Helldivers 2 Patch 7.0 Devoid of Liberty Adds New Content and Overhauls Vehicles and Weapons
The update alters vehicle behavior, assisted reloads and Stratagems to change how teams plan dives and has prompted active community testing of a livestream‑mentioned targeting tweak.
Overview
- Patch 7.0, titled Devoid of Liberty, is live and adds new Illuminate enemies, SEAF support, a level cap increase to 300 and a Warhammer 40K Castellan’s Creed Warbond.
- Arrowhead reworked vehicle systems including the GATER by replacing its engine and transmission to improve speed and handling and by increasing its ammo, health, knockback and impact damage.
- Assisted reloads were reworked so the assisting player no longer must carry the weapon backpack and will move with the weapon user during the reload, reducing awkward coordination costs for teams.
- Wide weapon and Stratagem balance changes include a stripper‑clip full reload for the R‑2124 Constitution, larger short‑magazine ammo pools across many guns, and a larger, spread Eagle Napalm airstrike radius for broader coverage.
- Design Director Niklas Malmborg described a vehicle enemy‑targeting change during a livestream that is not in the written notes, and players are testing how that unlisted tweak plus fixes like exosuit tree‑deployment will change mission tactics.