How to destroy Helldivers 2 Fuel Silos

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Fuel Silos in Helldivers 2 can be destroyed with a Hellbomb - but honestly, what can't?

A Fuel Silo in Helldivers 2
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Helldivers 2 Fuel Silos are a kind of mission objective associated with the Bots, and working out how to destroy them can be tricky, as the game isn't always clear about methodology. In fact, you're supposed to use one of the most powerful explosives in Helldivers 2, the legendary Hellbomb, a special contextual Stratagem you call in to destroy high-value targets like the Fuel Silos themselves. If you want some help on the process and how it's done, we'll lay out how to use Hellbomb to destroy Fuel Silos in Helldivers 2 below - without destroying yourself in the process.

How to destroy Helldivers 2 Fuel Silos

Calling in a Hellbomb to Destroy a Fuel Silo in Helldivers 2

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A Helldivers 2 Fuel Silo can be destroyed by use of a Hellbomb, one of the Helldivers 2 stratagems that's mission-specific, given to you for free when you're in the correct objective area. Here's how it works:

  1. Look for the target Fuel Silo, the dark cylindrical building with red lights shown above.
  2. When close to it, a new Stratagem should suddenly get added to your list: the Hellbomb.
  3. Call in the Hellbomb as close to the Silo as possible.
  4. Kill all nearby enemies.
  5. Interact with the Hellbomb terminal and follow the directional inputs to activate it.
  6. RUN! That Hellbomb will explode in a massive radius, and nothing will survive.

After a short timer, the Hellbomb will explode in a massive blast radius, destroying the Fuel Silo and anything else for quite a distance. The reason you have to kill all the enemies nearby is because if they shoot the Hellbomb at any point before it detonates, it'll be harmlessly destroyed and you'll have to call in another to try again. Obviously you probably don't want to stick around to protect it too - not unless you feel like being a martyr. Likewise, enemy attacks can destroy the Hellbomb before it explodes.

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Destroying a Fuel Silo in Helldivers 2

(Image credit: Sony)

Fuel Silos can't easily be destroyed by normal Stratagems or weapons like the Recoilless Rifle or Precision Airstrike - even a 500KG bomb didn't destroy one of them when I tried. We're not saying that they can't work, but if they do, you'll require several of them, and even then, it's not guaranteed. Far better just to use the free Hellbombs and vaporize the area.

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Joel Franey
Joel Franey
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