17: The Great White Graug | Main missions Middle-earth: SoM Guide

Requirements to start the mission: You need to complete the fifteenth main mission (Hunting Partners).

Secondary objectives: You need to stop the horned Graug from feeding on the captive ghuls, with the bow, for three times.

Dominate the Dire Caragor

The first thing that you need to do, in this mission, is dominate the Dire Caragor, i.e. the stronger variety of the caragor. Fortunately, the tactic remains unchanged. It is best to get away from the beast, wait for him to charge and press the countering key/button, at the appropriate moment. Optionally, you can also climb onto a ledge above and jump down onto the caragor. In both cases, you will still need to complete a minigame.

Reach the Graug's cave with Torvin

After you have dominated the Dire caragor, follow dwarf Torvin. He will take you to the cave, where an unique monster dwells - the Legendary Graug. You will now have to fight the huge creature.

Stand as far from the graug as possible and wait for him to charge

To defeat the legendary graug, you need to follow the succession of actions tightly and in the predetermined way. Start by walking away from the graug, as far as possible. Face the beast and wait for it to charge.

Aim the bow at the graug's head

After the graug comes closer to you, equip the bow and aim it at the head, in the focus mode (time slowing). The attack with the bow stuns the beast, temporarily. This is not it, though, because you still need to dash to the side, in order not to collide with the blindly charging beast.

Run up to the defenseless graug and attack it

If you have followed the above steps, the legendary graug will be defenseless now, for a short moment. Use this to your advantage, run up to the beast and press the specified key/button, to deprive it of a third of its health.

Now, there is an important part of the battle, ahead, because you need to prevent the graug from replenishing its health, which it does by feeding on the ghuls in the cave. Try to eliminate the ghuls, with the bow, right after the graug grabs them (an example in the above screenshot). Preventing the graug from eating the ghuls is connected with the secondary objective and you need to eliminate, at least, three ghuls this way. From the moment, at which you complete the secondary objective, you can start killing the ghuls in the standard manner, e.g. in melee and with AoE attack of the Wraith Flash.

Deprive the graug of its entire health to kill it

Killing all the ghuls resumes the battle with the legendary graug. This means that you need to repeat all of the abovementioned actions. If you prevent the graug from eating too many ghuls, you will have to repeat the sequence twice. This will deprive the graug of the entire health bar and end the mission.

Rewards for completing the mission:

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