Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Guides & Walkthroughs
From Prologue on Casual to Specialist Horde — every how-to in one place.
This is the how-to desk for Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2. The game launched 25 August 2026 with four-player co-op, five remade classes plus Specialist, and a day-one patch that changed several perk numbers. If you are new, read in this order: Getting Started, then How to Play, then the Campaign walkthrough. The PC dropdown shows the first seven guides plus a link back here — everything else lives on this hub.
Start here
- Getting Started — first class, first credits, Prologue habits.
- How to Play — Casual through Insane, Challenge Cards, synthetic companions, elemental rules.
- Controls — keyboard, DualSense, Xbox, FOV and accessibility.
Campaign and Horde
- Campaign Walkthrough — Prologue, Rescue and Recovery, Boarding Party, Rock Bottom, Ancient Anomaly, Final Endeavor.
- How to Beat Horde — waves, shop, squad comps after Patch 1.
- How to Unlock Specialist — rank all five kits, then mix fragments.
Threats, trophies, platforms
- Enemy Dossier — Drone, Warden, Crusher, Praetorian, Siren, Pathogen, synthetics.
- Achievements — 30 unlocks, including Patch 1 fixes for Worst Party Ever and Headhunter.
- Crossplay — Steam, Epic, PS5, Xbox, voice, and region matchmaking.
How to use these guides after Patch 1
Explosive Duelist is no longer a trap pick. Companion-bot heals last longer on high difficulty. Item duplication and several skip exploits are closed. PC stutter is not patched — pair these guides with PC settings if the hive hitchs. Class pages live under Classes. Weapon picks live under Weapons and the weapons tier list.
Difficulty names in this wiki match the live game: Casual, Standard, Intense, Extreme, Insane. Insane unlocks after you finish the campaign on any other tier. Older preview articles that say Rookie or Veteran are talking about a different ladder.
Related hubs
- Updates — Patch 1 and editions.
- Tools — squad planner and system requirements.
- Official links — Steam, Discord, Daybreak support.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common questions about Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2.
Do these guides cover console?
Yes. Combat and difficulty are the same on PC, PS5, and Xbox. Controls and FOV differences are called out in the controls guide.
Where is the Queen fight?
Treat Final Endeavor as the campaign place to learn large Xenomorph bosses. The enemy dossier covers Queen-scale rules; the walkthrough covers mission flow.
How often are guides updated?
After each official patch. Patch 1 already changed perk math and achievement unlocks — those pages were rewritten to match.
Why does the menu hide some guides?
The desktop dropdown caps at eight rows. Extra guides stay on this hub so the bar does not grow forever.