Our Helldivers 2 Ship Modules Guide will tell you how Ship Modules Work, what it costs to unlock them, and which Ship Modules you should take first.
There are a lot of Weapons and Stratagems to use in Helldivers 2, but those aren't the only tools you have available — you can also upgrade your Ship Modules to unlock passive boosts and unique abilities. Read on to learn more!
How Ship Modules Work in Helldivers 2
Ship Modules can upgrade your Stratagems such as Support Weapons and Orbital Strikes with passive improvements. You unlock Ship Modules by using the Samples that you collect in missions: Common Samples (in Difficulty 1–9), Rare Samples (in Difficulty 4–9), and Super Samples (in Difficulty 7–9).
As far as I can tell, the benefits from Ship Modules only apply to you and not other players; they will have to upgrade their own ships in order to reap the benefits from Ship Modules.
Best Ship Modules to Unlock First
The best Ship Module to unlock first is the Donation Access License. You will almost always use a Support Weapon and it's helpful to have them arrive with a full ammo supply.
I also strongly recommend taking the Eagle Ship Modules. The upgrades that you can get from these are significant and they'll allow you to put a lot more firepower on the ground.
Once you have these, your next decisions should focus on which Stratagems you like to use most. You can upgrade the other ones later when you have excess Requisition and Samples to spend.
All Helldivers 2 Ship Modules | Unlock Costs and Effects
Here are all of the Helldivers 2 Ship Module costs and what each of the modules will do to your Destroyer. Although these Ship Modules are mainly purchased for gameplay bonuses, they will also update the cosmetic appearance of your Destroyer, too.
Patriotic Administration Center
Donation Access License
- Upgrade Cost: 60 Common Samples
- Affected Strategems: Stalwart, Railgun, Laser Cannon, Grenade Launcher, Machine Gun, Flamethrower, Anti-Materiel Rifle
Support Weapons deploy with the maximum number of carriable magazines.
Streamlined Request Process
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 40 Rare Samples
- Affected Strategems: Stalwart, Autocannon, Railgun, Laser Cannon, Arc Thrower, Spear, Grenade Launcher, Machine Gun, Flamethrower, Recoilless Rifle, Anti-Materiel Rifle, Expendable Anti-Tank
Decreases Support Weapon stratagem cooldown by 10%.
Hand Carts
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 60 Rare Samples, 5 Super Samples
- Affected Strategems: Shield Generator Pack, "Guard Dog," Ballistic Shield Backpack, Supply Pack, "Guard Dog" Rover, Jump Pack
Decreases cooldown for all Backpack stratagems by 10%.
Superior Packing Methodology
- Upgrade Cost: 150 Common Samples, 150 Rare Samples, 15 Super Samples, 20,000 Requisition
- Affected Stratagems: Stalwart, Autocannon, Heavy Machine Gun, Railgun, Laser Cannon, Spear, Grenade Launcher, Machine Gun, Flamethrower, Recoilless Rifle, Anti-Material Rifle
Resupply boxes will completely refill all Support Weapon magazines.
Orbital Cannons
Exploding Shrapnel
- Upgrade Cost: 100 Common Samples
- Affected Strategems: Orbital Walking Barrage, Orbital Railcannon Strike, Orbital Airburst Strike, Orbital Precision Strike, Orbital 380MM HE Barrage, Orbital 120MM HE Barrage
Reduces damage falloff from center of explosions caused by orbital stratagems.
More Guns
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 60 Rare Samples
- Affected Strategems: Orbital Gatling Barrage, Orbital Walking Barrage, Orbital 380MM HE Barrage, Orbital 120MM HE Barrage
Barrage orbitals fire 1 additional salvo(s) per barrage.
Zero-G Breech Loading
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 80 Rare Samples, 10 Super Samples
- Affected Strategems: Orbital Gatling Barrage, Orbital Walking Barrage, Orbital EMS Strike, Orbital Gas Strike, Orbital Railcannon Strike, Orbital Smoke Strike, Orbital Airburst Strike, Orbital Laser, Orbital Precision Strike, Orbital 380MM HE Barrage, Orbital 120MM HE Barrage
Orbital stratagem cooldown time reduced by 10%.
Atmospheric Monitoring
- Upgrade Cost: 200 Common Samples, 150 Rare Samples, 15 Super Samples, 25,000 Requisition
- Affected Stratagems: Orbital 380MM HE Barrage, Orbital 120MM HE Barrage
Orbital HE Barrage spread reduced by 15%.
Hangar
Liquid-Ventilated Cockpit
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples
- Affected Strategems: Eagle 500KG Bomb, Eagle Airstrike, Eagle Strafing Run, Eagle Smoke Strike, Eagle Cluster Bomb, Eagle Napalm Airstrike, Eagle 110MM Rocket Pods
Eagle stratagem cooldown time reduced by 50%.
Pit Crew Hazard Pay
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 40 Rare Samples
- Affected Strategems: N/A
Reduces Eagle Rearm time by 20%.
Expanded Weapons Bay
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 80 Rare Samples, 10 Super Samples
- Affected Strategems: Eagle 500KG Bomb, Eagle Airstrike, Eagle Strafing Run, Eagle Smoke Strike, Eagle Cluster Bomb, Eagle Napalm Airstrike, Eagle 110MM Rocket Pods
Increases number of Eagle stratagem uses per Rearm by 1.
XXL Weapons Bay
- Cost: 150 Common Samples, 150 Raare, 15 Super Samples, 25,000 Requisition
- Affected Stratagems: Eagle Airstrike, Eagle Smoke Strike, Eagle Cluster Bomb, Eagle Napalm Airstrike
Eagle Stratagems that drop multiple bombs will drop 1 additional bomb.
Bridge
Targeting Software Upgrade
- Upgrade Cost: 60 Common Samples
- Affected Strategems: Orbital Gatling Barrage, Orbital Walking Barrage, Orbintal EMS Strike, Orbital Gas Strike, Orbital Railcannon Strike, Orbital Smoke Strike, Orbital Airburst Strike, Orbital Laser, Orbital Precision Strike, Orbital 380MM HE Barrage, Orbital 120MM HE Barrage
Reduces deployment time for Orbital stratagems by 1 second(s).
Nuclear Radar
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 40 Rare Samples
- Affected Strategems: N/A
Increases enemy ping radius on minimap by 50 meters.
Power Steering
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 80 Rare Samples, 10 Super Samples
- Affected Strategems: N/A
Improves steering for Helldivers during Hellpod deployment.
Enhanced Combustion
- Cost: 200 Common Samples, 150 Rare Samples, 15 Super Samples, 25,000 Requisition
- Affected Stratagems: Flamethrower, Eagle Napalm Airstrike, Incendiary Mines
Fire damage from Stratagems increased by 25%.
Engineering Bay
Synthetic Supplementation
- Upgrade Cost: 60 Common Samples, 10 Rare Samples
- Affected Strategems: Shield Generator Relay, EMS Mortar Sentry, Rocket Sentry, Gatling Sentry, Tesla Tower, Mortar Sentry, Anti-Personnel Minefield, Machine Gun Sentry, Autocannon Sentry, Incendiary Mines, HMG Emplacement
Reduces cooldown time for Sentry, Emplacement, and Resupply stratagems by 10%.
Advanced Construction
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 60 Rare Samples, 5 Super Samples
- Affected Strategems: EMS Mortar Sentry, Rocket Sentry, Gatling Sentry, Tesla Tower, Mortar Sentry, Machine Gun Sentry, Autocannon Sentry
Increases health of Sentry stratagems by 50%.
Rapid Launch System
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 80 Rare Samples, 10 Super Samples
- Affected Strategems: Shield Generator Relay, Tesla Tower, Anti-Personnel Minefield, Incendiary Mines, HMG Emplacement
Removes deployment time for Emplacement Stratagems.
Circuit Expansion
- Cost: 200 Common Samples, 150 Super Samples, 20 Rare Samples, 20,000 Requisition
- Affected Stratagems: Arc Thrower, Tesla Tower
Lightning arcs fired from weapons and turrets jump to one additional enemy.
Robotics Workshop
Dynamic Tracking
- Upgrade Cost: 60 Common Samples, 20 Rare Samples
- Affected Strategems: EMS Mortar Sentry, Rocket Sentry, Gatling Sentry, Mortar Sentry, Machine Gun Sentry, Autocannon Sentry
Reduces deployment time for all Sentry stratagems.
Shock Absorption Gel
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 60 Rare Samples, 5 Super Samples
- Affected Strategems: EMS Mortar Sentry, Rocket Sentry, Gatling Sentry, Mortar Sentry, Machine Gun Sentry, Autocannon Sentry
Increases ammo for all Sentry stratagems by 50%.
High-Quality Lubricant
- Upgrade Cost: 80 Common Samples, 80 Rare Samples, 10 Super Samples
- Affected Strategems: EMS Mortar Sentry, Rocket Sentry, Gatling Sentry, Mortar Sentry, Machine Gun Sentry, Autocannon Sentry
Sentries rotate toward new targets more quickly.
Blast Absorption
- Cost: 150 Common Samples, 150 Rare Samples, 20 Super Samples, 25,000 Requisition
- Affected Stratagems: EMS Mortar Sentry, Rocket Sentry, Gatling Sentry, Tesla Tower, Mortar Sentry, Machine Gun Sentry, Autocannon Sentry
Sentries take 50% less damage from explosions.
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