In “Helldivers 2,” Samples are used to unlock new ship modules found aboard your Super Destroyer within the ship management menu. Identifying and extracting Samples is crucial as ship modules will grant bonus effects to your growing arsenal of stratagems.
Sample Rarity
It’s important to recognize the three distinct sample types you’ll encounter:
| Green | Orange | Pink |
| Common Sample | Rare Sample | Super Sample |
Sample Locations
As you go about spreading managed democracy throughout the galaxy, you will begin to collect samples while out on missions. The sample rarity that appear in a mission will depend on the difficulty you’ve selected back on your super destroyer.
| Difficulty | Sample Type |
|---|---|
| 1 – Trivial | Common Sample |
| 2 – Easy | Common Sample |
| 3 – Medium | Common Sample |
| 4 – Challenging | Common Sample Rare Sample |
| 5 – Hard | Common Sample Rare Sample |
| 6 – Extreme | Common Sample Rare Sample |
| 7 – Suicide Mission | Common Sample Rare Sample Super Sample |
| 8 – Impossible | Common Sample Rare Sample Super Sample |
| 9 – Helldive | Common Sample Rare Sample Super Sample |
Identifying & Collecting Samples
- Common Samples (Green) – Look for them near facility buildings, destroyed bug holes, and egg nests, especially in Eradicate missions.
- Rare Samples (Orange) – Often located after clearing bug nests or as yellow flowers away from main structures.
- Super Samples (Pink) – Look for silver orbs in small craters near points of interest or destroy Spore Spewers to find them.
Extraction: Samples can be dropped upon death and must be on your Helldiver upon mission extraction.
