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The Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond is fully revealed. It is called Castellan’s Creed, it costs 1,500 Super Credits, and it lands on 12 August 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox. The one thing almost everyone guessed wrong: it is themed around the Imperial Guard, not the Space Marines — the armour is Kasrkin, the guns are a lasgun and a bolt pistol, and the heavy hitter is a Meltagun stratagem. This guide lists every item, what each one does in the field, and whether 1,500 credits is worth it.
TL;DR
- Name and date are confirmed: Castellan’s Creed, live 12 August 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox
- Price is 1,500 Super Credits — the standard Legendary rate, roughly double a normal Warbond
- Theme is Imperial Guard, not Space Marines: two Kasrkin armour sets, TG-8 Sharpshooter (medium) and TG-122 Demo-Trooper (heavy)
- Both armour sets carry the exclusive True Grit passive: +20 weapon handling and +30% support-weapon reload speed
- Four pieces of kit: R/40-K Hot-Shot marksman rifle, P/40-K Bolt Pistol sidearm, 40-K Meltagun stratagem, G/40-K Meltamine proximity mine
- The pre-reveal community list was wrong on the big items — no Chainsword, no Bolt Carbine, no Space Marine armour
What Is the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40K Legendary Warbond?
A Legendary Warbond is Helldivers 2’s premium crossover content track, sitting above the regular rotating Warbonds that cycle through the in-game store. Arrowhead has only done this twice before, with Killzone and Halo: ODST themed bundles, each bringing a small set of franchise-specific weapons, armor, and cosmetics rather than a full overhaul of the game. The Warhammer 40,000 version follows that same template: a themed track players buy once with Super Credits and then unlock piece by piece using Medals earned from missions, same as any other Warbond. The reason it’s drawing more attention than a normal content drop is the license itself — Warhammer 40,000 and Helldivers 2 share enough DNA (faceless empire, disposable soldiers, overwhelming alien hordes) that the crossover reads as closing a loop rather than a random licensing deal.
What Arrowhead Confirmed at the July 30 Showcase
Arrowhead ran the full showcase on 30 July and confirmed the whole package at once, which is unusual — most Warbonds trickle out. Confirmed: the name Castellan’s Creed, the 12 August 2026 release across PC, PS5 and Xbox, the 1,500 Super Credit price, and the complete item list below. The framing is Cadian: this is Imperial Guard kit handed to Helldivers, not Adeptus Astartes gear, which is why everything in it is a rifle, a pistol, a thermal weapon and a mine rather than a chainsword and power armour.
What Was Only Rumor Before the Showcase
Worth recording, because it explains why so much early coverage was off. Before 30 July the community list was built on a single teaser frame and a set of leaks: a Bolt Carbine primary, a Chainsword melee weapon, Space Marine armour sets, and a pair of fire-resistance boosters. None of those made it. The only pre-reveal guess that survived intact was the Bolt Pistol, and the only number that held was the 1,500 Super Credit price. If you read a list before 30 July that promised a Chainsword, it was reconstruction, not reporting.
Every Weapon in Castellan’s Creed and What It Does
P/40-K Bolt Pistol is the sidearm, and it is the one item that survived from the teaser: high stopping power against most enemy types, in a slot where Helldivers usually accept a weak fallback. R/40-K Hot-Shot is the primary, a Hot-Shot lasgun built as a marksman rifle — it rewards deliberate aimed shots and works at both close and long range rather than sprayed fire. 40-K Meltagun arrives as a Stratagem rather than a primary, a support weapon firing a short-ranged superheated thermal beam, which puts it in armour-stripping territory rather than horde clearing. G/40-K Meltamine takes the throwable slot as a proximity mine that detonates when any unit comes too close — and note the wording carefully, that includes friendlies.
Price in Super Credits and How Legendary Differs From a Standard Warbond
A standard Helldivers 2 Warbond runs around 1,000 Super Credits. Castellan’s Creed is 1,500, the Legendary rate, and that is confirmed rather than estimated. What the extra buys is licensed content and the exclusive armour passive rather than a larger page count, so judge it on whether True Grit and the four weapons fit how you play, not on item volume.
Castellan’s Creed Release Date: 12 August 2026
Confirmed: 12 August 2026, on PC, PS5 and Xbox. That is thirteen days after the 30 July showcase, longer than the one-week gap the community expected from Arrowhead’s usual rhythm — worth knowing if you were pacing a Super Credit grind to a 4 August guess. You have until 12 August to bank 1,500.
Castellan’s Creed Contents in Full
Every item confirmed at the showcase, with what each one is actually for. Nothing in this table is speculative.
| Item | Slot | What it does | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| R/40-K Hot-Shot | Primary | Hot-Shot lasgun built as a marksman rifle; deliberate aimed shots, works close and long | Players who pick their shots rather than spray |
| P/40-K Bolt Pistol | Sidearm | High stopping power against most enemy types | Anyone tired of a throwaway sidearm slot |
| 40-K Meltagun | Stratagem | Short-ranged superheated thermal beam, called in as a support weapon | Armour-stripping roles, not horde clearing |
| G/40-K Meltamine | Throwable | Proximity mine, detonates on any unit that gets close — including friendlies | Chokepoint and extraction defence, with squad discipline |
| TG-8 Sharpshooter | Medium armour | Kasrkin set carrying the True Grit passive | Mobile builds that still want the passive |
| TG-122 Demo-Trooper | Heavy armour | Kasrkin set carrying the True Grit passive | Frontline builds that eat damage |
| True Grit passive | Armour passive | +20 weapon handling and +30% support-weapon reload speed; exclusive to these two sets | Support-weapon mains — this is the real reason to buy |
How to Stockpile Super Credits Before It Drops
The price is 1,500 Super Credits and the deadline is 12 August, so this is a fixed target with a known date rather than an open-ended grind. If you are starting from zero, that is the number to plan against.
Follow this sequence to get it done fast.
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Check your current balance first
open the Warbond store menu and see exactly how far off 1,500 you actually are before you panic-farm.
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Sweep points of interest every mission
Super Credit pickups spawn as physical objects in POIs across every difficulty, not just high-level ones.
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Hold off on unrelated Warbond purchases
if you're saving specifically for this crossover, don't burn your stack on a rotating Warbond you can pick up later.
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Run missions with squads that clear map objectives fully
more POIs opened per mission means more chances at a Super Credit pickup, since they're tied to explorable locations rather than kills.
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Track your progress against the 1,500 target
if the price ends up lower, great, you've got a head start on the next Warbond instead.
Common Misconceptions About This Warbond
“It is a Space Marine Warbond”
It is not. The armour is Kasrkin, the aesthetic is Cadian, and the kit is Imperial Guard issue. If you wanted Astartes power armour, this is not that Warbond.
“The Chainsword is in it”
It is not. The Chainsword was a community expectation built on leaks and it did not appear in the showcase. The melee-adjacent slot went to the G/40-K Meltamine, a proximity mine.
“The Meltagun is a primary weapon”
It is a Stratagem. You call it in as a support weapon rather than picking it at loadout, which changes how often you actually have it in hand.
Our Take: Is Castellan’s Creed Worth 1,500 Super Credits
Our Take
Worth saving for if you like the theme, not worth panic-farming for a date that isn’t locked.
The safest read here is that this crossover will land somewhere between the Killzone and Halo: ODST Warbonds in quality — themed cosmetics and a couple of weapons that are fun reskins rather than mechanics-defining upgrades. A Bolt Pistol that hits harder than existing sidearms is a genuinely useful pickup if the numbers hold, but nothing in the confirmed record suggests this Warbond changes what the current meta looks like, and that’s consistent with how prior crossovers landed. If you’ve been keeping your loadout current with the post-6.3 changes, this is additive, not a reset — worth checking our breakdown of habits that stopped working after patch 6.3 if it’s been a while since you touched your build.
The bigger practical point is patience. Nothing about the price or the date is locked, and buying into a specific number before Arrowhead confirms it is how players end up either short on Super Credits or annoyed at a delay that was never promised. Save toward 1,500, keep playing the missions you’d run anyway, and let the actual store listing decide the rest.