GamesActionHelldivers 2How to get common, rare, and super samples in Helldivers 2When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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Jump to:Sample types and what they doCommon samplesRare samplesSuper samples
Jump to:Sample types and what they doCommon samplesRare samplesSuper samples
If you’re searching forsamplesinHelldivers 2, you’re likely looking to upgrade your ship modules, buffing the power of the manystratagemsyou can bring to bear on the battlefield. Unlike themedalsthat you use to unlock new guns in your Warbonds, samples come in three different varieties that you can only collect in certain missions.
If you haven’t been playing the game long, you’re likely just grabbing anything you find, but when it comes to the final ship module in each section, you’ll need to locate some extremely rare samples if you want to unlock them. Here’s how to find all three sample types in Helldivers 2, where they most commonly appear, and how to locate those elusivesuper samplesto finish off your upgrades.
Helldivers 2 sample types and what they do
You need all three sample types to fully upgrade your ship modules(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
There are three different types of sample that you can collect in Helldivers 2, but they only spawn in certain difficulties:
To increase your available difficulties, you need to complete a full operation of the previous difficulty—for example, to access Suicide Mission’s super samples you need to finish an Extreme operation first. While common and rare types will let you upgrade the first two ship modules in each section, you’ll need all three types, including super samples, to unlock the last.
The most important thing to remember;don’t forget to pick up your sample case if you die—it’s marked with a little test tube symbol and you can also see it on the map. Since samples are shared, you also don’t have to worry about other players pilfering them.
How to get common samples
You can find common samples all over the map(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
They really are everywhere. Your best bet if you want to farm them is to pick a big open-world mission andexplore as many points of interest as you can. If your map has a radar station sub-objective, completing that will reveal all points of interest, letting you run around and swipe samples to your heart’s content.
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How to get rare samples
Points of interest are the best places to find rare samples(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
How to get super samples
Image1of4Look for a fist-shaped rock with silvery veins(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)You can see the rock in the topography of the map and confirm if it’s a point of interest(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)You’ll find the super samples around the base of the rock(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)Pick planets with clear visibility so you can spot the rock at a distance(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Image1of4Look for a fist-shaped rock with silvery veins(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)You can see the rock in the topography of the map and confirm if it’s a point of interest(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)You’ll find the super samples around the base of the rock(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)Pick planets with clear visibility so you can spot the rock at a distance(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
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Look for a fist-shaped rock with silvery veins(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)You can see the rock in the topography of the map and confirm if it’s a point of interest(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)You’ll find the super samples around the base of the rock(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)Pick planets with clear visibility so you can spot the rock at a distance(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Look for a fist-shaped rock with silvery veins(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)You can see the rock in the topography of the map and confirm if it’s a point of interest(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)You’ll find the super samples around the base of the rock(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)Pick planets with clear visibility so you can spot the rock at a distance(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Look for a fist-shaped rock with silvery veins(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Look for a fist-shaped rock with silvery veins(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Look for a fist-shaped rock with silvery veins(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Look for a fist-shaped rock with silvery veins(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Look for a fist-shaped rock with silvery veins(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You can see the rock in the topography of the map and confirm if it’s a point of interest(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You can see the rock in the topography of the map and confirm if it’s a point of interest(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You can see the rock in the topography of the map and confirm if it’s a point of interest(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You can see the rock in the topography of the map and confirm if it’s a point of interest(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You can see the rock in the topography of the map and confirm if it’s a point of interest(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You’ll find the super samples around the base of the rock(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You’ll find the super samples around the base of the rock(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You’ll find the super samples around the base of the rock(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You’ll find the super samples around the base of the rock(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
You’ll find the super samples around the base of the rock(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Pick planets with clear visibility so you can spot the rock at a distance(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Pick planets with clear visibility so you can spot the rock at a distance(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Pick planets with clear visibility so you can spot the rock at a distance(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Pick planets with clear visibility so you can spot the rock at a distance(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
Pick planets with clear visibility so you can spot the rock at a distance(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)
The final sample type only appears on difficulties seven to nine, so you’ll have to be playing on Suicide Mission or above for a chance to get them. Super samples—or super uranium, as it’s also called—are hard to find, andyou can only gather them at a specific location on each map. This excludes the maps from the Eradicate Terminid Swarm, Eradicate Automaton Forces, and Retrieve Essential Personnel missions.
Since points of interest appear when you hover over them, even if you haven’t discovered them yet—andthe super sample rock is a point of interest—you can confirm whether it’s likely to be the right place when you move the cursor over it. Of course, you can always activate a radar station if there’s one on your map to reveal all points of interest as well.
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