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a 2017 fantasy action RPG by Monolith Productions and the sequel to Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Based on J.R.R Tolkien's legandarium, set between the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, players must amass an army to fight the forces of Sauron.

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How to unlock the Knife in the Dark mission?

I can't get to Cirith Ungol to play the next mission called Knife in the Dark. The data installation is stuck at 78%. What do I have to complete in the game to unlock it?
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Longbow of Vengeance Upgrade Shadow Strike Kill Online Vendetta

I'm trying to do the final upgrade for the Longbow of Vengeance, which requires me to Shadow Strike Kill an Online Vendetta target. But every time I get them low enough to Shadow Strike Kill the ...
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How to find a Orc from a specific tribe in Shadow of War?

I want to get the Marauder Legendary set in the Shadow of War. I found the list on what to do to get each item Gear How To Unlock Marauder Sword Kill a Legendary Marauder Slayer ...
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Steam Shared Library only showing Buy Option even with all shared personnel offline

I recently had a friend share his library so I could play middle earth shadow of war. I downloaded it fine, but the button to play is only showing "Buy" instead of "Play". the current sharer is ...
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How does one become invisible in Shadow of War: Blade of Galadriel?

In Shadow of War: Blade of Galadriel, to upgrade the Light Bringer's Dagger, the challenge is to kill a captain with stealth, while invisible: However, it is completely unclear how to be "invisible". ...
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How do I deal with an overpowered Maniac?

You know how it goes. There's this captain with a useful skillset, but he's got that annoying Iron Will trait, or he's just a level or two above what you can recruit, so you subdue him and use the ...
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Is it possible to dominate all captains in a region?

Like the title says, can you dominate all captains within a certain region? I'm currently trying to do this, though haven't been completely lucky with it so far (the random death advancing time, ...
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Do you still get items you don't actively pick up in Online Vendetta?

In ME: Shadow of War, if you kill an enemy during an Online Vendetta and they drop an item (gem most probably), do you get that if you don't go and pick it up yourself? E.g. if you used a Ranged ...
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How to disable/work around glaive ruining the combat in Middle Earth: Shadow of War?

I am playing on PC, the default control binding for attack is Left Mouse for glaive it is holding Left Mouse. My issue is that instead of doing normal attacks, my character starts casting glaive ...
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Are skill points spent on upgrades to Elven Rage refunded upon entering Act 4?

My approach to spending skill points has been a bit sloppy, and I have no idea if I even spent any of my points in Elven Rage in the 1st 3 acts of the game. But I did notice that when Act 4 starts ...
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Can Consume (combat drain) be used to dominate orcs?

Provided you have selected Domination as the upgrade for the Drain skill, you can dominate orcs to fight for you by draining them. The Consume skill allows you to press A+B (on Xbox controllers) ...
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How can I avoid making attacks that drain my own life?

There is a certain defensive attacks that Tallion does that makes him hit the ground (Elven Light) that makes pushing back every enemy nearby but it drain your own lifebar; I just want to know how to ...
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How is the life on hit effect from Life Gems calculated?

When you apply green gems (Life Gems) to weapons, you gain a percentage of life on hit. The actual description on the life gem item is "Weapon: Increase Health stolen by x%" (depending on the level of ...
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What is the value of keeping epic or legendary orcs alive as followers?

As far as I know, epic or legendary orcs provide one thing, epic or legendary gear when killed. Otherwise, they're just like any other orc, potentially with some better stats. But what's the point of ...
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From what conditions can captains come back and ambush you?

My good buddy Thrak the Brave just finished up a good graug hunt today, and was proving to be a capable captain, so I made him my bodyguard. Minutes later, while I'm watching two other captains fight, ...
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Can I ever clear all Captains in an area?

Is there a scenario in which an area will be completely clear of Captains? Will regular grunts keep replacing slain Captains?
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What do the blue colored skill icons indicate?

So I was looking to upgrade one of my skills and noticed that Packmaster was colored blue. At first I thought that the blue colored upgrades were the selected upgrades when more than one are unlocked (...
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(Spoiler) Witch king + Eltariel side mission disappeared?

In Act 2, after regaining the new ring of power I briefly saw a mission on the ground which mentioned a ring wraith (probably had something to do with Eltariel, the elf lady who saved us from ...
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How can I heal Talion?

It seems that plants have been omitted in Shadow of War, so that isn't a viable way to heal Talion. When I am low on health, what options do I have for healing Talion? The game has been a little ...
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Shadow of War gold currency without microtransactions

Is there a way to obtain gold currency on Shadow of War without the need to pay money?
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