Everything you need to know about the Shadow of War Online Mode – what is Online Conquest, how it works, how Vendetta missions have changed!
Shadow of War will feature some known social elements from Shadow of Mordor. One of them is the return of Vendetta missions. Another feature is the brand new Social Conquest.
Both of these modes will allow the player to enter another player’s Mordor and complete certain objectives for various rewards. Keep reading for more detailed info on each one of the two Online Modes.
For new players, I recommend you take a look at my Shadow of War Forterss Assault Guide first to learn the basics.
How Online Conquest works in Shadow of War
Online Conquest is one of the possible ways for the players to earn Gold – the new currency in Shadow of War. Online Conquest allows you to take a captured fortress (in one of the regions you have conquered in your own game), rearrange it the way you like (using the InGame currency and your available armies), then share it online for other players to try their luck assaulting it.
To participate in Online Conquest, the player is not obligated to share any of their own fortresses, but can instead opt to assault any of the currently available in the social window fortresses. As can be expected, to complete the mission (defeating the Overload) with a Gold Achievement, speed is everything here. But so are other factors, such as how many and what types of followers you choose to take on with you. The rewards for completing the missions are split into the already familiar Bronze, Silver and Gold tiers.
Once inside, the mission tasks you with taking several capture points before you can proceed to meet and kill the Overload. All capture points must be taken first. The good news is that once a point is taken, the defenders will not be able to take it back. It is possible to brand the weakened captains, but they will not return with Talion to your own version of Mordor.
Online Conquest is available in 2 categories:
- Friendly – allows you to take on a mission without risking losing any of your followers during the progress.
- Ranked – each success boosts your assault rating, allowing you to take on progressively harder fortresses. A failed conquest will, however, lower your rating, plus a dead captain during an assault will also result in that captain being killed in your own version of Mordor as well.
Online Conquest allows players to continue assaulting fortresses even after all of the available ones are conquered in the story version of the game.
How Vendetta Missions work in Shadow of War
The Vendetta mode in Shadow of War is an expanded and upgraded version of what you might remember from Shadow of Mordor. With a few differences, though. Starting a vendetta, teleports your Talion into the other player’s version of Mordor with their Nemesis System and so on.
The missions are more complex now and include an objective that needs to be completed before the targeted Orc is summoned – similar to what Warchiefs missions were in Shadow of Mordor. Vendetta missions reward both the creator of the mission and the player, who has completed it and killed the orc.
The reward is a special Vendetta chest box for the pleyer, who completes it and notifies the quest creator that their mission has been completed, then rewards them with some spoils of war. Each Vendetta target has a kill count when moused over on the map screen – it shows how many Talions that target has defeated so far. Players only get one chance per Vendetta mission. Failure means the mission is not available any more for them to take on again.
Changes from the July 2018 Update
The update from 17th of July introduced a few, but very key changes to the Online modes for Shadow of War. You are now able not only to dominate orc captains and warchiefs while invading other players’ worlds, but also keep the orcs you turn and bring them over to your own game after that. During Vendetta missions orcs now drop loot, just like they would in normal circumstances.
