Middle-earth: Shadow of War

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Finished Tales

Finished Tales

Recover all Gondorian artifacts.

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How to unlock the Finished Tales achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Definitive Guide

These are marked on the map with the sigil of Gondor.
To make it easier to find them, scan for them using the Haedir towers.
There are a five cities that have artefacts.
Minas Ithril (it has been pointed out on the forums that once Act One is completed, Ithril opens up again as Minas Morgul - Thanks to The AllSlayer for confirming)
Cirinth Ungol
Seregost
Nurnen
Gorgoroth.

There is one, in Seregost, that will require you to gain a skill to get in to the cave to pick it up (you can only see it by air).
Follow the quest line for Carnen and eventually you'll unlock 'Summon Dragon' from the Beast skilltree.
There is also another way, but it relies on hoping that a Drake spawns naturally using shadow mount.
Either way you'll also need to unlock shadow mount, as the Drake always spawns in the air.
Fly towards to ice wall (West to East) and you'll see a cave in the waterfall covered in ice, which makes it unclimbable.
Fly so the Drakes head is inside to cave and dismount, it might take a few attempts to get Talion to go in to cave instead of falling to the floor and having tk shadow mount again.
Below is a map of the offending artefact.

Note: You can climb the ice frozen waterfall to reach the artefact too. If you're struggling to find out where to climb you can still use a Drake. (Thanks to FreshBlood 21)
Happy hunting


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13 Oct 2017 10:58

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Any idea if Minas Ithril is accessible again after Act 1? I'm in Act 2 and missed some of these in Act1. Is there a chance to go back and get them or am I going to need to start a new game?
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By Xx bRICKed xX on 13 Oct 2017 11:48
You don't need a drake to get it and you can actually climb up to it. You can climb the icicles up to it.
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By FreshBlood 21 on 15 Oct 2017 19:54
Odd, wouldn't let me in my game.
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By SolaceConquest on 15 Oct 2017 20:02
I climbed up there as well, no drake needed.
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By Muddy Grundy on 16 Oct 2017 18:25
Got em all today but achievement hasn't popped. I'm sure it will, but I'm just commenting here in case I'm not the only one.
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By Anti Wan Kenobi on 17 Oct 2017 13:43
Kenobi, for some reason the Achievement app is very glitchy when it comes to this game.
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By SolaceConquest on 17 Oct 2017 13:58
alright I got all artefacts but didn't get the achievement it's strange because ta said I unlocked it any ideas thanks
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By ShootEmUpSonic on 18 Oct 2017 17:28
It's the app. It'll update MS' achievement app has always been glitchy.
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By SolaceConquest on 18 Oct 2017 17:47
yeah it did thanks mansmile
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By ShootEmUpSonic on 18 Oct 2017 20:15
I had the same thing happen to me, I have all the artifacts collected, but the achievement has not popped as of yet.
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By KJer25 on 22 Oct 2017 21:43
You get one while rescuing some gondorian soldiers. I think the specific quest was called "The Wages of War" Its the last Gondor quest in Seregost If your still missing the Last one
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By Hirogen Hunter on 24 Oct 2017 22:07
My achievement didn't pop but not 10 minutes later when I collect the last memory for Shelob the "Web of Revealed" achievement popped and still not this one. I even have the skill for finding all the artifacts.
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By Zeitooine on 25 Oct 2017 17:39
The app is glitched, it'll get added to your GS.
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By SolaceConquest on 25 Oct 2017 23:11
Yea, Me too, mine hasnt unlocked as well, even have the Skill.

What do u mean glitched? XD
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By Mega1X on 25 Oct 2017 23:51
The app when it comes to this game, doesn't always unlock them. It'll even show up on yout account later when you tur your Xbox back on after a few hours, or show up after a hard reset.
Probably come because Achievements weren't available until a couple of hours after release date hit. I've never known the app to have this many problems.

Master Forger, Shadow Wars' achievement and two of the Ring Wraith ones seem to be ones others struggle with it loading on.
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By SolaceConquest on 26 Oct 2017 06:13
How to climb and get that one. Credit belongs to video owner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm-0h7sbhhg
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By Taipei Kindom on 24 Apr 2018 09:54
Great guide! If I were you, though, I'd mention that the one of them cannot be obtained unless you're playing through the Gondor questline. Can't remember the name of the mission exactly, but you get one as a reward for completing one of the missions. Not missable, but the artifact doesn't appear on the map. For awhile I thought my game was glitched or I'd made some mistake, until I saw it mentioned here in the comments. Thanks to Hirogen Hunter's comment above, I was able to get the achievement. toast
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By thunderkiss92 on 23 Sep 2018 04:41
I'm not sure if it has a new game + yet. Which seems to be all the rage.
I'd be surprised if it didn't open up again. I'm a completionist, so I couldn't not fully explore ithril.
Considering there is a door there, I'd imagine it does reopen at the end, otherwise you're missing out on a complete set of legendary gear.
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By SolaceConquest on 13 Oct 2017 12:06
1 artifact being tied to a mission in Seregost desperately needs to be added to this solution.

The actual mission that unlocks it is "The Uninvited," not "The Wages of War."
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By Ashen Seraph on 24 Mar 2019 22:17
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To unlock this achievement you need to collect all of the Gondorian artifacts. You can find these by activating the Haedir towers and using them to locate the nine to twelve artifacts in each region. Once you have them located they appear on your map and you can mark them to find them easily. There is one artifact that you cannot pick up and are instead given it during a Gondor quest while in the Seregost region so don't be alarmed when you can only find eleven. Once you have them all the achievement will unlock.

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You can mark Gondorian Artifacts on the map using Haedir Towers once you purify them.
These can be tracked in the quest log which tells you what region they are in. The earliest you can unlock this trophy is during Act 3 when you have access to all regions. Do note that one artifact in Seregost is acquired from the main mission 'The Uninvited' as part of the Gondor quest line.
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If you suddenly can’t find the artifact in the upper corner of the “Seregost” map, then from the castle below you will see an ice crust, climbing along it you will find the cave in which it is located
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By RamseyReem on 05 Feb 2019 15:18
without reading the clues, I found the treasures in the ice caves like this: if you highlight the treasure, the quest (fighting pits), then the tunnel will be shown how to get to it.
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By DobryDoktor on 24 Nov 2020 09:49
Don't look for the last one. Appears as a story quest
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14 Oct 2017 15:54