Helldivers 2 is another super hit of 2024: 200 thousand gamers are playing the cooperative action game on Steam alone. Unfortunately, when you gather a squad with random players, you notice that many do not even know the basic mechanics. For example, they go on a sortie with the wrong weapon or are in too much of a hurry to the evacuation point. If you learn the secrets of Helldivers 2 in advance, you will definitely not let the team down.
How to fix game crashes
Helldivers 2 servers are overloaded, so be prepared for occasional crashes. If the situation becomes really critical, disable crossplay in the settings – this helps many to increase stability. There are also difficulties with connecting to random players. To avoid them, add your teammates as friends. You can usually join your comrade’s squad the first time.
Mine resources on different difficulties
To level up, you need a lot of resources: tokens open weapons and armor, requisition points – stratagems, samples – ship upgrades. It is better to farm these resources wisely. For example, three successful raids on a high difficulty will bring as many as 18 tokens. You can even complete the main task and die, evacuation is not necessary for accrual.
To obtain samples and requisition points, you need to meticulously explore the map, complete side quests, and destroy all outposts. On high difficulty (4+), this is often unrealistic, so turn on, say, difficult (2-3).
Look for the flashing capsules
Special capsules often fall on the location, you will recognize them by their yellow shimmer. Sometimes inside there are advanced weapons, tokens, and sometimes even super credits (donate currency that can be obtained directly in the game).
Such capsules are an opportunity to accumulate premium currency for the second battle pass (it is paid). However, the free BP has less than the required number of coins available.
Save up for bonus rewards
Hurry up and save up a thousand super credits, because the paid battle pass includes not only cosmetics, but also lethal guns. What is the “Incendiary Crusher” worth, which deals a lot of damage and sets enemies on fire. Of course, this barrel will not win the battle for you, but it will bring more benefit than a regular shotgun.
Follow orders
Every day, the hellish paratrooper is given a new order. Kill 400 bugs, 200 robots, three thugs – and get a solid increase in requisition points. In fact, you just need to choose the right task, and then play as usual.
Close the gaps
There are bugs in the locations that emit special pheromones and attract a horde of creatures. If you notice such an enemy in time and stop its summoning, you will avoid trouble. The most effective way is to simply take a grenade launcher and destroy the entire patrol with a couple of shots.
And the robots’ reinforcements arrive on ships. Their ship can be shot down with a rocket launcher.
Scan the area
There is usually an antenna at locations. If you launch it via the terminal and complete a simple mini-game, all points of interest will appear on the map. This is useful for finding capsules and samples. For unlocking antennas, you also get experience with requisitioning!
Recharge wisely
Ammo in Helldivers 2 runs out quickly, and it’s not always possible to refill your supplies. So reload when the magazine is almost completely empty – when you change the clip, unused bullets will disappear. Some guns, like shotguns, are not affected by this, reload them at least after each shot.
The most efficient way to reload is when the magazine is almost empty. The thing is that if you shoot all the bullets, the time it takes to change the magazine will increase significantly, which can be critical in the heat of battle.
Customize your weapon
Not everyone knows that weapons can be customized: to do this, take the gun and hold down the reload button (R on PC, square on PS5). A menu will appear on the screen with a choice of rate of fire, sight magnification, and other options depending on the gun.
Look for weak spots, study your enemies
The Bruiser is the first truly serious enemy the Hell Marine will encounter. Covered in armour, it can only be defeated with powerful weapons, orbital strikes or shots to the weak spot under the tail.
When attacking, the brute picks up speed and rushes at you. If you stand near a cliff and jump away at the last moment, the monster will crash into you and be stunned. This is the perfect moment to deal with it.
Each of the serious opponents has its own weaknesses, so try to approach their destruction more thoughtfully.
Don’t worry too much about time
Some missions last 40 minutes, others 12. But what happens when time runs out? It’s simple: the flagship flies away, dropping ammunition, delivering orbital strikes, and delivering reinforcements.
Evacuating without stratagems is more difficult, but still possible. The main thing is to run around the departure point and believe in miracles.
Look for the evacuation point by signal
The most convenient way is to find the evacuation site on the map, put a mark and calmly run to it. But on high difficulty, there are usually hundreds of bugs swarming behind you, so there is simply no time to climb around the map.
At such moments, just look around and look for the blue signal. It indicates the place where the rescue shuttle will land.
Take care of your partner
No matter how hard you try, you’ll still accidentally kill your teammate – and not just once or even 10 times. You can only reduce the amount of friendly fire. To do this, throw beacons farther away for an orbital strike and place turrets in the corner, not in the middle of the arena – they shoot at bugs and don’t worry about the paratroopers in their path.
Experiment more often
There are no useless stratagems in Helldivers 2 – each one is useful for a specific situation. For example, a regular cluster bombardment is useful for clearing out nests, and a napalm bombardment helps with defending a control point. A machine gun is nice for shooting at weak bugs, but for a sortie against robots, it’s better to take an armor-piercing railgun.
Discover new stratagems more often and test them in battle – this is how you will assemble the ultimate build for all missions.
Shoot while sitting and lying down
During the attack, you need to rush around the arena and shoot the bastards. But when defending, it is better to shoot while sitting or lying down, this position will greatly increase accuracy.
Blow up the boxes
Many probably didn’t pay attention to the blue boxes with supplies next to them. However, they can be blown up – with a grenade or a grenade launcher. There may even be supercredits inside.