“The price of liberty is vigilance... and a balanced ledger.” As the galaxy grows ever more perilous, and as enemies multiply like interest on unpaid debts, the Super Earth High Command has instituted a Budget Blitz: a bold new initiative that forges the might of our military with the unyielding strength of economic stewardship. In these trying times, resources are finite, but our resolve is infinite. Each mission’s outcome is no longer measured solely by enemy casualties or territories secured — but by the credits accrued. Victory must pay its own way.

“The strength of our democracy is built on the sacrifices of our soldiers—and the wisdom of our accountants. Under a Budget Blitz, every credit spent is a vote for freedom. Every star earned is a promise kept. Helldivers, carry the torch of liberty... but keep an eye on the ledger.”

In order to start a mission, you must equip items in your loadout menu (just like in-game). You must choose 4 stratagems, armor, a primary, a secondary, and a throwable. Click on an item in your Purchased Items box or Default Items box to equip the item. To unequip an item, simply click on it again.

Your Default Items have unlimited uses, but your Purchased Items have uses corresponding to how many times you have purchased it (which you can see in the top right corner of the item).

After each mission, press the 'Mission Complete' button and input the number of stars you earned, the number of your individual deaths, the amount of Super Samples extracted, and the percentage (%) of time remaining in the mission (shown in-game at the bottom of the mission summary screen). You will earn credits based on these performance metrics.

In higher difficulties, even more credits can be earned by extracting with the High-Value Item.

Press the 'Shop' button to view purchaseable items. Click on an item to purchase it. Each time you purchase an item the price will increase for the next time you purchase that same item, with the exception of Super Earth Surplus (a random item).
Prices that are on sale will have a green price tag, and will not increase in price as much as items at full price.

For example: If I purchased the Quasar Cannon at full price for 25 Credits, the price for the next Quasar Cannon will be 30 Credits.

Prices for items will change, and different items will go on sale, after each operation completed.

If your squad fails a mission, you must start a new operation on the difficulty that you failed to complete. You will not lose credits, but item usage will still be counted. Additionally, your ending score will be negatively affected.
Press the "Mission Failed" button to reset the operation.

Your progress is saved in your browser's local storage. If you clear your browser's local storage, your progress will be lost. If you want to start a new run, you may do so by pressing the yellow "Restart" button on the right side of the page. Your run will be saved and accessible in the save menu.

Saved games can be loaded, downloaded, and uploaded in the Save Data Management menu, accessible by clicking the floppy disk button in the upper right corner. You can also rename your save files to keep them in order.

• Q: Who was this challenge made for?

  A: This challenge was made for those who enjoy challenge runs and rogue-like elements, and is friendly to newer players and veterans alike due to the multiple difficulty modes and ability to filter out items from warbonds you might not have purchased.

• Q: How many squadmates do I need to run this challenge?

  A: Ideally you would run this challenge with a full squad of participating players.

• Q: What if I don't have all the warbonds?

  A: Check out the Settings menu by pressing the blue gear button. From there you can change your difficulty and toggle on/off the warbonds.

• Q: What is Super Earth Surplus again?

  A: A random item. Specifically, it is a 1 in 6 chance of receiving a random primary, secondary, throwable, stratagem, booster, or armor passive.

• Q: Why is X item so cheap/expensive?

  A: Every item has a base cost, plus a random number cost added to it (the range of the random number depends on difficulty). The random number usually makes the item more expensive, but there is a chance the cost can be cheaper than the base cost.