Borderlands 3's Guardian Rank system will be activated once you complete the main campaign. People who have played Borderland 2 will find themselves in known territory, as it is similar to the Badass Rank of that game. Guardian Rank will allow you to purchase additional stats on your character's bonuses, thus adding more variety to potential builds. This is basically a reason to keep playing and grinding, even after hitting the max level, which is currently 50.
How to get a Guardian Rank and Tokens
You can get the Guardian Rank the same way you get standard experience, but by playing the game, completing missions, killing enemies, and finding collectibles. A new experience bar will appear above the one you check to see your level and every time you rank higher you will get a Guardian Token.
Guardian tokens can be used to purchase a state from a group of six randomly selected options. They take Enforcer, Hunter and Survivor trees. Each tree will offer two random stats each time you use a token.
Guardian rank trees
Enforcer Tree
- Critical damage
- Grenade damage
- Damage caused by a firearm
- Fire damage
- Melee damage
- Damage to the vehicle
Survivor tree
- Fight for your life
- Fight for your life Movement speed
- Maximum health
- Shield capacity
- Shield recharge delay
- Shield recharge rate
Hunter tree
- Precision
- Action Skill Recharge
- Luck (affects sink rates)
- Recoil reduction
- Reload speed
Additionally, each tree has breakpoints that you can hit when you invest enough tokens. You will also gain passive skills and other upgrades from these breakpoints. I'll update the guide with a list of buffs, and when the breakpoints are, as soon as I have this information.