Helldivers 2 Beginners Guide (2025) – Tips, Warbonds, Strategems & Early Progression | The_Real_JDC

New to Helldivers 2 in 2025? 🚀 This beginner’s guide covers everything you need to know to start your journey in Super Earth’s finest army. Whether you’re just defrosting from your hellpod or know a little about the game and want to know more, this video walks you through the early game step by step. See my other socials and keep up to date! ———————————————— • IG -   / the_real_jdc   ———————————————— • Twitch -   / the_real_jdc   ———————————————— • Discord -   / discord   ———————————————— Helldivers 2 wiki - samples page https://helldivers.wiki.gg/wiki/Sample Thanks Turbo for making the thumbnail! Here's his channel:    / @turbo.virgin_   00:00 – Intro 00:22 – Do the Tutorial! 00:30 – Setting the game to private 01:19 – Ignore the ship for now 01:37 – the Galactic Map 02:16 – Planet view 02:33 – Day & night cycle 03:46 - Mission map / drop zone 04:44 – Loadout screen 05:56 – Your first mission! 06:09 – Mini map 07:25 – Points of interest (Quick tip) 08:16 – Strategems 10:19 – Keybindings 11:48 –First Person / Third Person View 11:58 – Heading to objective 12:56 – Objective types 13:36 – Terminals & Fuel Pumps 15:47 – Heading to extraction 16:22 – Calling in extraction 16:59 – Ammo crates 17:06 – Inventory 17:30 – Unused ammo is lost when reloading 18:16 – Bug Breaches 19:00 – Extracting on the pelican 21:52 – Resuppling 22:33 – Stimming 23:19 – Managing recoil 24:13 – Weapon range, fire mode & flashlight 26:33 – Terminating illegal broadcast 30:00 – Stim & grenade cases 30:47 – Armour types 32:09 – Extraction etiquette 32:46 – Mission end screen 33:08 – Tour of the ship 33:49 – Ship modules 34:27 – What strategems should I get first? 36:10 – Warbonds 37:44 – Helldiver Armour breakdown 40:19 – Intro to the armoury 42:00 – Why I don’t like city maps 43:33 - Boosters 44:35 - Difficulty 3 bot mission 45:01 – How to destroy automaton fabricators 49:31 – How to destroy various automaton enemy types 50:43 – Twix, one for now, one for later 52:40 – Points of interest / POI’s 57:24 – Why I hate cannon turrets 01:00:41 – Samples 01:01:33 – SEAF artillery 01:05:34 – Stim case 01:07:45 – What a bot drop looks like 01:10:54 – What are major orders? 01:12:16 – What is the Democracy Space Station? 01:14:05 – How can I play with other players? 01:14:43 – What samples can I get on what level? 01:15:27 – What are ship upgrades, and which are best? Tags: #helldivers2 #Helldivers #Arrowhead #HD2 #therealjdc