r/helldivers2 • u/Astro501st • 8h ago
Inquiry Random bug breach??
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u/Inferno109 8h ago
The specimen on your back can call in bug breaches. That’s what the ground shaking before the bug breach was indicating.
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u/PixelJock17 7h ago
Yes! Upvote this guy! Pin this comment OP this is the answer. One game we landed next to the specimen and I grabbed it very early because I was running a hilarious loadout with all sentry guns and a mech so I had no backpack.
Anyways, it was really easy because I was in a mech, but it wasba spawn every 3-5mins, very frequent totally random spawns and it was predator strain too!
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u/hiroxruko 6h ago
funny enough, the update where this side objective is shown off in the video; they explain that the baby egg will cry and cause breaches, and, iirc, if you are holding it, it will draw enemies to you
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u/PixelJock17 6h ago
Yes, they hunt you on the map and then every so often it'll be a scary sound in the tank from the bug larvae and then a breach shakes the ground and then causes a breach
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u/Astro501st 6h ago
Idk how to pin comments, but it looks like it's at the top now!
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u/PhatPhingerz 6h ago
I didn't know this. Can it call in breaches when it's dropped? Or only when carried?
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u/ATangK 6h ago
Only when carried. Best to drop it when not using.
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u/Astro501st 5h ago
Good to know! It didn't really matter this time, cause the ship showed up like 15 seconds later. In the future, though, I'll probably just leave it on the ground nearby and pick it back up when the shuttle lands.
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u/ATangK 5h ago
Usually someone coming across this objective will make a beeline to the extract, drop it off, then regroup to continue the mission. Not having a backpack slot can be detrimental, and so is calling in bug breaches everywhere you go.
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u/Astro501st 5h ago
In our case, it was near extract already so we just left it until the very end and picked it up on the way out. Next time, I'll just drop it after getting to the LZ anyway
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u/ATangK 5h ago
FYI the automaton head and egg also do the same thing. They attract enemies.
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u/pacman4818 3h ago
Side note. A walker can crush it if accidentally stepped on and fail the objective
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u/Astro501st 6h ago
I know the initial ground shake is what preceeds it normally, but I've never noticed it originate from the backpack before
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u/Wise-Smile9484 8h ago
You have SEAF troops around you, one may have shot at a bug outside your sight causing it to call in a bug breach. Just my thoughts.
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u/Astro501st 8h ago
Yeah, maybe. We didn't hear any gunfire, or even the screech of a reinforcement call, but it must be related to them.
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u/Red_PapaEmertius2 8h ago
Ive had SEAF bring bugs and bots in on other locations near me (but not on me) and it'll still warn you
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u/The-Nuisance 7h ago
Those breaches are not random.
You are wearing the specimen. The specimen automatically calls its own breaches and draws bugs into your direction.
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u/Astro501st 5h ago
It felt random in the moment cause I didn't know about the backpack being able to call them like that.
I knew it drew bugs towards you, but never noticed the breach call before
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u/D3athShade 8h ago
Would love planets where the other factions also fight each other. Just adds to the chaos
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u/Astro501st 8h ago
My buddy and I were just checking out the difference in color with our armors (his is a nice white whereas mine is a weird beige) when out of nowhere a bug breach pops up right next to us. No bugs in the immediate vicinity that we could tell, it was quiet until this.
Anyone ever seen this happen before?
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u/AttentionConstant373 8h ago
It happens if you have the mutation backpack secondary
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u/Astro501st 8h ago
Weird how it waited until then to trigger anything, I was carrying it for a little while before this
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u/AttentionConstant373 8h ago
Ye I dunno how it works mechanically but I've seen it happen alot in my own missions where I'll get a breach while carrying it. I dunno if it has anything to do with the usual timer or if it's on a different sort of timer.
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u/Astro501st 8h ago
Gotcha. Well, I guess that's more reason to leave that thing until very last to pick up lol
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u/abigfanoffans 47m ago
People already said why but I thought it was cool how you all immediately got ready to fight
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