HoI4 Guide: Poland - 30 Minutes of Hel Achievement

A guide for HoI4 Battle for the Bosporus as Poland now with up to 100% more CHEESE!
Following the steps laid out in this guide will help you to get the achievement "30 minutes of Hel".
The lovely Poland-Lithuaniaball was made by @diictodom - excellent stuff,right there!
The lovely Polandball is courtesy of our community member Zatwinki (Zatwinki#2839) over on our Discord!
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[@niku4154]

Lithaunia's stress level must've been like: 📈📈📉📈📉📈📉📈📉📉📈📈📉📉📈📈📉📈📉

[@thenewlosingspeedoflight]

I wondered why I went down lol

[@nicknguyen4768]

Title: 30 Minutes of Hel Sees video is 39 minutes long. "We've been tricked, backstabbed, and quite possibly bamboozled."

[@justderp5713]

Set video speed to 1.5x, reducing the video length by 25% reducing it to below 30 minutes. Ez GG no re

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Hackerman!

[@aleks5992]

@@justderp5713 Don't you then reduce the length by 33% and not by 25%?

[@justderp5713]

@@aleks5992 Good question, however: 1/4 = 25% So 10/40 = 25% (Same fraction, just larger) Cutting off ten minutes therefore means cutting off 25%

[@aleks5992]

@@justderp5713 When you set videospeed to 1.5x you have 1.5seconds (in the video) per one seconde in real life --> 1.5s/s it looks confusing but those secends aren't the same 39min + 8s = 2348seconds --> duration of the video 2348s / 1.5s/s = 1565.33...s --> duration of the video in real life when video speed = 1.5 1565.33...s / 2348 = 0.66... --> when you watch the video with 1.5 speed you'll need 66% of the time and reduce the length by 33% then the video lasts about 26minutes Do you get it? sorry for bad english

[@kavoco6385]

Liberia World Conquest?

[@just_dmitri3192]

Yessir

[@dr.pepper7190]

I would rather be raped by birds then try this

[@theinsanegamer1024]

@@kristiann8676 Fascist, join Germany, ww2, naval invasion of canada so it is involved in the peace deal. Take all the surrounding land, own most of Africa, have some border with the us, take from the Soviets, declare on vichy and take, declare on us, take, declare Germany, take axis...

[@gavintheimperialnewzealand9658]

**do it**

[@johngalt5166]

@@kristiann8676 I did one as Luxembourg I would bet money it is possible as any country, although I think tannu Tuva, Liberia, and maybe even Mongolia would be more difficult then Lux

[@rasplez9889]

In my "Poland can into space" run, I was 5% away from capping the Soviets all on my own, while simultaneously researching rocket tech 2. Unfortunately, even with the entire German army on the Western front, the allies just kept pushing into eastern Germany and the Balkans, with the Greeks launching many naval invasions. They quickly stormed Warsaw, and I was puppeted as a supervised state by the UK, losing half my core starting territory. (all the territory Germany has after Molotov Ribbentrop). Luckily it wasn't a complete annex, so I continued rocket tech 3, got the achievement, and quit.

[@Powerbreadwastaken]

U quit the game forever?

[@Erb_____88]

You can justify on Tannu Tuva or Mongolia if it doesn’t exist for less generated world tension and no patriotic war I believe

[@googane7755]

It didn't matter anyway, Germany refused Molotov-Ribbentrop so the soviets declared on them which was pretty lucky as sometimes the ai can sell you out.

[@FG_Remastered]

@@googane7755 Yeah, but the USSR only gets the great patriotic war when they're in a defensive war. Declaring on Germany means they're on the offensive.

[@beardslittlecorner121]

Soviets would not join Mongolian war for some reason

[@Livioverlord]

Sometimes soviets wont join.

[@FG_Remastered]

@@Livioverlord Just move your troops off the frontline for a day. That should do the trick.

[@Phoenix-ik7bm]

I'm just imagining Hitler's confusion on the whole situation.

[@LakeGameCreepr]

Some general: "mein Fuhrer, immediately after our declaration of war against Poland, fascist revolutionaries have taken over most of the country. Britain and France seem to have already recognized the new government and will not come to Poland's help." Hitler: "what?"

[@josephcola9662]

Pro-tip on nabbing Lithuania. It costs 25 PP for a garuntee, then ANOTHER 25 pp for EACH garuntee after that. This means that the allied AI needs enough PP to garuntee a nation, or they can't stop you. So if I was doing this, I wouldn't have rebuilt the nation. Instead, use the PP to justify on random 3 random democratic nations in Europe all one after the other, and then cancel once the UK and France garuntee it (I'd recommend the Nordic counties). The UK and France will put a garuntee on them all, meaning that the next nation would cost 100 PP. As long as you keep the justifications one after the next, the 30 day justification will be faster than the 75 days the allies need to put a garuntee of independence.

[@hydronpowers9014]

_As Switzerland, neutralize all neutral countries for staying neutral_

[@johngalt5166]

Yikes sounds pretty based though

[@Elyseon]

Or come down from the mountain and wreck the Reich.

[@beardslittlecorner121]

@@Elyseon I bet this will come in next DLC together with Italian and soviets focus tree

[@noneed4sleep64]

@@beardslittlecorner121 oof

[@TheMoonManBGk]

@@beardslittlecorner121 Italian focus tree?

[@madhuakkaraju5509]

now do 30 hours of hel

[@SUPREMEdiver33]

XD

[@danielzamora9491]

30 months of Hel.

[@makkapakka2462]

30 years of Hel

[@epicplush8179]

30 decades of hel

[@Vizzit707]

30 Centuries of hell

[@operationmeh]

7:39 Bitt3rSteel : Russians still aren't doing anything... Stalin: And I took that personally

[@toastmaster641]

Such an underrated KZbinr.

[@thalassinosmitsou3806]

bruh I like him too but like... this run is so based on chance (there is four things soviet union can do and shit.

[@LordDaret]

Now you have to do 30 minutes of Hel all over again considering the update to supply and the whole new focus tree

[@adrianpekaa9814]

You can just rollback the update and do it the same way like in the video. Also I doubt that it will be possible to win with similar strats because of the amount of changes to the game. There is also guide by feedback gaming so you can do his strategy.

[@cyanfloy2473]

Which version?

[@gocool_2.0]

He just did one in the new patch

[@Sayora77]

Fun Fact: In the 1939 start date Hungary has a core on Carpathian Ruthenia despite the fact it is impossible to core it through the focus tree on the 1936 start date. Additionally, Germany lacks cores on the Sudetenland and Memel as well as Poland on Zaolzie despite them usually getting cores if handed peacefully.

[@zwiebelface185]

paradox is shit

[@Sayora77]

@@zwiebelface185 thats not very nice

[@zwiebelface185]

@@Sayora77 Its a descriptive and correct statement. 😎

[@sjlbean]

But can you complete 31 minutes of Hel

[@whatsy4442]

imagine if there was an irl country leader using this man's strategies, or taureor's strategies. that would be scary

[@whatsy4442]

@La nova renaissance I know, but imagine. like, going to war with a small country and losing or getting your army yeet'ed in some days

[@KingofSwing1]

This achievement is actually easier than it sounds, just very cumbersome.

[@vascodegama6095]

One thing you guys can do is justify to tannu tuva or mongolia so soviet can not get rid of great purge debuffs Note: Not sure if its working now

[@damnthathurts731]

Pretty sure they fixed that in 1.10 but I could be wrong though

[@grayemn1409]

Thats cheesing it, if you were in the discord server you would know that bittersteel dosent like cheesing the game

[@vascodegama6095]

​@@damnthathurts731 No idea i dont play game like i used to just watch videos :p

[@vascodegama6095]

@@grayemn1409 I said "you guys can do" bro chill i am not saying its mistake or something

[@scottlmiller1]

@@damnthathurts731 It hasn't been fixed about 2 weeks. I tried to do a world conquest playing as Germany. I went after the Soviet first than on the Allies. I justified on Tanna Tuva

[@ixon3679]

Yesterday i was trying to do that achivement. It was too hard for me but i thought it would be good if you recorded guide for us. So magic!

[@ukaszw6623]

Just turn into fascist and do not join war with allies and that's it. Aswell do not follow steps of this guy too much, he is kinda chaotic. Also do not build any civilian factories, only military.

[@mlgsty8880]

I did this with the same strat while ago but I managed to capitulate Germans before I had required kills. Fortunately they had some starving troops in Mongolia that were enough to get rest of kills.

[@NerdRivera]

Poland can into Germany

[@ghilliemcwilly2162]

*Poland WILL into Germany*

[@sleven1160]

Poland IS into Germany

[@MegaDeadra]

Tried it, worked like a charm. Ended up with Soviet manually declaring on me instantly but 10/0 infanty could hold enough

[@juliank9213]

Question how did u get your troops to train so quickly mine took till December when I tried

[@jamtoast4302]

You are a mad lad. Great video btw

[@Skycroft1000]

Pretty sure that you are the evil twin in this scenario...

[@officialzji1828]

Rarely seeing you going to the 1939 scenario.

[@MrWazzup96]

Most of the time people only play that scenario to get this achievement

[@toastmaster641]

You have to play that scenario to get the achievement.

[@benlowe1701]

Thanks to your videos, I have successfully conned my friends into thinking I am competent at this game.

[@Bitt3rSteel]

fake it till you make it!

[@benlowe1701]

@@Bitt3rSteel I intend to! On the flip side. I finally got this achievement. My brother isn't happy. Direct Quote:"I'm not thrilled at how good you've got at this game. I liked it better when we were equally inept." Little does he know. I am conducting an elaborate ruse.

[@musAKulture]

i was about to go to bed and you uploaded. good. i dont need sleep anyway. im unemployed and got lots of free time.

[@resulax9274]

You are the most underrated channel in hoi4 youtube. Please keep going like this I love your videos. Can you do Hardly Anything Sèvres achievement.

[@scottlmiller1]

Great vid. Thanks for clarifying how to do this achievement. I've been avoiding this achievement myself. Wouldn't it have been easier if you declare war on Tannu Tuva if the Soviets still had the "Purge" modifier. I notice this latest patch, the AI playing the Soviet is a bit aggressive.

[@falconpunch1719]

The mad lad did it

[@fernandog8553]

Bro great video, keep uploading more, greetings from Mexico.

[@grease88]

Thank you so much for making this game more fun bro. I couldn't have done this without your help

[@XtremeXC29]

seems no matter what I do, I always get involuntarily dragged into a war with the allies.

[@creativeflag2292]

The madman did it

[@boiiiii]

bitter steel i love your videos much can you please tell me more about the navy its a bit complicating can you please make a video talking about it and how to control diffrent ships and what to do please bitter steel i would very much enjoy it and many people would

[@falloutplays624]

This was quite interesting most of the strategies i've seen has been alot different. Nice to see your take on it

[@augustasmartynaitis2798]

Hey Bittersteel, thanks for the tutorial, and I noticed if you invaded Lithuania first, you could of gotten Hungary AND Lithuania (early). Love your content keep it up.

[@rizkiramadhana6681]

Well played. You make it looks easy

[@tyde2736]

YESS

[@fluffycommander]

Excuse me please don't tell them to nerf superior firepower lol xD

[@theparks6541]

You make such great content - well done mate.

[@somewhereelse1235]

I know this video's over a year old now but having seen the quick little non-aggression pact from the UK, if you accepted that you could have gone to war with Lithuania, and, the UK at least, wouldn't be able to declare on you. It might have been useful to burn some PP to get a few other Non-Aggression pacts from countries you couldn't invade that were in the allies.

[@makkapakka2462]

I have a another challenge, it's called 'Hungary for Hamburg' play as Hungary, invade Austria and Yugoslavia, puppet France, have two coastal provinces in Africa and take the city of Hamburg.

[@kevincrowley7582]

Worked for me just today, although I didn't get the achievement until Feb. '45. I only had 20% participation at the end of the war because Finland did not call a truce with the SU, so Germany was able to swoop in from the north and take a lot of land. But what I did in the peace deal was only puppet Russia on my first turn. Then surround Germany with Russian lands so when I went to war I had a very small border with Germany, and since I didn't call in Russia, they were trapped there. You get enough factories from puppeting that I was able to make a sizeable army and forts.

[@zdenekotruba8281]

Thank you! Just managed to get the achievement thanks to this strategy

[@torrestrezeguet9742]

After the german declaration on the soviets you could’ve just left the axis so the german troops wouldn’t border the soviets

[@GaborSzitas22]

tried the achievement 21 times, now i hope i will take 1 time

[@qazaq1991]

Dang, you never post a bad video! Congrats of 15k!

[@Brian_i]

As Great Britain Get the "One Empire" Achievement and at the same time get Queen Elizabeth ii on the Throne.

[@Randy-dz8hj]

Awesome guide as usual!

[@sqoli5161]

i love watching these videos right now

[@remocmisser774]

tHANKS SO MUCH BITTERSTEEL! I GOT IT THANKS TO YOU

[@joshuaaspinall7004]

The thing about bittersteel thumbnails is you know what happens but you wonder how Greece got into North Africa

[@kristijanveljaca1687]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@savage5975]

hey mate that was an awesome video, i'm going to give it a try

[@atahanapti3124]

Going with the hard achievements but can you deny sevres?

[@IvanLuthien]

Would like to see update for this one :)

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Will do!

[@losisansgaming2628]

@@Bitt3rSteel still waiting on that update

[@czech_ring]

when you playing as 1939 korea?

[@Creme-BriLee]

What can you do as Korea?

[@czech_ring]

@@Creme-BriLee you got loads of manpower and resources but a small amount of factories and you're a democracy in 1939 with a generic focus tree

[@raippakeisari2342]

@@Creme-BriLee Turn it into Best-Korea and conquer the US. :D

[@zombieplayr]

LET'S GOOOOOOO

[@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse]

Whenever I watch someone play this (I don't play myself. I have the base game but I'm done shoving money up Paradox's ass for all those DLCs...) I always want them to build more infrastructure because that'll help the civillians after the war :D.

[@KNtinos7]

Bitt3r: USSR isnt doing nothing now lol 1 milosecond later USSR: I will do what is called a pro gamer move

[@stormamoeba]

Perfect tutorial

[@eightdrop1089]

Can you do Crusader kings 1?

[@Mast3rch13fII7]

Could you not have taken Lithuania anyway since the UK was also guaranting Poland?

[@학생-l7i]

What military organization did you use?

[@cherrykoolaid]

Player led peace conferences!!!!

[@robertobey9415]

To avoid the great patriotic war, justify on Mongolia or tanu tuva, if you don’t finish off the Russians by the time the purge is over that war will become much harder

[@turcanadian]

Perfect achivement tutorial doesn't exi-

[@miroslavholub7361]

When I was doing that achievement germany never went to war with allies, it was hard but not imposible

[@uranus8112]

Hey! Please do a KZbin series on any country and set the countries go to a random ideology. (Randomize your country and the ideologies including your). Try to do a world conquest.

[@Daniel-vj9oq]

Why does Japan always declare war on Yugoslavia nowadays?

[@grayemn1409]

I belive that this is helpful, thank you.

[@mikebaker1783]

Wooooooooo yeah baby

[@solarc4667]

If annyone wants to know this no longer works in the 1939 start with the new dlc no step back

[@r.k.8475]

yes, but it is quite easy to use an older version. There it is of course still working.

[@ExeReign]

Can you tell me the Naval operations? Because I wanna make Austria hungary and Im still cant make it that achievement wants Israel to make Austria hungary:( there is no focus like Make Austria hungary on Hungary or Call the Habsburg prince

[@pinkdirt8652]

As someone with most achievements, the austria hungary one was the most painful by far.

[@damnthathurts731]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@carltonleboss]

I love these videos

[@MM-xt1fs]

I try to do it, after finishing the civil war, the soviet union justified on Poland and was dragged to war without having decent army units, now its 1942 and the Soviet Union needs 40% to capitulate, so hard, can you tell me which build you did this tutorial with?

[@WeepingBirth]

Oh boy, it's THAT achievement

[@adamhrin9866]

Poland be like: Call an ambulance! Call AN Ambulance!!! But not for Meh....

[@carltonleboss]

I assume you keep the guarantees as you keep Poland's original country tag, and the splinter nation gets a new tag

[@chengas1221]

Do you guys use tanks in a seperate army, or do you combine tank and infantry divisions in the same army

[@OstapVasilevschi]

What strategies are best for Romania? Like, what armies and so on?

[@theinsanegamer1024]

I want to know the music you use for the timelapses, I don't think its hoi4 ost.

[@gospelreaper6424]

with uk u could have your spies makes diplo pressure and some improve opinion and you could get yourself a non-aggression deal. and to avoid fighting japan because of Germany guarantee you could have justified on her puppet (Slovakia) .

[@Luis_.-]

Cool!

[@Cerabelus]

When I did your Bearer of Artillery Strat I got kicked from the Allies 3 times and got back in using Improve relations and 2 spies on constant Diplo pressure, could that have worked here? And maybe instead of taking Hungary I will take Lithuania instead when I try your Strat.

[@yavuzerendemir8675]

Can you try Hardly Anything Sevres with Ottoman Empire? It's one of the hardest achievements in hoi4 and I don't know how to beat Japan, Axis and Allies

[@IntergalacticVoid]

Why you are doing all in the same hour? Is it only for not going on a war with Allies?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

If any time passes at all, the outcome changes. It's difficult to explain, but it MUST be done like this for the exploit to work

[@cscs4169]

Never clicked so fast

[@yers7638]

Me who got 30 minutes of hel in 20 hour of game time : *Surprised Pikachu Face*

[@uncoolgnome9988]

Hi there you should try doing a New Zealand world conquest?

[@TheXenomorphGuySMSE]

i got lucky and managed to nab Lithuania the first time

[@ckkk._93]

Why in your game , soviet do not annex lituania

[@antasil5768]

I was kind of hoping you would actually defend in 1939, but I guess that's hopeless. Nice campaign though, especially considering you barely did any micromanagement. Bonus points for your generals!

[@gdoublell1002]

Check out feedback gaming’s video

[@gamidragon]

Commenting for the algorithm~

[@htzak8194]

If you justify the wargoal on either Tannu Tuva or Mongolia you pull the Soviets in without them getting the great patriotic war buff. You can purge your way to Moscow.

[@kylejackson1502]

Motorized only challenge

[@salvocastiglione748]

I did all you did but ended up screwing all because i joined the war against Allies and Comintern

[@redeploying]

i've been to Hell once..... HEL I MEANT HEL

[@sa-jh8is]

What about justifying on lithuania right away so you can form Poland lithuania? This gives you tons of manpower and cores on Belarus and Ukraine