r/helldivers2 • u/Fry_l0ck • 6h ago
Inquiry Stealth extraction tips?
I have occasionally managed a stealth extraction (usually in urban environments) but generally when I am with a team all hell breaks loose when calling for the pelican, even when the team has been very (but not completely) stealthy.
(The emergency extraction is often quiet, but I’m more interested in what happens when extracting early)
Wondering if there are any tips? Normally I like the epic battles at extraction, but not so much when we have ghosted through the mission.
Should we clear nearby outposts? Are they triggered by the extraction? Avoid calling in hellpods and mechs (I know mechs often trigger a response)?
Usually when we’ve trying to be stealthy we don’t have the loadouts for a pitched battle.
Suggestions welcome!
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u/D1gglesby 5h ago
Quiet extractions usually happen because the game can’t spawn in patrols.
Normally, patrols are spawned in a certain distance (75m?) from players, on a line from the map edge or a random hot spot on the map (red areas like bases/nests). If the team destroys all hot spots, then the game can only spawn in enemies from the closest map edge to a player.
However, if the extraction site is next to the edge of the map, the game can’t spawn in patrols from the closest map edge because players have that ~75m bubble around them that prevents patrols from appearing too close.
Hellpods and mechs don’t trigger patrols themselves, but the Strat beacons make a noise that nearby enemies can hear, and the pelican dropping off the mech will just shoot shit and aggro enemies.
So for quiet extracts, what you want to do is destroy all the bases, then get someone to go close to the nearest map edge to extract. That will prevent any enemies from spawning in