Learn about the Economy System in Shadow of War – what is available for purchase, what the main currencies in the game are and how to earn them.
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CURRENCIES IN SHADOW OF WAR
MIRIAN
The main currency is called Mirian. Mirian can be used to upgrade your gear and fortresses by adding garrisons, warchiefs, your attacking force and more. Mirian can be obtained in one of the following ways:
- Defeating Treasure Orcs
- Destroying Gear for Mirian
- Destroying Orc followers for Gear (which can be destroyed for Mirian)
- Finding Mirian stashes throughout the game
- Completing missions
GOLD
As of 17th of July 2018 Gold is no longer available for earning or spending in the game.
CATEGORIES AND TIERS
In the very top of the Garrison screen are the Number of Followers, Number of Unopened Chests and Consumables.
The Quality of the items is split into:
- Common
- Rare
- Epic
- Legendary
LOOT CHESTS AND BOOSTS
As of 17th of July Chests and Boosts cannot be purchased, but only earned through gameplay.
The Boosts types are:
- Two-Hour XP Boost – costs 100 Gold
- Two-Hour Spoils of War Boost – costs 100 Gold
MISC NOTES
- If a Legendary Follower dies, you get a Legendary piece of gear to compensate you for the huge loss.
- The Legendary Followers get more Epic Traits.
- If you don’t want to kill Orcs, but Brand them all, you can still earn a reward.
- The Garrison window allows you to command (deploy) or kill your Followers and loot the piece of gear each one of them drops.
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