Retrieve Recon Craft Intel

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The Illuminate

Retrieve Recon Craft Intel

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An SEAF reconnaissance plane was shot down over this occupied colony. Its top-secret intel must be recovered immediately, before it can be destroyed by the enemy.

— Mission Briefing

Retrieve Recon Craft Intel is a Mission in Helldivers 2.

Objective Steps

Secure Black Box

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A downed recon plane is crashed here. Its data is stored in a black box somewhere amongst the wreckage.

— Mission Briefing

Upload Black Box Data

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Once the black box has been secured, it must be transported to this interplanetary uplink site to upload its data to the Ministry of Defense's top-secret network.

— Mission Briefing

Change History

Patch

Description

1.003.000
2025-05-13

Fix

• Fixed issue of black boxes being stuck in holes and inaccessible if it got dropped in one on 'Retrieve Recon Craft Intel' missions.

1.002.001
2024-12-13

Added to the game.

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Mission Objectives

Main Objectives

Activate E-710 Pumps  •  Conduct Geological Survey  •  Destroy Command Bunkers  •  Destroy Transmission Network  •  Eliminate Automaton Hulks  •  Eliminate Bile Titans  •  Eliminate Brood Commanders  •  Eliminate Devastators  •  Emergency Evacuation  •  Enable E-710 Extraction  •  Eradicate Automaton Forces  •  Pump Fuel To ICBM  •  Purge Hatcheries  •  Sabotage Air Base  •  Sabotage Supply Bases  •  Spread Democracy  •  Terminate Illegal Broadcast  •  Upload Escape Pod Data  •  Activate Terminid Control System  •  Eliminate Chargers  •  Retrieve Valuable Data  •  Retrieve Essential Personnel  •  Evacuate High-Value Assets  •  Eliminate Automaton Factory Strider  •  Blitz Search And Destroy/Automaton  •  Blitz Search And Destroy/Terminid  •  Earn Your Helldiver Cape  •  Deactivate Terminid Control System  •  Deploy Dark Fluid  •  Nuke Nursery  •  Neutralize Orbital Defenses  •  Evacuate Colonists  •  Retrieve Recon Craft Intel  •  Free Colony  •  Destroy Harvesters  •  Blitz: Destroy Illuminate Warp Ships  •  Eliminate Impaler  •  Eradicate Terminid Swarm  •  Launch ICBM  •  Blitz: Secure Research Site  •  Collect Gloom Spore Readings  •  Chart Terminid Tunnels  •  Collect Meteorological Data  •  Extract Research Probe Data  •  Collect Gloom-Infused Oil  •  Take Down Overship  •  Repel Invasion Fleet  •  Restore Air Quality  •  Cleanse Infested District

Optional Objectives

Terminate Illegal Broadcast  •  Upload Escape Pod Data  •  Anti-Air Emplacement  •  Shrieker Nest  •  Automaton Outpost  •  SEAF Artillery  •  SEAF SAM Site  •  Spore Spewer  •  Radar Station  •  Bug Nest  •  Gunship Facility  •  Detector Tower  •  Destroy Rogue Research Station  •  Mortar Emplacement  •  Stratagem Jammer  •  Stalker Lair  •  Enemy Bio-Processors  •  Retrieve Mutant Larva  •  Cognitive Disruptor  •  Illuminate Encampment  •  Purge Illuminate  •  Intercept Convoy