The co-op shooter Helldivers 2 offers you a number of weapons with which you can defend the surface. Find out how to unlock all weapons in Helldivers 2 here.
Updated, 17.06.2024: Weapons from the 5th Premium War Bond have been added.
Your equipment in Helldivers 2 consists of a primary weapon, a secondary weapon and a grenade. When you start the game, this is your set-up:
Of course, this will get you far and you will need new weapons to defend yourself against the many enemies.
How to unlock weapons in Helldivers 2
You unlock weapons in the so-called Warbonds. There is a free and a premium version. To unlock the different weapons, you have to spend a certain number of medals in different tiers.
You unlock new tiers when you spend enough medals in the previous tier. There is no time pressure as the war bonds have no expiration date. The free war bonds currently offer you 11 unlockable weapons and 3 grenades and the premium war bonds offer you an additional 4 unlockable weapons and 1 grenade.
You can also unlock the Premium Warbond with Super Credits, which you also get in the free Warbond.
In the following section we list all the weapons and the required medals.
All weapons in Helldivers 2
All unlockable weapons from the free War Bond
All unlockable premium weapons from Steeled Veterans
Currently, you can only get the MP-98 Knight SMG in the Super Citizen Edition of the game.
All unlockable premium weapons from On the Edge
All unlockable premium weapons from Democratic Detonation
All unlockable premium weapons from Polar Patriots
All unlockable premium weapons from Viper Commandos
In the next few months there will also be new war bonds that will bring new weapons into the game. But the developers have assured that the war bonds will not expire and that this will prevent FOMO. Helldivers 2 is praised by players for its monetization: Helldivers 2 is a hit on Steam and that without Pay2Win – players praise the fair system