Middle-Earth: Shadow of War - "Hired by E-mail" Glitch Tutorial (Instantly recruit any Captain)

[@UruksHollow]

Hired by E-mail is what I like to refer to as the "Holy Grail" of SoW glitches, and it is much better than the Siege Surrender method from the previous tutorial (as long as you have a controller, of course). Unlike the previous trick, this does work on Ologs. HBE was first discovered back on October 10th by The Pumpkin, mere minutes after my previous video released. We both actually happened to come across this glitch the same day due to very similar circumstances (stick drift). Pumpkin's discovery preceded mine by about 2 hours.

[@xo-x8141]

Can’t wait for monolith to be done with the WW game so they can make another masterpiece of this, I already got everything from orc titles to glitches 😫

[@farazriyadh]

Best glitch ever just used it

[@pandaman__]

Did you check if it could work in the desolation of Mordor DLC

[@farazriyadh]

Yes

[@pandaman__]

@@endermanpro200 as long as you have control you can do it

[@Halochief0218]

MOM WAKE UP THERE'S A NEW URUK'S HOLLOW VIDEO

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

"WAHT? WAHT ARE THEY SELLING??"

[@dermond1792]

All my ancestors rising from their grave to watch uruks hollow

[@ozzylepunknown551]

Someone please try this glitch on Desolation of Mordor

[@nazgultaIion]

W

[@DrippinFrFr]

Once in a blue moon, the avatar of Mordor returns to make another banger.

[@Ghostrick74]

No way the ultimate glitch is that simple ! Keep up the good work with your unpredicted videos 😁

[@freddyfreakor2997]

I know uruks hollow won’t see this but, your vids were the best bro. I started playing shadow of morodor in middle school and relied on your vids in crafting awesome captains. And followed your vids till shadow of war and still tried to learn. Thanks for all the help over the years bro

[@thwomp1542]

Finally I can have infinite pit fights without falling asleep trying to recruit captains

[@HeyItsRykon]

Amazing video as always, the level of detail and research into this is far beyond anything else! Also thanks for the shoutout in the description, was a team effort to get the testing done!

[@lucaslong3486]

I tried this glitch for the first time last night and omg I can't believe it works!!! I've always wanted to recruit Zog into my army and I finally can I'm overly stoked lol

[@TheNeoVid]

Oh man, took five years, but this game finally has the ultimate exploit! I've already suggested that The Spiffing Brit makes a Shadow of War video about this. One downside I thought of about this glitch is that the recruits will start with no loyalty, so they're likely to betray you... but that doesn't matter, since you could just use the trick again! Of course, if you don't want to do that, you could use my favorite exploit, the one that gives your followers up to +20 levels in a single mission. The way to do that: Find an enemy captain with an easily triggered Terrified weakness. Get him much higher level than your own troops, easily done by letting him kill you. If he doesn't lose his Terrified weakness, start ordering your followers to kill him, then as soon as the mission starts, set off the target's Terrified. He'll retreat, which means your guy just won the mission, getting the full XP for you and your follower. Then if you let the target escape alive, you can immediately do this again... Great way to gain levels on Talion and your troops, while also building loyalty with your followers from doing a bunch of missions with them. As a side effect, the guy you farm the levels from will end up hating you so much he'll often chase you into other zones, which is a bonus, since you can just start abusing him for free levels all over again!

[@Dovah_Slayer]

This is so cool I kinda wish we didn't have to use glitches to recruit Zog I would've loved to see the full original plan for him

[@edmedomojcak4592]

I put at least 40 hours of gameplay to recruit and clone Zog on level 80 thanks to your previous video. Now I find out there is this easier method to do this. Man your videos are keep getting better and better. Thanks for effort you are putting in this.

[@saboblutdamon858]

How do you clone him?

[@shadowslayer2929]

you cloned an army of zog?

[@-savy-]

The trick is to tweak the analog just until the camera pans, but not too much until the blue ring appears. And hit the command button the moment it highlights the enemy captain. I know it's difficult and needs a couple tries.

[@nathanmeredith]

Im getting pissed and I can't get it to work

[@MakyalOlson]

A couple? You mean forty

[@danielc.2322]

Thank you so much for your videos. I was struggling with the last pit fight mission in Minas morgul and this tip helped me recruit the guy that destroyed my people.

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

Ok, after some experimentation, it looks like using this in Lithlad for online conquests comes with additional caveats: You can still do the glitch, BUT you can’t make Orks that are a part of the siege itself besides said body guard, allied or not, so unless your body guard is directly next to an orc that _isn’t_ in the siege, and can thus hopscotch off HIM a little, you can only nab whatever captains are directly around your bodyguard. Complicating this further is the fact that the army map has all captain positions randomized in regards to the assault leaders you bring in, so you can’t even tell if that bodyguard will be next to _anyone_ to poach. Still, nabbing even one or two enemy captains before the battle begins wreaks havoc behind enemy lines…. Just make sure you’re prepared to swoop in and save them if you wanted them for their own merits instead of a distraction, lest they be mauled alone without support. As an addendum, it turns out said stolen war chief bodyguards also have a nasty tendency to outright KILL their chief you stole the, from. Great if you just want to clear the fort, bad news if you were actually going to capture him. My advice would be to email hire the captains as you make your way to each point when you’ll be ready to nab them.

[@ANTI_VEGAN]

Too.......much......writing

[@PugFury]

Can't wait to try this! I stopped playing the end game because all the captains I wanted to recruit all have Iron Will. I was shaming them for a while, but almost every time they went deranged. Thanks!

[@quetzalthegamer]

So have you tried this glitch? The video is fairly old, so I'm wondering if it's been patched out.

[@SonicEndouRed]

​@@quetzalthegamerthe game doesn't get patches any more, it will stay this way forever

[@quetzalthegamer]

@@SonicEndouRed Yeah, I tried it like 2 days later and it still works.

[@azure7042]

Dude I love your videos so much. Im already at a point where all the interesting characters that I can’t recruit from the story are already dead so maybe I use another account

[@slay-many-foes1160]

Good to know the Shadow of War community is still strong great video.

[@Jopinscoot]

WOW! I just found your channel and its amazing! These guides are very helpful and its nice to see people still uploading on this game!

[@Odin_7023]

Sorry but this is the most recent comment I found. Do you know if this still works?

[@Jopinscoot]

@@Odin_7023 Yes! I use it all the time its very useful, if your on steam i suggest you lower your games framerate it makes it much easier to pull off consistently

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

This changes everything… I’ll have to evacuate Minas that I’ve been using as a training ground for weaker orcs, barring an undead bodyguard or three just in case, make space in my vault, and make sure nothing is going on in my other regions. Then I’ll die over and over to enemies of my choice and mass recruit the best cuts of meat (I’m aiming for a sniper shot no chance explosive bolts marksman), THEN I’ll make preparations for Lithlad.

[@User-kq3od]

OMG THANK YOU this is gonna help me so much making my super OP uruks, its gonna speed everything up so much 😭 I LOVE YOU

[@TravisScotte]

Awesome video! Grew up with both games and still glad to see content about them, keep up the awesome work!

[@milolundkvist]

Thank you so much man I finally found a tower variant and he was unbreakable and iron will but thanks to you I got him I love this community btw I’ve been looking for 1 for like 30 hours this WEEK alone

[@enemyinc.6741]

As soon as I come back to Shadow of War, you post this awesome glitch. Thank you!

[@blacknyellow962]

Wow that's... surprisingly easy for such a useful method.

[@douggta6]

Lol, does it even works?

[@SoyElAudankarrek]

@@douggta6 Yes, works in 23 January, probably never patched, the game no received more patches 👍🏻

[@ghostthegamer99]

Tried it didn’t work.

[@jerk_berk]

@@ghostthegamer99 maybe you did it wrong

[@ghostthegamer99]

@@jerk_berk I got it too work

[@rustysreality1091]

This still works! I'm stoked. Note: I've seen a few videos for this HBE. And I tried for about 10 minutes to get it with no success. But, I was zoomed almost all the way out. After zooming in, I got it my second attempt, and it's been fairly easy since. So I recommend following the tutorial, just zoom in first (R2). Thanks Uruks Hollow. Awesome guide.

[@lordsmellysocks]

A very useful glitch indeed also great vid 👍

[@laffincoffin666]

Uruk hollow plz come back we all miss you

[@ZaddyGohan]

Cool that you are still doing content for this game!

[@tombraiserzombie2581]

Oh just a little note: If you recruit Baz and Gaz, you will not be able to recruit Daz as his spawn requires their deaths

[@kaourvolvo]

And if they put Baz and Gaz on garnison ?

[@tombraiserzombie2581]

@@kaourvolvo then at that point you have to do a new save. Daz only spawns on their deaths

[@slay-many-foes1160]

Could always reanimate them.

[@tombraiserzombie2581]

@@slay-many-foes1160 as long as their corpses remain dead on the army menu, sure

[@lizardvibes]

This guide was so helpful, I was able to recruit Zog the Eternal with this

[@iraqi-di7ho]

I didn't think you'd be back, please come back like before.

[@NR-zn2xx]

Holy sheeeeeittttt..... Confirmed working on SOW PS5 27th September 2024!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DA REAL MVP BRO!!!!

[@NonsenseNerd]

For anybody wondering it’s still working as of November 2023, yes it is

[@kjex09]

Yeah, just did it with zog and baz

[@DAN-fy7rp]

They won’t patch it.

[@ANTI_VEGAN]

The first time controller drift has ever been useful

[@mancodelepanto2696]

I tried this glitch today. Turns out that it also works on spies as well (because you get a similar command prompt on spies)

[@brutallegend1100]

It's ridiculous how easy this is. Now if only there was an easier way to get captains to cheat death with the legendary scars

[@NoName75241]

Hey man, just wanted to say thank you for showing this amazing glitch because of you I have baz and gaz and soon zog and daz if they ever show up lol

[@magnushornbk7097]

Woooo yeah baby uruks hollow is back babyyyyy woooooo yeah buddyyyy

[@zolarien]

Bro what a hero!! Thanks for these videos. I love this VIDEOGAME and their nemesis system!

[@Prak21-30X]

The uruk, the hollow, the legend, the bane of Orks

[@legendaryartifactcreature898]

I used HBE to make Bruz my bodyguard during the early part of the game. When I summoned him I attacked him and let him bleed out thinking that the game would stop it from happening. Instead he died and got replaced and now I think my game is softlocked since I need him to do the siege.

[@kaourvolvo]

It work ?

[@marcd8576]

Still works, just got the game few days ago glad not all glitches are patched 🙌🏻

[@bartbendy1playz714]

This is why your the best shadow of war/Mordor KZbinr

[@wolflover0912]

WHAT THE HELL I just tried it, it actually works thanks for showing us👌👍😂😂😁❤

[@TheRadioactiveMaster]

I love how this guy is still responding to comments years later

[@Gracericon]

This channel is legendary to me.

[@chillax319]

I'm sure to try it out when I play in Shadow of War next time.

[@arthur4041]

A Zog ambushed me in Minas Morgul right after i learned the glitch, how lucky

[@jacklayne8137]

Holy shit! You deserve 10 million subs for this vid alone!

[@jadengaskell1051]

I was contemplating on replaying SoW, and this video popping up in my feed secures it

[@Jerauld]

4:40 so I can’t resurrect the way he do anyone know why?

[@TheChurchofJim]

Hey man, just wanted to say I know you obviously can't upload much more on this channel as you really did cover like a ton of content on the game, but just wanted to say I appreciate the work you did, it was super helpful and I used to really enjoy when a new video came out.

[@jimjam26f]

took me so many tries but i finally did it, still works of 14th jan 25

[@somedudewithakeyboard5388]

Talion's Death Threat line to Zog is RAW as HELL

[@ankoku37]

I can't believe I discovered this literally the day after I killed all of The Ones. Shit like this is making me wonder if I should just start over again.

[@Kinqzy]

Bro I love you for this❤ Finally I can recruit The Contender to my army

[@cuz4238]

Omfg this actually f-ing works,thanks so much brother

[@thekidscorner3423]

this helps me a lot. thanks for making this video!!

[@theguyforbrawlz1961]

What happens when you recruit someone higher level than you? Does their level go down to yours eventually? Or does it stay up forever?

[@UruksHollow]

They immediately level down to match your current level.

[@Dinoman9877]

@@UruksHollow That's excellent to hear. I was worried it might be a new wave of cheated orcs and trolls in sieges. If they level down though, I may be tempted to use it just so I can avoid the shame mark.

[@theguyforbrawlz1961]

@@UruksHollow Interesting. Do they lose traits/armor if they're brought to an extremely low level? Similar to shaming?

[@upupupandaway]

@@theguyforbrawlz1961 Their hp and damage drop, but traits stay the same.

[@UruksHollow]

They may "lose" some level-locked traits (like Determination) if they get brought down around lvl20, but in reality, the traits are just disabled until they level up again. Their armor stays the same. It is actually possible to exploit this to level down captains without needing to shame them, and level them up again with DTs to give them more chances to gain more strengths.

[@koheletcalaforexclan6508]

Uruks Hollow! YESSSS!

[@gamerthings2559]

This might be the most useful glitch of them all. (Well, there was this other glitch where you could one shot the overlord when sieging a fortress, but idk, this may be AS GOOD. Depends on how strong the Uruk you want to recruit by using HBE is)

[@arthur4041]

You can kill a overlord, the glitch just makes it faster, but the HBE makes you do things that were impossible

[@gamerthings2559]

@@arthur4041 I have a theory though: Does HBE work on Uruks that are a higher level than you?

[@arthur4041]

@@gamerthings2559 Yes. But they will become the same level as you (Sorry for bad english)

[@lucarion5517]

Unfortunately I can't resurrect dead enemy captains with that glitch I think it got patched or it is a reason I don't know why this isn't working I can get them on my side but the nam is still red

[@steffanpritchard3511]

Uruks hollow is out here doing gods work

[@tacostailleL]

BRO I TRY BUT did you just like command an orc and after switch to the other bc me i command and after switch to the other orc and it just show me kill or ambush😢😢😢

[@pandaman__]

What if I see a video posted by you were just brightens my day up

[@qbertrtrtg]

still works on PC. set to 30fps and zoom in. use stuff on the floor as reference to how close you are to the orc you are trying to get

[@KaptainKorn]

Ok so I used the glitch on a lvl 85 orc it worked but it forced its level to 80 does anybody know a way to keep them at lvl 85?

[@LeviSadler-b9d]

Thank you for telling me about this I will surely try it when I find one I want

[@K139K05]

This glitch is super good, but takes a while to make it work. Luckily, after 25+ tries it finally worked and my blighted (ex)-ghûl lover joined me. Now it's time to level him up and hope he loses his two weaknesses (dazed by fire and poison). And I won't mind another resistance... Or even two resistances. Anyway, thanks for showing us this glitch.

[@thewhitestormtrooper5697]

The return of the king

[@cieloknight]

12-29-24 it's very tricky and hard to do, but with enough training, you'll get it. Thanks, brother!!!!!!! This worked perfectly!! I did it on xbox one.

[@jvd3339]

I'm not positive, but I think they patched the part where you can resurrect dead captains. Because I'm pulling it off, I'm allowed to make the dead captain my body guard, but he just lays back down and I can't use him. - His icon even turned blue. - I have the Raise Captain perk on. But after making him my body guard it doesn't give me an option to resurrect him.

[@thrboss9358]

Quick question is there a way to become invincible

[@JinSakaiTheGhostOfTsushima]

Can confirm a year later this still works

[@Novocaino_GG]

Just did this to Zog the eternal… Never felt so much happiness, confusion, and cheekiness all At once

[@wolfdrago9541]

Did they fix this because I've been trying for 30 min and it won't work

[@NoName75241]

So what your saying is I can have baz gaz and daz with bruz and even the enteral zog in my army?

[@R3v0ke45]

Got a issue with the glitch, i did it on baz, (he died to a graug during a hunt i didnt go to, because i as ambushed by him beforehand, and he got the graug quest during the nem mission) and he has a red name but blue level and i can summon him, but cant direct him to kill anyone, and his armour is still red on the army screen. help? Edit: Fixed it, I shunned him, it made him deranged tho, but afterwards he was a outpost leader, and i did the outpost, shamed him, and then hbe'd him again, and it fixed it, so y'know, Bruz is fine!

[@overlorddoge1952]

I have about 200 hours and am on brutal and despite the fact that I have pretty much everyone on my side and despite playing and getting some new captains every now and then I never have captains betray and while I do get deranged and maniacs when I shame an uruk, they never have any dialogue referencing this anymore in terms of no "you shamed me......" and just in general nothing interesting happens. Any tips? Have I just reached the end for this savegame?

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

3:22 only on Lithlad… Looks like I’ll have to stick with grocery shopping in the desert then from now on.

[@lemonfresh8606]

I can confirm it still works but for me its hard to do but works i managed to recruit 2 Uruks this way. Update: Managed to get Baz And Gaz with it they are chilling in my fort in gorgoroth

[@PyrusDeus]

I did try and it worked but the dead captains stay dead. Did i do something wrong?

[@unclesweetshare3957]

HOLY CRAP! Uruk's Hollow

[@bertsan5604]

On console and the ring snaps to other orcs once I start to move

[@Yukari_Yakumo]

You press the command button right before the ring snaps to the enemy captain, i have gotten it to work 3 times in the last 5 minutes

[@Sauceyourgranny]

Those who are on ps4 try and do it as fast as you can while not making the cursor turn blue I tried doing it slowly for a whole 30 mins didn't work tried it fast once and i finished the whole captains on my side

[@TheVoidSoul19]

Finally someone who understands my struggle

[@thegravewalker1519]

2nd comment love your vids man you are dedicated to this game have a good one from cam the one and truly gravewalker

[@chadnorris8257]

Damn this makes me want to reinstall the game again, and try it out. I hate having to shame enemies down to my level to recruit them, because of how easy it is to destroy their brain. Or trying to break iron will without breaking their minds.

[@5Randomfacts0]

We miss you Uruk hollow❤️

[@EvilRyuXAbuser]

Cause of this glitch, my garrison went from 40-300... vendetta missions go quicly so as long as i capture one captain, i hbe the rest within minutes. But I also think I'm fixing a problem in my gaming. Since the game dropped, I haven't seen: warlock, crafty, and grabewalker. I only saw them one time when the game was fresh. 5yrs ago. After I started hbe the whole camp and found one orc of each title. I plan to make each warlords in my regions so hopefully the titles would start to spawn again

[@underidoderidoderiododerid2001]

It worked. Got Zog. And the glitch has hilarous name. Its perfect.

[@EvilRyuXAbuser]

Would you know if the glitch disrupts captains from gaining necromancer or ot doesn't matter?

[@unpocoxtodo2032]

For the ones that asks, yes it's still working

[@Valericon]

Uruks hollow. Are you okay? Blink twice if you are kidnapped by uruks!

[@yaAllah313]

Please can you help me 🙏 I used HBE on an dead enemy captain but it did not work.

[@ajhouston6025]

Hey uruk's hollow im trying to find a necromancer orc in my game but i can't find any is there a certain way for me to a aquire one? (By the way i have the game on xbox one and definitive edition)

[@gaminreasons8941]

Holy Shit. This is as stupidly powerful as the Resto Loop in Skyrim. With this there's NOTHING standing in your way, you just need one Captain and suddenly you can take over a whole Region if you just have the patience. Captains that are normally difficult to recruit are made as Easy as can be.

[@allrisk7319]

Hi for some reason the hired by email thing won't resurrect my dead captains?

[@TheBluntMan69]

Hey 2025 here does this still work it just marks the enemy im late Ik lmao

[@Telespectadorlegal]

"yay a new E-mail :) Let's see what's in ins- AAAARRRGGGGHH!!!!!!!!"

[@gregbobby2305]

I just restart a game and met my old nemesis of som but i got unbreakable, thx you a lot

[@rngamingSOW]

URUKS HOLLOW IS BACKKKKKK