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The Secret Armory of General Knoxx

The Secret Armory of General Knoxx is the third in the series of downloadable content packs for Borderlands.^[1] Gearbox Software first announced it on January 21st, 2010, stating that it would be "the largest DLC for Borderlands to date" and would provide "new challenges and opportunities for growth for characters from around level 34 to level 50."^[2] It was released for Xbox 360 on February 23rd and for PC and PS3 on February 25th.^[3]

Pricing Edit

Playstation 3Edit

$9.99 USD/£6.99
€6,99
£5.99 GBP
$11.95 AUD
52.95 DKR

Xbox 360Edit

800 Microsoft points
$9.99
£6

PCEdit

$9.99 USD
$12.99 USD on Steam for Australia/New Zealand
£6.30 GBP on Steam for United Kingdom
6.99 EUR on Steam

AccessingEdit

This DLC can be accessed using the fast travel system and heading for the starting location of T-Bone Junction.

FeaturesEdit

This is a list of features announced by Gearbox Software:^[4] ^[5]

Continuation after completion of the original Borderlands story arc
Can be played on 1st and 2nd playthrough
Increased level cap by 11 levels
New gear: Weapons, Shields, Class Mods, Grenade Mods^[6]
New environment with several new areas
More animated NPCs
New enemies
Three new vehicles: the Monster, the Racer, and the Lancer
44 new missions^[7]
New Achievements and Trophies
New, larger Crimson Lance Chests
"More Scooter" (Vehicles and character)^[8]
Increased backpack capacity^[9]
Pearlescent (Before General Knoxx) rarity levels fixed to Orange (actually fixed in Patch_1.3.0), a new official Pearlescent rarity added as cyan.
Secret bosses scattered across the DLC

VehiclesEdit

The three new vehicles are as follows:

Monster, a monster truck similar to the one driven by Mad Mel. Fires three homing rockets.
Lancer, an APC capable of carrying four characters, as it has a gunner seat (with a two-stage laser), a minelayer seat, a driver seat, and a blast seat.
Racer, the fastest vehicle with a single rocket launcher (similar to the one on the original runners - Runner with a spoiler^).

CharactersEdit

The Secret Armory introduces some new non-player characters (NPCs), and brings back several previous characters.

EnemiesEdit

The Secret Armory introduces new enemies including:

BossesEdit

@GeneralKnoXX on TwitterEdit

Gearbox Software created a Twitter account for General Knoxx to post previews of the game. Here are the images that were posted by @GeneralKnoXX:

"these damn camera phones never seem to work. i'll have the inventor drawn, quartered, and made into cutlets." 20:42, February 3, 2010 Added by LobStoR	"heres a photo from worlds largest bullet. me & the misse- erhm, secretary are out taking tweetergrams of the areas" 22:39, February 8, 2010 Added by LobStoR	"t bone junction is a haven for teenage partying." 15:28, February 15, 2010 Added by LobStoR
"this wasn't me but something happened in t bone junction that totally wasn't me. (this wasn't me.)" 20:50, February 15, 2010 Added by Fenrakk101

AreasEdit

The new areas are all located in the Parched Fathoms, a dried up lakebed home to T-Bone Junction as well as other areas.

T-Bone Junction, a new friendly city, also the starting point of this DLC and the only map with a Fast Travel New-U station.

Two roads lead out from T-Bone Junction: one to the Crimson Tollway, one to the Ridgeway.

The Crimson Tollway - The long road controlled by the Crimson Lance, who have set up a roadblock.

Deep Fathoms - The dried-up lakebed inhabited by Drifters and Midgets.

Moxxi's Red Light - Mad Moxxi's residence in this DLC.
Crawmerax's Lair - Home to Crawmerax the Invincible.
Road's End - An extension of the lakebed, the Crimson Lance presence here is stronger as the road ends at the Armory.

Crimson Armory -Where General Knoxx is, along with the Crimson Lance weapon cache.

The Ridgeway - A highway built through ridges of cut rock, in the opposite direction from the Crimson Tollway.

Sunken Sea - A dry area, formerly underwater, with many roads and places.

Circle of Duty - An arena (with battles against the Crimson Lance) similar to the Circles of Death (skags) and Slaughter (bandits).
Lockdown Palace - A prison where the inmates have taken over.

Mission FlowEdit

Main article: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx/missions flow

AchievementsEdit

Main article: Achievements#The_Secret_Armory_of_General_Knoxx

The Xbox 360 achievement list was revealed, with the following achievements associated with The Secret Armory.^[10] They are also the same for the PlayStation 3.

Sucker born every minute - Paid for a worthless tour of the world's largest bullet^[11]
Completionist - Complete all missions in Secret Armory
Ding! Overleveled to 11 - Reach Level 61
Ding! Overleveled - Reach Level 51
Speed Kills - Destroy a Lancer while in a Racer
Sneaky Little Buggers - Kill each of the loot midgets
Vincible - Kill Crawmerax the Invincible
Depot Demolition - Destroy the Lance Depot
Athena, Out - Rescue Athena
Making a Monster - Build the New Car: Monster

MapEdit

By "Mutagen" http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showpost.php?p=1918577&postcount=145

TriviaEdit

The title of this DLC is a clear reference to Fort Knox in the U.S., which is synonymous with an impregnable fortress or building.
In the Secret Armory of General Knoxx logo there is a small 61 in the lower-right corner. This represents the maximum reachable level of this DLC.
The level increase, by the unusual number of eleven levels, is a reference to the potentiometer dials of Nigel Tufnel's guitar amplifier in the mockumentary, "This is Spinal Tap", apparently to give it "that extra push over the cliff".

MediaEdit

This is section of preview screenshots and videos, until they can be better integrated into their respective topics.

Preview - GameSpot.com	Preview - GiantBomb.com
Trailer (YouTube)	T-Bone Junction - GameTrailers.com
Crimson Tollway - GameTrailers.com	Lakebed - GameTrailers.com