Heavy Units Remastered - 2.8.7
🟡 Updated this yearThis mod may not work until the author updates it. Check for an update, or see the rollback guide.
Preview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #4 of 584 Audio mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
CHAFF UNITS REMASTERED OUT NOW
Sick of poor audio balancing? Want to hear your enemies? That is the goal of Heavy Units Remastered. While I do love Helldivers 2, it's plagued with poor mixing and balancing. I intend to simply enhance the vanilla sounds rather than replace them with uncanny remixes from other games.
Thank you
Ka1ser0
for some conversions.
Credit to
Hengilor
for the TF2 voices
FAQ
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The audio sometimes becomes distorted and static-like, is this your mod causing this?
No, this is not a product of my mod, this is a product of arrowhead's recent changes to Wwise. Not sure about the exact cause as that is outside my realm expertise, but do understand if you experience audio cutting out or heavy distortion, it's arrowhead's fault of their engine and implementation of sound priority. It's not my mod, it's Arrowhead. Complain to them about it. Try clearing your shader cache. I heard this resolves the issue for some players.[/
]1. 0
- Tank's engines and treads are now audible
1. 1
- Charger's footsteps, stomps, and roars are now audible.
1. 2
- Bile Titan's stomps, footsteps, and roars are now audible
1. 3
- Impaler's stomps, footsteps, tentacles, and roars are now drastically more audible (Thank goodness.)
1. 3. 1
- Uploaded a variant for Charger's various moans and groans that is quieter and better balanced so it meshes well with other sounds.
1. 4
- Remastered Harvester's audio, you're welcome
1. 4. 1
- Fixed Remastered tanks file with the proper IDs as the patch_X.stream was causing conflicts
1. 4. 2
- Fixed standard chargers not having audio
- New Optional files added
- Bile Titan Quieter Remaster
- Charger LOUDER Remaster
1. 4. 3
- Archive IDs Renamed for future compatibility for Bile Titans and Harvesters
2. 0
- ALL IN ONE FILE FINALLY INCLUDED
- Remastered Tanks fully
- Weapons are louder and more distinct
- Explosions have more bass and are louder
- Treads and Engine have been improved a final time
- Idle sounds are now more audible
- Treads' terrain sounds are now more audible
- Remastered Hulks fully
- Slightly louder Voices
- Audibility of footsteps improved
- Weapons are louder and more distinct
- Idle sounds are now more audible
- Remastered Factory striders fully
- Weapons are louder and more distinct
- Explosions have more bass and are louder
- Stomps audibility is far better than before
- Idle sounds are now more audible
- Updated Bile Titans
- Slightly the volume Lowered stomps for the main version
- New optional FILE file for those who want to burst their eardrums
- Updated Impalers
- Lowered the volume of tentacles bursting from the ground
- New optional LOUD file for those who want to burst their eardrums
- Updated Harvesters
- Lowered the volume of groans? and horn
- New optional LOUD file for those who want to burst their eardrums
2. 0. 1
- Small reupload of the AIO file as it was missing a remaster file
- Adjusted explosion volume of Gunships, should be less deafening
- New Optional LOUD file for the deafen explosion
2. 0. 2
- Added a Katyusha Tank Mix by Ka1ser as optional file
2. 0. 3
- 1. 3 Titan: Improved the Roars, cleaned up the audio and lowered the volume a bit so it stacks better when multiple spawns
- 1. 3 Harvester: Improved various groans and horns of it, lowered the volume a bit and cleaned up audio
- 1. 1 Factory: Improved the stomps, cleaned up audio to remove some distortion after boosting the audio further, should be louder from a distant
- 1. 4 Titan: Rebalanced roars once more so it won't encompass other sounds as much
Heavy Units Remastered 2.8.7 is an audio overhaul for Helldivers 2 that fixes the poor mixing and balancing of the game's heaviest units, making their sounds clearer and more impactful. With 4,388 endorsements and 292,478 downloads, it's a popular choice for players who want to fully appreciate the original sound design.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 4,388 endorsements and nearly 300k downloads.
- Directly fixes a common complaint about audio mixing in Helldivers 2.
- Lets you hear the sound team's work as intended without modding the core game.
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects audio for heavy units, so other sound issues remain untouched.
- May conflict with other audio mods that alter the same sound files.
- Requires manual installation or mod manager setup, which might be a hurdle for some.
For Helldivers 2 players who are bothered by the muffled or unbalanced audio of heavy enemies and want a more immersive experience. If you're a sound purist who appreciates the original design but wants better clarity, this is for you. Skip if you're fine with the default audio or prefer gameplay mods.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're using a mod manager, make sure to enable the mod after updating the game to avoid conflicts.
- Test the mod in a mission with heavy units to hear the difference; adjust your volume settings if needed.
- Since it's an audio mod, it won't affect gameplay balance, so you can use it with any difficulty.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Helldivers 2 Mods
- Author
- Dabeux X Ka1ser0
- Version
- 2.8.7
- Downloads
- 292,461
- Endorsements
- 4,363
- Category
- Audio
- Created
- 12/10/2024
- Updated
- 5/11/2026
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