🎮 Helldivers: The Drinking Game

🎮 Helldivers: The Drinking Game - Lubricated Liberty

3 guys sit on a couch in front of a helldiver's two poster drinking beers.

The second installment in our drinking game series, graphic below. What could be more fun than tossing back a few cold ones with your closest buds while rampaging through one of your favorite video games? Who says Liber-TEA is non-alcoholic? The best part: you'll already be at home when you're done so there's no need to worry about a designated driver! Obligatory plug to know your limits, be legal, and drink responsibly, we don't respawn IRL (yes I know that's a cringe statement - that's the joke).

Helldivers 2 Drinking Game Infographic with rules for sips, shots, special rules, and finishing your drink

Helldivers Drinking Game Prep

To play the game, you'll need the following in addition to an internet connection, gaming device, and the Helldivers 2 game:

A Party Sipper of your Choice - I recommend something relatively low ABV. We balanced the rules for a player of moderate ability and a sipper of 4-8% alcohol. Light beer is my go-to here since it has enough lovely hydrating water to soak up any shots. Pick one that comes in a can in case you have to shotgun!
A Couple of Shots - I would pre-pour a couple of shots to have on hand. Again, low ABV which for shots likely means 80 proof. Kirkland Canadian Whiskey, Tito's Vodka, or Lunazul Tequila would be my recommendations. We're not drinking for taste but these are all good for the cheddar.
A LARGE Water - your stomach and head will thank you, Ideally you'll drink a full cup of water for every standard bar drink. Expect to run to the water closet between pretty much every game.
A Full Stomach - Your Dad told you this before your first time out, he was right.

Drinking Game Rules

When the corresponding in-game event happens, you do the thing, simple enough.

Simon Says Drink Water - Every time you go in the water & between every game!

Take a Sip if you:

You Team Kill
You Get Killed
Use a Stratagem or mess up a Stratagem
Call in a Resupply Box
Redeployed by Squadmate
Your character says Liberty or “Liber-Tea”
Use a Stim

Finish your Drink if you:

You Kill Yourself
You are Run over by Charger
You forget to say “Fire in the Hole” when tossing a grenade into a bug hole/fab
You yell “Kobe” and miss the nade into the bot fabricator
The team runs out of respawns during a mission

Take a Shot if you:

Landing a Drop Pod on an Enemy
Called out by teammates for not saluting the Nuke Launch
You miss getting on the extraction bird but are still alive
Not recovering your dropped samples

Special:

10 push ups - You made a verbal pass at Eagle One (She’s Happily married to Falcon One)
Shuttle Run - If you call an early eagle re-arm, run to the bathroom and back

Optional Variants:

Top Fragger - Player with the most kills can specify a teammate to finish a drink at the end of a mission
Bad Friend - Player with the most friendly fire damage must double their sips for the next game

Outro

Best wishes, safe conduct, and happy hunting! Super Earth Command has authorized full proof for this mission. We salute your sacrifice.

Fully Armored lady sips a glass of whiskey in the cargo bay of a military spaceship

Please drink responsibly. Alcohol should be consumed in moderation and by adults of legal drinking age. Never drink and drive. Excessive alcohol consumption can lead to health problems.

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