If Iceland gets released, it may be necessary to justify against them. They keep coming back and when they land they have low org, so you can keep taking them out. You can then proceed to defeat Turkey and the Soviet Union alongside the Axis. Promote a divisional commander to general asap and give him command of an army. Pick Patriation and Swastika Clubs as your first focuses. Don't take any focuses and once you have 50 pp justify on Ireland. There is no need to produce units as the UK will nearly always win Africa even if you capitulate at first. Press the decision to Form Siberian State. Take all the territory. Sometimes Poland attack you from other provinces and cause some thousands of casualties, so you will have to repeat the game. Another window to strike at Germany early is during Sudetenland crisis. As Hungary, have Miklos Horthy as a Naval commander and build a battleship. Put all three of your armies on fallback lines starting just above Zaolzie in Katowice and then clockwise to Krakow and then back to Katowice. Do not wait for a liberation to complete for one African country before starting the liberation process for the next country. Can be completed alongside "Swiss Cheese". Hide ads Canada First Join Axis as Canada . Once all of this is done, mass produce subs until you can sneak a naval invasion into Britain anywhere with a port. Hearts of Iron IV Achievements | TrueSteamAchievements In the meantime don't forget about researching the Transport Ship, otherwise, you won't be able to naval invade Denmark and Norway. Regardless of what warlords accept, justify a Take Claimed State war goal on Communist China; then, garrison the large army you just trained across Nationalist China and any of the warlords who did not accept vassalization (do not garrison in Communist China if you got military access from them, as you can't directly declare war on a nation you have forces inside of). Try to take Nationalist China (or whoever controls Beijing and Nanjing) last, because once you take those provinces and give them to your Collaboration Government, the event will fire allowing them to move their capital from Macau, thus preventing you getting the achievement. Turkey will be guaranteed by both Germany and the UK. However, if you lose all your territory you will white peace with Ethiopia and the achievement will be no longer available. As India, develop and deploy a nuke. If one has Man the Guns, an easy way to do this is as the United Kingdom if you go down the King's Party path - reclaim the Dominions (declare war manually as opposed to staging the uprisings), and while at war with the Commonwealth, take Reclaim the Jewel in the Crown, and use the war goals you get to declare on India and Burma - this will get them to join the Commonwealth, and lets you annex them in the peace deal if you take a tile from them while at war (whereas if you attacked them while not at war with anyone else, you'd have to capitulate them the normal way). The required provinces only need to be occupied/controlled, not owned. It should be really easy to get enough war participation to demilitarize the Rhineland and more. completely destroying divisions gives much more experience than grinding on a frontline. Reply. Requires Germany to follow the Monarchist branch of their focus tree. France). A- before joining the war with the allies, get the king, invade the balkans and submit the spanish (you have a specific focus that may give you spain as a puppet, then you'll be able to annex them in due time, or a war goal if they refuse). Personally, I would keep the mainland Europe France cores. Follow the Focus tree for free civilian factories. If you manage to pull this off, you will also unlock the. After they have offered peace, accept it, and kick Communist China from your faction. Get as much war participation as possible and puppet both in the peace conference. Full list of all 171 Hearts of Iron IV achievements. After the white peace, focus on doing infiltrations and building up your army to take on the Nationalists. The route which passes through the fewest countries is Gibraltar - Spain - France - Germany - Poland - Soviet Union - Iran - British Raj - Siam - British Malaya. To gain Vojtek as your commander you need to trigger the Polish event: One possible way to achieve this is refuse. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. When Germany attacks the Soviet Union, do not join the war and wait until Germany forces the Soviet Union to 80% surrender progress, then take the decision, thus earning you the second Georgia. These cities would have to be occupied because they are known respectively as the first, second, and third Rome historically. As Germany, turn France fascist and occupy Danzig without going to war with France. With that many fronts opened up against China and all of the cavalry units you should have, you can set up your army and quickly take all the victory points. For advisors and such: The only chief of army you have, Marian Kukiel, Stanislaw Maczek (for Army Exp), FB (Infantry Equipment), and the War Industrialist. when pushing back a naval invasion. This can be done as any country but is most straightforward as any of the major nations, particularly Germany, United Kingdom, France and Japan. As Japan, Nuke a core territory of the US before the US develops nuclear weapons. This allows troops to attack a province without moving into the province after the enemy has been defeated. Whilst the achievement toolbox doesn't mention it, but you need the Turkish territories in Balkans for it to trigger. It is important to deal with them early, however, as if left to the late game they can join the Allies and this will force you to fight on multiple fronts with the British Raj. For Italy, liberate the Kingdom of Libya, Eritrea and then Somali Sultanate. There are 2 main ways of doing this achievement, depending on if. Sinkiang is an other option, as it can immediately join the Comintern and the USSR will never take land in China. VE = Very Easy, E = Easy, M = Medium, H = Hard, VH = Very Hard, I = Insane, UC = Uncategorized. You need a decent war score because you gained cores on east Germany, you need your old cores and the eastern German provinces to get the achievement. Being at war with the USA is unnecessary but unavoidable as they have guaranteed Mexico, but they are relatively easy to take down early game and the conquest will supercharge your industry. Dropped a Nuclear Bomb on a core state of the US. Once Norway is gone, declare war on and take Sweden. Go for "Proclaim Finno-Ugra" and around the time this Focus is done your war goal on Denmark should be ready. Follow the focus tree to fortify against Germany and Italy, then Frontier Defense plan. This should make UK lose in Egypt as they have to send some troops to fight you. As the Soviet union, capitulate Germany after the fall of France before the allies control one German core state. The faction does not need be the Axis, but it must be led by Germany. In the peace deal, make sure you give Hong Kong and Guangzhouwan to your provisional government. If you wish to also go after Why Die for Danzig?, Our Other Place in the Sun, and Monarchy is Back in Fashion in the same game as well, justify on a country France is guaranteeing (Romania, Yugoslavia, or Czechoslovakia), and train enough cavalry units to guard the borders with Poland and Czechoslovakia. Play as any South American nation if you want to AFK. Once the faction is created release Norway and Denmark as puppets and they will automatically join you. Alternatively, you can also do this without joining any faction. Make a fallback line on your capital and declare an early war on China while holding your capital with 9-12 division. If the soviets demand Bessarabia you can just deny it, the event only gives them a war goal against Romania (which now no longer exists) not the owner of the state. Britain doesn't have a chance to oppose you, so it will be an easy war. Afterwards, go down the Kaiserreich branch (make sure your army is bigger than that of the Netherlands so they don't block Wilhelm's return), and after completing Our Place in the Sun and Assassinate Mussolini, the respective achievements will fire off. Reach 0 manpower with Scraping the Barrel as Conscription Law. Focus tree: Never Another Gallipoli down to Our Own Empire (though you can declare independence quicker than the focus tree using the Autonomy mechanic). Restore the Romanovs to the throne and conquer Germany, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, and Bulgaria. As any British Subject state, conquer all of Britain. Declare war on the US, which will either result in France inviting the US and Philippines into the Little Entente (if France has formed that faction) or the US will form the North American Entente with the Philippines, and France (as well as Czechoslovakia) will join, resulting in you being at war with France, and Germany inviting you to the Axis (which you should accept). If Germany does Oppose Hitler, there's a very good chance they'll leave you alone as long as you don't declare on them. You'll need actual divisions to naval invade Crete so once you've outsmarted the AI and taken the whole mainland, use your infantry divisions to invade Crete from the west side (Chania) and have one division pinning the capital which will reinforce the port if you don't. The Communist Chinese will form their faction and the warlord China is at war with will join them. Once Finland is Fascist go for "Unite Our Nations" and around this time you should start justifying on Denmark. Forming The Horn of Africa and The African Union decisions can be very helpful towards this goal. Go fascist and justify on Albania once you flip. During the war take the Bersaglieri focus. As Canada, complete the Send in the Zombies focus. Alternatively, just nuke Siam once they join Japan's faction. You can try to take them out yourself, or call USSR in, as they will give all the land after war. Win Spanish Civil War as Republican Spain. During the peace conference, the Fascists will focusing on grabbing land, so it is possible to puppet the Soviet Union. Due to Vichy France's large colonial holdings, you will have over 24 states after annexing them in the peace deal. HOI4 Achievement Timelapse: Holy, Roman, and an Empire As Ethiopia, found the African Union and have it encompass at least 13 different countries with capitals in Africa. The trick is to complete the focus, "Conspiracies in the Shadows" sometime after you first complete the "Seek Papal Support" focus. Only Japan, Italy and the Netherlands have access to bicycle batallions. As Czechoslovakia, occupy Munich while at war with Germany. Forming the Roman Empire as Austrian Emperor I have played as Austria and I have revoked the privilegia. Turn off allied supply at your Split naval base to keep the Soviets from "helping" you and taking the port. As of 1.9.0, Bourbon Spain only needs to occupy the French cores. Once the war starts you should have naval supremacy for a few hours. Simply follow the "Swiss Cheese" or "and you get a canton, everybody gets a canton!" Also, be aware there may be some issues caused by the central air node bug but this can be fixed by focusing your transport planes on your air field's air zone once the battle plan is initiated. Otherwise, you might get overrun on the Arabian Peninsula. Then simply invite the puppets into your faction. 300-400 political power is a good number to have saved before starting but if you can spare the time and effort, having around 600-700 political power will ensure success. Once Austria-Hungary forms they always automatically join the Central Powers. Justify on Republican Spain, and declare war. I assume that this means instead of trying for a quick victory, you are withdrawing your troops so that you qualify for the "Struggle in Ethiopia" focus. Refuse the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, and attack the German when they close in on Paris. Rush Communist -- you need 40% support to Abolish the Monarchy. This will buff them so Germany should fall around 1943. You are now USSR puppet. Achievements have no in-game effects; the achievement just pops up in-game, and is then added to the player's Steam or Xbox profile depending on the version of the game. Defeat Soviets alone or with German help. As Yugoslavia, occupy all your neighbouring countries (Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy and Greece). Start the game with historical AI off, simulate the first 70 days and keep restarting the game until the German AI picks the 'Oppose Hitler' focus and Hungary 'balanced budget' focus. Send some fighters and strategic bombers there, wait for their arrival then pause. "Kingdom of Poland" gives You personal union. SPEEDRUN Hidden 'Roman Papal States' + HIDDEN ACHIEVEMENT. As Greece or Bulgaria, own both sides of the Bosporus. Questions, Paradox Have one of your spies take a Suicide Pill. As China, puppet and then annex Yunnan and Guangxi Clique. To make the war easier to re-annex them, finish off the allies and Comintern so the US does not join their faction but it is not necessary. Play on historical, join allies (switch to Democratic to make it easier), Train 12 width paratroopers (with Arty & Rocket support). If you keep sending your operatives on missions, or indeed just have them perform various activities like Build Intel Network in other countries, eventually one of them will die and the achievement will trigger. Any country at war with the player and Poland has the Global flag warsaw_liberated_self_flag is set. Puppet Transylvania in peace conference and give them all Romanian territory. If you somehow managed to keep your Democratic popularity above 60% such as by hiring the Social Democrat advisor at the start or taking The Birthplace of Democracy focus beforehand, you can return to Democratic at any time after this. The Justification should be done around October, declare war and then do the focus: "Oppose Hitler". Now you should be able to take the decision to form the Roman Empire. Move your army to Canada, making sure to spread the divisions out and declare martial law to prevent it from seceding. In this run we begin as Italy and will be trying for the achievement Holy, Roman, And An. You can easily naval invade Venezuela if you're having trouble because of their lack of a navy. Can be combined with "Our Words Are Backed With Nuclear Weapons" (declaring independence after dropping the nuke) - requires. When the justification is finished, declare war on the Philippines which will automatically draw in the US as they are a puppet. When the justification has finished, declare war on them. Archived post. Alternatively possible playing as the United Kingdom, using the same strategy, due to their much higher starting amount of convoys. The Achievement requires the decision to release the nations rather than the release nation button on the occupied territory screen. Once Germany has defeated France and Vichy France has appeared, take the 'Anti-French Propaganda' decision to increase resistance in their African Provinces. Join the Axis, which will consist of Germany alone. Defense first, but when they aren't pushing you, push them out very conservatively. The have supply hubs due north not on a city in and due east on the city of Irkutsk. Stay non-aligned (you can form any kingdom of your choice). When reach above 25% of Monarchy, choose the monarchist path and wait till it get above the 50%. You can stop building tranport planes once you get just over 50 of them and station them on one of the northern airfields. Try to take the UK before Germany or Italy tries a naval invasion. Wait for Japan to declare war and have at least one nuke built. After that you can take the All Adults Training and Pro Helvetia paths - focus on defense and forts. Immediately begin building the cheapest submarines. Integrating the Agrarian Union faction and the Limited Women Suffrage focus both unlock pro-democratic advisers with additional bonuses. Launch the uprising and try to create encirclements, such as by cutting across Shandong to destroy troops in Beijing. HOI4 - Italy Five BBA Achievements - Jan '41. One Empire Achievement Guide - Rule Britannia, Baby Guarding your ports and continually taking propaganda decisions will get you to 30 in around 5 years. Control all states belonging to the United Kingdom in Europe that is not a core of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This will allow you to quickly get manpower bonuses from the fascist political tree as well as joining the Axis to avoid a German attack, while communist support builds up for later (remove fascist demagogue after civil war but ensure communist support stays below 60% to avoid another civil war). You want to make sure you take them before the Allies, so you get the puppet collaboration government. Challenge 1: Bestirred Gather 500 resources with Villagers affected by Holy Inspiration in the Dark Age. With Mao as your leader, win the Chinese Civil War. As soon as the coup fires, you'll get the achievement (Nation Franaise doesn't even have to win the war). You have to become a puppet to join the Axis or Comintern and while you can become independent quicker with the fascist path, you won't be able to get your cores back later on. You will need to stage well timed coups against Russia and USA in order to have rebellion in your faction instead of Axis(they shouldn't be in a war against another faction), a good time to start against Russia is around when Italia joins Axis and a few months later to the USA(they both should have <80 stability at the time if you boosted non-aligned enough but it can differ sometimes). Take Unite the Anglosphere, train up your army to 96 divisions and station them on the Canadian-American border, and also train 20 cavalry units - stage 5 naval invasions of 2 cavalry units into France, and 10 cavalry units onto the Canadian-Alaskan Border. After you gain 10 more PP start working on the army focuses to unlock bicycle divisions. When in the axis you can invade Vichy France and Turkey without trouble since those two are being guarantee by the German. When the "USS Panay sunk" event fires, take the option to start a war with Japan and defeat them to get them out of the way.
