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Liberating hostile alien planets is not an easy job to do inHelldivers 2. You not only need torely on your friends in co-opbut also your ability to call in powerful stratagems that can (and will) leave the planet in ruins. Whether that requires summoning airstrikes to drop explosive payloads, directing orbital barrages, or deploying sentries, you will need every stratagem at your disposal to gain an upper hand while fighting the Terminids and Automatons.
Your stratagems, though, must be upgraded to improve their effectiveness at higher-difficulty missions. That can be done by upgrading your Ship Modules through the Ship Management terminal, located just before the Armory,where you change your titles inHelldivers 2. This is where you spend your hard-earned Samples—a ton of them!
Below is a list of all Ship Modules inHelldivers 2, what they do, and the number of Samples required to unlock them.
Updated on July 15, 2025, by Saqib Mansoor:The Omens of Tyranny update, followed by the release of Urban Legends and a crossover event with Killzone 2 have resulted in a massive player spike for Helldivers 2. These include returning players as well as new ones. To that end, the article has been restructured with a few beneficial tips aimed at helping players make the right call when choosing the best ship upgrades for their Superdestroyer.
How to Unlock All Ship Modules in Helldivers 2
You need a total of3,830 common (green) Samples, 2,920 rare (orange) Samples, 305 very rare (pink) Samples, and 335,000 Requisition Slipsto unlock all Ship Modules inHelldivers 2.
You are not going to do that anytime soon. Samples are hard to come by, and the chances of finding every sample on a mission are low. Make it a habit to explore all points of interest on the map toget hold of some Samplesbefore extraction.
Samples are shared between all players in a squad, sostop killing your teammatesto steal their Samples!
60
0
80
40
5
Superior Packing Methodology
Support Weapons refill the maximum number of magazines with Resupply Boxes.
150
15
20,000
200
20
30,000
100
10
Atmospheric Monitoring
Orbital HE Barrages reduce their spread by 15 percent to concentrate fire in a smaller area.
25,000
250
35,000
Advanced Crew Training
Eagle stratagems' rearm times are further reduced by 10 percent if Eagle uses remain.
25
Power Steering
You can steer better and further while dropping in a Hellpod.
Req. Slips
Synthetic Supplementation
Sentry, Emplacement, and Resupply stratagems' cooldowns are reduced by 10 percent.
30
Depending on the stratagem type, you must fully upgrade two categories of Ship Modules inHelldivers 2to net the most benefits. For example, the Engineering Bay and Robotics Workshop collectively upgrade your Sentries and Emplacements. The Bridge and Orbital Cannons work together to upgrade your Orbitals.
Which Ship Upgrades to Get First in Helldivers 2?
Ship Modules are split between six categories, all containing five levels of upgrades inHelldivers 2. While you can choose any ship module category to upgrade first, their individual upgrade levels must be unlocked sequentially.
That means you need to unlock the level 1 upgrade of Orbital Cannons, for example, before unlocking its level 2. You cannot jump directly to level 5. Since the cost of Samples increases with each level, and farming Samples is time-consuming, you need to be absolutely surewhich ship module to unlock first inHelldivers 2.
While the long line of ship upgrades may seem overwhelming, follow the simple rules below to help decide what to unlock first. Yes, each Ship Module does a whole lot more after being maxed out, but this list is to curb confusion amongnewHelldivers 2players.
It’s probably a good idea to start upgrading the Hangar first. Eagle airstrikes and bombing runs are incredibly helpful inHelldivers 2. If you prefer the Orbital strikes and lasers instead, start with Orbital Cannons instead. Butchoose only one of them, and upgrade Patriotic Administration Center on the side. Everything else comes last.
