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The Helldivers 2 Premium Warbonds serve as the game’s Battle Pass, granting players new weapons, armor, and other cosmetic items. These do have one notable difference in that they do not expire at the end of a season like many Battle Passes in other games so new players won’t miss out, which is good as they contain exclusive weapons and armor. Another piece of good news is that players do not need to spend money to unlock them as the game’s currency Super Credits can be acquired by playing the game, although the option is there to purchase Super Credits if you don’t want to wait.
Arrowhead Game Studios announced the release of Democratic Detonation on X saying “Explosive firepower is Taken to a new level with three times the democracy and three times the detonation.”
The new Helldivers 2 Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond also brings new Ship Modules. When these are unlocked they improve your stratagems with perks such as shorter cool-down times and greater damage radius and automatically apply to the relevant stratagems. These Ship Modules are unlocked by using Samples that are collected throughout missions, with each stage costing more Samples and increasing rarities. Stage 1 requires Common Samples, stage 2 requires Common and Rare Samples, and stage 3 requires Common, Rare, and Super Samples.
Here are all of the new Ship Modules that have been added with the Helldivers 2 Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond.
Superior Packing Methodology
Description: Authorizes an 8-week crew trailing course in Superior Packing Methodology (SPM), resulting in increased supply box capacity.
Upgrade Effect: Resupply boxes refill Support Weapons with the maximum number of carriable magazines.
Requirements: Unlock Hand Carts.
Cost: TBC
Atmospheric Monitoring
Description: Grants subscription to data stream of live weather conditions, allowing for increased accuracy in orbital targeting.
Upgrade Effect: Orbital HE barrage spread reduced by 15%.
Requirements: Unlock Zero-G Breech Loading.
Cost: TBC
XXL Weapons Bay
Description: Further expands Eagle weapons bay by removing unnecessary systems such as fire suppression, ejection, and airbags.
Upgrade Effect: Eagle stratagems that drop multiple bombs will drop 1 additional bomb(s).
Requirements: Unlock Expanded Weapons Bay.
Cost: TBC
Enhanced Combustion
Description: Increase burning temperature of incendiary weapons by lacing fuel with a precisely-formulated compound of thermite, white phosphorus, capsaicin, allyl isothiocyanate, and 19 other accelerants.
Upgrade Effect: Fire damage from Stratagems increased by 25%.
Requirements: Unlock Power Steering.
Cost: TBC
Circuit Expansion
Description: Augments electrical weaponry by safely connecting multiple interior arc extenders into one long linear chain.
Upgrade Effect: Lightning arcs, fired from weapons and turrets, jump to one additional enemy.
Requirements: Unlock Rapid Launch Systems.
Cost: TBC
Blast Absorption
Description: Reinforces entries with expanded polystyrene pieces (peanut-shaped variety), which absorb thermal and blast energy.
Upgrade Effect: Sentries take 50% less damage from explosions.
Requirements: Unlock High-Quality Lubricant.
Cost: TBC
As with the previous Helldivers 2 Premium Warbonds, Democratic Detonation costs 1,000 Super Credits. These can either be purchased for $9.99/£7.99 or Super Credits can be earned in-game by collecting them in missions or unlocking them from other Warbonds.
With the Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond adding new weapons and armor, the meta of the game could be shaken up once players figure out the use cases of each item. To make sure you’re staying ahead of the curve, we highly recommend checking out our Helldivers 2 best weapons guide and best armor guide so you can create the best loadout for your play style to take down the Automatons after they returned with a vengeance following their temporary eradication.
