Helldivers 2 Devoid of Liberty 7.0.0 Patch Notes

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Helldivers 2 update 7.0.0, titled Devoid of Liberty, introduces a new frontier with new Illuminate enemies, SEAF support, 15 additional ranks, expanded emote slots, and the Castellan’s Creed Warbond. The update also brings several community-requested changes, including a reworked assisted reload system and improvements to the GATER.

The patch also includes weapon and Stratagem balance changes, enemy adjustments, crash fixes, gameplay improvements, and visual updates. Several quality-of-life changes should make loadout management, stim usage, heavy landings, and battlefield encounters smoother.

Patch Highlights

New Features

• New Illuminate enemies have been added:
  • The Crusher can regenerate while taking heavy damage and must be worn down consistently.
  • The Wretch can dodge and leap while advancing towards players.
• SEAF support has been added as a planet modifier.
  • Friendly SEAF NPC troops can now support Helldivers during missions.
  • SEAF troops feature new behaviour, weaponry, and updated visuals.
  • SEAF support includes tools such as Stim pistols and Heavy Machine Guns.
• The Helldiver level cap has increased from 150 to 300.
  • 15 new ranks and titles have been added.
  • Each new rank includes a unique title and icon.
• The emote wheel capacity has increased from 4 to 8 emotes.
• The Castellan’s Creed Warbond has been added.
  • The Warbond is part of the Helldivers 2 and Warhammer 40,000: Castellan’s Creed collaboration.

Community Feedback Changes

• The GATER has received engine and transmission upgrades.
  • The vehicle now uses a Super V48 Interceptor engine.
  • Speed and handling have been improved.
• The R-2124 Constitution now features a full stripper clip reload when reloading from an empty magazine.
• Assisted reloads have been reworked.
  • Either the weapon wielder or the reloader can now have the required backpack.
  • Players can keep their backpack while reloading.
  • Teammates can more easily assist with reloads when the opportunity arises.

Quality of Life Updates

• Stratagem weapon loadout icons have been updated.
  • Weapons requiring a backpack now display a backpack icon.
  • Weapons that cannot be reloaded now display a drop weapon icon.
• Heavy landing animation duration has been reduced by around 40 percent.
  • The animation has been reduced from 1.32 seconds to 0.8 seconds.
• Stim inputs are now remembered for a short period when the action is temporarily unavailable.
  • A queued stim can activate when the action becomes available within the allowed duration.
  • The input can be remembered for up to 2 seconds.

Balance Changes

Primary Weapons

• Short magazines for the AR-23 Liberator, AR-23P Liberator Penetrator, AR-23C Liberator Concussive, AR-23A Liberator Carbine, and AR-59 Suppressor have received more ammunition.
  • Spare magazines increased from 12 to 16.
  • Starting magazines increased from 7 to 9.
• Short magazines for the SMG-37 Defender and SMG-72 Pummeler have received more ammunition.
  • Spare magazines increased from 9 to 12.
  • Starting magazines increased from 6 to 8.
• Short magazines for the SMG/FLAM-34 Stoker have received more ammunition.
  • Spare magazines increased from 10 to 13.
  • Starting magazines increased from 6 to 7.
  • Reload duration decreased from 2.8 seconds to 2.3 seconds.
• Short magazines for the SG-225 Breaker and SG-225IE Breaker Incendiary have received more ammunition.
  • Spare magazines increased from 9 to 11.
  • Starting magazines increased from 6 to 7.
• Short magazines for the SG-225SP Breaker Spray&Pray have received more ammunition.
  • Spare magazines increased from 16 to 20.
  • Starting magazines increased from 11 to 12.

Secondary Weapons

• P-113 Verdict ammunition has been increased.
  • Maximum spare magazines increased from 8 to 10.
  • Starting magazines increased from 4 to 6.
• M6C/SOCOM Pistol ammunition has been increased.
  • Maximum spare magazines increased from 8 to 10.
  • Starting magazines increased from 5 to 6.
• P-19 Redeemer spare magazines increased from 4 to 6.

Stratagems

• Eagle Napalm Airstrike has received an area-of-effect increase.
  • Explosion radius increased from 8 metres to 10 metres.
  • Bomb patterns have been spread out to cover a larger area.
• MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines have received increased demolition strength.
  • Demolition strength increased from 30 to 40.

Enemy Changes

Terminids

• Hunters can now consistently attack FRVs.
  • Hunters can correctly trigger a melee attack against FRVs.

Illuminate

• Veracitor melee attacks have been adjusted when Helldivers use the SH-20 Ballistic Shield Backpack.
  • Exomech melee force strength increased from 25 to 40.
  • Exomech melee attack armour penetration has been standardised to Anti-Tank.
  • Helldivers will ragdoll when blocking an attack rather than being sent into the air.
  • The Ballistic Shield breaks after around 15 direct hits.

Crash Fixes

• Fixed a rare crash when dropping down the core drill.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when spreading fire.
• Fixed a very rare crash when Mortar Sentries update their targeting aim.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when dropping into CR7+ missions on Cyberstan.
• Fixed a PS5 and Xbox crash on boot after entering the settings menu with no prior saves, restoring settings to default, and restarting.
• Fixed a rare UI crash during shutdown.
• Fixed a crash when using multiple monitors with different DPI scales on Windows.

Weapon and Stratagem Fixes

• Weapon sway and reload statistics now display decimals for greater accuracy.
• Backpack-requiring Stratagem Weapons now display backpack icons.
• Stratagem Weapons that cannot be reloaded now display drop weapon icons.
• Players can now assist reload a Helldiver using ammunition from their backpack.
• Fixed an issue where the Veto pistol received an extra round from the Siege-Ready armour passive.
• Fixed additional weapons that incorrectly received an extra round, magazine, or heat-coil.
• Fixed a camera clipping issue involving the R-36 Eruptor with the 2x Tube Red Dot at maximum field of view.
• Enemies no longer spontaneously attack the GATER unless a Helldiver is inside it or it is drilling.
• Weapons no longer lock onto the GATER tank.
• GATER ammunition capacity, health, knockback, and impact damage have been increased.
• GATER speed and responsiveness have been increased.
• Fixed an issue with the LAS-58 Talon overloading animation and SH-20 Ballistic Shield Backpack clipping.
• Fixed weapon draw animations being cancelled when entering the aim state while switching weapons.
• Improved the TD-220 Bastion Mk.XVI munitions system HUD to make manual main cannon reloading clearer.
• Orbital Laser no longer occasionally gets stuck after targeting a flying enemy.
• Exosuits no longer get stuck in trees when dropped off.
• Throwable items are now visible to other players when carried.
• Fixed shield arm damage zones protruding through the EXO-55 Breakthrough Exosuit shield.
• Fixed the Breaker Drill becoming stuck on roofs in certain Hiveworld missions.
• The M-104 Incinerator FRV mounted flamethrower now displays the correct icon and name.

Enemy Fixes

• Fixed Gatekeeper weapons clipping into each other when targets were too close.
• Fixed visual and gameplay inconsistencies involving Impaler armour.
• Impaler close-range melee attacks now have a damage shockwave.
• Hunters can now attack FRVs more consistently.
• Enemies no longer disappear when a Helldiver dies.
• Fixed enemy navigation issues in a Take Down Overship location.
• Fixed Veracitor melee attacks clipping through Helldivers using the SH-20 Ballistic Shield Backpack.
• Watchers and Obtruders can now attack players mounted behind a Grenadier Battlement.
• Fixed Hive Lord scales not visually breaking correctly.
• Obtruders now collide correctly with Helldivers.
• Reduced clipping between Obtruders and Helldivers’ vehicles.
• Veracitors now guard outposts.
• Fixed Veracitors clipping through buildings and obstacles while charging.
• Gatekeeper spawn rates have been increased to closely match Veracitors in Encounters.
• Fixed an issue where Gatekeepers could turn in place without moving their legs.
• Fixed rare issues preventing enemies from reaching the correct attack range.
• SEAF troops can destroy enemy spawners.
• Enemies can now climb stairs during Establish Communication Uplink missions.

Miscellaneous Fixes

• Fixed mission HUD inconsistencies on certain Hiveworld missions.
• Fixed visible terrain holes in a Disrupt Shield Generator location.
• Xbox players can now view a user’s Gamecard when joining an ongoing game.
• Fixed an inverted factory building facade.
• Updated pickup sounds for medals, requisition slips, and Super Credits in one mission.
• Fixed the Recoil Simulator displaying all ammunition as being fired at once.
• Vehicle delivery shuttles no longer get stuck searching for delivery locations in dense cities.
• Fixed the victory elevator animation.
• Helldivers can now find Super Credits in Factory Worlds.
• Fixed an incorrect Orbital Precision Strike incoming timer in the tutorial.
• Optimised various gameplay VFX.
• Hit markers are no longer displayed for indirect explosive damage, sentry damage, or orbital and airstrike damage.
• Melee, laser, and flame weapons now display hit markers correctly.
• Fixed invisible collision issues caused by ragdolling.
• Exo Storms of class 2 and 3 now spawn tornadoes of varying sizes depending on storm intensity.
• Fixed an issue where the CQC-1 One True Flag could break animations for other melee weapons.
• Fixed the CQC-1 One True Flag being planted at the Helldiver’s feet instead of in front of them.
• Fixed an issue allowing players to see through the Destroyer ship during a cutscene.
• Controller scrolling in the Bindings menu now stops correctly at the final available option.
• Fixed graphical artifacts in the Control Center.
• Fixed a network desync issue affecting SEAF Artillery shells and potentially causing a soft lock.
• Fixed an Oil Rig visual state issue.
• Fixed incorrect textures on civilian industrial corpses in cities.
• Optimised tree VFX materials.
• Fixed collision errors involving enemy corpses during network problems.
• Fixed an issue preventing Super Credits from spawning in Factory Cities.
• Added support for the upgraded PSSR upscaler on PS5 Pro.
• Added further image quality improvements when using upscaling.
• Reduced screen-edge ghosting when using NVIDIA DLSS upscaling on PC.
• Fixed blocky nebula effects, particularly at lower render scales.
• Fixed certain effects rendering through walls on PS5 Pro.

Helldivers 2 originally released on February 8, 2024, for PlayStation 5 and Windows, before launching on Xbox Series X/S on August 26, 2025. The game is developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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