Time must fly when you’re having fun. Or at least when you’re defending Super Earth from a huge Illuminate invasio. Helldivers 2’s latest major order is the “final phase” of the battle for the divers’ home planet that’s been raging since the Heart of Democracy update dropped on May 20.
I must admit, I thought the Galactic War twist that’s brought the biggest number of Helldivers back to the game of any update it’s gotten so far would last a bit longer than three MOs. Then again, this is Helldivers 2 – the war ain’t anywhere close to over while there are still troops on the march and enemies to surf on.
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First of all, the last major order, which expired earlier today, was a proper heartbreaker. After casually killing 2.5 billion Illuminate in the first stage of Super Earth’s defense, players weren’t quite able to successfully extract from missions against the Illuminate 20 million times. They got damn close, though.
So, with that, while the divers have worn the Illuminate fleet’s strength down to an estimated “24% of its original operating power”, only four of Super Earth’s seven Mega Cities are left standing. Yep, two more have joined the brilliantly-named Eagleopolis as smouldering wrecks.
Cue Arrowhead’s latest order, which declares the third phase of Super Earth’s defense to be the final one. “High Command anticipates an all-out assault to take the final four Mega Cities,” the studio wrote, “The Illuminate have spent a century preparing for this invasion; they will hold back nothing. What has come before was the preamble; this is the endgame…The Helldivers have their orders: HOLD Super Earth.”
MAJOR ORDER: The Battle for Super Earth enters its final phase. The survival of Freedom hangs in the balance.
For days on end, we have defied annihilation. We have resisted Tyranny. We have demonstrated the unified might of Managed Democracy.
The cost has been grievous.… pic.twitter.com/vFRBOH62xG
— HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) May 27, 2025
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In order to do that, players’ll need to dig in on Super Earth against the squids, while also scrapping 200 million Automatons so they can bring the Democracy Space Station back online to aid that first bit. As of writing, nearly 98 million bots have already been bashed in since the order debuted this morning.
Folks are seemingly going all out, no doubt buoyed by the fact today’s little Helldivers 2 patch – 01.003.003 – made a very popular change to the Reinforced Epaulettes passive that comes with the armour sets from the recently deployed Masters of Ceremony Warbond. As well as making your limbs less likely to snap like twigs, you’ll now be able to reload your primary weapon 30% faster and do 50% more melee damage when rocking the Parade Commander and Honorary Guard sets.
Cue celebrations on Reddit.
Are you planning on jumping in to help out with this final phase of Super Earth saving? Let us know below!
