Can't figure out how to interact with unexploded ordanance.

[Callirgos]

It looks like a radar building and there's no interact with it. Or I can't see the thing I'm supposed to interact with. Not sure.

[Parboleum Loyce]

Unexploded ordnance is like mines.
You need to call down the detector and, you know.
Detect the 'mines'.

Then you can interact and put in a code to disarm them.

[Lein]

There's a metal detector in your stratagem list (it's automatically in your list if the mission has an Unexploded Ordnance objective). Call it down, then to use it to detect the shells, you have to "aim" it like you would a weapon ("fire" also works, but it's much slower). Once a shell is unearthed, interact with it and input the commands as directed.

If you need help understanding how any other objectives work, you can check the wiki page[helldivers.fandom.com].

[HighLanderPony]

Ah yeah, this one is hard to figure out. I looked it up, too. :P

Basically:
- Call down your detector. You can only have it on these missions, it goes into your special weapon slot (3 on keyboard by default). Remember to switch back to your other weapons when you don't need it (1 and 2 on keyboard)
- With the detector equipped you can find the mines in the area where the icon is for the objective on the map
- This is the less obvious part: the warheads you gotta find are in an area surrounded by a faintly white border. It's always a rectangle that you can fit into one screen worth of vision, nothing crazy big
- You gotta use the detector in that area and follow the beeps
- Once you followed the beeps enough (very frequent) you'll find a warhead
- You can interact with this warhead to defuse it
- There are 3 mines/warheads per each of these objectives
- If you fail the defusal, you die, so pay attention
- Once you defused all the warheads, you clear that objective
- You can blow some up and defuse the others and still have it count as a success

The biggest part I was missing was having to call down the detector and that the hotspot with the mines had that white border. Before that I was looking outside of it and going crazy not finding anything.

[Callirgos]

I'd recommend gating this objective until the player has a few levels. I got this on my first mission and it really affected my perception of the game.

I was like, "oh, this is some 1980s figure it out kid, kind of stuff." I mean, I'm down for that, but I wasn't onboarded for that.

[Lein]

Yeah, it's a bit of an odd one compared to the other objectives. I think I ended up quitting out of the mission the first time I ever had one of these objectives because I couldn't figure out what the game wanted me to do.

[Parboleum Loyce]

Originally posted by Callirgos:

I'd recommend gating this objective until the player has a few levels. I got this on my first mission and it really affected my perception of the game.

I was like, "oh, this is some 1980s figure it out kid, kind of stuff." I mean, I'm down for that, but I wasn't onboarded for that.

They're not gonna be changing the game at the age it is now.
I honestly never found this objective confusing, doesn't it tell you what to do in the objectives list?

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by Callirgos:

I'd recommend gating this objective until the player has a few levels. I got this on my first mission and it really affected my perception of the game.

I was like, "oh, this is some 1980s figure it out kid, kind of stuff." I mean, I'm down for that, but I wasn't onboarded for that.

Yeah, I tend to agree. I got this after a long hiatus from the game and I was totally confused till I looked it up.

Not happening though, they're busy with the sequel now.

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by Parboleum Loyce:

Originally posted by Callirgos:

I'd recommend gating this objective until the player has a few levels. I got this on my first mission and it really affected my perception of the game.

I was like, "oh, this is some 1980s figure it out kid, kind of stuff." I mean, I'm down for that, but I wasn't onboarded for that.

They're not gonna be changing the game at the age it is now.
I honestly never found this objective confusing, doesn't it tell you what to do in the objectives list?

It just tells you to defuse the ordnance. It doesn't tell you about the detector or the hotspot area being indicated by the white borders (which can be hard to see in a sandstorm, for example).

[Lein]

Originally posted by Parboleum Loyce:

doesn't it tell you what to do in the objectives list?

Not really. I mean, it basically tells you to "Accomplish X" but it doesn't tell you how to go about doing that. People have always been getting stuck on this.

If you're with others and you see someone else do it, I suppose it's easy enough to follow along, but if playing alone, it's pretty unintuitive initially. You have to look for a stratagem you didn't choose to bring, then know to use "aim" and "fire" on a non-weapon. Even then it still looks like that isn't doing anything if you happened to not be in range of a shell when you tried it. It's definitely weird. I'll cut people slack on that one.