Honestly one of the best quality of life changes in Borderlands 4 is that you can now fast travel from anywhere on the map by opening your map and clicking any discovered fast travel location, in BL3 you had to physically walk to a fast travel station which was annoying when you were stuck in a corner of the map after a boss fight, now you can teleport straight to the nearest station from wherever you are, but you still need to discover each location first by visiting it at least once, so this guide covers every fast travel station in the game because missing even one means you can't teleport there from the outer edges of the map
Sanctuary III Fast Travels
Sanctuary III has 6 internal fast travel points that unlock as you progress through the story:
| Location | Unlock Condition | Nearby Points of Interest |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge | Story progress — first visit to Sanctuary | Mission givers, navigation terminal |
| Docking Bay | Automatic — chapter 2 | Planet drop pod, vehicle summon |
| Living Quarters | Story progress — chapter 4 | Golden Chest, player rooms |
| Cargo Hold | Story progress — chapter 3 | Lost Loot Machine, vending machines |
| Medical Bay | Story progress — chapter 5 | Respec station, quick change station |
| Gunsmith Workshop | Complete "Gunsmith's Apprentice" quest | Weapon crafting bench, item salvage |
Pandora Fast Travels
Pandora has the most fast travel stations of any planet with 18 total locations:
The Droughts
3 stations: Droughts Entrance (starting area — automatic story unlock), Ellie's Scrapyard (story unlock — chapter 2), Billies' Territory (story unlock — chapter 3). Useful for: early game farming, vehicle spawn.
Lectra City
3 stations: Lectra City Main (story unlock), Neon Arterial (story unlock), Killavolt's Arena (unlocked after visiting arena). Useful for: Killavolt farm (Monarch), the Boom Town area.
The Splinterlands
4 stations: Splinterlands Entrance (story unlock), Boom Town (story unlock), Slaughter Shaft Entrance (story unlock — visit the arena), Splinterlands Bridge (exploration discover). Useful for: Slaughter Shaft XP farm, Boom Town vending machines.
Konrad's Hold
3 stations: Konrad's Hold Gate (story unlock), Konrad's Hold Interior (story unlock — mid-corridor), Ascension Bluff (story unlock — final area before boss). Useful for: mob density farm, red chest runs.
The Anvil
3 stations: The Anvil Gate (story unlock), Anvil Prison Yard (story unlock), Anvil Rooftops (exploration discover). Useful for: Gearbox Chest farm, Katagawa Jr. farm (Sand Hawk).
Devil's Razor
2 stations: Devil's Razor Camp (story unlock), Rust Commons (exploration discover). Useful for: side quest hub, vehicle combat area.
Promethea Fast Travels
Promethea has 12 fast travel stations across three main zones:
Meridian Metroplex
5 stations: Meridian Metroplex Entrance (story unlock), Maliwan Gate (story unlock), Atlas HQ (story unlock), Platform 3 (exploration discover), Skywell-27 (story unlock — end of zone).
Athenas
2 stations: Cathedral of the Twin Gods (story unlock), Athenas Village (story unlock). Useful for: Traunt farm (the boss respawns right at the Cathedral station).
Cistern of Slaughter
2 stations: Cistern Station (story unlock), Cistern Arena (story unlock — after visiting). Useful for: Cistern of Slaughter loot arena.
Other Promethea Areas
3 stations: Lectra City East (exploration discover), Desolation's Edge (DLC area — story unlock), Pyre of Stars (DLC area — story unlock).
Eden-6 Fast Travels
Eden-6 has 14 fast travel stations across lush jungle environments:
Floodmoor Basin
4 stations: Floodmoor Basin Junction (story unlock), Reliance (story unlock), Jakobs Estate Gate (story unlock), Floodmoor Crossroads (exploration discover). Useful for: early Eden-6 content, many side quests.
Voracious Canopy
3 stations: Voracious Canopy Trail (story unlock), Voracious Canopy Depths (exploration discover), Canopy Waterfall (exploration discover). Useful for: red chest run (6 chests in 3 min).
Jakobs Estate
3 stations: Jakobs Manor (story unlock), Estate Gardens (story unlock), Mausoleum (story unlock). Useful for: story progression, boss arena.
Other Eden-6 Areas
4 stations: Blackbarrel Cellars (DLC — story unlock), Cursehaven (DLC — story unlock), Heart's Desire (DLC — exploration discover), Sapphire Run (DLC — exploration discover).
Nekrotafeyo Fast Travels
Nekrotafeyo is the last planet you unlock through the main story and has 8 stations:
Desolate Sands
3 stations: Desolate Sands Landing (story unlock), Gara's Camp (story unlock), Tazendeer Ruins (exploration discover). Useful for: Rampager farm, Maliwan Blacksite entrance.
Floating Tomb
2 stations: Tomb Entrance (story unlock), Graveward's Arena (story unlock). Useful for: Graveward farm — the absolute best boss farm in the game.
Other Nekrotafeyo Areas
3 stations: Crypt of the Ancients (exploration discover), Eridian Forge (story unlock — endgame area), Negul Neshai (DLC — story unlock).
Xylourgos DLC Area Fast Travels
If you have the Xylourgos DLC installed the frozen planet has 7 fast travel stations:
Scraptrap Nest (story unlock), Xylourgos Settlement (story unlock), Frigid Basin (story unlock), Glacial Pass (exploration discover), Harker's Fort (story unlock), Ruiner's Summit (story unlock), Guardian Takedown Gate (story unlock — endgame). The Scraptrap Nest station is particularly useful if you're farming XP using the scraptrap respawn trick.
Fast Travel Farming Route Optimization
Once you know all the fast travel locations you can plan efficient farming routes that minimize travel time between bosses and loot sources, the best route for a general loot farming session is: spawn on Sanctuary III (check Lost Loot Machine and Golden Chest) → fast travel to Graveward on Nekrotafeyo (boss kill) → fast travel to Killavolt on Pandora (boss kill) → fast travel to Traunt on Athenas (boss kill) → fast travel to Slaughter Shaft (mob farm) → back to Sanctuary to sell and restock. This route hits the three fastest bosses plus an arena in about 15 minutes and maximizes your loot per hour.
Honestly unlocking all the fast travel stations is one of those things that seems tedious while you're doing it but becomes incredibly valuable once you start farming endgame content, the new fast travel from anywhere feature in BL4 means having more stations unlocked directly translates to less walking and more shooting, which is what we're all here for anyway