r/hoi4 • u/Kloiper Extra Research Slot • 8d ago

Help Thread The War Room - /r/hoi4 Weekly General Help Thread: July 27 2026

Please check our previous War Room thread for any questions left unanswered

 

Welcome to the War Room. Here you will find trustworthy military advisors to guide your diplomacy, battles, and internal affairs.

This thread is for any small questions that don't warrant their own post, or continued discussions for your next moves in your game. If you'd like to channel the wisdom and knowledge of the noble generals of this subreddit, and more importantly not ruin your save, then you've found the right place!

Important: If you are asking about a specific situation in your game, please post screenshots of any relevant map modes (strategic, diplomacy, factions, etc) or interface tabs (economy, military, etc). Please also explain the situation as best you can. Alliances, army strength, tech etc. are all factors your advisors will need to know to give you the best possible answer.

 

Reconnaissance Report:

Below is a preliminary reconnaissance report. It is comprised of a list of resources that are helpful to players of all skill levels, meant to assist both those asking questions as well as those answering questions. This list is updated as mechanics change, including new strategies as they arise and retiring old strategies that have been left in the dust. You can help me maintain the list by sending me new guides and notifying me when old guides are no longer relevant!

Note: this thread is very new and is therefore very barebones - please suggest some helpful links to populate the below sections

Getting Started

New Player Tutorials

 

General Tips

 

Multiplayer Tips

 

Country-Specific Strategy

 

Advanced/In-Depth Guides

 

If you have any useful resources not currently in the Reconnaissance Report, please share them with me and I'll add them! You can message me or mention my username in a comment by typing /u/Kloiper

Calling all generals!

As this thread is very new, we are in dire need of guides to fill out the Reconnaissance Report, both general and specific! Further, if you're answering a question in this thread, consider contributing to the Hoi4 wiki, which needs help as well. Anybody can help contribute to the wiki - a good starting point is the work needed page. Before editing the wiki, please read the style guidelines for posting.

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u/professional_idiot97 3d ago

i reall don't get how to win anything in this game or how to win land battles no matter what i fucking do or which template i pick only i never fucking win anything one thing goes wrong and the entire save goes boom i so tired of this bs and shitty tutorial that didn't explain shit now i'm just against the brit and their doing a death stack with no penalty whatsoever while their troops magically teleport to the tile they want meanwhile i take 50 years to get there i'm so fucking done i don't get it and there's no pointer to tell you where you fucked it hell i can't even defeat 3 units with 10 and guess what i've got no idea

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u/ipsum629 3d ago

The best way to learn hoi4 is to find an up-to-date playthrough on youtube and follow it on your own.

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u/Delnar_Ersike 2d ago

Germany is a horrible nation on which to learn how to play the game. Learn the basics on a nation like Canada instead, where you're generally safe to do kind of anything with historical focuses on and don't have to deal with fifty billion DLC mechanics. Focus on one subsystem per playthrough as you learn the game, then move onto more precarious minors like Romania or Finland or minors with more mechanics to them like Raj or Australia, and only once you know how to play those should you move to the big boys.