Make sure you have 5 free Civilian factories, and immediately use them to Form Agency on the top of the Intelligence Agency menu. Britain will join the war. Like with Russia, you need to justify against USA and declare before coup is finished. As a Warlord, have at least 1,000,000 manpower queued up for deployment. For the achievement "Nothing personal, Adolf" you need to wait till the 1st of January 1945. This puts you in the German faction, so you can safely keep Danzig if the German ask for it. While you can side with the Japanese first to take out China then backstab the Japanese, it's recommended to deal with Japan first, as they'll inevitably get the United States drawn in when they attack the Philippines. Once they take Moscow, ask them to give you control in that state. Delete the rest of your army and declare on Germany. As soon as the coup fires, you'll get the achievement (Nation Franaise doesn't even have to win the war). Watch the battle bubbles and manually move troops if you are close to losing. Your production line consists of 1 factory on anti-air, one on support equipment and the reset on infantry equipment. Go fascist and justify on Albania once you flip. After that pick "Towards the new Europe" branch. So you should have no problem pushing up from the Austrian territories (besides hitting the Czechoslovak forts at some point). Restart the game if they do as this will cause whoever you are at war with to immediately join the Allies. Then, position your army along the Canadian border, and make sure to train lots of 10w 1 unit cavalry brigades, since the US cannot man their entire border with their starting army and the cavalry can simply overrun their entire country with the US not being able to do much to stop it. Rush the fascist branch, especially the extra 7% recruitable population. Play on Historical AI to prevent the US from interfering with your conquests until mid-1944. You are now USSR puppet. Merge all your ships in one single fleet and place it in one of your ports near Denmark with the order, Start the war. With La Resistance DLC you can use an agent and assign him diplomatic pressure on majors, it will make getting the achievement even easier. It has a ton of really easy ones and a ton more of almost imposible (AKA tedious) to get such as The Three Mountains. Beware that to be able to create collab governments as Ethiopia you need to do the focus "A Federal Empire". 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. When in the allies, move your planes to the airfield on the British Isles and set them on mission to Northern France when the nuclear tech is ready and one nuke is available. Stay on your owned territory or the territory of your puppets. The key to getting this achievement is Vichy(/Free) France. "Kingdom of Poland" gives You personal union. You can do this as any nation, as long as you have camel units. You can beat the USSR on your own, stack defensive bonuses and hold the line until you have opportunities for a counter-attack. As of ~1.10, you can no longer justify on a country that has not accrued World Tension as a member of the Allies. Help the axis capitulate the allies and Comintern, and grab South Georgia (an island off the coast of Argentina) from the British, and Georgia (a Soviet state in the Caucasus region) from the USSR. Set your operatives on "Establish Spy Network" mission in Casablanca and the achievement will trigger once the network strength is over 50%. As Greece, fulfil the Megali Idea and then form Greater Greece. Declare war, remove all your forces from Guatemala and wait for it to capitulate. The Canadian divisions will likely be in Europe or Africa, so there should be nobody to stop you securing the airfield in British Columbia. For best results, complete the "Work with the bund" and "Recruit the Free Corps" national focuses. As the United Kingdom, put Edward VIII in power, ally Germany and fully control Paris. 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. Hungary starts with more aluminium than it will ever need: build a large air force to support your ground troops, You can let the German have the Sudetenland, they will leave you alone after that, Conquer Yugoslavia, then Romania and Greece: the oil fields will supply your army, while chromium can be used to build battleships and heavy tanks, Construct ships and naval bombers as soon as you have a coastal province, destroy buildings to make room for more dockyards if necessary, Find a good time to backstab Germany once they are at war with the USSR and join the Comintern. If Hungary refuses, win the war and puppet them. Won the Spanish Civil War Rush the monarchist focus tree, you need "Avenge Waterloo" focus. Start as Lithuania, throne Mindaugas III and go down the Livonia/Commonwealth branches. Germany should also agree to split Czechoslovakia giving Romania a Slovakian puppet. Then justify and declare war on Germany, and Puppet them in the Peace Conference. On historical, rush the fascist path and join the Axis. Do not take the focus "Reconcile Japan" since North Sakhalin is your core. (hold on until you can) Push back Italy, but don't accept the peace event neither do the focus "International Mediation". The required provinces only need to be occupied/controlled, not owned. Leave Allies justify war on UK (or if possible join Axis) and attack them from behind. Just don't do "Jah" or "The One Tru Heir of Solomon". Invest 50 PP, and the achievement should trigger. As long as Italy has not completed Pact of Steel, they will accept. The have supply hubs due north not on a city in and due east on the city of Irkutsk. Capitulate the USA, and depending on other achievement tasks, either puppet or annex, then finish off Mexico. Build ~10 submarines and when justification will end, declare war. Send this operative again, and wait for him/her to get captured for the second time. While the german civil war rages, keep an eye on Hungary. If it's Oppose Hitler: Justify a war goal as soon as you can on Austria. The "Ver" column indicates in which version a certain achievement was added. As the opposer of Stalin, you can get millitary access from those countries during civil war. The Xbox One version, version, iOS and Google Play versions still have achievements in addition to the in-game ones from the Old-gen console version and GameCenter and Google Play respectively, but these achievements are deprecated. A faction member controls the state Greater London Area (126), Is a subject of Portugal Then, give all Chinese territory to Portuguese China and the achievement will be yours. When communist Romania wins their civil war, justify and attack them, they will not be guaranteed by anyone, as they are communist and just fought a civil war. This will trigger the achievement_seducer_spy flag. If you go too far, they will overrun you. 3: Be at war with Italy and have a division in Latium, Abruzzo, or Tuscan. As a democratic nation, build a lot of planes, namely strategic bombers and fighters, and rush nuclear technology. This requires you either to push Italy into the seas or to keep holding until the AI has had enough and offers you peace. The reason you go down the "Empower of Ras" side is that it leads towards "A Federal Empire". With Mao as your leader, win the Chinese Civil War. Proceed to the focus Towards African Unity via Reclaiming Ethiopia and A Federal Empire. Basically, make sure they are always losing battles to you. Rember to click the demand recognition decision (which appears 24 hours after the revolt), otherwise, they won't join your faction. While waiting for this its advisable to head down to Agrarian Reform to pacify the peasants, after Karl Albrecht is king you can continue to "Support monarchism in Czechoslovakia" which gives you decisions to press your claim on them allowing you to annex them. Dropped a Nuclear Bomb on a core state of the US, Control all French states in Europe Begin to develop the east indies, focus on planes (specifically bombers) and submarines to destroy factories and shipping to damage the German economy so the USSR doesn't lose. Change 6 infantry to 6 bicycle battalions in the Hohei Shidan template. Done it first in DoD =D. As Romania, change sides in the war and capitulate a former ally. completely destroying divisions gives much more experience than grinding on a frontline. Wait out till 1945 for the achievement to fire. It is Peter II, not Prince Paul, that can get the Underage Monarch trait. 5: Control the Iranian Province of Hamadan (either by you or a faction member). By early 1939 you should stop building factories and instead start building forts, railways and where necessary supply hubs. The only one to watch for is Romania: if the Turkish Straits are closed, Germany will have no land or sea route to Romania and might puppet instead. If Germany invites you to the Axis you should accept for the opportunity to move your planes to their airfields. Also key to this is Ideological Loyalty. In your new exiled focus tree branch after capitulation, reach and complete the "Heir of Solomon" focus. This will cause a decision named "Join the Unions" to appear, which can only be taken once the Soviet Union is at 80% surrender progress and will make the US annex the Soviet Union. You may even get (temporarily) invited to The Allies. As soon as you turn Fascist, justify on Bulgaria immediately. If China falls you can alone keep Japan away at the border and look out for Siam because it can turn Fascist by Japanese Focus. Then start Decolonisation while you wait for the justification to finish, and install a communist government in Canada to make sure they will be friendly to you. Listen Very Carefully, I Shall Say This Have a French and British spy work together on the same Operation. Try finishing the focuses Superesercito, Superaereo, and Supermarina during this war as you will not get another chance until much later. Just rush the communist tree. Then simply invite the puppets into your faction. After France capitulates, puppet them with one province, and take everything else. 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. what is the rarest hoi4 achievement 194,501 Achievements Earned 10,134 Players Tracked 152 Total Achievements 7,298 Obtainable EXP 77 100% Club 30 Minutes of Hel As Poland in the Follow up with Dispose Mussolini focus. If you are really struggling and tension is low enough (below 25%) invade Ireland first. Check which political path Germany goes. Use your forces to mop up the Turkish forces trapped in the Bosphorus, then have them retreat back to the starting border. They can also be earned with Historical AI Focuses set to off. And give them any defensive bonuses you can give them. And start to prepare a collaboration government. Kurdistan cannot be released by three of the countries which hold its cores at the start of the game (all except France), meaning that these lands must be first acquired by playing a country that is not Iran, Iraq or Turkey in order to release Kurdistan (selecting "Play as") for the achievement. Again. The achievement requires taking the focus Crush the Dream which involves an alliance with the Soviet Union, and is unavailable if the US is already a puppet or not democratic, so DO NOT CAPITULATE THE US BEFORE THE FOCUS IS FINISHED or it will be bypassed, even if other alliance members are still fighting with the US. If not, just wait until the decisions are available again and try going down the focuses to get Mare Nostrum in the meantime. Finally set up a field marshall front line and offensive line with no divisions on it near Katowice for a planning bonus and select area defence with each general and select a province in Sweden. 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. At the start of the game, get both a fascist and communist demagogue and switch to fascism via civil war. And to activate scorched earth in all provinces/states you're going to lose to the Germans. Perhaps faster and more consistent, but also a more difficult method to get this achievement. If you wish to continue playing and get another achievement (Stalin, How Many Guns Does He Have), you can use the war goal you get from Time for War to declare war on the USSR and join Germany's attack. Call in the USSR to get naval supremacy in the Black Sea and naval invade the province. Thanks to extra PP, you can grow your presence in 2 states at once, and overtaking China should be possible in about a year or so. Once S-A and Yemen are no more, prepare for war with the Allies. As Turkey, subjugate both Greece & Bulgaria. Remember to defend your ports - basic District Brigade (3xINF) will do the job nicely. As of 1.9.0, the event gives a larger portion of units and equipment. When China is united again, secure the borders to India and Indochina while also setting up port guards. Declare both wars simultaneously, drawing Romania and Italy into a war with Germany. Switch your occupation law to Local Police Force. Another option is to manually justify on Poland in 1936. Another alternate solution is to play Italy and go for an early war with France. For tips and tricks on how to complete an achievement, see the achievements category. (30 Minutes of Hel and Dont Die for Your Country can only be completed in the 1939 start date.) Haile Selassie Is the current country leader. At the start of the game focus on building military factories in Valencia, since Catalonia has the "Autonomous State" modifier that reduces construction speed by 25%. Play as the United Kingdom, as they can release about 40 nations as puppets through their national focus tree. The US will automatically join, now all that is left is to drop a nuke. Now it is time to take the Triumph in Africa focus, once it completes go to the Balance of Power and take all the decisions which push the power to the left (red). Also you want to take the Foreign Affair branch until you reach Albanian Occupation to get Albania. As United Kingdom, release at least 14 colonies as puppets at the start of the game. When the communists win you can justify on them and they will not be guaranteed. The allies will leave you alone if you don't cause any world tension. Defense first, but when they aren't pushing you, push them out very conservatively. Establishing a spy network is available even in peacetime so the achievement is fairly simple. do nothing as Luxembourg). When the war starts focus in the south on securing Aden and in the north on conquering Northern Egypt (ports and Suez Canal). As Manchukuo, have max level infrastructure in every owned state and generate at least 15 units of oil. You can grab a couple of provinces in the northwest early, but don't be too aggressive. 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. has full control of Ile de France. Simply go down and complete a focus which puts Peter in charge, such as End the Regency. Read the tooltip for the achievement. Get Fascist, justify on Hungary, leave Allies/join Axis, wait for Anschluss, paradrop from German Austria to the three Hungarian cities. I Captured the Bosporus and All I Got Was This Lousy Achievement. Join Axis and move all your armies and navies to Germany. 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. Do not wait for a liberation to complete for one African country before starting the liberation process for the next country. This achievement can also be done along with True Blitzkrieg achievement. Otherwise, you might get overrun on the Arabian Peninsula. Wait for Allies to fight Italy in North Africa. When War Support reaches 35%, take Seize Cuba and Eliminate the Southern Threat for Cuba and Mexico. Achievement will pop after landing in Iceland. When it is possible take "March on Tallinn". What is the hardest hoi4 achievement? Can also be done as communist Yugoslavia. 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. Have one of your spies take a Suicide Pill. Do not join the war when Germany attacks the Soviet Union, and wait for them to capitulate (as of 1.10 the Soviets on historical will likely lose). Puppet Bulgaria and follow up with Terror and Fear to start the war with Turkey and Romania. On second capture, the operative gains le_clerc2. Declare on them and annex them as soon as possible, before they start war against you. An easy way is to build transport planes and research/train some paratroopers. After the peace conference, pass a few hours, then release the USSR in Onega and Olonets as an independent nation (not a puppet), justify a war goal and attack them. Stack up as many bonuses to research speed (especially industrial research speed) and work your way down the industrial branch. After you are secure the fastest way to gain autonomy points is to mass produce infantry weapons and convoys, then to Lend Lease them to the UK (it will give you more points if you have better tech than them so rush those next level weapons). Both will have low compliance and resistance strength in their African provinces. Alternatively, just nuke Siam once they join Japan's faction. A third way is to play as France, go down the Napoleonic Path, release as many of your puppets as possible (don't release Algeria or Vietnam - you can gain cores on the former, and the latter has much-needed rubber) conquer Belgium, the Netherlands and Britain (and satellite as much territory as possible from each - Belgium gives you 5 puppets from their African territory, the Netherlands gives you 3 - the Indies and both of their South American territories, and the UK gives you 40). Annex everything except for Romania, just take their lands except those 3 provinces that will be claimed by the USSR. Do not accept cooperation with Communist China until the Japanese are about to attack. As the control of Oberbayern is determined by the control of the Munich VP, you only need to occupy the city of Munich for achievement to fire. What is mean by assuming? With : Note: if you are going for the Pizza achievement, this is a good time to go after the USA, do it before the next step. Research all rocket, nuclear and jet technologies. Call only allies that are necessary! Wait till Tanzania break free (it will form from Tanganyika), then same should happen with Kenya (will be formed from other 4 required provinces). Once the civil wars are over, immediately take "the unification of the balkans" focus, from test runs this can consistently be done Jan-March 1939, annexing Greece, Yugoslavia and Romania. As Germany, capitulate the Soviet Union without taking Stalingrad. As Czechoslovakia, occupy Canberra while at war with the Allies. You should be able to take the focus "The people's republic of Bulgaria" by December 1936. As Japan, Nuke a core territory of the US before the US develops nuclear weapons. The faction does not need be the Axis, but it must be led by Germany. If you want to keep playing, you an try to grab as much of the east as possible as well as there is a follow-on decision to core the far east. Habsburgs gives you Czechoslovakia (don't pick the Habsburg faction as it takes you out of the German one), Hohenzollern gives Romania and Commonwealth provides wargoals on the Baltic States. When the justification has finished, declare war on them. Alternatively, you could do a collab on Vichy France. Just go democratic and wait for world tension to rise. So depending on whether you started the game with historical AI on or off, you may have to capitulate The Allies. Do not spend PP on Yugoslavia. Improve your relations with Germany. Defeat the USSR with the help of Germany. Therefore, the achievement is best done as Bulgaria with historical focuses active. 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). The United States is easier to defeat the earlier you can attack them - instead of instigating the Loyalist Uprisings in the dominions, declare war on them directly and puppet them in peace deals; do not directly declare on Canada, as you don't want to fight the United States at the same time; declare on one of the other 3 dominions and Canada will be called in. Making sure your armies exactly surround the small tile between Katowice and Krakow. I just managed to complete every single achievement in HOI4 apart from the ones added in the Change the Advisor to Democratic as soon as that focus is taken. Depending on the state of North Africa you will either have to navally invade Jerusalem to take it from the British, or if the Italians have taken it you can get military access from them, station troops in Jerusalem and declare war on a different Axis member to immediately gain control. With , This can be done by simply conquering Turkey and following the far left side of the tree and becoming fascist. Grind during the Sino-Japanese war as much as possible. Alternatively, Italy is a great choice. Repeat until the Turks have little manpower left in the field, then push forward and capitulate them. If Pakistan has white peace'd with India but hasn't gone to war with Bangladesh, declare war on them afterwards - they'll have significantly less troops (if Bangladesh has spawned, leave it and Pakistan alone until they white peace, and focus on taking out the US and France; after Bangladesh and Pakistan WP, Bangladesh will disband their entire army). It can trigger a civil war in Poland. As Australia, own all core territory of Hungary. You can build your military suprisingly powerful and with the help of the allies, when germany eventually declares war on you, you can invade them. These states can make the puppets Macedonia and Serbia. Cannot be done as Egypt (possibly because starting a game as the UK). joining a faction), while some are more difficult (e.g. Begin by creating and upgrading a spy agency five times to get a second agent and deleting your entire army, start turning fascist through a demagogue and then prepare for a civil war via decisions, continually use the 'Expand civil support' decision to lower stability below 50%, once below 50% stability ignite civil war and rush out one cavalry division to b-line for Stockholm, the enemy should have zero divisions and very little territory so this will be enough to capitulate them. As of patch 1.6, the United States might stay out of the war entirely if not attacked by Japan.