Upon completion of the Our Place in the Sun Focus, the achievement will fire off. Dropped a Nuclear Bomb on a core state of the US, Control all French states in Europe While in the war begin "The Comintern", "Baltic Security", "Claims in Baltic" and "Secure Leningrad". This can easily be done in combination with "Holy, Roman, and an Empire", because after forming the Roman Empire you've more than enough resources and big enough of a navy (take both France and the UK's in the peace deal) that no one should be able to stop you. Depend on how far to the left the balance of power have been pushed, this can possibly make the Pope take power. Otherwise when they capitulate, they are no longer at war and the achievement doesn't fire. Have a production license from at least 5 of the 7 major powers. Make sure to improve relations and save up a few hundred political power before starting the imperial conference. be part of either the Axis or the Allies and at war with the other faction in a war you started). As Japan, Nuke a core territory of the US before the US develops nuclear weapons. number of infantry equipment in armies > 2200 As a warlord, be at war with all Chinese nations simultaneously. You must have the Quit India Movement national spirit. May be done in conjunction with the The Dragon Swallowed the Sun and the The Good, the Bad and the Weird achievements. You may time your guns decision to complete when the state is at approximately 65% resistance. Make sure you have 5 free Civilian factories, and immediately use them to Form Agency on the top of the Intelligence Agency menu. WARNING! Adjust your industries as necessary, build only military factories and maybe infrastructures for now as you will get a lot of civilian factories very soon. Player will not get this Effect. Is a faction leader This requires you either to push Italy into the seas or to keep holding until the AI has had enough and offers you peace. Thus, before starting civil war, justifying war goal on Poland then Germany, as world tension rises, Poland will be guaranteed by the United Kingdom. As Germany have both Poland and France surrender before January 1st 1940. If they don't do so - start the game all over again. A naval invasion may help you reach Kenya before the Italians do. After inviting Italy, during the Sudetenland Crisis, deny Germany the land, and then when they declare war on Czechoslovakia, join the war and call Italy in. Alternatively, try to naval invade Soviet's far east front and capture a few victory point provinces. Capture a port in Greenland and then invade Iceland. Has completed focus Crush the Dream Stay on your owned territory or the territory of your puppets. Global Achievements % of all players Total achievements: 171 You must be logged in to compare these stats to your own 20.6% Friend in Need Join a faction. Making you the owner of Leinster. Win the Spanish Civil War as the Anarchists. From Poland invading Iraq and Italy simultaneously; to Australia dropping an atom bomb on itself, there really is no end to Paradoxs creativity in designing bizarre achievements The allies will send addtional divisions you can also crush until you leveled up enough. Once most of France is liberated and Italy has largely fallen simply leave the Axis and justify on Germany (A fast way is to choose Voralberg, as it's a core of Switzerland and therefore you only need 15 days before you can declare war). Alternatively you can temporarily fight in the Allies' side. Once S-A and Yemen are no more, prepare for war with the Allies. Then declaring war on them. has more than 4 spies. There are 2 main ways of doing this achievement, depending on if. After Molotov-Ribbentrop pact signed and Poland capitulated, Soviets will take Eastern part of it. For tips and tricks on how to complete an achievement, see the achievements category. After an operative got captured, immediately send another to rescue(requires 30% network strength). Send your paratroopers (one at a time) at Paris plus 6 or 7 other cities to capitulate France ASAP, avoid the border cities as these are usually guarded. Either send own divisions to conquer Qingdao or wait until Japan does it for you. You do not have to go to war and simply need enough political power to repeat the decisions. Up until this moment, Germany may break the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact. When the Trotsky seeks refuge event pops up, choose to invite him into the government. The allies will leave you alone if you don't cause any world tension. Once France is occupied, produce 20 Bersaglieri divisions. Easiest way is to disable La Resistance and start boosting non-aligned to Russia and USA from the beginning of game and right after concluding civil war against Kemalists. Vichy France is guaranteed by Germany. Germany will invite you to their faction, accept this invitation and annex Britain. Rush into Submarines III. Capital is Macau (729) As India, develop and deploy a nuke. If you lose a starting state you wont qualify for the achievement even if you recover it back later. Aim to raise resistance in African countries distant from each other, not next to a country in the Allies faction, and comprised of one state. Kick Tannu Tuva from your faction and justify a war goal against them. This achievement is best done with a world conquest game or with the achievements "Awake and Angry" or "Battlecry". Perhaps faster and more consistent, but also a more difficult method to get this achievement. As the Soviet Union, activate 30 propaganda campaigns before 1945. Best done in conjunction with "Sun Tzu Reborn" after finishing "Battlecry" or "Awake and angry". annex Yugoslavia complete "Fate of the Balkans" after annexing Yugoslavia, help Axis against Soviet Union, help Allies against Axis, use decisions to puppet and annex Romania & Greece). Alternatively, Italy is a great choice. Doing this will also give you buffs to fortification Building - build some on either side of the Waddenzee, making sure to include the three border territories in Freisland - two East of Amsterdam, one at the neck of the Waddenzee. 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. For achievements without the icons, the buttons must not be selected. The A Year To Remember achievement is a reference to the Boston Red Sox's 2004 World Series championship run, in which they broke the Curse of the Bambino. The first month(s) of the war are the hardest, you can't lose any tiles and have to constantly monitor where more divisions need to be relocated to keep holding the lines (first months therefore on speed 4). As of patch 1.11.13, this achievement is rather trivial: you can start as Germany in 1939, conquer Poland and France at your leisure, and drop some Paratroopers under Kurt Student in Dover (use Force Attack and Glider Planes if necessary) to take over the UK and end the war without bothering with naval invasions. However, you might as well get as many as you can, Austria (for the achievement), Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal, and Iraq are good targets so might as well do it. After that go to decisions tab and start using "Support anti-British resistance" options, which are available on the map - first do that in Tanganyika then in other required provinces. As Italy, take Austria before the Anschluss and never enter a faction with a fascist Germany. So once you have 75 PP you can try again until Turkey does accept. If that's the case Italy will take Palestine so ask for control over it (if you don't have enough war score just kill more Allies). Tip: It is better to raise resistance in small or even one-state nations like Rwanda, Burundi or Gambia, as this will lead to an uprising much faster because of fewer states that have to meet the resistance threshold. To gain Vojtek as your commander you need to trigger the Polish event: One possible way to achieve this is refuse, This can easily be done in combination with "Holy, Roman, and an Empire", because after forming the Roman Empire you've more than enough resources and big enough of a navy (take both France and the UK's in the peace deal) that no one should be able to stop you. Go to "Rally the Nation". Once complete, take the new advisor. Supply there is very bad. On historical, rush the fascist path and join the Axis. Let them bleed themselves on the border. Making them an easy target for uprisings. After that, use your industrial capacity to build up a military, conquer Germany and the Axis and finally, start a war with the Allies (. At peace conference take at least one Soviet and Polish core territory. As Ethiopia, go communist and take all the states that border the Red Sea. Do not engage any factions or wars then. Go for the Plot Against Boris focus and pick the decisions to kill him, then choose a pro-Axis regent and join the Axis. Go communist, Seek the Support of the Soviets. Hearts of Iron IV Achievements FAQ How many Hearts of Iron IV achievements are there? As Bulgaria capitulate Turkey while also controlling the rest of the Balkans, including Greece. You may get (temporarily) invited to The Allies, but there is no need to join them. Try to poke holes in the US line as they will have a tough time manning a long border and encircle their troops. When your country gets fully liberated and reinstated, you will get Palestine transfered to you and you can take the decision to make it your capital. Achievements are individual challenges that can be completed by the player in the Hearts of Iron 4 mod, Old World Blues . As China, reconquer all of China and Manchuria and force a Japanese surrender. Press the decision to Form Siberian State. It is possible to see the achievements sorted by the percentage of users that managed to complete each achievement by going to the game's global achievements at Steam. Do not capture the Italian territory of Eritrea or Somali Sultanate. Since a recent patch, this achievement can also be achieved if you win an offensive war without losing any core territory. As a Communist United Kingdom, crush the American Dream by puppeting the U.S.A. As Yugoslavia, establish the autonomous region of Transylvania and have it own all Romanian cores. Let Germany get to -85 opinion so they get the war goal against you. After that pick "Towards the new Europe" branch. Tojo Shot First achievement can be done after this achievement. Be mindful that several states in the Midwest around the Great Lakes will also break off to form the Unaligned States of America, but they will not be hostile towards you. So once you declare war on them through a "Demand recognition decision" they'll join the Axis. Start fabricating a claim on France as soon as you have enough Political Power. If you don't own. As of patch 1.6, the United States might stay out of the war entirely if not attacked by Japan. Time the liberation of Eritrea and Somali Sultanate to occur with five days of each other using the guns decision. Like with Russia, you need to justify against USA and declare before coup is finished. Otherwise, just wait for the German civil war to start. Stalin will not have any equipment except bunch of unequipped AA battalions. In order to complete the national focus "Claim the Mandate of Heaven", you must be independent and own all of the starting territory of China, Shanxi, Xibei San Ma, Yunnan, Guangxi Clique, Communist China and Sinkiang. Furthermore, you could start taking some of the focusses from "Plan East". Furthermore, there is a chance that the UK completely decolonizes on non-historical. This is best done with the Sunrise Invasion Achievement. Replace the templates of your 16 stack army with the 16-width Engineer & Anti-air and the 2 24 armies with the 16-width with Engineers. Integrating the Agrarian Union faction and the Limited Women Suffrage focus both unlock pro-democratic advisers with additional bonuses. Use Cavalry/Tanks to quickly capitulate. Wilhelm II must be your leader and he must not die before the focus is complete. Haile Selassie Is the current country leader. If this occurs, you can simply join the Axis temporarily, but remember to cut your allies off from the supplies on the front. Build up your army to about 15 infantry to naval invade southern Sweden (produce cheap submarines to ensure naval supremacy) and create some cavalry divisions for defending naval invasions and the Swedish border, which can also be built up with forts. Attack the Allies immediately after the defeat of the Axis, You have to own the provinces, not just occupy them - watch out for them in a peace treaty, do not let AI take them or you will have to go to war again. Start as Lithuania, throne Mindaugas III and go down the Livonia/Commonwealth branches. ), Spain has started more than 4 coups because you can core part of it yourself with the last focus of the Facist Path. This will splinter your nation into many autonomous puppets (which don't count towards the achievement) and a small Ethiopia. Justify and declare war on Poland to gain a border with Germany. Start justifying on Denmark as soon as Mexico become fascist. At this point, it should be trivial to conquer the rest of the world (you can also just join the Japanese faction if you annex Siam before they get the chance to ally them, thus eliminating the need to conquer them). Anarchist Spain is created from either the Masters of Our Own Fate focus or the Government Crackdown event. Try finishing the focuses Superesercito, Superaereo, and Supermarina during this war as you will not get another chance until much later. Call only allies that are necessary! Move your navy into the Mediterranean to avoid being cut off by Britain and then justify a war on them (or anyone in the Allies), you will be able to get military access from Italy this way (or potentially before this). Go down the Collective Security branch and pick Eradicate Western Fascism (mid-1939 to optimise the attack bonus). Achieve air superiority over and nuke the rebels. A third way is to turn off La Resistance. Once Strengthen the Papacy focus is complete, take Utilize the Blackshirt focus. Complete the "Continue the Zuiderzee Works" focus, defend your coastline and your provinces/states. The army won't get the bonuses of the general due to the reassignement time, but the experience will be gained by him. It is only necessary to occupy the land required so it is possible to have this achievement fire whilst at war. PDXCON Disband your entire army and declare on the Soviets right before Oppose Hitler fires off, which will result in the Soviets still being at war with the German Reich, but not the German Military Junta (either join the Comintern or give the Soviets military access to have the Soviets fight for you). In your new exiled focus tree branch after capitulation, reach and complete the "Heir of Solomon" focus. what is the hardest achievement in hoi4 to get? In terms of requires the most skill, dont die for your country. Pretty much every other achievement can be done either by lucky rng or exploiting game mechanics, but in the current version of the game there is no way to exploit dont die for your country. The key to getting this achievement is Vichy(/Free) France. Do not join in the faction's wars so you can continue to trade with all countries and focus on spies. Annexed Mexico before taking any territory in Europe The Focuses "The Belorussian Army" and "The Ruthenian Army" can help you get a few of those divisions if your manpower is (to) low. As Mexico, put Trotsky in power and puppet the Soviet Union. Remove your divisions from Eritrea and/or Somaliland (keeping your ports for maximum efficiency) and lay mines with your starting navy until you reach 1000 mines. 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. If they do so - start justyfing, start war, win, annex. Unless the French AI has flipped to communism, they'll still have the disjointed government; launch naval invasions across the English Channel (take secure the Italian Alliance to have the French divert their forces), and rush Paris (Cavalry, Motorized, or Tank Divisions with Motorized are ideal choices); while fighting the French, also justify on the Netherlands and Belgium, and then conquer them (and Luxembourg if you got a war goal on them; if not, you can let the Germans take Luxembourg, as it's not that big of a help to them). Build warships and planes, use naval bombers to sink the British fleet once you have gained air superiority. Easy as China, they start with fairly good relations with all the majors, except Japan. Complete "Support Anti-Colonialist Resistance". After they have offered peace, accept it, and kick Communist China from your faction. The "DI" column is for difficulty as assessed by wiki editors. The Justification should be done around October, declare war and then do the focus: "Oppose Hitler". Switch to fascist as fast as possible, declare war on the Netherlands and puppet the east indies to use their manpower. Discord! You should be able to puppet Italy in the peace deal. As soon as possible, justify on Vichy France. You can stop building tranport planes once you get just over 50 of them and station them on one of the northern airfields. 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. on Paradox technology, Legal Can be done with the "This is going to be LIT" achievement. Another option is to manually justify on Poland in 1936. You should declare on Saudia-Arabia first, as their port is much easier to invade than Yemen. When the war starts focus in the south on securing Aden and in the north on conquering Northern Egypt (ports and Suez Canal). One possible route is this: Go to "Assemble the regency council" then "Fulfill the 5th of November Act". You will need some civilian factories and lots of cargo ships. As the U.S.A., drop a nuclear bomb on Paris. Only if Hungary picks 'invite the Habsburg Prince' there will be Austria-Hungary. Any sub-branch of the tree under 'A Change in Course' causes the Dominion to break ties with the United Kingdom and leave the Allies. Some capital ships might escape to Malta, East Africa or the Caribbean, use carriers with naval bombers on Port Strike to find and sink them. The earlier the war, the better your odds. Turn Communist, join Comintern and take Romania to have a border with Soviet Union, Build up Sudetenland to level 7 forts and don't give up Sudetenland, When Germany attacks hold on till Soviets arrive and beat them (if you are quick Italy will not join Axis), Take the best Germany provinces (by resources and IC), build up your forces and take Italy, Balkans and France (avoid fighting with Allies if possible), Build up your navy, attack the Allies and island hop to Australia, It is easier with historical AI turned off (Hungary can take Austria and/or ally with Italy, France may not join the Allies), Turn fascist, justify on Austria and Yugoslavia ASAP(don't choose any focus to get extra PP) - make sure both justifications finish at around the same time to avoid guarantees (playing on nonhistorical will reduce guarantee chances), During your justifications, take the focus 'Trust with the West' to get rid of the Romanian guarantee on you, pulling Romania in the war also, In peace deal, annex the states you need to form Austria-Hungary, You can then justify and annex Hungary to form AH, giving you cores(manpower + extra factories), You can then join Japan's faction and invade from their territory, Alternatively just join Axis, get military access from Japan (when they war on Allies) and naval invade from Japan (VERY easy), Join Axis, declare war, wait a few days for Netherlands to send more troops to the frontline, paradrop on victory points (don't call Germany), Join the war when Germany attacks Poland, paradrop into Northern Territory, take Canberra (don't call East Indies). Doing this achievement as one of these three countries also allows for it to be combined with True Blitzkrieg (and Operation Sea Lion if France joins Allies), Britzkrieg and Tour de France respectively since France must be conquered. As the U.S.A., Win against the Confederate States. Build an army to at least 500k manpower and take the "Align Hungary" and "Split Czechoslovakia" focuses. Tannu Tuva can easily reach this achievement due to their abysmally low core population of just 85k. In patch 1.6.0, German is very likely crush the Soviets without trouble in one or two years. Sweden should have put most of their divisions on your border, but only rarely do they put any in Stockholm. Continually take these decisions as soon as they are available to achieve 30 campaigns around five years after starting so make sure to start by 1939 just to be safe. Puppet USA is probably better choice if you are sharing war scores with other countries. One full army should be sufficient. Otherwise, you can justify on USSR after you are done with the Axis, but it is best to wait until they declare war on Iran so they cannot focus their entire forces on you. Must be unified Germany. The Baltic Sea Islands, Gotland and land, are not necessary. Wait for Germany to declare war on Poland. Alternatively you can also play a longer and larger game and just simply either ally or puppet all of the major nations and then get licenses from them. Can be achieved easily by rushing the fascist route in focus tree and joining the Axis. As of 1.9.0, the event gives a larger portion of units and equipment. Annex the African holdings in the peace deal, and puppet Portugal. As Manchukuo, have max level infrastructure in every owned state and generate at least 15 units of oil. With Together for Victory DLC enabled and Waking the Tiger DLC disabled: Note that it's possible for the achievement to fire off if you declare on a member of the Allies even if the Allies are already at war, provided that one joins the Axis before declaring (although note that doing so can cause problems if Bulgaria has been granted occupation of certain zones). From there just keep beating the Brits and building new ships and bombers (importing Oil for fuel if needed) until your fleet sinks the Hood and unlocks the achievement. With historical focuses on, Turkey will join the Allies in 1943. However, there is a small chance that Sweden gets guaranteed after you capitulate Norway. Unite the entire world under the British Empire. Continue working on boosting fascist support in Finland and keeping their stability below 70%, once facism is above 20% begin preparing a coup in the land Islands, this is crucial as they will remain undefeatable by mainland Finland, once the coup is complete (and it is important to do this before late 1939 / early 1940 to avoid the Soviet Union getting involved) begin using 'Diplomatic Pressure' and 'Improve Relations' on the fascist rebels, they will survive almost indefinitely and once world tension is around 55% you will be able to create a faction with them, alternatively you can now freely justify on Finland as now they are at war which prevents them from being guaranteed, just make sure you haven't already started the faction as that could cause them to join the Allies.

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