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Middle-Earth: Shadow of War – How To Get The True Ending | Act 4 Guide

October 9, 2017 by Kevin Thielenhaus

See how to get the True Ending of Middle-Earth: Shadow of War with minimum spoilers — unless you want to just watch it yourself.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War doesn’t end after a customary three act structure. Instead, the game continues on for another long and grueling post-game. You’ll find more than a few reviews bashing this final section of the game — but it’s designed to be completely optional, a bonus for dedicated players looking to stretch their legs and enjoy the gameplay for a bunch more hours. There’s also a big bonus at the end if you can endure the whole thing — the “True” Ending for Talion the Ranger.

Post-game content with “secret” endings aren’t totally uncommon in games, but it is a surprise to see this in a normally truncated game like Middle-Earth: Shadow of War. Some of the best post-game content I can recall appears in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and that stuff wasn’t particularly inspired. Red Dead Redemption featured its own short post-game sequence, but Act 4 of Shadow of War,  is a lengthy defense mission, forcing Talion to protect his territory against a new invading army, and it isn’t easy.


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How To Get The True Ending | Act 4 Guide

To unlock the additional, kind-of-optional True Ending to Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, you’ll need to complete the following tasks.

  • Finish Act 4 – Shadow Wars: Complete all the Siege Quests with your leveled-up Orc armies. It may take some grinding to win — the siege battles are repetitive, and they aren’t easy.
    • Once all fortresses are defended and you reach Stage 10, the True Ending cutscene will play.

Once Act 4 “Shadow Wars” is complete, the cutscene will play. Here it is, in its entirety if you’re interested and don’t care about spoilers.

[Watch the True Ending cutscene on Youtuber HarryNinetyFour’s channel here.]

And that’s all it takes. Nothing truly secret, but if you’re getting sick of the repetitive nature of the final act, remember that there is a reward at the end of the slog.

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