PlanetSide 2
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40 free PlanetSide 2 trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
PlanetSide 2 does something few shooters have ever tried: it drops thousands of people onto the same continent and lets them fight a war that never resets. Tanks roll in columns, aircraft fill the sky, and a single base fight can swallow hundreds of soldiers for hours. This quiz covers the game from every side. Expect questions on the factions and their rival philosophies, the infantry classes, the vehicles and the continents they fight over, plus the backstory of how humanity ended up stranded so far from Earth. There are also questions on how the game was made, from its technology and influences to its record-setting fights. It is written for current players, lapsed veterans and curious shooter fans alike. The early questions are friendly to anyone who has spent an evening on the front line, and the later ones dig into lore and development history that long-serving soldiers tend to know best.
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Q 01In PlanetSide 2, three factions fight over which alien world, first named New Earth by its colonists?
Auraxis
Auraxis is really the habitable moon of a gas giant, found by a stranded fleet that then terraformed and colonised it.
Q 02Which PlanetSide 2 faction, founded by scientists, fights with reverse-engineered alien technology?
Vanu Sovereignty
The Vanu Sovereignty believe alien artifacts will lift humanity to a higher stage, so they fight mainly to guard their research sites.
Q 03PlanetSide 2 set which Guinness World Record at a sponsored event in January 2015?
Most players in an FPS battle
Most players in an FPS battle was the record, set when 1,158 people fought in a single clash. Players have unofficially beaten that count since.
Q 04Which console received a PlanetSide 2 port in June 2015, more than two years after the PC launch?
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 4 owners could play without a PlayStation Plus subscription, and reworking the engine for the console sped up the PC version too.
Q 05Which PlanetSide 2 infantry class pairs sniper rifles with a cloaking device for stealth and recon?
Infiltrator
Infiltrator is one of six infantry classes, at the opposite extreme from the MAX, an armoured suit that carries a heavy weapon on each arm.
Q 06Which arid continent, centred on a dried-up seabed, was the first introduced to PlanetSide 2?
Indar
Indar splits into desert, canyon and greenery, and the lines where those biomes meet form a front that players call the Indar T.
Q 07In PlanetSide 2's backstory, what collapsed mid-crossing and stranded 40,000 colonists far from Earth?
A wormhole
A wormhole had first opened over a war-torn Earth in 2444, and fear of what might come through it pushed the world's nations to unite.
Q 08Which PlanetSide 2 troop transport can deploy as a mobile respawn station near the front line?
Sunderer
Sunderer crews can carry 12 soldiers, and the same truck can be fitted to repair or rearm friendly vehicles.
Q 09PlanetSide 2's original developer, the Sony subsidiary SOE, took which new name after its 2015 sale?
Daybreak Game Company
Daybreak Game Company was the name adopted when Sony sold the studio to an investment firm, a split that freed it to develop for Xbox as well.
Q 10Which two colours identify the Terran Republic, PlanetSide 2's authoritarian faction of rapid-fire weapons?
Red and black
Red and black mark a faction that claims to govern for the original Terran Republic back on Earth and prizes law and order above all.
Q 11Which PlanetSide 2 main battle tank hovers above the ground, letting it strafe sideways and climb steep terrain?
Magrider
Magrider crews aim the main cannon by turning the whole tank, because it is fixed to the hull instead of sitting in a turret.
Q 12Which PlanetSide 2 dropship, the slowest aircraft in the sky, hot-drops whole squads onto enemy bases?
Galaxy
Galaxy dropships seat twelve, four of them gunners, and are among the most durable vehicles in the game.
Q 13Which one-seat fighter is flown only by the Terran Republic in PlanetSide 2?
Mosquito
Mosquito pilots cruise faster than the other factions' fighters, although the edge disappears once everyone lights the afterburners.
Q 21In PlanetSide 2, up to four 12-player squads can link up to form which larger unit?
Platoon
Platoon leaders can direct 48 players at once, while each squad inside keeps a voice channel of its own.
Q 22PlanetSide 2 squad members can spawn straight onto each other by arriving in what?
Orbital drop pods
Orbital drop pods let a scattered squad regroup in seconds, a feature added to keep teammates fighting side by side.
Q 23In PlanetSide 2 lore, which technology makes the soldiers of all three empires effectively immortal?
Rebirthing
Rebirthing arrived soon after the war began, and with nanites rebuilding soldiers and vehicles alike, the fighting has no way to end.
Q 14What equipment lets PlanetSide 2's Light Assault class fly over walls and onto rooftops?
Jump jets
Jump jets come in several configurations, including Drifter jets that trade lift for a long hover across chasms.
Q 15Which type of PlanetSide 2 facility is recognised from afar by a domed shield raised high on legs?
Bio Lab
Bio Lab fights move inside the dome, out of reach of tanks and aircraft, so they turn into close-quarters infantry brawls.
Q 16Which famously defensible base sits at the very centre of PlanetSide 2's first continent?
The Crown
The Crown is officially marked as an extremely valuable facility, thanks to the web of territory links that opens up around it.
Q 17Which archipelago continent brought patrol boats and underwater combat to PlanetSide 2?
Oshur
Oshur has no warpgates, so each faction operates from a stationary fleet carrier, and its seas are home to the Corsair patrol boat.
Q 18What is the name of the neutral space station where PlanetSide 2 players appear when they log in?
Sanctuary
Sanctuary bans all fighting on board, and many of the game's shops and characters can be reached nowhere else.
Q 19Which mineral do PlanetSide 2 players harvest with ANT mining vehicles to build their own bases?
Cortium
Cortium sprouts as crackling orange crystals in open fields, and an ANT unloads it into silos that power player-built structures.
Q 20What do PlanetSide 2 players call the earned currency that unlocks weapons, upgrades and other non-cosmetic items?
Certs
Certs is short for Certification Points, and one arrives for every 250 experience points a player earns.
Q 24In PlanetSide 2 lore, which xenobiologist touched an alien figurine and came away with a one-word revelation?
Henry Briggs
Henry Briggs went on to lead the stranded fleet's scientists away from both warring sides, and his vision inspired the third faction.
Q 25Which in-house engine, also used for H1Z1 and Landmark, powers PlanetSide 2's huge seamless battles?
ForgeLight
ForgeLight can hold 2,000 players on one server, and it drops loading zones in favour of a single continuous world.
Q 26Which president of developer SOE revealed PlanetSide 2's working title on his LiveJournal in 2009?
John Smedley
John Smedley stayed the public face of the project, announcing its beta dates himself and promising a Mac version in a Reddit Q&A.
Q 27Which word followed the series name in PlanetSide 2's working title, as it did for a sister EverQuest project?
Next
Next was the tag on both projects, and the PlanetSide one began as a graphical refresh of the first game before growing into a full sequel.
Q 28Which spaceship MMO, played by SOE's own president, was named as a major influence on PlanetSide 2?
Eve Online
Eve Online inspired the sandbox freedom, the resource management and the goal of fitting huge numbers of players on one server.
Q 29PlanetSide 2's developers said they admired the freemium business model of which hit PC game?
League of Legends
League of Legends had shown that cosmetics and convenience could pay the bills, and SOE promised never to sell a more powerful gun or vehicle.
Q 30Which British YouTube critic, a long-time fan of the series, hosted PlanetSide 2's live showcase at E3 2012?
TotalBiscuit
TotalBiscuit livestreamed early builds alongside the developers before launch and later represented a faction in a YouTuber showdown.