Helldivers 2's substantial 2025 update, patch 01.002.101, is now live, introducing significant gameplay adjustments and bug fixes. This over 5GB patch increases spray weapon gas duration to 10 seconds, restores emoting during flight or ragdolling, and implements numerous balance changes.
Approaching its first anniversary, and with the Illuminate faction adding a new dimension, players anticipate further developments in the Galactic War storyline. The update's substantial size hints at potential unannounced additions beyond the documented changes.
A notable, albeit peculiar, fix deserves mention:
Resolved a minor visual glitch affecting the Stalker's tongue (details withheld).
Helldivers 2 Update 01.002.101 Patch Notes:
Balancing:
- General: Spray weapon gas duration increased from 6 to 10 seconds. A despawn timer for Illuminate dropship wrecks prevents path obstructions.
- Helldiver: Jogging permitted while carrying two-handed items (barrels, SEAF Artillery Rounds).
- FRV: Grenade and stratagem deployment allowed while leaning from the FRV. FRV handling improved for cornering.
- Sidearms: Starting magazines increased to 3; spare magazines increased to 5.
- Stratagem Support Weapons (TX-41 Sterilizer): Removed crosshair drift recoil; decreased camera climb recoil.
- Armor Passives (Siege Ready): A bug granting extra ammo to all weapons (not just primaries as intended) remains unfixed for now, pending further evaluation. Armory description will be updated later.
- Backpacks (AX/TX-13 “Guard Dog”): Reworked for increased effectiveness, prioritizing gas-unaffected enemies. Targeting logic improved, range increased to 20m.
- Stratagems (MD-6, MD-I4, MD-17 Anti-Personnel/Incendiary/Tank Mines): Cooldown reduced to 120 seconds; damage increased; deployment spread widened to reduce chain explosions.
- SH-20 Ballistic Shield Backpack: Now blocks melee attacks until destroyed.
Fixes:
- Top Priority: Emoting restored during ragdolling/falling (without fall damage reduction). Illuminate spawner ship shields now take impact grenade damage. Collision gaps in Illuminate ships fixed. Health packs fully restore stims. High-damage weapons detonate Hellbombs.
- Crash Fixes: Numerous crash fixes related to mission aborts, hot-joining, emotes, fires, drop-in sequences, reloading, armor changes, tutorial completion, extraction, projectile fire, carryable objectives, text language changes, and SG-20 Halt reloading.
- Social & Matchmaking: Improved matchmaking for regional proximity. Matching with selected difficulty lobbies improved. Chat history preservation fix.
- Weapons & Stratagems: Emplacement retention during text chat. Arc weapon accuracy improved against Impaler tentacles. E/AT-12 Anti-Tank Emplacement armor penetration tag corrected. Stratagem turrets no longer target Tesla Towers. Melee weapon physics adjusted. B-1 Supply Pack stim sharing restored. Visual fix for heat weapon progress bars.
- FRV: FRV reinforcement to prevent minor impact explosions. Camera improvements. Reduced rooftop drops. Non-QWERTY keyboard input support. Enemy launch distance adjustment.
- Helldiver: Fixes for ragdolling into FRV, vehicle vaulting, ground sliding, and water animation issues.
- Enemies: Stalker tongue visual bug fixed. Enemy reaction to missed shots improved.
- Miscellaneous: Various audio, civilian pathing, visual, and other minor fixes.
Known Issues:
- Top Priority: Black box terminal clipping. Stratagem ball physics. DSSP pathfinding. Dolby Atmos on PS5.
- Medium Priority: Pelican-1 extraction issues. Explosive ragdolling. Cape display issues. "This is Democracy" emote bug. AX/TX-13 ammo indicator. Barrager Tank armor. LAS-5 Scythe zoom. Charge-up weapon firing rate.
This update addresses many player concerns and improves overall gameplay. However, some issues remain to be addressed in future patches.
