing of Spatula Khan can be found in Ellie's garage. The same drawing can be found in the Flavor Cave in the Unassuming Docks.
• Boot Hill, or Boothill, is the name for any number of cemeteries, chiefly in the American West. During the 19th century it was a common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters, or those who "died with their boots on"