Helldivers 2

Liber Initiatus · § IV · Helldivers 2

Section I

Ten Tiers

Difficulties

Helldivers 2 runs at one of ten tiers, from Trivial (1) to Super Helldive (10). Geld pays roughly by tier; higher tiers pay more, with bonuses for objective performance.

Tiers 1 to 3: Trivial, Easy, Medium. Practice and conditioning.
Tiers 4 to 6: Challenging, Hard, Extreme. The chapter's working band.
Tiers 7 to 9: Suicide, Impossible, Helldive. For experienced brothers.
Tier 10: Super Helldive. The ceiling.

Section II

The Translation

Enemy Factions

Set the enemy faction on the form before submitting. The Cogitator translates the in-game name to the chapter's:

Automatons: Filed as Necron in the ledger.
Terminids: Filed as Tyranid.
Illuminate: Filed as Aeldari.
Mixed: Used when a mission rolled with more than one faction.

Section III

Two Anchors

Required Screenshots

Objectives Screen · Main & Optional — The objectives list, outcome indicator, and performance rating. First of two anchors.

Stats Column · Player Roster — Kills, damage, per-player breakdowns. Second of two anchors.

Objectives Screen: the main and optional objectives list at end-of-mission, with the outcome indicator and performance rating.
Stats Column: the player roster with kills, damage, and per-player breakdowns.

Two screenshots is the standard rite for Helldivers 2. More are not required.

Section IV

Beyond Kills

What Is Tracked

Objective status per objective: completed, failed, skipped. Read from the briefing screen.
Helldivers extracted: how many of you made it onto the dropship.
Outposts destroyed, with optional per-size breakdown.
Mission XP and Requisition earned.
Per-player stats: kills, damage, by in-game name.

Section V

Manual Fields

Optional Overrides

Four fields on the form are manual or overridable:

Difficulty (Tier): Set this yourself; the briefing screen does not always show it.
Outcome: Cogitator reads the result, but you may override.
Operation Name: Optional; useful for the record. Not always present in OCR.
Performance Rating: Zero to five stars. Cogitator detects; you may override.

Section VI

Common Questions

FAQ

Why the faction translation?

The chapter's ledger is in W40K terms. Translating the Helldivers factions keeps the cross-game stats coherent: a Tyranid kill is a Tyranid kill whether it came from Operations or Helldivers 2.

The mission was Mixed. How do I file?

Set faction to Mixed. The Cogitator records it as a mixed mission and does not credit one specific faction.

I failed the main objective but extracted.

File the report; the Cogitator reads outcome and objectives separately. The geld reflects the truth of the mission, not a clean win or clean loss.

My squadmate is on Steam but not registered here.

They will appear as an unmatched name. Their stats are logged on the AAR but not entered into a brother's ledger. Invite them to the chapter and they can backfill.

Do the optional objectives matter?

Yes. Completing optional objectives raises your performance rating and credits a small geld bonus on top of the tier rate.

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