Does Helldivers 2 have vehicles?

Helldivers 2 provides plenty of tools to assist you in the battle to defend Super Earth, but the availability, or lack of availability, of vehicles in the game has caused some confusion.

Helldivers 2 has enjoyed considerable success since launching on Feb. 8 despite persistent server issues. Once they have been resolved, the attention of developer Arrowhead Games will shift to future updates.

With the plethora of Stratagems you can call in when playing Helldivers 2, you’d be forgiven for assuming that vehicles will also be at your disposal to pilot and deploy, but that’s not currently the case.

Are there vehicles you can control in Helldivers 2?

No, there are no vehicles in Helldivers 2 that you can control while embarking on missions at launch. Instead, the only vehicle at your disposal is the Destroyer you use for transport and to call in Stratagems, which acts as your main hub.

The original Helldivers game did include vehicles to use while traversing on land, including tanks and motorbikes, so the absence of vehicles in Helldivers 2 may raise eyebrows. But their omission at launch does not mean they will never feature in Helldivers 2.

Will vehicles be added to Helldivers 2?

Vehicles may be added to Helldivers 2 as part of a future update. Although Arrowhead Games has not formally confirmed the addition of vehicles, it’s believed they are planned thanks to leaks. A now-deleted Facebook video (shared to YouTube on March 1 by GameOverDeo) showed someone somehow gaining access to an armored buggy with a mounted machine gun in Helldivers 2, allowing a squad of players to ride together.

The fact the buggy exists within Helldivers 2’s files could point to it and other such vehicles being incorporated later. But without an official statement from Arrowhead, this isn’t a guarantee. It’s possible vehicles were planned at some stage but ultimately cut, with the buggy being a leftover. At the very least, fans should expect Mechs to arrive at some point. One was also featured in the leaked video, but even if it hadn’t, Mechs were teased for Helldivers 2 ahead of its launch. Not only that, but another leak has pointed to there being more than one type of Mech for you to pilot.

At the time of writing, Arrowhead has yet to share any sort of roadmap for future Helldivers 2 updates. So, it’s unclear when Mechs will be added beyond a vague window of “soon after launch,” as well as what other new content the studio has planned. We know such a roadmap exists and will be made public at some point following comments from devs in the official Discord channel.