The Scouring of the Shadow (dagger) | Weapon Missions Middle-earth: SoM Guide

Location: Fort Morn (Nurn)

Secondary objectives: You need to distract, at least, five orcs, or attract their attention, and kill them.

You can distract the enemies, e.g. while hanging down a ledge.

This is one of the more difficult missions. It requires you, first of all, to remain in shadows and it is very easy to be detected, by accident, which means failing the mission. As a result, you should not hurry too much and, before each major step that you take, you should learn about the surroundings (as usually, using the Wraith mode). First of all, take to completing the secondary objective. The easiest way to attract the orc attention is to whistle and hide in the bushes, or hang down a ledge. Distracting them is much more risky, and it is better not to attempt this type of actions.

It is easier to eliminate the orcs with torches, with the bow

To complete this mission, you need to clear three areas in the fort, of all the orcs with torches (they are marked with yellow dots, after you approach them). Paradoxically, what may be more useful than the dagger, here, is the bow, because it will allow you to eliminate the majority of the enemies, without taking the risk of approaching them. While using the bow, keep the following in mind:

• Change your position, after each successful shot, in case the enemies realize that a given orc has been attacked with the bow.
• Attack your targets from above, from rooftops and ledges above.
• Watch out for the archers, who are deployed mainly on rooftops and watchtowers.

Attack, in melee, those of the enemies that you cannot reach with the bow

During this mission, you should notice that some of the orcs, from one of the groups marked by the game, are under a roofing below. This makes things more complicated, because it is more difficult to eliminate them with the bow. In such a situation, you can search for the opportunities to surprise them with attacks from above, or by destroying the elements in the surroundings. If you have unlocked the Brand ability, you can seize control of some of the orcs in the fort (preferably archers and Defenders) and have them fight. This action, however, is quite risky because this may raise the alarm and more orcs will arrive in the fort.

Rewards for completing the mission:

• 400 experience points
• 550 gold pieces (Mirian)
• 50 gold pieces (Mirian) - only if you have completed the secondary objective