Arrowhead's Devoid of Liberty update arrived on August 12 alongside the Castellan's Creed Legendary Warbond, a Warhammer 40,000 crossover that brings Astra Militarum gear, new Illuminate enemies, Void missions, and a level cap raised to 300.
Helldivers 2 received its Devoid of Liberty update on August 12, and with it the game's first Warhammer 40,000 crossover: the Castellan's Creed Legendary Warbond, which brings Astra Militarum equipment into the Galactic War. The update also adds new Illuminate enemies, Void missions, SEAF allies fighting alongside players, and a level cap increase to 300.
The Warbond is built around the Cadian Kasrkin of the Astra Militarum rather than Space Marines, a choice that keeps the crossover grounded in gear a Helldiver could plausibly carry. It costs 1,500 Super Credits, the standard price for a Legendary Warbond, and contains 17 rewards spread across three pages.
The headline items are on the weapons side:
Two armor sets round out the package. The TG-8 is a medium set built for sustained firefights, while the TG-122 is heavy armor modeled on Kasrkin shock troops. Both carry the new True Grit passive, which improves weapon handling and speeds up support weapon reloads. It is the first passive in the game aimed squarely at players who build around their support weapon, and it should pair well with the Meltagun's close-range role.
The free side of the update is substantial in its own right. The Illuminate faction gained new enemy types, and Void missions add a new mission category to the war effort. SEAF allies now appear in the field, giving the long-suffering regular forces of Super Earth an active combat presence rather than a background role.
The level cap jump to 300 gives long-term players headroom again, and the patch shipped with a round of quality-of-life improvements that Arrowhead had signaled were in progress through early August.
The Galactic War itself has kept pace with the content. Late August Major Orders sent players against the Automatons to liberate Mesa after a misinformation campaign, and a separate order tasked the community with defending four Terminid barrier planets, Darius 2, Iknus Secundus, Grand Errant, and Percus Secundus, to complete permanent insect containment under the Terminid Control System.
Licensed collaborations in live service shooters often amount to a skin pack. Castellan's Creed is closer to a themed expansion of the sandbox: new weapon behaviors, a new armor passive, and equipment that changes how a loadout plays rather than just how it looks. Keeping the fantasy at Astra Militarum scale, ordinary soldiers with extraordinary firepower, also fits the game's tone better than power-armored superhumans would have.
For players, the practical takeaway is that this is one of the meatier updates of the year: a paid Warbond that introduces a genuinely new playstyle through True Grit and the melta weapons, and a free update that expands the Illuminate threat, raises the level ceiling, and puts SEAF boots on the ground beside you. If you have been waiting for a reason to drop back in, this is a good one.
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