"The Hunt is my Mistress" Achievement Guide | Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (1080p60)

[@AlexTemplin]

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[@TaxemicFanatic]

This achievement is 25% technique, 25% practice and 50% luck.

[@JeremyMccullar]

100% reason to remember the name

[@Teetseremoonia]

Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain

[@Nsmnsd197]

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[@dr_kamal]

Hi , I've got 3 questions and I hope you can answer... 1- Do I need to finish the main game to start this DLC ? .. 2- Can I start playing this challenge from the beginning of the DLC or I must make some progress ? .. 3- Do I need to own certain skills in the game to start trying My luck for this challenge ?? ... Thank you...

[@djcogdill9263]

@@dr_kamal I think you can jump right into this right from the start, but I'd recommend playing the game first to get the hang of just playing the game.

[@MetaI4Brains]

Holy shit, I did it with just two seconds to spare.

[@HamStudios]

I don't know if anyone is still trying to go for this, but at the bottom-most forge tower of the map, if you roll forward, shoot the campfire, then fast travel back there you can cheese points and get to 12k by only adding like 10 seconds to your timer. EDIT: by the way, I got it in 39:31 after following this guide and using my own cheese

[@baldurironshield5083]

dam man ty, my best so far is 41 mins. so close

[@HamStudios]

@@baldurironshield5083 I kinda forgot, but is the cap 40 mins?

[@baldurironshield5083]

@@HamStudios hahaha fair enough yeah it is 40 mins. i ended up getting 37 last night.

[@HamStudios]

@@baldurironshield5083 hell yeah nice. i havent played SoM in a good while though

[@stehilton35]

My best is 1145 in 38 minutes 56 seconds. This trophy is a pain in the arse 🤣

[@samhutton5655]

I've platinumed the main game and finished the "lord of hunt" main campaign, but wow, stuff this trophy 😂😂 And I thought the "white rider" trophy was nerve racking...

[@bluedeano]

I'm with you on this one Sam I like a trophy hunt but fuck this lol

[@hidden_fear4166]

Sam Hutton I hated that trophy too. I threw my old controller and yelled FUCK THIS SHIT IM GOING TO NETFLIX I went back a week later and got the trophy lol. This trophy however and test of the ring I am NOT looking forward to. Test of the wild I've tried about 8 times and haven't tried it for about 5 months since then. Im going back into it now. Lol. Wish me luck.

[@nimabayat9758]

I dont know you guys but you could get help from youtube and get it at once

[@TheIrishTeddyBear]

I somehow got the white rider on the first try. I tried to get it first try, but though I was long out of time so I considered it a training run until the achievement popped up. I was like “fuck it, next.”

[@andrewbagchi]

Thank you so much for this guide. Finally completed it in 39:36. Personally, I found it easier with Zugor Beast Butcher. Once you finally manage to dominate him (stay high up, keep firing arrows at his head, fire at grog barrels/fire pits to weaken him), then he's pretty much guaranteed to win his riots because of the exploding arrows.

[@footballvillan56]

Problem is he kills everything way to quick to the point where you get no points at all. For example I manage to do some power struggles 8 if I remember and only got credit for 3 because he’s just insta killing everything on the map.

[@rollotomassi4768]

@@footballvillan56 What's even worse is if you use him to do a riot with another chief that has captains with him. zugor blasts the chief and kills him quick. Now one of the captains becomes a chief, so you don't get that chief kill and 1 less captain.

[@Karadaun]

This video helped a lot, sat myself down, followed the guide and got it first try with 4 mins spare, very helpful even all these years later :)

[@Anaheylaatyahoo]

Even with the guide it's freaking impossible. They should have left out the damn timer.

[@rollotomassi4768]

Not impossible, but you do need luck. I can also say, if you find a captain that is a Combat Master, and Immuned to ranged attacks, if there is no Graug bait, or Grog barrels to blow up, I might just bail to not waste 2-3 minutes. You can always use your branded chief later to get that captain.

[@treewizard6467]

Even after 8 years, this really did help! Thank you very much!

[@weaselthorpehouse4106]

Thanks for the guide man! It took me several attempts (and some utter bullshit in the middle), but by following your steps I got it done with a final time of 38:37. Just need to do the Test of the Ring now and I'll be safe from the server closure.

[@TeddyIsHereIRL]

What server closure? You can still get the achievment to this day

[@weaselthorpehouse4106]

@@TeddyIsHereIRL Shortly after I got this achievement, Monolith Productions (the developer of this game), announced they would be patching this and two other achievements so that they would still be obtainable after the servers went down. That's why they are still obtainable.

[@rashadramsey156]

After playing this game since 2016 and jumping back into it three months ago, I FINALLY scraped by and beat this god forsaken challenge 😅 Time: 39:13 Score: 15820

[@Roach6195]

Took me 2 tries with your guide. I ran out of time the first try and had low points, tho on the second try i had 8 spare minutes until the last power struggle, so during that time i was dominating and killing beasts to farm some points. You are a life saver man, i fucking hate these kinds of achievements.

[@sleagle9825]

Thank you a lot for this guide. Still works in 2024 ;D. After 2 or 3 tries I found your guide. Now I finished in 32:51 with 16k Points without any problems.

[@jlxm4886]

Im going to this next.. but I did 100% the normal game in 27 hours thanks to you man, really appreciate it!

[@thebestflavio1]

Man I have to thank you for this guide :D I made it in 39:57!!!!!!!

[@AlexTemplin]

+Flavio M Awesome! I'm glad the video was helpful!

[@BanteChyne]

WHOA! I finished mine in 39:55.Was so nerve-wracking. I almost shit my pants :-P

[@jacobdavies8725]

+Templin41 I know this is a old video. I just want to make sure I heard you correctly. So say I have 12000 points and all I have left to do is dispatch my branded warchief, will this complete the 13000 objective as you kill warchief or do you have to get to 13000 BEFORE you dispatch warchief? Just worried that when I attempt this soon, I don't want to find out that I only failed because I didn't know which to do first, thanks.

[@AlexTemplin]

Jacob Davies you only need to get 12000 points before killing your warchief, because as long as you complete it in under 40 minutes you will get a bonus 1000 points that will get you to over 13000

[@jacobdavies8725]

Templin41 Awesome, and thanks for the quick reply!

[@Hugedamnedfan]

I completed the achievement with 20 more seconds until it would have been 40 minutes. THANK YOU FOR THIS TUTORIAL

[@AlexTemplin]

Wow! That's a close call haha! I'm glad the tutorial helped! :D

[@brakoachievementhunter2727]

Amazing tutorial video. I would not have thought to do it this way otherwise. Had a quick first go and killed 3 captains and 1 warchief with 1 beast kill in 8 minutes. I'll start again, but in stead of Kuga, I think I will try the guy with the exploding arrows.

[@Underdrill]

20 seconds left with my second attempt! Thank you for this!

[@AlexTemplin]

No problem! Glad it helped!

[@richardhokland2403]

***** wait what? I have the DLC but I dont see anything about killing 5 warchiefs and 20 captains

[@richardhokland2403]

***** never mind

[@lasthopelost9090]

Thank you for this I still lucked out big time on my last warchief and captain being together on the riot and having graug bait right there

[@toha3890]

First time I used this guide I did it, just a few minutes ago, thank you so much!

[@terraglade]

Thanks for the guide. After dozens of attempts I found this. 4 attempts later I finished at 39:18... only achievement left to do: Lord of the Ring

[@Nickkkkkkk344]

Anyone trying to get this before the servers close?

[@dantattersall6447]

me peachcloud87115

[@Nickkkkkkk344]

@@dantattersall6447 Got it today after many failed attempts. Good luck everyone trying to get this before it's unobtainable!

[@dantattersall6447]

@@Nickkkkkkk344 I got this 2nd try lol last night, I was told this is the harder 1 but not gonna lie took me 2-3 days to do the lord of the rings trial man that was hard, however with the mistress 1 i completed it with only 2 seconds spare lol 39:58 i took an xb ss

[@Nickkkkkkk344]

@@dantattersall6447 Well done, a lot of it is luck based, but second try is impressive! Feels good to have them both done though!

[@NessNoldo]

@@dantattersall6447 You must buy some lottery or go to Las Vegas. This crap is pure luck. I'm feeling idiot even trying to do this.

[@kylerpolson4811]

Thanks a lot I used this guide , but I used the butcher with the fire arrows. I finished in 35 minutes. Thanks again, that's the last achievemet I needed to perfect my first xbox one game. Can't wait for the bright master dlc.

[@alexyang1107]

Thanks for your guide, I've been late on this game, and also my last trophy of this game, I tried other guides, but your guide was more direct and easy, It took me a few attempts to finally get it!

[@MeKaNiNjA8]

Thank you for this! I managed to luck out with some of the captain locations, and even after screwing up and dying on the first attempt to brand Ugakuga, THEN killing him by mistake, I managed to get it in only about 35 mintues, plenty of time to spare.

[@mannystylz]

Thanks for the excellent guide! Helped me finally get this trophy. A few extra tiny tips to save precious seconds: take full advantage of your FOCUS by constantly aiming your arrow because time slows down. Mount a caragor instead of running because after a jump, time slows down (if you've unlocked that ability). If you're forced to run, try to use your speed burst after a jump as much as possible. And if you're still having trouble, do backup saves on USB. When you're satisfied with your progress, save again and again inching closer and closer to checking off everything. GL Thanks again, mister Alex Templin!

[@Worrick0521]

Holy shit this looks insane

[@ZecronClaw]

Got it on my first try using this guide. Got lucky with the warchiefs tho that every riot was near bait. So saved some time there.

[@dr_kamal]

Hi , I've got 3 questions and I hope you can answer... 1- Do I need to finish the main game to start this DLC ? .. 2- Can I start playing this challenge from the beginning of the DLC or I must make some progress ? .. 3- Do I need to own certain skills in the game to start trying My luck for this challenge ?? ... Thank you...

[@NessNoldo]

@@dr_kamal Trials of War DLC (or wherever is called in English) takes your main story abilities to use, so even if you start it right away, you better finished the main game to have all the abilities. About save files, I'm not so aware of it since I'm playing this on Xbox One and there you can't make save backups, but the goal in that trials is doing them in a time limit and completing objectives. If you fail, you can restart to try again, so it means you can't miss them if you screw it. Test of the Wild and Test of the Ring are inside the content of Trials of War (or wherever all this are called in English).

[@dr_kamal]

@@NessNoldo thank you so much for the informations ♥️👍🏼

[@NessNoldo]

@@dr_kamal You're welcome. 🎮🤘

[@8bitSpartan141]

by some miracle I got it first try with just over a minute to spare, thank you kindly

[@HoontzFott]

Thanks to this video and Roose91's guide I finally managed to beat this annoying trial with 36:00. I have to admit - it's a bit too luck-based, couple more tries with shitty luck and I would've probably given up. I decided to use Zugor instead of Ugakuga, his fire arrows will kill anything on his way. Let's hope Shadow of War's worst achievement is a little bit easier than this trial :)

[@markarmstrong5234]

Thanks for this! Was my last trophy for 100%!

[@maccahh615]

fantastic guide, got it first attempt

[@gatts1989]

39:57... just in fucking time! Thanks dude!

[@D.Ronoa69]

This is insanity. Doing it over n over again.

[@KimiHeBaStTSBS]

Not sure if you unlocked it yet, but, the method is to start with the Warchiefs and eat them and their captains

[@Soviet_BulleT]

Thank you very much friend, to you and Roose91 !

[@emmanuelinfantegonzalez4316]

Thanks a lot, I just got the achievement, I got it on my third try but your guide really helped in managing my time.

[@rollotomassi4768]

It's also just as quick to do a continuous targeted vomit blast to kill a captain. On xbox, hold RT, use joystick to target, and press and hold RT. Graug will projectile vomit until you let up. when there are alot of uruks in the way, and it's hard to grab the captain, i do this.

[@Diamnds10]

I finished with 2 seconds to spare, then the UI glitched out and said 40:01. Almost gave me a heart attack. I got the achievement and elite leaderboards, though. Of course, now all the achievements for The Bright Lord DLC are on Steam, so I no longer have 100%...

[@storm1550]

THANKS i made it in 34:58 seconds you are the best 👍

[@emeraldwolf7920]

Thanks to your guide I managed to get it in 38:27 with just over 15000, although I went for the exploding archer one first as he has more theoretical damage(most of the time he just sits there while you have to attack the warchief you are trying to kill).

[@ImStillDizzy]

This is my last achievement for this game... Fuck sake

[@AlexTemplin]

ImStillDizzy Haha it was my last one too! It took me quite a few attempts to get it

[@ImStillDizzy]

Templin41 Its so frustrating!

[@dangredux2003]

ImStillDizzy my last one is the lord of the ring achievement is it as hard as this one?

[@williamdillery2740]

i did that one recently and i cant say it was easy. I finished it with like 30 seconds to spare and this might take you a few tries

[@scottski02]

+Axiomatic I did that one in one try, so I'd say no. Use similar tactics as shown in this video. Prioritize intel for the first 10ish minutes. I completed the Brand 8/8 Captains technique by gaining intel on certain captains, dominating those captains, and then demanding intel on other captains so you can knock out two problems with one move. Don't bother branding warchiefs, as you need to kill 5 of them and you can't dispatch Branded warchiefs with a single button press like you can with Talion. Likewise in this video, bring grougs into strongholds to eat as many captains as possible. Don't worry to much about the Brand 50 Uruks objective. Since there's no minimum score requirement, you can mainly Brand instead of kill, and you'll likely get that objective very easily. Avoid getting in lengthy brawls, though. Again, there is no score requirement, so your priority is solely on the captains/warchiefs, and fighting a ton of Uruks will just waste time. Once you have the locations of all captains, go by locations. Prioritize the areas where many captains and warchiefs are located and kill (or Brand, depending on how many you still need) all of them before moving to the next location. Use elf sprint and Shadow Strike liberally to get around quickly, as you'll be branding so often running out of arrows isn't as pressing an issue. For the warchiefs, whenever possible attack when you have the One Ring charged, especially the warchief that shoots poisoned arrows. With a full bar, you'll likely be able to kill them before the bar runs out, allowing you quickly move on to the next target. With this technique, I finished with about a minute to spare (and that was after making a few mistakes along the way, as I was pretty much winging it the whole time), so this should work well.

[@Lestium]

This vid really helped me out to get that pesky achievement, thank you a lot for the guide! :)

[@muhammadalghifari6110]

I did it in 31:27! Thank you for the guide!

[@rollotomassi4768]

100%? That's impressive. Best I did was 35 minutes

[@zoneangel8679]

nicely summed up. Let's have a go

[@abdulqahar2943]

This is the hardest achievement in the game, i got it in 37:38 minutes thanks brother

[@Unusual_Pokemon]

finally got this thanks to your video. really glad you made it :)

[@yorkshireman5861]

If anyone’s trying it nowadays the main thing is the warchief, if you accidentally killed him or just wasn’t able to brand him I’d say restart

[@IsadorCz]

Thanks! Nice short info with step by step!

[@IsadorCz]

+Isador Just finished with 13 seconds left. Damn that was close. Thanks again for the tips!

[@Mangaboy94]

Hey, thanks for the video. i'm willing to try again after 5 fails to get the achievement. Just one thing, when you're after the captains on a graug you can vomit on them if you can't get close enough to eat them. Also when you're going for the basic info on the captains, the fastest way i could think of is to find a group of uruks and shoot all but one in the leg and then shadow strike the last one. When all the enemy's are paralyzed just get the closest uruk to give you the info. And then just keep shooting the rest in the leg while you keep getting info from a random uruk.

[@kirby3030]

Achievements are going offline in 3 days, this was the last one I needed to 100% the game. Thanks to this guide, I only needed 1 attempt (if you don't count the actual first attempt where I quit 3 minutes in because I felt like I was going too slow); finished in 34:26 with 14156 total points. Guess I'll have to wait for the Shadow of War achievements to go offline so I'm pressured to 100% that game as well...

[@jessebond7399]

here i am months later...... getting it lmfao

[@zorgosh]

i did thanks alot !! altho kudaluga died couldnt dominate him used another worked perfect !!

[@hamessena69games]

I am so thankfull ! Thanks bro ! 39:40 !

[@cross6904]

Thanks to you i manage to beat it at 37:10 with 1500 points!

[@hazzadorgamin1219]

Love your content you deserve more than 20k subs

[@stephenende]

this achievement is by far the hardest of them

[@rollotomassi4768]

Yeah. It's so stressful . You're like 30 minutes in. Have 2 chiefs and 5 captains left. Riot against a chief , get a graug, and then 2 of his captains have fear of graugs and fear of the gravewalker, bolt around a corner and escape. I yell a loud growling f***, and my wife runs out asking what's wrong. :)

[@stephenende]

@@rollotomassi4768 lmao this is the last achievement i have before I 100% the game and 3 months later I haven't been back to attempt it 😂

[@ThurmanFamilyMusic]

Honestly if someone can get this achievement you are a God amongst men. I give up man this is too damn hard and it shouldn't be as hard as it is. That uninstall looks quite tempting at the moment 🤣🤣

[@deca3058]

Thanks for the help, managed to complete in 39:01.

[@inshan3st3r]

The hunter captain can be 1 hit with a stealth attack. Sprinting after jumping with a caragath also slows the timer.

[@Snoopy-sd3nv]

I’m going to try this this weekend. I may not get to it until next weekend. Hopefully I can do it.

[@Megamanx8x8]

Awsome, this worked for me. The only tweak that made my method better was to skip time while all warlords were active so that the captains killed eachother. I got 2 or 3 free kills this was, also i made a few of them bodyguards so that i would get 2 kills in 1 mission!

[@rollotomassi4768]

yes if you get intel quick on chiefs, you can see how many bodyguards/captains they have. You can load them up.

[@azazel166]

Okay, here's how I did it. I spent the first few minutes sending death threats to all the captains Then I looked for Zugor, the warchief with the exploding crossbow, and branded him. Then I did the 10 captains killed by Graug objective, I was lucky enough for all 10 to just pop up on my path. Then I had Zugor start a riot against the other four warchiefs, I killed their bodyguards and then the warchiefs themselves. Then I wrapped up by killing the remaining captains who had missions of their own, before exploding Zugor's head. I did all that in 38:10.

[@rollotomassi4768]

Why send death threats? To raise the captain's levels?

[@azazel166]

@@rollotomassi4768 Yes.

[@KimiHeBaStTSBS]

Got it first try when going for the WarChiefs first, as WarChiefs spawn with lots of captains sometimes, and Graugs do help a lot, as its an insta-kill Theres a spot were Graugs spawn close to were some WarChiefs do

[@BamaLam4]

Yes! I did it! My stats were: Time: 37:07 Score: 14998 Tasks: All completed So happy wooooo! And I didn't even brand the war-chief, I accidentally killed him, so I just did all the tasks the old fashioned way.. and I still did it! xD

[@generalpox2705]

Thanks for this guide, was able to do it first try with 3min left. Think I got pretty lucky...

[@jett7061]

lucky indeed

[@SonOfExcess]

The worst bit, is when you enter an area that's meant to have a captain in, but have to wait for him to spawn. Im running in circles on my Graug, looking over a vast area for him, then low and behold he appears like 10ft away. Fucks sake SOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Worst trophy in the game by far!

[@STUNTSTHEREALONE]

Civil - Anarchist Yea hope whoever made it got fired

[@NeverStopElite]

It's so god damn fuckin' annoying! Finished the challenge a few minutes ago... But unfortunately I no time left to collect 500!!!! missing points... It's just so sad ^^ And why the hell is this a bronce-trophy? :o

[@korran2758]

Dude, I cannot thank you enough, this was driving me crazy. Got it on my second try with this guide in 31:42 with a score of 15831. Thanks so much!

[@solo627]

thanks for the guide did it first try :)

[@Junior-mf3ws]

Make a guide for lord of the ring achievement this one for the hunt is my mistress helped me a lot !

[@AlexTemplin]

Once I get the DLC and complete the achievement I think I will :D

[@Junior-mf3ws]

okk i grabed already using almost the same guide that you learned me on the hunt is my mistress achievement .

[@guyfawkes3940]

I keep coming one minute short on this trial, it drives me nuts

[@johndale5257]

I have no clue how by 28 mins you had 18/20 captains dead 1 war chief and all Intel gathered lol. I tried twice last night and best I had was 15 captain's and on my way to brand the war chief at 30 mins but 10 mins wasn't near enough to finish 4 war chiefs and 5 captains lol. Watching your video you literally were making moves in less then a minute. Impressive.

[@arekantos]

dont freak out about everyone saying this is impossible, i got it on the first attempt with 33:58 on the clock its a bit rng obv but just follow the guide and you are good.

[@drizzyge]

2nd attempt. 39:56 my heart was racing

[@baldurironshield5083]

if anyone is still going for this many years later like me. I can never get the grog to spawn at the bottom camp as mentioned, but i have been able to get it to spawn reliably in the top left camp. just need to fast travel away and back and it will be there.

[@rollotomassi4768]

Thought I was set . Time was really good . Started riots vs 2 chiefs that always have captains. No graug bait both times in places there are usually graug baits hanging.

[@baldurironshield5083]

@@rollotomassi4768 yeah that's where I was mistaken the place I was talking it is a random spawn and the south one the bait is up high on the tower

[@jord-aeleon1887]

thanks a lot for the tutorial, I've made it on my first try with a minute left :)

[@karmalrex1304]

Thx for this guide !! x3 1. Using Green Uruks to scan all the warchiefs and the normal chiefs. 2. Kill 10 of the Normal Chiefs with a Graug (only the green spotted Chiefs) 3. Killing with Ugakuga the "Red" Chief Battles. Right?

[@Olie956]

I did it in 39:52. This guide worked perfectly. I would have had a better time too but I went for the Butcher instead of the Graug rider and he killed me forcing me to redo his mission and kill and extra captain he spawned which ate up time.

[@Prominent372]

I just tried this for the first time and shit this is overwhelming.😂😂

[@hidden_fear4166]

My waechief just vanished!!? I was right next to him and he vanished. Omfg i am so pissed

[@joaoalbertini]

Thx man! Got it in 35:55.

[@hidden_fear4166]

This and test of the ring are pissing me offfffffffff I just need these two, that's it.

[@BulookLazah]

I ran over shagflag with the wretched graugs one hit kill

[@Xumbie]

Got it in 36 minutes great vid clearly the best way to finish it and much of this is based on luck sadly.

[@HeMan6508]

Done in 30mins with lots of luck. I didnt collect intel. Just took a graug and went to three outposts. Ate 8 captains in less than 8 mins.

[@mohannadbadr8613]

I have been at it for 2 hours now XC

[@mohannadbadr8613]

I did it!!! thanks for the guide!

[@AgentActive]

my warchief randomly died 26mins in

[@khalidalrshede3103]

Achievement unlock thank you

[@hidden_fear4166]

Can you do test of the ring?? This guide is so helpful. I've almost made it about 3 times but failed at some point.

[@gmasterl8174]

I already had the killing down, I just needed a good game plan. Finished it at 37:44.

[@wryguy]

Crap, I was gonna make a video guide exactly like this using the same solution, but you beat me to it and yours is really good. Good job, and I hate you. ;-)

[@ZeWatcher]

8 Seconds left to go after doing it this way on my second try, thank you so much for this video! I know I'm 2 years late. :(

[@reygartv9184]

Dude ty for this guide, i manage to finish with 39:50 minutes 😂😂😂

[@zorgosh]

gonna try it now i already tried it whitout this guide but with evvry atempt fail :(

[@nimabayat9758]

thanks so useful

[@cinnamon1601]

Finished in 39:49 took me like 3 days of trying it's really random luck and speed you need.

[@zoneangel8679]

OK this is fucking hard

[@GrimmGrockle]

Thank you this helped took only 2 tries

[@Adz2]

I'm currently at just over 35 minutes with 6 captains left, I'm struggling to get them all done in that time

[@dangredux2003]

You helped me so much +1 like and +1 sub thnx bro

[@Predatorwarrior18]

So I already finished all of the main missions will I have to restart from the beginning in order to complete the steps?