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Players will begin encountering the term "booster" not long after starting Helldivers 2, though what it means is not clarified straightaway. It is thus understandable that some fans may have questions about Boosters, wondering what they do and how to get them. This guide is here to answers those questions, and players will find everything that they need to know about Boosters in Helldivers 2 below.
Updated March 13th, 2024 by Russ Boswell: Helldivers 2 offers a myriad of boosters that can be activated before each mission that can really help to turn the tide of battle for the Helldivers involved. There are a lot of useful boosters but some can make certain missions and objectives a lot easier. To better showcase how to unlock and activate boosters in Helldivers 2, the following guide now includes a companion video.
Helldivers 2: What Are Boosters
Boosters are items that players can equip to receive a variety of bonuses during their missions. Those bonuses include additional reinforcements, increased resistance to injury, and more, and fans of co-op shooters will definitely want to activate Boosters as they are start delving into the game's higher difficulty settings.
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Helldivers 2: How to Get Boosters
Boosters are earned through the Warbonds that are found within the Acquisition Center, and they are unlocked with Medals. For full clarity, this menu is accessed by pressing the input that appears at the top of the screen when aboard a ship, and there are a total of seven Boosters scattered across the Standard and Premium Warbonds. Here are details on those Boosters, and fans will need at least 1,625 Medals and 1,000 Super Credits in Helldivers 2 to unlock them all:
Booster | Where to Unlock | Effect |
Standard Warbond (Page 3) | Helldivers come out of the Hellpod fully stocked on Ammo, Grenades, and Stims. | |
Standard Warbond (Page 4) | Allows all Helldivers to resist injury. | |
Standard Warbond (Page 6) | Increases all Helldivers' effective radar range. | |
Standard Warbond (Page 7) | Increases all Helldivers' stamina capacity and recovery. | |
Standard Warbond (Page 9) | Allows Helldivers to traverse difficult terrain with ease. | |
Standard Warbond (Page 10) | Increases the number of available reinforcements. | |
Premium Warbond (Page 3) | Reduces time until new reinforcements are granted once they've been depleted. |
Hellpod Space Optimization
Vitality Enhancement
UAV Recon
Stamina Enhancement
Muscle Enhancement
Increased Reinforcement
Flexible Reinforcment BudgetConsidering the large number of Medals that are required, players may need to spend some time farming Medals in Helldivers 2 if they hope to claim all the Boosters. That said, even those fans that work hard to efficiently earn Medals should not expect to gain access to the most powerful Boosters for quite some time.
Helldivers 2: How to Use Boosters
After a third-person shooter fan has unlocked a Booster through the free or premium Warbond, there are two ways that they can go about equipping it. The first is to visit an Armory terminal, which can be found just before the Galactic War map on a ship, and select the Booster tab at the top. The other option is to equip it when selecting a Stratagem loadout at the beginning of a mission, giving teammates the opportunity to coordinate the Boosters that they will activate.
