If you’re wondering whether the Helldivers 2 servers are down, you’re not the only one. Arrowhead Games is dealing with a lot of launch issues with the game on PS5 and PC, leading many players to encounter the “Join Failed” error message that also says “Failed to join game lobby.” This also includes problems with quickplay and equipping armor, with some players unable to get out of the tutorial. The developer is scrambling a bit to make sure that players can connect to the server in the first place as it corrects multiple issues. Here are some solutions you can try to fix the various Helldivers 2 server down errors.
How to fix Helldivers 2 servers down errors
To fix various Helldivers 2 servers down errors and general connection issues, you can try the following:
- Wait for few hours before trying to join again – The various errors for the servers being down isn’t on you. The developer is dealing with a very high server load as well as other errors, so they are deploying a lot of fixes which means that the server has been reset multiple times during the day.
In fact, the CEO of Arrowhead Games named Johan Pilestedt has admitted in the official Discord channels of the game that the development team is currently in “crisis mode” due to the server load. At the time of writing, there are over 56,000 active players in the game according to SteamDB. Pilestedt also says that “the volume of players exposed some shenanigans in the system that went past many hours of testing.”
Other issues recognized by Arrowhead Games through the official Discord include “Error 5 1 503”, a crash that happens if you try to change your armor after the tutorial, and quickplay not working for some players. So beyond the server load, you can expect a lot of testing and patches that will temporarily take down the servers throughout the day. I would chalk it up to familiar Day 1 launch problems, as server issues are common nowadays at launch.
