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Helldivers 2 Maintenance Will Begin Oct. 6, Putting Active Missions at Risk

Arrowhead says the backend work will last two hours, and Helldivers still in-atmosphere could be lost along with their rewards.

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Helldivers 2 has galactic network maintenance scheduled for Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Squads still in-atmosphere when it begins may lose their Helldivers and any rewards. Arrowhead’s Steam notice schedules the work for 08:00 UTC and says backend maintenance will last two hours.

For players in the US Eastern time zone, the start time is 4:00 a.m. EDT. The regional schedule gives local start times for other areas as well.

Regional start times for Helldivers 2 maintenance on October 6, 2026

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Helldivers 2 is a cooperative third-person shooter in which squads of up to four players are deployed from orbit onto hostile planets to complete strategic missions. Players select loadouts of weapons, armor, and stratagems that allow them to call in orbital strikes, supply drops, vehicles, and turrets during combat. Friendly fire is always active, requiring coordination between teammates. The game features a persistent galactic war where community-wide performance determines which planets are liberated or lost.