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Ranger of Ithilien

Ranger of Ithilien

Complete all Survivalist Challenges.

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How to unlock the Ranger of Ithilien achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Definitive Guide

Herbs respawn every time you fast travel to a tower, and several towers have a few herbs visible from them on the mini-map, which makes for quick farming, rather than searching through the map. Below are the 10 Survivalist Challenges, along with the best towers to farm from.

#1 - 2 x Niphredil
Udun Foothills (2)

#2 - 3 x Pipeweed, 1 x Lothrond
Udun Foothills (2 x Pipeweed)
Barrows of Udun (1 x Lothrond - East/North East of the tower in a ditch)

#3 - 2 x Azuradan, 2 x Remmenthond
Barrows of Udun (1 x Azuradan)
The Black Road (2 x Remmenthond)

#4 - 1 x Azuradan, 2 x Lothrond, 2 x Niphredil
Barrows of Udun (1 x Lothrond, 1 x Azuradan)
Udun Foothills (2 x Niphredil)

#5 - 4 x Blue Milk, 2 x Mallos
Fern Outskirts (1 x Blue Milk)
Barrows of Udun (1 x Mallos)

#6 - 3 x Elgaran, 3 x Earthbread
Cape of Nurn (1 x Elgaran, 1 x Earthbread)

#7 - 4 x Alfirin, 3 x Gwinuial
Cape of Nurn (1 x Alfirin)
Durthang Outskirts (1 x Gwinuial)

#8 - 3 x Carandol, 2 x Naugrimbas, 2 x Orchamarth
Fern Outskirts (2 x Carandol - These are located under the bridge directly west of the tower. Note: toddycst reports 2 more Carandol under the bridge south east of the tower)
Fort Morn (1 x Naugrimbas, 1 x Orchamarth)

#9 - 7 x Athelas
Fort Morn (1 x Athelas)

#10 - 3 x Blue Milk, 2 x Elgaran, 2 x Gwinuial
Fern Outskirts (1 x Blue Milk)
Cape of Nurn (1 x Elgaran)
Durthang Outskirts (1 x Gwinuial)

If you'd rather use a different tower than suggested above, then below is a list of towers and closest herbs (viewable on the mini-map from the top of the tower)

Sea of Nurnen

Fort Morn
Athelas (blue cross)
Elgaran (red cross)
Naugrimbas (white dome)
Orchamarth (green dome)

Tirith Mesas
None of note

Cape of Nurn
Alfirin (yellow cross)
Elgaran (red cross)
Earthbread (green spire)
Athelas (blue cross)

Cab-Gwanath Bluff
Alfrin (yellow cross)
Earthbread (green spire)
Athelas (blue cross)

Harad Basin
Naugrimbas (white dome)
Earthbread (green spire)
Athelas (blue cross)
Alfrin (yellow cross)

Fern Outskirts
Blue Milk (blue dome)
2 x Carandol (red dome) - These are located under the bridge directly west of the tower

Udun

Udun Foothills
2 x Niphredil (white cross)
2 x Pipeweed (green cross)
Earthbread (green spire)
Remmenthond (red spire)

The Black Road
Earthbread (green spire)
2 x Remmenthond (red spire)

Southern Udun Pass
Remmenthond (red spire)

Udun Crossing
Earthbread (green spire)

Durthang Outskirts
Gwinuial (white spire)
Pipeweed (green cross)
Niphredil (white cross)

Barrows of Udun
Mallos (yellow spire)
Azuradan (blue spire)
2 x Earthbread (green spire)
Lothrond (yellow dome) - East/North East of the tower in the ditch)

To reiterate, these are not the herbs that are found in those particular sections of the map, purely those visible on the mini-map from the top of the tower.
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15 Oct 2014 17:12

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Fantastic Guide man. Thanks!
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By kanteroo on 16 Oct 2014 23:54
Great guide only thing I found wrong was I had the two Carandol from Survival Challenge 8 located under bridge southeast of the Fern Outskirts Tower.
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By toddycst on 23 Oct 2014 08:51
There may be some there, but I no longer have the game so I can't confirm it. I'll add it in anyway.
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By Erutaerc on 23 Oct 2014 16:21
Amazing solution +1
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By ClaytThaGreat on 25 Oct 2014 16:59
Good guide but don't really need to go out of your way for this. Just remember which herbs you need and pick them up as you are running the game.
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By Pitufon on 12 Nov 2014 22:17
For "#5 - 4 x Blue Milk, 2 x Mallos", there is always a Blue Milk X1 under the bridge in the very NE part of Udun Crossing
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By Warboy925 on 14 Apr 2015 20:55
The Mallows is found in the north part of the "big ditch" DIRECTLY north of the Barrows of Udun Tower
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By Warboy925 on 14 Apr 2015 21:00
Great guide, thanks!!
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By SpoolinChaos on 13 Feb 2016 18:23
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Survivalist Challenges are never clearly presented via an icon on the world map, however when the world map is open, you will notice these challenges are notated on the left side of the screen. Here, your progress towards your current Survivalist Challenge will be displayed, which is a great way to stay updated on your progress for this achievement. 

These challenges revolve around collecting various different herbs and plants around Mordor. Each challenge will notate the icon of the plant or herb you are required to collect, so make sure to keep an eye out for those world-map icons while traveling across Mordor over the course of your playthough. Overall, there are only ten Survivalist Challenges and once they have all been successfully completed, this achievement will finally unlock. 

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Survivalist Challenges require you to gather several different kinds herbs. Each challenge will ask for a different type of mushroom, flower, or root in varying predetermined quantities. You will be able to complete the first six challenges while in Udun but will have to travel to Nurn for the final four.

You can see which challenge you are currently on and what herbs are needed by pressing the . At the left of the screen there will be a Survival Challenge and Hunting Challenge listed. The names and icons of the herbs can be seen there. You can check which sections of the map have what herbs by highlighting them and looking at the top left corner of the screen. Each herb symbol will be shown there if it spawns there.

For a complete list of Survivalist Challenges as well as some walkthroughs, please see below:
Survival Challenge 1
2x Niphredil

Survival Challenge 2
3 Pipeweed
2 Lothrond - two spawn in the cave Southwest of Udun Crossing

Survival Challenge 3
2 Remmenthond
2 Azuradan

Survival Challenge 4
2 Niphredil
2 Lothorond - two spawn in the cave Southwest of Udun Crossing
1 Azuradan

Survival Challenge 5
4 Blue Milk - two spawn in the cave Southwest of Udun Crossing
2 Mallos

Survival Challenge 6
3 Earthbred - directly west of the Durthang Outskirts Forge Tower
3 Elgaran - northwest of the Durthang Outskirts Forge Tower, at the mouth of the cave on the left

Survival Challenge 7
Prerequisite: Complete “The Black Captain” and reach Nurn

2 Gwinuial
4 Alfirin

Survival Challenge 8
2 Naugrimbas (1 spawn right next to Fort Morn tower)
3 Carandol (2 spawn southeast of the Fern Outskirts tower)
2 Orchamarth (1 spawn in the cave northeast of Tirith Mesas)

Survival Challenge 9
7 Athelas (1 spawn a stones throw to the west of Harod Basin Tower and another is directly south of it)

Survival Challenge 10
All three herbs can be found grouped very close together just south of the Fern Outskirts tower

3 Blue Milk
2 Elgaran
2 Gwinuial
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Survivalist Challenges are never clearly presented via an icon on the world map, however when the world map is open, you will notice these challenges are notated on the left side of the screen. Here, your progress towards your current Survivalist Challenge will be displayed, which is a great way to stay updated on your progress for this achievement. 

These challenges revolve around collecting various different herbs and plants around Mordor. Each challenge will notate the icon of the plant or herb you are required to collect, so make sure to keep an eye out for those world-map icons while traveling across Mordor over the course of your playthough. Overall, there are only ten Survivalist Challenges and once they have all been successfully completed, this achievement will finally unlock. 

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The Survivalist Challenges have you running around collecting various types of herbs. These just start automatically after a few early missions, after which you'll start seeing "An herb you need to collect is nearby" or similar while running around Mordor. This is your hint that one of the herbs that you need for this challenge is nearby.

There are ten different challenges in all, and each challenge has you collecting so many bits of different types of herbs. By looking at your map, you can see what kind you need to collect for your challenge in the upper left. When you hover over a region, you'll also see a list of all the herbs that appear in that region in the upper left corner. Just remember that mushrooms tend to appear more frequently in caves.

Generally the herbs aren't too difficult to find, and they ALWAYS spawn in the spots. If you find an herb that you need somewhere, make note of where. If you have trouble finding it, you can fast travel to the nearest Forge Tower and harvest it. This can be done even if the herb is right next to the tower, allowing you to quickly harvest a plant several times in just a minute or two.

Keep these herbs in mind while running about doing other things and you should manage to finish most of the challenges before you finish the game.

Please note that it may not be possible to finish all of these challenges until after you open up the second area of the game by completing story missions. According to CrucialVelocity (thanks!), it appears that you can only get through the first seven challenges in the first area of the game.
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12 Oct 2014 16:05

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Maybe worth adding that you can't complete this until you unlock the second map? From memory, you can get as far as Survivalist Challenge 7 on the first map, the remainder require you to unlock the second map via the main story.
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By CrucialVelocity on 30 Oct 2014 19:47
Thanks for the heads up! It's been noted.
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By ExtremePhobia on 30 Oct 2014 22:06
Para desbloquear a conquista "Ranger of Ithilien", é necessário cumprir 10 desafios no decorrer do jogo, a maioria dos quais envolve coletar plantas e pequenos animais encontrados no ambiente. Todas as missões estão reunidas em uma playlist que pode ser acessada por meio do link abaixo. Para obter essa conquista, é necessário concluir todas as missões da playlist com êxito.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9EJMnyaXnb0cRjT0_cXI...
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10 May 2023 00:00

https://shadowofmordor.fandom.com/ru...living will help
Everything is described in detail there, where and how to find it.
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04 Feb 2019 20:57

There are only 10 of them, as the story progresses you will get different buildings, complete them and that’s it
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22 Dec 2017 04:21