Patch 2.4.X

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

The 2.4.X series of patches began in April of 2025, not long after the release of the Graveyard of Empires DLC.

It saw some overhaul for generic nations in the Zebrican southeast, including the addition of a brand new tag, Ibhayiz, though none of them got any unique content or focus tree yet.

2.4.0.1 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-04-17 with checksum ac33

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.0.1 🐶
Additions:

• Added state highlighting in various decisions.

Changes:

• Abyssinia: Delayed famine event by 30 days.
• Abyssinia: Reduced weekly balance of power shift from the estate assembly national spirit.
• Abyssinia: Increased duration of some focuses for Sharp Spear.
• Abyssinia: Increased time for monarchical elections for Gomez and Catrina.
• Abyssinia: Reduced conscription debuff for professional army national spirit.
• Abyssinia: Made Meow Frown less likely to die instantly.
• Abyssinia: Removed or reduced numerous stability debuffs.
• Abyssinia: Pet advisors can no longer be repeatedly hired for instant mental stability gain.
• Abyssinia: Reduced starting resistance in Manedalusia.
• Abyssinia: A few more nobles back down when threatened instead of rebelling.
• Abyssinia: Avoiding a revolt in Manedalusia no longer gives a reward due to being infinitely repeatable.
• Abyssinia: Lowered war support requirements for some focuses.
• Bronzehill: Any remaining Empire claims now appear with coronation.
• Katzennia: Nerfed Zebtropa.
• Katzennia: Kaiser Kattail now gets some political power on state conquest, halved days per state past Kattown pyramid focus.
• Katzennia: Adjusted Kattail timer based on game rules.
• Katzennia: Added aeternite relic in Soryth.

Fixes:

• Abyssinia: Fixed GUI background for large provinces map.
• Abyssinia: Fixed inconsistency in some lore decisions being repeatable.
• Abyssinia: Fixed white peace event with Wingbardy not appearing for Sharp Spear.
• Abyssinia: Added workaround for Sharp Spear for a vanilla Hearts of Iron 4 bug where civil war nations don't get laws.
• Abyssinia: Tried to prevent second civil war from happening while at war.
• Abyssinia: Fixed issues with event gotten after angering donkeys with dam projects.
• Abyssinia: Fixed Wingbardy demand event giving you back "The Unequal Treaty" national spirit if it was already removed.
• Abyssinia: Fixed payment for Purrsia national spirits being permanent.
• Abyssinia: Fixed missing bypass for "Liberate Katren" focus.
• Bronzehill: Fixed tech bonus for focus "Modernize our guns".
• Bronzehill: Fixed event firing during revenge path when it shouldn't.
• Changeling Lands: Fixed error with advisor for Thorax.
• Changeling Lands: Fixed icon of an advisor for Thorax.
• Katzennia: Fixed missing advisor icons for Capper and Verko.
• Katzennia: Fixed New Mareland white peace event.
• Katzennia: Fixed a national spirit disappearing when it shouldn't.
• Katzennia: Fixed not being able to build mirror arrays.
• Katzennia: Fixed riesiger model and the Abyssinia tag getting Katkat when Wingbardy has civil war and Katzennia is around.
• Katzennia: Fixed modifiers for dynamic modifiers.
• Katzennia: Fixed duplicate MIOs.
• Katzennia: Fixed scientist and operative portraits.
• Katzennia: Fixed decision not properly giving resources.
• Bakara: The focus "The Ebony Transportation Plan" now bypasses if Bakara is no longer a member of the River Coalition.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.0.2 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-04-27 with checksum d342

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.0.2 🐶
Additions:

• Bronzehill: Lucky now becomes a general in Ignatius' path.
• Bronzehill: Added Theo Glasshill as a High Command Infantry advisor.

Changes:

• Rescale puppet type industry transfer and tech research sharing reduction.
• Made AI save up properly for decisions with custom costs.
• Enable CAG Night Fighting for base strike.
• Changed subideologies of some country leaders.
• "Proper Heritage" army spirit now gives discount to Valiants unit design cost.
• Make compliance coring auto-enable integration occupation law.
• Fixed River Coalition national spirits being removed on federation creation.
• Abyssinia: Delayed noble elections of a new monarch by 30 days.
• Abyssinia: If the puppet integration decision is cancelled by war, the political power spent on it is refunded.
• Abyssinia: If an overseas owner of Abyssinia capitulates, Abyssinia should now be automatically released and given all its cores.
• Abyssinia: The slave revolt is no longer prevented if Abyssinia is at war.
• Abyssinia: Making nobles loyal during election mission now gives political power instead of stability.
• Abyssinia: Cost for distributing potions to army now counts deployed ponypower instead of number of infantry battalions.
• Bronzehill: Moved some focuses closer together.
• Bronzehill: If public trust is failed as Barnaby, the wargoal focuses are now unlocked at certain dates instead of only by the second elections.
• Bronzehill: Increased the ponypower granted by the focus "Military Budget Review" from 5k to 10k.
• Bronzehill: The focus "Home Defence" now grants 5k ponypower.
• Bronzehill: The focus "Army Of Bronzehill" now deploys two divisions instead of granting ponypower.
• Bronzehill: HoA Luke Barkley-Squirrel is now believes in offense rather than reform.
• Bronzehill: Public Trust is now disabled once Grover is coronated.
• Bronzehill: Steelpaw now properly hates Diamond Mountain.
• Bronzehill: Can now declare on a new owner of Griffenheim via decision, should somebody else have conquered it.
• Farbrook: If the Hillfolk League is formed, but all potential allies are in the River Coalition, they can now abandon the Hillfolk league and join the River Coalition as well via decision.
• Francistria: Made the AI more willing to join an ally's wars in the "Allies, Not Subjects" path.
• Katzennia: Gave Kattail a nuclear tech buff.
• Katzennia: Kattail now declares war on Haukland if they own the dragons.
• Katzennia: Kattail now gets buffs to Landcruisers.
• Katzennia: World embargo against Kattail forces him onto closed economy.
• Katzennia: Reduced war support and stability hit from food deficit.
• Katzennia: Tweaked phasing out slavery modifier.
• Katzennia: Strengthened all-weather tanks.
• Katzennia: Kattail no longer loses food when invading Equus and Griffonia.
• Katzennia: Slight difficulty/famine tweaks.
• Polar Bear Communities: An event that gave a tech bonus to helicopters now instantly unlocks attack helicopter technology instead.

Fixes:

• Fixing Castan's April Fools national spirits being visible to everyone.
• Abyssinia: Tried to fix issues with coring Anseruk after Asstyria has cored it.
• Abyssinia: Tried to fix starting event chain breaking if certain options were chosen.
• Abyssinia: Fixed slave revolt having some national spirits they shouldn't have.
• Abyssinia: Fixed Gomez sometimes ending up permanently absent.
• Abyssinia: Fixed vanilla bug of slave revolt not having a trade law sometimes.
• Abyssinia: Fixed an event triggering when it shouldn't after a peaceful takeover by the slaves.
• Abyssinia: Fixed completing a mission to hire an advisor not updating the parliament GUI properly.
• Abyssinia: Fixed the focus tree not changing if Clawomons get elected in the Catrina path.
• Abyssinia: Fixed marriage decision not making one of nobles loyal.
• Abyssinia: Fixed slave revolt event spawning divisions during war with Wingbardy triggering more than once.
• Abyssinia: Fixed AI having nobles elect a new monarch after the player switches to the slave revolt.
• Abyssinia: Fixed a locked template not being deleted after Neo-Asstyria is annexed by Asstyria.
• Arcturisches Reichsmandat: Fixed them sometimes not receiving Dread League states.
• Arcturisches Reichsmandat: Fixed them being pony instead of griffon race.
• Bronzehill: Railway decisions now account for Skynavia submitting.
• Bronzehill: Fixed some Noble Virtue decisions having no cooldown.
• Bronzehill: Fixed a tooltip for an event.
• Bronzehill: Fixed submitting to Gabriela twice.
• Celestial Resistance: Fixed Shadow realm spirit being removed.
• Changeling Lands: Hopefully fix Queen's Tower trigger.
• Greifenmarschen: Fixed political suppression decisions being available too early.
• Greneclyf: Fixed another national spirit icon.
• Hippogriffia: Fixed heavy water and modern reactors for Posada.
• Katzennia: Fixed aeternite relics being displayed as consumed on remove rather than on complete.
• Katzennia: Fixed kattail focus giving mils in demilitarized Katkat.
• Katzennia: Fixed kattail declaring on Llambet early.
• Katzennia: Fixed capper/verko advisor portraits again.
• Katzennia: Fixed old-Abyssinian front spawning in a random state.
• Katzennia: Fixed some concerns being enabled for Abyssinia instead of Katzennia.
• Katzennia: Timer no longer obscures nuke counter.
• Katzennia: Civil war to remove slavery now actually removes slavery.
• Katzennia: Fixed Kattail turning the Everfree into an arcology.
• Katzennia: Fixed food modifiers giving positive buffs.
• Katzennia: Fixed missing Riesiger model.
• Katzennia: Kattail can no longer get Katren back for free from Wingbardy.
• Lunar Empire: Fixed a focus not checking if any south-east breakaway still existed.
• Maregypt: Fixed two generals not being visible when they should be.
• Polar Bear Communities: Fixed missing icons for some advisors.
• Tarrin: Hopefully fixed Aquileia permanently losing cores after Tarrin spawned resistance in some states.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.0.1, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.0.3 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-04-30 with checksum 6497

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.0.3 🐶
Compatibility update for Hearts of Iron IV 1.16.5:

• Updated AI equipment templates to make it match vanilla historical equipment.

Changes:

• Nudge AI into producing better divisions.
• Adjusted order of countries in bookmarks.
• Reichsmandate Flussland now only requires one River Nation to be formed. Other Riverland nations can be transferred once they are conquered.
• Reichsmandate Hügelland will no longer receive any states outside the Hillpony lands.
• Nova Griffonia:
  • Decision to call Stalliongrad into the civil war now should require to lose both Kingsmare lake and Snowy Mountains to the authoritarians. It takes on 5 days more.
  • Calling Stalliongrad into the civil war now gives some defence bonuses, and political/command power reductions.
  • Ten less militia divsions for both sides of the civil war.
  • Militia Divisions should start with worse equipment, so be worse in attack and defence.
  • Increased time for Recovery from the Civil War spirit
• Stalliongrad:
  • Should have weaker economy now closer to Nova Griffonia civil war.
  • AI has less chances to agree on call to arms from Nova Griffonia.

Fixes:

• Fix Herzland spies not having extra nationalities.
• Stopped AI from spamming mothership aircraft.
• Abyssinia:
  • The Patriotic Revolt now requires more resistance to trigger, and can only trigger in controlled states.
• Bronzehill:
  • Having Longsword as a puppet now correctly counts towards controlling Hellquill.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.0.2, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.0.4 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-05-18 with checksum ce12

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.0.4 🐶
Additions:

• Abyssinia:
  • Added an air chief advisor.
  • Added two new generals for the communist path.
• Bronzehill:
  • A new event for Barnaby.
• Dragon Lands:
  • New portrait for Ember.
• New Mareland:
  • Added portraits for leaders of the Reichsmandat.

Changes:

• Reduce experience loss from Kirin racial tech "Blaze of Glory"
• Adjusted AI tank templates.
• Abyssinia:
  • Delayed several events that happen later on.
  • Earthquake event now affects noble loyalty.
  • The starting events are now combined into one chain instead of being two parallel chains.
  • Made white peace with Wingbardy require less surrender progress.
  • Failing to negotiate with Wingbardy no longer forces you to potentially end up at war with them.
• Bronzehill:
  • If the Imperial Service Declaration is active, unifying the Herzland now gives 3 fervour, up from 1.
  • Dogs doing dogfights no longer gives agility.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Clarified tooltips for starting focuses.
• Dragon Lands:
  • Removed impassables.
• Equestria:
  • Added a tank template to "Ministry of Defence" focus.
• Jaki-Clan:
  • Reduced world tension gain from a Star Mountain event.
• Nimbusia:
  • Other River Coalition countries no longer intervene against the Helot revolt.
• Nova Griffonia:
  • Authoritarian faction in civil war now gets more divisions.
  • Improved AI for Triton Blackpeak.
• Pingland:
  • Adjusted the shapes of several states.
  • Adjusted railways.
  • Arctic Empire can now core Yakyakistan, Polar Bear Communities and Nova Griffonia.
• River Republic:
  • Socialist agitators sent to Nimbusia now impact stability less.
• Yale:
  • Archon Proteus can now release Reichsmandates.

Fixes:

• Fixed genders of various spy operatives available at game start.
• Fixed various GFX file definitions that may also fix issues on Linux/Mac operating systems.
• Abyssinia:
  • Fixed Gomez no longer being absent if a player holds an event without clicking it for too long.
  • Focus to declare war on donkeys now checks the countries exist.
  • Fixed an event not accounting for Basha Bingus being deposed.
  • Fixed Manedalusian anniversary event not accounting for Manedalusia being a subject or guaranteed.
  • Tried to fix Patriotic Revolt not getting all of Abyssinia after the overseas occupier capitulates.
  • Fixed Patriotic Revolt sometimes not getting cat racial technologies.
  • Fixed focus for negotiating with Maregypt about Klugetown not bypassing if Maregypt doesn't exist.
  • Fixed being unable to do focuses about Maregypt diplomacy if Manedalusia revolted.
• Aquileia:
  • Fixed wrong province being targeted by one of the aquilisation decisions.
• Bronzehill:
  • Fixed a bug where Bronzehill could declare war without warning under rare circumstances.
  • Added missing focus filter for "Our Cause For Justice".
• Celestial Resistance:
  • Fixed focus tree breaking in a rare instance if a player holds an event without clicking it for too long.
• Chiropterra:
  • Fixed missing focus filter for a focus.
• Katzennia:
  • Fixed country checks for generic concerns/designers.
• New Mareland:
  • Fixed several issues with the changeling protectorate.
  • Fixed character transfers not working properly for the Reichsmandat.
• Nova Griffonia:
  • Tried to fix Triton Blackpeak not coming to power.
• Polar Bear Communities:
  • Fixed wrong focus check for a character.
• River Republic:
  • Fixed issues with national spirits for the civil wars.
• Wingbardy:
  • Removed some deprecated MIO modifiers.
• Winggarden:
  • Corrected province for fleet OOB.
• Zarantia:
  • Fixed a tooltip for an event.
  • Fixed Vasile not being appointed advisor by event.
• Dehumanized some GFX.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.0.3, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.0.5 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-07-21 with checksum 6e01

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.0.5 🐶
Additions:

• Added a generic dragon portrait.
• Added a game rule to prevent the AI from deploying unequipped divisions.
• Adelart:
  • Added a portrait for Colonel André.
• Bronzehill:
  • Added events for Bronzehill reacting to Diamond Mountain abolishing slavery.
  • Bronzehill now starts with an opinion malus towards Diamond Mountain.
• Changeling Lands:
  • New portrait for Thorax.
  • New portrait for Kitu Elder.
• Equestria:
  • Added gamerule for Solar Empire's paths.
• Hippone:
  • Added an agency icon for the Seekers of Truth.
• Lunar Empire:
  • New portrait for Nightmare Moon.
• Polar Bear Communities:
  • Added magical Panzerbjørn.
• Sicameon:
  • New portraits for Alexis and Remige.
• Yakyakistan:
  • Added a new event about Yona.

Changes:

• Adjusted stats of pre-gunpowder and musket equipments.
• Golden city national spirit is now removed if the relevant state is not controlled.
• Various adjustments to AI production.
• "Vast Offensive" doctrine reducing width from -0.3 to -0.4.
• Doubled special project breakthrough.
• Countries with generic MIOs now have access to additional MIO types.
• Abyssinia:
  • Reduced size of dragon mercenary template.
  • Updated some tech icons.
• Adelart:
  • An easter egg event no longer requires world conquest to trigger.
• Bronzehill:
  • Made the focuses for the second election available even after Grover's coronation.
  • The focuses "Dreams Of The Littlegriff" and "For Faith And Fatherland" now increase Public Trust by 10 points.
  • The focus "The New Court" now makes the decision "Promote Constitutioalism" more effective.
  • The national spirit gained from "Revitalize The Economy" now only lasts for a year, and grants monthly population instead of building slots.
  • The focus "The Heart of the Heartlands" now requires negligible poverty to be active.
  • The focuses "Bronzehill Strong and Free" and "Prospering Together" now only require one of the preceding focuses.
  • Numerous balance changes.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Changed the "Sturmgewehr" trait of the Nidhogg Industries MIO to either require the Maschienenpistole 1013 or the Type-71 Impulskarabiner.
• Colthage:
  • Reduced size of dragon mercenary template.
• Prywhen:
  • AI should be more aggressive now.
• Yakyakistan/Jaki-Clan:
  • Improved display of racial technologies.

Fixes:

• Fixed transfers of characters for hillpony general coup events.
• Fixed Flussland subject being independent if it is annexed and then re-established.
• Removed some buggy conditions from "Friends in High Places" award.
• Fixed a certain unit type icon being incorrect.
• Fixed Caballeron being available as an advisor for Baltimare and Disciples of Nightmare Moon.
• Removed a large number of redundant checks and event targets to improve performance.
• Fixed Crystal Mountains resource prospecting decisions.
• Fixed some minor issues with GFX icons.
• Fixed missing raid icon.
• Abyssinia:
  • Fixed Patriotic Revolt having elections.
• Bronzehill:
  • Stopped Barnaby from marrying twice under rare circumstances.
  • Bronzehill can no longer submit to Strawberry if it is already a subject.
  • Fixed the focus "Reform Knightly Traditions" having the wrong requirements.
  • Bronzehill puppeted by Grover II can now properly access it's economic tree.
  • Fixed "Air Academy" focus giving a bonus to agility.
• Colthage:
  • Fixed some decisions not targeting all the countries they should.
  • Warlord coup can no longer happen while at war.
• Coltva:
  • Fixed several broken decisions.
  • Fixed a MIO being the wrong type.
• Celestial Resistance:
  • Fixed focus bypass not correctly checking if some countries were subjects.
  • Fixed an opinion modifier being applied incorrectly.
  • Fixed a wrong country's ideology being checked in an event.
  • Fixed a focus not accounting for Thorax.
• Griffonian Empire:
  • Fixed being able to declare war as a subject.
• Hippone:
  • "Extermination State" national spirits are now removed from subjects if their overlord changes.
• New Mareland:
  • Events triggering for the overlord of the Reichsmandat will now display a tooltip indicating their origin.
  • Fixed issues with core removal in the Changeling Protectorate decision.
• Nova Griffonia:
  • Fixed several focuses not checking for state ownership and control.
• River Republic:
  • Upon forming the River Federation, Arclight now properly gains access to integration laws for the rest of the Riverlands.
• Strawberry:
  • Fixed Chromium decisions not working.
• Talouse:
  • Sanity checks related to Coal Clause national spirit.
• Tobuck:
  • Fixed missing AI factors in gun sale event.
• Wittenland:
  • Fixed focuses giving research slots not doing anything if 5 slots had already been unlocked.
• Yakyakistan/Jaki-Clan:
  • Tried to fix issues with AI not coring states after the civil war.
  • Tried to fix cores of both countries disappearing under specific circumstances.
  • Khan Kerr will no longer run for office when he calls elections. Instead, Garrin was added as third candidate.
  • Fixed Yona puppet annexation not working.
• Dehumanized some GFX.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.0.4, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.1 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-09-18 with checksum bd11

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.1 🐶
Reworked starting setup for south-east Zebrica:

• Replaced the Zuid-Zebrikanische Vrystaat with Imba-Zebu.
• Replaced the Talonsvaal Republic with Tzhimane Confederacy.
• Added a new country, Ibhayiz.
• Twizanyika is now a hyena (diamond dog) country instead of giraffe.
• Redone borders.
• Added new state lore for various states in the region.
• Added Zongo core to Ithebra.
• Added placeholder wars for all countries in the region.
• Added starting national spirits for various countries in the region.
• Renamed political parties.

Additions:

• Added new BBA precision bomb small tech, precision guided bomb modules for a third generation of iron bomb.
• Added IMV special project and equipment for motorized 4 technology.
• Added counter battery radar small tech for infantry.
• Added lategame landcruiser modules.
• Added CIWS and ASROC special projects and modules.
• Added AI templates for doctrines reducing combat width.
• New portrait for Archon Erion.
• Added new icons for numerous national spirits and laws.
• Added some supply hubs.
• Added placeholder unification decision and events for Alwani and Timbucktu.
• Added generic kirin scientist portrait.
• Added generic storm creature portrait for yeti race.
• Added raids for all landmarks.
• ABM system special project now unlocks a building.
• Added a fortified missile silo special project.
• Abyssinia:
  • Added several new election events after Sharp Spear's retirement.
• Boltria:
  • Added a new starting national spirit.
• Colthage:
  • Added icons for Cothon landmark.
• Equestria:
  • New portrait for Raven Inkwell.
• Farbrook:
  • Added new focus icons.
• Free Camel Tribes:
  • Added a new starting national spirit.
• Haymirites:
  • Added generic placeholder war focuses.
• Quaggatai:
  • Added a placeholder war event and a formable decision.
  • Added a new starting national spirit.
  • Made Khan Zaghu into a field marshal.
• River Republic:
  • Replaced generic nuclear scientist with a new one.
• Sicameon:
  • New portrait for Don Espadarte.
• Stalliongrad:
  • Added generic portraits.
  • Added unique division commanders.

Changes:

• Removed giraffe race.
• The alliance between Colthage and Chiropterra will now only result in the transfer of Zinder if Warzena is not yet conquered.
• Reworked conditions for the Colthage-Chiropterra alliance.
• Technologies that increase organization of racial units now have dates.
• Weakened pegasus void suits.
• Jaegers now get increased terrain attack bonus.
• Balance changes to changeling racial technologies.
• Special forces doctrines now only give bonuses to the relevant unit in each branch rather than all special forces units.
• Adjusted political power penalties from slavery law and "Legacy of the Storm" national spirits.
• Tried to fix core removal of civil war factions in Abyssinia and Colthage.
• Adjusted numerous VP values across the entire map to make them more consistent.
• Changed categories of various states.
• Changed terrain of some provinces.
• Removed all infrastructure from impassable states.
• Moved all resources from impassable states to appropriate neighbouring states.
• Adjustments to various AI templates.
• Adjusted MIO traits of various countries.
• Attacking Dread League now only requires full ownership of Griffonia instead of the entire world.
• Increased AI priority for train technology.
• Marine bonuses now affect marine commandos too.
• States can now be transferred to the Reichsmandat Flussland on a per-state basis.
• Adjusted timings for nuclear fallout.
• Some scripted disbanded units now get their equipment refunded.
• Abyssinia:
  • Reduced penalties from slave unrest national spirits.
  • Reduced amount of communist party popularity from slave unrest events.
  • Patriotic revolt can now only happen if the occupier isn't a Zebrican country.
  • Sharp Spear AI gets more and stronger units in the second civil war.
  • Patriotic revolt AI now always declares on Wingbardy if they move into Katkat.
  • Patriotic revolt drops its cosmetic tag more often.
  • Sharp Spear can now take Katren by force if Wingbardy is at war.
  • Catrina can no longer leave Manedalusia alone if they revolt.
  • If Manedalusia revolts and player swaps to it, Abyssinia only declares war if it is supremacist.
• Aquileia:
  • No longer declares war on Flowena if a NAP is active.
• Austurland:
  • Changed positions of continuous focuses.
• Bronzehill:
  • Diamond Mountain can now be cored even if remaining a puppet of the Griffonian Empire.
  • Reduced cost of recruiting griffon generals.
  • The focus "Create The Wehrdistrike" now requires to not have poverty and no overstreched bureaucracy.
  • The focus "Organize The Court" now requires modern society to be active.
  • Increased the stability impact from an ongoing land reform.
  • Slightly reduced the chance for Bronzehill going independent*.
• Celestial Resistance:
  • Replaced Light Shine with a generic general.
  • Can now core Starlight's Town.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Rebalanced changeling queen advisors.
  • Dronessturm template can now be unlocked via decision after war.
• Chiropterra:
  • Removed the focus "The Enemy Of My Enemy...". Instead, Chiropterra can ally Colthage when starting the focus to attack Hippogriffia.
  • Focus to attack Warzena will now bypass if Warzena is allied to Hippogriffia.
  • The focus to declare war on Hippogriffia now targets Warzena as well if it is allied with them.
• Chital:
  • Now starts with a naval facility instead of a land warfare facility.
• Colthage:
  • Removed quick timeouts from some constitutionalist events and instead freeze a focus mid-completion, to avoid things breaking.
  • Now starts with early truck technology.
• Equestria:
  • Moved one dam in Hoofington state to a neighbouring state instead.
  • Made the AI more likely to pick the focus "The End of Civil War".
• Falcor:
  • AI now never surrenders to communist Wingbardy.
• Flowena:
  • Increased consumer goods bonus from loans.
  • Swapped portrait of one general to a generic one.
• Francistria:
  • Adjusted who gets opinion bonuses in the supremacy path.
• Hellquill:
  • Disbanding the Bund der Freien Hunde now gives an opinion penalty with Bronzehill.
• Hippone:
  • Adjusted icon for the Seekers of Truth.
• League of Four Emirs:
  • Now starts with slave economy law.
• Manedalusia:
  • Has a weaker level of science base.
• New California Republic:
  • Changed subideology of Ranger Sutton.
• Nova Griffonia:
  • Now starts with some poverty and illiteracy.
  • Decreased duration of some economic focuses.
  • Teafeather now dies several months earlier.
  • Adjusted conditions for Changeling Lands call to arms.
• Olenia:
  • Adjusted shapes of several states.
• Sicameon:
  • Adjusted peacedeal AI so they let Asterion take more land if allied.
• Stalliongrad:
  • The AI now should support Prywhen in wars with Evi valley countries.
• Tobuck:
  • Improved how Nova Severyana takes Chiropterra's place in the North Zebrican War.
• Quaggatai:
  • Can now take Colthage's place in the North Zebrican War, should they defeat Colthage.
  • Changed which version of the "Legacy of the Storm" national spirit they start with.
• Wingbardy:
  • Can now join the North Zebrican War even if either Chiropterra or Colthage is fighting Hippogriffia alone.
• Wittenland:
  • Removed mutual exclusivity from Honoria's war focuses.
  • If Coltstream isn't sold, any possible non-aggression pacts are removed to permit the border conflict to take the state.
• Yakyakistan/Jaki-Clan:
  • The two countries start with claims on each other's states that get removed after the war.
  • Kiyatukh and Mankhutayid clans can no longer be encircled.
  • Transfer of states when a clan secedes now properly cascades.

Fixes:

• Adjusted shapes of some provinces in an attempt to fix glitchy frontlines.
• Fixed Raven Lakes dam 3D model being the wrong way around.
• Decision to rename Stalliongrad now checks for ownership of all renamed states instead of just Stalliongrad itself.**Fixed kirin braves not being considered a support subunit.
• Generic Zebrica war focuses are now blocked when puppeted.
• Fixed a River Coalition national spirit not being removed if the country left the coalition.
• "Proper Heritage" spirit now waives design cost for basegame special forces units.
• Fixed issues with some music tracks.
• Fixed numerous portrait definitions.
• Fixed Westkeep dam 3D model not appearing.
• Abyssinia:
  • Fixed starting event chain breaking in certain conditions.
• Bronzehill:
  • Fixed Bronzehill's reaction to Diamond Mountain sometimes referencing the wrong ideology.
  • Developing your industry as Bronzehill now requires you to control the states in question.
  • Fixed the decision "Demand the Knights Keep To Their Old Oaths" being available to a Bronzehill-formed Empire when it shouldn't.
  • Focuses targeting Hellquill and Longsword now only require them to be at peace with each other, and only if there is a chance for negotiations.
• Celestial Resistance:
  • Fixed Changeling puppet focus having a bad trigger.
  • War decisions now properly update AI strategies.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Tried to fix being unable to declare war on Nova Griffonia after its civil war.
• Colthage:
  • Fixed a country leader trait not always being swapped in the constitutionalist path.
  • Militarist AI should no longer get softlocked in the focus tree.
• Crystal Empire:
  • Fixed some Sombra national spirits not being removed in other supremacy paths.
• Gryphia:
  • Can no longer join the River Coalition during war.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Fixed an event checking for the cores of the wrong country.
  • Fixed wrong states being annexed when white peace is made with Wingbardy over Abyssinia.
  • Fixed "Investing in our Allies" checking the wrong factory count.
  • Fixed not transferring territory to Warzena when making them a supervised state.
• Hyenia:
  • White peace event with Thundaria no longer triggers if Hyenia is a puppet.
• Katzennia:
  • Fixed demilitarized status being removed from the wrong Hippogriffian state.
  • Fixed Kattail getting negative food modifiers even with food surplus.
  • Fixed capitulation quote not appearing.
• Kiria:
  • Rising Sun focus now requires less command power for AI to prevent it from getting stuck.
  • Fixed wrong scope for the Kirin NSA revolt.
• New Mareland:
  • Fixed the country getting a generic leader instead of Celestia if she turned into Daybreaker.
• Nova Griffonia:
  • Fixed Highhill's coup being interrupted.
  • Fixed a focus adding oil and building slot in an impassable state.
• Pingland:
  • Fixed wars not working against dynamic countries.
• Polar Bear Communities:
  • Fixed magical panzerbjørn not getting bonuses from racial technologies.
• Romau:
  • Focus for Republican support now bypasses if Griffonian Republic doesn't exist.
• Tarrin:
  • Tried to fix temporarily removed cores in Aquileia never coming back.
• Yale:
  • "Goods From Our Loyal Dogs" will now be removed if Bronzehill is annexed.
• Dehumanized some GFX.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update is NOT save compatible with 2.4.0.5.

2.4.1.1 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-10-06 with checksum 315a

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.1.1 🐶
Additions:

• Added news events for the outcome of the Arabian Civil War.
• Abyssinia:
  • New concern icons.
• Baltimare:
  • New portrait and icon for Mayor Ash Moustache.
• Bronzehill:
  • Added an event each about Ignatius and Barnaby for Softfur's, Steelpaw's and Loudbark's paths.
• Flowena:
  • New portrait for Nicolas de Charbon.
• Jaki-Clan:
  • New GFX icons.

Changes:

• Merged two hyena cultures into one.
• Merged Zebridean and South Zebrican cultures into East Zebrican culture.
• Replaced a number of black sun focus icons with viking-themed icons.
• Changed start years of racial technologies.
• Reduced global special forces attack factor by 30% from doctrines.
• Strengthened racial doctrine tree with various small tweaks.
• Starting carriers now actually use primitive armor.
• Updated AI generic ship templates.
• Griffon countries can now form Aquileia and Evi after forming the Griffonian Empire.
• Boltria and Central Zebrican Empire now start with the Legacy of the Storm national spirit.
• Tactical nuclear strike is now quicker to prepare.
• Strengthened lategame SHTs on bad terrain.
• Changed research year of the pegasus void suit.
• Updated what models cities use across the world.
• Adjusted VP values and state categories.
• Added more urban terrain across the map.
• Increased population of Melahaka, Tanaigha and Zongo.
• Adjusted garrison requirements for occupation laws.
• Changed access rules for Zebrican straits.
• Abyssinia:
  • Industrial meat production racial technology now improves the food situation.
• Chiropterra:
  • Increased size of starting fleet, but made it more outdated.
  • Moved a province to another strategic region.
  • Added a naval base and a victory point.
  • Separated submarines from the line navy.
  • Made AI pursue integration of Tobuck faster.
  • AI should rush Zarantia.
  • Chiropterra gets less naval bombers but a few medium planes.
  • Chiropterra gets back CV naval bombers.
  • Strengthened naval templates.
  • Increased numbers of 2nd tier submarines.
  • Added night fighting from the start.
  • Made Chiropterran AI delay the North Zebrican War if Colthage is not yet ready to fight.
• Colthage:
  • Coltvan revolt now only triggers if Colthage controls three Coltvan states instead of just one.
• Free Camel Tribes:
  • Now starts with slave economy.
  • Reduced level of Legacy of the Storm national spirit.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Gave them a panzerschiff.
  • Fixed inconsistencies between no-MtG and MtG navies.
  • AI should defend the isles if an enemy landed there.
  • Increased number of airwings on the carrier.
  • Decision to devastate coastal cities now damages the Cothon landmark in Colthage.
• Kiria:
  • Removed the "Dominion of the Tricolor Plumage".
• Olenia:
  • Cleaned up terrain textures so they match the terrain of the provinces more.
• Zongo:
  • Increased society development level and changed starting laws.
  • Added more factories.
  • Added two victory points.

Fixes:

• Fixed ASROC module icon.
• Fixed issues with 3D models for new buildings.
• Fixed wrong equipment being marked as obsolete for Changelings and Stalliongrad.
• Improved AI war preparation logic for the North Zebrican war.
• Disabled core removal for Colthage and Abyssinia civil war factions as it was causing issues.
• Yak countries can no longer release each other.
• Added various checks prevent subjects forming factions.
• Fixed non-NSB SHT2 date.
• Fixed bypasses in generic Griffonian and Zebrican focus trees.
• Added checks so that subjects cannot start the North Zebrican War.
• Abyssinia:
  • Fixed some missing tooltips.
• Castanor:
  • Fixed a focus not declaring war on Ibhayiz.
  • Added a failsafe accounting for Kirian breakaways.
• Celestial Resistance:
  • Fixed Epilogue Solarist leaders not promoting.
• Chital:
  • Fixed a decision and an event not declaring war on Ibhayiz.
• Colthage:
  • Fixed Zumidian referendum not warning Hippogriffia that it might result in a war.
• Crystal Empire:
  • Fixed Changeling Crystal Protectorate losing their cosmetic tag randomly.
• Griffonian Republic:
  • Can no longer declare war on the Griffonian Empire while being a subject.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Decisions to devastate coastal cities now checks if the target countries are at war with Hippogriffia.
  • Peacedeal with Wingbardy no longer checks for nations not involved in the North Zebrican War.
• Ibhayiz:
  • Fixed the country having wrong culture.
  • Fixed some generic decisions not being available.
• Kiria:
  • Fixed some events not accounting for Ibhayiz's existence.
• New Mareland:
  • Fixed a general having the wrong advisor icon.
  • Fixed a focus bypassing when it shouldn't.
• Olenia:
  • Fixed a focus not declaring war on all Equus nations.
• Polar Bear Communities:
  • Fixed not getting wargoals on both Nova Griffonia civil war countries.
• Quaggatai:
  • Fixed missing advisor icon for Khan Zaghu.
  • Accounted for Colthage to lose their cores when forming the Kingdom of Quaggatai.
• Stalliongrad:
  • Fixed Palace of the Soviets raid check.
  • Fixed loss of puppet status for puppets when joining the UPA.
• Twizanyika:
  • Fixed unit names.
  • Fixed wrong operative portraits.
• Warzena:
  • "Hippogriff Warzena" gets renamed back to Warzena if it is no longer a Hippogriffian puppet.
• Yale:
  • Fixed an advisor icon being the wrong size.
• Dehumanized some GFX.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update is NOT save compatible 2.4.1.

2.4.1.2 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-10-19 with checksum 217a

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.1.2 🐶
Additions:

• Added Lost Jungle province modifiers in southeastern Zebrica.
• Changeling Lands:
  • New portrait for Queen Chrysalis.
• Crystal Empire:
  • New portrait for Princess Cadance.
• Equestria:
  • New portrait for Princess Celestia.
• Flowena:
  • New portrait for Astrit Koch.
• Griffonian Republic:
  • Reworked flags for supremacy ideology.
• Ibhayiz:
  • Added a new general.
• Macawia:
  • Added Caábaçaí Jungle province modifiers.
• Nova Griffonia:
  • New portrait for Governor Teafeather.
• Olenia:
  • New portrait for King Johan.
• Pònaidhean:
  • Added 10 new generals.
• Stalliongrad:
  • New portrait for Altidya.
• Twizanyika:
  • Added giraffe slavery national spirit.

Changes:

• Rebalanced special forces doctrines.
• Delayed lategame mountaineer/paratrooper/marine technologies by 1 year.
• Adjusted dates of special forces technologies.
• Rebalanced lower levels of society development, primitive economy law and primitive equipments.
• Adjusted tree 3D models in southeastern Zebrica.
• Rebalanced naval base levels in Equus and Zebrica.
• Rebalanced Chisimbi countries.
• Rebalanced combined arms advisor trait.
• Locked jet air doctrines behind axial jet engines.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Now starts with cruiser submarine special project completed, as they already have the ships.
• Chiropterra:
  • Removed generic BB and DD templates.
• Colthage:
  • Delayed the Coltvan revolt triggered from events by one day.
• Olenia:
  • AI is now more likely to complete defensive focuses.

Fixes:

• Fixed missing UI for combat width in special forces doctrines.
• Removed random paratrooper modifiers in the first special forces doctrine.
• Fixed AI generals not getting racial traits.
• Fixed Long Term Tactical Divination giving double its advertised effects to the new generals.
• Generic Chisimbi decision to declare war on Zongo now requires the attacker to be at peace.
• Imba-Zaru and Tzhimane Confederacy can no longer gain benefits from the Griffonstone landmark.
• Fixed Imba-Zaru and Tzhimane Confederacy icons and ship classes referencing griffons.
• Replaced Stronghold Network modifiers with functional ones.
• Fixed various missing war warnings in focuses for Equus countries.
• The alchemical toolbelt no longer impacts experience loss or trickleback due to being per batallion.
• Austurland:
  • Remove Asbjoern Hallgilsson after the communist coup.
• Chiropterra:
  • Puppeted Chiropterra can no longer create a puppet Zarantia.
• Colthage:
  • Adjusted Quaggatai white peace event so it properly transfers states.
• Hellquill:
  • Fixed Heinrich von Plummen not being removed during Demetrius' Coup.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Give cruiser submarine special project technology when they unlock cruiser submarine focus technology.
• Jaki-Clan:
  • Fixed a missing national spirit icon.
• Katzennia:
  • Kattail can attack Gelon-Zornu now.
• Kiria:
  • Fixed issues with Protectorates.
  • Fixed communist party leader sometimes being generic.
  • The Hindia war will happen after the unification of Hindia now.
• Polar Bear Communities:
  • Can no longer create Griffonian puppets while at war.
  • Fixed missing cores from a Griffonian puppet.
  • Fixed a couple of focus bypasses and checks.
• Stalliongrad:
  • Attempted to fix commanders without trait XP gain.
• Twizanyika:
  • Fixed ship names.
• Winggarden:
  • Now gets a generic focus tree when puppeted by most countries.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.1.1, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.2 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-11-20 with checksum 073b

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.2 🐶
Compatibility for 1.17 Hearts of Iron IV patch and No Compromise, No Surrender DLC

• Added the new resource of Coal across the map.
• Made all factions use the new faction system, with fitting manifests, goals, and rules.
• Extended all doctrines to tier 2 under the new system.
• Created new strategic location types: Falcor War Bunkers, Massive Radar Array, and Strong Weather Control.
• Implemented strategic locations across the map.
• Incorporated all tech changes and additions from vanilla.
• Added mastery bonuses to all extant doctrine boosts.
• Implemented new AI navy customization for better and more moddable behavior.
• Added naval headquarters and naval supply hubs where applicable.
• Applied the new state category Large Island where applicable.
• Added new interface feature of recently-changed tags in the bookmarks pulsing.
• Rebalanced a few vanilla doctrines.
• With the addition of Rangers for all countries, Changeling Jaegers can now paradrop.
• Naval Dominance required to control Deep Oceans increased from 500 to 750 for balance reasons.
• Removed "Mounted Infantry" subdoctrine due to an engine limitation on horses riding horses.

Additions:

• Added generic portraits for gargoyles.
• Added war decisions for Aquileian vassals in case they defeat Aquileia and succeed it.
• Added an alert to notify about the successful integration of states.
• Added generic portraits for dragons.
• Remade icon for zebra race.
• Added generic portraits for diamond dogs.
• Remade icon for Social Banditry subideology.
• Added anti-ship cruise missiles, launched from rocket sites.
• Adelart:
  • New Icons and General/Advisor portraits.
  • Unique MIOs/concerns.
  • New national spirit Progression for the Confederation path.
  • The Sheriff can now put Count Cloudet or his nephew on the throne of Aquileia.
  • Unique advisor traits for Alois and Joanna Fliger.
  • New portraits for Alexandra Descieux and Blacktalon.
  • Blacktalon now has a small chance of spawning as a Visitor from another Dimension.
  • The Sheriff can recruit Blacktalon.
• Asterion:
  • Added new portrait for monarchist puppet leader.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Added new icons for various advisors, including the four Queens.
• Chiropterra:
  • Remade portrait of Ocean Spray.
• Equestria:
  • Remade portrait of Maud Pie.
  • Added more victory points and supply hubs.
• Flowena:
  • Remade portraits for Bruno de Rosebrune and Anna de Indigo.
• Gargiloya:
  • Added new starting generals and advisors.
  • Added unique newspaper header.
  • Added new flags.
• Roam:
  • Added new portraits for Augustus, Alsa and Dassal.
  • Remade harmonic flag.

Changes:

• Full integration of the Man the Guns DLC into base EAW.
• Buildings that affect resource production now display resources in states.
• Rebalanced Great Lakes countries and improved AI for them.
• Great Lakes countries get cores more easily during unification wars.
• Improved AI for Chisimbi countries.
• Gelon-Zornu, Timbucktu and Alwani now get access to decision to declare war against Mazwi and Mozzi.
• Slightly adjusted cost and reliability of primitive equipments.
• Moved Chisimbi-Zongo war to July.
• Artillery specialist trait now can be gained in battle.
• Redrew generic batpony and pony spy portraits.
• Moved EaW custom diplomatic popups to the bottom right to match vanilla.
• When Greifenmarschen and Angriver remove Feathisian cores, the core in Luxwingburg is now removed as well.
• Standardized equipment designs with designers across breakaways.
• Rebalanced all starting navies.
• Reduced cooldown on Collaboration Governments.
• Adelart:
  • Replaced generic army advisors with existing Adelart generals.
  • Removed Submarine Expert Advisor.
  • Made Post-Aquileian Unification Trees grant more standardized war goals.
  • Alexandra and Jaume can now both demand Tarrin.
  • Nestor Bernier can no longer be recruited as a general.
  • The Griffonian Empire will no longer refuse the Sheriff's request for a guarantee.
  • Blacktalon is female now.
  • "Let the World Know our Name" will no longer apply its opinion modifier to any communist country.
• Bronzehill:
  • Reduced bonuses from air focuses.
  • Reduced naval bonuses from spirits gained in the focus tree.
  • Added some requirements for calling the general election as Barnaby.
  • The effect of "Domestic Food Production" is now significantly stronger, but temporary.
• Crystal Empire:
  • Adjusted states slightly.
• Equestria:
  • Adjusted some state categories and railways.
• Flowena:
  • Rebalanced political power cost/gain for buying gold.
• Gargiloya:
  • Now starts with basic air technologies and planes.
  • Made northernmost state passable again and added a couple of supply hubs and VPs there.
• Hayzebland:
  • Removed Air Facility.
• Katzennia:
  • Wild ride loses hardmode/cross-cycle bonus when Kattail leaves.
  • Give Kattail various sp speed buff.
• Olenia:
  • Slightly improved AI before the Changeling war.
  • Now starts with engineers and trucks.
• Tarrin:
  • Gets a spy agency in the focus about infiltrating Aquileia.
• Timbucktu:
  • Replaced Land Facility with a Magic one.
• Twizanyika:
  • Now attacks Zeblu as well.

Fixes:

• Fixed Imba-Zaru and Tzhimane having generic griffon ship namelists.
• Fixed prerequisite for IMV special project.
• Fixed requirements for High-Altitude Gear special project.
• Fixed clipping on national spirit icons in politics view.
• Fixed some triggers checking for original tag instead of tag.
• Fixed River Federation focuses about developing other countries not showing the correct state.
• Added missing sanity checks for all war decisions.
• Fixed terrain in several provinces.
• Fixed a broken date check in the Chisimbi invasion of Kiria.
• Adelart:
  • Sister Selena can no longer be missed as an advisor in the Sisters of Eyr military tree branch.
  • Fixed the Shrievalty being considered a republic.
  • All the female secondary characters are now properly tagged as such.
  • "Loyal Leagues of Green" now locked behind controlling Eagleton.
• Aquileia:
  • Fixed an event firing twice.
• Bronzehill:
  • The decision "To Rescue The Emperor" no longer grants a wargoal on yourself.
  • The AI will now take the decision to declare the unification of the Herzland.
  • Puppet Bronzehill can no longer declare the empty regency.
  • Bronzehill that joined Grover II will now cede any states it has conquered during the war for Griffenheim to him.
• Changeling Lands:
  • The AI should now form the Severyana Protectorate.
• Forming the Severyana Protectorate no longer gives Equestria's states to it if Stalliongrad had cored them previously.
  • Fixed bomber focus not giving correct bonuses depending on DLC.
• Chital:
  • Now it won't go under 0 or above 100 per cent in Axis tension.
• Colthage:
  • Fixed militarist path not getting cores on Coltdar if focus to declare war on Quaggatai is bypassed.
• Equestrian Liberation Front:
  • Fixed crash in election system.
• Falcor:
  • The negative opinion modifier in the fascist path will now apply to all instances of Wingbardy.
  • Fixed subideology of communist country leader.
• Flowena:
  • Fixed an event trigger being visible when it shouldn't be.
• Griffonian Empire:
  • Fixed claims gained on Nova Griffonia and Griffon Frontier.
  • The AI will now release Reichsmandate if it can do so.
• Griffonian Republic:
  • Fixed the focus "Liberate Aquileia" granting a wargoal on yourself in some circumstances.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Fixed Queen Novo appearing as national spirit while being country leader.
  • Posada can't be assassinated twice.
• Jaki-Clan:
  • Greater Vraks now has its capital as Vraks.
• Katzennia:
  • Fixed incorrect prerequisites for "Integrate the Worthy" focus.
  • Removed 2 of the 4 sudden food degradation events.
• Kiria:
  • Fixed an event not checking for puppet status.
• Longsword:
  • Removed the bypass on Herzland war focus if a minor country usurps the Griffonian Empire.
  • Fixed some issues with advisors.
• Manedalusia:
  • Fixed issues with ships.
• New Mareland:
  • Fixed option to white peace the overlord of New Mareland not appearing when New Mareland experienced a civil war.
• Polar Bear Communities:
  • Fixed core gain for Eira.
• Qaylidi Dervishes:
  • Fixed capital supply hub glitching out after white peace with Thundaria.
• Tarrin:
  • Removed forced resistance appearing in Aquileia after a focus is done in the harmonic path. Instead, Aquileia gets various penalties such as damaged factories.
  • "Form Your Battalions" focus now requires control of Tarrin state.
• Tobuck:
  • Added code to ensure Ursagrad has a supply hub if TBK moves capital there.
  • Fixed attack decisions from the "Natural Borders" not showing up under some circumstances.
  • Fixed Zinder being exchanged in the formation of the Anti-Aris Axis depite not being controlled by Chiropterra or its replacements.
  • Nova Severyana no longer gets a decision to peaceout for Warzena when fighting the North Zebrican War.
• Twizanyika:
  • Phasing out slavery now removes the giraffe slaves naitional spirit.
• Wittenland:
  • Can no longer reinstate serfdom while at war.
• Yakyakistan:
  • Accounted for the possibility of Yakyakistan aquiring overlordship or ownership of the contested territories with Nova Griffonia before completing the related focuses, and before the Nova Griffinian civil war.
  • Fixed communist Yakyakistan getting the wrong event in case Nova Griffonia refused to give up the contested land peacefully.
• Dehumanized some GFX.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update is NOT save compatible 2.4.1.2.

2.4.2.1 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-11-23 with checksum 9dbe

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.2.1 🐶
Additions:

• 36 new resource prospecting decisions in Zebrica.
• Added chokepoint strategic location in northern Key Lake.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Added state highlighting for Severyana Protectorate decision.
• Hippone:
  • Can now transmute coal using decisions.
• Added faction icons.

Changes:

• Relocated coal resources in numerous states.
• Spy advisors now can be assigned to faction.
• Reduced mastery gain from training by 50%.
• Equestria, Equestrian Liberation Front, Aztlan Free State, New Mareland and Puerto Caballo no longer start with a grand doctrine.
• Adelart:
  • Jean Weineg no longer available on Sheriff path.
  • Lil Naylor gets added as a military advisor now for Merlock.

Fixes:

• Fixed all industrial concerns not being visible.
• Fixed ranger technology unlock dates and icons.
• Fixed light tank td brigades needing 450 tds.
• Fixed year for naval tech tree gui.
• Fixed terrain of some provinces.
• Fixed the River Coalition being dissolved when the leader leaves.
• Fixed incorrect doctrine cost reduction modifiers.
• Fixed 1011 torpedo unlocking 1015 torpedo.
• Fixed victory in the North Zebrican war firing the Chiropterran Commonwealth event while Ocean Spray is in power.
• Fixed the Treaty of Trotgourait not transferring all land in continental North Zebrica to the victor(s).
• Fixed Hippone not being recognized as part of Continental North Zebrica.
• Fixed incorrect date of sonar 4.
• Fixes for faction goals.
• Fixed exile category decision not showing.
• Asterion:
  • Fixed monarchist puppet leader portrait not appearing.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Fixed Severyana Protectorate not including some Stalliongrad core states.
• Chiropterra:
  • Fixed "Enslave Locals" not being enabled for Coltdar.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Fixed "Splendid Isolation" being removed.
• Lushi:
  • Fixed broken focus title.
• Dehumanized some GFX.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.2, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.2.2 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-11-26 with checksum 94aa

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.2.2 🐶
Additions:

• Added some strategic location chokepoints in Manedalusia.
• Added icon for Karthinian Pact faction.

Changes:

• Reduced construction speed penalties from agrarian, tribal and communal society development levels.
• Artillery Leader trait now requires 40 artillery in division.
• Every major strategy plan got faster reasearch of land doctrine.
• Hopefully fixed AI weird infantry divisions by giving them better template.
• Made it easier for AI to get designs from focuses.
• Added more tags for subdoctrines for various tags.
• Slight rebalancing of goals.
• Fixed naval dominance curve.
• Changeling Lands:
  • The AI will now intervene in Olenia later.
• Disciples of Nightmare Moon:
  • Changed spawn location of a lunar guard division.
• Griffonian Republic:
  • Slightly tried to improve AI focus plans.

Fixes:

• The AI will now no longer interfere with the human player setting a war stance in the North Zebrican War.
• Fixed "Control Southern Griffonia" faction goal being categorized as short-term.
• Fixed a case-sensetivity issue with a griffon focus icon.
• Fixed subdoctrine GUI.
• Bronzehill:
  • Fixed party popularity and name in case revenge Bronzehill decides to paw over the Empire to Gabriela.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Can't topple themselves.
• Chiropterra:
  • Decision "Pursue detente with Equestria" now only appears if you are not in a faction with Hippogriffia and have completed 1 of 2 focuses.
  • Fixed collision of Chiropterra GUI resistance GUI open button with nuclear weapon count.
• Griffonian Republic:
  • Fixed wrong mastery type for focus.
• Hippone:
  • Fixed not having the "Mortal enemies' modifier with Nova Griffonia.
• Katzennia:
  • Kattail doesn't get the acquire blueprints decision anymore.
• Dehumanized some GFX.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.2.1, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.2.3 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-12-06 with checksum 279c

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.2.3 🐶
Additions:

• Added faction icons for the River Coalition, the North Zebrican Coalition, Adelart factions, the Crown of Aquileia and the Entente.
• When uniting the River Federation, a new debuff is now applied, which has to be removed with 3 new post-unification Federation focuses.
• Added generic dragon portraits.
• Abyssinia:
  • Added on-map scripted gui to view small provincial council divisions.
• Adelart:
  • Added a new icon.
• Arantiga:
  • Added decisions to integrate some neighbouring states in the communist path.
  • Added focus to core the claimed lands for supremacist path.

Changes:

• Lategame subdoctrine icons differentiated.
• Realigned alerts due to topbar changes.
• Changed terrain in two provinces in Pingland and Chiropterra into urban and increased VP value accordingly.
• Riverland countries on their historical path will now always accept integration into the River Federation.
• Redone generic minotaur spy portrait.
• Locked new electrical grid buildings behind industrializing society and above.
• Reduced SPG soft attack by 20%.
• Reduced air close air support mission efficency and ground attack factor from doctrines.
• Damage to division organization and strength from close air support missions were returned to pre NCNS values.
• Adelart:
  • If "No Compromise, No Surrender" is active, Adelart begins with ranger tech instead of mountaineers.
  • Related to above; "Further Ties with Flowena" focus dynamically shifts to a wargoal declaration if Flowena is Supremacist or Communist.
  • The Friar is made Harmonist leader as soon as Jaume takes over.
  • Most paths can now core Skyfall.
• Arantiga:
  • Most national focus times reduced for playability.
  • Strengthened supremacy non-core ponypower national spirit to 12% from 5%.
• Gargiloya:
  • Relocated oil resource back to the desert state.
• Greneclyf:
  • The support given to Farbrook's left or right is now time-limited.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Made Posada's lategame economy an actual law.
• Katzennia:
  • Creating arcologies now requires 5 infrastructure in the state.
  • Some Kattail projects now reduce energy consumption.

Fixes:

• Replaced outdated naval invasion modifier.
• Fixed the future of the Anti-Aris Axis sometimes not resolving correctly if one alliance partner did not participate in the war.
• Fixed various issues with mastery gain modifiers.
• Removed Dutch tank/plane GFX and Models from Imba-Zaru and Tzhimane.
• Fixed extra resource display for buildings.
• Fixed prerequisites for generic zebra focus.
• Fixed starting naval technologies for Crystal Empire, Our Town, Zecora's Resistance and Khamrin.
• Fixed off-center historical design for navy designs.
• Abyssinia:
  • Fixed date variables in parliament GUI.
• Adelart:
  • Fixed visibility of decision to demand Tarrin when it is independent.
• Aquileia:
  • The decisions promised in the expansion focuses now appear immediately, even if you cannot yet take them.
• Celestial Resistance:
  • Fix artifact period and cooldown duration.
• Colthage:
  • Fixed issues with No Co-Sufrit advisor in the militarist path.
  • "Placate the Generals" no longer says it gives a warlord loyalty bonus if warlords have been dealt with.
• Flowena:
  • Fixed Aquileia not puppeting a Pomovarra that had been puppeted by Flowena when the latter becomes a subject.
• Griffonian Republic:
  • Cannot appoint Ignatius Prime Minister if he is dead.
• Gryphus:
  • Fixed idea icons for Opinicus.
• Hellquill:
  • The Grand Crusade now accounts for Hillponies forming the River Federation.
• Hippogriffia:
  • No longer renames factions it is member, but not leader of.
• Hippone:
  • Purification Mandate of Aris should have all their extraneous national spirits removed when it is formed.
  • fixed performance issue with faction manifest.
• Katzennia:
  • Fixed theorists giving negative mastery gain.
  • Fixed bugged Katzen arcology province art in provinces with unique art.
  • Fallback fix in case katren is owned by Abyssinia somehow.
• Lunar Empire:
  • Selenite option in event now correctly gives superior firepower mastery bonus.
• New Mareland:
  • Fixed Luna in exile national spirit icon.
• Nova Griffonia:
  • Focus "Crystals in the Mountains" now provides crystals in Frosthill, instead impassible region of Cannibal Mountains.
• Roam:
  • Harmonic country name is no longer republican.
• Strawberry:
  • Communist path will no longer get a wargoal on itself, but rather on Romau when defeating the empire.
• Wingbardy:
  • Fixed Karthinian Pact icon not properly showing up.
• Yayakistan:
  • Can no longer join Equestria's faction while being a subject or member of a different faction.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.2.2, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.2.4 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2025-12-20 with checksum 279c

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.2.4 🐶
Additions:

• Added jolly Hearth's Warming spirit to the main menu.
• Abyssinia:
  • Added a new political advisor.
  • Added a portrait for Alpurrt Catstein.
• Celestial Resistance:
  • Added an event image for the Friendship Lodge.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Add newer victory point names to Changeling namelists as surnames.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Added a victory point.
• Katzennia:
  • Readded the Kattail decision to revive Grover II.
• Les Meridiennes:
  • Added portrait for Salade d'Oeuf.
• Mozzi:
  • Added trait for starting country leader.
• Senturya:
  • Add a decision to remove Loss of the Cornerstone national spirit.

Changes:

• Used generic version of Communist Sympathizer icon for the unit leader trait instead of the vanilla Japanese icon.
• Prevent generic countries from switching ideology while a puppet.
• Made ranger doctrine follow others.
• Delay diversify special forces decision by a year.
• Tweaked some victory point values and state categories in Saddle Arabia and Macawia.
• Lowered chance of Anbennar music playing for Tobuck and Talarayi.
• Made AI countries hurt by Storm Kingdom avoid helping yeti-led countries.
• Updated East Griffonia Treaty Organization logo to match the River Coalition's logo.
• Adelart:
  • AI now prioritizes Aquileian consolidation.
• Gryphian Host:
  • Updated the focus "Seek Imperial Protection": Now requires being independent, at peace, and the Empire resurgent, and now will make the Gryphian Host a nominal vassal of the empire instead of being guaranteed by the Empire.
• Hippogriffia:
  • A focus now gives special project breakthrough.
  • Now starts with torpedo 2 technology.
• Katzennia:
  • Uniformised the length of Kattail focuses in his second tree.
• Mozzi:
  • Redone non-aligned flag.
• Sicameon:
  • Changed to default griffon unit model instead of Griffonian Empire unit model.

Fixes:

• The River Federation no longer has its starting short term faction goal fulfilled at game start.
• The Karthinian Pact now starts with a short-term faction goal.
• Fixed broken custom division template icon.
• Handled edge cases for the alerts.
• Fixed broken distance calculations.
• Fixed a national spirit icon being the wrong size.
• Fixed loading screen for simplified Chinese language.
• Participants of North Zebrican War will no longer be counted as such when they are puppets of an outside power.
• Fixed some province terrains in Macawia.
• Abyssinia:
  • Tried to fix the Patriot not leading the Patriotic Revolt against a Wingbardian puppet Regno d'Abyssinia.
• Adelart:
  • Fixed templates for No Compromise, No Surrender DLC.
  • Bypassing Skyfall wargoal focuses still allows for Skyfall integration.
  • Jaume can only get good opinion modifier with Republics.
• Aquileia:
  • Conquest decisions no longer target the wrong countries.
• Asterion:
  • Added missing icon to a national spirit.
• Bakara:
  • Fixed continuous focuses blocking part of Bakara River Federation tree.
• Diamond Mountain:
  • Added missing war warnings for Firtree and Farbrook to the focus "Free The North".
• Jaki-Clan:
  • Fixed national spirit icon not displaying properly.
• Katzennia:
  • Fixed Kattail exotic weapons not having monthly nuke usage.
  • Added some bypasses to Kattail's conquest focuses if the target nations don't exist anymore for some reason.
• Longsword:
  • Fixed Rene Hora lacking proper advisor icon and using someone else's one.
• Nimbusia:
  • Fixed always starting with DLC-locked technology.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.2.3, but some fixes will require a new game.

2.4.2.5 "Cats and Dogs"

Released on 2026-01-08 with checksum 42be

🐱 “Cats and Dogs” 2.4.2.5 🐶
Removals:

• Removed jolly Hearth's Warming spirit from the main menu.

Additions:

• Added light and secondary batteries 5 & 6.
• Added naval topview GFX for helicopters, planes, and missiles for all hulls.
• Added a custom topview for supercarriers.
• Added non-aligned constitutional monarchy subideology.
• Added new temporary positive opinion modifier between River Coalition nations and communist Longsword.
• Bronzehill:
  • Steelpaw can now destroy the Grand Temple of Arcturius if he controls Rila and has destroyed the other Grand Temples.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Added helicopter icon.
• Dragon Lands:
  • New portraits for Lord Torch and Lord Ruby.
  • New advisor icon for Cynder.
• Polar Bear Communities:
  • Added icon for magical Panzerbjørn.
• Stalliongrad:
  • Added helicopter, supersonic fighter and mothership icons.

Changes:

• Rangers are now included in the "Magical Weapons for Special Forces" decisions.
• Reduced naval dominance of 1018 and 1022 heavy hulls, and boosted that of 1018 super heavy.
• 1018 and 1022 heavy ships and cruisers, as well as 1018 super-heavy, can now mount missiles in their main batteries.
• Light missiles now have less piercing but cost less resources.
• Medium missiles have more heavy attack and less light attack, and more piercing overall.
• Heavy and super-heavy missile batteries are pure heavy attack with more piercing and more attack overall.
• Added organization boosts to lategame naval doctrines.
• Reduced helicopter cap on heavy ships from 4 to 2.
• Different countries now use different transport plane icons.
• Assigned generic portraits to various advisors that had none.
• Supercarrier range & resource cost increased.
• Made Hearth's Warming music more likely to play in December.
• Improvements to River Coalition and Solar Empire factions.
• Militia division templates for Changeling Lands and Equestria are no longer locked.
• Bronzehill:
  • In case the Imperial Service Proclamation was enacted, establishing dog communities in the Northern Mountains now reduces the recruitment debuff in the affected states.
• Changeling Lands:
  • Can get a wargoal on Griffon Frontier now.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Gave a generic portrait to the starting air scientist.
  • Buffed "Developing The Outer Islands" focus.
• Klugetown:
  • Changed conditions for Free Trade Zone formable.
• Olenia:
  • Now uses more vanilla Finland equipment icons.
• Tobuck:
  • Alesia renames Stalliongrad to Princessyn now.

Fixes:

• Fixed scaling on SHBB battery 2.
• Updated the lategame floatplanes to keep parity with new carrier detection.
• Fixed Griffon Knight Armor special project option values.
• Fixed Magical Quarry icon in the special project screen.
• Added missing naval module.
• Fixed light medium battery 4 being unavailable.
• Added torpedo gunboats and protected cruisers to Operation Paperclip technology bonuses.
• Fixed state control requirement for Prospect Khaneigh Oil Deposits decision.
• Fixed cruiser 6s not being able to mount DP light batteries.
• Several countries, most notably Abyssinia, should no longer reset their focus trees if territory is returned to them.
• Fixed issues with the mercenary system used by Nova Griffonia and Skyfall.
• Abyssinia:
  • Made sure the slave revolt can't have Gomez as a field marshal.
  • Tried to make sure portraits of Gomez and Sharp Spear get updated properly.
• Aquileia:
  • Fixed conquest decisions not showing up.
• Arcturian Order:
  • Fixed being blocked from its focus tree when April Fools' content is enabled.
• Bronzehill:
  • Fixed the ruling party not being renamed once Ignatius dies in the revenge path.
  • Added check that Griffenheim is controlled when declaring the regency.
• Celestial Resistance:
  • Changed the duration calculation in artifact with the new day value.
• Coltva:
  • Fixed coal decisions using steel icon.
• Dread League:
  • Fixes to April Fools' content.
• Hellquill:
  • Improved how the Ostwall focuses function.
• Hippogriffia:
  • Seapony and hippogriff resentment is now removed by perfect society.
• Hippone:
  • Decision no longer removes unrelated Firtree victory point when forming Lake City puppet.
  • Fixed a focus giving the wrong plane template.
• Katzennia:
  • Fixed "play as Kattail?" event switching you to the wrong country.
• Kiria:
  • Now gets correct technologies from the Changeling Lands.
• Polar Bear Communities:
  • Olenia should now peace out when the War in the North ends.
• Prywhen:
  • Added bypass conditions to the focus about the River Federation.
• South Confederate States:
  • Fixed event for choosing the Harmonic flag.
• Stalliongrad:
  • Corrected the ideology checks for some national spirits.
• Tobuck:
  • Fixed start event timeout triggering Critical Stockpile.
  • Fixed Colthage gun selling decision icon.
• Winggarden:
  • Fixed the focus "Re-Adopt Hippogriffian Designs" giving an incorrect number of building slots.
• Dehumanized some GFX.
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements.
• Miscellaneous localisation fixes.

This update SHOULD be save compatible with 2.4.2.4, but some fixes will require a new game.