All Ship Modules (& Unlock Requirements)

Liberating hostile alien planets is not an easy job to do in Helldivers 2. You not only need to rely on your friends in co-op but also your ability to call in powerful stratagems that can (and will) leave the planet in ruins. Whether that requires summoning airstrikes to drop explosive payloads, directing orbital barrages, or deploying sentries, you will need every stratagem at your disposal to gain an upper hand while fighting the Terminids and Automatons.

Your stratagems, though, must be upgraded to improve their effectiveness at higher-difficulty missions. That can be done by upgrading your Ship Modules through the Ship Management terminal, located just before the Armory, where you change your titles in Helldivers 2. This is where you spend your hard-earned samples, which you are going to need a lot of. Below is a list of all Ship Modules in Helldivers 2, what they do, and the number of samples required to unlock them.

Helldivers 2: How to Get Pink Samples (Super Uranium)

Unable to find a single pink sample even after farming high-level missions in Helldivers 2? Here’s where you need to go.

Updated April 14, 2024, by Saqib Mansoor: Helldivers 2 has received all-new level 4 upgrades for all ship modules alongside the release of the new premium warbond, Democratic Detonation. These are tailored for specific playstyles and are pretty expensive to unlock compared to the other upgrades.

You do not need to purchase Democratic Detonation to access the new ship upgrades. You only need to update your game to the latest patch.

How to Unlock All Ship Modules in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 Ship Module Effects and Samples Required

Ship Modules are split between six categories, one for each stratagem, all containing four levels of upgrades in Helldivers 2. While you can choose any ship module category to upgrade first, their individual upgrade levels must be unlocked sequentially.

That means you need to unlock the level 1 upgrade of Orbital Cannons, for example, before unlocking its level 2. You cannot jump directly to level 4.

Since the cost of samples increases with each level, and farming samples is time-consuming, you need to be absolutely sure which ship module to unlock first in Helldivers 2.

You need a total of 2,430 common (green) samples, 1,670 rare (orange) samples, 165 very rare (pink) samples, and 140,000 Requisition Slips to unlock all Ship Modules in Helldivers 2.

You are not going to do that anytime soon. Samples are hard to come by, and the chances of finding every sample on a mission are low. Make it a habit to explore all points of interest on the map to get hold of some samples before extraction.

Samples are shared between all players in a squad, so stop killing your teammates to steal their samples!

Patriotic Administration Center

Ship Module	Description	Common (Green)	Rare (Orange)	Very Rare (Pink)	Req. Slips
Donation Access License	Support Weapons are deployed with the maximum ammo possible.	60	0	0	0
Streamlined Request Process	Support Weapon stratagems’ cooldowns are reduced by 10 percent.	80	40	0	0
Hand Carts	Backpack stratagems’ cooldowns are reduced by 10 percent.	80	60	5	0
Superior Packing Methodology	Support Weapons refill the maximum number of magazines with Resupply Boxes.	150	150	15	20,000

Orbital Cannons

Ship Module	Description	Common (Green)	Rare (Orange)	Very Rare (Pink)	Req. Slips
Exploding Shrapnel	Orbital stratagems do increased damage past the center of explosions.	100	0	0	0
More Guns	Orbital Barrage stratagems fire one additional time.	80	60	0	0
Zero-G Breech Loading	Orbital stratagems’ cooldowns are reduced by 10 percent.	80	80	10	0
Atmospheric Monitoring	Orbital HE Barrages reduce their spread by 15 percent to concentrate fire in a smaller area.	200	150	15	25,000

Hangar

Ship Module	Description	Common (Green)	Rare (Orange)	Very Rare (Pink)	Req. Slips
Liquid-Ventilated Cockpit	Eagle stratagems’ cooldowns are reduced by 10 percent.	80	0	0	0
Pit Crew Hazard Pay	Eagle stratagems’ rearm times are reduced by 10 percent.	80	40	0	0
Expanded Weapons Bay	Eagle stratagems can be used one additional time per rearm.	80	80	10	0
XXL Weapons Bay	Eagle stratagems drop one additional bomb.	150	150	15	25,000

Bridge

Ship Module	Description	Common (Green)	Rare (Orange)	Very Rare (Pink)	Req. Slips
Targeting Software Upgrade	Your mini-map vision range is increased by 50 meters.	60	0	0	0
Nuclear Radar	Eagle stratagems’ rearm times are reduced by 10 percent.	80	40	0	0
Power Steering	You can steer better and further while dropping in a Hellpod.	80	80	10	0
Enhanced Combustion	Fire-based stratagems do 25 percent increased fire damage.	200	150	15	25,000

Engineering Bay

Ship Module	Description	Common (Green)	Rare (Orange)	Very Rare (Pink)	Req. Slips
Synthetic Supplementation	Sentry, Emplacement, and Resupply stratagems’ cooldowns are reduced by 10 percent.	60	10	0	0
Advanced Construction	Sentry stratagems’ health counts are increased by 50 percent.	80	60	5	0
Rapid Launch System	Emplacement stratagems are deployed instantly.	80	80	10	0
Circuit Expansion	Lightning Arcs from stratagems jump to one additional enemy.	200	150	20	20,000

Robotics Workshop

Ship Module	Description	Common (Green)	Rare (Orange)	Very Rare (Pink)	Req. Slips
Dynamic Tracking	Sentry stratagems’ deployment times are reduced.	60	20	0	0
Shock Absorption Gel	Sentry stratagems’ ammo counts are increased by 50 percent.	80	40	5	0
High-Quality Lubricant	Sentries rotate faster to target new enemy targets.	80	80	10	0
Blast Absorption	Sentries take 50 percent reduced damage from explosions.	150	150	20	25,000

Some stratagems require you to fully upgrade two categories of Ship Modules in
Helldivers 2
. The Engineering Bay and Robotics Workshop, for example, both upgrade your sentries. The Bridge and Orbital Cannons work together to upgrade your orbitals.