Patch 2.3

Hearts of Iron IV

Version history

🐱 "Cats and Dogs" 🐶

2.4.2 • 2.4.2.1 • 2.4.2.2 • 2.4.2.3 • 2.4.2.4 • 2.4.2.5

2.4.1 • 2.4.1.1 • 2.4.1.2

2.4 • 2.4.0.1 • 2.4.0.2 • 2.4.0.3 • 2.4.0.4 • 2.4.0.5

🧭 "Daring Do and the Yaks that SMASH!" 🏔️

2.3.2

☀️ "The Herald and The Beast" 💀

14.4.4

🧭 "Daring Do and the Yaks that SMASH!" 🏔️

2.3.1 • 2.3.1.1 • 2.3.1.2 • 2.3.1.3 • 2.3.1.4 • 2.3.1.5 • 2.3.1.6

2.3 • 2.3.0.1

🔥 "The Way of Fire" 🔥

2.2.2.4 • 2.2.2.5 • 2.2.2.6 • 2.2.2.7 • 2.2.2.8

🌑 "Katzenreich" 🐱

22.00.1.1 • 22.00.1.1 v2

🔥 "The Way of Fire" 🔥

2.2.2 • 2.2.2.1 • 2.2.2.2 • 2.2.2.3

2.2.1 • 2.2.1.1 • 2.2.1.2 • 2.2.1.3 • 2.2.1.4

2.2 • 2.2.0.1

🐻 "Bears and Bandits" 🏹

2.1 • 2.1.0.1 • 2.1.1

🦓 "Shores of Zebrica" 🌴

2.0.1.6 • 2.0.1.7 • 2.0.1.8

🔥 "The Dawnclaw Heresy" 🔥

40.0.0.0

🦓 "Shores of Zebrica" 🌴

2.0.1 • 2.0.1.1 • 2.0.1.2 • 2.0.1.3 • 2.0.1.4 • 2.0.1.5

2.0 • 2.0.0.1 • 2.0.0.2 • 2.0.0.3 • 2.0.0.4 • 2.0.0.5

🦅 "Two Eagles" 🦅

1.9.1.14 • 1.9.1.15 • 1.9.2 • 1.9.2.1

"Twilight Theory"

1.9.6.2

🦅 "Two Eagles" 🦅

1.9.1 • 1.9.1.1 • 1.9.1.2 • 1.9.1.3 • 1.9.1.4 • 1.9.1.5 • 1.9.1.6 • 1.9.1.7 • 1.9.1.8 • 1.9.1.9 • 1.9.1.10 • 1.9.1.11 • 1.9.1.12 • 1.9.1.13

1.9 • 1.9.0.1 • 1.9.0.2 • 1.9.0.3 • 1.9.0.4

⚰️ "Dread Flood" ⚰️

1.8.6 • 1.8.6.1

⛰️ "In the Shadow of Mountains" ⛰️

1.8.3 • 1.8.3.1 • 1.8.3.2 • 1.8.3.3 • Minor update • 1.8.3.4 • 1.8.3.4 reupload • 1.8.3.5

1.8 • 1.8.0.1 • 1.8.1 • 1.8.2 • 1.8.2.1

🕊️ "Pax Chrysalia" 🕊️

1.7.7 • 1.7.7.1

1.7.4.3 • 1.7.4.4 • Minor update • 1.7.5 • 1.7.6 • 1.7.6.1 • 1.7.6.2

"Caesarreich: Apocalypse at War"

1.0

🕊️ "Pax Chrysalia" 🕊️

1.7.4 • 1.7.4.1 • 1.7.4.2

👑 "Herzland" 👑

1.7.3 • 1.7.3.1 • 1.7.3.2

1.7 • 1.7.0.1 • 1.7.0.2 • 1.7.1 • 1.7.1.1 • 1.7.1.2 • 1.7.1.3 • 1.7.2

🌵 "Sundered South" 🌴

1.6.1 • 1.6.2 • 1.6.2.1 • 1.6.2.2

1.6 • 1.6.0.1

🔥 "The Burning Sea" 🔥

1.5 • 1.5.0.1 • 1.5.0.2 • 1.5.0.3 • 1.5.1

🌌 "Northern Lights" 🌌

1.4.2 • 1.4.2.1

1.4 • 1.4.0.1 • 1.4.0.2 • 1.4.0.3 • 1.4.1 • 1.4.1.1

"Ponies at the Ready"

1.3.6 • 1.3.6.1

💸 "Idols" 💸

1.4.19

🐃 "Brothers' Feud" 🐃

1.3.5 • 1.3.5.1 • 1.3.5.2 • 1.3.5.3 • 1.3.5.4 • 1.3.5.5

🏞 "Riverlands" 🏞

1.3.3.6 • 1.3.4

1.3.3 • 1.3.3.1 • 1.3.3.2 • 1.3.3.3 • 1.3.3.4 • 1.3.3.5

1.3.2 • 1.3.2.1

1.3 • 1.3.0.1 • 1.3.0.2 • 1.3.1 • 1.3.1.1 • 1.3.1.1+ • 1.3.1.2 • 1.3.1.3 • 1.3.1.4

👑 "Windmill" 👑

1.2 • 1.2.0.1 • 1.2.0.2 • 1.2.0.3 • 1.2.1 • 1.2.2 • 1.2.2.1

🌸 "Poppy" 🌸

1.1 • 1.1.0.1 • 1.1.1 • 1.1.1.1 • 1.1.1.2 • 1.1.1.3 • 1.1.2 • 1.1.2.1

⚔ "Knights and Flowers" 🌸

1.0 • 1.0.1 • 1.0.2 • 1.0.3 • 1.0.3.1 • 1.0.3.2 • 1.0.4

Original release

0.1 • 0.2.0 • 0.2.4 • 0.3.0 • 0.3.1 • 0.3.2 • 0.4.0 • 0.4.1 • 0.5.X • 0.6 • 0.6.3

Patch 2.3 called Daring Do and the Yaks that SMASH! is a major patch released on 2024-10-27 with checksum 6af2. It reworks content for Yakyakistan, Jaki-Clan, Celestial Resistance (previously known as Celestial State), reworks the civil war for Nova Griffonia, and expands non-aligned content for Katerin.

Introduction

Deep within the frigid mountains of northern Equus lay some of the fiercest warriors the world has ever seen: The mighty Kingdom of Yakyakistan. With traditions older than memory and pride matched only by their strength, the clans within this realm serve under the guidance of Prince Rutherford, firstborn of the late King Winford. But not all yaks agree with Rutherford's rule, and some of them whisper to one another about his unpopular decree to open their borders to the ponies in the south...

Among those who have opposed Rutherford's decisions are his younger brother, Prince Bradford, along with a multitude of clans in the east that have united into the Jaki-Clan. These yaks have fought a great war with their brethren to the west - one that ended in an uneasy truce as there was no clear victor. Now Bradford's situation grows more and more dire as his supplies, morale, and public support edge closer to drying up with each passing day...

Even further to the east lays the land of Nova Griffonia, a former colony of the once-great Griffonian Empire. Long ago, these griffon colonists drove some of the yaks out of their ancestral homeland, and ever since, there has been tension between the two races. Unfortunately, that is not the only problem that plagues this nation: When the Griffonian Empire underwent a revolution thirty years ago, the resulting outcome utterly destroyed Nova Griffonia's economy, leaving its governor, Teafeather, low on funds and even lower on options to recover. Still, he holds the country together through sheer force of will, but will that peace last? Peace, as it turns out, has now become a pipe dream for the ponies of Equestria. With the return of Nightmare Moon and the subsequent splintering of Equestria into multiple pieces, the reality of the Lunar Empire's control on the eastern half of Equestria became apparent as several resistance movements broke out, one of which is led by none other than the worldwide famous storybook character Daring Do. The odds may be stacked against this Celestial Resistance, but with such a legendary figure leading the charge, they might just earn their happy ending.

With such diverse nations with new stories to tell, what great and terrible changes might come to the continent of Equus? Will a mighty yak become an even mightier khan and achieve a grand victory over their enemies? Will Nova Griffonia survive problems both internal and external? Will the Celestial Resistance manage to unite the southeastern region of Equestria and be forced to deal with the reality of what has happened to the rest of their home? Or will they all fall to darkness? The choices are yours, and yours alone!

Changelog

🧭 “Daring Do and the Yaks that SMASH!” 2.3 🏔️
Reworked focus trees and content for:

• Celestial Resistance (formerly Celestial State)
• Kingdom of Yakyakistan
• Jaki-Clan

Additions:

• New main menu screen and theme.
• Added 6 new awards.
• Replaced Nova Griffonia focuses about Highhill securing his rule with an actual civil war.
• Canterlot and Manehattan state lore now contain unique artwork.
• Added decisions for Chital for more wargoals and puppet creation.
• Equestrian southeast civil war nations now have various supply decisions.
• Expanded non-aligned Katerin content.
• Added a focus for supremacy Pingland to attack the yaks.
• Added a difficulty slider for Lunar Empire.
• Added flavour events in Nova Griffonia.
• Added portrait for Federal Council of Griffonia in Adelart.
• Added artwork for a general in Yale.
• Added new generals for Prywhen, Griffonian Empire and Katerin.
• Added an admiral in Les Meridiennes.
• Added a new supremacy subideology.
• Added a generic spymaster advisor for communist River Republic.
• Added a couple of generic portraits for gargoyles and horses.
• Added a decision for Wittenland to remove Barrad climate modifiers.
• Added event pictures and animations for the Guide's journal in the Ascendancy.

Changes:

• Decreased the size of the world ocean.
• Adjusted the balance of the Great War, especially for the AI.
• The national spirits Equestrian southeast civil war nations get at the end of their civil war trees are now permanent instead of temporary.
• Chiropterra now white peaces everyone on Equus or Griffonia if Lunar Empire is defeated.
• Impassable states are no longer counted for reforming Sombra's Crystal Empire.
• Winter Frost now remains the country leader for non-aligned Kiria.
• Kirian Hundred Day Campaigns now auto-complete.
• Rebalanced stats for generals in Prywhen.
• Normalised Aquileian vassal ship classes.
• Replaced the communist leader of Griffon Frontier.
• Supremacist Winggarden can now core Wingbardy by decision.
• AI Olenia under changelings can now spawn 15 divisions.
• Reworked portraits of Shahanshah Tahmasp in Karkadannistan as well as Erich Mühschabel and Karl Legreif in Yale.
• Tweaked the culture map in Cyanolisia.
• Miscellaneous map changes.

Fixes:

• Fixed the Tame Ursas spell in Wittenland unlocking ursas immediately.
• Fixed yak and undead culture being swapped on the culture map.
• Attempted to ensure Adelart goes on its historical path.
• Griffonian Republic can now continue down its tree if it's allied with Adelart.
• Fixed the Zumidia referendum in harmonic Colthage not bypassing when it should.
• Fixed visibility of Equestrian southeast civil war decisions to raise warbands.
• Fixed the Equestrian southeast civil war decision to get infantry equipment not being repeatable.
• Fixed the Peace of Massicot decision in Kiria being repeatable.
• Kaiser Kattail can no longer dig out aeternite relics in unowned states.
• Fixed Skystar's advisor portrait.
• Fixed missing advisor icon for a Dread League general.
• Fixed Solar Empire game rule not working on historical.
• Fixed issues with Colthage's decision to give land to a warlord and optimized it.
• Fixed issues with airframes Coltva gets from a focus.
• Fixed tooltips of various racial technologies.
• Fixed communist Wingbardy not adding other countries to their faction.
• Fixed communist Wingbardy not joining civil wars caused by instigated coups.
• Dehumanized some GFX.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update is NOT compatible with 2.2