Helldivers 2 reveals new Democratic Detonation Warbond coming next week, here’s what’s in the battle pass
The second post-launch Helldivers 2 Warbond is just a week away.
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We recently rolled over into April, and that means it’s time for a newHelldivers 2Warbond for players to unlock and progress through. Specifically, this month’s fresh battle pass is the Democratic Detonation Warbond, which has been officially announced in a new trailer that highlights all of its major goodies. It’s scheduled to become available in-game on April 11 — that’s just a week away, at the time of writing.
Like theCutting Edge Warbondthat dropped in March, Democratic Detonation is suspected to cost 1,000 Super Credits to purchase and have three full pages of new gear and cosmetics for Super Earth’s finest space marines to earn with Warbond Medals. The former currency can occasionally be found at Points of Interest (areas marked with question marks on your map) during gameplay or purchased with microtransactions, while the latter is earned by completion missions, planetary operations, and both major and personal orders.
Thetrailerfor Democratic Detonation, which you can watch through the embed below, shows many of its new armors and weapons off. Note that it’ll likely feature some additional player card customization options, too, though these didn’t appear in the video.
Players can look forward to new armor sets, capes, and weapons, including a new secondary pistol, three new primaries, and a unique grenade unlike any other in the game right now. All of these items (along with a new booster) are listed in detail below, using information from anofficial Arrowhead blog post:
In stark contrast to the energy and arc theme of the Cutting Edge battle pass, the Democratic Detonation Warbond is centered around explosives and armor-piercing weaponry. The armor suits it adds will likely all share a perk; the Cutting Edge sets feature one that makes you resist electricity damage by 95%, so these ones might make explosions easier to survive. Liberty knows that’d come in handy for those times your teammates get careless with Eagle Airstrike call-ins.
As a result, most of the gear it adds will likely be very effective against the Automatons, so we’ll probably be cradling it in our hands like stuffed animals once the robots start their “The Reclamation” counteroffensive. I suspect that’ll begin a week or so after players completethe new Major Order to supposedly wipe out the Automatons"once and for all."
Helldivers 2 is available now for $39.99 on both PS5 and PC, and so far, it’s one of thebest PC gamesof the year. Notably, the game also supports cross-platform play between PS5 and PC.
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