Helldivers 2 Update 1.300 Patch Notes: Here Are All The Important Changes

Salal Awan April 29, 2024

Arrowhead has released Helldivers 2 version 1.300 for PC and PS5. The update includes important changes to the game, which are listed below.

In terms of balance adjustments, weapons, stratagems, and enemies have been modified. For example, armor with a rating above 100 now protects headshots. Additionally, victory poses now only play for extracted players, and burning damage has been reduced by 15%.

Primary, secondary, and support weapons have been adjusted with changes to factors such as explosion size, recharge time, recoil, magazine capacity, and damage output. Similarly, stratagems have been tweaked, with adjustments made to factors such as health, reload mechanics, and effectiveness.

Enemy behaviors and attributes have also been modified, affecting movement speed, resistance to damage, and spawn rates.

Gameplay enhancements include improvements to level generation, new settings in the options menu, and adjustments to mission objectives and hazards.

Lastly, several bug fixes have been implemented to address crashes, UI glitches, gameplay exploits, and inconsistencies in weapon mechanics.

Helldivers 2 Update 1.300 Patch Notes

Balancing

General

Armors with armor rating above 100 now also reduce damage on headshots.
Victory poses will now only play for the extracted. (No stolen valor on my ship.)
Burning damage reduced by 15%

Primary, Secondary & Support Weapons

CB-9 Exploding Crossbow

Slightly smaller explosion
Increased stagger
Decreased number of maximum mags from 12 to 8
Increased number of magazines received from resupply from 6 to 8
Slight reduction in ergonomics
Muzzle velocity increased

LAS-99 Quasar Cannon

Increased recharge time by 5 seconds

BR-14 Adjudicator

Full auto is now the default fire mode
Reduced recoil
Increased maximum mags from 6 to 8
Increased number of magazines received from resupply from 6 to 8
Now placed amongst assault rifles

LAS-98 Laser Cannon

Slightly increased damage
Slightly reduced damage versus large volume bodies

SG-8P Punisher Plasma

Decreased maximum mags from 12 to 8
Increased amount of magazines received from resupply from 6 to 8
Increased projectile speed, but will still keep a similar range
Decreased damage falloff on the explosion
Now placed in the energy weapons category

ARC-12 Blitzer

Increased shots per minute from 30 to 45
Now placed in the energy weapons category

R-36 Eruptor

Decreased number of maximum mags from 12 to 6
Explosion damage drops off slightly faster

LAS-16 Sickle

Decreased amount of magazines from 6 down to 3

LAS-5 Scythe

Increased damage from 300 to 350
Decreased max number of mags from 6 down to 4

RS-422 Railgun

Increased armor penetration in both safe mode and unsafe mode
Stagger force slightly reduced

MG-101 Heavy Machine Gun

Third person crosshair enabled

63CS Diligence Counter Sniper

Damage increased from 128 to 140
Ergonomics improved

R-63 Diligence

Damage increased from 112 to 125

P-19 Redeemer

Slight increase in recoil

P-2 Peacemaker

Increased damage from 60 to 75

P-8 Senator

Increased damage from 150 to 175
Speedloader added when reloading on an empty cylinder–speeds up reload on empty considerably

LAS-7 Dagger

Increased damage from 150 to 200

AR-19 Liberator

Damage increased from 55 to 60

AR-23C Liberator Concussive

Damage increased from 55 to 65

JAR-5 Dominator

Damage decreased from 300 to 275

AX/AR-23 Guard Dog

Decreased damage by 30%

RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher

Airburst Rocket Launcher will no longer detonate when shot near stratagems (HMG turret, Sentries, Resupplies) and other Helldivers
Reduced proximity radius

Stratagems

A/MG-43 Machinegun Sentry

Increased health to match other Sentries

A/ARC-3 Tesla Tower

Increased health by 33%

FAF-14 Spear

Added reload stage reload after the spent missile had been discarded

RL-77 Airburst Rocket Launcher

Airburst Rocket Launcher will no longer detonate when shot near stratagems (HMG turret, Sentries, Resupplies) and other Helldivers
Reduced proximity radius

Enemies

Bile Spewer and Nursing Spewers movespeed slightly reduced
Hulks: Force required for them to stagger slightly increased
Hulk Scorcher direct flamethrower damage reduced by 20%
Devastator fire rate slightly increased (only the standard devastator)
Gunships sideways movement slightly increased
Scout strider Riders now less vulnerable to explosions
Fog Generators health and armor increased
Gunship spawners now have a much lower cap on how many gunships they can have active at the same time

Enemy Patrols

Patrol spawning has been increased when there are fewer than 4 players. The fewer the players the bigger the change. For 4 player missions there will be no change compared to before.The biggest noticeable change will be for solo players at higher difficulties

Gameplay

Made minor level generation improvements to how we distribute locations throughout the mission map. This should improve variation in distance between objectives, and objectives will likely not spawn as far away from each other as often as before.
Added setting in the options menu gameplay section to disable automatic climbing and vaulting while sprinting.
The Spread Democracy mission otherwise known as “raise the flag” can now be enjoyed on higher difficulties for maximum freedom spreading.
When readying up, Helldivers now salute to ensure maximum democratic readiness.
Added ambience to the Tremor planetary hazard to underline the severity so Helldivers can react accordingly
Shots that ricochet from heavy armored enemies will now properly hit the Helldiver who fired them. Trigger discipline is highly recommended.

Details on the update can be seen on the official Steam forums. The developers have also shared a list of the known issues.

Helldivers 2 is out now for PC and PS5. It has also been rumored that Sony might in in early discussions to bring it to Xbox consoles.