Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™

Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™

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Easy Level 30 Rune / Beyond Epic (Video Guide)
By nekov4ego
Quick and easy way to acquire a Level 30 Rune and unlock the Beyond Epic achievement in Test of the Ring trial.
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Video and Instructions

For this achievement you will need to find a level 25 Warchief with Hatred or Fear - Skak Raid Leader is perfect for this.
  • Step 1 - Collect intel and reveal Skak Raid Leader.
    Note: Intel and Warchief status earn you +3 levels in total.
  • Step 2 - Go to the Warchief's fortress and call him out, then let him kill you.
    Note: Vengeance will earn you +1 level.
  • Step 3 - Go to his fortress, call him out and attack him while on the back of a Caragor.
    Note: Hatred exploitation will earn you +1 level.
  • Step 4 - Kill Skak and claim your Level 30 Rune.

Note that the game might give you an Epic Rune instead of a Level 30 one in which case you will have to try again.

If you have any questions, ask in the comments below. Good luck!
40 Comments
MissLynseyGx 19 Jul @ 10:20am 
I got a lvl 29 rune
dreamEnd 11 Dec, 2023 @ 3:07am 
This is a less known feature, but Epic runes are NOT duplicable. If you obtained all Epic runes in the game, then they will not drop anymore, even if you're using death threats. So if you want to farm lvl30 runes for some reason, then keep getting those Epic runes until the game can only give you level runes.

Rug is also one of the warchiefs that's has a "hate of x" strength, which in this case, Morgal Flies. And it's also pretty easy to trigger.
BigFatJuicyMonkeys 21 May, 2023 @ 5:30am 
The hardest part is getting captains up to lv. 25 if you want to farm the runes.
SmaSh it Up 11 Jan, 2021 @ 9:51am 
Extremely pro tip, took me like 15 minutes. Just make sure to let your branded minions kill him. Thanks!
Veterinarius 19 Dec, 2020 @ 3:40pm 
Thank you, worked like a charm
Swim Shady 19 Jul, 2017 @ 3:05pm 
do not send a death threat if u want lv30 rune lol. death threat may give the chief 5lv but it increases chance of epic rune by like 40%..
Necriptos 27 Jun, 2017 @ 11:51pm 
Actually bass is right, the only thing is you have to make sure YOU are not the one doing the killing blow, this way you are guaranteed it will drop a non epic rune, and since you are playing test of the ring it's pretty easy not doing the killing blow, just brand lots of uruk or even better, just brand one of his body guard, right after step 2 from that guide, go find his body guard dominate him to send death threat and you just killed two birds with one stone. you can safely ignore the need to trigger his hatred since death threat already add +2 levels. just make sure one of your uruk does the killing blow and it's a guaranteed lvl 30 rune faster and easier.
PROMETHIA 30 May, 2017 @ 6:14am 
@Bass][e that causes it to have a much higher chance of dropping an epic, so it really doesn't help
Power 23 Apr, 2017 @ 12:12am 
Thanks, I forgot about the point system for runes. Worked on my first try.
HalcyonFury 15 Mar, 2017 @ 11:12pm 
Worked like a charm.