FASTEST Way To Get To Level 20 ｜ Helldivers 2 Best Leveling Guide

Hello, welcome back to a new video. So

today I'll show you the fastest way to

level up in Helldivers 2, which missions

to play, which difficulty settings to use

to get to level 20 and above as quickly as

you can. So I recommend choosing the

trivial setting for difficulty, that's the

easiest setting. Now you do get more XP

and more rewards for the higher

difficulties, but then they're much

harder, they take longer, you die more

often compared to trivial where you can

just easily do it even without using any

stratagems in some cases. So as you can

see, I chose the Brood Commander mission,

which is available at Trivial level, and

it's probably one of the easiest missions

because you can just land directly where

the Brood Commander is located. You just

have to kill a few bugs and then kill the

Brood Commander, and then you're done,

and then run to the extraction point. Now

I wouldn't recommend the ICBM missions

because you've got to get the launch code,

then you've got to run all the way to the

missile pod and then do all this terminal

stuff, which takes ages, and then run all

the way to the extraction Also, I wouldn't

recommend doing the Destroy Eggs mission

because you've got to destroy all these

eggs and then go to another location,

destroy more eggs, then back to the

extraction. The 2 missions where you just

land where the boss is and then go back to

extraction are the Brood Commander

missions and also the Bile Titan missions.

So as you can see at the top right, it's

only been about 1 minute and I've already

found the Brood Commander. I've already

destroyed most of the things around it.

He'll start coming out of this hole and

spawn a bunch of other bugs. I think

that's the Brood Commander there. Yeah,

that was him. I just shot him with the

grenade launcher, took like 3 hits, and

you're done. Now we just run all the way

back to the extraction point. And then I

got to the extraction point, enter the

terminal, and then you just have to wait 2

minutes. So killing the Brood Commander

took me like 1 minute, maybe 2 minutes,

and then waiting for the extraction to

come takes another 2 minutes. So at most

you're looking at 4 to 5 minutes to finish

the mission. Now, if someone joins your

match and they go off to explore and do

other things, then it might slow you down

a little bit. But most of the time they'll

come to the extraction point to get

extracted. So everyone got extracted,

took about 4 minutes, and this is how much

XP we made from this mission. And we made

269 XP points, killed the Brood

Commander, 4 people extracted. Don't think

we're going to get any bonuses because

it's trivial. Okay, so if you don't want

to do Brood Commander, another good way to

do missions is to eliminate Bile Titans.

Now you can only do these at challenging

difficulty level, so it is a bit harder

than trivial, but it's still pretty easy

and it'll take maybe 5 to 6 minutes and

you get way more XP. So you land and then

the first thing you do is try to clear the

area and then start looking for the actual

Bile Titan. The easiest way to take down

the Bile Titan that I found is to either

chuck airdrops down onto it so it gets

crushed by the airdrops This can be

supplies, weapons supplies, or even

turrets. But in this case, my team had an

orbital laser cannon and that took it down

pretty quickly as well. So it only took

about 4 minutes to finish this, but my

team decided to go off and do the side

objective. So you can see the timer, it

actually took 15 minutes to finish this

mission, but we got a load of side

objectives and side quests finished, so

we're gonna get a nice bonus to the amount

of XP. So it took 15 minutes compared to

the previous Brood Commander trivial

mission, which only took about 4 or 5

minutes. So it took 3 times the time.

Are we going to get 3 times the reward?

Let's find out. So on the trivial mission,

we got about 260 XP points. So to get

triple, we'd need 750, and we actually got

670 XP points and 3,000 credits and

a bunch of rare and common samples. So not

quite 3 times the reward, it's more like

2.5 times the reward. So it would actually

be more time efficient if you just did 3

trivial missions, 4 minutes each, and then

you'd get probably 750 or maybe even 800

XP points, and you wouldn't spend loads of

time dying and running all over the place.

Be much more efficient and faster to

finish. So the next mission is Bug

Extermination, or Bug Termination, I

forgot. Basically you just stay in one

spot, so there's no running around, and

you, and you've got to kill 150 bugs. And

then you finish your mission. So it takes

about 6 or 7 minutes, and we ended up

getting about 300 experience points. So

not that great. It's probably better to do

Brood Commander on Trivial because that

only takes 4 minutes. Personally, my

favorite one to do is the Bile Titan,

just because it's so funny to kill that

boss if you do it this way. So if you land

on the top of a mountain on one of these

jagged rocks, he literally can't touch you

because you're so high up. Look at this,

he can't do anything, but he's still

aggroed by you, so he's trying to get to

you. So he'll just keep coming at you even

though he can't touch you. And then you

can throw stratagems onto its back from

here. And if you get lucky and use an

airdrop stratagem like weapon drop or a

turret drop or even the resupply drop and

it hits it on the back, it would actually

just one-shot kill him. Or you could just

spam airstrikes from up here if you've got

like the big 500 kg airstrike. I think

that can actually one-shot him, or maybe

two-shot him. I'm not sure. I usually do

this. So you can see I just stuck him on

the leg with some kind of airdrop. I

forgot which one it was. And that one

actually killed it. It hit it right on its

leg and it just took it out. One shot. So

if you want like a fun way to take out the

Bile Titans, then I'd suggest landing on a

rock and then just spamming stratagems

onto its back. And then you've somehow got

to get down off this mountain and get to

the extraction point. But the thing is,

even if you die on the mission, if you've

at least killed one Bile Titan, then

you'll get the XP points even if you die

and fail to extract. So just make sure you

kill one. It'll be nice if you kill 2, or

maybe there's only one on the map, then

you've only got one to kill, and then you

kill that one and then try to get to the

extraction point. But if you can't—

because what ends up happening is you get

stuck on the top of the mountain

surrounded by hordes of bugs and you try

and get down, you end up just getting

ganked and you just die and die and die.

So it's kind of hard to get to the

extraction doing this method if you're

alone, but it's not the end of the world

because you can always just still get the

XP points even if you did die and fail to

extract. And then finally, I'm going to

try level 5 hard difficulty, and I want to

try a defend area mission, kill Terminids

to thin their numbers. And I'll see how

quick that takes and if we can even do it

at this difficulty. It might be difficult.

And then I'll see how much XP we get

compared to doing like a trivial mission

that only takes 40 minutes— I mean, 4

minutes. And that makes about, what was

it, 269 XP points for trivial Brood

Commander mission. I'm gonna do a level 5

difficulty on Defend the Area, see how

long that takes and how much XP we get.

So for the stratagems, I'm gonna go for

full defensive sentries. So I've got the

Gatling Sentry, Rocket Sentry, uh,

maybe the Tesla Tower, and also

the Mortar Sentry, or maybe the mines.

Incendiary mines, pretty good. Oh look,

someone joined us, and looks like I landed

and my team member left me, so I don't

know if I can survive this just on my own.

I've got Tesla Tower up over there. Oh

crap, they've already started spawning.

Quick, get the Gatling gun down.

How many minutes? 14 minutes. Got to kill

175. Rocket Sentry.

Quick, quick. Ow! What? I died already

from an explosion.

Okay,

so here's a little trick. If you launch

and land on top of the mountain, you

You're pretty safe up here, and then you

can just throw mines down. I think

basically nothing can touch you up here if

you're high enough. Sometimes the little

bugs, they can dig and then reappear at

the top, which is kind of annoying. I

don't know where the enemies are.

Oh, they're spawning over there, so I'll

put a minefield over there.

The problem is you can't get the resupply

thing to land on the top, it will bounce

off. I've tried it before. So they're

spawning, they're spawning over there.

Look, look at these guys down here. I

think they might be able to jump up here,

but you can shoot them down easily before

they get up here. Oh, these guys, I don't

know, I don't think they vomit. Would

actually reach you. I hate how much the

grenades bounce on this. They're like

little tennis balls.

I've never used a real grenade in real

life. I don't know if they're so bouncy.

See, look, they'll just get stuck down

there and there's nothing they can do.

But if you run out of ammo, there's

nothing you can do apart from wait for

your sentry cooldowns to come back on. It

says someone joined me. Oh look, see,

they can appear at the top but they kind

of get stuck. Look at these guys down

there, they literally can't touch me.

Oh, I just jinxed myself. I just said they

can't touch me and one just appears right

above.

Wait, where's my gun gone? My shotgun's

gone. Like I dropped it or something.

A team member just joined here.

For some reason I've lost my shotgun,

like I've dropped it on the floor or

So hopefully you'll get some people to

join you, give you a hand.

So we're gonna try that trick again where

you land on the top of the mountain.

Whole team's dead. Pretty hard.

I mean, it is called hard mode. So I'm

gonna try to land on that mountain again.

I don't think I can. Oh, did I get onto

it? I just got onto it. Look at that.

And then if you had airstrikes, would be

pretty good. So I then put a Tesla thing

down there. Put a Gatling gun. If there's

a Crusher, I'd recommend aiming it at the

Crusher because— oh, I stuck it on its

back. But watch this, the Gatling gun will

just land on its back and might one-shot

it. No. Oh, did it? I think it did kill

it. Oh no, it's still alive, I think. Is

that an air— oh crap,

airstrike. Please don't hit me. Oh,

that was close and nearly hit me. So I've

got a rocket sentry.

The sentries are really good. The problem

is sometimes they get swarmed and then

they get blown up. Oh look, he's doing it

as well, sitting on the top of the

I should have thrown that near a mountain

so he can get on top as well. I've got a

minefield, I can place that.

Maybe down there.

So we just finished it. It only took 5

minutes. This was hard mode as well.

It was really not hard if you just stay on

the top of the mountain. I don't know if

they're gonna fix this because it's kind

of like a a way of cheating, isn't it?

You're basically invincible. Look, we're

basically invincible. It takes all the

challenge out of the game. So I'm thinking

they might prevent you from doing this,

but it is so funny. I hope they don't

remove it,

but it seems kind of cheesy.

Okay, so all I have to do is get down to

the extraction point without dying.

Revive my squad member.

It's always nice to revive them so they

can get in, and also you get bonus XP if

everyone gets extracted, so it's in your

interest to extract everyone.

Oh no, someone died. Oh, I didn't realize

he was dead before I ran into it. Okay,

let's see how much XP we get. Okay, so we

got a base of 100 XP plus 2 Hellstrats.

Drivers Extract here, that's bonus 40.

Mission time remaining 56%, bonus 196,

plus 75% bonus,

340 XP for a 5-minute mission.

That is actually kind of better than the

Trivial Brood Commander, but I don't know

if it'll be easy if you're alone. But it

seems like they fixed the matchmaking

system on the game now, so you're never

really ever alone. You just join a match,

start a match— I mean, start a game— and

then you instantly near instantly get

people joining it, helping you. So yeah,

I recommend Defend the Area on level 5

difficulty. It's pretty good for XP as

well. You get that +75% bonus to XP,

which is really good. So do those 5

minutes, 1 hour, you can get 5,

10, 2, 2 times 6,

you can get 12 of those done. We get a

couple thousand XP. It's very quick to

level up. I'm already level 18. I've only

played for about a day.