Helldivers 2 update 1.009 is out now – increased rewards this weekend
thesixthaxis.comArrowhead are burning the midnight oils well into the weekend, it seems, as they fight persistent server issues and bugs with Helldivers 2 update 1.009. The patch is out now for both PS5 and PC, with a focus on stability and matchmaking.
This update follows on from another patch that dropped yesterday, which also aimed to resolve crash bugs, improve matchmaking and implement server optimisations.
You can find patch notes for Helldivers update 1.008 and 1.009 below.
Unfortunately, the problems keep on piling up and Arrowhead found that one of their databases was overloaded overnight. They’ve put in place a mitigation, but are just trying to keep things steady through the weekend.
Because of the variety of problems that players have faced through the game’s launch week, and in particular with lost mission rewards, Arrowhead has increased payouts by 50% through Sunday 18th.
Here are the full patch notes for Helldivers update 1.009:
STABILITY/CRASHES
MATCHMAKING
BALANCE & OTHER FIXES
And he are the full patch notes for Helldivers update 1.008:
Matchmaking
Stability and crashes
Defend Events and Major Orders.
There’s still a number of known issues this weekend.
Known Issues Listed below are significant issues that are being worked on and were either introduced by this patch or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed. Backend issues during high load are improved but still persist, issues include:
Source: Helldivers 2 Discord, Helldivers 2 Zendesk
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