Shadow of War: No Man's Land (Bodyguard's Trail), The Arena (How to Survive the Arena Fight), Before Dawn
How to tackle the sprawling Middle-earth adventure.
No Man's Land, The Arena, and Before Dawn are three missions as part of the Gondor storyline in Middle-earth: Shadow of War.
These unlock one after another, and come after completing The Eyes of Sauron, Shadows of the Past and The Seeing Stone quests.
If you are interested in completing other missions in the game, our Shadow of War guide and walkthrough can help.
No Man's Land
Reward: 2700 XP, 370 Mirian Bonus objective: 500 Mirian
Find the Bodyguard's Trail: Head towards the marker, and send Baranor out to kill five Orcs as you go to meet the optional objective. Follow the Bodyguard's Trail.
Defeat the Bodyguard: He's mounted on a Caragor so your first order of business is to kill his steed - a few Charged Shots from range should do it. After that it's a straight up fight, and Baranor will pitch in to even the odds.
The Arena
Reward: +4410 XP, 405 Mirian
Defeat the Champion: Another Olog-hai, but despite his status as the Champion the same basic tactics will work here - dodge his attacks, then Stun when prompted and climb onto his back for stabby time.
He has the Death Defying ability so you may have to make the killing blow with a ranged weapon; once you've got him down to a sliver of health keep your distance and used Charged Shots to his head to take him down.
Taunt the Crowd. Stand in the middle of the arena.
Survive the Arena Fight: A few minor Orcs will pour in, but they should be easily defeated.
More troublesome are Kuga Skull-Lopper and Grisha the Red, although thankfully they only appear one at a time. Kuga has a leap attack that can cover large distances very quickly so we'd recommend dealing with him using ranged attacks, and Grisha is handy with a crossbow so sticking close to him limits his options.
In a pinch it's also possible to use the outside of the arena to hide allowing you to make a stealth attack if you find yourself on the losing end.
Defeat the Champion: Your final opponent is Pug Fear Monger, but he doesn't have any real tricks up his sleeve - he packs a hefty hit with his blade, but this is a straight up fight.
Before Dawn
Reward: 4720 XP 415 Mirian
Sneak into the Orcs' Camp: Follow Idril, and despatch any opposition you encounter on your way. (You don't need to sneak sneak.) Rescue the Captured Soldiers: Use your Wraith abilities to locate the captives - they'll show up in yellow - and then eliminate their guards before freeing them from their bonds. Idril will run off and free a few on her own, so don't rely on her for backup.
Defeat the Remaining Camp Guards.
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Rescue Castamir: Head to the marker.
Reach the City.
Defeat the Bridge Guards: Castamir will assist - just work your way over the bridge killing anyone you meet.
Return to Minas Ithril: Head to the marker.