The list below is per expansion. If an achievement belongs to a DLC you do not own, it will not appear in your game at all — the base-game set is the only one everybody has.
## Six worth starting with None of these need a war plan or a perfect opening. They are the ones to clear while you learn where the buttons are. | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Friend in Need** | Join a faction. | Play as Sinkiang, right click on the Soviet Union, click "Ask to join Faction", and click "Send" on the pop-up. It's that simple. | | **Time is on our side** | Reach 1948. | Can be completed as any country, but play as Haiti on historical, for example, if you want to AFK. | | **We'll Build it in a Day** | Research Construction V. | Stack up as many bonuses to research speed (especially industrial research speed) as possible and rush your way down the industrial branch. Eventually, you will reach Construction V. | | **Canada First** | Join Axis as Canada. | As **Canada**. On historical mode, simply go down the focus path towards Join Germany. Note: The faction does not need be the Axis, but it must be led by Germany. | | **Transport Tycoon** | Have at least 1000 convoys. | As the United States or United Kingdom, set all of your nics to convoy production and stay out of any wars. | | **The bell tolls for us** | Win Spanish Civil War as Republican Spain. | As **Spain**. Even if the civil war hasn't ended, capitulating one of the other factions (Anarchists/Fascists/Carlists) in the civil war as the Republicans will trigger the achievement. | ## Every achievement, by expansion The **Where to start** column is the practical half: which country makes it easy, and the opening that gets you there. Where the wiki's editors gave no route, the requirement is the whole story. ### Base game | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Friend in Need** | Join a faction. | Play as Sinkiang, right click on the Soviet Union, click "Ask to join Faction", and click "Send" on the pop-up. It's that simple. | | **Time is on our side** | Reach 1948. | Can be completed as any country, but play as Haiti on historical, for example, if you want to AFK. | | **Canada First** | Join Axis as Canada. | As **Canada**. On historical mode, simply go down the focus path towards Join Germany. Note: The faction does not need be the Axis, but it must be led by Germany. | | **We'll Build it in a Day** | Research Construction V. | Stack up as many bonuses to research speed (especially industrial research speed) as possible and rush your way down the industrial branch. Eventually, you will reach Construction V. | | **Transport Tycoon** | Have at least 1000 convoys. | As the United States or United Kingdom, set all of your nics to convoy production and stay out of any wars. | | **Destroyer of Worlds** | Deploy a nuke. | This achievement is ideally tackled as a nation that can receive more than just the standard nuclear research bonus in the generic focus tree. Germany is an ideal choice if one goes Democratic, given that on top of a bonus to nuclear weapons, it can get an ahead of time bonus on nukes. | | **Wunderwaffen** | Has completed the Special Projects Nuclear Fission Bomb, Rocket Interceptor and Jet Engines. | Follow the strategy for Poland Can Into Space achievement and simply research additional technologies. | | **United Netherlands** | Conquer Belgium and Luxembourg as Netherlands. | As **Netherlands**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **Vive la France** | Reach 1948 as France without capitulating or surrendering. | As **France**. Flip to fascism through an advisor or national foci, and join the Axis. Do not join any wars. | | **Master of War** | Fully research a land, air and naval doctrine tree. | — | | **Mine is bigger than yours** | Lead a faction with at least 20 members. | Just play as the United Kingdom and go down the Revisit Colonial Policy branch to release all occupied land as puppets. | | **No country for old men** | Reach 0 manpower with Scraping the Barrel as Conscription Law. | On historical mode, start as Luxembourg and do absolutely nothing. Save up 750+ political power. | | **Poland Can Into Space** | Has completed the Special Project Rocket Interceptor. | As **Poland**. Concede territory to avoid wars and just research. Even when you get overrun and conquered by Germany and/or the Soviet Union, you will continue the game as a government-in-exile hosted by the United Kingdom and remain eligible for the achievement. | | **True Blitzkrieg** | As Germany have both Poland and France surrender before January 1st 1940. | As **Germany**. Both nations need to be either capitulated or annexed. Neither of them can be a puppet. | | **Northern Light** | As a Scandinavian country form your own faction, and have Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland in it. | As **Denmark**. * 22px Is a faction leader * 22px In faction with: ** Norway ** Denmark ** Sweden ** Finland | | **Nobody expects...** | As Nationalist Spain in Axis manage to take Paris before the Germans. | As **Spain**. Go down the Unify the Nationalist Front path, win the civil war, and head for Join the Axis. Join the war once Germany attacks the Benelux and gain enough war score for Germany to give you control of state 16. | | **The bell tolls for us** | Win Spanish Civil War as Republican Spain. | As **Spain**. Even if the civil war hasn't ended, capitulating one of the other factions (Anarchists/Fascists/Carlists) in the civil war as the Republicans will trigger the achievement. | | **The Revolution Triumphant** | Have Germany as a puppet of Soviet. | As **Soviet Union**. Follow the historical route, or immediately declare war on Poland and then Germany. | | **Once More Mate** | Occupy Gallipoli as Australia. | As **Australia**. You need to move your fleet into the Black Sea before Turkey remilitarises the Bosphorus Strait. You can increase its range by basing it in Cyprus. | | **Forge of Victory** | Have 50 factories as Belgium. | As **Belgium**. nics count toward total factories. Simply go Fascist and conquer Netherlands and Luxembourg. | | **Sunset Invasion** | Occupy a coastal province in Europe as Mexico, and if in a faction have it contain only South American members or puppets. | As **Mexico**. You only need to occupy the state. Turn fascist and justify on Denmark. | | **Duce Nuked'em** | Nuke Los Angeles as fascist Italy. | As **Italy**. After securing the Mediterranean, it can easily be done with a small 1944 strategic bomber fleet (without any escort) by taking control of states 118, 698, 696. | | **Operation Sea Lion** | Control British mainland as Germany. | As **Germany**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **One Empire** | Unite the entire world under the British Empire. | As **United Kingdom**. This is achievement requires a lot of grinding. Go Fascist and keep the empire from falling apart. | | **Party like it's 1520** | Occupy Stockholm as communist Denmark. | As **Denmark**. — | | **Med plutonium...** | Nuke Denmark as Sweden. | As **Sweden**. The nuked state must be both owned by and a core of Denmark. With Arms Against Tyranny, Denmark becomes a puppet of Germany instead of capitulating. | | **The Revenge of Montezuma** | Restore the old borders with the USA as Mexico. | As **Mexico**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **Big Entente** | As France, complete the "Little Entente" National Focus, and have all German cores owned by you or someone in your faction. | As **France**. — | | **New World Order** | Make all nations fascist. | — | | **Bearer of Artillery** | Gain Vojtek as commander | As **Poland**. — | ### Together for Victory | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Braaaaains!** | As Canada, complete the Send in the Zombies focus. | As **Canada**. Play historical and rush down economic focuses. When Germany declares war on Poland, join the war and rush down to Send in the Zombies. | | **District 9** | As South Africa, have 9 civilian factories in Transvaal. | As **South Africa**. Convert military factories into civilian factories in Transvaal. Follow the Focus tree for free civilian factories. | | **Our Words Are Backed With Nuclear Weapons** | As India, develop and deploy a nuke. You must have the Quit India Movement national spirit. | As **British Raj**. With Graveyard of Empires disabled, head for Quit India Movement and develop, build and deploy a nuclear bomb (remember to get some strategic bombers and fighters for air superiority). Potential targets include Romania once Turkey joins the Allies or Siam once they join Japan. | | **Crusader Kings** | As South Africa, finish the A King for our People focus and take Jerusalem. | As **South Africa**. — | | **Crusader Kings 2** | As South Africa, finish the Anti-Colonialist Crusade focus, release all European colonies via the focus, and take London. | As **South Africa**. The countries need to be released via event, not manually through the occupied territories screen. | | **Rule Britannia** | As any British Subject state, conquer all of Britain. | As **Australia**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **Cut The Strings** | Break free from your overlord as a puppet. | As **puppet Is a puppet of another country**. As Manchukuo, rush down the Assertiveness path towards Independence War. | | **It's 1812 All Over Again** | As Canada, take and hold Washington D.C. | As **Canada**. Pick Patriation and Swastika Clubs as your first focuses. Go for Support a Synarchist Baja when you switch, get Mexico in your faction and attack the United States on the East Coast. | | **The weapons of the Third Emu War** | As Australia, use a nuclear bomb on core Australian territory. | As **Australia**. Invent and build fighters, strategic bombers and nukes. Wait for Japan and let them conquer one state, which you should nuke. | | **I Am the Tong Master** | As South Africa, break free from the UK and puppet another nation. | As **South Africa**. Release Namibia as your puppet when the game starts. | | **The Empire Strikes Back** | As Britain, declare war on one of your former subjects. | As **United Kingdom**. Go for any sub-branch of the tree under A Change in Course branch. The Dominions will break ties with you. | | **The Puppetmaster** | Have at least 51 subjects. | Play as Communist United Kingdom and declare war on France. Puppet as many of their colonies as possible. | | **Freegypt** | As Egypt, go from puppet to a free nation using the autonomy system. | Start as the United Kingdom and build up Egypt as much as possible. Once completely full of military factories, release Egypt as a puppet (check "Play as" when the checkbox appears). | ### Death or Dishonor | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Miklos Horthy and the Habsburg Prince** | As Hungary, Restore Austria-Hungary. | As **Kingdom of Hungary**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **Better than the Szent István** | As Hungary, have Miklos Horthy as a Naval commander and build a battleship. | As **Kingdom of Hungary**. With Götterdämmerung, you must complete the wuw_HUN_end_the_regency to get Horthy as an advisor. Otherwise, you must complete HUN_invite_the_habsburg_prince. | | **Death or Dishonor or Cake** | As Romania, own a slice of all your starting neighbors. | As **Romania**. — | | **Neither Death nor Dishonor** | As Romania, make it to 1942 with all the states you started it with and control either Moscow or Berlin. | As **Romania**. — | | **The Munich Disagreement** | As Czechoslovakia, occupy Munich while at war with Germany. | As **Czechoslovakia**. — | | **Czechmate** | As Czechoslovakia, occupy Canberra while at war with the Allies. | As **Czechoslovakia**. — | | **Huge-oslavia** | As Yugoslavia, occupy all your neighbouring countries (Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy and Greece). | As **Yugoslavia**. The achievement only requires control of the state, so it can be gained while at war. | | **The Balkan Powder Keg** | As Yugoslavia, start the Second World War (i.e. be part of either the Axis or the Allies and at war with the other faction in a war you started). | As **Yugoslavia**. Choose fascist demagogue as your first Political Power spending, turn fascist (skip civil war option), complete Invite German Military Mission and join the Axis. Justify and declare war on the United Kingdom. | | **En Svensk Tiger** | As Sweden, acquire a production license for a Tiger or Tiger II tank from Germany. | As **Sweden**. Choose the fascist demagogue as your first advisor and turn fascist. Avoid civil war if possible. | | **Lethal Straight** | Have a production license from at least 5 of the 7 major powers. | It is recommended to play as a non-aligned nation to avoid the diplomatic penalty from different ideology which may block the “Request License Production” option. Improve relations with five of the seven major powers then license the basic infantry weapons. | ### Waking the Tiger | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Awake and Angry** | As China, reconquer all of China and Manchuria and force a Japanese surrender. | As **China**. Note: You do not need to conquer states 728, 729, 326 for this achievement. Therefore, this can be achieved without ever going to war against the Allies. | | **Romance of the Three Kingdoms** | As China, puppet and then annex Yunnan and Guangxi Clique. | As **China**. Play on non-historical and ensure Japan goes for Support the Kodoha Faction. Take Subjugate the Warlords. | | **Sun Tzu Reborn** | As Any Chinese Nation, have a level 9 field marshal. | As **China**. Any army leader: ** Is a field Marshal ** Skill Level more than 8 | | **The People Have Stood Up!** | With Mao as your leader, win the Chinese Civil War. | As **Chinese Soviet Republic**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **Made in China** | As Communist China, have over 100 military factories. | As **Chinese Soviet Republic**. Simply follow the guide for The People Have Stood Up! and build a lot of military factories in your territory. | | **Tojo Shot First** | As Japan, Nuke a core territory of the US before the US develops nuclear weapons. | As **Japan**. Follow the strategy for Sunrise Invasion. When you have nukes, release the United States and go to war with them. | | **Sunrise Invasion** | As Japan, conquer Mexico then Europe before 1945. | As **Japan**. — | | **The Dragon Swallowed the Sun** | As Manchukuo, Break free from Japan and annex your former Overlord without being in a faction. | As **Manchukuo**. Note: To get the achievement_the_dragon_swallowed_the_sun country flag, you must annex Japan without being in a faction. The "not in a faction" check is done when Japan gets annexed, so theoretically you are free to join factions during the game if you want to, as long as you leave before you annex Japan. | | **Hail to the Qing** | As Manchukuo, restore the Qing dynasty. | As **Manchukuo**. — | | **The Good, the Bad and the Weird** | As Manchukuo, have max level infrastructure in every owned state and generate at least 15 units of oil. | As **Manchukuo**. 2\|\|5px}} oil At least 16 Oil | | **Battlecry** | As a warlord, conquer all of China and Japan. | As **Guangxi Clique**. 22px Owns all core states of China, Manchukuo and Japan except states 728, 729, 326. | | **Panda-monium** | As a warlord, be at war with all Chinese nations simultaneously. | As **Guangxi Clique**. cb At war with: ** Guangxi Clique ** Yunnan ** Shanxi ** Xibei San Ma ** Sinkiang ** China ** Chinese Soviet Republic | | **Make a Man Out Of You** | As a Warlord, have at least 1,000,000 manpower queued up for deployment. | As **Guangxi Clique**. manpower Has at least 1,000,000 manpower in deployment queue | | **Monarchy is Back in Fashion** | As Germany, Bring back the Kaiser and ensure that Italy is controlled by Victor Emmanuel by killing Mussolini. | As **Germany**. (This guide requires GTD disabled.) Follow the Return of the Kaiser and the Focus on the True Enemy path in the Oppose Hitler branch until you get to the Assassinate Mussolini B focus (AI will always agree to assassinate Mussolini). Wilhelm II must be your leader and he must not die before the focus is complete. | | **Our Other Place in the Sun** | As Imperial Germany, conquer a Caribbean island. | As **Germany**. Requires Germany to follow the Return of the Kaiser branch. Taking Curacao from the Netherlands will not earn the achievement, as it is counted as part of South America. | | **Australia-Hungary** | As Australia, own all core territory of Hungary. | As **Australia**. Note: Only Easy before patch 1.12! | | **My Ships Don't Lie** | As Colombia, form Gran Colombia and have 10 Carriers and 10 Battleships. | As **Colombia**. Requires the Restore the Bolívar Union decision. | | **I Swear I'm Not a Byzantophile** | As Greece, Form Byzantine Empire. | As **Greece**. Easiest to follow the Byzantine path in the Greek focus tree introduced in Battle for the Bosporus, see Istanbul is Constantinople. Again. | ### Man the Guns | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Team America** | As the U.S.A., drop a nuclear bomb on Paris. | As **United States**. As a democratic nation, build a lot of planes, namely strategic bombers and fighters, and rush nuclear technology. Germany will control Paris. | | **History Repeated Itself** | As the U.S.A., Win against the Confederate States. Again. | As **United States**. Completing either Full desegregation or Union representation Act will trigger a civil war with the Confederacy. To help the United States win the war, complete the WPA branch and Guarantee the American Dream beforehand. | | **Georgia On My Mind** | As the U.S.A., own and fully control all three Georgias. | As **United States**. Collaborating with the Axis is the simplest route to achieving this. Help the Axis capitulate the Allies and the Comintern, and grab United Kingdom state 720 and Soviet Union state 231. | | **To Arms in Dixie!** | As the U.S.A., start a new civil war as the South. | As **United States**. Complete America First and hire the fascist advisor. When ready and possible, complete Ally With the Silver Shirts to trigger the event chain leading to the civil war. | | **Arsenal of Democracy** | As the U.S.A., have more than 300 military factories. | As **United States**. The easiest way to earn this achievement is to simply play on historical as the United States and build as many mics as possible. The Arsenal of Democracy branch of the focus tree gives mics for free, so make sure you complete it, along with the WPA branch to boost your industry. | | **Underpaid, Undersexed, and Under Eisenhower** | As the U.S.A., assume faction leadership of the Allies, and have over 50 expeditionary divisions from the United Kingdom. | As **United States**. Simply play historical and join the Allies. You need 50% more factories and fielded manpower than the United Kingdom, which shouldn't be a problem after a few years of buildup. | | **Last for a Thousand Years** | As the United Kingdom, accomplish the federation of the entire British Empire. | As **United Kingdom**. Can be done as any ideology. Make sure to improve relations and save up a few hundred political power before starting Hold the Imperial Conference. | | **Britzkrieg** | As the United Kingdom, put Edward VIII in power, ally Germany and fully control Paris. | As **United Kingdom**. Follow the focus tree to Alliance with Germany. Justify against France and launch a naval invasion of Normandy. | | **Nothing Wrong with our Bloody Ships** | As the United Kingdom, have at least 9 battlecruisers. | As **United Kingdom**. Battlecruisers are built with "Heavy Ship Hulls" and "Battlecruiser armor". Make the cheapest battlecruisers you can and build 6 at the same time (United Kingdom start with 3) with all your dockyards assigned, build more dockyards to speed up construction. | | **William Wallis** | As the United Kingdom, put Edward VIII in power, enforce an American monarchy, and have both it and Scotland as subjects. | As **United Kingdom**. — | | **Crush the Dream** | As a Communist United Kingdom, crush the American Dream by puppeting the U.S.A. | As **United Kingdom**. — | | **Treading the Narrow Path** | As the Netherlands, do not cave to the Germans, continue the Zuiderzee works, and do not lose control of any of your continental European states until 1945. | As **Netherlands**. Note: Losing control of a state means losing control of a majority of its victory points. It is possible to lose a few provinces without invalidating the achievement. | | **Putting the Raid on the Medway to Shame** | As the Netherlands, ensure the United Kingdom has no capital ships (carriers, battleships, battlecruisers, or heavy cruisers). | As **Netherlands**. Probably easier to fully annex the UK instead of trying to hunt down every single capital ship, as this will also count for the achievement to unlock. | | **Bevrijding** | As the Netherlands, liberate the continental Netherlands after relocating the government to the East Indies. | As **Netherlands**. Simply play as Netherlands on Historical, and go down the Continue the War in Batavia branch. There is no point in trying to defend your European lands (as Continue the War in Batavia requires you to have capitulated), so build up your Asian possessions. | | **Mi Casa es tu Casa** | As Mexico, host a government-in-exile. | As **Mexico**. To host a government in exile you need to be the leader of a faction which has the rule "allows hosting exiled governments". This is set by default on only a small handful of base factions, and the easiest ways to get this achievement (one of which is outlined in the next paragraph) require No Compromise, No Surrender to be enabled. | | **The New Home of the Revolution** | As Mexico, put Trotsky in power and puppet the Soviet Union | As **Mexico**. Choose to invite Trotsky in the "Trotsky seeks refuge" event. Follow the rightmost side of the focus tree to become communist and put Trotsky in charge. | | **Assuming Direct Control** | Starting as a minor power, assume faction leadership of the Allies, the Axis, or the Comintern. | As **United States**. Play as Romania and go down the Balkan Dominance branch. Increase your power as much as possible, by focusing on army, industry and by taking out Kingdom of Hungary and Bulgaria. | | **Vive la Jeune Ecole** | As France, have at least 150 Destroyers and research the maximum torpedo launcher technology, before 1945. | As **France**. Turn fascist by going down the National Regeneration path. Join the Axis but not any war, and rush research towards Modern Ship Torpedo Launcher. | | **30 Minutes of Hel** | As Poland in the 1939 “Blitzkrieg” scenario start, inflict over 1,800,000 casualties to Germany to beat the 2018 PDXCON HOI4 challenge. Extra bragging rights if you do it in 30 minutes or less! | As **Poland**. — | | **Pride and Extreme Prejudice** | Sink the British Pride of the Fleet. | As **United Kingdom**. It can be done quickly as Japan. The Japanese fleet is immediately capable of sinking not just the HMS Hood, but the entire Royal Navy if played properly. | | **Do You Mined?** | Lay at least 1,000 mines on the coastline of an enemy nation. | As Italy, remove your divisions from state 550 or state 559(keeping your ports for maximum efficiency). Lay mines on the Ethiopian shore with your starting navy until you reach 1000 mines. | ### La Résistance | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **BFFs** | As Portugal, join the same faction as Great Britain. | As **Portugal**. Just go democratic and wait for world tension to rise. If La Résistance is enabled, you can rush towards Join the Allies as well. | | **Go Ahead, Macau My Day** | As Portugal, create a collaboration government in Macau and have it own all Chinese states. | As **Portugal**. Note: This achievement requires states 326, 728 to be taken in a peace deal. | | **Play It, Sam** | Have a spy network of at least 50% strength in Casablanca. | At game start, establish an agency and set your operatives on "Establish Spy Network" mission in state 461. The achievement will trigger once the network strength is over 50%. | | **Spies Trade** | As India, become the spymaster for the Allies. | As **British Raj**. Increase your autonomy towards dominion. Meanwhile, create an intelligence agency and upgrade it three times with any upgrade. | | **Why Die For Danzig?** | As Germany, turn France fascist and occupy Danzig without going to war with France. | As **Germany**. Boost fascism in France from the start of the game, then complete Danzig for Slovakia to gain control of state 85 without going to war with France. If France hasn't flipped by the time you get state 85, start a fascist coup in France. | | **I SEE EVERYTHING** | Get over 90% intel in each category on a major without using code cracking. | In order for the achievement to fire, the decryption must not be complete or cracked, but if the player selects it and waits the 30 days, the achievement will fire. | | **Shaken, Not Stirred** | Successfully stage a coup in any nation using a spy with the Seducer trait. | Start as any non-aligned country and get a spy with the seducer trait. Dutch East Indies is the easiest target as they have a high non-aligned popularity at the start and won't be building a spy agency until later. | | **Listen Very Carefully, I Shall Say This...** | Have a French and British spy work together on the same Operation. | Check happens upon operation completion. At least 1 participating operative requires France, and at least 1 participating operative requires UK nationality. | | **Man of a Thousand Faces, Every One the Same** | Have the same spy get captured twice. | The Soviet Union has the highest chance of capturing operatives, so expand your operative slots and send them all to the Soviet Union. After an operative gets captured, rescue them and send them to the Soviet Union again. | | **Turing Complete!** | Fully decrypt all nations in the Axis. | As **United Kingdom**. At the start of the game create your spy agency and unlock all cryptology tech, you only need to decrypt Germany as they are the only member of the Axis. | | **One King, Two Crowns** | As Bourbon Spain, hold all Spanish and French core states. | As **Spain**. — | | **We Will Rock You** | As Spain, own Gibraltar. | As **Spain**. Turn historical AI off, since the United Kingdom may take the Revisit Colonial Policy branch of its focus tree containing the focus Withdraw from Contested Territories which will give state 118 to Spain for free along with it becoming a core state. If this occurs during the civil war, state 118 may not be given to the player's Spain but will be transferred once the civil war is won. | | **Well, I Didn’t Vote for You** | Win the Spanish Civil War as the Anarchists. | As **Spain**. Anarchist Spain is created from either Masters of Our Own Fate focus or the Government Crackdown event. At the start of the game focus on building military factories in Valencia. | | **Our Chief Weapon is Surprise...** | As Spain, have at least 5 spies and stage 5 coups against other nations. | As **Spain**. Join a major faction with a large number of members to be able to get enough spy slots. Do not join in the faction's wars so you can continue to trade with all countries and focus on spies to build up spy networks faster and stage coups more often. | | **Die, Perfidious Albion!** | As Fascist France or Vichy France, occupy all of Great Britain. | As **France**. Rush the fascist focuses. Upon taking Utilize the Leagues, you will have access to decisions of boosting fascist and non-aligned popularity. | | **Second Time’s the Charm** | As France, occupy Moscow while Napoleon VI is your country leader. | As **France**. Rush towards Proclaim the Third Empire focus to get Napoléon VI. Wait until Germany declares war on Poland and then declare war on the United Kingdom. | | **Don’t Die for Your Country** | As Germany in a 1939 start, occupy all of Poland and France without taking more than 475 casualties. | As **Germany**. Note: Paradropping troops sets country flag "has_paradropped_flag" which prevents this achievement. | | **Warszawo, Walcz!** | Stage the Warsaw uprising and succeed. | Start the game as the Soviet Union, justify and declare war on Poland and call Tannu Tuva into the war. After capitulating Poland, give them all Polish states. | | **Tour de France** | Occupy all of mainland France while having at least 20 fully equipped Bicycle regiments. | As **France**. Note: Mainland France includes state 1. | | **You Will Never Kill Me Alive** | Have one of your spies take a Suicide Pill. | Build an intelligence agency and make sure to get the Suicide Pills upgrade. Keep sending your operatives on missions, or just have them perform various activities like 'Build Intel Network' in other countries (preferably the Soviet Union). | ### Battle for the Bosporus | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Finnish Him!** | As Finland, defeat the Soviet Union without joining a faction. | As **Finland**. — | | **I Captured the Bosporus and All I Got Was This Lousy Achievement** | As Greece or Bulgaria, own both sides of the Bosporus. As Turkey, subjugate both Greece & Bulgaria. | As **Bulgaria**. — | | **Istanbul is Constantinople. Again.** | As Greece, capture Istanbul and rename it to Constantinople. | As **Greece**. — | | **Peter’s Pride** | As Peter II of Yugoslavia, overthrow your uncle and become King. | As **Yugoslavia**. Simply go down and complete a focus which puts Peter in charge, such as End the Regency. With historical AI, you won't be attacked before you can take the focus. | | **This is Madness!** | As Greece, fulfil the Megali Idea and then form Greater Greece. | As **Greece**. The Megali Idea involves you, UK, and France agreeing to attack and split up Turkey so you are guaranteed the land required in the peace deal. Do note that the UK and France can individually bail on the war when you complete the focus to attack Turkey even if they agreed at the convention, but it is still easy to beat Turkey with just one of them and is possible to beat them by yourself. | | **Nobody’s Business but the Turks** | Restore the Ottoman Sultanate. | As **Turkey**. You just have to win a small civil war to get to the focus. | | **House of Kurds** | As Kurdistan, hold all of your cores. | 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **Hellenic Civility** | Win the Greek Civil War before 1937. | As **Greece**. Before the civil war fires delete all land units and make a single cavalry division in training. Deploy it in Athens after the war starts and take all victory points to quickly end the civil war. | | **Hoofin’ It** | Unite Arabia with thirty camelry divisions. | You can do this as any nation, as long as you have camel units. Easiest as the United Kingdom since it already controls all the territory needed, except Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen. | | **We’re Putting the Band Back Together** | As Turkey, be in a faction with Germany and Austria-Hungary. | As **Turkey**. — | | **Dracula’s Revenge** | As Yugoslavia, establish the autonomous region of Transylvania and have it own all Romanian cores. | As **Yugoslavia**. Before 1.12 / By Blood Alone: Go down the communist focus tree towards Pan-Balkan Initiative and instigate an uprising in Romania. When the communists win the civil war, justify on them and declare war (they will not be guaranteed by anyone). | | **Prussia of the Balkans** | As Bulgaria capitulate Turkey while also controlling the rest of the Balkans, including Greece. | As **Bulgaria**. You only need to occupy the states, not own them. Switch to communist and get as many Balkan countries as possible in your faction. | | **Balkan Problem Solved** | As Communist Bulgaria, form the United Balkan Federation and own all Balkan states as cores. | As **Bulgaria**. Note: You don't need to own all core states of Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Albania, but you do need to control all core states of Bulgaria. Ensure you also control state 164. | | **Bad Romeance** | Restore Byzantium and have Italy, Romania, and Russia as subjects. | As **Greece**. — | | **Totally Not Cool, Bromania** | As Romania, change sides in the war and capitulate a former ally. | As **Romania**. Take the focus Revise the Constitution then take Balkans Dominance. Build an army to at least 500k manpower and take the Align Hungary and Split Czechoslovakia focuses. | | **Freedom or Death** | As Greece, liberate Albania while being at war with Italy. | As **Greece**. Go fascist and justify on Albania once you flip. Since Italy is guaranteeing Albania they will join Albania once you declare war on them. | | **Now This is Getting Childish** | As Yugoslavia or Bulgaria, be at war while both countries are ruled by a child. | As **Bulgaria**. The Regency Council is formed through Form a Regency Council focus. Go for Plot Against Boris focus and pick the decisions to kill him, then choose a pro-Axis regent and join the Axis. | | **Hardly Anything Sèvres** | As the Ottoman Empire, hold the capitals of France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan. | As **Turkey**. — | | **One Nation Under Atatürk, Indivisible** | As non-aligned Turkey, have zero negative state modifiers. | As **Turkey**. Go the Kemalist route through the Continue the Policy of Etatism and Peace at Home focuses. Take the Silent Workhorse advisor and use the Secularism decision whenever available to block the expansion of your Islamist rivals. | | **Master Puppeteer** | As Bulgaria, complete the focus The Fate of the Balkans while having 5 or more Balkan puppets. | As **Bulgaria**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | ### No Step Back | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **At least they run on time!** | As fascist Italy, have max level railways in all your core states | As **Italy**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **Not much fun in Stalingrad** | As Germany, capitulate the Soviet Union without taking Stalingrad. | As **Germany**. It is recommended to use spies to create a Collaboration Government La Résistance and lower the stability of the Soviet Union to decrease their surrender threshold. Most easily done with historical focuses on, immediately justifying on Poland then once the war concludes justifying on the Soviets. | | **No more Partitions** | As Poland, be independent and ensure that both Germany and the USSR are either in your faction or don’t exist. | As **Poland**. — | | **Habsburgs. Habsburgs everywhere** | As Poland, install a Habsburg monarch and be in a faction with another Habsburg monarch. | As **Poland**. Karl Albrecht I can be elected king after choosing Assemble the Regency Council and then Fulfil the 5th of November Act. The Soldier King, The King's Guard and Press the Habsburg Claim will put Otto von Habsburg on the Hungarian throne, and completing A Habsburg Alliance will create the Habsburg faction. | | **The Pope? How many Divisions does he have?** | As the USSR take Rome. | As **Soviet Union**. Can be done relatively easily by defeating the Axis together with the Allies and simply taking state 2 in the peace deal. | | **This is going to be LIT** | As Lithuania, hold the capitals of all of your neighbours. | As **Lithuania**. 2\|\|5px}} | | **It has my name on it** | As any Baltic State, conquer the entire shoreline of the Baltic Sea. | As **Estonia**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **This Achievement is Cheesy** | As Latvia, form Ostland and occupy Vasterbotten. | As **Latvia**. Note: The achievements description is misleading because it suggests state 918 when in fact it requires state 666. | | **Esti is Scandi** | As Estonia Secure Scandinavia. | As **Estonia**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **Not a step back!** | As the Soviet Union never lose 1 core territory to anyone before 1945. | As **Soviet Union**. Note: Do not take the focus Reconcile Japan since North Sakhalin is your core! Turn off historical German focuses, leaving everything else on historical. | | **One Step Forward** | As Soviet Union declare a war on Poland and Germany before Germany attacks Poland. | As **Soviet Union**. Set up a frontline along the Polish border. Justify on Poland, then declare war. | | **The Soviet Onion** | As the Soviet Union, have only puppets as neighbors. | As **Soviet Union**. — | | **Crusader Kings III** | As Poland, crown a King (or Queen) and capture Jerusalem. | As **Poland**. Elect the Fascist king, join the Axis, and help them in the Africa campaign. As you only need to control Jerusalem, simply gain enough war score and ask for the control of Palestine. | | **The Romanovs laugh last** | Restore the Romanovs to the throne and conquer Germany, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, and Bulgaria. | As **Soviet Union**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **We don't really like statistics** | As the Soviet Union under Stalin, conquer Germany while suffering less than 1 million casualties total. | As **Soviet Union**. Germany must capitulate to you. If it capitulates to another faction and you don't see the popup, you won't get the achievement. | | **Race for Germany** | As the Soviet union, capitulate Germany after the fall of France before the Allies control one German core state. | As **Soviet Union**. When Germany capitulates, all their core states have to fall under your control. France must be in the Allies and have capitulated. | | **Siberian Tiger** | As Tannu Tuva, form Siberia. | As **Tannu Tuva**. — | | **Just proper gander** | As the Soviet Union, activate 30 propaganda campaigns before 1945. | As **Soviet Union**. Complete "The Path of Marxism Leninism", "Addressing Internal Affairs", "Expand the Agitprop", "The Komsomol" and then either "Positive Heroism" or "Collectivist Propaganda" to unlock the Agitprop decisions and expand to three slots. 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. | | **Around Eurasia in 80 days** | Make a railroad from Gibraltar to Singapore. | For railways to connect, the provinces must be owned by members of the same faction. There are multiple possible routes to choose from. | | **Poland Peasant Revolution** | As Poland, have the Peasant’s Strike overthrow the government. | As **Poland**. Simply take the focus Organize the Peasant's Strike and then take the decisions to claim provinces as well as the option to expand the strike to the factories. Having even a few provinces let’s you win the civil war easily. | ### By Blood Alone | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **…and you get a canton, everybody gets a canton!** | As Switzerland, have 24 states | As **Switzerland**. — | | **I’m not locked in here with you…** | As Switzerland, declare war on Germany and win. | As **Switzerland**. After the Anschluss, you can justify a quick war goal on Germany using the claim on Vorarlberg. Doing this once the Allies have made a successful landing or two, you can fall back to a defensive line and simply wait. | | **Swiss Cheese** | As Switzerland annex 5 states that are not contiguous with each other or Switzerland. | As **Switzerland**. On historical, rush the Fascist path and join the Axis. As soon as possible, justify and declare war on Vichy France. | | **You Shall Not Pass** | As Switzerland win a defensive war without ever losing Western Swiss Alps, Eastern Swiss Alps or Ticino | As **Switzerland**. — | | **The Lion that Roared** | As Ethiopia, without being in a faction, force the Italians to make peace. Again. | As **Ethiopia**. This achievement requires you either to push Italy into the seas or to keep holding until the AI has had enough and offers you peace. Finally, you can also end the war by doing the focus Fait Accompli. | | **The Lion King** | As Haile Selassie, declare yourself “King of Kings” and control Kenya and Tanzania. | As **Ethiopia**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **This time for Africa** | As Ethiopia, found the African Union and have it encompass at least 13 different countries with capitals in Africa. | As **Ethiopia**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **Crusader Kings IV** | Take Jerusalem as Ethiopia and move the capital there | As **Ethiopia**. — | | **The Red Sea** | As Ethiopia, go communist and take all the states that border the Red Sea | As **Ethiopia**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **Stalin, how many guns does he have?** | As the pope, capitulate the USSR | As **Italy**. Continue on after completing Holy, Roman, and an Empire, because after forming the Roman Empire you will have more than enough resources and a big enough navy (take both France and the UK's in the peace deal) that no one should be able to stop you. | | **Holy, Roman, and an Empire** | As the Pope, restore Rome. | As **Italy**. — | | **Pizza Time!** | As Italy, occupy New York, Chicago and Hawaii | As **Italy**. Continue on after completing Holy, Roman, and an Empire, because after forming the Roman Empire you will have more than enough resources and a big enough navy (take both France and the UK's in the peace deal) that no one should be able to stop you. | | **Collect all the Romes** | As Italy, continue holding onto the First Rome, and gain the second and third Rome | As **Italy**. Continue on after completing Holy, Roman, and an Empire, because after forming the Roman Empire you will have more than enough resources and a big enough navy (take both France and the UK's in the peace deal) that no one should be able to stop you. | | **Nothing personal, Adolf** | As Italy, take Austria before the Anschluss and never enter a faction with a fascist Germany | As **Italy**. Justify a war goal as soon as you can on Austria. Their army is really weak and the Germans will never go after it when you have it annexed. | | **Not today** | As communist Italy, save Gramsci from the brink of death, make him the leader of Italy and form the Italian National Union. | As **Italy**. Simply rush the communist focus tree towards Il Sol dell'Avvenire. | | **This time it will stick** | As any Allied Nation (in faction with a democratic Britain), enforce a peace deal on Germany that disarms the Rhineland and makes it a demilitarized zone. | Note: Requires the states of Rhineland and Moselland to be demilitarized. | | **By Beer Alone** | As Germany, control Budweis, Tsingtao, and Guinness directly or through a faction member | As **Germany**. — | | **By merit alone** | Promote a Unit Commander to a general, and reach max level | Note: Generals or field marshals directly commanding divisions gain experience much faster than field marshals commanding armies. Can be done together with Sun Tzu Reborn while doing Battlecry or Awake and Angry. | | **Snakes on a plane** | As Brazil, capture Rome with paratroopers. | As **Brazil**. On historical, join the Allies. Put a factory on transport planes and train paratroopers. | ### Arms Against Tyranny | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Sapmi united by the fire** | As Sami, own and control every Sami core. | — | | **Norway Jose** | As Norway, own and control every Mexican core. | As **Norway**. — | | **Pinot Noirway** | As Norway, own and control the state of Bourgogne. | As **Norway**. — | | **Cheese your fighter.** | As Norway, with Peder Jarlsberg as country leader, own Telemark, Glouchestershire, Normandy, Lombardia and Holland. | As **Norway**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **Med plutonium 2** | As Denmark nuke Sweden. | As **Denmark**. Flip fascist and join the axis before WW2 starts. Either sit through the entire game until you have nukes, fighters, and strategic bombers, without joining any war or take a sidestep into 'The Danelaw' if you like. | | **Everything is awesome.** | As Denmark, get Maximum Welfare Spending after January 1st 1941 without being puppeted or capitulating. | As **Denmark**. Flip fascist and join the axis to stay safe from Germany aggression. Repeatedly take Balance of Power decisions to push towards the Welfare side. | | **The Danelaw** | As Denmark, conquer England. | As **Denmark**. — | | **Vinland** | As Iceland, conquer Newfoundland | As **Iceland**. Either go fascist or communist, focus on getting manpower to build a small army and some cheap submarines. If the USA gets Newfoundland through the focus they do normally garrison the port with 1 division. | | **Brexit** | As communist Iceland, make Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland rise up against the United Kingdom | As **Iceland**. Disable La Résistance to make this very easy. * Go down the communist route up through Embrace the Workers' Revolution. | | **Two Arms Against Tyranny.** | As Finland, capitulate the Soviet Union while having a 2 country faction with another Nordic | As **Finland**. Follow the guide for Uralic Brothers united. The most important thing is that once you unite Scandinavia, you DON'T disband the faction, or join the axis - instead, just release Iceland as a puppet. | | **Uralic brothers united** | As Finland, have Hungary, Estonia, Sapmi, Karelia, Mari El, Udmurtia, Komi, Ostyak-Vogulia, Yamalia and Nenetsia as subjects | As **Finland**. 2\|\|5px}} | | **Lone Wolf** | As Finland, form Greater Finland and own every core and claim without having ever joined a faction | As **Finland**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **No one crosses the finnish line** | As non-aligned Finland, survive the Soviet Union until September 19th 1944 without losing control of a single core ever. | As **Finland**. — | | **Danzig queen** | As Sweden, own and control Danzig | As **Sweden**. — | | **Caramelldansen** | As Sweden puppet Japan | As **Sweden**. — | | **The return of the king** | As the exiled King of Gotland, retake mainland Sweden | As **Sweden**. — | | **Satisfactory** | Have at least one MIO per category at level 10+ | It's required to get a MIO of each category to level 11 at least. Progress towards the next stages (funds) is gained by either researching with the according MIO assigned to the research and/or by producing equipment with the MIO assigned. | | **Cod wars** | As Iceland capitulate the UK | As **Iceland**. — | | **The Magic School Bus** | With the Per Albin Bus, drive to Cape Town. | As **Sweden**. — | ### Trial of Allegiance | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Rumble in the Jungle** | Own all Amazon states as any South American nation. | As **Brazil**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **And the snake smoked** | As Brazil, in the allies, capitulate Germany while controlling Berlin. | As **Brazil**. If Germany is the last major in its faction then capitulating it will end the war and the achievement will not fire. Capitulating it before Italy is recommended, unless one of the Balkan Axis countries becomes a major. | | **Red Hot Chile Peppers** | As Communist Chile, control California | As **Chile**. Can be done at the same time as Chilean Empire. | | **Bad Ending - The whole world is now Brazil** | Control every state in the world | As **Brazil**. — | | **A Land of Fire** | Tierra del Fuego means "The Land of Fire" | Easy and quick with Chile or Argentina. Use the research bonuses from the military branch of the focus tree to get nuclear weapons early. | | **I'm Home!** | As Brazil occupy every core of Portugal | As **Brazil**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **Proactive Defense** | As any communist South or central American country, occupy Washington D.C. | As **Brazil**. — | | **The Merry Band** | As communist brazil ruled by Lampião, occupy Nottingham | As **Brazil**. — | | **Somehow He Has Returned** | As Argentina, have Señor Hilter become country leader | As **Argentina**. Play historical. Go down the fascist route, build fascist support until you can take Guardia Nacional, then wait until Germany has capitulated. | | **URSAL** | Be Communist and own all of South America | As **Brazil**. * Ruling party is Communist * 22px Controls: ** From Colombia : *** states 493, 306, 486 ** From Venezuela : *** states 489, 307, 488, 695 ** From Ecuador : *** states 305, 490, 649 ** From Peru : *** states 491, 303, 494, 492, 947 ** From Bolivia : *** states 487, 302 ** From Paraguay : *** states 688, 301 ** From Uruguay : *** states 946, 300, 945 ** From Chile : *** states 951, 506, 952, 279, 950, 949, 507, 948 ** From Argentina : *** states 959, 957, 508, 509, 510, 960, 958, 511, 956, 958, 278, 512, 955, 954, 953 ** From Brazil : *** states 495, 940, 942, 939, 938, 280, 497, 941, 497, 937, 935, 498, 936, 499, 505, 496, 943, 504, 500, 501, 944, 503, 502 ** states 299, 687, 309, 310 | | **Islas Malvinas** | As Argentina, hold the Falkland Islands and South Georgia for 73 days consecutively | As **Argentina**. Note: The time requirement is not necessary to complete the achievement, it automatically unlocks when you occupy the island by force or take it in a peace. | | **Lamento Boliviano** | As Argentina, own all of Latin America except Bolivia | As **Argentina**. — | | **Revenge for the triple alliance** | As Paraguay, declare war on Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay within the same month | As **Paraguay**. Avoid the civil war and flip communist. Use your first ~70 political power to justify a war goal on Uruguay which should take almost a year. | | **The Dragon Rises** | As "Welsh Argentina", control Wales | — | | **King of What?** | Have Jaque Antoine Bernard as King of Chile and control Paris | As **Chile**. When the civil war fires, chose the option for divisions, rather than territory and do the Mobilize the Veteran Legionaries focus ASAP. When you attack Argentina DO NOT finish the war, but try to push a bit in the south and cause some casualties. | | **True Condor Legion** | As CHL, BOL, PRU, ECU, VEN, COL - Sent volunteers to Germany | As **Chile**. Picking a country that already starts with an authoritarian government like Venezuela or Peru can speed things up. Spam 2-width divisions to reach the threshold for sending volunteers (30) and when Germany attacks Poland on historical, simply send a few volunteers. | | **Chilean Empire** | Control all mainland states that border the pacific in South America, North America and Asia | As **Chile**. — | | **Reconquistadors** | As Argentina or Chile, have a Conquistadors national spirit active while holding all Spanish Cores | As **Argentina**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **Hispanics of the world, unite!** | As Chile, form the Hispanic Alliance and have at least 8 "Hispanic" nations in your faction | As **Chile**. 2}} }} }} | | **Cisplatine War 2, Electric Boogaloo** | As Either Brazil or Argentina, be in a faction with Uruguay while at war with Brazil/Argentina | As **Argentina**. Play as Argentina on historical. Go down the fascist side of the focus tree and pick the focus Establishing a Foothold to get a wargoal on Uruguay. | | **America Decolonized!** | As Mapuche Chile liberate all native people in North and South America | As **Chile**. — | ### Götterdämmerung | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Antischluss** | As Austria, control all German starting states. | As **Austria**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **No Friends, Only Family** | As Austria or Hungary led by a Habsburg Monarch, Control the Swiss Plateau and have at least three other countries be led by a member of the Habsburg family. | As **Austria**. Annex Kingdom of Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Create Austria-Hungary. | | **Edelweiss Seedelweiss** | As Austria have a coastline, at least 10 Battleships and have Georg von Trapp as an Admiral | As **Austria**. Georg von Trapp can join Austria via event, between 15 and 20 days after completing the Promote Admirals focus. | | **Otto-man** | As Austria or Hungary, led by Otto von Habsburg, control the starting states of Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey as well as the states in Polish Galicia, Slovenia and Croatia. | As **Austria**. Note: Requires the states of Lombardy-Venetia even though it isn't mentioned in the achievement description. | | **Spaak of Genius** | As Belgium, with Paul-Henri Spaak as country leader, research at least 10 different Special Projects. | As **Belgium**. Make sure Germany does not go historical. Rush towards the The Council of Europe and invite as many countries as possible. | | **Brentry** | As Austria, Belgium or the Netherlands be the leader of the EU and have the United Kingdom join your faction. | As **Austria**. — | | **The 501st Legion** | As Belgium, have the National Spirit “Rexist Legion” and be in control of all of your starting neighbors’ Capitals. | As **Belgium**. You can get this achievement while at war, but you must occupy every single province in the required states for the achievement to fire. The fastest way is to turn fascist using the rexist path, justify on the Dutch East Indies and annex Luxembourg and the Netherlands. | | **Congolese Belgium** | As Congo break free from the shackles of your old overlord and take control of all of their starting states | As **Belgian Congo**. — | | **The Lenin Boys are Back in Town** | As Communist Hungary bring back the Lenin-fiúk and take control over Leningrad | As **Kingdom of Hungary**. — | | **A Great Hunger** | As Hungary proclaim Greater Hungary and control all of your historical state | As **Kingdom of Hungary**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **Weltpolitik** | As Germany take control of all of your former colonies | As **Germany**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **Naval Arms Race** | As Germany led by an Admiral capitulate the United Kingdom | As **Germany**. Follow the "Oppose Hitler" branch of the focus tree. An event will pop up as the focus is in progress. | | **Woman in a High Castle** | As Germany with a female leader either annex the USA, including Alaska and Hawaii or have an American puppet that owns all the American starting states, including Alaska and Hawaii. | As **Germany**. 2\|\|5px}} }} * Victoria or Eva Braun is the current country leader }} | | **American Prometheus** | As the USA have Robert Oppenheimer complete the Manhattan Project. | As **United States**. Build Nuclear Research Facilities and hire scientists to man them. Rush down to Manhattan project, you get there the fastest by choosing Neutrality Act. | | **Tsar Bomba** | As Tsarist Russia complete the Special Project for Thermonuclear bombs. | As **Soviet Union**. Win the Civil War. Germany might not attack you depending on if historical is on or not. | | **Super Heavy Metal** | Complete the Special Projects for Intercontinental Bombers, Land Cruisers, and Super Heavy Battleships. | Easiest as the United States. Note: 2 special projects require certain research to be completed - Intercontinental Bomber requires Improved Large Airframe, and Land Cruiser requires Super-Heavy Tank Chassis. | | **Backfire** | As the United Kingdom complete the Special Project for Medium Range Ballistic Missiles, have a rocket site, and be at war with Germany | As **United Kingdom**. Can be done in conjunction with Bullseye. Build Aviation Research Facilities and man them with scientists. | | **Dam It!** | Successfully execute a Dam Busting Raid | Can be done as Germany by executing a raid on the dam from Belgium | | **Bullseye** | Successfully launch a raid on a Landmark | — | | **The True Successor** | As Luxembourg led by Charles Marx control both Brussels and Trier. | As **Luxembourg**. — | ### Graveyard of Empires | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Graveyard of Empires** | As Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq or the Raj, control all of the other three nations' starting provinces | As **Kingdom of Afghanistan**. Play as British Raj. Take the focuses for Mughal rebellion. | | **This achievement is dedicated to the brave soldiers of...** | As Afghanistan, capitulate the Soviet Union | As **Kingdom of Afghanistan**. You must have the highest war score of all participants. It may be easier to annex a single state, release it, justify a second war against the Soviets, and capitulate them alone. | | **I have the high ground** | As Afghanistan, control all Himalayan states | As **Kingdom of Afghanistan**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **Savior of the holy lands** | As Afghanistan, become the owner of Palestine and Mecca | As **Kingdom of Afghanistan**. (option 2) | | **Cradle of Civilization** | As Iraq, build the maximum infrastructure level in all core states and achieve 100% stability | As **Iraq**. Can be done without Graveyard of Empires . Simply take the decisions to improve worker conditions and do anti-fascist raids for more stability. | | **Oil Sheiks** | As Iraq, have 500 oil production | As **Iraq**. — | | **Revenge for 1925** | As Iraq, form the Hashemite Arab Federation and defeat Saudi Arabia | As **Iraq**. Note: The Hashemite Arab Federation cosmetic tag can be only gained by completing IRQ_hashemite_arab_federation national focus. | | **Avenging the Sack of Baghdad** | As Iraq, control the capital of Mongolia | As **Iraq**. Simply go fascist and join Germany in attacking the Soviet Union. Mongolia should be in their faction, and you shouldn't need much war score at all. | | **That's Sikh!** | As Khalistan, control all of the starting Raj states | Note: state 992 is not required. | | **Pesky Greeks** | As Iran, become the owner of all Greek core states | As **Iran**. Can be done together with The Legacy of Cyrus the Great | | **The Sands of Time** | As Iran, own the entire middle east | As **Iran**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **The Legacy of Cyrus the Great** | As Iran, become the owner of former Achaemenid Empire's states | As **Iran**. 2\|\|5px}} }} | | **From Tehran with Love** | As Iran, guarantee Poland's independence and ensure it does not capitulate by 1945 | As **Iran**. — | | **It's Just Good Business** | As the East India Company, own Suez and Panama | As **British Raj**. Beeline for the Hostile Takeover focus (note that you'll need to immediately use the Pay Small Dividends decision after Incorporation to unlock the Appoint A C Suite focus). Hostile takeover will unlock decisions to buy them from United Kingdom and United States. | | **Media Mughal** | As the Mughal Empire, complete Agency Upgrade Psychological Warfare, become Spy Master and have at least 8 operatives | As **British Raj**. Note: The Mughal Empire cosmetic tag can only be gained by completing RAJ_unite_the_subcontinent national focus before completing RAJ_the_silk_road. This achievement can be combined with I shall either find a way or make one. | | **Oh, how the turntables** | As India puppet the UK with Churchill as it's leader | As **British Raj**. — | | **I'm just passing by** | Own a state on each continent while being at peace | As **British Raj**. Easiest as the East India Company. Here is how to get a state in all continents: Using Just Good Business, you can get state 669 (Australia), state 695 (South America) and any state in the Netherlands (Europe), via a naval invasion from Britain to the Netherlands, using the British navy. | | **I shall either find a way or make one** | Control Rome and have an elephant unit in the state. | As **British Raj**. Elephants are only available to the Mughal path. This achievement can be combined with Media Mughal. | ### No Compromise, No Surrender | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Battle Royale** | As Communist China, fight both China and Japan before 1940 within 90 days of being at war with the other, and capitulate them both. | As **Chinese Soviet Republic**. — | | **The Winner takes it all** | As PRC owns and controls all starting Chinese core states. | As **Chinese Soviet Republic**. Can be easily accomplished on historical mode, as long as Sinkiang doesn't become a Soviet puppet. Note that this achievement requires ownership of your cores instead of just occupation; Although this could potentially mean a total war with the allies, the PRC actually has a focus to just request these treaty ports from their occupiers. | | **Master Infiltrator** | As PRC, don't expand beyond Yan'an, and infiltrate at least 5 Chinese states and flip them to your control when attacking the rest of China. | As **Chinese Soviet Republic**. Very easily obtained by taking the historical Mao path with historical focuses on. Just take as many advisors that give you PP as possible. | | **Its all coming together** | As China, fully control all core states alone or with subjects. | As **China**. — | | **The Coast is Clear** | As China, never lose a starting coastal state before 1945.9.2. | As **China**. Most easily done with historical focuses turned off; Japan can potentially go Hokushin-ron, which leads to them making a non-aggression pact with you and attacking the USSR instead. Can be combined with "It's all coming together" and "A Fullmetal Brotherhood" if played safely. | | **A Fullmetal Brotherhood** | As Fascist China, control 300 Steel, Tungsten and Chromium. | As **China**. China has enough tungsten and steel to fulfill the requirements. Chromium will have to be conquered. | | **Paradisus Paradoxum** | As Japan, proclaim the creation of a Pure Buddhist Land. | As **Japan**. — | | **An Equivalent Exchange** | As Democratic Japan, complete the focus Foreign Exchange Allocation Policy and capitulate Fascist Germany. | As **Japan**. As with all capitulation achievements, you need to be careful; Even if you've occupied most of a country's territory, they can capitulate to another country if that country has a greater war contribution score. The Germans will not begin Operation Barbarossa so long as France hasn't capitulated, so France's survival is your best bet to ensure Soviet neutrality. | | **The Sun Will Never Set** | As Japan, proclaim the Eternal Empire and control all of your core states. | As **Japan**. — | | **The Juannines** | As the Philippines, have cores and control all of Spain. | As **Philippines**. You need to go down the "Election Overturned" Hispanic road. After that, complete the rest of the Hispanic focuses and take decisions with Hispanic countries with the Hispanic Overtures focus. | | **Declare Military Emergency** | Have a Military Emergency declared in the Philippines. | As **Philippines**. For this you need to complete the Assassination of Quezon focus after the focus Police Chief Eisenhower has been completed previously. Make sure to select the "Police Chief Eisenhower steps in" option in the assassination event. | | **Cobalt Sea** | As the Philippines, launch nuclear missiles from a nuclear submarine. | As **Philippines**. — | | **The Neverending Story** | As a Warlord, proclaim a new Chinese Empire. | As **Guangxi Clique**. * Has completed focus "Restoration of the Chinese Empire" * Fully controls all starting cores of the Chinese Soviet Republic | | **Genghis Khan't** | As any Chinese country or Manchukuo, own and control all Mongolian core states. | As **China**. 22px Owns and controls all cores of Mongolia | | **I Have Avenged You, Father!** | As Zhang Xueliang, reclaim Mukden and revive the Beiyang government. | As **Northeastern Army**. Dont go historical. Restart until Japan goes against the military. | | **Manifesting a Better Tomorrow** | Reach 100% faction manifest fulfilment. | Can be very easily and quickly completed by playing as Czechoslovakia and completing the focus An Entente of Our Own, the faction will start with 100% manifest. | | **Doctrine of Choice** | Complete three subdoctrines in the same track. | The description of this is somewhat obtuse, but what it actually requires is; fully complete any subdoctrine path, then swap it out to a different subdoctrine & complete it again 2 different times. (ex: Fully fill out "Defensive Postures" subdoctrine under Infantry, then swap to Assault Infantry, etc). | ### Peace for Our Time | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **I'm playing both sides, so I always come out on top** | Sell weapons to both sides of a civil war | If Arms Against Tyranny is enabled, the only nation that Czechoslovakia can sell weapons to via decision, is Spain. If Arms Against Tyranny is NOT enabled, Czechoslovakia can sell to any nation in the world, after completing Expand Škoda's Offices and building regional offices. | | **I didn't hear no bell** | As democratic Czechoslovakia, become the 2nd republic by losing the Sudetenland and then grant autonomy to Slovakia, and then capitulate Germany. | As **Czechoslovakia**. The cosmetic tag can only be gained via the "The Fall of the Republic" event chain while being democratic. The event chain starts once Germany gains the Sudetenland via their Demand Sudetenland focus, after Czechoslovakia has been betrayed by their allies. | | **Premyslid's Dream** | As monarchist Czechoslovakia, integrate both Austria and former Bohemian lands. | As **Czechoslovakia**. The Legacy of Ottokar requires you to conquer Austria, while the Bohemian Kingdom requires you to own Silesia. Rush down the monarchist path. | | **Kuťáci** | As Czechoslovakia, build every facility type. | As **Czechoslovakia**. You don't actually have to build the facilities yourself. A coastal province must be acquired to build the naval facility. | | **First train home** | As Czechoslovakia, own any state of the Trans-Siberian Railway. | As **Czechoslovakia**. An ahistorical Soviet Union is typically much weaker. With some luck, you can even annex a state in a peace deal after joining the 2nd Russian Civil War via 36pxIntervene in the Soviet Civil War | | **Ain't like that now** | As fascist Czechoslovakia, complete "Return to Democracy". | As **Czechoslovakia**. — | | **Czechoslovaustrohungarian Union** | As communist Czechoslovakia, complete "Expand the Union" and have Austria and Hungary in that union. | As **Czechoslovakia**. If Austria/Kingdom of Hungary refuse to become your puppet, simply attack and puppet manually. The national spirit can be given to them via decision once they are your subject. | ### X Anniversary Update | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Steiner** | As Germany, get over 30% surrender progress after 1941.6.22 while being at war with Soviet Union, France and England and controlling Moscow, Paris and London | As **Germany**. Win the war without peacing out. Wait till after 1941.06.22. | ### Thunder at Our Gates | Achievement | What it asks for | Where to start | | --- | --- | --- | | **Et tu, Paulus?** | Capture a field Marshal. | As **extension=png}}**. Has captured an enemy field marshal | | **Hunt for the Desert Fox** | Capture Erwin Rommel. | Best done as Austria or Czechoslovakia, as being the single focus of Germany's attention in an early war makes Rommel easier to locate. Another viable strategy is to play as the Soviet Union on historical, immediately justify on Poland then Germany and rush them down. | | **The 7th State** | As Australia, own and fully control New Zealand. | As **Australia**. Follow the Democratic path and let Labour win elections 3 times. Then take the focus "Reclaim the Lost Territory". | | **The rightside up** | As Australia, own and fully control Jan Mayen. | As **Australia**. Follow the Fascist path with P.R. Stephensen and join the Axis via "Nauru's Return to German Hands". | | **A succulent Chinese Meal** | As Australia annex and own one province in China. | As **Australia**. Follow the Fascist path with P.R. Stephensen and join the Axis via "Nauru's Return to German Hands". | | **Java-Script** | As the Dutch East Indies (or Indonesia), research the Advanced Computing Machine and fully upgrade the Cryptology Department (while your capital is on the island of Java). | As **Dutch East Indies**. All three levels of Machine-Assisted Decryption must be completed. | | **Maphilindia** | As Indonesia or the Philippines, form Maphilindo and control all Indian core states. | As **Dutch East Indies**. 2\|\|5px}} }} }} | | **Waltzing Matilda** | Deploy 25 Heavy Tank Battalions as Australia. | As **Australia**. At the start of the game, don't select a focus and hire a Chief of Army with your political power. With the army XP you get, design a basic inter-war heavy tank and add 4 heavy tank battalions to your starting armored division template. | | **Old Zealand** | As New Zealand, control and own the states of Brabant (Zeeland) and Sjaelland (Zealand). | As **New Zealand**. — | | **Hail to the King** | As Siam, form Greater Thailand before King Ananda is 15 years old. | As **Siam**. — | | **ThaiTanic** | As any nation, sink Siam's pride of the fleet. | As **Siam**. Easy to do as the United Kingdom or United States. Simply wait until Siam joins Japan in attacking the Allies, and then put your much larger navy on patrol missions in the sea zones around Siam to catch and kill the heavy cruiser HTMS Ratanakosindra. | | **Thai fighters** | As Siam, have 10 aces. | As **Siam**. Join the Japanese faction and fight through India and the Middle East to Europe, then get airbase access from Germany and send around 10-15 fighter wings to contest the English Channel. | | **From Rags to Admiral Stripes** | Promote a Ship Captains to Admiral. | Can be achieved in a matter of minutes from game start. Choose a country with a large navy such as the UK and promote an admiral after building up the necessary command power. | | **The Man of Medan** | Sink 100 convoys as Indonesia. | As **Dutch East Indies**. Stay loyalist and focus on building Dockyards and preparing a submarine fleet. Once Germany invades the Netherlands, send the subs to convoy raid in the Mediterranean, where they will slowly rack up kills. | | **Noone Will Notice the Difference** | As Indonesia, station Gustav Adolf Ilgen in Stockholm. | As **Dutch East Indies**. At game start, military access can be obtained from Sweden by improving relations. From here you just need to make the HQ and send the commander over. | | **ANZAC** | As Australia or New Zealand, have an Army HQ in Greece and ensure that Greece doesn't capitulate until 1945. | As **Australia**. Best done as Australia on either the Democratic or the Fascist dominion path. Defend Greece from the Axis and keep your HQ there. | | **A Bridge too Far** | As the UK, liberate Brabant, and have Bernard Montgomery liberate Friesland while maintaining a force in Arnhem. | As **United Kingdom**. Montgomery does not need to be deployed in an Army HQ. | | **Saving Private Bryansk** | Capture a General in the state of Bryansk. | As the Soviets, you can justify and declare on Poland at game start with a fallback line behind Bryansk. From here, you just need to wait until the AI puts a general in or nearby Bryansk, and then encircle and capture it. | | **Grand Siam** | As Siam, capitulate 4 nations within one year. | As **Siam**. Easiest to do after "Hail to the King" achievement. Just release, justify on and conquer again Laos, Cambodia, Champa and Champasak. | ## Also worth knowing - **The AI's behaviour is yours to set.** A run aimed at an achievement usually wants historical focus mode on, so the countries you are counting on do the things you are counting on. - **Some achievements are easier on a country nobody plays.** The wiki's notes name them constantly — Sinkiang for a faction, Haiti for waiting out the clock — because the requirement never says the run has to be hard. - **Xbox has fewer.** The Steam list is the longer one, and a few entries do not exist on the console version at all. - **Achievement conditions move between patches.** A note written for an older version can describe a focus that has since been renamed, so check the tree before committing forty hours to it. Source: [Achievements](https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Achievements) and [Ironman](https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Ironman) on the Hearts of Iron 4 Wiki. --- ## FAQ ### Do I need ironman for achievements in Hearts of Iron IV? Yes. Steam achievements only unlock with ironman enabled, so a normal save earns nothing. Ironman also disables console commands, which is why there is no way to cheat an achievement open. ### Do mods disable achievements? Any mod that changes gameplay turns ironman off, and without ironman no achievement can unlock. Cosmetic mods that do not touch gameplay are the exception. ### Which achievement should I try first? Friend in Need asks only that you join a faction, and as Sinkiang that is two clicks. Time is on our side wants you to reach 1948, which any quiet country manages on historical while you do something else. ### How many achievements does Hearts of Iron IV have? 293 on Steam and 191 on Xbox. They are split across the base game and every expansion, and an achievement from a DLC you do not own will not appear in your game.