Middle-earth: Shadow of War
72 Achievements
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Steam
Forged by War
Unlock all player skills.
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How to unlock the Forged by War achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Definitive Guide
SolaceConquest
TrueAchievements
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You need to unlock all the main skills in the skill tree, you won't get it til the end of Act 3 when you become an
and your skills change.
9 Comments
They do slightly, there's a couple that change how the operate very slightly.
By SolaceConquest on 22 Oct 2017 15:50
So this is story related? I thought it was for unlocking all skills, as In buying everyone with points.
By Lavindathar on 22 Oct 2017 18:57
WizziPop
TrueSteamAchievements
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To get this achievement, you just have to unlock every skills. You don't need to unlock the upgrades to get it.
You won't be able to unlock Forged by War until Act 4.
Reason (spoiler free) :
Therefore, you shouldn't focus on this BUT ! Make sure you read this solution until the end.
THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS BUGGED.
On my first playthrough, my "Forged by War" progress was stuck at 30/34, even though I had unlocked all skills, all uprades, all collectables, all quests done and max game progress... 100% in absolutely everything except that I was missing a few legendary equipments.
So in case you weren't sure about it, this achievement is actually, truely and absolutely buggy.
So the first thing you should do is the following :
BACKUP YOUR SAVEFILE BEFORE YOU UNLOCK YOUR LAST SKILL (if you're already in 4th act) OR BEFORE YOU MAKE IT TO THE 4TH ACT.
The 4th act will begin after you complete a few storyline quests. Before that, at some point, the game will warn you that if you begin a specific mission, you won't be able to go back nor complete any other optional storyline missions afterwards. That's how you know you're about to start the 4th act.
How to backup your savefile (steam) :
1- Disable Steam Cloud saving. To do so, in your steam library : just right click on Shadow of War, click Properties, select the Updates tab then uncheck "Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for Middle Earth : Shadow of War".
2- Look for your userdata folder located in your steam installation folder (default is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata").
3- There might be multiple folders which names are a bunch of numbers. You have to find the one related to your steam account. If this is your own PC, chances are that the most heavily weighted one (or the one that has the most folders in it) is yours. Open it.
4- Inside it, open the folder "356190" then "remote".
5- You have to make a copy of the "xxxxxxx_ShadowOfWar.sav" file which is inside it. I just created a folder there and put a copy in it.
6- Likewise, you have to backup the same savefile located in "...\My documents\WB Games\Shadow of War".
I don't know if the two files are strictly the same, but I don't want to take the risk corrupting the files, so I also copied it in a created folder.
Now you can unlock your last skill or make it to the 4th act.
If the achievement doesn't pop when it should, first make sure you have all 34 skills. If not, you'll have to use your backup file and try again.
How to use your backup file :
1- You might want to backup your actual savefile so you can continue your "main" playthrough later. Just follow again my guide instructions to backing up your savefile and make sure you put the savefile in another folder and that you keep track of it.
2- After backing it, as said, delete the two "xxxxxxx_ShadowOfWar.sav" files located in the steam "remote" folder and in the "My Documents" folder (the ones we made the backups from). You'll also have to delete the "xxxxxxx_#_ShadowOfWar.sav" (# from 1 to 5) next to one of them.
3- Put your backup files in there respective original folders.
This will give you another chance to unlock this buggy achievement.
My progress toward this achievement was stuck at 30/34, and it immediately unlocked when I unlocked my last skill on my second playthrough... yeah, I didn't backup my saves and I had to play the game all over again to get this last achievement.
Unlike me, by backing your savefile up you might save 30 hours playing the game from scratch again just because of a bug.
Don't forget to put your "main" savefiles back in place if you want to get your Talion back like where he was before attempting for the achievement again.
Please do leave a comment before disliking my solution. I just want to save your time and health, this game is quite long and is more enjoyable by playing after the end than replaying it from scratch !
You won't be able to unlock Forged by War until Act 4.
Reason (spoiler free) :
Therefore, you shouldn't focus on this BUT ! Make sure you read this solution until the end.
THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS BUGGED.
On my first playthrough, my "Forged by War" progress was stuck at 30/34, even though I had unlocked all skills, all uprades, all collectables, all quests done and max game progress... 100% in absolutely everything except that I was missing a few legendary equipments.
So in case you weren't sure about it, this achievement is actually, truely and absolutely buggy.
So the first thing you should do is the following :
BACKUP YOUR SAVEFILE BEFORE YOU UNLOCK YOUR LAST SKILL (if you're already in 4th act) OR BEFORE YOU MAKE IT TO THE 4TH ACT.
The 4th act will begin after you complete a few storyline quests. Before that, at some point, the game will warn you that if you begin a specific mission, you won't be able to go back nor complete any other optional storyline missions afterwards. That's how you know you're about to start the 4th act.
How to backup your savefile (steam) :
1- Disable Steam Cloud saving. To do so, in your steam library : just right click on Shadow of War, click Properties, select the Updates tab then uncheck "Enable Steam Cloud synchronization for Middle Earth : Shadow of War".
2- Look for your userdata folder located in your steam installation folder (default is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata").
3- There might be multiple folders which names are a bunch of numbers. You have to find the one related to your steam account. If this is your own PC, chances are that the most heavily weighted one (or the one that has the most folders in it) is yours. Open it.
4- Inside it, open the folder "356190" then "remote".
5- You have to make a copy of the "xxxxxxx_ShadowOfWar.sav" file which is inside it. I just created a folder there and put a copy in it.
6- Likewise, you have to backup the same savefile located in "...\My documents\WB Games\Shadow of War".
Now you can unlock your last skill or make it to the 4th act.
If the achievement doesn't pop when it should, first make sure you have all 34 skills. If not, you'll have to use your backup file and try again.
How to use your backup file :
1- You might want to backup your actual savefile so you can continue your "main" playthrough later. Just follow again my guide instructions to backing up your savefile and make sure you put the savefile in another folder and that you keep track of it.
2- After backing it, as said, delete the two "xxxxxxx_ShadowOfWar.sav" files located in the steam "remote" folder and in the "My Documents" folder (the ones we made the backups from). You'll also have to delete the "xxxxxxx_#_ShadowOfWar.sav" (# from 1 to 5) next to one of them.
3- Put your backup files in there respective original folders.
This will give you another chance to unlock this buggy achievement.
My progress toward this achievement was stuck at 30/34, and it immediately unlocked when I unlocked my last skill on my second playthrough... yeah, I didn't backup my saves and I had to play the game all over again to get this last achievement.
Unlike me, by backing your savefile up you might save 30 hours playing the game from scratch again just because of a bug.
Don't forget to put your "main" savefiles back in place if you want to get your Talion back like where he was before attempting for the achievement again.
Please do leave a comment before disliking my solution. I just want to save your time and health, this game is quite long and is more enjoyable by playing after the end than replaying it from scratch !
Scotty
To unlock this achievement you need to unlock all skills. This is not to purchase all skill, rather you just need to unlock them all and effectively make them available for purchase. You can see a red or a yellow padlock on the skills. The red padlocks cover the level locked skills and the not yet bought skills when you have no skill points and the yellow padlocks cover the skills that are unlocked by completing missions and questlines. This achievement will not be unlocked until starting the final mission in the main story as a series of hidden skills are unlocked during this mission. You also get a skill unlocked at the end of each of the different questlines. Once you have completed every questline and mission of the main story, as well as levelled up beyond level fourty, you will have unlocked every skill and this achievement.
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Note: As of the July 17th Update the level cap has been increased to 80 and you can earn many more skillpoints as a result than before
For this trophy you need to purchase all of Talion's main skills, upgrades are not necessary. The final skill is unlocked after completing Act 3 so this is the earliest time you can unlock them all, there are 34 basic skills in total. You can earn skill-points from leveling up and completing various activities in the game world, they are available in abundance.
See below screenshot of all skills unlocked.
For this trophy you need to purchase all of Talion's main skills, upgrades are not necessary. The final skill is unlocked after completing Act 3 so this is the earliest time you can unlock them all, there are 34 basic skills in total. You can earn skill-points from leveling up and completing various activities in the game world, they are available in abundance.
See below screenshot of all skills unlocked.
Mark_Lanters
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This guide was translated automatically.
This means not only the basic skills, but also all the additional “perks” to them.
4 Comments
Got it at the beginning of Act 4, although not all of the perks were unlocked!
By Bartolomei72 on 22 Oct 2017 20:05
What you need are perks with large icons. We get the last perk in Act 3.
By LightFlower on 23 Oct 2017 22:27
KrepkiyChaiy
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This guide was translated automatically.
You only need the main "large" icons for the plot of the last resurrection of the dead
Dessane
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