Hearts of Iron IV | Patch 1.18.2

Generals!Batya here with another patch.The focus is around Czechoslovakia’s content that was recently released with Peace For Our Time. Besides that there have been a few crashes that were fixed and included in this patch. I also want to extend a special thanks to the wonderful team behind Peace for our Time and all the balance changes, bug fixes, and other additions that they made since release!This is currently the last planned patch focused around the release of PfoT, but any additional issues will of course be picked up in future patches. We hope that you will enjoy these changes and as always let us know what you think and if you find any other issues do let us know!As a final note, the team added a little secret and wanted to provide a little hint so here is my (maybe not so) cryptic hint: A.E.I.B.U. Happy hunting and see you on the Sudeten front!Patch NotesGameplay & Balance When Czechoslovakia uses the Austria-Hungary reformation decision, they now get a unique cosmetic tag called Great Moravia. Changed the flag for the Bohemian Kingdom so it still includes Slovakia. 'Integrate Hungary' is now 'Integrate Former Austrian Lands', and can grant the integration idea to more puppets than just Hungary. Certain Czech characters now go into exile to some countries sometime after the 'Fate of Czechoslovakia' baring conditions are met. Slightly tweaked the balance of a few advisors. The option to demand land in return for joining their faction that Hungary and Poland get when invited now has a tooltip about what happens if CZE accepts the counteroffer event. Some of the Balance of Power Decisions reappearance times have been rebalanced slightly. Overhauled late-game industry and Peace For Our Time branch ideas to use idea swaps to reduce the amount of ideas displayed. Added conscription/training & militia bonuses for the army spirit to some focuses. Added two new division name lists: Rangers & State Defense Guard. Germany can no longer start ‘Fate of Czechoslovakia’ if CZE still owns the Sudetenland, they will get a wargoal instead. Added a slight color change to Czechoslovakia when it starts its monarchist or fascist branches. Two Polish MIOs (Naval and Tank) can be gained by Czechoslovakia depending on completing a focus or having a core related state. Added tooltips to a few focuses when they don't have any targets (faction members/puppets) yet to make clear what they do. Added some extra visual and focus effect flavor in the fascist branch. The Ready for Anything decision to remove the BoP now has slightly more forgiving requirements. Czechoslovakia no longer uses the Balkan Union cosmetic tag, using a new Pan-European one instead Completing the Czechoslovakian focus 'Lessons of War' now removes the BoP modifier 'Threatening Neighbors'.Bugfixes Fixed a crash that can occur when a rocket silo's 'Surface-to-Air' mission is set to a naval region. Fixed a crash that can occur on Mac during peace conferences. Radola Gajda now has a Militarist trait. Removed two army leader cost reductions as together with unremoved ones they could accumulate to -125% army leader cost and make promoting division leaders cost 0 CP. Unifying with Poland now grants their unit leaders. Buffed the monarchist integration idea from -1 daily autonomy for Hungary to -2. Added a new cosmetic tag for Czechoslovakia's (integrated communist) puppets so they don't stay blue while CZE isn't. Fixed Galicia's default capital being in the Sudetenland. Fixed two Slovak navy chiefs having the same idea token. Fixed communist path overlapping with democratic paths if a democratic path was chosen with the gamerule to show normally auto-hidden branches enabled. Fixed multiple scope mistakes in the new special project. Czechoslovakia no longer loses cores on Slovakian and Ruthenian states with the historical event chain. If Czechoslovakia is puppeted by a non-aligned nation, Hlinka is now automatically replaced by Emil Hacha as leader for the non-aligned party. Fixed an issue where the Industrial Concern Apollo would become available unintentionally through an upgrade focus linked to the concern. Fixed an issue where Skoda's industry company required an extra focus after being upgraded. Swapped around two victory point names that were misplaced on the map. (The tiles have 0 VP points so the name is only visible in bottom left when selecting the province). Integrated some community feedback on localization for naming and usage of the correct characters. Fixed typo in Hácha's name. Fixed an issue which cancelled the focus 'Fortify the Crossroads' if Slovakia exists. Multiple cosmetic tags achieved after doing the autonomist path no longer disappear when reannexing Slovakia through the autonomy system. Fixed Peru having access to a Czech Industrial Concern. Fixed broken Visibility conditions with some Czech MIOs for Germany and Poland.AI Slovakia is now more likely to fight on the Eastern Front when they are a German puppet. Increased the chance tha

May 20, 2026 - 19:22

Generals!

Batya here with another patch.

The focus is around Czechoslovakia’s content that was recently released with Peace For Our Time. Besides that there have been a few crashes that were fixed and included in this patch. I also want to extend a special thanks to the wonderful team behind Peace for our Time and all the balance changes, bug fixes, and other additions that they made since release!

This is currently the last planned patch focused around the release of PfoT, but any additional issues will of course be picked up in future patches. We hope that you will enjoy these changes and as always let us know what you think and if you find any other issues do let us know!

As a final note, the team added a little secret and wanted to provide a little hint so here is my (maybe not so) cryptic hint: A.E.I.B.U.

Happy hunting and see you on the Sudeten front!

Patch Notes

Gameplay & Balance

When Czechoslovakia uses the Austria-Hungary reformation decision, they now get a unique cosmetic tag called Great Moravia.
Changed the flag for the Bohemian Kingdom so it still includes Slovakia.
'Integrate Hungary' is now 'Integrate Former Austrian Lands', and can grant the integration idea to more puppets than just Hungary.
Certain Czech characters now go into exile to some countries sometime after the 'Fate of Czechoslovakia' baring conditions are met.
Slightly tweaked the balance of a few advisors.
The option to demand land in return for joining their faction that Hungary and Poland get when invited now has a tooltip about what happens if CZE accepts the counteroffer event.
Some of the Balance of Power Decisions reappearance times have been rebalanced slightly.
Overhauled late-game industry and Peace For Our Time branch ideas to use idea swaps to reduce the amount of ideas displayed.
Added conscription/training & militia bonuses for the army spirit to some focuses.
Added two new division name lists: Rangers & State Defense Guard.
Germany can no longer start ‘Fate of Czechoslovakia’ if CZE still owns the Sudetenland, they will get a wargoal instead.
Added a slight color change to Czechoslovakia when it starts its monarchist or fascist branches.
Two Polish MIOs (Naval and Tank) can be gained by Czechoslovakia depending on completing a focus or having a core related state.
Added tooltips to a few focuses when they don't have any targets (faction members/puppets) yet to make clear what they do.
Added some extra visual and focus effect flavor in the fascist branch.
The Ready for Anything decision to remove the BoP now has slightly more forgiving requirements.
Czechoslovakia no longer uses the Balkan Union cosmetic tag, using a new Pan-European one instead
Completing the Czechoslovakian focus 'Lessons of War' now removes the BoP modifier 'Threatening Neighbors'.

Bugfixes

Fixed a crash that can occur when a rocket silo's 'Surface-to-Air' mission is set to a naval region.
Fixed a crash that can occur on Mac during peace conferences.
Radola Gajda now has a Militarist trait.
Removed two army leader cost reductions as together with unremoved ones they could accumulate to -125% army leader cost and make promoting division leaders cost 0 CP.
Unifying with Poland now grants their unit leaders.
Buffed the monarchist integration idea from -1 daily autonomy for Hungary to -2.
Added a new cosmetic tag for Czechoslovakia's (integrated communist) puppets so they don't stay blue while CZE isn't.
Fixed Galicia's default capital being in the Sudetenland.
Fixed two Slovak navy chiefs having the same idea token.
Fixed communist path overlapping with democratic paths if a democratic path was chosen with the gamerule to show normally auto-hidden branches enabled.
Fixed multiple scope mistakes in the new special project.
Czechoslovakia no longer loses cores on Slovakian and Ruthenian states with the historical event chain.
If Czechoslovakia is puppeted by a non-aligned nation, Hlinka is now automatically replaced by Emil Hacha as leader for the non-aligned party.
Fixed an issue where the Industrial Concern Apollo would become available unintentionally through an upgrade focus linked to the concern.
Fixed an issue where Skoda's industry company required an extra focus after being upgraded.
Swapped around two victory point names that were misplaced on the map. (The tiles have 0 VP points so the name is only visible in bottom left when selecting the province).
Integrated some community feedback on localization for naming and usage of the correct characters.
Fixed typo in Hácha's name.
Fixed an issue which cancelled the focus 'Fortify the Crossroads' if Slovakia exists.
Multiple cosmetic tags achieved after doing the autonomist path no longer disappear when reannexing Slovakia through the autonomy system.
Fixed Peru having access to a Czech Industrial Concern.
Fixed broken Visibility conditions with some Czech MIOs for Germany and Poland.

Slovakia is now more likely to fight on the Eastern Front when they are a German puppet.
Increased the chance that Germany does its new raid on Czechoslovakia.
Hungary is now more encouraged to take part in Operation Barbarossa.
Germany's historical plan will cancel if the Czechs annex Austria.
Kommisariat Böhmen-Mahren is now more likely to assist Germany. Either support in the war, defending territory, or lend-lease.
Fixed broken allowed statements in a Polish naval and tank MIO making them show on every country when PFOT is disabled.
Added a lot more detail to a bunch of AI event considerations.
Germany was given an even stronger nudge to do the Berlin-Moscow Axis when faced with a strong Czech faction under certain circumstances.

Art

New advisor portrait for navy chief František Placák.
New advisor portrait for air chief Jaroslav Kejla.
New idea art for Leveraged Sokol.
New focus icons for: Compromise with the Veteran Agrarians, Powerhouse of Europe, Leverage Sokol, Forgive Trading Debts, Deepen Ties with Trademen, Bolster Domestic Construction & Trinec Ironworks.
New flags for CEF (Central European Federation) formable.
Removed all uses of USSR GFX CCP focus icons, replaced the one on Industrial Relocation with a new icon.
Certain Focus icons in the Czech tree will be switched for different ones depending on ideology.

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