Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
75 Achievements
1,680
37-46h
Repaid in Blood
Complete a Vendetta Mission.
10
37.14%
How to unlock the Repaid in Blood achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Definitive Guide
Vendetta missions task you with killing a captain that has killed another player. I believe if you have friends that have died they will be the first offerings of these missions. About the first 10 I did were avenging friends and then I got randoms. (Also credit to xGamBeaTx for confirming.)
They involve searching a green circle on the map for the captain, and then killing them however you see fit (usually involving some bonus objective based on their weakness.)
When you find the Uruk, it automatically tells you all their stats, so there's no need to find info on them yourself.
Once you've killed the Uruk, the achievement will unlock.
While this achievement was scheduled to be discontinued when Vendetta missions were shut down at the end of 2020, it has now been patched and will remain obtainable.
Per the developer:
Having your account email verified on WBPlay doesn't seem to be necessary. I'm gonna present two options here, the one I used and an abbreviated one since I probably did some unnecessary stuff.
My procedure:
1) Sign up for a WBPlay account, email verification not required.
2) Start the game and play through the first 3 story missions: The Slaver; The Spirit of Mordor; An Interested Party. At this point red side missions should start showing up like the ones I mentioned above.
3) Switch to a second account, sign up a for a WPlay account with them too.
4) Start the game and play through the 1st 3 story missions. Find a captain and let them kill you. The captain that showed up in the mission was actually one that killed me before finishing those 3 missions, so it might not be strictly necessary.
5) Quit and log back in with your primary account
6) Advance Time several times? No luck
7) Start heading towards a random uruk to interrogate him? Jackpot, before the guy even saw me.
Quick procedure.
1) Sign up for a WBPlay account with your secondary account
2) Start playing with the second account and get far enough in the story that you can be killed by a random, non-story captain. You certainly need to complete the tutorial, may need to complete "The Slaver" also.
3) Switch to you main account, sign up for WBPlay.
4) Play though the first 3 missions.
5) Wander around until the vendetta mission pops up. It may not show up while you are in a story mission, it may not show up in a side mission. Mine showed up while traveling out of missions. Took less than five minutes after I stopped just advancing time.
Vendetta Missions are small side missions that will only unlock after completing Ratbag’s first story mission. These side missions will then randomly appear on the world map from time to time and are represented by red Vendetta icons similar to Power Struggle icons.
Once you reach the mission start point, you will be tasked with hunting down and killing an Uruk Captain that has killed another player in Mordor. Don’t be fooled however, this achievement does not require you to have friends nor followers who are playing the game. Rather, these Vendettas are entirely random in who you are avenging.
When the mission starts, make sure to utilize Wraith Mode when hunting down the Uruk Captain. Once you’ve spotted the target, proceed to kill him with whatever means necessary and the mission will then end, thus unlocking this achievement.
The way it works is simple. One of your friends, on your PSN Friend List, should be playing the game (I hear it doesn't need to be a friend, but a total stranger also works too. I can't confirm that, however.). If either him or her gets killed by a captain or a warchief, a Vendetta mission will show itself on one of the two maps (Udon or Sea Of Nurmen).
Get to the starting point of that mission and load it up. Your job is to then find the Uruk responsible for the death of your friend and avenge him or her by killing him. Once you have successfully killed that specific captain, uruk, or even a warchief (doesn't matter who really), the trophy should unlock.
I should also mention that a bonus objective would be to complete the mission within a certain time limit, but even if you don't complete the bonus objective, that should be OK. As long as you complete the main objective, you're fine.
For more details on this trophy, I've attached a visual guide. Credit goes to MrReign for the video guide on how to obtain this trophy. I hope it helps! Good luck!
1- let any Uruk kill you.
2- kill that same Uruk.
You die at the hands of any captain, then you go on any mission where this same captain is and kill him.