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Spreading 'Managed Democracy' is more than participating in our democratic elections. At times you need to load a magazine of Liberty and cast your votes in the battlefield around you. But like voting for the 2nd party, a wasted bullet wastes our precious Managed Democracy. Just as on Super Earth that you are defending, your elected officials will let you how to best cast your vote with each mission.

In any given mission, a random selection of Objectives are assigned. Primary objectives must be completed, though secondary objectives can be failed and/or missed; failing an objective reduces XP and Requisition gained accordingly.

As with Stratagem Beacons, an active or threatened objective tends to draw a great deal of attention from enemy patrols. Whilst the degree varies from objective to objective, caution should be exercised. Prepare defenses before activating ICBM launch sites or Geological Surveys, and be ready to fend off incoming enemies!

Locating Objectives[]

Some objective types may require you to search an area to locate them, with the size of the area varying from mission to mission, though they appear as blinking question marks '?' in your map once you are in close proximity to them. With the UAV Recon Booster, this range is much larger and can be seen further away.

There are two other ways to locate hidden objectives without these:

Use your map to locate a group of patrols. If you see a large clump of stationary red dots, there is a good chance they are guarding an objective nearby. This requires some degree of stealth on the part of the Helldiver attempting it, as triggering an alarm will quickly fill the map with more red dots.

Unmarked Tactical Objectives always have recognizable landmarks (specific rock formations, signal towers, concrete/metal fortifications, etc.) and tend to spawn in predictable configurations with specific objectives. For example, the Lidar Tower will always have an un-raised Lidar dish on its tower and can usually be seen from far away.

In line with the previous strategy, identifying these landmarks may allow Helldivers to ping them from a distance. Successfully doing so will cause the Strategic Objective to appear on the Lidar for all Helldivers in the mission.

Extraction[]

These objectives are Mission Critical. Helldivers only move forward to victory, we will not retreat even against overwhelming firepower, superior numbers, or unfavourable weather conditions. As such, extraction only becomes available once victory is secured.

See Extraction for in-depth details

Shared Missions[]

Icon	Name	Difficulties
	Start Fuel Pumps	Trivial - Easy
	Terminate Illegal Broadcast
	Upload Escape Pod Data
	Spread Democracy	Trivial +
	Conduct Geological Survey	Easy +
	Emergency Evacuation	Medium +
	Launch ICBM
	Retrieve Valuable Data
	Evacuate High-Value Assets - (Defensive Campaign Only)	Hard +

Terminids Only Missions[]

Icon	Name	Difficulties
	Eliminate Brood Commanders	Trivial - Easy
	Activate Oil Pumps	Easy - Medium
	Purge Hatcheries	Easy +
	Eliminate Chargers	Medium
	Blitz: Search and Destroy	Medium +
	Eradicate Terminid Swarm	Easy + (Defensive Campaign Only) Medium +
	Eliminate Bile Titans	Challenging - Hard
	Enable Oil Extraction	Challenging +
	Nuke Nursery	Challenging +
	Eliminate Impaler	Hard +

Automatons Only Missions[]

Icon	Name	Difficulties
	Eliminate Devastators	Trivial - Easy
	Sabotage Supply Bases	Trivial - Hard
	Destroy Transmission Network	Easy - Medium
	Sabotage Air Base	Easy - Challenging (Without Control Tower) Hard + (With Control Tower)
	Eliminate Automaton Hulks	Medium
	Blitz: Search and Destroy	Medium +
	Eradicate Automaton Forces	Easy + (Defensive Campaign Only) Medium +
	Eliminate Automaton Factory Strider	Challenging - Extreme
	Neutralise Orbital Defenses	Challenging +
	Destroy Command Bunkers	Hard +

Illuminate Only Missions[]

Icon	Name	Difficulties
	Evacuate Colonists	Trivial +
	Free Colony
	Retrieve Recon Craft Intel
	Destroy Harvesters	Medium
	Blitz: Destroy Illuminate Warp Ships	Medium +
	Defend Evacuation Site	Hard +

High Priority Campaign Missions[]

Name	Difficulties	Planets
Activate Terminid Control System	Easy +	Erata Prime, Fenrir III, Meridia, and Turing
Deactivate Terminid Control System	Trivial +	Erata Prime, Fenrir III, and Turing
Deploy Dark Fluid		Meridia
Blitz: Secure Research Site		Fori Prime
Chart Terminid Tunnels
Collect Gloom-Infused Oil
Collect Gloom Spore Readings
Collect Meteorological Data
Extract Research Probe Data

Tactical Objectives[]

Tactical Objectives are optional objectives that can be found during active missions. The amount of Tactical Objectives that spawn during a mission depends on the difficulty, having up to 5 appear at maximum. While completely optional, these objectives hold effects that can either boost the players or be a hindrance during the mission. Every objective completed will reward the player with 200 Requestion Slips and 50 XP at a base rate, with end-of-game XP multipliers boosting these numbers depending on the difficulty.

Shared Tactical Objectives[]

Name	Faction	Effect While Active	Effect After Completion
Radar Station	Super Earth	No Effect	Reveals the location of all other Tactical Objectives and undiscovered Points of Interest
Upload Escape Pod Data			No Effect
SEAF Artillery			Allows the players to use the shells they loaded into the cannon as a new, shared stratagem
SEAF SAM Site (Automatons and Illuminate only)			Attempts to engage enemy air vehicles
Destroy Rogue Research Station	Humans		No Effect
Terminate Illegal Broadcast	Humans
Terminate Illegal Broadcast	Automatons

Terminid-Specific Tactical Objectives[]

Name	Faction	Effect While Active	Effect After Completion
Spore Spewer	Terminids	Creates a dense fog in a large area	Fog will lift almost immediately
Retrieve Mutant Larva		None - Spawns a predetermined horde of enemies around a backpack. Players must grab said backpack and extract with it.	While a player carries the backpack, enemy activity may slightly increase. Objective fails if the larva vessel is destroyed.
Shrieker Nest		Releases Shriekers to patrol the surrounding area when players come within 130m	Shriekers cease to spawn from that location
Stalker Lair		Releases Stalkers to hunt players down	Stalkers cease to spawn from that location
Launch ICBM (Gloom Research Expedition Missions only)	Super Earth	ICBM awaits activation	Democracy Prevails

Automaton-Specific Tactical Objectives[]

Name	Faction	Effect While Active	Effect After Completion
Anti-Air Emplacement	Automatons	Disables the use of Eagle Stratagems within a 150m radius Engages Eagles doing active bombing/strafe runs elsewhere	Ceases Hostile Engagement
Detector Tower		Scans the horizon for Helldivers. Consistently spawns dropships upon detection.
Enemy Bio-Processors		Atrocious treatment of human remains
Mortar Emplacement		Actively bombards players within a 20m - 150m radius
Stratagem Jammer		Jams all uses of Stratagems (including Reinforce) in a 150m radius
Gunship Facility		Spawns Gunships that will engage players on sight	Gunships cease to spawn from that location
Intercept Convoy		A convoy of Factory Striders crosses the map. The rearmost Strider carries a Stratagem Scrambler instead of a cannon turret.	Ceases Hostile Engagement. Objective fails if the convoy successfully crosses the map.

Illuminate-Specific Tactical Objectives[]

Icon	Name	Faction	Effect While Active	Effect After Completion
	Cognitive Disruptor	Illuminate	Emits a zone of confusion around the objective, altering Stratagem inputs	Normal Stratagem codes
	Purge Illuminate	Illuminate	None	15–50 fewer Overseers (five per mission difficulty level)

Removed Missions[]

Icon	Name	Difficulties	Patch Removed
	Retrieve Essential Personnel - (Defensive Campaign Only)	Trivial +	Patch 1.000.400

Enemy Outposts[]

An Outpost is a location on the map that holds hostile spawners. The Automatons have Fabricators while Terminids have Nests. The Illuminate have warp ships. Similar to Secondary Objectives, destroying enemy outposts is entirely optional but grants additional mission rewards. Bigger outposts are more rewarding but are also guarded better and harder to destroy. Higher difficulties will have higher chances to spawn large outposts, but the total number of outposts is unaffected by difficulty. Specific mission types may have more or fewer outposts on the map, however. Outposts are split into three categories: Light, Medium, and Heavy.