Hearts of Iron IV: Complete Beginners Guide

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Hearts of Iron IV can seem complex and sometimes overwhelming, but today @hammotimee will guide you through the basic concepts that will rank you up from Cadet to General in no time! In this complete beginners guide, They'll be covering everything from setting up production to divulging the secrets on "How Navy Works". Study the guide general - They'll need you in the coming fight!
Timestamps:
What is Hearts of Iron IV? - 00:00
Getting started - 00:50
Important UI - 02:27
Political focuses & menu - 03:31
Decisions - 05:05
Research - 05:58
Diplomacy & justifying war goals - 07:34
Construction - 08:58
Production - 11:29
Trade and resources - 13:16
Recruit and deployment - 14:36
Division design - 15:52
Logistics & officers corps - 19:15
The Army - 21:39
The Airforce - 27:43
The Navy - 30:14
Supply - 33:01
Waging Wars & Peace Deals - 35:08
Notifications and Pre-Game Setup - 36:26
Final Advice - 39:03
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@HeartsOfIronOfficial Ай бұрын

Wars require resources. We've collected a list of Player Resources over on our Forum: pdxint.at/42SMOlh

@cubsgameing1235 Ай бұрын

I need a guide for the DLCs as well, i pay for all DLCs on a monthly basis.

@akiradvlmn Ай бұрын

Finally i can learn how to use navy after 8 years

@san_ferison_ Ай бұрын

Sorry but no

@seanbenoit3573 Ай бұрын

Haha so young so naive

@alterschwede8387 Ай бұрын

Navy still sucks after 1000h 😅😅

Ай бұрын

same

@hananekhadraoui Ай бұрын

Steal the British navy and relax

@TyTyproductions 18 күн бұрын

You know the game is good when you need a tutorial to play the tutorial

@NoobHammer Ай бұрын

most of us have well over 500 hours in this game and yet we are still watching this

@N01CurryClassEnjoyer Ай бұрын

got 3.200 and am watching :)

@N01CurryClassEnjoyer Ай бұрын

i mean 3,200 got the comma mixed up, oops.

@dulguunjargal1199 Ай бұрын

I commend myself for Understanding about 40% of Navy by the time I had 450 Hours into the game

@kimberlyriley8716 Ай бұрын

Im 10hrs cuz i new

@ff-xz6no Ай бұрын

I got 1300 but i still watch 😂❤

@hammotimee Ай бұрын

Wow what a handsome KZfaqr 😍 It was a pleasure to make this, thank you so much for the opportunity again! I hope this is able to help new players out!😀

@lsbc9666 Ай бұрын

Thanks for making this!

@maverick4761 Ай бұрын

thank u alot !

@poopsmcgee4693 Ай бұрын

I always thought your channel was harambee time 😭

@hammotimee Ай бұрын

@@poopsmcgee4693 rest in peace king 🐒

@larsbenson6947 Ай бұрын

After 400+ hours, I can finally learn how to do naval invasions. Thank you PDX! ❤

@NeedForSped Ай бұрын

1.5k hours and counting, keep the updates/dlc coming !!

@HeartsOfIronOfficial Ай бұрын

Yes, sir!🫡

@Crysteric Ай бұрын

@@HeartsOfIronOfficial b e l g i u m f o c u s w h e n.

@nucelarworker7569 Ай бұрын

@@HeartsOfIronOfficial albania focus tree is so badly needed

@TatarWarrior Ай бұрын

@@nucelarworker7569 gyspy focus tree

@supcharecords9054 7 күн бұрын

@@HeartsOfIronOfficial Iran Focus Tree please

@JohnSmith-ozxy Ай бұрын

I can add Heart of Iron IV to my resume as one of my skill set after this tutorial.

@stefkegameplays7545 Ай бұрын

The best strategy game I have ever played! Keep up the work

@bachtruongson9408 Ай бұрын

Instructions unclear, accidently made Spanish Spain

@pimenta_pedro Ай бұрын

After almost 10 years, I can finally learn how to use navy😂

@HeartsOfIronOfficial Ай бұрын

Exactly! Thanks @hammotimee!

@hammotimee Ай бұрын

You're welcome! 😀

@ArcadeSlime Ай бұрын

the best work from the best devs ! cheers

@francescozambaldi8212 Ай бұрын

Thanks man, finally an easy and clear tutorial to help me getting into HOI4. Appreciated! 😍

@Gingerbred_Hed Ай бұрын

Somethings up. First a trailer, now a beginners guide? ARE YOU MAKING HOI5??

@yeetneet5334 Ай бұрын

its probaly just to celebtrate the new base edition of hoi4, plus they still have 2-3 dlcs to make before the game is in a "finished" state

@HenryJoe13 Ай бұрын

@@yeetneet5334 and the game is free for the weekend, so if new players search will stumble upon this.

@jacksonhoiland2664 Ай бұрын

Hoi4 just got a 80% off discount, there is likely more beginners. I personally have watched hoi4 content but am just now actually buying the game.

@AtomicSandwich125 Ай бұрын

@@jacksonhoiland2664gl in your first play through

@Blossomy77 Ай бұрын

We got ck3, vic3, imperator Rome, stellaris and hoi4 before eu5

@Lisanicolas366 Ай бұрын

We love Hammo's voice! 🙌🙌🙌 hope we keep collaborating with him

@giga_alphachinolu Ай бұрын

What am I doing here with my 4000 hours in HOI 4

@NapoleonPicard Ай бұрын

Great guide. This is the one I will be sending to new players from now on.

@henrywilson2136 Ай бұрын

I learned the hard way for myself. Ironically, easier than the tutorial.

@haikalmiftah2529 21 күн бұрын

Remind me when I was playing as Soviet Union & attacking Finland. Back then I though capturing Helsinki will force Finland to unconditional surrender, ignoring the Fact they already capturing Leningrad & Moskow, and more 😂.

@airline3hum Ай бұрын

Such a well done video for us new players. Thank you!

@nevinbochman4981 29 күн бұрын

I am already pretty good at HOI4, but i stopped by to see if there was anything new I could learn. And to my great surprise, the one doing the OFFICIAL guide is the same guy who taught me everything I know about HOI4. what a champion, Hammotime!

@ligma-jj4wg 4 күн бұрын

I have watched this 2 times and i am still clueless how to play this game but its great that you guys uploaded a tutorial

@nildzrecastellanos Ай бұрын

Proper Hoi4 tutorial, after 8 years in development hopefully it will have been worth the wait

@gabriellaeditzelenyanszki5886 Ай бұрын

Oh my God... That helped me out! Thank you!👌👌

@DragonSlayer-er5ku Ай бұрын

A straightforward and comprehensive guide.

@NirvanaUA Ай бұрын

Thanks,in three years I learned to play hoi4

@mateipavel441 18 күн бұрын

very good tutorial! I now understand this game better thanks to this guy! I am super excited to play this game with my friends!!! :D

@VeGa2X-pw9sq Ай бұрын

Thank you Supreme Commander for this video!

@VeGa2X-pw9sq Ай бұрын

I have 500 hours

@JA-vy1mc 4 күн бұрын

Awesome guide. Thank you

@nakkipate1953 Ай бұрын

it was about time

@KimFareseed Ай бұрын

19:03 That division template, yikes, a bit of everything. The name is top notch though.

@HeartsOfIronOfficial Ай бұрын

It is made to be more of an example rather than "THIS IS THE META". :)

@danielmaria4462 Ай бұрын

Very helpful, thanks!

@skummysamsam Ай бұрын

Amazing that you guys help beginners with a "quick" and honestly wonderful tutorial. Props to you Paradox and @hammotimee!

@SuperKrisNOR2 Ай бұрын

Amazing tutorial!

@HeartsOfIronOfficial Ай бұрын

Covers all bases!

@maciejkamil Ай бұрын

Thank you, paradox. I used parts of this video in my review of HOI4.

@coloncrawler43 Ай бұрын

The guy who wrote this guide must be incredibly handsome you should 100% work with him again. - Ramses II

@hammotimee Ай бұрын

Agreed 😆

@Jacob-qr8pl Ай бұрын

Perfect! I knew letting Hoi4 collect dust for 2 years in my installed Steam games library would pay off! In 1 hour, I will finally play!

@matzfamous370 Ай бұрын

This game is something else, most games lose popularity over time, but this one just keeps growing 🎉

@JH4LL013 Ай бұрын

skipped right to the navy section

@Brittle475 Ай бұрын

Hope they add more start dates,that would be cool!

@FilipKing253 Ай бұрын

Just in time, I downloaded the game yesterday!

@HistoryFactsAndKnowlegde 27 күн бұрын

Played CK3 and it’s great. About to try this game now.

@marcomartino24 Ай бұрын

HANDSOME! i still need this after 100 hours of game. Well done

@hammotimee Ай бұрын

Why thank you 😍

@Firebomber03 Ай бұрын

YES!

@MbrvSDRG 25 күн бұрын

thanks, now i can finally learn to play this game and learn how to use the navy

@mypropmp4057 24 күн бұрын

Finally going to start using navy after 3500 hours! Thanks Paradox!

@andrew121410 26 күн бұрын

Deciding if I should buy this

@afunnyusername1900 Ай бұрын

I really like this game!

@Donza10 20 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@Nn91. Ай бұрын

hammo is cooking once again

@Aero3435 Ай бұрын

Now give me a tutorial on how to get a better Japan focus tree! Ngl this video was really awesome.

@user-bo6ru6rk3d Ай бұрын

2 years experience in this bloody good game, yet I still don’t know what the hell is a screening ship and why my ships won’t leave the DAMN PORT

@Monkeyman-pt6gs Ай бұрын

Just use naval bombers

@haukionkannel Ай бұрын

@@Monkeyman-pt6gs That would be boring…

@haukionkannel Ай бұрын

If you want to learn how to use ships and why… Look Mordred Viking Navy tutorial and/or his beginner friendly Italy play though. He talks all about different task forces how and why to use them and what kind of admiral is good to each type of task force. I did learn to love navy battles because of his tutorials!

@Therealnapoleonbonaparte_ Ай бұрын

Screening ships act as a sponge,they take the damage for your big ships and that icl tho I just use sub spams and naval hombres

@haikalmiftah2529 21 күн бұрын

Me after playing HOI4 in the last 5 years: Why I always losing naval combat & all of my DD-CL ship are gone?

@kvassinc Ай бұрын

Better than in game tutorial 💀💀

@Lordovasto 17 күн бұрын

real

@theonlyjoe_ Ай бұрын

Considering I had to google just how to do the tutorial, gonna need all the help I can get

@DrPastah 14 күн бұрын

Should do a 30 minute lets play as a beginner country where you fight right away. As Germany I had no idea what to keep producing or remove from production. Also had no idea why my docks kept becoming available for use. Also how to keep ontop of armies getting supplies and having enough oil.

@rontato Ай бұрын

Wake up babe HOI4 just released a new vid!

@Shroej Ай бұрын

Oh well now i can do a revision for my hoi4 strategies.

@Kaiser_Russia Ай бұрын

Day 12 asking paradox to update japan, germany and usa focus tree

@onien9949 Ай бұрын

This is... a pleasant surprise.

@hammotimee Ай бұрын

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

@Harryhas26 Ай бұрын

Big up Hammo

@SomeSuperGiant Ай бұрын

Random question here for the fellow commneters. How many of your games have been runied through a random nation joining the faction you are at war with. And how many games were also runied by a nation you declare war on panic joining a faction.

@DeutscherKaiser Ай бұрын

Its called World war but i feel your pain

@JeffreyBernabe Ай бұрын

oh wow its hammotime

@evancrow2191 11 күн бұрын

Literally just installed and need help. Kind of hoping for a step by step introduction. So is there another video i can watch. Cause i am getting lost at the recruit and deployment part

@Nicius- Ай бұрын

"What you need to play this game?" "Read this cientific article and you will play very easy" "Oh...."

@sharpx3494 Ай бұрын

3k hours into the game and here I am, watching to see what else I can learn!

@kholei310 Ай бұрын

Stellaris guide please

@Wesson42 24 күн бұрын

Was fantastic when the game first came, out I was a demon on casual pick up games online, especially as the Wehrmacht. I've been playing an 8 year old pirated copy since around the spies came out because the game became so much to managed. Now that my favorite contintent to play as (South America) is now getting focus tree's; I suppose it's finally time to relearn the game and pick up the new DLCs that I've been missing out on.

@Sirmatthaeus 18 күн бұрын

I like to play as the smaller nations in this game. Is there anything specific I need to know when playing countries like Cuba or Bhutan?

@stoopsolo1479 Ай бұрын

When strategic bombing do you click on target buttons to prioritize those targets or to not target them?

@kokumin.no.titi3 Ай бұрын

I've been playing this game since elementary school and still only win in citizen mode😭

@JoeBurner1720 Ай бұрын

HammoTimme??? Cool to see that

@progame6238 Ай бұрын

A whole guide to the game from the developers, wow))) What a pity that they only talked about 3% of the game

@haukionkannel Ай бұрын

Well they did talk about 60% of the game… Only things missing are peace deals (not important in the beginning) and some special operationa like naval invasion and paratroops. Also missing was crytion encryption. Everything else was there because this was base game and most complex options are from DLC…

@wyzolol Ай бұрын

glad i just bought the game

@artemproskurin7039 16 күн бұрын

Now i really need a nave templates guide

@Braziliscoming Ай бұрын

After 1.5k hours on this game when i only bought it after by blood alone i can say I now know how to use navy!

@rexioh7547 Ай бұрын

What is the best setting in options to have the best gameplay?

@PioterCygan Ай бұрын

Hey, can you consider adding that when Field Marshall makes a frontline instead of Generals, everyone from this frontline gains xp for the organiser trait?

@stormsand9 Ай бұрын

30:13 edit: i would have liked if you went into more depth in the navy section- e.g you mention at 31:51 that you need 4 screens per capital ship to protect them, but you don't say protect them from what- with the answer being torpedoes. This could have better segwayed into explaining the 4 types of attack stat (torpedo, light attack, heavy attack, naval bombing)

@dextersauve5491 Ай бұрын

How convenient i just got this game

@jordanrice1323 3 күн бұрын

400 hours and I have finally decided "huh Maybe I should find out how the game functions.."

@abchi2498 Ай бұрын

Me staring at the video without by blood alone 😮

@enriqueq1q240 Ай бұрын

Al fin podré saber cómo usar la marina

@funnyclockman2643 Ай бұрын

Bruh if you’re new and reading this, it will take at least 50 hours to be able to survive

@pantegana2555 Ай бұрын

fantastic game

@SummerSideTea Ай бұрын

if i were to tell you that I spent most of my 1k hours playing Venezuela would you believe me?

@ajk710 Ай бұрын

Not trynna discourage anyone from playing but I have over 300 hours in the game and still know probably only 40-50% of how the mechanics work past just making divisions. It is really a hard game to learn but the basics can get you through to having fun. You can get away with a lot against ai but competitive is a different breed.

@Wadman2010 Ай бұрын

now i can at least half-ass playing this game on the free weekend on steam!

@Realbigboii Ай бұрын

5 views? Guess Im too early.

@SecretOptionD Ай бұрын

Do garrisons suppress automatically or do i need to leave garrison troops in the annexed territory?

@nimbusttp_archive Ай бұрын

automatic.

@56_tanks_the_random Ай бұрын

I dont have hoi4 but this video should help once im able to buy it :D

@mauriciodanielmartinezreye5130 Ай бұрын

This would have helped me some 6 years ago 😅❤

@lek1223 Ай бұрын

Is this vanilla with no dlc's? or how old is this since there are no industrial organisations etc.

@unknowni41 Ай бұрын

about time paradox!

@Poagoo Ай бұрын

Hey Paradox? Is there any chance you could make a new tutorial in game? The old one wasn’t great but with the Italy rework it’s downright awful.

@antonionegrea3554 Ай бұрын

Oh now i realize why i always loose wars, i forget about ships and supply, silly me

@antonionegrea3554 12 күн бұрын

Still forget about em

@darthteej1 11 күн бұрын

80 hours so i definitely learned some stuff

@user-rh1on1oe3z 9 күн бұрын

Just bought the game

@legionofmetal9968 Ай бұрын

1,832.3 hours according to steam i could have done with this tutorial from long ago lol. But hey. Better late than never. Our newer players will benefit greatly from this! Paradox can teach them what they need to know...When they know the basics, WE can them teach them the stuff paradox does NOT want them to know! :D