Borderlands 3 shares the same core loop with previous games around taking on missions, defeating enemies, and obtaining loot from fallen foes or special chests As part of the Borderlands series, Borderlands 3 is centered on the planet Pandora, which has been long-rumored to contain Vaults holding vast amounts of treasure and technology In decades prior, several corporations have laid siege to Pandora to try to find the Vaults, but the constant conflict and bloodshed has left the planet and its population ravaged and crazed Borderlands 3 takes place seven years after Handsome Jack's death in Borderlands 2 and the destruction of the Hyperion Helios Station in Tales from the Borderlands Several characters from past Borderlands games make a return