FLAM-40 Flamethrower

Helldivers 2

Helldivers 1

Last updated: 1.002.003
Current patch: 1.003.001

Stratagems

Patriotic Administration Center

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Support Weapon

FLAM-40 Flamethrower

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FLAM-40 Flamethrower

“

An incendiary weapon for close range. Will ignite targets, terrain, and any flammable teammates.

— Ship Management Terminal

The FLAM-40 Flamethrower is a weapon system capable of projecting Napalm flames several meters. Enemies and players hit with this weapon will start to burn.

Stratagem Statistics

General
Call-in Time	Standard	7.75 seconds
	Upgraded	4.75 seconds
Uses	Unlimited
Cooldown	Standard	480 seconds
	With Morale Augmentation	456 seconds
	With Streamlined Request Process	432 seconds
	With All Upgrades	410.4 seconds

Detailed Weapon Statistics

FLAM-40 Flamethrower
Cooldown	480 sec
Call-in Time	3 s
Capacity	130
Fire Limit	12.5 s
Reload Time	3.9 s
Spare Magazines	4
Starting Magazines	2
Mags from Supply	4
Mags from Ammo Box	2
Attacks
Flamethrower	Damage

Flamethrower
Damage
Element	Fire
Standard	450 DPS
vs. Durable	450 DPS
Penetration
Direct	Heavy
Slight Angle	Heavy
Large Angle	Heavy
Extreme Angle	Heavy
Special Effects
Status	Fire
Status Strength	2
Demolition Force	10
Stagger Force	5
Push Force	5

DPS Fire
Damage
Element	Fire
Standard	100
vs. Durable	100
Penetration
Direct	Heavy
Slight Angle	Heavy
Large Angle	Heavy
Extreme Angle	Unarmored I
Special Effects
Demolition Force	0
Stagger Force	0
Push Force	0

Tactical Information

• Before firing, the pilot light must be ignited by holding the fire button. It may be fired instantly at any time while the pilot light is active.
  • The pilot light will extinguish automatically after a roughly 12-second period of disuse.
    • The pilot light will appear to visually extinguish roughly 2 seconds before it mechanically extinguishes.
  • The pilot light ignition process does not consume any ammo.
• The Flamethrower excels in dealing with hordes of enemies due to the large 10-meter reaching Area of Effect damage it provides.
• Firing at the floor will create a pool of fire that continues to burn for several seconds. This can set the flamethrower user on fire too, so advancing whilst firing is not advised.
• Diving directly backwards while shooting the Flamethrower will catch the Helldiver on fire, due to their legs passing in front of the jet.
• Flamethrower fire deals continuous damage throughout its travel. Skewering a target lengthwise can greatly increase the effect.
• You perform best on open ground. The flames are easily blocked by terrain or worse, reflected

• [1.001.100] Re-introduced collision issues with fire particles that causes flamethrower weapons to deal less DPS than intended.

Applicable Ship Modules

The following Ship Modules affect the FLAM-40 Flamethrower:

Department	Ship Module	Effect
Patriotic Administration Center	Donation Access Licence	Support Weapons deploy with the maximum number of carriable magazines.
	Streamlined Request Process	Decreases Support Weapon stratagem cooldown by 10%.
	Superior Packing Methodology	Resupply stratagem boxes refill Support Weapons with the maximum number of carriable magazines.
	Payroll Management System	Reduces reload time for all support weapons by 10%.
Bridge	Enhanced Combustion	Fire damage from Stratagems increased by 25%.
	Morale Augmentation	Reduces cooldown time for all stratagems by 5%.
Engineering Bay	Streamlined Launch Process	All Support Weapons launch immediately once called in, reducing overall deployment time.

Media

Tutorial Video Demonstrating Use of the FLAM-40 Flamethrower

Unlock image of the FLAM-40 Flamethrower

Change History

Patch

Description

1.003.000
2025-05-13

Change

• Magazine size increased by 30%

Damage

• Burning damage now scales with enemy size and will do more damage over time to larger enemies
• Fire direct damage also scales with enemy size. The base damage of direct fire hits has been lowered as compensation. This means that large enemies will take roughly the same amount of damage as before, while smaller enemies will take slightly less.

Time to Ignite

• Larger enemies now take longer to ignite.
• Robotic enemies are harder to set on fire than organic ones.
• Incendiary Ammunition and Lasers are now less effective at igniting enemies, but once they do, the resulting burn damage is more impactful thanks to the new scaling system.

Undocumented Change

• Reduced status strength from 10 to 2
• Reduced particle damage from 4 to 2

1.001.201
2024-10-29

Fixes

• Fixed a rare crash related to Flamethrowers and Gas weapons.

1.001.100
2024-09-17

Changes

• Damage increased by 33%.
  • Particle damage increased from 3 to 4.
• Flamer mechanics reverted to before the Escalation of Freedom update.
• Armor penetration increased from  Medium to  Heavy.
• Can now damage heavier enemies like Chargers, Bile Titans, Impalers, Hulks.

Fixes

• Fixed some assets bouncing flamethrower flames back.

1.001.004
2024-08-20

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where flamethrower particles would ignore enemies.

1.001.003
2024-08-13

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where flamethrower weapons bounce off energy shields, making them useless when firing within shield generator relay domes.

1.001.003
2024-08-13

Fixes

• Adjusted flame effects to work more realistically.
  • It doesn't go through various bodies/objects where bounce off would be the expected behavior, like on armors and static objects.

1.000.302
2024-05-07

Fixes

• Damage-over-time effects now apply consistently when not the network session owner.

1.000.300
2024-04-29

Changes

• Burning damage reduced by 15%.

1.000.200
2024-04-02

Changes

• Fire damage per tick increased by 50% (from all sources).

1.000.100
2024-03-06

Changes

• Increased damage per second by 50%.

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