How to get samples in Helldivers 2 – common, rare, and super samples

If you want to progress to the later difficulties in Helldivers 2, as well as just generally killing those Terminids and Automatons more effectively, you’ll need to upgrade your ship – and to upgrade your ship, you need samples. That’s why we’re here to help. We’ve put together a guide to samples – explaining what they are and what are the differences between Common, Rare and Super samples. With that, let’s get into it.

All sample types in Helldivers 2

There are three types of samples in the game:

• Common samples (Green)
• Rare samples (Orange)
• Super samples (Pink)

Depending on the rarity, certain samples can only be found on certain difficulties, with the most valuable Super samples only being found on the hardest difficulties. Here’s a list of what samples can be found at each difficulty:

Difficulty Level	Available Sample Types
1 – Trivial	Common samples
2 – Easy	Common samples
3 – Medium	Common samples
4 – Challenging	Common samples Rare samples
5 – Hard	Common samples Rare samples
6 – Extreme	Common samples Rare samples Super samples
7 – Suicide Mission	Common samples Rare samples Super samples
8 – Impossible	Common samples Rare samples Super samples
9 – Helldive	Common samples Rare samples Super samples
10 – Super Helldive	Common samples Rare samples Super samples

How to get samples in Helldivers 2

All samples in the game can be collected from the map. They are most often found around various structures, nests, and points of interest (POIs). You may have to run around a bit to spot them, though they will show up as white icons when you get close enough. Always make sure to pick them up when you spot them.

✓ Collect your samples after death

If you die, you’ll immediately drop all the samples you’ve just collected. Remember to recover these from the location you died at or they’ll be lost when you complete your mission and leave.

Common samples

Common samples, as the name implies, can be found across all difficulty levels. Marked with a green circle split down the middle, you can find them represented by several in-game items:

Item	Where to find
Suitcases	Around human-built structures
Small machinery	Around Automaton structures
Alien bulb	Around Terminid nests
Corpse worm	Around Grave POIs

Rare samples

Rare samples start appearing from Challenging difficulty and onwards. They are marked by an orange rectangle with its lower-left quarter cut off. Here’s where you’ll most often find them:

Item	Where to find
Metallic crystal shards	Around all types of structures
Purple bismuth	Close to loot containers around all structure types
Alien flower	Near various POIs
Undocumented Rare samples	Sometimes found in Minor POIs

Super samples

The rarest samples of all are called Super samples, which start appearing from Extreme difficulty and up. They are represented by a pink cross-cut rectangle. Unlike other samples, Super samples are only represented as Super Uranium, a blob of floating liquid metal substance. They are always found near a Super Sample Rock – a map structure that looks like a protruding bulbous rock. It’s marked with silvery vein-like formations around its surface. There is a certain number of available Super samples on a map, based on the difficulty:

• Extreme: 2 Super samples
• Suicide Mission: 3 Super samples
• Impossible: 5 Super samples
• Helldive: 6 Super samples
• Super Helldive: 7 Super samples

✓ Be aware

Super Sample Rocks usually don’t appear during Eradicate Terminid Swarm, Eradicate Automaton Forces, and Retrieve Essential Personnel missions, so avoid these if you’re looking to farm them.

Are samples shared between players in Helldivers 2?

All samples found by your team will be shared across the squad. This means if one of your teammates loots some samples, you don’t have to kill them to get them, as they will automatically be rewarded to you after the match. All that matters is that the player who carries the samples successfully extracts from the mission. That way, the whole team will benefit from the collected samples. They won’t be split – everyone will get the looted amount.

Armed with this knowledge, all you have to do is prepare your loadout and arm yourself with the best weapons and stratagems to take on the highest difficulties and get those samples. And don’t forget to equip the best boosters to improve your team’s chances.

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