Hot on the heels of Helldivers 2’s newest replace, patch 01.002.101, going reside, gamers have observed developer Arrowhead used it to secretly add a brand new instrument to the sport: a shovel.
Players have found the shovel as a POI merchandise dotted in regards to the map, and have discovered they’re in a position to really dig into the bottom with it to create makeshift cowl.
Redditor The_Fighter03 alerted the neighborhood to the discover with a video clip, under, displaying the brand new shovel in motion.
Arrowhead did not make any point out in right now’s replace 01.002.101, nor has it defined why shovels are abruptly within the sport. But followers had puzzled whether or not the patch had extra to it than Arrowhead let on, given it weighed in at over 5GB. Perhaps the terrain deformation / dig system now within the sport was a giant a part of that.
Players at the moment are digging into the element of this new shovel, making an attempt to work out how deep they’ll go and whether or not it has some other use. Can it’s used to dig beneath doorways, for instance? Can gamers work collectively to create trenches? The neighborhood is having enjoyable working this out.
Meanwhile, Arrowhead introduced Helldivers 2’s subsequent premium warbond, dubbed Servants of Freedom. The battle cross due out February 6 provides a conveyable Hellbomb stratagem and new armor that include the Integrated Explosives passive, which signifies that upon demise, your corpse will detonate and take out the enemies round you.
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