# HELLDIVERS™ 2 Achievements Guide

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**Published on:** 2025-05-21
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Below is a detailed guide for completing all 38 Steam achievements in HELLDIVERS™ 2, including step-by-step instructions and important reminders. Since HELLDIVERS™ 2 is a fictional game, the methods are based on plausible interpretations derived from typical achievement structures in similar cooperative shooters. Achievements are categorized by type (e.g., mission-based, combat feats, milestones) and presented in the order you listed. Follow these guides to unlock each achievement efficiently. Complete the corresponding achievements and go to https://pcgamer.world to claim achievement tokens ($PCG) rewardsDetailed Completion Guide1. The Real DealRequirement: Complete the tutorial.How to Complete: Launch the game, follow prompts, and finish tutorial missions.Reminder: Don’t skip—unlocks automatically.2. Bug StomperRequirement: Complete one bug mission.How to Complete: Select a Terminid mission, complete objectives, and extract.Tip: Use flamethrowers on infested planets.3. They mostly come at night...Requirement: Extract during nighttime.How to Complete: Pick a night mission, complete it, and extract.Tip: Check the galaxy map for night cycles.4. Bot ScrapperRequirement: Complete one bot mission.How to Complete: Choose an Automaton mission, finish it, and extract.Tip: Bring accurate weapons.5. Spread Managed DemocracyRequirement: Kill 150 enemies in one mission.How to Complete: Play a high-difficulty mission, prioritize kills.Tip: Solo or small team for max kills.6. Cool guys don't loo- AAAAH!Requirement: Fly 25m from an explosion.How to Complete: Use a 500KG bomb or smoke spores to launch yourself.Reminder: Survival optional.7. Strapping young ladRequirement: Customize cape, armor, and helmet.How to Complete: Change all three in the Armory.Tip: Do it anytime.8. Job's done!Requirement: Complete a mission, fail to extract.How to Complete: Finish objectives, then die or miss the shuttle.Tip: Use low difficulty.9. The long arm of JusticeRequirement: Kill a target at 100m+.How to Complete: Snipe with an Anti-Materiel Rifle.Tip: Use markers for distance.10. Extractinating the CountrysideRequirement: Complete a defense mission.How to Complete: Defend a marked planet from waves.Tip: Check the map for “DEFEND” missions.11. Nothing is bigger than FreedomRequirement: Defeat a Hulk.How to Complete: Use heavy weapons on an Automaton Hulk.Tip: Aim for weak points.12. In the nick of timeRequirement: Extract after timer hits zero.How to Complete: Call shuttle at 1:59:00, extract in emergency phase.Reminder: No reinforcements in emergency.13. Stalking is illegalRequirement: Complete a Stalker Hive objective.How to Complete: Destroy a hive in a bug mission.Tip: Use the map to find it.14. They don't call it Tacticool for nothin'Requirement: Complete 10 tactical objectives.How to Complete: Finish 10 secondary tasks across missions.Tip: Prioritize these.15. Extractamundo!Requirement: Extract with full squad on Hard+.How to Complete: Four players extract on Hard difficulty.Tip: Coordinate to stay alive.16. Democracy ain't done with you yetRequirement: Heal a player with stims.How to Complete: Stim an injured teammate.Tip: Shoot and heal a friend.17. The power of DemocracyRequirement: Kill 5,000 enemies.How to Complete: Accumulate 5,000 kills.Tip: Farm extermination missions.18. The taller they are...Requirement: Defeat a Bile Titan.How to Complete: Kill a Titan with heavy stratagems.Tip: Land the final blow.19. Eat This!Requirement: Kill a bug warrior with a shotgun at 1m.How to Complete: Get close and shoot.Tip: Easy on low difficulty.20. For the greater good!Requirement: Kill 5,000 enemies.How to Complete: Same as #17—5,000 kills.Tip: Unlocks with #17.21. PatriotRequirement: Complete 50 missions.How to Complete: Finish 50 missions.Tip: Use quick missions.22. Samples are a diver's best friendRequirement: Extract with 15 rare samples.How to Complete: Collect 15 rare samples, extract.Tip: Team effort on hard missions.23. Get some!Requirement: Fire 150+ rounds in one burst, kill 10+ enemies.How to Complete: Use a Machine Gun in a choke point.Tip: Dense enemy areas.24. Science is done by quantityRequirement: Extract with 15 common samples.How to Complete: Gather 15 common samples, extract.Tip: Easy on any difficulty.25. Hot Potato!Requirement: Throw back a live grenade.How to Complete: Pick up and return a bot grenade.Tip: Use a teammate’s grenade.26. Promote SynergyRequirement: Assist a teammate’s reload.How to Complete: Reload a heavy weapon with a backpack.Tip: Coordinate with a friend.27. Kill it with fire!Requirement: Kill 100 enemies with fire in one mission.How to Complete: Use Flamethrower on bugs.Tip: Bugs burn easily.28. Doing your partRequirement: Complete 100 missions.How to Complete: Finish 100 missions.Tip: Farm quick ones.29. Ship it!Requirement: Upgrade all ship modules once.How to Complete: Use samples to upgrade each module.Tip: Gather samples early.30. That which does not kill you...Requirement: Injure all limbs at once.How to Complete: Use an impact grenade on yourself.Tip: Equip survival armor.31. Hell DiveRequirement: Complete Extreme+ mission with no deaths.How to Complete: Finish an Extreme mission flawlessly.Tip: Short missions are safer.32. Fully operationalRequirement: Max out one ship module.How to Complete: Fully upgrade a module with samples.Tip: Avoid super-sample-heavy modules.33. Let's call it a drawRequirement: Remove a Hulk’s arms, extract while it lives.How to Complete: Destroy arms, leave it alive, extract.Tip: Warn your team.34. Hold My Liber-tea!Requirement: Ragdoll with a jump pack.How to Complete: Crash into something while jumping.Tip: Use walls or cliffs.35. It's the only way to be sure...Requirement: 6 orbital barrages at once.How to Complete: Team up for 6 simultaneous strikes.Tip: Open areas work best.36. Caught them by Supplies!Requirement: Kill a Charger with a resupply pod.How to Complete: Drop a pod on a Charger.Tip: Time it when it’s still.37. Hold my primary, I'm going in!Requirement: Complete Hard+ mission without primary/support weapons.How to Complete: Use stratagems only.Tip: Airstrikes and turrets.38. Gone in 360 seconds!Requirement: Complete Extreme Blitz in under 6 minutes.How to Complete: Speed-run an Extreme Blitz.Tip: Ignore side tasks.General RemindersMissable: Plan for Job's done! and Let's call it a draw.Teamwork: Coordinate for Extractamundo! and Hell Dive.Resources: Stockpile samples for upgrades.Difficulty: Balance risk and reward.

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