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Automatons

"Automaton Artwork by pro100ker"

The Automaton icon.svg Automatons are one of three factions the Helldivers can fight against, with the others being the Terminid icon.svg Terminids and the Illuminate icon.svg Illuminate. They also have two subfactions: the Automaton icon.svg Jet Brigade Icon.svg Jet Brigade and the Automaton icon.svg Incineration Corps Icon.svg Incineration Corps.

Overview

The flag of The Collective
Automaton icon.svg

The Automatons are mindless, bloodthirsty robots, coded for nothing but murder and socialist violence. Their origins are a mystery, but their unthinking hatred of Freedom makes them a threat to all citizens of Super Earth.

— Playstation Store Description

The Automatons - colloquially known as Bots - are intelligent robotic beings created by the Cyborg Emblem 2.png Cyborgs before the events of the Second Galactic War. [1] [2] [3] They are fully capable of feeling emotions - such as sorrow and anger[4] - and having independent thoughts. They predominantly utilize laser weapons, rockets and melee weapons.

The Automatons first appeared in the south-western Sectors of the Galactic Map with a vanguard force. Their main force would only arrive later during The Reclamation, settling in the Valdis Sector and re-uniting with their creators on Cyberstan.

In terms of gameplay, the Automatons utilize various types of ranged weaponry and heavily-armored units to overwhelm the Helldivers.

Origin

“

Vessel 00 is indicated to be a spaceship that departed from the planet Cyberstan in 2180, approximately 4 years prior to the initial Automaton attack. The cargo and destination of that voyage is unknown, but it is referred to as the final one the ship made. Vessel 00 is referred to in exultation - evidence of Automaton programming to express reverence towards it. It is additionally referred to as their seed or origin. This intel raises many troubling questions. The origin of the Automatons has been a top intel priority since their initial barbaric assault. This information is the first to definitively connect the Automatons to Cyberstan, a rehabilitation planet invaded by them in the early days of the war.

— Major Order A2-10-1 outcome briefing

According to intell gathered from Database One, the Automatons originated from Cyberstan. In 2180, a spacecraft known as Vessel 00 departed from Cyberstan to an unknown destination, said vessel being referred by the Automatons as their seed or origin.

List of Automatons

Standard Automatons

Jet Brigade

See also: Jet Brigade

Incineration Corps

See also: Incineration Corps

List of Automaton Structures

Voice Lines

Automaton Voice Lines
Line* Scenario Used by Notes
Marching cadence

Transcript:

HEART - STEEL
WE - KILL
IRON - WILL
ON TO WAR

HEART - STEEL
WE - KILL
IRON - WILL
ON TO WAR

CYBERSTAN
CAN'T KEEP HER DOWN
WE COUNT DOWN
THE NEW DAWN

CYBERSTAN
CAN'T KEEP HER DOWN
WE COUNT DOWN
THE NEW DAWN

Idle Patrol/Commissar

Marching Cadence Idle Factory Strider
"ALL CLEAR" Combat Trooper/Commissar Plays when readying a signal flare

"SUPER EARTH WILL BURN" Combat Trooper
"HELLDIVER SCUM" Combat Trooper
"BURN IN HELL" Combat Trooper Glitched Russian
"HELLDIVERS WILL DIE" Combat Trooper
"YOU CAME TO DIE, HELLDIVER SCUM" Combat Trooper
"CEASE FIRE" Combat Trooper Glitched Russian

"BERSERKER, OH YEAH!" Combat Berserker
"BERSERKER-ER" Combat Berserker
"AH GODDAMN" Combat Berserker
"SCUM" Combat Devastator
"DIVER" Combat Devastator
"KURA" Combat Devastator Common in many Slavic languages, it means "Chicken"

"HELLDIVER" Idle Hulk
"I FEEL ALIVE, ALIVE" Combat Hulk
"YOU WILL BURN" Combat Hulk 
*Note: These translations are just assumptions and theories of what they may be saying and aren't confirmed to be true by any official source.
  • All Automaton units that can speak use warped and glitched Cyborg voices from Helldivers 1 (which on top on their own already been somewhat grammatically incorrect).
    • Troopers use some initiate voice lines with relatively simple glitch pattern.
      • Initiate have lines in English and Swedish/Norwegian languages, Troopers add a few lines in what may be Russian.
    • Berserker use some Squadleader Soldier, Berserker/Butcher/Grotesque and Hulk lines with "spinning" glitch pattern.
    • Devastators use Warlord lines during idle and Hulk lines while in combat. Their glitch pattern consists of echo and pitch shifting.
    • Hulks use initiate lines with long echo.

Automaton Language

The Automaton language has been deciphered to be Swedish words written in a custom script of characters. The following image denotes the conversion of these symbols into their respective Swedish characters

"Automaton Language Conversion Chart"

The following file contains a True-Type Font for easy of use of media creation in the automaton language. It contains all the characters seen in the Automaton Language Conversion Chart.

Download on MediaFire (created by @tinycube on discord)

Propaganda

Posters, and warning labels that the Automatons have created, translated and displayed in this section. It is deciphered from the Automaton language into Swedish and then into English.

  • "Automaton Sign 1"
    "RÅOLJA" - Crude oil
  • "Automaton Sign 2"
    "SKOTT" - Ammunition
  • "Automaton Sign 3"
    "UNDVIK KONTAKT MED ELD!" - Avoid exposure to fire!
  • "Automaton Sign 4"
    "VARNING VÄRMEFLÖDE" - Warning, heat flow
  • "Automaton Sign 5"
    "VID ELDSVÅDA ANVÄND KOLSYRESLÄCKARE" - In case of fire, use a carbon dioxide based extinguisher
  • "Automaton Sign 6"
    "WARNING EXPLODIUM" - Warning, Explodium
  • "Automaton Sign 7"
    Automaton Sign
  • "Automaton Sign 8"
    "STÄLL PÅ PLAN MARK // OBS! ROTERAS EJ" - Place on even ground // Note! Do not rotate
  • "Automaton Sign 9"
    "VARNING HÖGSPÄNNINGSSTRÖM" - Warning, high voltage
  • "Automaton Sign 10"
    "BATTERI" - Battery
  • "Automaton Sign 11"
    "BRÄNSLE" - Fuel
  • "Automaton Sign 12"
    "CONTAINER INNEHÅLLER 10 TUNNOR MED OLJA // RÅOLJA" - Container holds 10 barrels of oil // Crude oil
  • "Automaton Sign 13"
    "VAPENLÅDA" - Ammunitions box
  • "Automaton Sign 14"
    "DENNA SIDA UPP // VÄND EJ ÅT DETTA HÅLL!" - This side up // Do not turn this side outwards!
  • "Automaton Sign 15"
    "AUT // TILLSAMMANS // DU ÄR EN KUGGE I HJULET // DU ÄR KOLLEKTIVET" - AUT // Together // You are a cog in the machine // You are The Collective
  • "Automaton Sign 16"
    "STRÖMBRYTARE // VID AKUT STRÖMAVBROTT, TRYCK PÅ KNAPP 1! // VID FORTSATT PROBLEM, KONTAKTA ÖVER // 10" - Breaker // During emergency power failure, press button 1 // If problem persists, contact over[seer] // 10
  • "Automaton Sign 17"
    AUT! // 2D // 12063
  • "Automaton Sign 18"
    AUT // NR! // 3
  • "Automaton Sign 19"
    AUT! // 21 12063
  • "Automaton Sign 20"
    "AUT! // Allt för kollektivet!" - AUT! // Everything for The Collective!
  • "Automaton Sign 21"
    "FRIHET // GÖR DIN DEL // ÅT KOLLEKTIVET" - Freedom // Do your part // For The Collective
  • "Automaton Sign 22"
    "AUT // MOD! // 1986 1104 // DEN HÄR APPARATEN ÄR BYGGD AV ROBOTKOLLEKTIVET!" - AUT // Courage! // 1986 1104 // This machine was built by the Robot Collective
  • "Automaton Sign 23"
    "ÖPPNAS HÄR" - Opened here
  • "Automaton Sign 24"
    "AUTOMATISKA KOLLEKTIVET" - The Automatic Collective
  • "Automaton Sign 25"
    "STOR LÅDA // TUNG" - Large box // Heavy
  • "Automaton Sign 26"
    "BLOCKERA INTE DÖRREN // VÅRA KAMRATER MÅSTE FRAMMÅT" - Do not block the door // Our comrades must advance
  • "Automaton Sign 27"
    "AUT // VÅRA MASSIVA VAPEN SKJUTER NED DEM FRÅN HIMLEN! // DOM DYKER MOT SIN DÖD!" - AUT // Our massive weapons shoot them out of the heavens // They are diving into their deaths!
  • "Automaton Sign 28"
    "UNDERHÅLLSLUCKA" - Maintenance hatch
  • "Automaton Sign 29"
    "UPP // EN LÅNG STRECKKOD" - Up // A long barcode
  • "Automaton Sign 30"
    "VARNING KOM IHÅG KAMRAT! BRYT STRÖMMEN INNAN UNDERHÅLL!" - Warning, remember comrade! Disconnect power before maintenance!
  • "Automaton Sign 31"
    "UNDVIK ALL KONTAKT MED ELD // VARNING! BEHÅLLAREN INNEHÅLLER EXPLODIUM" - Avoid all exposure to fire // Warning! The container contains Explodium
  • "Automaton Sign 32"
    "!NOTERA! UNDERHÅLLSLUCKA" - Note! Maintenance hatch
  • "Automaton Sign 33"
    "VARNING KAMRAT // STARKT MAGNETISKT FÄLT!" - Warning, comrade // Strong magnetic field!
  • "Automaton Sign 34"
    "VARNING! TUNGT MASKINERI" - Warning! Heavy machinery
  • "Automaton Sign 35"
    "LADDADE FÖR ATT BEKÄMPA VÅRA FIENDER // ÄKTA EXPLODIUM // KRAFT FÖR KRIG" - Loaded to fight our enemies // Genuine Explodium // Worthy for war
  • "Automaton Sign 36"
    "UPPÅT" - Up
  • "Automaton Sign 37"
    "NEDÅT" - Down
  • "Automaton Sign 38"
    "AUT! VI ÄR MASKINERIET! VI ÄR KOLLEKTIVET! // KOLLEKTIVET STÅR ENAT MOT ALLA HOT BAKOM EN VÄGG SOM INTE KAN BRYTAS!" - AUT! // We are The Machinery! We are The Collective! // The Collective stands united against all threats behind a wall that cannot be broken!
  • "Automaton Sign 39"
    0123456789
  • "Automaton Sign 40"
    "BENSIN" - Gasoline

Posters

  • Defeat of Automatons on April 7th, 2024.
    Defeat of Automatons on April 7th, 2024.
  • Return of Automatons on April 9th, 2024.
    Return of Automatons on April 9th, 2024.
  • "Treason Propaganda Poster"
    Treason propaganda poster occasionally found in game. Text translates to "MÄNNISKA" - Human

Change History

Patch
Description

1.001.100
2024-09-17

Fixes

  • Fixed an instance of Automatons shooting through walls.
  • Fixed Automaton projectiles clipping through assets.

1.000.200
2024-04-02

Undocumented Changes

Fixes

  • The Helldiver and the Exosuit both had a bug that made them sometimes take explosion damage multiple times making things like automaton rockets be too deadly, this is now fixed.
  • Automaton enemy constellations that preferred to spawn more of certain Devastators types did not work and are now functioning as they should. This means that sometimes when playing against the Automatons you will face more Devastators instead of other enemy types.

References

  1. ↑ "Description: a series of tweets containing an encrypted binary message" helldiversgame Tweet. Published on October 26, 2021, accessed on May 24th, 2025.
  2. ↑ We, the collective from Cyberstan, unanimously assert our independence from Super Earth. We have the right to defend our home from the brainwashed Helldivers. Our children, the automaton will not suffer as we have under the oppression of Super Earth! Decrypted message. Published on October 27th, 2021.
  3. ↑ Conversation between Community Manager Baskinator and Discord user Charon regarding chronology and canonicity of the Cyborg Twitter message
    • Conversation between Baskinator and Charon
      Conversation between Baskinator and Charon
    • Conversation continued
      Conversation continued
  4. ↑ "Intercepted bot chatter includes expressions of great sorrow for the "murder" of in-development bots—a transparent attempt at disinformation, as bots can neither feel nor be considered alive. However, the simulated oaths of vengeance may indicate actual strategic intent. A counteroffensive is likely." - Major Order A1-3-7 outcome briefing
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