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If you want more of a challenge in Helldivers 2, then let us show you how you can change the difficulty setting.
Helldivers 2 has a variety of difficulty settings that you can change as you please. That is, if you are the host setting up a mission and all of your squad is dropping in from your ship.
Of course, you have to unlock a handful of them. And we’ll walk you through just how to do that, along with how to make your time against theTerminidsandAutomatonseither easier or harder.
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How you can change the difficulty setting in Helldivers 2
As previously mentioned, you need to be the host for your squad. That means you invite your friends or allow strangers to join you through the quickplay option.
Then you can follow these easy steps to change the difficulty in Helldivers 2 before you begin a mission:
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If you only have the first handful of difficulty levels available in Helldivers 2, you need to unlock the others. It’s super simple on how to do so.
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