How to Fix “Join Failed” Error in Helldivers 2

THE “Joining Failed” Error In Helldiverse 2 is currently causing problems for players who have been waiting for this sequel for almost a decade.

Don’t panic though: Arrowhead, the developers of Helldivers 2, have confirmed that they are working on a solution for the “Unable to join lobby” And “Quickplay” errors.

If you are looking for a possible workaround, we have explained to you how to fix “Joining Failed” and “Quickplay” errors in Helldivers 2 down. Just keep in mind that this solution may not work.

How to Fix “Lobby Login Failed” and “Quickplay” Errors in Helldivers 2

As of this writing, there is no definitive solution to the “Lobby Access Failed” and “Quick Play” errors that occur in Helldivers 2. (Although we do have some recommendations on how to which you could bypass after the statement below.)

The good news, however, is that the developers are working on a solution with Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, releasing the statement below on the official Helldivers 2 Discord:

‘Hello everyone!

It’s a bit of a crisis in the studio today so I haven’t been as active as I would have liked. We’re seeing matchmaking issues as well as some of the unfortunate login screen freezes and crashes.

I just wanted to let you know that we are working as hard as possible to resolve these issues, as many players have exposed some shenanigans in the system that took many, many hours or many tests.

We’ve tried to fix it on the backend only, but it looks like we’ll have to update the game to fix the issue. Sorry about that and thank you for your patience.

For now, I recommend teaming up with people in the community, as joining friends works well.

I hope you enjoy the experience once you start the game.’

Since the “Lobby access failed” and “Quickplay” errors are most likely caused by overloaded servers, we have to wait for Arrowhead to fix the issue on their end. Besides following their suggestion of teaming up with friends or playing Helldivers 2 solo, there are two ways to get around this error.

The first is to disable Crossplay and the second is to simply reload the game. Disabling Crossplay can fix the “Failed to join lobby” issue as it will help the servers filter out additional teammates that you will be looking for.

You can disable Crossplay in Helldivers 2 by:

Enter the ‘Options’ tab of the ‘Pause’ menu
Select the “Gameplay” option
Find the ‘Crossplay’ option

Select “Disabled”
Make sure the changed settings have been saved

Again, these are not definitive solutions for the “Lobby Access Failed” and “Quickplay” errors, so be prepared for the issues to persist. If this is you, we again recommend finding other players willing to play through the “Friends” matchmaking option.

Hopefully Arrowhead will fix the issue soon, and if you want to keep up to date with their progress, we recommend joining the official Helldivers 2 Discord community.