The once limited edition Helghast gear is BACK FOR GOOD in the HELLDIVERS™ 2 x Killzone Legendary Warbond – deploying to your Super Destroyer’s Acquisitions Center on December 18th.
Terrify your enemies with ferocious weapons, special armour, and more – and get this Warbond at no extra cost if you previously purchased any of these items from the Superstore.
Read the blogpost: https://blog.playstation.com/2025/12/11/the-helldivers-2-x-killzone-items-return-as-a-legendary-warbond-dec-18/
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O827A3v80Go
Really appreciate that they are giving it out for free if applicable, all I was missing was the dutiful helmet and I was salty for it ever since.
Arrowhead is so fucking based
Errrmm ackshully arrowhead is terrible because I get two less FPS on my toaster PC so ackshully uninstall Reddit
i get your point, but the performance complaints are valid, especially after losing 40+ frames since launch. the game is terribly optimized, not just toaster PCs
I hate all the non-stop complaining on this subreddit too, but I'll never begrudge someone for performance complaints.
Glad the warbond is free for this who purchased the Killzone stuff.
I knew the StA rifle was a good investment, but I didn't think it would save me 1,500 SC lol
I just got that and the capes and backgrounds. Crazy pull for me.
Love that gun, I wish you could customize it
Literally the only thing I bought, too. I was a brand new hell diver and didn’t know what I was looking at but thought a new gun would be handy lol
I grabbed everything last year so there's no real savings for me, but that's fine. I don't mind supporting Arrowhead when they deserve it.
The vehicle skins are new at least, so you'll get those for free.
Oh, I'm not at my PC so I was unaware of this. Excellent news!
And the booster
Not a booster, that's an armor passive that is already on the Killzone armor.
Oh my mistake
All good, easy one to make.
I asked last year for a "premium" warbond for collabs a bit pricier but it would make sense
Did i loose money on this yes
But as you said once again Arrowhead shows they dont miss the mark for the pleasure of it and they work to fix it even if it takes longer than they and the community would like.
They can keep my money im happy with that deal.
Another W for the right side of history.
Victory was never in doubt
I’m glad this content is coming back and isn’t being shelved forever.
Also, look at my name.
I like the cut of your jib
Same, lost around 200 sc but its a fair price to bring back the collab.
Ditto - no regrets. Now they just have to bring back preorder items and we'll be set.
Wouldn’t make sense if it wasn’t
DEFENDERS OF THE HELGHAST DREAM, NOW IS OUR TIME!
At first it weakened us, but we were growing stronger.
Though they sweep over our land like the sands of winter, never again will be bow before them, never again endure their oppression, never again endure their tyranny.
Today we shall act as one!
We will strike without warning and without mercy. Fighting as one hand, one heart, one soul. We will shatter their dreams, and haunt their nightmares. Drenching our ancestors grave with their blood. And as our last breath tears at our lungs. As we rise again from the ruins of our cities.
They will know... Helghan belongs to the Helghast...
With the time you have given me, I have rebuilt our nation
Welp, back to the SC mines I guess
Edit: I have reached 1000SC, almost there
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No one believed me yesterday when I said a new warbond would be coming. I'll be seeing y'all on Grand Errant now lol
I suppose it is new in that it's a warbond now and not just SC purchases from the super store.
I'll see you on Grand Errant. But if you stand in front of me while I'm charging my quasar, I am not halting the charge.
You're spreading a lot of treachery for someone in range of liberation and my dickle that's always at like 91%
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DIGGY DIGGY HOLE
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That picture is literally me
The warbond is free for any who made a purchase wheb it was in the superstore i believe.
Luckily for me, i started playing the last week it was around, and going in blind with no idea of what the currency was, what killzone is, or how to get armor i spent some super credits and got some helmets thinking that was the only way to obtain new gear, only realised i had some of the limited gear back when super earth was invaded and i found out about the contraversy.
Sorry for yap but yeah some might not have to pay
Yea I know, I joined that time as well, there was a sale I'm pretty sure. Sadly I was too busy with unlocking stuff to bother SC farming, so I guess I'm paying full price (or 7 hours of grinding) for it
I have paid for some super credits, and farmed as well, and am starting to think i would be investing the time i take to farm working irl, and then buying them, although the satisfaction from grinding, especially after finding a 100sc bonus is great
The thing is you can easily farm with friends or with podcasts on. When I'm in a group chat but don't feel like playing games I end up running in circles in the hub of the last game I had open.
but on the other hand, only getting free stuff puts u in position of just being scammed 1500 SC for warbond that u already own 50% of.
It’s too soon 😭
That’s what we are talking about!
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Gimme
Not much new for players who were lucky enough to grab it the first time, but at least it's free for us if we already purchased some of the items!
Yoo I am so happy, I didn’t have super money last time it came so I farmed so much I am nearly out of shop items.
Wait really? The only thing I bought is the title, do I still get the warbond for free?
Well it does say "if you purchased anything" from the store, so... Maybe?
They are calling it the most pro consumer studio, maybe ever.
If you purchased any item in the original set, you will get the entire thing for free.
This doesn't count to those who just received the free Killzone stuff yea?
no, you had to have bought at least 1 item
No, but they'll already have those items checked off if they purchase the warbond, which means they won't need to spend as many medals to unlock the second and third pages.
I'm in this same boat, so I'm hoping based on their wording that it's a yes.
you played the long con
Yeah, gives us a few patterns to sink some medals into while we wait for the next Warbond, but other than that, eh.
At least other people get it, though
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I already own all the items but I’m happy that everyone else will be able to get this stuff
The kill zone armor is such a vibe
Then you get the warbond for free so you just have to spend some medals for the new patterns.
Beautiful. How many companies go back on their mistakes and renew it as something positive?
Most of these companies just ignore their errors, so this kind of turnaround is impressive
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KILLZONE ON XBOX
If they ever release a remaster collection and it also comes xbox I'm immediately buying it.
Playstation is getting halo which is fantastic. So let's hope Killzone can eventually return and continue the console war end like Helldivers and Halo are doing
As someone who's been a Playstation fan my whole life and has never own a single Xbox, I legit hope KZ comes to the Xbox one day. Pretty excited to finally try Halo
Halos is a fantastic series and I'm sure you'll love it. See you on the field soon future spartan
I loved Killzone growing up.
KZ2 was the best one. The chirp you hear when you get a kill has been my text tone for like 14 years 😂😂😂
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Now if only they made Plas-39 more pleasing to use.
they did buff it a couple patches ago if you haven't used it in a while
I will second this. I revisited a while back while pairing it with the talon and was pleasantly surprised. Still not something i would take to a D9-10, but definitely functional on <D8
I remember back before they added weapon levels i used to make that gun do fucking works against the bots. Glad to see they buffed it.
And that was before the talon too. I was running dagger on that thing lmao.
I just wish it had a single shot mode
I wish we had more sniper rifles
Yup, it's not the most meta weapon, (like the purifier will always be better overall) but it's a nice change of pace if you like to play with snipers.
On the bot front: You can literally 2 burst anything with a vent (turrets, tanks, hulks) from almost any range, even from the front if you can hit the back of their side near the vents. And it's fast enough to do it before they can turn around. You can also 1 burst any medium/small units (devastator, gunships, scouts).
I usually pair it with the warden to deal with smaller bots and I'm free to bring any support weapons that can deal with heavies (I love the HMG, but any anti tank weapon can easily work)
For squids: It's pretty reliable for overseers (can 1 burst them), for fleshmobs you need 3 bursts if you can hit multiple heads, otherwise it's gonna need 1 more bullets from almost any weapon. You can 3 burst a harvester legs if you don't miss any shots. But you definitely need a good support weapon to kill the voteless (so mostly a machine gun). I don't remember versus the stingrays but I'm pretty sure it should be a 1 or 2 burst at most.
It's definitely not that amazing on the bugs: It can 1 burst a lot of units but the sniper aspect isn't as good versus them. You can try to separate the burst to its multiple hunters and such but it's a bit too unreliable. It also used to struggle versus bile spewer, tho it could be better ever since they changed their head weakspots.
Overall: If you want a jack of all trades or an easy weapon like the crossbow, it's definitely not the best choice. It's a challenging weapon but it can feel really rewarding if you know its strength and build around its weakness.
Yeah it’s the goat against illuminate (especially the overseers and fleshmobs)
It’s actually kinda fun if you pair it with any armour that boosts reload speed and a good secondary or tertiary.
Yes. It is a terrible gun and no one should use it, and Arrowhead definitely should just forget it exists. >_>
It was already the best sniper rifle before the recent scope fixes (because it was the only one with non-bugged 10x scope), and it's still one of the best now. Granted it's a very specific niche for this game, but no other gun comes close to plas 39 in regards to ballistics and the burst of precision damage.
I mean… it deletes heavy devastators nicely.
No Helghast heavy armor? Because I already have all the other killzone stuff :(
Still time for the super store
The devs said that Collab items won't get a SS items after the backlash with this Collab. It's why Halo didn't get anything in the shop.
Oh yeah that’s true
We also need the StA-3 light machine gun!
My people... Sons and Daughters of Helghan. This much I vow: The history of these days will be written in blood. By crushing the armies of our enemy, by seizing the weapons they thought to turn against us, we were fighting for our very existence. But if there are those who would deny us peace; refuse us our rightful place in the universe, then we will unleash such terrible vengeance that generations yet unborn will cry out in anguish!
The enemy may shatter our bodies, but they cannot break our spirit. Even now they advance on our home world, to seize by force what they cannot claim by right. They cannot imagine what awaits them.
WE WILL SMITE THE INVADERS FROM OUR SKIES!
Though they sweep over our lands like the sands of winter, never again will we bow before them; never again endure their oppression; never again endure their tyranny.
We will strike without warning and without mercy, fighting as one hand, one heart, one soul.
We will shatter their dreams and haunt their nightmares, drenching our ancestors' graves with their blood. And as our last breath tears at their lungs; as we rise again from the ruins of our cities... they will know: Helghan belongs to the Helghast."
Holy shit they just made it free if you bought any store item? That's insane. Arrowhead on a really good path rn 🙏
Pants = shat
I still wish the helmet changed your voice to sound like a helghast. Specifically colonel Radec's voice
Very nice. Is the Assault Infantry title back too?
Yes
Creating the Legendary warbond concept for Halo and then retroactively applying it to the Killzone crossover is an excellent standard for crossovers.
Free to prior buyers is icing on the cake.
Put another peak on the "we're so back/it's so over" graph
But wait didn’t they give out one of the outfits and two of the guns for free before already?
The SMG and Sniper and the sniper outfit were free, along with the Wasp and a player card. The assault rifle and regular trooper outfit were paid
Theyve wanted to bring back the set for a while but said they wanted to make it permanent and their store layout (at the time) wasnt allowing them to do it
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F R E E D O M
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So, I wasn't playing when this collab happened, but I got all the free stuff, does this mean I gonna have to pay 1500 SC for 1 armor 1 weapon and some patterns? wow damn.
Yeah, it’s not a great deal for our particular situation. If we didn’t have the game at all at the time, this would be more worth it lol
Is there a canon explanation for the Killzone collab? Halo is a cartoon in the Helldivers universe, but I never heard anything about how Killzone is canon.
Killzone isn't, but Stahl Arms is a military contractor in the Helldivers universe. The Helgast gear is just a special run Stahl did to fill in gaps in the Super Earth armory after the initial Illuminate invasion strained the defense budget and military surplus stores.
Pretty sure they have a manufacturer with the same name as the one in KZ who makes these things
might be a little cloudy but iirc it's explained as a weapon manufacturer contracted during the initial attack of the illuminate
After the initial attack on Calypso the defense budget was strained so super earth made a contract with Stahl Arms to produce weapons and armor for the Helldivers
Missed this last year….any good or meh like the halo one?
Meh, pretty much the same as Halo
Nah, the halo stuff is better
I think most of the good items were free.
Overall everything about the set, except the drip, was mediocre.
I think overall the halo one is better. Like the assault rifle and shotgun are actually pretty competitive, while only the plas39 rifle from the killzone crossover is good. Oh the WASP is good also, but its a stratagem.
The WASP also wasn't tied to the Warbond, IIRC.
Armor passive is really good tbh. It grants 50% of all elements defence.
The Dutiful armor was all I wore for a very long time. The passive is the difference between being one shotted by a squid Tesla coil and being able to quickly run away.
You got the point. This passive is truly a life saver. I used it for a long time too in lvl 10 bugs missions.
meh. Armour passive is decent tho.
One (1) accelerator triple-shot kills flying and normal squids including stingrays.
Three (3) accelerator triple-shots, kills a fleshmob.
I will just leave this here.
Radec helmet and Capture Trooper outfit when???
So glad to see it come back, though I can't see myself paying 1500sc for half a warbond since I didn't buy anything during the first round as it was so expensive
Yeah this seems like a really ass deal for players who got most of this before. I’d like that 1 armor and 1 gun but I don’t think that those 2 items are worth 1500 super credits…
Death to the Vektan scum!
Feel the Helghan might!
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Damn I was hoping they’d include a Helghast voice for this warbond. I want new voices!
Ah finally. Been waiting for this for ages. Now i’m getting back to spreading some democracy
Was hoping they might add the shotgun under-barrel of the Sta-52.... Welp still cool to have this stuff back!
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-Players who have previously purchased any (even one) of the Killzone items, will have the whole Helldivers 2 x Killzone Legendary Warbond unlocked at no extra cost! Additionally, there is no medal vacuum here! The items previously purchased (and those which were gifted last December) will be medal unlocked. So no need to spend medals on the items you already own!
damn, i only got the helmet for like 300sc when it came out and now i get the whole thing for free. so sick.
Will this be 1500 super credits?
FINALLY!!! ITS BACK!
I wish a commando would be in the shop like a heavy variant of helghast armor.
FOR HELGHAN!
Really happy xbox players are getting a shot at this
Wait so if I got something free like the accelerator do I have to pay full legendary warbond price for a weapon and armour set and some patterns if so I probably wont get it as 1500 sc for that dosen't sound like a great deal.
Yeah… :/
Took them a year to say “1500 super credits for 1 armor 1 gun” …
It’s an absolutely terrible deal for any that got the free stuff but didn’t buy anything. I guess FOMO wins lol. Only the most diehards should get it in that case
So if we payed nearly 2000 SC we get the same thing as active that paid 200 SC. Not gonna lie, thought we'd get, something like a SC cashback for having paid more already. Guess we paid extra have early access and that's it.
Don't get me wrong. I'm happy it's back and glad to see the warbond is 1500 SC. I also think it's a good idea to give the warbond to anyone who purchased any items. Just saying it's odd for the rest of us.
Yeah, if you bought everything before you lose around 475 SC. I wouldn't mind that but it does seem a little strange that someone who spent 200SC on a banner only back in the day and didn't get everything still gets it all for free.
Idk how else they could have done it though?
People kept their singular item and its price could be discounted from the 1500SC maybe? I
It's overall better that the warbond isn't going to be behaving weirdly. They should have just refunded the SC if you paid more than 1500 SC.
Please buff the weapons. Thank you.
Terrify your enemies with ferocious weapons, special armour, and more – and get this Warbond at no extra cost if you previously purchased any of these items from the Superstore.
FYI
Hell yes! I can get the collab gear now. But damn man, where was this bond and its armor when I was storming Oshaune?
I was happy at first, then saw the new stuff is just recolors for the vehicles... meh.
Good for those who wanted it though.
I only wish the helgast trooper under layer wasn't green
Too bad the sniper rifle sucks ass.
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Cool to see it back as a warbond
This is like the only way Sony will ever acknowledge Killzone because you know they'll never make another Killzone the game again
Xbox diver here. Will have to grind the 1500 space bucks, but I've heard that the three guns range from mediocre to outright bad.
Barring any potential buffs that release at the same time as the warbond--is it worth it?
The armor looks cool, but I'm more interested in the guns/stratagems in the warbond
Guns have been largely overshadowed when gun customization dropped. AR is basically a Liberator with drum mag, flashlight and irons - rate of fire is a bit higher, but nothing more. SMG is very similar to M7S from ODST warbond, with lower spread but without a suppressor. Charge rifle is a beast, basically a railgun with medium pen for the primary slot - it melts any medium-armored enemies, but you get just 12 spare mags with 3 burst shots in each, so it's unfit for fighting chaff.
If AH won't buff the AR and SMG, I wouldn't recommend getting the warbond for guns. They aren't outright bad, but are basically non-customizable reskins of other weapons with different attachments, and it isn't worth 1500sc if you're only getting the warbond for that.
So how does this warbond work for those of us who already have the guns and armours?
THX ARROWHEAD!
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Well this is the best news I’ve seen all year!
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Since the voice modulation of the helmets is such an important recognizable feature of the Helghast armor, I hope that it's been added this time around?
Hey dumb question, but did that smg in the kill zone warbond have to be bought with super credits? I’m just asking because I have the SMG and don’t know if that random purchase saved me 1500 super credits
No. Smg was dropped as free with a sniper and armor set
Crap 😭
what if you didnt buy the super store stuff but got the items they gave for free?
Then you have to pay 1500 for 1 armor set + 1 gun basically. Definitely pass unless you are a huge fan of Killzone
Then 1500 sc for 1 armor and 1 gun :(
Now if they can just do a look-over for the weapons and give out some potential buffs it'll be perfect
I think i got something from killzone, the smg and the helmet i think… but i didn’t buy those in the superstore. How did i get those?
Predicted this last week or the week before, or at least predicted the date, i taught theyd stealth drop it on the 18th which would have been fun. I already have it on my PS5 but im going to buy it again for my PC diver which i didnt get it on. Even buying Helldivers 2 twice i still feel like ive gotten more bang for my buck than most other titles I play, ive probably only got more game time on like 4 or 5 games and thats saying a lot because im in my 40s.
Okay so I don't honestly know what Killzone is nor do I have any recollection of purchasing special content but I've recently come back to the game and have AC-2 armor, the StA-11 SMG, and the PLAS-39 rifle unlocked already. I think I have the defender of our dream cape and bg too. Does that mean I bought the collab stuff with credits and will get the warbond for free?
It’ll be available for purchase on Xbox right??? I loved Killzone back in its day
MY TIME TO SHINE BABY
Unless this update comes with another major balance pass, it's basically just a cosmetic DLC. Only non-meme weapon that is viable at max difficulty is the swarm launcher, all the actual guns are next to useless.
I mean, I had everything except a cape so I’m just happy more people will get access! Plus the new patterns are undeniably nice
BF6 keeps getting more enshittified with each update so this my perfect excuse to go back to HD2 as my main MP game.
Arrowhead while working on getting this warbond out: "I asked for time and that time was granted by you. You, the strength in my arm, the holders of my dream"
really excited to get the armor, missed out only on that part
will still wish they buff some of the weapons a little more like the Accelerator rifle, at least it needs more ammo
Stealth Warbond please?
Vehicle patterns are new right? I don't believe they were available at the time of this warbond's initial release.
Sweet! Glad it’s out for those who missed it.
Would have liked some ISA weapons and armor instead of the vehicle camos but that’s just me
About time Sony, if you want Xbox money, take off the exclusive bs, no one is buying yall console any time soon. So why leave money on the table? if I was a business I'd hop on that asap.
Is it now permanent? As in it will stay as an war bond?
As a newer xbox diver, anything worth investing in this for? Or better to keep grabbing other warbonds? Currently have Democratic Detontation, Chemical Agents, Dust Devils, and Python Commandos for reference.
So... usually we got a new title update on Tuesday and the following Thursday a new warbond. If you count this as a "new" warbond that is releasing next Thursday does that mean new title update on the 16th next week??
Ah good! Its free if you already bought something during the first run.
Super glad to hear that.
A little gift for the end of the year everyone!
Xbox dolphin here, glad they brought it back and happy to pay them for further development of the game. Great that it’s free for oldtimers that have some of the items.
Its good but kinda really sucks if you bought the items. Essentially you paid what 2500SC and now its being sold for 1500SC?
I would at least hope there would be another armor set or weapon to make up for the people that paid that full price.
wait, thats VERY little stuff for a warbond
Oh, wow I get hellpot, mech and vehicle skin for free while almost paid the triple amount just for one-page thanks' arrowhead very cool
At the end of the YouTube trailer it only says “on PS5 and PC” is this not going to be available for box divers?
Stuff like this is why I can’t bring myself to hate on the devs, because for every misstep they also do really nice stuff like this. Probably missed out on a ton of money from this.
I never grinded SC so hard to acquire items. I was so thankful they extended the time in the store to buy everything.
I forget the amount but it was a crazy amount of SC to get everything. Happy everyone else can finally get in on it. Arrowhead will be happy to stop being asked when it's coming back too 😂
So what if you already owned everything? Do you just.. what? Get your super store credits back? Because I don’t care for the vehicle skins or the pod or extraction ship skins. It’s something i don’t use or admire for like 2 seconds in a combat zone. What’s the real benefit? I hope the super store has something different to balance everything out with new content.
the Armor Passive and Patterns are the only ones i don't have.
everything else i already have.
Were any of these weapons or armor must have?
The plas-39 is interesting. The others are nothing special.
I wonder that’s not Rick Roll on YouTube Link
Here you go, rickroll yourself now! Super Earth order
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This trailer is was so confusing. I think I have most of those items already? Everything but the skins...
Which ones were in the superstore again?
I bought everything from the store because I love KZ.
Do I get anything? No, nothing.
Am I happy a lot of people are gaining a net win here? Yes. Yes I am. Go and enjoy using KZ gear
Considering the original cost of the Killzone items, I'm a bit offended.
The original offerings were roughly double the cost of the upcoming Warbond.
I feel that for those who bought EVERYTHING that was originally offered, the whole Warbond should be given for free.
And they need a buff + the option to modify.
Cool, this was how it was supposed to be in the first place
Wait...
So players who got the free items now need to pay more overall SC for the remaining items...?
edit: They're actually cheaper. I severely underestimated how expensive the first items were originally.
it's actually 500sc cheaper than buying the original superstore items
Yes, you're right. I severely underestimated how expensive these items were the first time. Wow.
Yeah, it's 1500 for essentially half of the warbond
OH MY FUCKING GOD IM SO READY
One year after they first appeared on the super store
I wonder if it's because of a licencing agreement that expired