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Divide and Conquer achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Game of the Year Edition

Divide and Conquer

Eliminate the bodyguards of two Warchiefs, then draw them out and kill them.

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How to unlock the Divide and Conquer achievement

  • WolfOfBadenochWolfOfBadenoch
    11 Sep 2015 11 Sep 2015
    Just as the achievement says, kill the bodyguard Captains of a Warchief then call him out and kill him before any other Captains step up. Do this twice and the achievement should pop.

    Your best bet is to kill the bodyguards of a single Warchief then kill the Warchief, if you leave too long between killing the bodyguards and killing the Warchief, other captains will step up.

    If you initiate the Warchief fight and and he spawns with a Captain, that fight won't count towards the achievement.
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    Catatonic NaliI got this in a very simple way that didn't really need me to do anything beyond what's required for the story.
    There's a point late in the story where you have to brand the 5 warchiefs. I did this by dominating lower level captains, ordering them to become bodyguards of the current warchiefs, then ordering them to betray their warchief and ensuring they succeeded and took over.
    Then during a very late mission where you get ambushed by a former nemesis you should have the backup of your 5 branded warchiefs. Once the battle was nearly won I dispatched the 5 warchiefs (down on the d-pad) and this achievement popped.
    None of my 5 branded warchiefs had any bodyguards at the time and I don't think they ever had, but the fact that they were both prior bodyguards and warchiefs seemed to count for both parts of this achievement.
    Posted by Catatonic Nali on 31 May 20 at 12:50
    DiplodomcusI've just done what HollyHalfDead stated and the achievement hasn't popped. I failed the mission a couple of times but that didn't promote any new Captains
    Posted by Diplodomcus on 22 Nov 20 at 01:35
    AssertiveGrub90This works for killing branded warchiefs as well
    Posted by AssertiveGrub90 on 10 Jan 21 at 05:09
    IlindurI've tried killing the bodyguards before calling the warchief, while fighting the warchief, with different number of bodyguards 0, 1, 2 and 3, branding only bodyguards, branding only warchief, branding both, tried in the main campaign, dlc and challenges, i've deleted the savegame 2 times and started fresh, the achievement just refuses to unlock. Can you please clarify when is the first moment you can unlock this and the exact procedure? Thanks.
    Posted by Ilindur on 30 Jun 22 at 23:29
    WolfOfBadenochIt's been a while since I last played this game but if memory serves, I just killed all the bodyguard captains of the warchief and then played the mission to kill them. Did it twice and this unlocked.

    Not sure why you're having so much trouble with it, have you googled to see if it's bugged?
    Posted by WolfOfBadenoch on 01 Jul 22 at 16:04
    WolfOfBadenochI've just googled it and seems you're not the only one this has happened to. The last comment insane said they did it offline after deleting save data and starting fresh.
    Posted by WolfOfBadenoch on 01 Jul 22 at 16:08
    Geezr PleazrPlaying it from scratch offline for the 2nd time. Hopefully it works this time. Do you have to have multiple bodyguards per warcheif? The achievement description implies it's plural.
    Posted by Geezr Pleazr on 07 Apr 23 at 19:05
    PattrykkPLHi, Someone can tell me how i should do this cheevo in proper way? I must kill bodyguards before starting a warchief mission or during when i lure him out and they appear with him?
    Posted by PattrykkPL on 30 May 23 at 22:35
    PattrykkPLI killed them before mission and warchiefs show up alone when i deal with them and no achievement. Same happens when bodyguards show up with warchiefs and first killed them before warchief. I dont know what im doing wrong
    Posted by PattrykkPL on 30 May 23 at 22:40
    PattrykkPLI killed them before mission and warchiefs show up alone when i deal with them and no achievement. Same happens when bodyguards show up with warchiefs and first killed them before warchief. I dont know what im doing wrong
    Posted by PattrykkPL on 31 May 23 at 21:05
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