Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

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Farming Legendaries
By Ryuichiro
Die...

No serisously, you have to die.
But not just anywhere and not to anyone!
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How to Farm?
Follow these 3 rules whenever possible.
  • Kill every captain on sight.
    I think beheading lowers the chance that they cheat death.
  • Always skip time when you Fast Travel.
  • Make sure there is always a free slot on the map.

In addition there are a few active ways.
  • Farm Nemesis missions, preferable these with multiple participants.
    (Each kill has a chance to cheat death and opens a slot for a new captain)
  • Farm Pit Fights, preferable low level.
    (If you want the captain not the loot you should use high level pits and keep a weak captain that will loose against a legendary, when you find one.)

If you want to farm a specific Tribe Set it gets a bit more complicated.
  1. Search for banners etc. of the tribe you want, the best indicator is a statue.
  2. Search for the soldier type that can drop your legendary.
    I think specific weapon types have higher chances for specific classes.
    Archer -> Marksman | Hunter -> Tracker | Wildling -> Berserker
  3. Let him kill you and hope for the best.

Another option is to create a Rival.
  1. Find a captain of the desired tribe & class
  2. Let him kill you.
  3. Shame him.
  4. Repeat 2. & 3. and he will eventually return as legendary.

There are other reported ways I couldn't validate myself.
  • Kill Captains with Environmental Hazzards to increase the chance that they will become Legendary when they cheat death.
Who drops what?
Slot\Clan
Dark
Feral
Machine
Marauder
Mystic
Terror
Warmonger
Slayer
Destroyer
Slayer
Destroyer
Slayer
Berserker
Slayer
Berserker
Slayer
Slayer
Destroyer
Slayer
Assassin
Assassin
Assassin
Tracker
Assassin
Tracker
Assassin
Berserker
Assassin
Assassin
Tracker
Marksman
Tracker
Marksman
Tracker
Marksman
Marksman
Marksman
Tracker
Marksman
Tracker
Marksman
Tank
Tank
Tank
Destroyer
Tank
Destroyer
Tank
Destroyer
Tank
Tank
Destroyer
Cloak
Beastmaster
Berserker
Beastmaster
Beastmaster
Berserker
Beastmaster
Berserker
Beastmaster
Beastmaster
Berserker
Beastmaster
Berserker
Ringcraft
Commander
Trickster
Commander
Trickster
Commander
Commander
Commander
Trickster
Commander
Trickster
Commander
Trickster
Upgrading Legendaries
Tribe Sets:
  1. Find a captain that suits your needs
    (Could use a Follower but he will likely betray you after this torture)
  2. Slot a white T5 Gem in your Ringcast
  3. Disable "Worse than Death" when active
  4. Recruit and Dismiss
  5. Recruit and Dismiss
  6. ...

Ringwraith Set:
  1. Find a follower that suits your needs.
  2. Set him in the siege army.
  3. Online-Siege your own castle.
  4. Let him die and revive him.
    (Only possible when he wasn't beheaded)
  5. Abort the siege to reset the world.
    (The item will still be upgraded)
133 Comments
redshirt_49 13 May @ 3:29pm 
My favorite way is farming online conquests. Once you get up there in rank, players will have their fortresses stocked with legendaries only. Of course, as you climb the ladder the top ranks will be dominated entirely by hacked orcs with no weaknesses which you have to cheese heavily to kill.
TempoTribe 22 Jan @ 2:58pm 
Environmental hazards do work. I have a Legendary poisoned dude that has returned TWICE, and has travelled to different areas around the map. He kinda hated me
The Beast 24 Dec, 2024 @ 11:25am 
The rivals have a higher chance of cheating death, that's how much they hate you
Valkerion101 31 Oct, 2024 @ 6:41pm 
Still playing it, thanks for this post real handy.
Burger One Actual 27 Sep, 2024 @ 4:00pm 
crazy how this game is so good it can keep a playerbase this long, like i expected this game to be dead and gone by now
OmegaM 27 Nov, 2023 @ 12:15pm 
make sure to turn off saviors also, because they can one shot the orc you want to kill you.
Pondera the Radio Angel 30 Apr, 2023 @ 8:31pm 
@FFUD NEDAK actually, not true. I had a troll come back to attack me 4 or 5 times, and get this. His head was sewn back on, and he had the title "The Stitch"
TheADHDgamer 27 Feb, 2023 @ 10:30pm 
i did watch someone else and beheading stops them cheating death entirely
°•☆ LordTiddlyWink ☆•° 15 Nov, 2022 @ 1:17pm 
That would be be way to expensive for it to be worth
Reap3rOfD00m 13 Sep, 2022 @ 4:43pm 
you could also use coins to buy a legendary upgrade for your bois, then level them up to your level, then attack them until they betray you, and kill them for the easily repeatable/farmable legendary