Borderlands 3 Walkthroughs

The Family Jewel Mission Summary

Montogomery Jakobs left a final message for his son, Wainwright, with a clue to find the Eden-6 Vault Key Fragment. Hopefully they’re just in a safety deposit box or something and not nestled deep in the primeval heart of the untamed jungle. Fingers crossed…

The Family Jewel Rewards and Requirements

Listed below are the rewards and level requirements for completing The Family Jewel Mission Objectives.

Suggested Level: Lvl 25

Rewards: $3,060, a rare Pistol, and 14,291 XP.

The Family Jewel Mission Objectives

  • Talk to Hammerlock
  • Take the Record
  • Play the Record
  • Go to the Voracious Canopy
  • Locate the Family Jewel
  • Find BALEX
  • Kill the Tyrant
  • Pick up the Pink Plushie
  • Locate the Family Jewel
  • Climb up to the Panel
  • Melee the Panel
  • Cut the Hydraulic Lines
  • Enter the Family Jewel
  • Open the Door
  • Go through the Medical Bay
  • Grab the Wires
  • Go through the Medical Bay
  • Knock off the EMS Bot’s Head
  • Install BALEX
  • Get to the Security Bay
  • Defend BALEX
  • Check out the Freight Entrance
  • Get to the Security Bay
  • Clear the Security
  • Defend BALEX
  • Go to the Security Door
  • Kill the Jabbers
  • Retrieve BALEX
  • Get to the Bridge
  • Get to the Container
  • Disconnect the Container
  • Install BALEX
  • Kill the Ratch
  • Get to the Bridge
  • Kill GenIVIV
  • Collect the Vault Key Fragment
  • Collect BALEX
  • Return to Sanctuary
  • Get to the Bridge
  • Install BALEX
  • Pick up the Hard Drive
  • Give the Hard Drive to Marcus
  • Give the Vault Key Fragment to Tannis

The Family Jewel Walkthrough

Talk to Hammerlock

Talk to Hammerlock inside the lodge at Knotty Peak.

Take the Record

Wainwright has got the record player working, take the record from him and do the honors of playing it first.

Play the Record

Place the Record on the player and listen to what it has to say.

Go to the Voracious Canopy

Head to the marker on screen and enter the Voracious Canopy area.

Locate the Family Jewel

Make your way towards the objective marker and find the Family Jewel.

Find BALEX

As you travel through the area, you’ll come across a voice on radio. This voice belongs to BALEX, find him by making your way to the objective marker.

Kill the Tyrant

As you near the objective, you’ll come face to face with a Tyrant – which is a large dinosaur. In order to find BALEX, kill the Tyrant.

Pick up the Pink Plushie

After killing the Tyrant, you’ll soon learn that he had swallowed BALEX, who turns out to be large Pink Plushie. Pick him up from the ground where the Tyrant died.

Locate the Family Jewel

With BALEX’s help, continue following the objective to reach The Family Jewel.

Climb up to the Panel

Once you find The Family Jewel, head to the entrance and climb up to the panel.

Melee the Panel

In order to open the door to the ship, melee the panel as indicated on your screen.

Cut the Hydraulic Lines

Kill the Ratch Swarm that spawns when breaking the panel. Once dead, head back to the panel and cut the hydraulic lines as indicated.

Enter the Family Jewel

With the door now open, enter The Family Door.