7: The Outcasts | Main missions Middle-earth: SoM Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Requirements to start the mission: You need to complete the third main mission (The Spirit of Mordor) and the fourth main mission (An Interested Party).
Secondary objectives: You need to perform stealth executions on five orcs in the stronghold.
The starting point for this mission (and of all the others connected with the outcasts) is over the rocks and you need to squeeze through to get there. After you start the mission, follow Hirgon. You need to reach the spot, where you obtain the first group of herbs that you need to brew a poison. The easiest way to find the herbs is in the Wraith Mode, because they then clearly stand out, against the surroundings.
At first, you need to collect three herbs but, the area where you need to harvest them is occupied by orcs. You can do several things about this - you can either eliminate them silently, kill them with the bow, defeat in melee or distract them, pick the herbs and let them be. After you have obtained the herbs, get back to following Hirgon.
In the next location, you run into quite a handicap, because there is a single caragor there. Of course, you can defeat it in melee or with the bow (two well-aimed shots), but you need to watch out, then, for its strong attacks and perform dodges. At the same time you can take advantage of the fact that the monster is also attacking Hirgon, but make sure that he does not drain his entire health bar.
If you have the Ride Caragors ability, I recommend that you climb the nearby rocks, right after you enter this location, and jump onto the caragor's back. After you have tamed the beast, you can leave it alone and pick the herbs. Soon, Hirgon will resume his march. You still need to visit one more mead with herbs but this time around, it is not guarded by anyone.
You still need to handle the last part of the journey - after several moments, Talion and Hirgon reach an orc stronghold. You receive more objectives here and you gain access to the Poison ability, which you will have to use to poison five barrels of grog. Head out alone and remember that you will have to sneak, from now on, because you will fail the mission if you are spotted.
Before you take to the main objective, you had better complete the side one, because you may not have enough time to, afterwards. The plan is that you stealth-kill five orcs in the stronghold. Unfortunately, the kills with the bow do not count so, you need to sneak up to the orcs from behind, or throw them down from heights, after they approach the edge.
Along your path towards the grog barrels, you need to watch out, first of all, for the archers in the stronghold, because they may spot you from a longer distance. To eliminate them quickly, use the bow. Apart from that, use the Wraith Mode on a regular basis, to find monsters patrolling the stronghold, or standing near bonfires, and walk around them, at a safe distance.
In the stronghold, there are five grog barrels and their locations display on the map, as soon as you gat sufficiently close, You can reach the barrels in any order that you want and this does not affect the course of this mission.
As quickly as possible, whenever you approach a grog barrel, poison it (by pressing the appropriate key/button) and AS FAST AS POSSIBLE walk away, because soon, there will appear a group of orcs near the barrel. The monsters either die on the spot, or start fighting each other (you do not need to react to this in any way). Repeat the above actions, up until you have poisoned all five grog barrels. Thanks to this, you will complete the mission.
Rewards for completing the mission:
- 600 experience points
- 50 gold pieces (Mirian) - only if you have completed the secondary objective