Awards

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Equestria at War has 50 different awards, all using the Award mechanic. Awards have no in-game effects; the award just pops up in-game, and is then added to the player's career profile.

The difficulty of each award varies; some awards are very easy (e.g. being at war as  Equestria), while some are more difficult (e.g. x as x or x. The below list groups the various awards by a difficulty level as assessed by the wiki editors (uncategorized - UC - awards haven't been assessed yet).

Awards can only be gained in single-player games, on regular, veteran or elite difficulty. They can be earned while playing older versions of the game as long as said awards were present in that version. They can also be earned with Historical AI Focuses set to off. When starting the game, no nation buff sliders can be adjusted, or any option selected that display a warning that achievements are going to be disabled (even though awards are technically not achievements). Playing in Ironpony mode is not required. There is no "end date", the game can be continued indefinitely, although some awards have set time limits specific to them.

The list of awards is available either in the Career Profile in the main menu, or in Playthrough Overview in the pause menu. As this is a mod, vanilla Hoi4 achievements will not be obtainable through any means. Do not be misled by the grayed-out trophy cup icon next to the World Tension indicator, it has no bearing on availability of EaW awards. Console commands can still be used, but for your own enjoyment it is recommended that you limit its use to the absolute minimum.

List of awards

The "Notes" column lists helpful short tips/strategies.

The column denotes awards which can't be completed without the use of DLC mechanics. Currently, this column is empty, as every EaW's award can be earned without having any DLC installed and is likely to remain this way for the foreseeable future. Originally, the Thermal Signature Detected! award required owning La Resistance DLC, before its requirements were completely changed. Additionally, Friends in High Places was designed to utilize mechanics from two different DLC's, though it is possible (and arguably easier) to earn it without them.

The "Ver" column indicates in which version a certain award was added. Awards cannot be earned prior to the version they were added in.

The "DI" column is for difficulty as assessed by wiki editors. VE = Very Easy, E = Easy, M = Medium, H = Hard, VH = Very Hard, I = Insane, UC = Uncategorized.

Award	Starting conditions	Requirements	Notes		Ver	DI
A Greater Equestria As Stalliongrad, form the Greater Equestrian Union and annex Canterlot state.	Original country is  Stalliongrad	Owns Canterlot Is cosmetic tag Greater Equestrian Union	You must go down the Dark Wing path either by supporting Altidiya or reaching a compromise. You'll become an Equestrian puppet and have to wait a long time while dealing with any opposition during the events that follow.		2.0.1	UC
An Eye For An Eye As Hellquill, Have Starry Night as the country leader.	Original country is  Ordensstaat Hellquill	Current ruling party is Communist Starry Night is the current country leader	Before the game start, set Lushi's AI modifier to go the communist route. Take the regular supremacist path (foiling Stackelberg's attempt along the way) until you reach the focus "Might Makes Right", and have Kamphaus's plot succeed. Once you turn communist, simply follow down the new focus tree to elect Starry Night.		2.0.1	E
Another Victory For Zalathel Zarca As Colthaginian Republic, make sure Zalathel Zarca gets a hug from his sister.	Original country is  Colthaginian Republic	Make Zaphod happy	You must complete the focus "One Sufrit Above All" when the Harmonites faction's loyalty is at least at 50%. You will be given opportunity to get started in events from focuses earlier in the focus tree branch. Once you reach 30% loyalty through focuses and events, a decision to appease the Harmonites will become available, which will bring you the rest of the way to your goal.		2.0.1.8	VE
Armageddon As Wittenland, summon a falling star.	Original country is  Kingdom of Wittenland	Summoned a falling star	Keep taking decisions to research more spells till you can't no more. During a war you will have access to the decision "Summon Falling Star". Activate it.		2.0.1	VE
Ascension As the Ascendancy, complete the Grand Ritual.	Original country is  Colthaginian Republic	Is  Hippone The Godhead is the current country leader	Do not do anything to stop the uprising in the west. Maintain your garrison in occupied Coltva, do not allow the resistance in Coltva to exceed 70%. In August, a civil war will start. Switch to the Constitutionalists' side. When the Zarcid side reaches 50% surrender progress, accept the offer to end the civil war early. If Coltva revolted during the civil war, reload an earlier save or reset. Progress down you post-civil-war focus tree. After some time, you will receive demands from the Coltvans. Invite their leader to negotiations in Colthage. This will spawn Coltva as a playable nation, which you should switch to. As the alternative to all of the above, you can remove all of your garrison from Coltva to trigger the uprising, which will start one month after exceeding 70% resistance in the region. For best chances, try to time it to occur in August. Do not switch to Constitutionalists, wait for Coltva to appear and switch to them. Hopefully, their AI will accept the offer to end the civil war early and invite your leader for negotiations in Colthage. Agree to the negotiations. The second civil war is now triggered. After you win it as Coltva, a new stability mechanic is introduced. Fail it, by allowing four prefectures to go into anarchy. You will now have a new leader. The next few events will familiarize you with the situation. At first, one nation will break away from you, and another one shortly afterwards. Finally, the third civil war kicks off for good and you will get an event where you need to pick your side. Choose the one that has its capital city in Hippone, in the west. Complete your first focus tree (some of the needed focuses can only be taken after you won the civil war). This will load another, larger focus tree, which you will need to complete as well. Be prepared for a lengthy playthrough. Notably, you will have to defeat Hippogriffia completely (including the capture of their island). To get enough blood crystals for the grand ritual, you may end up having to conquer most of Griffonia and northeastern Equus, including Stalliongrad. One of the elixirs will double the amount of blood crystals you earn, so you may consider delaying your biggest wars until you have prepared it.		2.0.1	VH
A Series of Unfortunate Events As the Realm of Kiria, create the worst possible timeline for the kirin.	Original country is  Realm of Kiria	The Grand Gallop Onward Failed The Triumvirate collapsed Fickle Current won the Kirian Civil War The Kirian Corporate War happened The Atomic Bombing of Radiance happened The Children of Concord rose up Neofeudalism was enacted in Kiria Changelings took over Fragrance	Complete the focus "In the Vermilion Court" and invite Rising Sun to the plenum in the subsequent event. Bring stability below 10% to trigger civil war. Don't switch to a different country. Unlock the balance of power mechanic through your focuses and push it above 80% (representing a ratio of non-aligned to communism popularity, or vice versa) in either direction to activate The Death Spiral mission and let it time out. This will switch you to Fickle Current automatically. Win the civil war as Fickle Current. At some point take the "Overseas Investors" focus and accept changelings' offer. Do not core your occupied states. Complete the focus "The Twelfth Vassal-Corporation". Between Sycee Trading House and All-Kiria Artificers' Guild, let one of the two corporations charter more than twice the states than the other. Timeout the Sycee-Guild Rivalry mission and wait a few months for things to escalate. While the corporate war is ongoing and you have Atomic Research tech either already researched or currently being researched, there is 1/3 chance each month for a one-time event to fire in which Radiance is nuked. Kirin Astrology reduces that chance. After that happens, send your best divisions as volunteers to either side to finish the war. Take the decisions to integrate the western puppets back into your country. Beware of potential invasions from Zaikirian Militarchy in 1011 and Roam Kaiserate (but not Talonsvaal Republiek) in 1012. Once you feel secure and in control of all of your starting territory, remove all garrison from Kirian states and wait until the average resistance exceeds 45%. Don't switch. Complete the focus "Wards of the State". Start another war. Allow your enemy to capture Fragrance while Chrysalis is still in charge of the Changeling Lands. Setting Stalliongrad to choose Sinister and New Mareland to become non-harmonic before starting the game ought to buy you some extra time. If for some reason you don't get an event loading a new focus tree after winning the civil war as Fickle Current, saving the game and loading it again ought to fix it. Some initial setup steps are shared with Matrilineal Succession award. While attempting this award, create a save before Children of Concord's uprising, complete either of the two awards, and reload to get the other.		2.2.1.4	M
Balefire Blues As a zebra nation, drop a nuclear bomb on Canterlot state.	Country Starting Race is  Zebra	Dropped a nuclear bomb on Canterlot	Hard due to there not being many Zebra countries, and even fewer being able to build a power base high enough to rival Equestria. Colthaginian Republic is recommended. Best done while doing the Ascension award. After finishing your Focus Tree, build a large number of long range fighters and a few Strategic Bombers. Try dropping a nuclear bomb at the very start of the war since Canterlot of unlikely to have air support. Also possible as other paths, if you can capture the Dragonlands to get in range.		2.0.1	H
Blitzkrieg As the Changeling Lands, complete "Lead the Armies" focus and annex Canterlot state before 1010.	Original country is  Changeling Lands	Owns Canterlot Has completed focus Lead the Armies Before 1:00, 1 Jan, 1010	Playing on non-historical can make this award easier. Start building a collaboration Government in Equestria as soon as possible. Rush the political focuses to "Peaceful Integration of Olenia". On non-historical there is a 10% chance that Olenia will submit without a fight if they are still non-aligned. This is not required, but gives you more time. Have naval invasions ready if the war breaks out. Rush to "Lead the Armies" as soon as the Olenia was is over. Push aggressively on the main front. You can naval invade the south with a small force to split the enemy armies. If Equestria is currently in a Civil War capitulating them will be easier. You only need to bid for Canterlot in the peace deal.		2.0.1	H
Comeback As Hippogriffia, first lose the North Zebrican War, then defeat Chiropterra.	Original country is  Hippogriffia	Hippogriffia has been defeated One of the following must be true: Owns The Imperial Hills  Chiropterra is a subject.	The North Zebrican War will trigger after Chiropterra and the Colthagian Republic form an alliance and declare a war on you, or you declare war on them. Abandon all your continental holdings and wait for The Trotguirat Treaty to trigger. You'll load into a transitional focus tree. Take some focuses that remove debuffs you got after loosing the war, but don't finish the tree since that will remove all your old National Spirits that will help you in the next war. Justify when you can (or use a spare wargoal you got from your focus tree) and declare after the truce is over. Garrison your ports and the one island with a strait to the mainland. If the Colthagian Republic is not a major, simply naval invade the few Chiropterra core states to capitulate the entire faction.		2.0.1	M
Crime Against Griffonkind Drop a nuclear bomb on Griffonstone state.		Dropped a nuclear bomb on Griffonstone	A good choice for this achievement is The River Federation, which means you will end up earning the Ode To Joy award along the way. In historical mode, they don't have to wage many wars, and have sufficient industry to achieve the necessary degree of air superiority, at least temporarily, and nuclear research bonus from a focus to make it take less time. The only serious threat is Hellquill; to make the award even easier to earn, you can change their standard AI modifier to something more peaceful. By 1016, when the nuclear bomb is generally unlocked, Griffonstone will likely end up under the Griffonian Empire's control; if you cannot get the war goal from a focus for any reason, simply justify manually. An air base built in the state that is the closest to Griffonstone, right on the border with Hellquill and Lushi, will be enough to get 1016-era heavy fighters in range.		2.0.1	VE
Day of the Black Trident Be the faction leader of the Zebrika-Aegis with at least 9 members.	Original country is  Realm of Kiria	The Zebrika-Aegis has been formed. Is faction leader In a faction with at least 9 members	Accept Rising Sun in the plenum and fail the Great Gallop Onward by dropping stability below 10%. Switch to the new country. Defend the northwestern portion of your country, including the capital. Complete the focus Overseas Investors and take the changelings' offer. Then allow Kiria to capture Fragrance. Try not to reach 100% capitulation progress, or the event might not fire. Switch to a new country again. About halfway through the second focus you will unlock a new UI button allowing you to switch between two focus trees. Make use of various decisions to subvert other countries and gain benefits in the process. More powerful decisions will be unlocked after successfully executing false flag operations in Auburn Isle and Rhapsody. The decision to form the Zebrika-Aegis alliance requires that you own many states in northwestern and western Kiria. You will have to fight Kiria, and possibly Roam to get them.		2.2	UC
Deforestation Expert As the Changeling Lands, defeat the Everfree Forest.	Original country is  Changeling Lands	Subdued the Everfree Forest	Conquer Equestria to unlock the Pax Chysalia occupation focus tree. Use the "Secret Police" or harsher occupation laws to keep resistance and damage to garrisons down. You must have 750 aircraft deployed, of which at least 250 must be tactical bombers, and 250 fighters. You also need to at least be able to research or have already researched Magical Munitions in the Changeling tech tree and Atomic Research in Engineering tech tree. In addition to that, you need to complete "Jadgkommando Brigades" or "The Panzerzugkorps" focus before the rebellion starts. Eventually, the Everfree rebellion will fire on its own. Surround the Everfree Forest with an army, but hold position. Have divisions without any assigned orders to ensure that they won't move without your command. When the Subjugate the Everfree focus becomes available start going down that path immediately. Cancel your current focus if it's not near completion. Pick either of the two new decisions "Operation Durchbruch" or "Operation Fernauf". (30 CP and 25 PP respectively) when they become available. During the Everfree subjugation events pick the following options: "Target the Castle of the Two Sisters" "Discreetly switch to the better strain" "The Herr's prerogative is to stop the Everfree through any means necessary, plain and simple." Once you're able to pick the "Taming the Forest" decision, do it and proceed to order your army to attack. Provinces in the region will periodically flip back to Everfree, so it might be necessary to micro a unit onto each province once the enemy army is dealt with to capitulate the enemy.		2.0.1	M
Defying Fate As Olenia, Capitulate Changeling Lands while being independent and having no allies.	Original country is  Kingdom of Olenia	Defeated Changelings alone	Go down the Placate the Goðar focuses for good military bonuses. Don't defend at your border. The Changelings outnumber you. Use the natural choke-points created by the impassable terrain and defend behind rivers when possible. If any divisions are running low on organization, swap them out for fresh ones. Eventually, the Changelings will find themselves at war with Equestria. Help them capitulate the Changelings. You'll get the award as long as you're not in a faction with anyone.		2.0.1	UC
Emperor Of Griffonia Have Grover VI reach full age and become the Emperor.	One of the following must be true: Original country is  Griffonian Empire Original country is  County of Bronzehill Original country is  Barony of Angriver Original country is  Skyfall Trade Federation Original country is  Yale Rectorate	Emperor Grover VI is the current country leader	Grover VI, assuming he is alive, will be crowned via event in 1021 if you are on a valid path. Recommended to do as Griffonian Empire.		2.0.1	M
Equestria at Peace As the Celestial Resistance, grant Daring Do's wish to bring peace to Equestria.	One of the following must be true: Original country is  Equestria Original country is  The Celestial Resistance	Original country is  The Celestial Resistance Has granted Daring Do's wish to bring peace to Equestria.			2.3	UC
Equestria at War While playing as Equestria, be at war.	Original country is  Equestria	At War Current ruling party is Harmonic	The quickest way to obtain this award is to complete the focus "Buffalo Relations" and select the aggressive option in the event that comes up afterwards.		2.0.1	VE
Fine, I'll Do It Myself As the Jaki-Clan, after Thorax wins the Changeling Civil War, launch the Great War.	Original country is the  Jakichikh Clan Confederation	Is the overlord of the Free Changeling Kingdom Is at offensive war with  Equestria	Setting Changeling Lands to Thoraxian Uprising path is mandatory. Can be done on the same playthrough as the the I'm Something of a Harmonist Myself award. It's still possible if Thorax loses the civil war, but it has to occur. In fact, it may be easier if Chrysalis won. Create a save after getting Polar Bears and Pingland. Find a good moment to justify on Chrysalis during the Great War, earn as much warscore as you can. Create another save before the peace conference. During the peace conference, first select the liberate option and choose one state belonging to the Free Changeling Hives from the dropdown menu on the left. Then, on the same turn, switch to puppeting, and puppet the state you've just liberated. You may add a couple more states if you want. After the peace conference, open your career profile and verify whether the overlord requirement has been met. Don't worry if Thorax is the leader of Equestria's puppet state instead of yours. What matters is who is the overlord of the CCN tag (created during the Changeling civil war). You may now justify on Equestria to get your award. If you play as Star Mountain, you can also gain a wargoal after the focus tree expands for the second time after capturing Stalliongrad. Thorax actually winning may complicate things. He has the ability to join Equestria's faction quite early, unless they are still fighting their own civil war. Supremacist Olenia may potentially attack Thorax, provided that historical focuses are disabled (setting Olenia to go supremacist while keeping the historical focuses toggle is insufficient).		2.3	UC
Friends in High Places As the Changeling Lands, promote the Canterlot Clique to the uppermost echelon of the Changeling Heer.	Original country is  Changeling Lands	Jachs:    Is a Field Marshal.    Is the Chief of Army. Alcippe:    Is a General.    Is in the Military High Command. Jachs, Alcippe, Marsilio, Finicus Vesali, and Second Wind are in the Canterlot Commissariat.	Best combined with the "Occupation Is Magic" award on the same playthrough. It may be easier to earn without the No Step Back and By Blood Alone DLC. The focus "Das 96. Canterlonian" spawns two divisions, commanded by Jachs and Alcippe. In order to promote them to generals, you must either use decisions (costing 100 command points each) if you don't have the By Blood Alone DLC, or use the regular method if you do. Promote Jachs again to a Field Marshall. This step is not affected by any DLC, as it's a mechanic available in the base game. If you have No Step Back DLC, you must then promote them again to advisors. If you don't, this step is skipped entirely, but it's not reflected in the award tooltip; it always says that you need to do that, even when playing the base version. Complete focuses "Jewel in the Crown" and "Changing of the Guard" to satisfy the final objective. Be aware that some story choices may lead you to losing one of the characters later. Doing this during an "Occupation Is Magic" run ensures that you keep everyone in the long term, as you work on Jachs' and Alcippe's promotions.		2.2.2.1	UC
Friendship Always Wins As the Equestrian Liberation Front, either annex Vesalipolis state or have Changeling Lands as a subject.	Original country is  Changeling Lands	Country is  Equestrian Liberation Front One of the following must be true Owns Vesalipolis  Changeling Lands is a subject.	Don't take any Pax Chrysalia focuses after conquering Equestria. Soon the Equestrian Liberation Front will spawn and you'll get the option to swap to them. You can sabotage the Changelings as much or as little as you wish by deleting their divisions and emptying the stockpile before clicking on the event to play as the Liberation Front.		2.0.1	H
Hindia Superpower By 1020 As a Hindian nation, be a major country and have at least one million army ponypower and 100 factories before 1020.	One of the following must be true: Original country is  Yarildom of Chital Original country is  Yarildom of Sambar Original country is  Doelhi Confederation Original country is  Barasingha Original country is  Stagpal Original country is  Protectorate of Uusi Hirvimaa	Is considered a Major Country At least 1.00M ponypower in divisions in the field More Factories than 99 Before 1:00, 1 Jan, 1020	Easy award due to the very generous time limit. Here's one possible strategy: Play as the Yarildom of Chital. Keep the Axis of Chital's tension high. This flips you to being Hindian-aligned making the Hindian War an easy 3 vs 1. Annexing the others after that one by one comes easy, as does conquering the rest of the region. You should be able to reach the requirements even before unifying the region.		2.0.1	E
I Love Democracy As the Aquileian Republic, earn the support of 350 Députés in the Assemblée Nationale.	Original country is  Kingdom of Aquileia	350 Députés support the President in the Assemblée Nationale d' Aquileia	Ignite and win the Aquileian Revolution to get a parliament. Take decisions to swing Députés to your side, even at the cost of your party support.		2.0.1	VE
INDEPENDENT FASCIST ROMAU As Romau, be fully independent and own Griffenheim state while having the supremacy ideology.	Original country is  Free City of Romau	is fully independent Current ruling party is Supremacist Owns Griffenheim	The difficulty will depend on which path the Griffonian Empire chooses or is set to in the game rules, with "The Lord Protector" being the easiest, "The Nobles" rather challenging, and "The Archonate" (the historical one) almost impossible. Hunt for a good opportunity. Prioritize taking Griffenheim in the peace conference over anything else.		2.0.1	UC
I'm Something of a Harmonist Myself As the Jaki-Clan, bring serfdom back to Severyana.	Original country is the  Jakichikh Clan Confederation	has ideology Neo-Feudalism Owns Stalliongrad	Recommended to be played mostly on historical. If you want to attempt the Fine, I'll Do It Myself on the same run, you may set Changeling Lands to take the path of Thoraxian revolt. The instructions on how to make Star Mountain your leader can be found in Jaki-Clan article, in the leaders section, after clicking the [may contain spoilers] button at the bottom of the table. Be aggressive. One of the first events will grant you the ability to justify a wargoal at any world tension. Justify on Polar Bears while they are fighting the penguins, then with normal wargoals from the focus tree, take out Penguins, republican Nova Griffonia, and Nova Griffonian junta (the latter after they've lost some of the divisions after ending the civil war). It's okay if you don't have enough divisions to cover the border with Nova Griffonia, neither will the griffons. If you do it right, you may conquer all of them before Stalliongrad expands anywhere besides Our Town. Look how the Great War is going on. If Stalliongrad joined Equestria's faction, or might join as a result of the Changelings pushing Equestria beyond 20% of capitulation progress, then wait until the GW is over. When you are ready, decalre war on them. Fortify your border and let them bleed out, and only attack when they're sufficiently weakened. When you have Stalliongrad, complete the final focus to expand the tree. Around halfway through the expanded tree you will change your ideology.		2.3	H
Literally 1048 As Marelandia, rename Mareland state.	Original country is  Commonwealth of New Mareland	MARESOC have taken control Renamed Mareland	To play as Marelandia, go down the Communist branch (Recognize Staliongrad) and pick MARESOC during The First Socialist Conference. Mareland is owned at the start of the game by Equestria, and must be taken in a war in order to be renamed. First, consolidate your power and remove your debuffs by working on your focus tree. Wingbardy might pose an early problem if they decide to attack you with their bigger forces, but you can always fall back all the way to Colton and Sunset if you can't hold the riverline border and counterattack once your enemies are split between you and an eastern coalition. After integrating Wingbardy you can decide on your next course of action depending on what state Equestria is in. If you are not able to declare and take Mareland in a peace, continue conquering parts of Griffonia till you're ready to face your past overlord.		2.0.1	UC
Lord Of War As Tobuck, ensure Pea Shooter leaves with as much money as possible.	Original country is  Republic of Tobuck	Maximum money ending achieved	You must end the year with 100 million in overseas funds.		2.0.1	E
Memento Mori As Las Pegasus, ensure Mayor Rokenhar has the best possible ending for his life.	Original country is  Equestria	Country is  Las Pegasus Rokenhar has died	Trigger the Lunar Civil War: Wait for the event "A Modest Proposal". Pick "You can do it, Luna. I believe in you." or "Everything is fine as it is." and in the event "The Aftermath" soon after, pick "Recruit a team of supporters and activists.". The Lunar Civil War is now guaranteed. To have the Lunar Empire be reasonably strong, pick all middle options in the following events. When the Civil War fires, chose to stay with Celestia. Soon after, you will start getting events for to play as breakaway states, first in the south-east, then the south. Next you'll get the option to play as Las Pegasus. Use your focuses and events to balance Communism and Fascism, but keep them low, lower Harmony and above all else increase Non-Aligned support. Your goal is to have Non-Aligned be the strongest party so you can take the focus "Checkmate". With your new focus tree, beeline to "Reinforcing the House of Cards". For the best possible ending you must complete the following focuses: "Root Out Corruption", "Fairer Taxation", "An Actual Constitution", "Ensure a Smooth Succession", "The Swan Song". You have to ignore the famine to have enough time.		2.0.1	VE
Matrilineal Succession Coronate Princess Mahogany Blaze.	Original country is  Realm of Kiria	The Kingdom of Concord has been formed.	Have Fickle Current win the civil war by dropping stability below 10%. It will play out differently, depending on whether you invited Rising Sun into the plenum or not. However, it is important that she doesn't escape to Tangpau, and the surest way to guarantee that is to invite her. Children of Concord will revolt once the average resistance in Kiria's states exceeds 45%. Shortly before that happens, delete all of your units (or don't, if you want extra challenge); it will be too late once the event pops. Switch to the rebels. Some focuses grant influence points to either Kindling Flash or Dayspring Rose. The latter is also available as a political advisor, which can grant her an additional point while she is active. To achieve the Kingdom of Concord ending, upon completing the focus "We Are Free", the difference between both must either be kept within one point of each other (in which case you will get to decide which ending you want), or have Dayspring Rose's influence be two or more points higher than Kindling Flash's (in which case you will skip some story events and become a kingdom automatically). Note: while the final focus requires you to be in control of all of "Kiria proper", Fragrance is not considered a part of it for the purposes of this and other similar focuses. This means that a changeling takeover of the city will not prevent your progress. It will even grant a strong debuff towards Fickle Current's surrender progress and his army overall, lasting for one year, potentially making your job easier. Some initial setup steps are shared with A Series of Unfortunate Events award. While attempting that award, create a save before Children of Concord's uprising, complete either of the two awards, and reload to get the other.		2.2	UC
More In Common As the Realm of Kiria, complete Mayflower Bloom's story arc.	Original country is  Realm of Kiria	Appointed Mayflower Bloom as Political Advisor	Complete the 3 and 1/2 year plan. At some point during the first 10 focuses of the new tree you unlock Mayflower Bloom as a fifth character for the journal. Complete every focus that adds a journal entry for Mayflower Bloom. Complete the new focus called Mayor Mayflower that has just become visible. You will need the mayor of Radiance to be from MMK (PB). At some point a new decision will become available to appoint Mayflower as a political advisor. To take it, the position of mayor of Radiance must be available for a replacement again. Once the decision is taken, a series of two events will appear. In the latter, you are to choose whether or not you want to actually unlock her as an advisor. You will earn your award regardless of your choice. Sometimes you need to wait until the first day of the month to move to the next step.		2.2	E
Occupation Is Magic As the Changeling Lands, open the Generalmajor's desk drawer.	Original country is  Changeling Lands	Opened Jachs' drawer	Requires achieving the best ending for the Pax Chrysalia occupation of Equestria. To this end, you have to pick a few specific event options while progressing through the focus tree (options that are for pony rights and cooperation) and fail to subjugate the Everfree Forest. You do not need to do any focuses that require owning Ponyville. Pick the following focuses when given the choice: "The Seaddle Protocol", "Dabble in the Esoteric", "Seeds of Truth" Fail the subjugation of Everfree event chain. Don't bother with any focuses or decisions relating to it. During the following events, pick the listed options: "Illegal Graffiti": "We have to be lenient with foals, otherwise we're the monsters the resistance says we are." "The Changeling-Equestrian Treaty of Alliance and Friendship": "Perhaps one day, our children will recognise each other as equals." "The Equestrian Penal Service Corps": "The ponies deserve at least some rights." "The Cart Before the Ponies": "Sure, this sounds like an excellent idea." "The Golden 'ling of the Queen's Guard": "Put the lieutenant on probation for 90 days before we review this again." "The Changeling Condition": "Maybe we can expand on this and share our thoughts with pony scientists..." "Nothing to See Here": "I'm not going to commit more resources to projects I know nothing about." "That Time Between Day and Night": "We need to talk to Twilight." "A Modest Proposal": "Take the drink." "Nominative Determinism": "Keep your head down and make the best of what you've got. It's all any of us can do."		2.0.1	M
Ode To Joy As any original member of the River Coalition, become the founder of the River Federation.	One of the following must be true: Original country is  Kingdom of Wittenland Original country is  River Republic Original country is  Pònaidhean Original country is  Bakaran Republic Original country is  Lake City Original country is  Nimbusia Original country is  Diamond Mountain Original country is  Deponya	Founded the River Federation	Simply focus on the River Federation branch of your focus tree and ignore the rest.		2.0.1	VE
Reactionaries, Reactionaries Everywhere As River Republic, defeat all your enemies while having Caramel Haze as the country leader.	Original country is  River Republic	Caramel Haze has established the Proletarian Dictatorship Has completed focus Triumphant Revolution!	This is going to be much easier if you either form the River Federation first (for example if you are going after the Ode To Joy award as well) or start the game already federalized.		2.0.1.8	UC
Red Sun Yak Army over Paradise As Yakyakistan, detonate an underground nuclear weapon.	Original country is  Kingdom of Yakyakistan	Used an underground nuke	This assumes historical version of Equus. Any changes to Equus countries' paths or playing in non-historical mode may complicate things. Setting Nova Griffonia to go down the communist path is one potential exception to make things a bit easier, although it wasn't tested. Finish the civil war with the power balance overwhelmingly on the side of communists. Complete the focus SMASH Old Power, hire Grimhorn, and when Polar Bears are attacked by the penguins, justify on the bears manually. Annex as much as you can, at minimum you need a land border with Changelings Lands (with a connection for your armies) and Polar Bears to no longer exist. In the meantime, prepare for an intervention in Nova Griffonian Civil War through the focus Against Griffons Alone. Ultimately, Stalliongrad will likely intervene directly, puppeting your new ally. As long as you have your claimed states, it doesn't matter. Work towards coring the states that opposed you during yaki civil war by unlocking the relevant decision through the focus The Revolution at Home and raising your development level to at least Newly Industrialized Society and science base to Developed Science Base. This may be also a good moment to build the nuclear research facility. The event from the focus Revolutionary Arms will give you a research bonus for the Atomic Research technology. This, and computers shall be your sources of breakthrough in the physics department. Other than that, you'll have to complete the two physics special projects without additional help. Complete the prerequisites for the focus Operation Throne. Once the Changelings start losing due to Stalliongrad joining the Great War on Equestria's side, join as well through the aforementioned focus. Complete Our Greatest War as well from the newly unlocked treelet. You may annex Soryth in the peace conference if you want to, though it should not be ultimately necessary. Fortify your borders with United Ponies Alliance (both mountain passages in the south, and the border with the Changelings). Maxing out the fort levels available without any additional research should be sufficient, you will have to hold the line for at least 69 days (39 days for the focus, and 30 days for the decision). Once you have your nuke (which will likely happen around year 1015), wait 10 days without doing any focus, declare war, and do the Underground Nuclear Bombs. You can only plant the underground nuke in a state that you control that borders a state owned by the changelings. This limits your options to either states that you annexed earlier which border Changeling Lands, or impassable states that flipped to your control for some reason (such as Saddening Shore). Once the decision completes, retreat from the area. The nuke will "detonate" once Changeling Lands becomes the controller of the state where you finished planting your nuke. You may see that provinces turn into Equestria's color where the enemy armies enter, but it shouldn't matter. As long as the controller's flag in the state window flips from yours to the changelings', you will earn your award. The detonation only happens in one of the provinces of the state that had the color of the changelings. If no such provinces exist, you will simply earn the award without the detonation. Narratively, this mechanic is intended to be used against supremacist changelings, as opposed to puppeted changelings. If the above janky method doesn't work, you may be forced to redo the playthrough in a scenario where the changelings won the Great War. Set Equestria's path to War of Sun and Moon and enable Great War buffs for the Changeling Lands (not to be confused with the strenghten nation slider, which should never be touched) to increase the chances of that happening. This may force you to defend your border for a longer period of time than in the above scenario, and possibly your eastern border as well, if they attack Stalliongrad in the meantime. If they are already at war with you, Changelings will be much less likely to pick the focus to attack Stalliongrad, but it's still a possibility. This cannot be done if Thorax won the civil war, because it's a different tag to the regular Changeling Lands.		2.3	H
Revengeance As Longsword, burn down Griffenheim.	Original country is  County of Longsword	Country is  Socialist Republic of Longsword. Razed Griffenheim	Go down the "Resist and Bite" branch of the focus tree and win the civil war. During the Visaginas Constitutional Convention focus you'll get several events. Pick "The Convention cheers for Longsword's hero!" and "That's nonsense." Soon after that you will get the event "The Showdown". Picking "Try and take the shot, Abba!" puts you on the correct path for the award. Be ready for a hard war with Hellquill to the north, for they will likely declare on you before you manage to fully recover from the civil war. Also keep an eye on Lake City since they might also declare on you later using wargoals from the Secure The West focus. Once you feel stable, hunt for a good opportunity to declare on the Griffonian Empire, preferably before they start reconsolidating their cores. You likely won't be able to hold a wide front. Make sure to take Griffenheim in the peace deal. You should now be able to take the event "Burn down Griffenheim", earning you the award after 60 days.		2.0.1	UC
River Of Blood As Yale, inflict over one million casualties on the Griffonian Empire in a defensive war while only controlling Greenback state.	Original country is  Yale Rectorate	Got 'The River of Blood' event	Place your entire army on a fallback line on the south side of the river going through Greenback. Build extra military factories in Greenback. Do not build forts since they will prevent the AI from attacking. Convert your divisions into infantry with support artillery and engineers. Use the Grand Battleplan doctrine for extra entrenchment. Work on your economy focuses before your political tree opens up. There are various political options you can go for, but picking Bruma and Gamia and going for Project Auferstehung will give you a large boost to your recrutable population and allow you to also earn the Emperor Of Griffonia award later. Wait for the Griffonian Empire to declare war on you and kill themselves trying to break your entrenched positions behind the river. To get the award an event must trigger that requires you to not be in a faction. If you're in one (for instance with Bronzehill) make sure to kick them and disband the faction.		2.0.1	H
Sable Spirit Redux Ensure the Kirian Revolution comes full circle.	Original country is  Realm of Kiria	Rising Sun has ascended as the Matriarch Usurper.	Start a civil war by dropping stability below 10%. If given the choice, do not invite Rising Sun to the plenum. Switch to the communist breakaway nation in the west. Win the civil war to unlock a new focus tree. Take the first focus to unlock hundred days campaign decisions. You need to get the event "The Zenith of the Sun" after completing all 100-days campaigns. When in doubt, hover on the "Begin the Eighth Hundred Day Campaign" decision and read which event you are going to get after completing it. Certain decisions after focuses will give you an option as to whether you want to behave in an oppressive or merciful way, giving you hidden authoritarian or democratic points. In addition, certain events and focuses will automatically grant you authoritarian points. Conversely, nothing can give you democratic points without a choice. To get the event you want, you need to have more (or equal) authoritarian points than democratic points at the end of the 8th campaign. Be aware that getting too many authoritarian points may lead to revolts. You may try to give some concessions to democracy in events to avoid them, or put them down with your army after they happen. One of those revolts is related to the "Whole Again, Broke Again" award. Create a save if you want to earn it later. Once you have completed all Hundred Days Campaigns and unlocked additional branches of the focus tree, complete the focus "Heir to the Revolution" to unlock a new short series of decisions. You'll get the award shortly after the final one		2.2	M
School Reunion As Yakyakistan, have Yona learn the surprising truth about one of her School of Friendship classmates.	Original country is  Kingdom of Yakyakistan	Yona learned the truth	Recommended to play completely on historical. End the civil war with the balance of power in the middle or on traditionalist side, but not overwhelmingly so. This ought to result in you staying harmonic, but Rutherford resigning. It's highly recommended that you join Equestria's faction before you end up at war with anyone else. Try to do your best during the Great War. Ultimately, you will need to have Polar Bears and Penguins either as your puppets, or fully under your occupation. Watch for mountain passes in the south, and move some of your forces there if the changelings start approaching them. If you capitulate, there is still hope that your faction can win anyway, especially if they get some help from Stalliongrad. Complete the focus Victory in the North and see the events unfold. It requires changelings to be harmonic as a result of being puppeted by a harmonic country, for instance when they lose the Great War against harmonic Equestria. It might not work if the changelings had a civil war that was won by Thorax, bacause it's a different tag.		2.3	M
Secrets, Mysteries Unveiled As Brodfeld, complete the initiation ceremony.	Original country is  Kingdom of Brodfeld		Complete the focus "Finished Dam". After about one month, you will start receiving events with riddles in them. Each subsequent riddle will either come instantly, or after 75 days. The correct options are: bruena caxfnu bv, f nfqq pb ckzmz tqbgz. Alpha. One Princess Celestia -> Princess Luna -> Princess Twilight Sparkle Se, feumaidh sinn seo a ghabhail. "Light." "Fidelity." "A new age begins in Prywhen." You have now earned the award and unlocked a secret path. This also replaces your entire focus tree with a new one. Consider delaying the "Finished Dam" focus until you are ready, if you wish to continue the playthrough.		2.0.1	UC
Sisterhooves Social As Equestria, have both Celestia and Luna as country leaders at the same time.	Original country is  Equestria	Celestia and Luna rule together	Wait for the event "A Modest Proposal". Pick "You can do it, Luna. I believe in you." In the event "The Aftermath" soon after, pick "Turn to the Elements of Harmony.". In the following events, always pick the bottom, least suspicious options. During the event "Blood Moon", pick "Resist!"		2.0.1	VE
The Goddess As Barrad, lead Viira on a path to godhood.	Original country is  Barrad Magocracy	Has The Focus Tree of True Viira's Barrad	The Barrad focus tree has a central trunk in the middle that continues your focuses, and several branches for each member of the Pentarchy. You will have to do most of the branches before going down the trunk. You also should use Leopold's carousing decisions liberally to keep everyone in good standing with each other and to conserve resources for each character, especially Viira. Make sure to go down the "Contact Cultists" focus branch, research Hydraulic Drills so you can take the "Dig Deeper" focus, do Gąsienica's quest before moving on to the final part of the tree. Never spend any resources with Viira, except for searching Silver Star's library. After picking "Strike the Earth" focus, you'll get excavation decisions. Choosing to Dig Deeper a 6th time will initiate a battle. that you must win with the help of Viira. After the Titan is defeated however, it is best for Viira to kill off Leopold at the end. With everything ready, you should not have much problems winning the 2v1 fight.		2.0.1	UC
The Griffon Behind The Slaughter As Wingbardy, find out who was the true mastermind behind King Gumberto's murder.	Original country is  Kingdom of Wingbardy	Has national spirit Justice for Gumberto	Follow the monarchist path. Declare Martial Law and The Royal Intervention. After securing support, take the focus One Night in Griffenheim. This unlocks "The Murder Investigation" decisions. Investigate thoroughly and find all the evidence before making an accusation to pin down the culprit. The correct options for each event is as follows: The Grandiose Party: "What do you remember about my father?" Midnight Discoveries: "The mail offices, there has to be something of value in there." Recollections: "It was the sweet, exotic taste of Vinovian wine! The Accusation: Erich Ebonwing, and the blasted Imperials! Last Thoughts: There must be something deeper here. The Imperial Seal: The Regency Council. Should the country the culprit is hiding at refuse extradition, you will get access to an Intelligence Agency operation to remedy that. You will also have to conduct another operation after the "The Imperial Seal" event.		2.0.1	VE
The New Cycle As the Children of Ahuizotl, complete the "A New God" focus.	Original country is  Equestria	Country is  Children of Ahuizotl. Has completed focus A New God	Trigger the Lunar Civil War: Wait for the event "A Modest Proposal". Pick "You can do it, Luna. I believe in you." or "Everything is fine as it is." and in the event "The Aftermath" soon after, pick "Recruit a team of supporters and activists.". The Lunar Civil War is now guaranteed. When the Civil War fires, chose to stay with Celestia or Luna. Soon after, the southern states will rebel. Chose to play as the Baltimare Republic. Win the southern war while picking focuses from the right side of your focus tree (Advisors From Staliongrad, State Interventionalism, etc.) After you win the war and get a new focus tree, continue progressing your political focuses down to "Glory To The South-East". You'll get an event that will trigger another Civil War and allow you to switch to Children of Ahuizotl. Delete you army before switching and rush for victory points with your numerical advantage. Follow their focus tree and conquer Equestria who is hopefully weakened by the civil war, changelings and/or Staliongrad. You only need to take Canterlot in the peace deal.		2.0.1	UC
The Unwilling Dictator As Feathisia, have Edgar Pechvogel as the country leader.	Original country is  Grand Duchy of Feathisia	Edgar Pechvogel is the current country leader	When the Crisis in the Coalition triggers, complete both "The PvdA" and "The FNV" focuses. Soon after "The Attempt" event will trigger. Pick "Duke Gerlach dies!". Soon after that a special Civil War will trigger. Don't select any Civil War decisions. You have to wait in this state until you end up in a defensive war, most likely from the direction of the Griffonian Empire. When that happens you'll be able to take a new decision "Call for a Truce" which will take 7 days to complete. This will temporarily load the FNV Focus Tree. Do not take anything from it. Instead, wait another 7 days for the event that puts Pechvogel as the new leader, replacing the FNV focus tree. If you want to continue playing the game past earning the award, you can try delaying the political focuses to not have to spend so much time with a ruined economy.		2.0.1	E
Thermal Signature Detected! As Novaya Severyana, attack Azir while having at least 250 aircraft deployed.	Original country is  Republic of Tobuck	Alesia rules over  Chiropterra Is at war with  Azir Has deployed at least 250 aircraft	Beeline to the focus "The White Severyanian" and fail to avert Warlord Suspicion to have Alesia take over Tobuck. Work on your focuses while getting ready for an inevitable war with Chiropterra. If the Equestrian civil war did not fire they will attack you, and if it did fire you will have to attack them via decision. A good tactic for fighting Chiropterra is letting them take over Manerba and northern Zufra, letting them severely overextend their supply lines and opening up the ability to create a wedge and cut off a sizeable chunk of the enemy armies. Repeating this maneuver once more should cripple their ability to defend their territory. You will have to justify a war goal on Azir manually.		2.0.1	M
Third Time's The Charm Ensure the Third Aquileian Revolution is successful.	Original country is  County of Francistria	Country is  Kingdom of Aquileia Tarrin restored the Republic	As Francistria change your occupation law to No Garrison and delete your army. Keep the rebels adjudicated and wait for the Second Aquileian Revolution to fire. The revolution must fail. Switch to Tarrin when given an option. Form up your army at the Francistrian border as they will soon declare on you. Blitz enemy victory points. They can call in other members of their faction, but will White Peace you by event if they capitulate. Start working on your political and economic focuses. You have to go down the Harmonist path. Meanwhile, build a defensive army of 6 infantry with support engineer divisions and position them east of Transista, behind the river and in the southern mountains. Take Grand Battleplan and recruit Meinard Nocere for extra entrenchment. Build a Supply Depot in Château Accueillant (remember to take the decision to reorganize the supply network after you lower your consumer goods and have extra civilian factories). Invite all possible allies to your faction, but don't declare war yourself unless all Aquileian minors are in your faction. If you wait for a defensive war even the nations that could not join will be fighting on your side, while with an offensive war they can declare on you and some allies might not join due to risky borders. When the war breaks out, play defensively. Take the Watter Our Furrows! focus and flood your provinces for extra defence. Be patient and only push when the enemy is exhausted and their line thins. Find a weak point to breakthrough and encircle enemy divisions. Be sure to take Aquila in the peace deal. You can now take the decision Move The Capital To Aquila to earn this award. Warning: None of your alliance members can create a puppet Aquileia during the peace deal or your game will crash. If this happens, try loading a backup save and redoing the peace deal, or annexing the puppet through console commands, since you will not be able to declare war via justification as a harmonic state.		2.0.1	UC
Trade Tycoon As the Colthaginian Republic, have at least 10 trade routes.	Original country is  Colthaginian Republic	Trade decisions have been unlocked Has 10 trade partners	Before the start of the game, set Equestria's AI modifier to start a civil war to distract Chiropterra from disturbing peace in Zebrica. After handling the Constitutionalists (preferably peacefully), reach the "Reinvigorate Commerce" and "Strengthen Domestic Production" focuses and start trading. Then, start dealing with Coltvans to give you extra options for domestic production. Do not do anything that increases world tensions or make claims to neighboring territories in order not to discourage harmonic nations from accepting your trade proposals. You should be able to achieve your goal before the Hindian wars while Equestria is still in a civil war (if either side starts losing noticeably, you may lend-lease them).		2.0.1	E
Tricolour Over Griffenheim As the Griffonian Republic, bring the Revolution of 978 back to its starting point.	Original country is  Griffonian Republic	Owns Griffenheim Is a republic			2.0.1	UC
Under Our Spell As the ancient creatures in the Abyss, get your revenge over a thousand years in the making.	Original country is  Hippogriffia	The cult has taken over Has completed focus Fate Of The Pillars	Rush to "The Anti-Harmonic Activities Committee". Pick the decision "Patrol the Deepest Depths" while having the Divided Society national spirit at Seapony Total Control, Seapony Primacy, Hippogriff Total Control or Hippogriff Primacy. Soon you'll get the event "The Mareiana Report" and some time after that "Breakdown Of Order". Picking "This chaos is simply temporary, we just have to wait it out." will allow you to start spreading the cult's message and take over. When you eventually get a new focus tree, follow it to it's conclusion. Prepare yourself since it will require you to conquer Equestria.		2.0.1	H
War Of Sun And Moon Become the Solar Empire as Equestria while being at war with the Lunar Empire.	Original country is  Equestria	Current ruling party is Supremacist Is at war with  Lunar Empire	Trigger the Lunar Civil War: Wait for the event "A Modest Proposal". Pick "You can do it, Luna. I believe in you." or "Everything is fine as it is." and in the event "The Aftermath" soon after, pick "Recruit a team of supporters and activists.". The Lunar Civil War is now guaranteed. To have the Lunar Empire be weak, pick all aggressive options in the following events. When the Civil War fires, chose to stay with Celestia. Contain the Lunar Empire, but don't capitulate them. During the war, you will get several several events relating to things like conscription, censorship etc. Always pick the bottom, harshest options. Doing this will eventually change you into the Solar Empire.		2.0.1	E
What A Fool You Are As the Celestial Resistance, support the Solar Empire, then make Daybreaker angry enough to deliver divine judgement to the Friendship Lodge and its leader.	One of the following must be true: Original country is  Equestria Original country is  The Celestial Resistance	Original country is  The Celestial Resistance Has faced divine judgment from Daybreaker.			2.3	UC
Whole Again, Broke Again Form the Kirian Second Republic with 18 constituent member-states.	Original country is  Realm of Kiria	Has completed focus Tail Wagging the Dog The Kirian Second Republic has been formed with 18 constituent member-states.	The initial setup for this award is similar to "Sable Spirit Redux". Read that first for full context. Win the civil war as Rising Sun. You must control Fragrance as well. To be absolutely sure that it happens, you may set Changeling Lands to choose the path of Thoraxian revolt. You don't need to do 100-days campaigns, but the first couple will help you boost your industry a bit so that you can better deal with Zaikiria (annex them) and Roam (ideally, just ensure that they don't have a border with you). Conquer and annex Taungpau as well. Once you are secure, delete all of your units and stockpile. Get at least 9 hidden authoritarian points through decisions in events. You'll know that you have once you get the events "No Easy Answers" and "To Devour the Revolution". Complete one of the following focuses: "Unity Within", "Seize Northern Industry", "Paramountcy Without", "Campaign Against Foreign Infiltration" or "The Incendiaries, Institutionalised". You may complete most of those early, as long as you have saved one until after you have at least 9 authoritarian points. Switch to the rebels and capitulate your previous nation as fast as you can. While the focus "Tail Wagging the Dog" only requires that you have conquered "all of Kiria proper", to get all 18 constituents, you also need to control key states in aforementioned Zaikiria and Taungpau, more specifically Cherry Blossom, Lotus Crown, Cassia Reach, and Baganta.		2.2	UC