Elon Musk's flamethrower could be making an appearance in the next Borderlands game.

Musk tweeted about the new $500 consumer tool from his Boring Company brand, jokingly adding that it was sentient, had a safe word ("cryptocurrency") and came with a free blockchain.

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford reached out to Musk to ask him if he could implement his creation in Borderlands 3:

Sure — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2018

Borderlands is known for its novelty sentient weaponry so this seems like a perfect fit. Pitchford offered to lift the flavour text from one of Musk's tweets if he didn't have any suggestions himself.

Musk posted a video on his Instagram showcasing the flamethrower, which he assures "works against hordes of the undead or your money back!".

Whilst we don't have any official word on Borderlands 3, we can assume that it is in active development. Late in 2017, Pitchford shared that 90% of the Gearbox development team is working on a project that the fans are rooting for.

Pitchford also visited IGN Unfiltered to discuss why the wait for the next Borderlands instalment has been so long.

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