Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 Guides

27 guides written by the people who run the Helldivers 2 store. Unlock routes, event timings, fixes and what is actually worth your time.

Helldiver with a flamethrower fighting a swarm of Terminid bugs in a cave in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2•9 Nov 2026•5 min

Helldivers 2 Noxious Strain: How to Kill the Poison Bugs

Two new bugs, one new status effect: why your stims matter more on Noxious missions and why you should not pop a Spewer up close.

Fronteria at night, with palm trees around a still oasis on a desert planet in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2•5 Nov 2026•5 min

Helldivers 2 Strategic Threat: 4 Planets to Check by Nov 8

Arrowhead keeps denying the TCS+ breaches while asking you to go and check four planets, and it lists no reward for doing so.

A shirtless Cyborg with glowing red eyes, a respirator and an arm cannon striding through a burning Automaton factory city in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2•31 Oct 2026•6 min

Helldivers 2 Major Order: 35M Samples, 60M Cyborgs by Nov 2

The memorial is gone; now Super Earth wants Automaton samples and dead Cyborgs for its interrogation center.

Helldiver aiming the AMW-20 Apex stratagem rifle from the Scope of Authority Warbond

Helldivers 2•30 Oct 2026•4 min

Helldivers 2 Patch 7.2.2: AMW-20 Apex Buff Explained

A small patch, but it fixes the Scope of Authority sniper that could not break what its rivals could.

Helldiver firing a twin-barrel HMG Emplacement in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2•27 Oct 2026•7 min

Helldivers 2 Democratic Sniper Major Order: Failed Oct 29

With the Automaton kills already done, the Terminid HMG and Illuminate Anti-Materiel Rifle kills now decide whether the 45 Medals pay out.

Two Helldivers in snow camouflage on an icy ridge, one aiming the LAS-44 Nova energy rifle

Helldivers 2•26 Oct 2026•9 min

Scope of Authority Tier List: Sightliner, Nova and Apex

Two testers agree the Scope of Authority Warbond is built for the bot front, but they split hard on the Apex, the Mist and the Caltrops.

Helldiver in black and yellow armour firing a rifle as an Automaton dropship explodes overhead

Helldivers 2•26 Oct 2026•6 min

Helldivers 2 Liberty Day 2026: Who Got the Free Liberator

Output Lag reports that, unlike 2025's Major Order cape, this year's Liberty Day rifle only asks you to log in once before Monday night's cutoff.

Helldiver in a black cape walking toward a field of Orbital Airburst Strike explosions on a red desert planet

Helldivers 2•21 Oct 2026•6 min

Helldivers 2 Patch 7.2.0: Easy Anti-Cheat and Weapon Buffs

GameGuard is gone and shotguns hit harder: what Arrowhead's October 20 update changes for your loadout and your mods.

Helldiver sniper aiming from a misty forest in the Scope of Authority Premium Warbond key art

Helldivers 2•14 Oct 2026•7 min

Helldivers 2 Scope of Authority: 603 Medals and 4 Guns

A sniper-first Warbond with a ghillie-suit armour set, and two of its four guns arrive as Stratagems rather than primaries.

Helldivers 2 Common Samples: How to Farm Them and How Long cover art

Helldivers 2•2 Oct 2026•10 min

Helldivers 2 Common Samples: How to Farm Them and How Long

Per-mission Common Sample counts for all ten difficulties, how many runs the 500 cap and the 3,830 ship module bill take, and the two boosters that add extra.

How Long Does It Take to Get a Free Warbond in Helldivers 2? cover art

Helldivers 2•1 Oct 2026•8 min

How Long Does It Take to Get a Free Warbond in Helldivers 2?

Free Warbonds in Helldivers 2 cost medals as well as hours: the credits inside each Warbond only unlock after you spend enough medals to open its pages. Here is the full sum, page by page.

A Helldiver in SEAF armour holding a rifle in a Terminid hive with bugs crawling behind him

Helldivers 2•30 Sep 2026•12 min

Helldivers 2 Difficulty Levels and Super Helldive Unlock

Each difficulty opens after a full operation on the one below, so Super Helldive takes a Helldive run. Plus medals, samples and what changes at all 10 tiers.

Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom key art

Helldivers 2•30 Sep 2026•9 min

Helldivers 2 Stratagems to Unlock First: Starter Picks

Every early stratagem's unlock level and Requisition price from the Helldivers Wiki, plus what Steam players in 2024–2026 and a 2026 GamesRadar+ tier list suggest buying early.

Helldivers 2 squad with head lamps moving through a purple alien forest at night as an Illuminate tripod walker looms behind them

Helldivers 2•30 Sep 2026•7 min

How to Level Up Weapons Fast in Helldivers 2

Levels 20 to 25 cost more XP than the first 19 combined, and every attachment you unlock still has to be bought with Requisition Slips.

Helldivers 2 official artwork from the Devoid of Liberty look-back post

Helldivers 2•29 Sep 2026•11 min

Helldivers 2 Super Credits Not Showing? 6 Causes and Fixes

Arrowhead's own support articles cover several reasons Super Credits go missing: PSN region locks, Family Sharing, the Steeled Veterans refund loop and the lack of cross-progression.

A four-player Helldivers 2 squad fighting Terminids on an orange desert planet

Helldivers 2•28 Sep 2026•11 min

Helldivers 2 Boosters: All 20 and Which Warbond Has Each

Six Boosters are free, fourteen are spread across thirteen Premium Warbonds, and all twenty cost 1,108 Medals combined, but only four different ones can ride in any squad.

Helldivers 2 Devoid of Liberty key art

Helldivers 2•26 Sep 2026•9 min

Helldivers 2 Max Level: How Long It Takes to Reach 300

Levels past 30 only hand out titles, so the real question is how much of the 11 million XP to level 300 you want to grind: here are the totals, the mission maths and what players report.

A Helldiver exploring an alien planet in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2•26 Sep 2026•9 min

Helldivers 2 Samples: Where to Find Rare and Super Samples

Five shapes of Common Sample, three of Rare, one of Super: what each looks like, the minimap icon that tells you a spot is cleared, and why a squadmate's dropped container matters more than the next pickup.

The Bridge of a Super Destroyer in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2•25 Sep 2026•8 min

Helldivers 2 Requisition Slips: How to Farm and Spend Them

The four sources, the difficulty ladder from +25% to +300%, the 50,000 cap, and an itemised list of all 58 Requisition-priced stratagems (449,000) plus the 335,000 the module tree needs.

The Engineering Bay module of a Super Destroyer in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2•25 Sep 2026•6 min

Helldivers 2 Ship Modules: Every Upgrade Cost and Total

Six tables, one per ship section, plus the split that matters for planning: tiers 1–3 cost no Requisition at all, tier 4 needs 140,000, and tier 5 alone takes 140 of the tree's 305 Super Samples.

Meet the TD-110 Maelstrom Tank: Arrowhead reveal trailer key art

Helldivers 2•24 Sep 2026•6 min

Helldivers 2 Maelstrom Tank: How to Unlock the TD-110

The permit comes from a Major Order, not a shop, and the guns only swing 40 degrees; both facts change how you should spend the free-trial window.

Ironclad Democracy Warbond key art showing armoured Helldivers in front of a tank

Helldivers 2•23 Sep 2026•12 min

Helldivers 2 New Warbond: Scope of Authority on October 20

The last six Premium Warbonds were each revealed about a week before launch. What Ironclad Democracy holds, what it costs in Medals, and why the monthly cadence is gone.

Helldivers 2 key art showing a squad of Helldivers advancing in formation

Helldivers 2•23 Sep 2026•16 min

Every Helldivers 2 Warbond Ranked by Completion Cost

Clearing Polar Patriots costs 74 Medals per gameplay item; Chemical Agents 136. But the lowest cosmetic share belongs to a Warbond that ranks sixth.

Helldivers 2•22 Sep 2026•11 min

Helldivers 2 Medal Farm: Every Source and What It Pays

Four medal sources, one 250 cap, and a Warbond shelf that needs 18,522 medals to finish. Here is how to earn them without throwing any away.

Helldivers 2•22 Sep 2026•10 min

Helldivers 2 Super Credits: How to Farm Enough for a Warbond

At 10 credits a stack, a Premium Warbond is about 100 pickups, fewer once Helldivers Mobilize and each finished Warbond hand some back. Here is where those stacks spawn and which maps pack in the most.

Helldivers 2•19 Sep 2026•7 min

Helldivers 2 Super Samples: Where to Find Them

One landmark shaped like a chicken drumstick, two spawns that look like scenery, and 305 of them between you and a finished Super Destroyer.

Helldivers 2 Ironclad Democracy Warbond (Sept 22): All Items cover

Helldivers 2•16 Sep 2026•7 min

Helldivers 2 Ironclad Democracy Warbond: Release Time & Items

Arrowhead's announcement lists every weapon, armor set, booster and tank pattern in the warbond; now that it is live, here are its 1,000 Super Credit price and the medal cost of every item, page by page.