Here are our essential tips and tricks for both beginners and experienced players for Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2. Enhance your gameplay and experience with these tips as well as more gameplay tips and tricks below!

Essential Tips and Tricks for Beginners

Essential Tips
Start By Playing the Campaign Do Operations on the Lower Difficulty First Complete the Class Trials Look Out for Armory Data and Gene-Seeds Break the Green Crates for Supplies Most Attacks Can Be Parried Prioritize Executions Master Each Weapon Upgrade Use Medicae Stimms to Heal Mortal Wounds

Start By Playing the Campaign

The alternate game modes, Operations and Eternal War, include story elements from the Campaign and may contain story spoilers. For this reason, it's recommended to complete the Campaign first, as it eventually requires you to clear specific Operations to progress.

Additionally, playing through the Campaign helps you get familiar with the various mechanics, weapons, and enemies you'll encounter in Operations.

Campaign Missions, Length, and Co-Op

Do Operations on the Lower Difficulty First

Operations Guides
Best Class for Operations	Difficulty and Threat Level Guide

When starting the PvE Operations game mode, it's recommended to play on the lower difficulty settings, such as Minimal or Average. Although the harder difficulties provide more experience for your Class and Weapons, the Armory Data obtained in the lower difficulties is essential for upgrading early game weapons to the Master-Crafted Tier.

Co-op Operations Guide

Complete the Class Trials

Class and Trial Guides
Tactical	Assault	Vanguard
Bulwark	Sniper	Heavy

Each class has a set of Class Trials available in the Armoring Hall, where you can test your skills through a series of short, fixed challenges. These trials are designed to teach you the toolkit and playstyle of each class. Completing them rewards you with Requisition and Master-Crafted Armory Data used for unlocking Customization options and Weapon Upgrades.

Look Out for Armory Data and Gene-Seeds

Armory Data and Gene-Seed Guides
Armory Data Locations	Gene-Seed Locations

Each Operation may contain Armory Data, which is essential for weapon upgrades. The tier of Armory Data you acquire is based on the difficulty level of the Operation. Armory Data can be obtained by finding the small hidden drones throughout the area or obtained by defeating a boss.

Gene-Seeds are special items that one player can pick up and carry until the end of an Operation. Successfully completing an Operation with a team member holding a Gene-Seed grants bonus EXP for the entire party. However, if the Gene-Seed carrier is incapacitated, they lose the item along with the EXP bonus.

Break the Green Crates for Supplies

Stacked green crates can be found throughout all Operations. When destroyed with a melee hit or any attack, they drop supplies like Ammo, Armor Packs, and most importantly, Medicae Stimms. Keep an eye out for these crates to secure valuable bonus resources.

Most Attacks Without the Parry Cue Can Still Be Parried

Parry Guides
Fencing, Balance, and Block Defense	Parry Timing and Perfect Parry

While you may know that attacks with a blue indicator are parryable and those with a red indicator are not, all other attacks without any a colored indicator, including boss ones, can also be parried. However, though not every successful parry will trigger a Gun Strike, it's still a good habit to study enemy attacks and learn which ones to parry.

Parrying regular attacks from Minoris enemies is possible but generally not recommended, as it often leaves you vulnerable to being surrounded.

All Enemies Guides

Prioritize Executions to Restrore Armor and Contested Health

Executions repair a significant portion of your armor and are crucial for survival, especially when facing overwhelming hordes. Additionally, if you’ve taken damage recently and have Contested Health, Executions restore all the health you would have lost.

A simple way to set up an Execution is by performing a running or dodge Melee Attack. This knocks down Minoris enemies, leaving them vulnerable for a Gun Strike Execution. Executing enemies in this way restores Contested Health, repairs your armor, and triggers any on-Gun-Strike or on-Kill effects

How to Heal

Master Each Weapon Upgrade for More Mastery Points

In addition to Weapon Upgrades, each weapon has a Weapon Perk tree that further enhances its performance. To unlock more Mastery Points for Weapon Perks, you must level up different Weapon Upgrades by using them in combat. Once mastered, you'll earn a Mastery Point. Alternatively, you can spend Armory Data to instantly fully master a Weapon Upgrade, bypassing the need to level it up manually.

How to Get Mastery Points

Use Medicae Stimms to Heal Mortal Wounds

Medicae Stimms not only restore your health but also heal the Mortal Wounds debuff when they bring your health to 100%. Mortal Wounds are inflicted after being incapacitated, and your next incapacitation results in death, followed by a lengthy respawn time. To prevent this, it's best to use Medicae Stimms to fully heal and remove the Mortal Wounds debuff.

How to Heal

All Tips and Tricks

All Tips and Tricks Guides
Dataslate Locations	All Trophies and Achievements
Multiplayer Modes Guide	Game Length and How Long to Beat
Difficulty and Threat Level Guide	Joining Server Bug
How to Fix Crashes	How to Fix Controller Not Working
Ultrawide Support and Patch	Armory Data Locations
How to Troubleshoot EOS Log-In Error	Fencing, Block, and Balance Explained
How to Heal	Gun Strike Guide
How to Get Requisition	Gene-Seed Locations and Effect
How to Get Mastery Points	How to Delete Custom Armor Set
How to Fix Opening Cutscene Freezing Issue	Parry Timing and Perfect Parry
Fastest Operation and How to Level Up Fast	How to Play Operations Solo
How to Fix Long Load Times	-

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Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Categories
Weapons	Classes
News	Tier Lists
Customization	Tips and Tricks
Class Perks	Weapon Perks
Operations (PvE)	Eternal War (PvP)
Campaign	Enemies