13: Queen of the Shore | Main missions Middle-earth: SoM Guide

Requirements to start the mission: You need to complete the twelfth main mission (The Messenger).

Side objectives: You need to Brand six archers, within 3 minutes.

Use the ledges above

Right after this mission starts, you will have to take another time trail. Head towards the fort to the North-West of the starting point. You cannot be spotted in the process and you need to get there within 90 seconds. Use the minimap and the Wraith mode, for locating the opponents, and avoid them by sneaking by and jumping over the ledges above.

Avoid the orc patrols that you encounter, along your path to the fort

Towards the end of your path, you will walk out into the open so, it is going to be necessary to sneak here. Avoid the enemy patrols and do not approach them. You need to get near the cart near the fort. Here, you will gain access to a new ability - Brand. Thanks to this ability, you are able to gain control over the mind of an orc and make him fight on your side.

Note - there are three ways in which you can brand - by approaching the opponent, after you attack him from behind (e.g. while hanging down from a ledge or hiding in the bushes) and thanks to a special attack that you launch in combat. The last variant is not available in this part of the mission, because you still need to remain in hiding.

The first archer

Again, you need to race against time - this time, you have 3 minutes to brand all six of the archers and this is required by the secondary objective of the mission (if you fail to make it in time, the mission continues, but 3 minutes is more than enough). You cannot be spotted, because you will then fail the mission. I recommend that you start with climbing onto the tower to the right of the fort's entrance. Carefully, approach the first archer (note - he changes his positions occasionally!) and brand him.

One of the archers is standing next to the fort entrance

Jump down now and approach the second archer, who is standing at the fort entrance, close to the bushes/ Definitely, this orc is the easiest to brand, but you still need to watch out, to prevent being spotted by the archer on the left.

Reach the next archers

I recommend that you now go for the abovementioned archer, near the fort walls, to the left of the entrance. Just like earlier, you need you keep all precautions, because the archer changes his position occasionally. After you brand him, take a leap towards the neighboring tower. There also is an archer there that needs to be branded.

I recommend that you deal, in the end, with the two archers shown in the above screenshot. You need to watch out here, because their fields of vision overlap occasionally. Start acting when they are not watching each other. Apart from that, you can consider the option of branding one of them, while hanging down from the ledge, because this is a safer thing to do, thank to sneak up from behind.

Have the archers attack the rest of the orcs

After you have branded all six of them (and completed the secondary objective) you need to "activate" them, thanks to which they will start fighting on your side. To do that, press the appropriate key/button (you can be in any point of the fort).

It is a good idea to help your "allies" eliminate the rest of the monsters

If everything went according to the plan, the branded archers start attacking the other orcs in the fort. In theory, you can watch the battle from afar, but I recommend that you join the fighting and help the archers. Thanks to this, you will achieve victory faster. Just like usually, while fighting, watch out for the elite orcs, especially defenders, berserkers and hunters.

Deal with the reinforcements

After you watch another cutscene, there arrive reinforcements in the fort and this time, you will have to defeat 20 orcs. In this particular case, it is rather compulsory to join the fights, because some of your archers may have died, in the meantime. You can fight the battle in the standard way (melee combat or ranged combat) or try to land surprise attacks, use the bait on caragors, or brand several more orcs, after which you make them fight for you (in this case, remember only that you should pick single targets, thanks to which there will be nobody to interrupt you).

Rewards for completing the mission:

• 600 experience points
• 150 gold pieces (Mirian) - only if you have completed the secondary objective