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6 ways Helldivers 2 has radically evolved since launch

Helldivers, we hope you’ve enjoyed your leave of absence, but much has changed on the galactic front. Super Earth needs you to return to active duty today and we wouldn’t call on you without good cause. Here’s six patriotic reasons to don your cape once more – for Super Earth!

The first line of offence

Our arsenal has expanded

Primary weapons and armor

There’s more than one way to zap a bug – and Super Earth’s weapons technicians have added even more. Via Premium Warbonds, there are dozens of additional primary and secondary weapons to add to your arsenal, including enemy-seeking grenades, electrified stun lances, crossbows, and even a Wild West-inspired marksman rifle known as the ‘Deadeye’. 

Borderline Justice Premium Warbond

Round up a posse of gunslingers and mosey out to the wild, untamed and hostile frontiers of the galaxy for a shootout.

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Servants of Freedom Premium Warbond

Steel yourself for close-quarters combat. Clean up the streets of Super Earth colonies under siege.

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Urban Legends Premium Warbond

Innocent worlds are at stake – so punish our enemies as you pledge to uphold truth, liberty and justice for all.

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Truth Enforcers Premium Warbond

Stalk your prey. Hunt your enemies. And pay homage to an elite Super Earth fighting force born from myth and legend.

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Chemical Agents Premium Warbond

Unleash weapons of gas destruction to sterilise the battlefields of our vile alien threats, and suit-up in hazmat-inspired armour sets.

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Freedom's Flame Premium Warbond

With an arsenal of fiery weapons and Hellpod Firebombs, the latest Premium Warbond is almost too hot to handle.

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Viper Commandos Premium Warbond

Stalk your prey. Hunt your enemies. And pay homage to an elite Super Earth fighting force born from myth and legend.

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Polar Patriots Premium Warbond

Keep your head – and your cool – as you ice the malignant enemies of freedom, justice and all that is good and true with the new Polar Patriots Premium Warbond.

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Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond

Fire in the hole, Helldivers: Make the biggest bang since the dawn of time to blow up the bugs and melt the machines.

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Cutting Edge Premium Warbond

Unleash all-new toys of tactical chaos with a unique anti-alien cache that includes explosive firepower, prototype armour, cool capes and more.

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Steeled Veterans Warbond

Demonstrate your iron-clad dedication to the cause with this Premium Warbond*. Featuring the Servo Assisted, Streel Trooper and Dynamo classes of player armor.

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Armor

The game features more than fifty armor sets to unlock via the base game, the Super Store and Premium Warbonds. They come complete with matching capes and player cards and include unique perks like resistance to fire or arc damage, or increased melee damage.

Support weapons

Beyond your trusty primaries, Super Earth Command now has additional support weapons to unlock through requisition. These include the Quasar Cannon, Airburst Rocket Launcher, Commando Launcher and StA-X3 W.A.S.P. Launcher.

Turning tides

The war is evolving

A new enemy faction

From the dark abyss left by Meridian's destruction, a deadly new threat to democratic decency has emerged.

A new enemy, The Illuminate, has invaded our galaxy, increasing the pressure on SEAF high command. Bolstered by grotesquely reanimated mobs of Super Earth's citizens, this new enemy is perhaps the most deadly of all - their invasion must be halted at all costs.

Warp Lines

Logistical Warp Lines have been the unsung heroes of the war effort to date – but no more! We’ve now made these Warp Lines visible on board all Destroyers so that you can co-ordinate your efforts with those of our brave logistical engineers, ensuring swift liberation of the most vulnerable planets and restoring galactic control to its rightful stewards on Super Earth.

Hostile Environments

The landscape has transformed

Planetary biomes

The march towards freedom has dispatched Helldivers to ever more exotic locations in the galaxy. Emerge from your Hellpod into haunted swamps choked by fog, frozen boneyards filled with titanic alien remains or desolate burning deserts.

Weather systems

Planetary conditions have become hard to predict. Blizzards, acid storms, volcanic activity, ionic interference and even fire tornados can now descend on your squad without warning. Each represents a distinct hazard, raining lethal projectiles from above, reducing visibility, altering weapon functionality, and blocking your access to stratagems.

Know the enemy

The threat has heightened

Urban warfare

The enemy threat is no longer limited to remote outposts and facilities on planets across the galaxy. It's with grim resignation that SEAF must confirm that our enemies have begun targeting civilised and law-abiding communities across the galaxy.

Helldivers, however, must always take the fight to the enemy, wherever they strike. We now must brave the challenges of large-scale urban warfare in built-up communities across the galaxy.

Mission types

In order to execute the fight for freedom, new missions and new targets have been identified by Super Earth Armed Forces. These involve taking on large scale enemy citadels filled with high levels of enemy threat, evacuating Super Earth colonists from dangerous locations, destroying enemy artillery and refuelling ships for the armada.

Difficulty levels

Increasing threat levels across the galaxy mean that Super Earth Armed Forces have been forced to designate a new mission difficulty. The bravest and most democratically unflappable Helldivers can now brave the level 10 ‘Super Helldive’ to prove their valor beyond all others.

Invest in democracy

The armada has strengthened

Ship upgrades

Super Earth’s top boffins have massively expanded the scope of development for your Super Destroyer. Tier 4 and 5 upgrades are now available to expand the capabilities of your interstellar base of operations, increasing efficiency across all operations, with faster deployment of weapons, orbital artillery and tactical Eagle strikes.

Ranks

In recognition of Helldivers’ continuing commitment to democracy, new ranks have been made available to unlock as levels increase, including Hell Commander and Super Private, because if there’s one thing Super Earth will always recognize, it’s your sacrifice.

Patterns

As part of recent Premium Warbonds, Super Earth’s weapon’s specialists have made available a new range of purely cosmetic upgrades for your equipment that will be sure to dazzle both the enemy and your fellow Helldivers. 

You can now requisition custom paint jobs for your Drop Ship, Hellpod and the Patriot and Emancipator Exosuits.

Superior engineering

Our technology is advancing

Exosuits

When you’re up against the odds, you can now call down either the Patriot or Emancipator Exosuit to even the odds. These huge walking tanks are built to deliver democracy deep into the heart of enemy strongholds: the Patriot, armed with a heavy machine gun and rockets, and the Emancipator armed with dual Auto Cannons.

Vehicles

Get the keys to your very own FRV–a brand new, top-of-the-line manual transmission reconnaissance and combat vehicle. The whole squad can ride together, and your passengers can even lean out of the windows to lay down some suppressive fire as you shift gears and speed to your next destination.

Balancing patches

Super Earth’s weapons development team never rest (contractually, it’s expressly forbidden) and continue to refine the Helldiver arsenal. As such, many of your favourite weapons are now better fitted to our environments, some with greater explosive yield and others with higher magazine capacity
 
Disclaimer: due to cost-optimisation and resource shortages some weapons may have reduced yield, capacity or ammunition stocks. Your understanding is appreciated.

The Galactic War

Helldivers, things will never be the same. The declaration of The Second Galactic War means that stakes have risen – the threat to our way of life is ever greater and the lengths to which we must go that bit longer. This means more complex missions lie ahead, more crucial operations that will decide the fate of our armada, and ever greater rewards to be reaped by our brave Helldivers.
  
To secure valor and glory, enlist today!