Complete the Main Story As Fast As Possible
While Borderlands 3 may seem open-ended at first, it won’t take long to see that most of the game’s areas and content are limited based on how much of the main story you’ve completed.
This includes new areas and worlds you can travel to, which side missions are available to you and how much you can feasibly level up without slowing to a near-halt of experience gaining.
As such, you’ll want to focus on completing segments of Borderlands 3’s main story before diving into each area’s side content.
Doing so will ensure you aren’t wasting your time trying to complete a crew mission or side mission with content locked off by completing a portion of the main story, and that all of your time is spent enjoying the game rather than being frustrated.
It’ll likewise allow you to gain tools that can be used to access different secret areas, further opening up what you can do while you’re off exploring the wider worlds available for you to play in.