Helldivers 2 Emergency Hotfix 1.003.201 Fixes One True Flag Issues

by Alex Co July 16, 2025 5:46 am in Title Updates and Patches
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Following yesterday’s patch that ushered in a host of balance changes affecting weapons, stratagems and more, Arrowhead Game Studios has released another patch, and this is an emergency hotfix affecting the One True Flag stratagem.

Players on PS5 and PC will see this as Helldivers 2 hotfix 1.003.201, a small download that addresses a specific issue.

Helldivers 2 One True Flag Bug Now Fixed in Emergency Patch 1.003.201

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Today’s emergency patch shouldn’t come as a surprise for helldivers who have been playing since yesterday, as chances are, you’ve noticed the game crashing whenever the One True Flag was planted.

High Command is aware of this and has issued a fix available now.

Overview

  • Crash Fix

Fix

  • Fix for the host crashing the game for other players when planting the CQC-1 One True Flag stratagem

While this bug has been addressed, Arrowhead is aware of other issues plaguing the game, and we’ve also included the official list of known issues by the developers.

Helldivers 2 Known Issues as of July 16, 2025

Technical

  • Keybinds do not save after restarting the game using the AZERTY and French keyboard settings
  • Players that are using the Microsoft IME languages are unable to type Korean, Japanese and Chinese symbols in chat.

Gameplay

  • Explosives can cause Helldivers hidden behind terrain to ragdoll
  • Weapon scopes may have incorrect FOV that doesn’t match the weapon
  • Interrupting the reload animation of the StA-11 SMG may result in the magazine being consumed without reloading it.
  • Right gauntlet of SR-64 Cinderblock armor is misaligned
  • Capes don’t display in Armory tab and instead show a blank grey cape
  • Stimming while having a stratagem ball prepared unequips stratagem
  • Weapon customization doesn’t correctly display stats for sway and reload times
  • Losing target lock with ‘FAF-14 Spear’ on the Tank enemy and locking it again makes the weapon’s missile miss the target.
  • The W.A.S.P can only be fired semi-auto after switching firing modes and back
  • Quasar Cannon and Stim Pistol are missing sound effects.

If you haven’t logged in or didn’t check the game’s changelog yet, read up on the complete list of balance changes made.

Xbox gamers, your time with High Command is almost here, as Helldivers 2 is assaulting Xbox Series X|S next month.

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