Exit Through the Rift Shop (Borderlands 4) — Clear the secret side mission with these steps

“Exit Through the Rift Shop” is a secret side mission with a non-obvious trigger and a missable trophy/achievement tied to the final choice. Use this guide to unlock the quest reliably, complete each objective, revisit the rift facility for missed collectibles, and secure “Rift Incompatible.”

Unlock “Exit Through the Rift Shop” (secret mission trigger)

The mission begins when a body falls from a rift and hits the ground in the overworld. Interacting with the corpse starts the quest. It can spawn across several zones and doesn’t require finishing the main story.

Recommended level: 30–45.

Step 1: Patrol overworld areas where the rift body commonly appears: The Low Leys, Cuspid Climb, Hungering Plain, and the Ruined Sumplands. Drive the roads to force new spawns as you loop the zone.

Step 2: Watch the sky for an NPC falling out of a rift. When you see a body on the ground, approach and examine it to pick up the mission.

Step 3: Check a reliable spawn in The Low Leys: under the bridge on the frozen lake south of the Wreck of the Seventh Cradle. If you don’t see it, make another loop and recheck.

Step 4: If it still hasn’t spawned, progress the story by defeating more major bosses, then return to these areas and repeat Steps 1–3. The mission can appear before the main story is complete, but it may not spawn early in a new run.

Mission walkthrough (objective-by-objective)

Gather machine parts

Step 1: Go to The Fadefields and enter the Deep Seven Order Silo in the Dissected Plateau region. Follow the marker to the building just north of the silo and speak with Francis Oddman.

Step 2: Fast travel to Coastal Bonescape, then move to Waterstop. Expect combat from Order forces as you approach the camp.

Step 3: Collect three machine parts in Waterstop. Two are on the upper level; the third is below the bridge. Melee the silver pipe lids to reveal each part and pick them up.

Step 4: Return to Oddman’s building and go upstairs. Place each part in the highlighted slots on the rift device to activate his machine.

Release prisoners

Step 1: Jump into the rift and use your grappling hook to land in the Order facility. Clear the enemies to open up the interior.

Step 2: Find the console near the stairs and press the button to drop the red force fields and release the prisoners. Speak to each prisoner before leaving for improved rewards.

Step 3: Navigate to the southern side and grapple up to the ledge. Enter the vent pathway on the right to reach the storage room.

Step 4: In the storage room, shoot the lock on the middle locker (second from the left) and take the Enriched Eridium.

Step 5: Return to the rift you used to enter and throw the Enriched Eridium into it to stabilize your exit route.

Confront Francis Oddman

Step 1: Jump back through the rift to The Fadefields. Clear the incoming Order wave outside the building.

Step 2: Enter the lab and confront Francis Oddman. Choose to punch or shoot him to complete the mission. Your choice affects a missable trophy/achievement (details below).

Punch vs. shoot — how to unlock “Rift Incompatible”

The final choice determines whether you can earn a missable trophy/achievement tied to Oddman’s fate after the mission.

Step 1: Punch Francis Oddman. He will fall into a rift and disappear from the lab.

Step 2: Travel to Terminus Range and enter Windspear. Head to the far north near The Nightcap safehouse. Approach Oddman’s frozen corpse to trigger “Rift Incompatible.”

Step 3: If you shoot Oddman, he dies in the lab and does not fall through the rift. This locks you out of “Rift Incompatible” for that playthrough.

Step 4: Want the trophy after shooting him? Start the mission on another character or a new run and choose Punch, then visit his body as in Step 2.

Return to the Order facility (missed ECHO logs)

Method 1: Use the post-mission portal (fastest)

Step 1: Go back to the area outside Oddman’s building where the mission ends. Look up for a rift portal anchor you can reach.

Step 2: Grapple to the anchor and enter the portal to re-access the Order facility space.

Step 3: Collect any missed ECHO logs and loot, then leave via the portal.

Method 2: Mission replay (for collectibles only)

Step 1: Open your Missions tab and select Replay for “Exit Through the Rift Shop.” This lets you re-enter the facility space and gather missed items.

Step 2: Note that replaying does not let you change the end choice. If you need the alternate outcome (e.g., for “Rift Incompatible”), use a different character or a new run.

Rewards

Key locations (quick reference)

That’s all you need to reliably spawn the quest, clear its objectives, and secure the missable achievement without a second guess.