r/hoi4 • u/Kloiper Extra Research Slot • 10d ago

Help Thread The War Room - /r/hoi4 Weekly General Help Thread: October 5 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/Awkward-Flow-1889 7d ago

uhm its kinda my first time playing hearts of iron 4 all i did was watch a youtuber by the name "jimarkus" and i just bought the game any tips

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u/darkequation General of the Army 6d ago

How do I know the amount of divisions I need to fill a frontline? Is there a tool that shows how many tiles there are when I draw a line from A to B (instead of garrison order where I have to click all the way)?

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u/CalligoMiles General of the Army 6d ago

When you drag the frontline with the army selected, it will show a green overlay for enough units, yellow for at least half and red for not even that.

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u/darthbob88 3d ago

Is there an easy way to automatically distribute planes between bases in an area? I would like to say "I need 3 billion fighters over France/Japan/English Channel/Florida/wherever" without needing to manually assign 2000 planes to each base within range.

I suspect this is one of the purposes of air groups, but I haven't done enough with them to be sure.