Helldivers 2 7.2.3 Targets Hive World Crashes and Cave Bugs

The hotfix also fixes two PC crash cases and restores certain cosmetic mods.

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A large armored Terminid with an orange abdomen advances through a web-filled cave in Helldivers 2.

Devoid of Liberty 7.2.3 addresses crashes tied to Hive World caves, along with a cave bug that could block mission progress. The hotfix also covers PC-specific crashes and cosmetic mods, according to Arrowhead’s Steam notes for version 7.2.3. The November developer-blog preview also listed an Easy Anti-Cheat-related client crash, which is absent from the 7.2.3 changelog.

On Hive Worlds, the fixes cover crashes caused by poison or gas status effects and large assets spawning outside caves. Those misplaced assets could obstruct mission progress and prevent stratagem call-ins. The update also fixes fire failing to work or spread inside caves.

PC players get fixes for a crash when exiting the game, another that could occur during startup when Windows write permissions caused problems, and an issue that stopped certain cosmetic mods from working. These are separate from the 7.2.1 squad-change crash fix, which addressed a crash triggered when another player joined or left a squad.

Helldivers 2 Devoid of Liberty 7.2.3 Patch Notes

Community Feedback Changes

[PC] Fixed an issue preventing certain cosmetic mods from functioning.

Fixes

Crash Fixes

Fixed a crash that could occur when receiving status effects such as poison or gas in Hive World caves
[PC] Fixed a crash that could occur while exiting the game
[PC] Fixed a crash that could occur on boot when the game had issues with writing permissions on Windows

Misc

Fixed issue where fire did not work and couldn’t be spread inside caves
Fixed a level generation issue on Hive World caves where large assets could spawn outside the cave and block mission progression and stratagem call-in

Arrowhead also links to its Known Issues page for other tracked problems.

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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.