5: Climbing the Ranks | Main missions Middle-earth: SoM Guide

Requirements to start the mission: You need to complete the third main mission (The Spirit of Mordor).

Secondary objectives: You need to take out four archers, while remaining undetected.

The first archer is close to the starting point

Start acting now, because there are archers around, who are connected with the secondary objective. You have four minutes to eliminate them and rescue Ratbag. I recommend that you start by climbing the nearby ruins on the right and eliminate the first archer there.

walk over the ropes and climb the ruins

You can reach the remaining three archers in the same way, as in one of the previous missions, i.e. by walking over the ropes and climbing. Make sure that you are not spotted, while on your path (neither by the archers, nor by the regular orcs below), because you will fail the secondary objective. Continue acting from shadows, up until you have eliminated all of the archers.

Approach the captured Ratbag

Only then, focus on rescuing Ratbag. You do not need to perform any special action here, because you simply need to approach the location in which he is being held (you can attack one of the nearby orcs, while you are here). Thanks to this, you will identify the enemy Captain Brogg the Twin, who captured him.

Just like in the case of the other fights with Captains, take a look at the tabs with Brogg's strong and weak points and plan on your actions basing on that. Apart from the Captain, you also need to watch out for his bodyguards but, this should not be too problematic. A very important piece of information is that you cannot kill Brogg. You only need to deal enough damage to him and you will be able to tell, when to stop, by the green icon (the above screenshot).

You need to interrogate Brogg

Eliminate all of Brogg's guards and only then, focus on the man. You need to press the grappling key/button to grab him. Then, interrogate him. This will let you find out that Brog is one of the guards to Warchief Mogg (Mogg the Other Twin). This mission ends after Ratbag progresses.

Rewards for completing the mission:

• 600 experience points
• 50 gold pieces (Mirian) - only if you have completed the secondary objective
• Unlocks the main mission: "The Warchief"
• Unlocks the main mission: "Kill the Warchiefs"- this is a unique mission, because there is no specific location that you complete it in. Simply, it is connected with luring out and eliminating Warchiefs of the Sauron's army and you can learn more on the page with the walkthrough for that mission.