EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit

Helldivers 2

Helldivers 1

Stratagems

Robotics Workshop

Supply

Vehicle

EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit

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A heavily-armored walking exosuit equipped with a rocket launcher and heavy machine gun.

— Ship Management Terminal

The Patriot Exosuit is a combat exosuit produced by the Morgunson corporation on the planet of Tien Kwan in the Theseus Sector. The EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit is equipped with a rocket pod housing fourteen rockets and a minigun holding 1,000 rounds of ammunition, and may also perform a melee stomp attack. It may not be taken alongside the EXO-49 Emancipator Exosuit in missions.

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Well done, Helldivers. Tien Kwan has been returned to the care of Managed Democracy. The Morgunson Arsenal, and its stockpile of freshly-produced Exosuits, were recovered intact. The EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit is now available for requisition.

— Quote from Major Orders

As of March 7, 2024, some EXO-45 units could be found on Tien Kwan. On March 8, 2024 the EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit was added to Helldivers 2 after the liberation of the planet, Tien Kwan.

Stratagem Statistics

General
Call-in Time	10.50 seconds
Uses	3
Cooldown	Standard	600 seconds
	With Morale Augmentation	570 seconds
	With DSS Boost	390 seconds
	With All Upgrades	370 seconds

Detailed Weapon Statistics

EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit
Main Health	850
Main Armor	Medium
Total Uses	3
Cooldown	600 sec
Call-in Time	0 s
Exosuit Stomp	Damage
Exosuit Destruction	Explosion
Patriot Exosuit - Left
Fire Rate	90 rpm
Ergonomics	65
Capacity	14
Spare Magazines	0
Starting Magazines	0
Missile Exosuit	Projectile
Missile Exosuit	Explosion
Patriot Exosuit - Right
Fire Rate	1200 rpm
Ergonomics	65
Capacity	1000
Spare Magazines	0
Starting Magazines	0
Rifle 8x60mm Full Metal Jacket	Projectile

Exosuit Stomp
Damage
Standard	200
vs. Durable	200
Penetration
Direct	Heavy
Slight Angle	Unarmored I
Large Angle	Unarmored I
Extreme Angle	Unarmored I
Special Effects
Demolition Force	30
Stagger Force	20
Push Force	20

Exosuit Destruction
Area of Effect
Inner Radius	0.6 m
Outer Radius	7 m
Shockwave Radius	10 m
Damage
Inner Radius	200
Outer Radius	199 - 0
Penetration
Inner Radius	Medium
Outer Radius	Light
Shockwave	Medium
AoE Effect
Demolition Force	50
Stagger Force	50
Push Force	40

Missile Exosuit
Projectile
Caliber	75 mm
Mass	2.5 kg
Initial Velocity	200 m/s
Drag Factor	30%
Gravity Factor	100%
Lifetime	15 sec
Penetration Slowdown	85%
Damage
Standard	1250
vs. Durable	1250
Penetration
Direct	Anti-Tank II
Slight Angle	Anti-Tank II
Large Angle	Heavy
Extreme Angle	Unarmored I
Special Effects
Demolition Force	30
Stagger Force	40
Push Force	25

Missile Exosuit
Area of Effect
Inner Radius	1 m
Outer Radius	2 m
Shockwave Radius	4 m
Damage
Inner Radius	400
Outer Radius	399 - 0
Penetration
Inner Radius	Medium
Outer Radius	Light
Shockwave	Medium
AoE Effect
Demolition Force	30
Stagger Force	60
Push Force	70

Rifle 8x60mm Full Metal Jacket
Projectile
Caliber	8 mm
Mass	11 g
Initial Velocity	820 m/s
Drag Factor	30%
Gravity Factor	100%
Penetration Slowdown	25%
Damage
Standard	90
vs. Durable	23
Penetration
Direct	Medium
Slight Angle	Medium
Large Angle	Medium
Extreme Angle	Unarmored II
Special Effects
Demolition Force	10
Stagger Force	20
Push Force	12

Tactical Information

Patriot Specific

• The Patriot's minigun is a lethal weapon against unarmored or lightly armored enemies such as Hunters or Troopers, but can also be used to damage critical components of enemies such as the vents on the back of an Annihilator Tank. The minigun has a short wind up time, but also has a short wind down time that can be used to conserve ammunition and keep the minigun spinning while changing targets rapidly.
• Despite the initial velocity being listed as 200m/s, the rocket actually flies at 70m/s. This is the same flight speed as the Commando's missiles.
• It is ill advised to use the Patriot's rockets against bug nests and bot fabricators due to its limited ammunition pool. It is better utilized to kill heavy enemies, like Chargers. The rockets also suffer from damage fall-off meaning that at longer ranges certain breakpoints like Charger heads will not be met.
  • One well placed shot to the head can kill a Charger, except the Behemoth variant which requires two shots. Another tactic to conserve rockets against Behemoth Charger is to use one rocket to strip the armor off a leg, then use the minigun to destroy the leg flesh or to hit the butt.
  • Two shots to the head will kill a Bile Titan.
  • Two shots to a foot of a Factory Strider will kill it.
  • A single well placed shot to the exposed head will kill an Impaler.
• You can conserve ammo for both the rocket launcher and minigun when you are only fighting chaff enemies such as Scavengers or Troopers, as the Patriot is capable of simply trampling these types of foes thanks to its size and weight.

General Exosuit

• The hull of the Patriot is not very durable as friendly fire from high damaging weapons such as the AC-8 Autocannon, EAT-17, or even R-36 Eruptor can destroy the exosuit in as little as one shot. Rocket raiders & Rocket Devastators are also lethal threats against the exosuit, therefore it is ill-advised to bring them when fighting against the Automatons.
• However, it is quite durable against Scavenger and Warrior melee attacks as well as small arms fire from the Automatons.
• The rotational mobility of the exosuit is limited. Don't expect to quickly spin around to kill flanking enemies.
• Exosuits are highly resistant and even immune to many Fire-based weapons and hazards, such as Fire Tornadoes.
• Other hazards such as Tremors, Ice Plants, Shrubs, and Blast Cones can be ignored or trampled. Barriers such as trees, light fencing, and certain rocks can also be cleared away when advancing with the Patriot.
• When boarding the Patriot, you regain stamina and can Stim while inside the exosuit.
• You can reach slightly higher ground if dismounting from the Patriot by positioning the back of the exosuit next to a reachable raised platform such as buildings found near Points of Interest or certain raised rock formations.
• Equipping a SH-32 Shield Generator Pack while inside the Patriot allows the barrier to block certain attacks aimed at the exosuit from the front. Attacks that aim at the waist and below or behind will still deal damage to the exosuit.
• The melee stomp attack is capable of opening Cargo Containers found at Points of Interest.
• Due to the long cooldown period of Exosuits it is advised to bring them to DSS occupied planets because it reduces the cooldown by 35%.

Anatomy

Part Name	Health*	AV**	Location	Durable**	% To Main***	Bleed	Fatal	ExDR****
Main	850	Medium		100%	-	None	Yes	50%
Torso Armor	Main	Medium	FrontSide	100%	-	None	Yes	100%
Cockpit	500	Medium	NO IMAGE	85%	100%	None	No	100%
Hips	500	Medium	FrontSide	80%	100%	None	No	100%
Arms	350	Light	FrontSide	80%	0%	250 [0/s]	No	0%
Legs	250	Light	FrontSide	80%	100%	350 [0/s]	Yes	100%
Extras	10	Unarmored I	FrontSide	0%	0%	None	No	100%

* Parts with their HP listed as "Main" do not have their own individual health. All damage dealt to these parts is transferred to the enemy's Main health pool.

** Refer to armor values and enemy durability as defined in Damage.

*** The percentage of damage that is applied to the enemy's Main health pool. At 0 HP, the enemy dies. Unless the enemy has constitution, then it will bleedout and die.

**** ExDR means explosive damage resistance, this is a percentage between 0 and 100. If this value is 100%, the part is explosive immune, meaning explosives cannot damage it. Explosions will only directly damage Main health if it is internal.

Applicable Ship Modules

The following Ship Modules affect the EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit

Department	Ship Module	Effect
Bridge	Morale Augmentation	Reduces cooldown time from all stratagems by 5%.

Media

• Tutorial Video Demonstrating Use of the EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit

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  Production on Tien Kwan
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  Production Halted Screenshot

Screenshots

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  Gameplay Screenshot
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  Terminal Information
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  Exosuit Delivery
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  A squad of Patriot Exosuits is meeting and preparing for battle.
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  A Helldiver posing in front of his Patriot Exosuit.

Trivia

• This exosuit looks like a revamped EXO-44 Stomper Exosuit from Helldivers 1.
• When originally revealed in the Report for Duty trailer, the EXO-45 was instead called EXO-44 Walker Exosuit MK3.
• Helldivers refer to the exosuits as walkers when called in and pinged.
• Wrecked exosuits can be seen at various Minor Places of Interest and in certain parts of the game's world ever since the game's launch (as can wrecked M-102 Fast Reconnaissance Vehicles) though their models differ somewhat from the Patriot; notably, the rocket pod has fewer tubes.

Change History

Patch

Description

1.002.200
2025-03-18

Change

• Uses increased from 2 to 3

1.002.001
2024-12-13

Changes

• Both exosuits have been rebalanced to improve durability and extend combat effectiveness, while preserving a sense of vulnerability as they now gradually break down from sustained damage. The intention is to improve the experience with Exosuits by adding more gameplay depth
• Main health pool increased from 600 to 850
• Cockpit health pool increased from 450 to 500
• Cockpit armor increased from 2 to 3
• Arm health pool increased from 250 to 350
• Arm armor decreased from 3 to 2
• Leg health pool increased from 500 to 600
• Slightly less durable resistance against projectiles

Undocumented Change

• Main durability decreased from 100% to 20%
• Arm explosion damage resistance reduced from 100% to 0%

1.001.100
2024-09-17

Change

• Gatling: Gatling stagger force increased from 15 to 20.

Undocumented Change

• • Rocket Projectile standard damage increased from 400 to 1250.
  • Rocket Projectile durable damage increased from 400 to 1250.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Combat Walker bumping into a big building would destroy it.

1.001.002
2024-08-06

Changes

• Patriot Exosuit missiles no longer self inflict damage.

Fixes

• The minimap now closes, if open, when exiting an Exo-Suit.

1.000.400
2024-06-13

Changes

• Gatling: Increased projectile damage from 80 to 90.
• Gatling: Increased projectile damage against durable* body parts from 7.5% to 25%.

Fixes

• The weapons of the Exosuits are now allowed small adjustments in the angle they fire their projectiles versus their muzzle angle. This should make their weapons more accurate.

1.000.300
2024-04-29

Fixes

• Fixed crash that could occur if a player tried to enter an occupied EXO-45 Patriot Suit.
• Fixed crash that could occur after shooting from the EXO-45 Patriot Suit’s rocket launcher.

1.000.200
2024-04-02

Changes

• Rockets will now penetrate armor only on direct hit.

Undocumented Change

• Large angle armor penetration reduced from  Anti-Tank II to  Heavy.

Fixes

• Enemies now properly target Exosuits. Previously, many enemies effectively ignored Exosuits if a helldiver on foot was available for them to target.
• Fixed Exosuits being able to fire their weapons while opening the minimap.
• 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.

1.000.103
2024-03-20

Fixes

• Exosuit no longer destroys itself when firing a missile while turning.
• Exosuit now retains its melee functionality, even when damaged.

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Stratagems by Type

Support Weapons

Sterilizer  •  Anti-Materiel Rifle  •  Machine Gun  •  Stalwart  •  Expendable Anti-Tank  •  GL-52 De-Escalator  •  Grenade Launcher  •  Laser Cannon  •  Recoilless Rifle  •  Autocannon  •  Flamethrower  •  Heavy Machine Gun  •  Airburst Rocket Launcher  •  Arc Thrower  •  Commando  •  Quasar Cannon  •  One True Flag  •  Railgun  •  Spear  •  W.A.S.P. Launcher

Orbital

Orbital Precision Strike  •  Orbital Gas Strike  •  Orbital Gatling Barrage  •  Orbital EMS Strike  •  Orbital Airburst Strike  •  Orbital 120mm HE Barrage  •  Orbital Smoke Strike  •  Orbital 380mm HE Barrage  •  Orbital Walking Barrage  •  Orbital Laser  •  Orbital Napalm Barrage  •  Orbital Railcannon Strike

Eagle

Eagle Airstrike  •  Eagle Strafing Run  •  Eagle Cluster Bomb  •  Eagle Napalm Airstrike  •  Eagle Smoke Strike  •  Eagle 110mm Rocket Pods  •  Eagle 500kg Bomb

Emplacement

Anti-Tank Emplacement  •  Anti-Personnel Minefield  •  Incendiary Minefield  •  HMG Emplacement  •  Shield Generator Relay  •  Grenadier Battlement  •  MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines  •  Tesla Tower  •  MD-8 Gas Mines

Sentry

Flame Sentry  •  Machine Gun Sentry  •  Gatling Sentry  •  Mortar Sentry  •  Autocannon Sentry  •  Rocket Sentry  •  EMS Mortar Sentry

Backpack

"Guard Dog" Dog Breath  •  B-100 Portable Hellbomb  •  Directional Shield  •  Supply Pack  •  Hover Pack  •  Jump Pack  •  "Guard Dog"  •  "Guard Dog" Rover  •  AX/ARC-3 "Guard Dog" K-9  •  Ballistic Shield Backpack  •  Shield Generator Pack

Vehicle

EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit  •  EXO-49 Emancipator Exosuit  •  Fast Recon Vehicle

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Stratagems by Ship Module

Patriotic Administration
Center

Anti-Materiel Rifle  •  Machine Gun  •  Stalwart  •  Expendable Anti-Tank  •  Recoilless Rifle  •  Autocannon  •  Flamethrower  •  Heavy Machine Gun  •  Airburst Rocket Launcher  •  Commando  •  One True Flag  •  Railgun  •  Spear  •  W.A.S.P. Launcher

Orbital Cannons

Orbital Gatling Barrage  •  Orbital 120mm HE Barrage  •  Orbital Airburst Strike  •  Orbital 380mm HE Barrage  •  Orbital Walking Barrage  •  Orbital Laser  •  Orbital Napalm Barrage  •  Orbital Railcannon Strike

Hangar

Eagle Strafing Run  •  Eagle Airstrike  •  Eagle Cluster Bomb  •  Eagle Napalm Airstrike  •  Jump Pack  •  Eagle Smoke Strike  •  Hover Pack  •  Eagle 110mm Rocket Pods  •  Eagle 500kg Bomb  •  Fast Recon Vehicle

Bridge

Orbital Precision Strike  •  Orbital Gas Strike  •  Orbital EMS Strike  •  Orbital Smoke Strike  •  HMG Emplacement  •  Shield Generator Relay  •  Tesla Tower

Engineering Bay

Anti-Personnel Minefield  •  Supply Pack  •  GL-52 De-Escalator  •  Grenade Launcher  •  Laser Cannon  •  Incendiary Minefield  •  "Guard Dog"  •  Ballistic Shield Backpack  •  Arc Thrower  •  MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines  •  Quasar Cannon  •  MD-8 Gas Mines  •  Shield Generator Pack

Robotics Workshop

Machine Gun Sentry  •  Gatling Sentry  •  Mortar Sentry  •  "Guard Dog" Rover  •  AX/ARC-3 "Guard Dog" K-9  •  Autocannon Sentry  •  Rocket Sentry  •  EMS Mortar Sentry  •  EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit  •  EXO-49 Emancipator Exosuit