Helldivers 2 is all about protecting Super Earth and laying waste to the bugs and automatons. To help the fight for democracy you’ll want to level up as quickly as possible, as this unlocks new Stratagems, weapons, items for support to help you. Today I’m going to look at how to farm XP and level up quickly in Helldivers 2.
Without further delay, let’s dive into the guide.
The best way to get XP and level up quickly is completing as many missions as possible, as fast as you can. Lower your difficulty down to Trivial and find a Bug Elimination Operation. This is where you have to eliminate the Brood Commander, a Terminid boss. There is also the Destroy Automatons Operation, however the Automatons are harder to kill than the Terminids, and this mission takes longer.
Regarding your loadout you want to equip offensive Stratagems like the Eagle Strike, or heavy weapons like the Machine Gun. The goal is to eliminate your enemies as fast as you can.
When you are searching for missions, if you can’t find Bug Elimination Operation, then you can reset your missions.
- Start up a random mission
- When you land, bring up the menu
- Select ‘Return to Ship Alone’ or ‘Abandon Mission With Squad’
- Then you’ll be returned to your ship and the missions will be reset
- Repeat until you find the Bug Elimination Operation
With some practice you’ll be able to complete these missions 5 mins. For that 5 mins of work, you’ll get at least 200 XP. For an hours work you’ll get 2400 XP, leading you to level up very quickly. Yes, this is repeating the same mission over and over, however, it’s fast and it’ll get you to the best Stratagems and Ship Upgrades, plus you’ll get a ton of medals for unlocking weapons and cosmetics.
You can adjust the difficulty to Easy, leading to more XP. However, the mission will take longer. If you increase the difficulty more to Hard, then you can get 500 XP, but these missions are going to take 35-40 mins, and your objective is to complete as many missions per hour, to get that XP fast and level up quickly.
Let me know in the comments your tips for getting XP and levelling up fast in Helldivers 2.