MINAS TIRITH (P1)
- Visit Edoras with Gandalf to restore Edoras.
- Visit Minas Tirith with Gandalf to gain control of it.
- Keep Gandalf close to Minas Tirith, since only he can prevent soliders from fleeing if the Lord of Nazguls arrive.
- If you bring Boromir to Minas Tirith your army gain extra 30 health.
- If Gandalf Grey die then he will appear again, after a while, as Gandalf White.

MORDOR (P2)
- The Lord of the Nazgul will become yours once you research imperial age.
- The Nazgul lord will bring fear to Minas Tirith if he is close to the capital. Only Gandalf can prevent it.
- Keep the Shelob in her cave, or she will be angry and crawl away from you.

ELVES (P3)
- Bring two hobbits to the Ents to awake them. (The Ents are in the forest, south of Lothlorien. You have to cut down some bamboo to visit the Ents).
- Keep Galadriel close to the pond in Lothlorien, to damage any hostile armies that visit, and to heal your units.
- Once you research Imperial Age you get the Town Center in Lothlorien.

RHUN (P4)
- Since you have no castle you must do quests to gain castle upgrades.
- You get a free spawn of castle units (Elite Samurai, Elite Tarkan and Elite War Wagons).
- Destroy the Castle of Alluin and research Imperial Age, to upgrade your castle units.
- Own atleast 40 military units to gain Conscription (faster unit production). This requires Imperial Age.
- Own 20 towers to gain Yasama upgrade (towers shot extra arrow). This requires Imperial Age.

ROHAN (P5)
- Use Eomer and a free spawn of Rohirrim military to defend Edoras until Gandalf White sets Theoden free.
- Once Isengard is defeated, bring Aragorn to the Dead Path (see mountain between Helm's Deep and Edoras). This will give you the Dead army.
- Would Lady Eowyn get close to the Witch-king, she will smite him. Consider to ask Merry to join her for the encounter.

ISENGARD (P6)
- Garrison 1 petard inside Isengard to gain a free spawn of petards.
- Bring a petard close to the south wall of Helm's Deep, for a major explosion.
- Do not cut too deep into the Fangorn forest (see forest south of Moria), or else you awake the Ents.
- Once you reach Imperial Age you get Khamul.

GONDOR (P7)
- You get a free spawn of Boyars as long as Edhellond (fortress in west) stands, and you have researched Castle Age.

HARAD (P8)
- For every 10 minute that you own South Gondor, you gain resourcse.
- As long as you own South Gondor you gain free spawn of Umbar pirates.