Achievements Middle-earth: SoM Guide

Last update: 01 February 2017

Below, you can find a list of all the achievements, alongside descriptions of how to unlock them. Only the ones that are present in the basic version of the game, have been listed (new achievements become available after you have installed DLCs). The list is based on the achievements available in the PC version, and these are Steam achievements. They are the same as the ones available in the versions for Microsoft's consoles (Xbox 360, Xbox One) and trophies from the versions for Sony consoles (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4).

Strike True

Way to unlock: You need to unlock two bow rune slots.

Commentary: To obtain this achievement, you need to buy (for gold) an appropriate attribute and these have been described on the page entitled Attributes.

You Will Obey

Way to unlock: You need to dominate an orc.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the main storyline as you progress in the main storyline and you cannot skip it.

The White Wizard

Way to unlock: Lift the curse from Lady Marwen.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the game's main storyline and you cannot skip it.

The White Rider

Way to unlock: As you ride a caragor, free 30 slaves within 3 minutes.

Commentary: What is the most problematic is to find an area appropriate to complete this requirement. You can, for example, go to the Black Gate in Udun. Regardless of the area that you pick, ride the caragor to reach successive prisoners. Attack ONLY those of the orcs that are standing the closest to the outcasts and leave the area as soon as you notice that the prisoners have been freed (started escaping). You can reach the individual locations by using the caragor's sprint and locate them, using the Wraith mode.

To Rule Them All

Way to unlock: You need to witness the Ring of Power being crafted.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the main storyline and you cannot skip it.

Shadows of the Ancient Past

Way to unlock: You need to find all the artifacts and watch all of the memories that they carry.

Commentary: You can learn how and where to find all of the 42 artifacts from the chapter entitled Collectibles - Artifacts. Also, you will find there screenshots that show the interactive points that play the memories.

Stinking Rebels

Way to unlock: You need to brand five bodyguards of a Warchief and make them betray the Warchief.

Commentary: The important difficulty of this achievement lies in that you will not be able to meet the requirements until there are five guards accompanying a Warchief. Usually, Warchiefs are accompanied by 2-3 guards and this means that you need to make other orcs join his guard. You can use branding of Captains, to your advantage, here. After you brand the Captain, have him perform the mission that will allow him to join that Warchief's guard. You also need to brand those of the Captains that have already been on the Warchief's guard. In this case, you need to drag them over to your side. Ultimately, you should cause a situation where the selected Warchief has five guards and each one of them is branded by Talion. Attract the attention of that boss, attack him and, finally, make sure that you activate the five guards. They will then attack the Warchief and you will unlock the achievement.

The Spirit of Mordor

Way to unlock: You need to start Riots, by having one Warchief attack another one.

Commentary: Start by Branding any of the Warchiefs and you can learn how to do that, among others, from the walkthrough for the Additional Mission: Brand the Warchiefs. After you brand him, open the window of the Sauron's Army, select the branded orc and command him to attack any other Warchief.

Divide and Conquer

Way to unlock: You need to eliminate the guards of a total of two different Warchiefs then, lure each of them out and kill them.

Commentary: Start by bringing up Sauron's window to see who the guards, of the selected Warchief, are. Reach each of the guards of that Warchief and kill them. After the Warchief loses all of his guards, complete the side mission connected with luring him out. The last step that you need to take is defeat the Warchief that appears in the battlefield, thanks to the optional mission that you have just completed. To learn more, see the chapter entitled Sauron's Army.

Gorthaur the Cruel

Way to unlock: You need to have the monument destroyed.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the main storyline and you cannot skip it.

A Graug's Heel

Way to unlock: You need to exploit one of the weaknesses of a Warchief.

Commentary: Warchiefs have various fears (e,g, from caragors) and you can learn about them from the windows with their weaknesses. Cause a situation, which causes fear in the Warchief (e.g. lure a caragor near him). To learn more about the orc weaknesses, see Sauron's Army.

The Hammer Falls

Way to unlock: You need to defeat one of the bosses of the game - The Hammer.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the main storyline and you cannot skip it.

The Hand is Severed

Way to unlock: You need to defeat the final boss of the game.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the main storyline and you cannot skip it.

The Bright Master

Way to unlock: You need to learn the events from the past.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the main storyline and you cannot skip it.

Paid in Blood

Way to unlock: You need to unlock four slots for dagger runes.

Commentary: To meet this requirement, you need to buy (for gold) appropriate attributes and they have been presented in Attributes.

Repaid in Blood

Way to unlock: You need to complete any Vendetta mission.

Commentary: Vendetta mission appear in random places and moments of the game (the red skull icons), ONLY if you are connected to the Internet. The aim of each mission is to avenge another player, who died killed by an orc. You need to reach the location and kill the monster.

Power Vacuum

Way to unlock: You need to kill 5 Warchiefs of the Sauron's Army, before any of them are replaced with another orc.

Commentary: The best moment to obtain this achievement is while completing the Additional Mission: Kill the Warchiefs.

Legend of Shadow

Way to unlock: You need to complete one of the Dagger Legends missions.

Commentary: You can choose any of the Dagger Legends (there are 10 of them) and they have been described in chapter entitled Dagger Legends.

Legend of the Maker

Way to unlock: You need to complete one of Bow Legends missions.

Commentary: You can choose any of the Bow Legends (there are 10 of them) and they have been described in chapter entitled Weapon Legends.

Legend of Vengeance

Way to unlock: You need to complete one of the Sword Legends missions.

Commentary: You can choose any of the Sword Legends (there are 10 of them) and they have been described in chapter entitled Weapon Legends.

Thrill of the Hunt

Way to unlock: You need to complete four Hunting Challenges.

Commentary: The aims of Hunting Challenges have been described in the chapter entitled Hunting Challenges.

The Maker's Bow

Way to unlock: You need to complete all 10 Bow Legends missions.

Commentary: The Bow Legends missions have been described in the chapter entitled Weapon Legends.

The Cold Light

Way to unlock: You need to unlock three slots for sword runes.

Commentary: To meet this requirement, you need to buy (for gold) appropriate attributes and they have been presented on Attributes.

Beyond Hope

Way to unlock: Save Ithariel.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the main storyline and you cannot skip it.

A New Master

Way to unlock: You need to Brand an enemy Captain in combat.

Commentary: You can try to meet this requirement only after you have gained access to the branding ability and after you have bought the Combat Drain ability. After the fighting starts, bring up the multiplier to the level that allows you to use one of the special attacks (8x by default). Face the Captain and press the combat draining key/button combination.

The Last Shadow

Way to unlock: You need to complete all 10 Dagger Legends.

Commentary: The Dagger Legends missions have been described in the chapter entitled Weapon Legends.

Black Celebration

Way to unlock: You need to poison a Captain during his own feast.

Commentary: The first step is unlocking the Poison ability You then need to wait until there appears a yellow marker, on the map, connected with feast thrown by one of the Captains. After you start the mission, approach the grog barrel, without being seen and pour poison in. You then only need to wait for the Captain to have some grog.

Master of the Wilds

Way to unlock: You need to complete all hunting challenges.

Commentary: The aims of Hunting Challenges have been described in the chapter entitled Hunting Challenges.

Lord and Master

Way to unlock: You need to brand 5 Warchiefs.

Commentary: You can obtain this achievement at any moment, starting with the moment at which you obtain the branding ability. To learn more about effective branding of Warchiefs see the page entitled Additional Mission: Brand the Warchiefs, among others.

Iron of Death

Way to unlock: You need to send a Death Threat to one of the members of the Sauron's army and kill him.

Commentary: Start by unlocking the Death Threat ability. Grab any of the informant orcs and select Threat from the list. It is best to send it to one of the Captain, because you may have problems defeating a stronger Warchief. Finally, reach the orc and kill him in combat.

Burning Vengeance

Way to unlock: You need to execute a burning Berserker.

Commentary: After you have located one of the berserkers in the game world, you can set him on fire in any way you want - by causing an explosion (barrels, campfire), with fire arrows or by grabbing him and tossing him into a fire. The important thing is that the monster cannot die prematurely. Execute him in any way you want to obtain this achievement.

Fire of Justice

Way to unlock: You need to complete all 10 Sword Legends.

Commentary: The Sword Legends missions have been described in the chapter entitled Weapon Legends.

Bearer of the Shining Lamp

Way to unlock: You need to find all of the Ithildin runes.

Commentary: Information on how to find all 32 Ithildin runes has been provided in the chapter entitled Collectibles -Ithildin Runes.

Ranger of Ithilien

Way to unlock: You need to complete all survival challenges (schools of survival).

Commentary: All of the Survival challenges have been described in the chapter entitled Survival Challenges.

Ratbag the Great and Powerful

Way to unlock: You need to help Ratbag being promoted to a Warchief.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the main storyline and you cannot skip it.

Paths of the Dead

Way to unlock: You need to find 25% of the artifacts.

Commentary: You can learn how and where to find all of the 42 artifacts from the chapter entitled Collectibles - Artifacts.

Height of Despair

Way to unlock: You need to use the Strike from Above attack, while at least 60 above your target.

Commentary: It is best to use the Strike from Above after you climb to the top of one of Forge Towers and wait for an orc to come by.

Fly you fools!

Way to unlock: You need to drive away 20 orcs by dropping Morgai Flies' nests on them.

Commentary: It is best to look for the nests at the orc strongholds with the Wraith mode. After you find one, make sure that there are monsters under it and use the bow to knock it off.

The Tower Crumbles

Way to unlock: You need to defeat one of the game's bosses -The Tower.

Commentary: You obtain this achievement as you progress in the main storyline and you cannot skip it.

And it Burns, Burns, Burns

Way to unlock: You need to set on fire, a total of 50 orcs with the Detonate ability.

Commentary: Start by unlocking the Detonate ability. Then, start searching for the opportunities to aim the bow at campfires and at grog barrels, where there are orcs nearby.

A Mighty Doom

Way to unlock: You need to obtain a 25 tier rune.

Commentary: It is not easy to obtain a tier 25 rune and you need to rely on your luck. Cause a situation, in which any Warchief of the Sauron's Army is promoted to the highest, 20th level. You can help him, e.g. by letting him kill you several times in a row. Attack him and try to use his weaknesses, in combat (e.g. fear of fire). All this increases the odds of dropping the most valuable rune, after you kill that orc. If you receive an epic rune, instead of one of the 25th tier, try again with a different monster.

No Power In Numbers

Way to unlock: You need to help a Captain survive recruitment and then kill him and all the new recruits.

Commentary: In general, this means that you perform all of the actions that you did in The Power of the Wraith. Start by attacking and branding any Captain. You then need to have the Captain join the guard of any of the Warchiefs and start his recruitment mission. While completing that mission, help your Captain eliminate more and more orcs. After he completes the mission, have him commit suicide and eliminate all of the new helpers.

The Free Folk

Way to unlock: You need to complete one of the Outcast Rescue Missions.

Commentary: You can pick any of the Outcast Rescue Missions (there are 24 of them) and they have been described in the chapter entitled Outcast Rescue Missions.

Memories of Eregion

Way to unlock: You need to activate all of the Forge Towers.

Commentary: You can try to meet this requirements only after you arrive in Nurn. You need to activate all of the towers in both of the main locations of the game.

Liberator

Way to unlock: You need to complete all of the Outcast Rescue Missions.

Commentary: There are 24 of them and they have been described in the chapter entitled Outcast Rescue Missions.

Rise and Fall

Way to unlock: You need to let your character killed by an orc, after he becomes a Captain help him being promoted to a Warchief and kill him.

Commentary: This is not too difficult to achieve, but it is time-consuming. Start by approaching any of the orcs. Do not attack him and let him kill you. Thanks to this, he will be promoted to the Captain. It is best to brand him now. Attack the Captain in question, but do not kill him. Brand him only. The next step is to have the Captain attack a Warchief. Finally, you only need to command him to commit suicide If you want to learn more about the main part of the above process, see the walkthrough for The Power of the Wraith main mission.

Crowned with Living Light

Way to unlock: You need to find 50% of the Ithildin runes.

Commentary: Information on how to find all 32 Ithildin runes has been provided in the chapter entitled Collectibles -Ithildin Runes.

Jaws of Death

Way to unlock: You need to lure 5 caragors thanks to throwing off the bait.

Commentary: The place where it is the easiest to find the baits are orc strongholds. You can find them with the Wraith mode. After you locate the bait, aim the bow at it and have it drop.