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The war to take Cyberstan has begun with the Helldivers 2 Machinery of Oppression update

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The fight for Cyberstan in Helldivers 2 is on, but the Automaton homeworld is immensely well defended and difficult to navigate. The megafactories that dominate the cities are dense with fabricators of all shapes and sizes, ensuring a constant stream of bots are ready to attack pesky Helldivers, as well as mortar emplacements and fortresses.

This war won't be easy, but here are some tips for surviving on Cyberstan and how to complete the current Major Orders to bring victory to Super Earth.

Current Helldivers 2 Cyberstan Major Order

Helldivers 2 helldiver running away from horde of Automatons on Cyberstan

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Having successfully killed 700 million Automatons on Cyberstan in less than 24 hours, a Drophead has been established and we are currently awaiting a new Major Order.

Tips for surviving Cyberstan in Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 helldiver charging up quasar cannon to fire at automaton gunship flying in the air

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Cyberstan is a brutally tough planet, even on some of the middling Helldivers 2 difficulties, thanks to the never-ending legions of bots and 'borgs that are ready to defend, as well as the density of the cities. While some of these tips might seem obvious since they apply to fighting the Helldivers 2 Automatons broadly, they will help considerably when it comes to surviving the horrors of the Automaton homeworld:

  • Bring primary weapons with medium armor penetration: This is good advice for fighting the Automatons generally, but it's worth reiterating given the number of Helldivers 2 Devastators and Cyborgs you'll be facing on Cyberstan.
  • Anti-tank Stratagems are essential: Again, all players should be packing anti-tank gear when fighting the Automatons, but it's especially crucial for Cyberstan – things like the Recoilless Rifle, Expendable Anti-Tank, Leveller, Spear, Eagle 500kg Bomb, Eagle Airstrike, any of the Orbital Barrages, and even Thermite grenades if available, are great to have. At higher difficulties, you'll be fighting things like Vox Engines, War Striders, and Factory Striders, and they need to be taken down as quickly as possible to clear a path.
  • Bring something that can shoot down Helldivers 2 Gunships: I've noticed that Gunship Facilities are very common on Cyberstan, allowing multiple Automaton aircraft to suddenly appear and rain death from above with tall factory buildings providing cover for them. Make sure you have a ranged support weapon with medium armor penetration (or better) and use it to bring down gunships as fast as you can!
  • Land outside the city walls for a safer start: Cyberstan city maps feature a small section outside the megafactory walls, which is where your extraction site will be. Make sure you choose an initial landing spot here to ensure you have space and time to call in any support Stratagems you might need, without getting immediately swarmed by enemies. Then you can find a collapsed wall or drain to get inside the megafactory and start your mission properly.
  • Kill Helldivers 2 Cyborgs as quickly as possible: The Cyborgs that fight alongside their Automaton underlings can be a massive nuisance and they should be priority targets whenever you spot them. Agitators command nearby bots, and killing an Agitator briefly stuns any bots that were under its control. Meanwhile, Radicals are incredibly aggressive and always charge towards you to deliver deadly short-range attacks, so kill them before they're able to get close.
  • You can blast open gates if you have a powerful enough weapon: As well as drains, Cyberstan's megafactory walls also have locked gates that you can blast open – handy if you need to reach extraction but can't make it to one of the other exits. However, you can only do so with C4, Ultimatum shots, Leveller rockets, Dynamite, Solo Silo missiles, Eagle 500kg Bombs, Eagle Airstrikes, and Orbital Precision Strikes to name a few.

While on Cyberstan, you'll face every Automaton construct, so make sure you also know how to beat Helldivers 2 Factory Striders and Helldivers 2 Hulks.

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Will Sawyer
Will Sawyer
Guides Editor, GamesRadar+

Will Sawyer is a Guides Editor at GamesRadar+ with over five years of experience in writing online guides, news, and features, and has a BA (Hons) in Journalism. Starting as a freelancer, Will contributed to startmenu and Game Rant before joining the GamesRadar+ team in August 2021. Since then, he has written hundreds of guides about a huge range of games, with shooters and action games being his areas of expertise. Outside of writing about games, Will hops between multiplayer shooters with friends, such as Darktide and Helldivers 2, and delves into whatever has been on his backlog for far too long. He also tries to get through his never-ending Warhammer pile of shame of grey Tyranids, Aeldari, and Chaos Space Marines.

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